Narcotics Treaty Adopted At United Nations Conference
A new narcotics treaty limiting drug use to medical and scientific needs was adopted at the United Nations after a two month conference with 73 nations. The agreement passed 46 to 0 with eight abstentions, replaces nine older treaties, and becomes binding 30 days after 40 countries ratify.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
China
East Germany
North Korea
North Viet Nam
Outer Mongolia
Finch Trial Jury Still Deliberates
In Los Angeles the murder trial jury weighing the fate of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff deliberated until late Saturday and will resume Monday. The pair are accused of ambush slaying Barbara Jean Finch at the Finch estate to protect a divorce settlement. Finch says the shooting was an accident. The jury has heard 15 hours of deliberations since Thursday.
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Los Angeles
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Finch
Carole
Barbara Jean
Barbara
West Covina
Widow Seeks Workmen's Benefits Over Cal Poly Player
Widow of Cal Poly football player Gary Van Horn seeks $20,500 in state workers compensation claiming her husband was hired to play football by the college. She says an agreement provided $50 monthly for four months, plus $600 for funeral costs. This is the first such claim filed tied to the Toledo plane crash that killed 16 Poly players.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
California Poly
Toledo
Ohio
Cal Poly
Karen van Horn
Gary van Horn
Paso Robles
van Horn
Russia Accused of State Sponsored Anti Semitism
London AP reports R S M Levenberg of the Zionist Federation of Great Britain and Ireland charged the Soviet Union with an organized anti Semitism campaign. He cited discrimination against Jews in Russia including lack of a national Jewish religious federation and closure of synagogues. He noted suppression of Hebrew teaching and press incitement against Judaism and individual Jews.
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London
Soviet Union
Ussr
S. M. Levenberg
Zionist Federation of
Great Britain and Ireland
Russia
Levenberg
Slayton Named To Head Urban Renewal Program
President Kennedy appointed William L. Slayton of Maryland as commissioner of the Urban Renewal Administration a $20 000 a year post. Slayton headed Webb & Knapp Washington office and the Southwest Redevelopment Project and resigned to study urban renewal for the Ford Foundation. He is a Topeka native raised in Omaha with an MPA from the University of Chicago.
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Washington
Kennedy
William L. Slayton
Maryland
Urban Renewal Administration
Thomas D’alesandro
Baltimore
D’alesandro
Slayton
Montgomery County
Webb & Knapp, Inc
Webb & Knapp
Ford Foundation
White House
Topeka, Kan
Omaha
University of Omaha
The
University of Chicago
Mother and Daughter Reunite by Chance in Hospital
Eliza Mae Jackson 49 and Luberta Collins 34, separated 32 years ago in Alabama, meet by fate in St. Mercy Hospital Ann Arbor lunchroom. Both workers, Jackson in laundry and Collins in maternity ward, discover Alabama connections and Collins reveals her maiden name Luberta Billups, confirming their mother daughter bond.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Eliza Mae Jackson
Luberta Collins
St. Jon Mercy Hospital
Funay
Alabama
Mrs. Collins
Mrs. Jackson
Billups
Missing Amityville Police Chief Beckman Found
The body of Nassau County Police Commissioner John M. Beckman, 62, who vanished after driving his wife to a beauty parlor, was located on Gilgo Island near Amityville. His car was found earlier on a Jones Beach drawbridge. death by self harm was suspected amid family heart concerns. A wide search found no further clues.
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John M. Beckman
Nassau County
Gilgo Island
Beckman
Jones Beach
Jan
G. Beckman
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