Kennedy Denies Impulsive Swim In Chappaquiddick Tragedy
Sen Edward M Kennedy calls the claim he swam between islands after the Mary Jo Kopechne car tragedy categorically untrue. Columnist Jack Anderson alleged Kennedy rode with two friends to Martha's Vineyard by boat. Kennedy notes an inquest in Martha's Vineyard is planned. meanwhile Kopechne's parents seek counsel to oppose exhumation orders.
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Anderson
Kennedy
Gargan
Wilkes-Barre
Massachusetts
Anthony Panaway
Luzerne County Court
New Bedford
Edmund S. Dinis
Pennsylvania
Panaway
Dinis
Luzerne County
N.J
Last 8 Bodies Are Taken Off Gambler Plane
The final eight bodies of 35 killed in the Gamblers' Special airliner crash on Hogback Ridge near Mt. Whitney were recovered by helicopter and taken to Bishop for FBI identification. The DC3 wreckage hid in heavy Sierra snow since February. investigation instruments will be removed for study.
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Calif
UPI
High Sierra
Hogback Ridge
Mt. Whitney
Bishop
Hawthorne
Nev
Burbank
Sierra
Montana Bar Robbery in North Las Vegas Seizes Over $3000
North Las Vegas police hunt a lone gunman who robbed the Montana Bar at 1736 Las Vegas Blvd North. The suspect fired a warning shot, forced customers to the floor, and took money from the register before fleeing rear exits. Andrew Paul Mercer fired at the robber but missed.
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Las Vegas
Montana
Las Vegas Blvd
Andrew Paul Mercer
Moon mission heroes welcomed in New York and Chicago parades
Crowds cheered as Apollo 11 astronauts arrived in New York and Chicago with an official coast-to-coast display. Dignitaries hosted receptions while families of fallen crew members joined as honored guests. Metropolitan shows of patriotism drew millions in both cities.
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Chicago
Pacific Coast
Broadway
State Street
Aldrin
Armstrong
City Hall
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
Richard J. Daley
Windy City
U.S. crime rate outstrips population in 1968 by eleven to one
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover reports crime rose 122 percent since 1960 while population grew 11 percent. In 1968 the chance of being a crime victim was about one in 50 as serious crimes reached 4.4 million, with police solving rates falling 7 percent that year and 32 percent since 1960.
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Hoover
United States
Sino Soviet clash on border raises tensions near nuclear center
Hundreds of Russian and Chinese troops clashed along the Sinkiang Kazakhstan border with both sides reporting casualties. China said Soviet forces crossed into Sinkiang with tanks and helicopters, while the Soviet Union accused Chinese troops of invading Kazakhstan. Each side warned of serious consequences as notes from Moscow and Beijing blamed the other amid ongoing Sino Soviet hostilities centered near Lop Nor.
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UPI
Sinkiang- Kazakhstan
Red China
Moscow
Peking
China
Sinkiang
Soviet Union
Soviet
Kazakhstan
Lop Nor
Persia
Wyoming Officials Seek Charges in Jackson Murder Case
Wyoming authorities pressed to file new charges against Goldsmith for allegedly hiring Lucas Linn and Lindblad to kill two men in a life insurance scheme. Warrants issued in Jackson assert the slayings were planned in Wyoming and carried out in Nevada as Linn awaits bail ruling in Las Vegas after a prior first degree murder conviction.
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Goldsmith
Lucas
Linn
Lindblad
Jackson
Wyoming
Nevada
Dickerson
Hursmith
Franklin
Harvey
Las Vegas
Dist
Howard Babcock
Screen Actors Guild approves lower scales for low budget films
In Hollywood, the Screen Actors Guild voted 9,536 in favor and 466 against a plan to pay actors 50 percent of guild scale on films budgeted under 50,000 dollars. Upon first commercial release, actors receive an additional 100 percent of guild scale. The measure, created by the Board of Directors, aims to spur domestic low budget production.
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UPI
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Board of Directors
Greene arrested on drunken charges at Strip club
Comedian Shecky Greene 42 was jailed on drunk charges after being asked to leave Pussycat A Go Go on the Las Vegas Strip. Deputies say he was found outside the club in an obviously intoxicated state and released on bail.
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Shecky Greene
Clark County
Sgreene
Riviera
Demos Hit Nixon As Congress Takes Vacation
Democratic leaders attacked President Nixon as Congress adjourned for a three week summer recess until Sept 3. The 91st Congress began Jan 3 and faces a possible return to work until Christmas amid mixed assessments of the session’s accomplishments.
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Congress
Washington
UPI
Yanks Battle North Vietnamese On Rubber Plantation Near Saigon
In a day long clash northwest of Saigon, U S and South Vietnamese troops with tanks gunships and artillery fought North Vietnamese forces. By nightfall at least 79 N Vietnamese troops were killed. Two Ita armored cavalry soldiers died and six wounded. Near Da Nang a Marine battalion commander and five Marines were killed. North Vietnamese losses were estimated at 30 to 1,800 total for both sides since a lull was broken.
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UPS
U.S
Loc Ninh
U.S. Ita
da Nang
South Vietnam
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Tony Martin
Ronald Reagan
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