Skindiver testimony blocked at Chappaquiddick inquest
Judge James A. Boyle barred speculation and allowed only Farrar’s role in recovering Mary Jo Kopechne’s body and not his statement that she could have been saved with prompt help. The inquest ended after 3½ days with a future report to the Massachusetts Supreme Court and possible grand jury action.
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Edgartown
Mass
James A. Boyle
Mary Jo Kopechne
Edward M. Kennedy
John Farrar
Miss Kopechne
Kennedy
Chappaquiddick Island
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Farrar
Joseph F. Gargan
Paul Markham
Boyle
Dist. Atty
Edmund S. Dinis
Dinis
Low Boyle
Dukes County
Martha’s Vineyard
Imony
Gargan
Markham
Susan Tannenbaum
Hyannis Port
Cape Cod
Nantucket Sound
Washington
Cease-Fires Sought in Panther Raid Shootings
Chicago detective Groth testified that during the raid on the West Side Hamp ton apartment with 13 officers to arrest suspected weapon violators he called for a cease-fire three times as gunfire continued from inside the building. Fred Hampton and Merk Clark were killed in the raid.
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Chicago
Groth
Black Panther Party
Hampa
Ton
Daniel I. Groth
West Side
Fred Hampton
Illinois
Merk Clark
Cook County
State’s Attorney's Office
Military newsmen transferred amid censorship charges
SAIGON AP Two AFVN journalists accused U S command of censorship and were reassigned within Saigon. Army Spec 5 Robert E Lawrence 27 of Atlanta Ga becomes a chaplain's aide and Marine Cpl Thomas M Sinkovitz 21 of Harrisburg Pa joins the 1st Marine Air Naval Gunfire Liaison Company. The command investigates the case and will determine further steps. Lawrence faces a court martial for disrespect and disobeying an order. Five AFVN Saigon newsmen have already been moved or kept off air in recent months after censorship protests.
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Saigon
U.S
American Forces Vietnam Network
AFVN
Army
Robert E. Lawrence
Atlanta, Ga
Thomas M. Sinkovitz
Harrisburgh
1St Marine Air-Naval Gunfire
Lawrence
Appalachia Program Fails to Lift Poverty Levels
Washington AP The federal Appalachian Regional Commission admits its five year effort to elevate Appalachian incomes has produced small gains. Howard Bray cites modest progress while noting new roads schools hospitals and sewage plants as tangible results amid ongoing poverty and educational challenges.
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Washington
West Virginia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Howard Bray
Bray
Congress
Abernathy Seeks Mercy for Marie Hill at Raleigh Rally
Rev Ralph David Abernathy and hundreds marched through cold to urge mercy for Marie Hill, sentenced to death in the gas chamber for murder. He met briefly with Gov Bob Scott's aides Fred Morrison Ben Roney and David Murray as Scott was away.
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Raleigh
N. C
Ralph David Abernathy
North Carolina
Marie Hill
Abernathy
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Capitol
Fred Morrison
Bob Scott
Ben Roney
David Murray
Scott
Morrison
North Carolina Supreme Court
Miss Hill
W. E. Strum
Rocky Mount
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Tax take rises as North Carolina reports December revenues
North Carolina General Fund receipts for December totalled 54.1 million dollars, up 8.9 million from a year earlier. Sales tax brought in 22.4 million, a 2.4 million increase, with the two cent cigarette tax yielding 1.2 million and the one cent soft drink levy 1 million.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Fund
I. L. Clayton
Bob Scott
Clayton
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Skindiver
Joseph E. Mohbat
Associated Press
Kopechne
Dorita Kanari
London
Memorial Auditorium
Hyde County
Poor People, Inc
South
HM. Blankenship
Fectaldinae
Realty Course
Greensboro
Ywca Bldg
N. C. Real Estate Licensing Board
Lee Institute
YWCA
North Davie $T
OILCO
Ilderton Oil Company
BP Oil Corp
Prospect ST
High Point
Hedgecock Builders Company OF
Ward ST
Harris Heating
Numa F. Reid Lodge
A.M
Jenvery
Lodge
Masons
Guy B. Heilig
E.G. Updegrove
Olivetti
Griffith
Office Equip. CO
N. Main St
Ray
Indian Head Hosiery Company
Indian Head Inc
West Point Ave
Ward Street
Indian Head
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