Code of ethics for Congress and first step toward reform
A forgotten 1958 Senate ethics code urges public servants to avoid discrimination and improper influence. The piece notes the code faded after adoption, a reminder that moral standards persisted since Eisenhower era, with renewed calls amid current scandals.
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Mathias
Congress
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Baker
Spartanburg
5.C
Slots Seized and Arrests After Spa Raid in Arkansas
In Hot Springs, Garland County deputies seized a slot machine a dice table and chips at the Conven tion Club. Proprietor Freeman Blake 38 was arrested booked and released on 500 bond after an arraignment was set for Tuesday. Sheriff Eugene Canada entered the club without a warrant and planned to store the equipment at his office. Gov Winthrop Rockefeller and Gov John McKeithen will meet May 9 to discuss toll roads. A study urged toll road planning linking Arkansas western counties to Missouri and Louisiana. The Western Arkansas Development Association urged a single feasibility study from Fort Smith to the Louisiana line.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Garland County
Eugene Canada
Freeman Blake
Tuesay
Canada
Louisiana
Little Rock
Arkansas
Winthrop Rockefeller
Goy
John McKeithen
Rockefeller
South Arkansas
Wilbur Smith
Fort Smith, Ark
Arkansas Turnpike Authority
Missouri
Louisiana Line
Western Arkansas Development Association
Marion Crank
Fort Smith
Crank
J. Fred Patton
Association
Russell Elrod
Turnpike Authority
War looms large as election issue in 1968 race
Washington AP reports the Vietnam war will dominate the 1968 presidential contest. Republicans back Johnson on fighting but seek to fault his handling, with internal debates over tactics and policy. Nixon and Romney hint at future criticism while preserving unity on war support.
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Washington
Johnson
Vietnam
House
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Jeaders
Richard M. Nixon
Senate
Reepublican
Paris
Saigon
U.S
North Vietnam
Michigan
George Romeney
Romney
South
United States
John L. Sullivan
Jake Kilrain
Mississippi
Sullivan
Kilratn
William C. Westmoreland
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Congress
America
Alameda man sentenced on check fraud charge
Richard G. Abadt, 31, of Alameda, California, was sentenced in Little Rock U.S. District Court to two years in prison after pleading guilty to fraudulent check charges arising from a nationwide spree that netted about $9,000.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Richard G. Abadt
Alameda
U.S. District Court
Blind Musician Ray Charles Hits Berlin with Soul
Ray Charles, one of the world’s most popular blind musicians, told reporters in West Berlin that he would not trade his talent for sight. He explained that his music comes from emotion and feeling, not sight, and credited his crew Raelets and band for their tight performance. The Berlin show closed a three week European tour with songs like Georgia on My Mind and Hallelujah I Could Love Her.
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South Vietnam
Martin Zucker
Charles
Barry Rilera
Santa Ana
Calif
Bandemen
Berlin
Georgia
Hill Top losses mark Hill 881 victory in Vietnam
U S Marines secured Hill 881 North at Khe Sanh after 12 days of fighting across Hill 861 South and Hill 861 North. Of 1,400 Marines engaged, 160 slain and 746 wounded. Leathernecks killed at least 577 North Vietnamese regulars, with 610 more possibly dead.
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Khe Sanh
Vietnam
U.S
3Rd Marines
South Vietnam
National Music Week Sponsored Here by the Friday Music Club
Hope plans May 7 14 observances with the Friday Music Club led by Mrs B C Hyatt coordinating activities joining the National Federation of Music Clubs Fourth Festival of the Arts includes the Clothesline Art Show Hymn Festival at First Baptist Church Junior and senior choirs and bands perform at Hope High School with nurseing home programs and a KXAR broadcast concert time feature state chair Mrs Talbot Feild Jr quotes Leigh Mitchell Hodges on singing over sighing.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Music Club of Hope
B. C. Hyatt
National Federation of Music Clubs
Calerin Coolidge
Lyndon Johnson
Thomas Hays, Jr
Hays
First Baptist Church
the Hope High School
Clvic
KXAR
Talbot Feild, Jr
National Music Week
Leigh Mitchell Hodges
Exiled Yugoslav King Works as California Banker
King Peter MT, exiled leader of Yugoslavia, has taken a job with Sterling Savings & Loan in California. He says monarchy training helps little in business but his European connections may aid attracting overseas savings. He would not return as king, hopes for a democratic Yugoslavia and a stronger economy, and cites doing good for his people as his goal.
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Los Angeles
Peter
Sterling Save Ame & Loan Association
Cali
Europe
Yugoslavia
Hke
Double MIG killer Robin Olds, Vietnam ace at 44
Col. Robin Olds, 44, tops Air Force pilots in Vietnam by shooting down a second MIG21. He led F4Cs escorting F105s near Hanoi, recounting a quick swarm that felled one Mig and forced another into the ground. Olds is a West Point graduate with a storied Army Air Forces lineage and multiple combat awards.
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George Esper
Olds
Hanoi
Phuc Yen
West Point
George Washington
Robert Olds
2Nd Air Force
Washington, D.C
Ella Ratnes
Chris
Susan
Southeast Asia
Shaw Air Force Base
S.C
8Th Tactical
Ubon
Air Force
Navy Plelots
U.S
Red River Valley
Alrstrair
Hugh Wisely
Navy Flyer
Wayne
N.J
8Th Air Force
Were
Datease Command
Communists Strike In Saigon Area Raids
Communists attacked Ham Tan the capital of Binh Tuy Province and raided a Special Forces camp and a village administration building. More than 100 South Vietnamese civilians were killed or wounded. A U.S. soldier was wounded and eight women and 10 children were killed at the Tracon raid nearby. U.S. pilots hit targets around Hanoi. three U.S. planes were shot down. Crewmen listed as missing include Cmdr James Lindbergh Hughes, Lt jg James Shively, and Cmdr Gordon Larsol.
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George Esper
Saigon
Ham Tan
Binh Tuy
U.S
Tracon
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Demilitarized Zone
United States
James Lindbergh Hughes
Iowa
J.g. James Richard Shively
Texas
Cmdr
Gordon Albert Larsol
Minnesota
Innocents Lie in Pain in Quang Tri Hospital War Wounds
In Quang Tri Province a crowded hospital bears the scars of war as wounded civilians and a few combatants endure burns missing limbs and mortar blasts. A Navy medical team chief notes most injuries come from Viet Cong fire or related attacks while families suffer together amid crowded wards and ruined homes.
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Quang Tri
Vietnam
Province Hospital
Quang Tri's
William Green
Graybull
U.S. Navy
Quang Tri City
Thanh
Tost
Har Secomis
Bar
Dr. Kans 4
Navy
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