Spade Cooley Granted Parole After Long Prison Term
Spade Cooley, once famed as the King of Western Swing, was granted parole after serving most of a life sentence for the 1961 beating death of his wife Ella Mae Cooley. Parole becomes effective upon completion of 82 years, set for February 22, with plans to reside near Sacramento.
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July Paychecks Hit Record High Despite Steady Unemployment
The Labor Department reported July payrolls rose with 650,000 more people at work bringing total to 79.6 million. Manufacturing work week stayed just over 40 hours and typical rank and file workers earned about 3.03 dollars per hour, 115.44 dollars weekly, amid a steady unemployment rate.
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Washington
U S Helicopter Fire Cuts Down Red Troops
Allied forces report 81 North Vietnamese killed in ongoing combat near Saigon. Helicopter gunships felled 24 soldiers riding bicycles and scooters along a jungle trail 275 miles northeast of Saigon. Additional clashes 23 miles northwest and 270 miles northeast yielded more enemy dead.
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Soviet trawlers boarded off Vancouver Island face charges
Two Soviet fishing trawlers were boarded by Canadian fisheries officials off Vancouver Island and escorted to Victoria to face charges for illegal fishing within Canada’s 12 mile limit. The 220 foot ships were seized 9.4 miles off the coast.
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Unemployment rate rise amid jobless decline and July drop
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports unemployment rose on a seasonally adjusted basis as jobless numbers fell 225,000 to 3.2 million while the rate crept up from 3.4 to 3.6 percent. Earlier reports noted rising living costs, the fastest since the Korean War.
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Romney family member joins state government post
Douglas S Romney nephew of George Romney is appointed to a $25 908 a year state government post as assistant business and transportation agency secretary under Gordon C Luce. The move coincides with other political shifts and hearings in the era.
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New York
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Eee
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Vietnam
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George Romney
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Power Crisis Recalls 65 N Y Blackout
New York faced a severe power scare as three generators failed Monday risking a repeat of the 1965 blackout. Repair crews restored two units by nightfall and ConEdison said the crisis ended for now though “re-evaluated” today. Major buildings reduced demand by trimming AC and lights to essential equipment per ConEdison chair Luce.
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Charles F. Luce
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Unsportsmanlike plan to assassinate Hitler reported by Der Spiegel
The British military attache in Berlin in 1938 proposed using his Berlin apartment to kill Adolf Hitler with a high powered rifle through a bathroom window. Whitehall vetoed the scheme calling it unsportsmanlike, noting such acts contradict democratic principles though some believed millions could be saved.
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Belafonte III Faces Illness For Greek Theater Show
Harry Belafonte Jr stricken with bronchial congestion cancels Monday night Greek Theater performance. He is expected to return tonight and appears with hedge and Donna and singer Pat ti Austin.
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