G Men Nab 30 In Draft Deferment Scam
FBI and Attorney General announce the arrest of 30 people in the Chicago area amid a scheme to obtain illegitimate draft deferments. Three Illinois National Guard employees shared spurious documents to mislead local boards, with eight indicted and 27 others charged via warrants. Several named defendants, several fugitives remain sought, penalties up to five years and $10,000 per count.
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National Guard
Hoover
FBI
Chicago
Illinois National Guard
Willus Everett Vivian
Willie Britton Jr
Ben L. Cleveland
Marc Lee Rasnick
Miami Beach
Fila
Nat Sheldon Shapiro
Skokie
Ill
Paul Michael Diamond
Jerald Alan Leon
Gary Vincent Rodman
Lincolnwood
Army National Guard
Michael Shaevitz
Iil
Barry Michael Hirsch
Allan David Kaufman
Newton Lyle Archer
Morton Grove
Robert James Price Jr
Sheldon Robert Hornick
Richard Lee Smith
Howard Mark Mullen
Robert Douglas Sacy
Kenneth Allen DeFalco
Cicero
Theodore Edmund Klocek
Michael Wayne Rewnick
Robert George Eiserman
Golf
William Anthony Schuberth
Roger Muscolino
Summit
Robert Harris Robin
James Chris Felicelli
Oak Park
Wayne John Talaski
Calumet Park
Ned Allen Levin
Richard Joel Wolf
Jay Stuart Perlman
Paul Burton Kay
City Commission Digs In On Pay Hike Budget Battle
City Commission again debates funding for the firemen pay raise with three yes votes and Mayor Grayson backing a resolution to seek State Tax Commission approval. Commissioner Stewart blocks passage citing not needed funds and legal questions. Finance Director Laird says the raise is not entered as an expense until legality is proven.
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Oran K. Grayson
State Tax Commission
Hal Laird
the Sun
Whitmore
Vegas Window Washer Bound Over on Assault Charge
Billy Doyle Hampton, 27, a Las Vegas window washer, was bound over for district court on a charge of assaulting a keno runner and breaking her jaw in three places. Bail was set at 5000 dollars. He previously faced an appeal bond on a July conviction for a personal offense with a 14 year old Wyoming girl, with potential 1 to 10 year prison terms if the appeal fails.
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Billy Doyle Hampton
Las Vegas
Wyoming
Armed Services
Proposals for National Service and Civic Reform
A group argues for universal armed service via random draft lottery at 18 with possible noncombat roles and focus on domestic rather than foreign problems. They urge quieter foreign aid, more local government participation, strict media objectivity during riots, and stricter law enforcement while calling for increased governmental powers returned to the people and a more conservative national stance.
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America
Nixon to name U N ambassador pick from Democrats
The President elect plans to announce a new United Nations ambassador later this week. An aide said the choice will be a Democrat, with current UN ambassador J R Wiggins possibly retained.
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NEW York
UPI
Richard M. Nixons
United States
United Nations
Terday
B. Jeant Shriver
U. S
France
Nixon
Shriver
J. R. Wiggins
Wiggins
Washington Post
Johnson
George Ball
Hubert Humphrey
Ronald L. Zeigler
Zeigler
Viet Ponders Second Truce Over Holiday
Saigon said it is too early to commit to a New Year and Lunar New Year truce after agreeing to a Christmas truce. Viet Cong announced a three day ceasefire for Christmas and New Year and seven days for Tet. Saigon cited Hanoi violations and will limit its Christmas truce to 24 hours. The Tet offensive last year shaped talks.
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UPI
Viet Cong
Hanoi
South Vietnam
L A Council OKs Fort Mohave Power Plant Project
Los Angeles City Council approved a Department of Water and Power agreement to build the $188 million Fort Mohave coal burning power plant below Hoover Dam. Jointly operated by DWP and Southern California Edison, the plant will supply power for DWP Edison customers and spare Scattergood expansion opposed by the air pollution control district.
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UPI
Department of Water and Power
Fort Mohave
Hoover Dam
The
DWP
Southern California Edison Co
Mohave
Edison
California
Scattergood
Redondo Beach
Calif
Air Pollution Control District
Medicaid cost pressures prompt private funding study
Washington advisory commission urges private sector help to fund Medicaid as costs climb. Fifteen recommendations aim to broaden financial bases, realign fiscal responsibility, and extend state participation to 1972, with several states still not signed up.
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Washington
UPI
Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations
Florida
Farris Bryant
Newsmen Are Urged Away From Lynda Bird Robb in Istanbul
Lynda Bird Robb daughter of President Johnson shouted for privacy as reporters followed her during a sight seeing tour in Istanbul. Secret service and Turkish security escorted her to a consulate car and back to her hotel after her Topkapi Palace visit. She had arrived from Bangkok where she visited her husband Charles Robb in Vietnam. She browsed a bazaar but could not find a leather coat in her size before ending the tour.
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Istanbul
UPI
Lynda Bird Robb
Johnson
Topkapi Palace
Secret Service
U.S
Charles Robb
U.S. Marine Corps
Vietnam
Dolmabahce Palace
Topakpi
Veterans Set For Yuletide Party At VFW Post
The North Las Vegas Veterans of Foreign Wars post and Memorial Auxiliary host their Christmas party on December 20 at 7 p.m. at 3912 East Lake Mead Blvd. The event is for members and guests with Santa arriving at 9 p.m. to give stockings for children. Refreshments will be served.
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North
Coast Guard Locates Survivors From Jamaica Sinking
Fifteen crew members from a fishing vessel that sank off Jamaica were rescued from a lifeboat. Three bodies recovered and five still missing as search by Jamaica coast guard, two fishing vessels, and U S Navy jets continues 65 miles south southwest of Kingston.
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UPS
Jamaica
Coast Guard
Kingston
Guantanamo, Cuba, Naval Base
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