Senate ethics panel weighs Dodd case with weeks to decide
In Washington the six member Senate ethics committee nears a verdict on Sen. Thomas J. Dodd's use of a political fundraiser for personal expenses. The panel faces a flood of conflicting testimony and complex accounts as it mulls possible actions from reprimand to expulsion.
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Washington
Tan Daily
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Connecticut
Dodd
Senate
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Powell
Ethics Committee
Congress Heads Home for Easter Vacation Amid Slow Pace
Members of the 90th Congress depart for a 10 day Easter recess after 11 weeks of session marked by a dull, slow pace. Despite proposals on education TV and open housing, few measures advance while Vietnam war impacts and Republican gains in the House slow progress. The debate over Powell and Dodd dominates headlines as Johnson aims to build a record for 1968.
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90Th Congress
Congress
Vietnam
Senate
Adam Clayton Powell
New York
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
House
Johnson
Capitol Hill
White House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Carl B. Albert
Oklahoma
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Income Advances In South in 1966 Third Quarter
Personal income in the South rose to a record 97.2 billion dollars in the third quarter of 1966, up 8 percent from 1965. The gain totaled 7.4 billion. Four states surpassed the 8 percent national average: North Carolina and Louisiana at 10 percent, Tennessee and Virginia at 9 percent. Georgia and Florida up 8 percent. Arkansas Kentucky South Carolina West Virginia 7 percent. Alabama 6 percent.
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U.S. Department of Commerce
Daniel M. Paul
Department
North Carolina
Louisiana
Tennessee
Virginia
Georgia
Florida
Arkansas
Kentucky
South Carolina
West Virginia
Alabama
Weddings Held In Old Folklore Traditions In Yugoslavia
Five couples from Sweden Austria Italy Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia were married in Ljubljana in native costumes with a joking kidnaping of brides. The ceremony signaled a easing of suppression of folk customs in Communist Yugoslavia as crowds lined the streets in cold weather. Fathers sent out five old women and five little girls to be mistaken for the brides before the real brides appeared.
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Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Communist
Not Boxed In Says Union Chief on Auto Talks
United Auto Workers leader Walter Reuther said a strike is not inevitable though three demands must be met before signing a contract with General Motors and Chrysler. He seeks guaranteed annual income, a substantial wage rise, and equal pay for Canadian workers, with bargaining to start in July.
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N.J
United Auto Worker
Walter P. Reuther
Reuer
Indus
Reuther
UAW
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