German wartime security head convicted for Dutch Jewish murders
Wilhelm Harster, former head of security police in Holland, were jailed 15 years for aiding 82,854 Dutch Jewish murders. Wilhelm Zoepf and Gertrud Slottke received nine and five years respectively for aiding 54,982 and 42,729 murders. Anne Frank among victims. Otto Frank co plaintiff.
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Germany
Holland
West Germany
Wilhelm Harster
Gertrud Slottke
Zoepf
Harster
Anne Frank
Amsterdam
Anne
Currie Proposes Realignment Of North Carolina Districts
State Sen. Claude Currie introduces a bill to realign North Carolina’s 11 congressional districts aligning Walter Jones and L. H. Fountain in one district and Charles R. Jonas with Basil Whitener in another. The plan cites 1960 census data and aims for 1970 suitability amid court-ordered redistricting. District 1 would include Beaufort through Pitt counties and other eastern areas.
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Raleigh
Claude Currie
Durham
North Carolina
Walter Jones
L. H. Fountain
Charles R. Jonas
Basil Whitener
Currie
Senate
General Assembly
U.S. Supreme Court
NC Bill Allows Prosecutor Discretion On Death Penalty
The North Carolina House introduced a bill by Rep. Sam J. Ervin III to let prosecutors drop capital punishment in some cases. It would permit seeking life imprisonment when a capital crime is charged, replacing mandatory death for first degree murder, burglary, arson, and rape without mercy recommendations. The bill, referred to Judiciary I, lists district boundaries for consideration.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Sam J. Ervin III
D - Burke
Ervin
House Judiciary I
Self Styled Strangler Escapes Bridgewater Hospital
Albert DeSalvo known as the Boston Strangler escaped from Bridgewater State Hospital with two other mental patients. Police tracked footprints in snow and found a wall exit near a construction shaft. Hospital officials said he and the others wore hospital clothing during the daylight breakout.
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Bridgewater, Mass
Albert DeSalvo
Boston
F. Lee Bailey
Bailey
DeSalvo
Massachusetts
Bridgewater
Charles Gaughan
First Time Long Range Artillery Shells North Vietnam
U S forces begin shelling North Vietnam with 175mm guns based in South Vietnam for the first time. In Operation Junction City about 45 000 troops push through Zone C as tanks advance but no large enemy units are found. Casualties are light with five helicopters down and three wounded.
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Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Junction City
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
U.S. 7Th Fleet
North Vietnamese
North
Quang Ngai
Indian Congress Faces Crisis as Election Returns Ebb
With 180 of 520 seats counted in India, Congress led by Indira Gandhi holds 92, narrowly above the opposition. Losses widen as states shift, coalition needs grow, and several ministers fall in defeats in early results.
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New Delhi
India
Congress Party
Indira Gandhi
Hindu Communal Jan Sangh
Swatantra
Socialists
Kerala
Madras
Dravidra Munnetra Kazhagam
Punjab
Rajasthan
West Bengal
Mysore
Hariana
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Assam
Bihar
Jammu and Kashmir
Nagaland
Orissa
Uttar Pradesh
Cold Front Brings Deep Freeze Across North Carolina
A Canadian cold front grips North Carolina with the coldest period of winter. Mountain temps dip to five degrees above zero while southern coast risers stay near 25. Saturday stays sunny but chilly from the mountains to the coast. Asheville opens with 14 degrees, Wilmington reports 40 as the state high in the latest overnight readings. Representative lows include Charlotte 23 Greensboro 22 Raleigh 26.
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Canada
North Carolina
Asheville
Wilmington
Charlotte
Greensboro
Raleigh
Another One Of Those Nights For Charlie Company
In War Zone C near Minh Thanh 55 helicopters carry Charlie Company of the 1st Battalion 2nd Infantry 1st Division toward a risky landing zone near Cambodia. Captain Gilbert Wichert leads the unit as Marines. Soldiers reflect on danger, separation from families, and a mission that could be their last in the Junction City operation.
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Charlie
John Lengel
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Junction City
2Nd Infantry
Minh Thanh
Vera Cruz
1St Division
Ferrie's Death Declared Natural by Coroner
Orleans Parish coroner Nicholas Chetta announced a chemical analysis found David W. Ferrie died of natural causes from a ruptured brain artery. No evidence of suicide or murder. Ferrie had been a central figure in Jim Garrison's Kennedy assassination inquiry and expressed intent to sue for about 500000. A full autopsy report will be released Tuesday.
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New Orleans
Nicholas Chetta
David W. Ferrie
Orleans Parish
Ferrie
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Garrison
Chetta
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