Cooper pleads guilty to contempt in Friars Club transcripts case
UPI reports Grant B. Cooper, Sirhan B. Sirhan’s defense attorney, changes plea from innocent to guilty on two counts of contempt of court related to unlawful possession of secret grand jury transcripts from last year’s Friars Club card cheating trial. Sentencing set for Sept. 23. Cooper acknowledges possible prison and fines.
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Cooper
Los Angeles
UPI
Grant B. Cooper
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Friars Club
Carr
U.S
Beverly Hills Club
British Troops Expand Northern Ireland Deployments
British troops moved into Armagh Enniskillen and Dungannon joining Belfast and Londonderry as part of reconciliation efforts. Oliver Wright begun duties as adviser to the Northern Ireland government while a five man Labour team toured Londonderry after Belfast barriers. B Specials in Londonderry ordered to surrender firearms.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
UPI
Londonderry
Armagh
Enniskillen
Dungannon
Harold Wilson
Oliver Wright
Wilson
Labor Party
London
Alden Corrigan
Royal Ulster Constabulary
Levin Townsend Jacobson settle Bonanza dispute
Nathan Jacobson, operator of the Bo Nanza Hotel and casino, says he settled differences with Lev in Townsend Computer Corp. The Nevada Gaming Control Board had recommended denying Levin Townsend a license and closing the casino. Jacobson reportedly will keep operating and receive about 475000 for his 15 percent stake as Lev in Townsend becomes majority owner. Jacobson to receive the rest of Lake Tahoe's King's Castle stake. Lawsuits over Las Vegas operations to be dropped.
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Nathan Jacobson
Levin-Townsend Computer Corp
New York City
Nevada Gaming Control Board
Levin- Townsend
Jacobson
Levin-Townsend
King’s Castle
Lake Tahoe
Las Vegas
Hoffa Lawyers Lose Bid To See Records
In Chattanooga Tennessee UPI reports that James R Hoffa lawyers lost their bid to examine a secret FBI eavesdropping file known as the June File. Judge Frank Wilson barred access to the June File and most of 1317 related documents about government eavesdropping on the Teamsters in the Detroit area during 1961 to 1965.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
UPI
Teamster
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Frank Wilson
Hoffa
FBI
Washington, D.C
Justice Department
Wilson
Detroit
Moynihan Says Vietnam Peace Dividend Won't Boost Domestic Funds
Daniel Moynihan warns the end of the Vietnam War will not trigger large nonmilitary spending. He expects the 1971 budget to stay about 196.4 billion dollars with tight spending, defense may not drop sharply, and any war cut will be absorbed. He notes growth in the economy and ongoing domestic priorities including foster care and welfare proposals drawing strong public support.
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Moynihan
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Israel condemns Iraqi executions and Jews’ welfare plan
Israel denounces Iraq for barbarity after 15 executions including two Jews for spying. Jordan retaliatory raids injure seven Israelis, kill five Arabs. Arab League ministers meet in Cairo while Suez artillery exchanges occur. Iraq tallies 51 spies this year with eleven Jews among them. Parliament to discuss steps to protect Jews abroad.
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United Press International
Israel
Iraq
Jordan
Cairo
Arab League
al Aqsa
Jerusalem
Suez Canal
Middle East
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Baghdad Radio
Brother's testimony shifts murder blame in Navarro case
Paul Ferguson testified that his 18 year old brother Thomas awakened him after Ramon Navarro was dead and that the two beat the silent star in a bid to hide a supposed $5 000 stash. He said they staged a robbery to cover the killing at Navarro's Hollywood Hills home.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ramon Novarro
Paul Ferguson
Ferguson
Superior Court
Thomas
Navarro
Hollywood Hills
Novarro
Paul
Burt Lancaster
Fess Parker
Senators Discount Effect Of Mishap On Ted's Future
Three leading Democrats McGovern Muskie and Harriss discount the impact of Kennedy's car accident last July. Harris says no repercussions and Kennedy remains a focus of party appearances while Massachusetts voters view him as increasingly beloved. Harrison contends Kennedy will work harder in 1970 and helps the Democratic ticket.
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Ted
Washington
UPI
George S. McGovern
Edmund S. Muskie
Fred R. Harris
Edward M. Kennedy
Harris
Oklahoma
Kennedy
Massachusetts
McGovern
South Dakota
White House
Muskie
Maine
Republican Party
Boston
Democratic State Committee
U.S
David Harrison
Harrison
Black Militant Plans Return to Face Kidnapping Charge
Robert Williams, a black revolutionary who fled the United States eight years ago to avoid kidnapping charges, plans to return to Detroit by plane from London on Saturday. The FBI says he will be arrested on a fugitive warrant upon arrival. the 1961 Charlotte warrant remains active. If arrested, extradition would be decided by a U.S. commissioner.
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Detroit
UPI
Robert Williams
U.S
London
FBI
Milton Henry
Pontiac
Mich
Williams
Henry
Washington
Charlotte
N.C
Bruce Stegall
Marsville
Monroe
North Carolina
Michigan
Airman Killed In Coaldale Crash
An airman died and two others were injured when a Mountain Home AFB vehicle ran off U S 6 eight miles east of State Route 10. William T. Johnson 32, was pronounced dead at the scene Edward Clements 20 was critically injured and Frank Stokes Jr 21 had minor injuries. The Nevada Highway Patrol said all three men were from Mountain Home AFB.
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Coaldale
API
U.S. 6
William T. Johnson
Mountain Home Air Force Base
Idaho
Edward Clements
Jured
Frank Stokes Jr
Mountain Home Afb
Nevada Highway Patrol
Clements
Firemen Gain Upper Hand In California Brush Fires
Firefighters, aided by improved weather, gained the upper hand in Southern California brush fires that charred about 45 000 acres and forced 650 residents to flee. The San Mateo Canyon fire burned 16840 acres across the Cleveland National Forest and Camp Pendleton near San Clemente and was controlled late yesterday. The Moosa Canyon fire blackened 6274 acres eliminating a home in Mountain Meadows and was to be fully controlled by 10 a.m. today as humidity rose and temperatures fell.
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San Diego
UPS
California
San Mateo Canyon
Cleveland National Forest
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Nixon
White House
San Clemente
Moosa Canyon
Mountain Meadows
Escondido
Virginia Toll from Camille Mounts in Virginia
Hurricane Camille apparently killed at least as many people in Virginia’s mountain slides as on the Mississippi coast. Officials report 80 bodies found and 109 missing in the Blue Ridge and Allegheny region, with potential totals exceeding 180. Mississippi tally stands at 139 dead with unclear missing.
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Lovingston
UPI
Camille
Virginia
Mississippi
Blue Ridge
Allegheny
Red Cross
Mississippi Rebuild Takes Two Years After Camille
Gulfport Mississippi disaster chief George Hastings of the Office of Emergency Preparedness says the hardest hit Harrison Jackson and Hancock counties could return to normal within four to five weeks with power restored and most residents back in homes but full recovery will take about two years to reach pre storm levels.
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Gulfport, Miss
UPI
Mississippi Gulf Coast
George Hastings
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Harrison
Jackson
Hancock
Failure On Forecast Spurs Nixon Action
President Nixon expressed very great concern over federal failure to forecast Hurricane Camille’s intensity and directed immediate steps to improve advance warning of weather disasters after Vice President Agnew reported findings from a personal tour of the hurricane devastated Gulf areas. Agnew said federal assistance could be higher than any storm in history, even above the predicted half billion dollars.
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San Clemente
Calif
UPI
Nixon
Agnew
Gulf
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