Actor War Hero's Son Chooses Jail Over Draft
Sterling Hayden's son Christian Hayden, 19, burned draft papers and refused induction at a Los Angeles center, saying he cannot support violence. Hayden cited antiwar views and expected jail if tried, with his father expressing support and noting differences between his wartime service and today. In a separate moment, six year old Kelly Rose of Woodland Hills received Senate applause and a jelly bean envelope for Easter Seals efforts in Sacramento.
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Christian Hayden
Sterling Hayden
Peport
Hayden
Los Angeles
Sausalito
Yugoslavia
Kelly
Woodland Hills
California
State Senate
Sacramento
Reagan
Lou Casanovich
van Nuys
Old West outlaw returns to crime in Ballinger bank raid
Willie Newton, 76, jailed in Ballinger Texas for burglary after the First National Bank Rowena heist. He recalls the 1924 Ron-dout mail train robbery, saying the loot exceeded 3 million dollars. Newton and the gang served 12 years at Leavenworth for the train robbery. Meanwhile at Cannon AFB N M ex fighter pilot Bab Noyd faces court martial over disobeying orders in a Vietnam bound mission, arguing religious freedom as defense.
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Willie Newton
Newton Goang
Minos
Newton
Rondout
United States
Leavenworth
Rivena
Bab Noyd
Air Force Academy
Cannon Afb
N.M
Noyd
End of fast marks Thanksgiving mass by Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez announced in Delano that he will end his 25 day fast with a mass of thanksgiving on Sunday. He has lived on water for 20 days to reaffirm nonviolence in organizing farm workers.
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Cesar Chaves
Delano
Viet Cong Rocket Attack Hits Quan Long Capitol
Viet Cong forces fired B20mm rockets on Quan Long at dawn, after Allied troops routed them from the city streets. The attack set a hospital dispensary ablaze as part of a daylong battle for control, with more than 250 Communists involved.
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Saigon
Quan Long
Mekong
Viet Cong retreat at Quan Long amid fresh South Vietnam flare
Tuesday fighting left 20 civilians dead and 50 wounded near Quan Long with 1,000 displaced. Communist losses rose to 914 dead across South Vietnam as clashes and shelling continued against U S bases and villages. American forces shelled a moving enemy column near Khe Sanh while fortress fire targeted positions within 1,000 yards of the base perimeter.
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Quan Long
Quan Long Raisel
South Vietnam
U.S
Khe Sanh
Red World Summit Plans Set in Moscow After Budapest Meet
The 66 nation conference of Communist parties ended Tuesday and announced a full world Red summit would be held later this year in Moscow. The Soviet Union finally succeeded after four years of persuasion to schedule a world summit to resolve tensions with Red China and other rifts. Communique: aid to Hanoi and the Viet Cong would rise until American forces were expelled from Vietnam.
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Budapest
Moscow
Soviet Union
Red China
Hanoi
Vietnam
Senate Expands Rights Bill with Anti Riot Cross State Intent
The Senate voted 82 to 13 to add a federal crime for crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot to the civil rights bill. Later, 48 to 43 failed a housing amendment by Sen Howard Baker that would have weakened open housing by removing protections for about 29 million single family owner occupied homes.
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Washington
Senate
Howard W. Baker
Rtenn
Forced McCarthy Vote Likely for Kennedy in Massachusetts
Senator Edward Kennedy of Massachusetts faces a probable vote for Eugene McCarthy at the Democratic National Convention after President Johnson’s withdrawal from the Massachusetts primary. The state’s 72 convention votes appear pledged to McCarthy unless Kennedy resigns or McCarthy frees the delegates. Postmaster General Lawrence O Brien warned he would resign from the delegation rather than back another candidate.
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Boston
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
McCarthy
Kennedy
Lawrence O'Brien
Judge blocks Milwaukee open housing referendum
A federal judge ruled Milwaukee cannot hold a referendum to bar open housing laws, issuing an injunction to pull the measure from the April 2 ballot and preventing the council from enacting related ordinances. The ruling cites the potential for a hotter summer in 1968 and follows a nationwide corruption in housing policy context.
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Milwaukee
U.S. District Court
Robert E. Tehan
Common Council
Temptations members injured in Turnpike crash near Somerset
Otis Miles and Eddy Kendrick of Detroit sustained cuts and bruises when their car collided with a tractor trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset. Both were treated locally for injuries.
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The
Temptations
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Otis Miles
Eddy Kedricks
Detroit
Somerset
Tests for Murph Convicted Thief Sent to Psychiatric Hospital
Convicted jewel thief Jack Murphy known as Murph the Surf, who has been selling oranges at a Miami Beach fruit stand while awaiting trial on a new charge, was ordered committed to a hospital Tuesday for psychiatric examination.
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Jack “Murph
Murphy
Miami Beach
Trail
Burton Taylor plan retirement and adoption
British reporter Fer gus Cashin quotes Richard Burton saying he and Elizabeth Taylor will retire from acting within two years and adopt a baby within a year due to Miss Taylor’s high risk of death in childbirth.
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Fergus Cashin
Richard Burton
Elizabeth Taylor
Burton
Miss Taylor
NO PAROLE FOR TREGOFF NO PAROLE FOR TREGOFF
Carole Tregoff, 30, imprisoned since her seven year old murder conviction alongside Dr. Bernard Finch of a socialite wife, was denied parole on her first hearing. The board deferred action and said a review will occur next year. Finch, 50, serves a life term and later this year may be eligible for parole.
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Carole Tregoff
Bernard Finch
Eleanor Willer
Women’s Board of Terms and Paroles
Finch
Decree Issued In Los Angeles County
A scanned legal notice references a decree in Los Angeles County with a placeholder case number 70280 and dates in March 1968. The fragmentary text includes routine court nomenclature and party identifiers but lacks clear names or outcomes.
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Galt
Hollywood
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Lynda Bird
Charlies S. Robb
Arlington, Va
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Camp Pendleton
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Gov. Reagan
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Malibu
Bryan Stevens
San Marino
20Th Century-Fox Studios
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Cong Rocket City
Havana
Bogota
Cuba
Santiago
London
Paris
Crispus Attucks
Newark
Wallops Island
Apollo
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Ieee
Lee
Angeles County
Articuiate Plaid
Deansgate
Wynerier
LA Pasada
Bullock's Lakewood Center
Clark Aye
Lakewood
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