FBI Chief Delivers Tips to Ex Agents and Jokes on Weight
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover spoke to about 1700 former agents at a Society of Former Special Agents meeting. He joked about not requiring tactful speech while writing about the FBI and quipped on weight loss while noting only two men shot John Dillinger. Five congressmen attended along with Charles Jenkins who recalled Hoover’s early tenure. The association honored Hoover with a plaque and silver tray marking his 50th anniversary with the Justice Department.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
John Dillinger
Society of
Special Agents of
The
Bureau
HH. Allen Smith
R-Calif
William T. Cahill
R-N.j
Omar Burleson
D-Tex
Ed Edmondson
D-Okla
Wiley Mayne
Iowa
Charles Jenkins
Gaithersburg
Three Teens Die In Car Crash Near Greensboro
In Alamance County a newly bought car driven by Dennis Ray Atkins 19 and his brother Darrell Wayne Atkins 16 along with Tommy Curl 16 skid on a rainy road 15 miles north of Greensboro. The vehicle struck a bridge railing ripping through 27 feet of rail. The car reportedly was newly acquired and was driven on Football Road between Chapel Hill and Greensboro.
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Greensboro
Dennis Ray Atkins
Darrell Wayne Atkins
Tommy Curl
Liberty
E. W. Clemmons
Chapel Hill
Herbert Lowe
Alamance County
Metal Monument Beacon of Faith at Nombre de Dios
A 20 story high stainless steel cross titled Beacon of Faith dominates the Florida site of St. Augustine's Mission of Nombre de Dios. The cross marks the first permanent planting of Christianity in the United States over four centuries ago.
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St. Augustine
Nombre de Dios
Florida
United States
States Push Seats in 1970 Census Restudy
A Census Bureau computer projection suggests California will gain seats, rising from 38 to 44, while New York may lose seats for the 1972 election. Florida New Jersey Texas and Arizona are expected to gain one seat each, with Pennsylvania and several Midwest states set to lose seats. Overall population is projected to rise about 15 percent from 179 million to 206 million.
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House of Representatives
California
New York
Florida
Sey
Texas
Arizona
Congress
Midwest
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Illinois
Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Oklahoma
Iowa
North Dakota
Reagan Rates Crime As Top Issue
Governor Ronald Reagan said crime and disorder in cities likely rank as the top political issue, possibly surpassing the Vietnam War in importance. He spoke at Peoria airport and later at Eureka College during a library dedication, urging youth to guide the nation toward freedom morality and responsibility.
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Charles Whalen
Eureka, Ill
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Peoria
Eureka College
Thruston B. Morton
Kentucky
Johnson
Illinois
Richard M. Nixon
Eureka
Lple
Californians Form Peace Organization
California Democrats opposed to the Vietnam war form a liberal council faction planning a peace delegation to challenge President Johnson in the June primary. About 5,000 Democrats expected at a Long Beach convention as state party lines split over the war issue.
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Long Beach
Calif
California
Johnson
Gerald Hill
California Democratic Council
Four Future Presidents At Lincoln Inaugural Platform
On Lincoln's inaugural day four future presidents stood nearby Hayes Garfield Arthur and Benjamin Harrison in the platform crowd.
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Abraham Lincoln
United States
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
World Synod Of Bishops Hears Conservative Pope
Pope Paul VI opens the first world synod with a conservative address warning bishops against modernity’s threats to orthodoxy. He urges opposition to unauthorized Vatican II developments amid internal Curia tensions and notes the new body lacks Vatican Council’s full authority.
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World Synod of Bishops
David Mazzarella
Vatican City
Paul VI
Paul
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