Powell Travel Audit Raises Questions About Committee Expenditures
House investigators report more than 75 airline trips charged to staffers of Rep. Adam Clayton Powell were made by others. Witness Russell Derrickson denied making 26 trips on a shared airline card, while Mrs Powell draws a $20 500 salary paid overseas in Puerto Rico. The probe seeks ways to tighten travel and payroll procedures across committees.
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Washington
House
Adam Clayton Powell
Education and Labor Committee
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
House Administration
Powell
Hays
Puerto Rico
Bahamas
Snowmobiles Create Traffic Problems In Wisconsin
Wisconsin's growing snowmobile use strains law enforcement. The Motor Vehicle Department urges legal operation on roads and warns of fines up to 200 dollars or six months in jail for unregistered vehicle on highways. Northern counties host rallies and races drawing large crowds.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Motor Vehicle Department
Dan Schutz
Father Is Proud U S Lost First G L In Viet Five Years Ago
Livingston Tennessee AP five years after Spec 4 James T Davis died near Saigon on December 22 1961 during a Viet Cong ambush. His father James Clarence Davis expresses pride and support for U S war aims while condemning draft card burnings and antiwar protests.
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U.S
Viet
James T
Tom) Davis
Saigon
Vietnam
Diller and Cosby Named Most Cooperative Figures
Hollywood AP reports Phyllis Diller and Bill Cosby honored with the Hollywood Women's Press Club Golden Apples for being the most cooperative performers in television. The annual award recognizes teamwork and professionalism among stars.
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Hollywood
Phyllis Diller
Bill Cosby
Hollywood Women’s Press Club
Surgeon pulls grenade from Marine's throat in Da Nang
Navy surgeon Lt Cmdr James Chandler removed a live M79 rifle grenade from the Marine private's throat after a five hour operation at Charlie hospital in Da Nang. The grenade had torn through the jaw and tongue. experts later detonated it on the helicopter pad. The patient, aged 20, was treated for a compound fracture of the right leg and was reported doing fine. The private's identity was not released pending relatives.
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John Lengel
DA Nang
Vietnam
U.S
Cmdr
James Chandler
San Francisco
Chandler
Charlie” Medical Hospital
Yanks Fire On Enemy Planes Near Cruiser
Two U S Phantom jets fired missiles at two unknown enemy planes approaching the Long Beach cruiser in the Gulf of Tonkin near Thanh Hoa. The planes disappeared from radar. their type and fate were not confirmed.
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Cruiser
Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Long Beach
Thanh Hoa
Hanoi
Gulf of Tonkin
United States
Vietnam
Enterprise
North Vietnam
Kitty Hawk
Navy
Yankee Station
Demilitarized Zone
Foundations Accused of Putting Profit Over Charity
Rep. Wright Patman charges that many private foundations prioritize profit and comfort over charitable disbursements. A House subcommittee studied 575 foundations 1961 1964 with receipts of 4.6 billion and capital gains of 1.3 billion, while only 2.2 billion was distributed to causes and about 500 million went to expenses. He urged tighter tax exempt rules amid criticism of basing gains on stock markets rather than charitable grants.
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Edmond LE Breton
Washington
Wright Patman
Congress
Patman
Texas
House
Johnson
Treasury
American Box Board’ Co. Foundation of
Grand Rapids
Mich
Critics Among Visitors Democrat Governors Meet With Johnson
President Johnson hosts a Texas ranch session with Democratic governors including outspoken critics of the Great Society and 1966 campaign roles. Governor Harold E. Hughes of Iowa leads the delegation. Warren E. Hearnes of Missouri plans to attend amid calls for a 1968 candidate rethink. John B. Connally notes 10 to 12 expected. Calvin Rampton and John W. King cannot attend.
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Frank Cormier
Austin
Tex
Johnson
Texas Ranch
Texas White House
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Here
Johnson City
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
Hearnes
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
John B. Connally
Texas
Calvin Rampton
Utah
John W. King
New Lee
Americans Sentenced in Soviet Currency Case Labor Camp
Two American youths, Buel Ray Wortham and Craddock M. Gilmour Jr., were convicted in Leningrad of violating Soviet currency rules. Wortham received three years in a restricted labor camp for currency violations and theft, plus a three year term to run concurrently, with car confiscation and ruble fines. Gilmour drew three years on currency charges and confiscation of souvenirs. both face seven day appeals.
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Leningrad
U.S.S.R
Buel Ray Wortham
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Wortham
Soviet Union
Finland
Gilmour
Truck Car Crash Kills Minnesota Man
Homer Walter, 68, of rural Osseo died when his car collided with a semi trailer on Minnesota 152 two miles west of Osseo. Norman L. Zink, 36, of Minneapolis drove the truck. Police said blowing snow may have hindered vision. The Minnesota highway toll for 1966 rose to 926.
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Maple Grove
Minn
Homer Walter
Minnesota
Walter
Minnesota 152
Fof
Osseo
Norman L. Zink
Minneapolis
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Renee
By Bob Gilbert
Associated Press
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Tom
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Diller
Cosby
Most Cooperative
Isurgeon
By Robert Tuckman
William C. Westmoreland
Donald Williams
Jeanne
Mason
Honolulu
Rotary Club
Williams
Hawaii
UPI
Julian S. Eaton Educational Foundation
University of Miami
Fla
Alfred Franklin
The
Eaton Foundation
Joseph B. Whitehead
Atlanta, Ga
Tok
Little Rock
Ark
Harlan G. Moen
Moscow
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