UFO Over Madrid Triggers Major Traffic Jam
A glowing triangular object was sighted over Madrid drawing a massive traffic jam. An Air Force statement offered no proof of origin while Madrid Weather Bureau denied lost balloons and suggested a returning satellite. Argentine rumors of a space ship on General Paz Avenue fueled calls to police and papers.
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Madrid
Buenos Aires
Argentina
General Paz Avenue
Fernando Sama
Sama
NBC Admits Democratic Platform Meet Bugged
Boggs reports a microphone hidden in the Sheraton Blackstone ballroom recorded a Democratic platform meeting. He links the device to NBC recording facilities and calls wiretapping a violation of federal and state law, with a Justice investigation underway.
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NBC
Frank
Boggs
National Broadcasting Company
Hughes Tool Company Purchases Sports Network
Hughes Tool Company announces acquisition of Sports Network Incorporated a New York based sports program producer and distributor. Richard Bailey founder and president will remain CEO as Hughes plans to build a national network amid Las Vegas speculation. The deal comes as a surprise to the U S sports world and Bailey expresses satisfaction with the move.
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Hughes Tool Company
Sports Network, Incorporated
Sports Network
Bailey
Hughes Too! Company
Las Vegas
Hughes
ABC
Viet Cong bomb in Cholon district wounds many in Saigon
Viet Cong commandos exploded a powerful TNT device in Cholon Saigon killing up to 13 and injuring 10 to 15. American and South Vietnamese forces clashed in three daylong actions around Saigon with dozens killed or wounded on both sides.
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Saigon
UPS
Cholon
U.S
South Vietnam
UPI
Nat Gibson
Quang Ngai
Teeming Cholon
Duc Ton
LBJ Consumer Group Seeks Stamp Curbs
Council chairman Bronson C. LaFolette Wisconsin attorney general says utilities post record profits and consumer protection programs reach only the middle class. He urges major cities to adopt Milwaukee style programs with notices in taverns and barbershops warning residents about con artists. the Johnson appointed council lacks enforcement power.
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Council
Bronson C. LaFolette
Wisconsin
LaFollette
Milwaukee
Tropicana Hotel Bought By Texas Airline Firm
In April 1957 the Tropicana Hotel was purchased by a Texas airline firm for cash, with no stock involved. The project cost $15 million to build and $3 million more by 1966 for additions, totaling about $18 million. The 575 room hotel employs over 1,100 people and is led by J. K. Houssels Jr and Sr, Robert Cannon, and Feinberg. The buyer, TTA, reported a 1966 net operating income of $1,462,954 and a first quarter 1968 loss of $228,000.
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Ganza
Eddie Fisher
The
Tropicana
J. K. Houssels, Jr
J. K. Houssels, Sr
Robert Cannon
Feinberg
TTA
Sherer
Bankers, Mayor Suspected in Major Kentucky Fraud Loss
A Kentucky banker mayor faces suspicion after a possible cash loss in the loan department. Officials say up to a half million dollars may be missing as Ernest Heinisch and W Kenneth Forman are relieved of duties. Local reactions show shock and calls for accountability.
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Kentucky
Ernest Heinisch
W. Kenneth Forman
Bus Crash Kills 1, Injures 24 En Route to Parowan
A school bus overturn in Nevada left one youth dead and twenty four injured while traveling to Parowan Utah for a pre season game. Injured passengers include Sherie Cox Donna Ballow Dana Swallow Tom Hurley and Jerry Hurley among others. Authorities note the bus had been recalled for steering repairs and was checked as part of annual school vehicle inspections.
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Parowan
Utah
Sherie Cox
Panaca
Donna Ballow
Caliente
Dana L. Swallow
Tom Hurley
Jerry
Cable
Daley Responds to Critics Over Convention Riots
Chicago charges radical agitators planned violence to disrupt the Democratic National Convention. A 77 page city report defends police actions, says protests aimed to disrupt, notes arrests and injuries were moderate, and criticizes news media coverage.
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Chicago
UPI
Raymond F. Simon
Police Department
U.S. Attorney’s Office
FBI Reopens Feud With Draft Boss Over Reclassification
The Justice Department restates that draft boards illegally reclassify protesters and orders induction. It cites Hershey’s 1967 directive guiding delinquency reclassification and argues such actions punish political activity while infringing on exemptions for ministry students. Oestereich case to be heard in October term.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Department
The
Supreme Court
James J. Oestereich
Cheyenne
Wyo
Hershey
Senate Votes $18.5 Billion Labor Health Bill Approved
The Senate approved an $18.5 billion Labor and Health Education Welfare appropriations bill adding $500 million. It includes college aid restrictions for students in campus disorders and bans federal funds to bus or enroll students to fix racial balance. War on poverty gets $215 million. Senator Thurmond urged DEWH halt integration plans.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Departments of Labor and Health
Education and Welfare
Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Department of Health Education and Welfare
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Maheu
Richard Bailey
LBJ Consumer Group
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Judith Anne Ford
Illinois
Dellynne Cole Catching
Alabama
Atlantic City
Texas
Gilbert Turner
Maysville
Mason County
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Newell
Nevada Highway Patrol
Kenneth Frailey
Castleton
Donna Brown
Pioche
Lynda Linton
Gary Simpkins
Angela Wordsworth
Carol la Forge
Donna Ala
Garth Cramer
Milton K. White
Carol Simpkins
Valley View Medical Center
William Whipple
Hospital
Juli Ann Frank
Jay Lynn Wilden
Rhonda Ballow
Stanley Young
Daley
Richard J. Daley
Utah Highway Patrol
College of Southern Utah
Cedar City
Heap
Lincoln County
Prescott Price
Illinois National Guardsmen
FBI
Oestereich
Andover-Newton Theological Seminary
Newton Centre
Mass
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