Powell Faces New Payroll Inquiry Over Wife’s Salary
A House subcommittee plans to scrutinize payroll abuses as Rep. Adam Clayton Powell fights to maintain influence. Powell’s Education and Labor Committee backed curbing the chair, while questions about his wife Yvette Powell on a $20 000 annual payroll loom. The panel includes Hays Waggoner Jones Thompson Dickinson Devine and others.
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Ala
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South Viet diplomat urges bombing to force peace talks
South Vietnamese Foreign Minister Tran Van Do urged intensified bombing of North Vietnam to push Hanoi to accept peace talks. He supported Goldberg's three point plan and said North Vietnam will likely reject the offer. Do favored Viet Cong inclusion only as part of a North Vietnamese delegation.
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Penn State Defeats Maryland 15-7 in Paterno Debut
Penn State at University Park overcame an early Maryland lead to win 15-7 as the defense secured three safeties. The Terrapins reached the State one yard line late, but the Mountain Lions protected the lead with a second period safety plus a touchdown and field goal that shifted momentum.
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Dick Stuart Sets Home Run Record Across 23 Parks
Dodgers slugger Dick Stuart has hit homers in 23 major league ball parks, more than any other player, highlighting his extensive park-to-park power and enduring hitting presence.
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Holden Won’t Block Kwai TV Showing But Seeks Injunction
William Holden’s attorney says the star will not seek to halt national TV airings of The Bridge on the River Kwai but will pursue a court injunction against further telecasts and vigorously prosecute a $2.3 million damage suit against ABC TV, Columbia Pictures, and others. The suit claims the film has grossed $28.5 million and remains profitable for theater showing. bond concerns $665,000 to indemnify ABC. Other defendants include Horizon American Pictures, Ford Motor Co., and J Walter Thompson Inc.
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Fourth City Backing Kennedy Fulbright for 1968
Madison becomes the nation’s fourth city to form a Kennedy Fulbright 68 Committee chapter. Kenneth Mackay, a UW meteorology grad student, leads the Madison group selling bumper stickers on a shoestring budget. The campaign promotes de escalation of Vietnam and talks with the Viet Cong for peace.
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Honest Hubby But Wife Will Never Know
A construction worker in Long Beach ordered two chicken dinners for takeout and received the day's receipts totaling $825 by mistake. He returned to the fried chicken restaurant with his companion and handed back the money before police arrived, asking officers not to reveal his name.
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Humphrey urges U S as free world hope to steelworkers
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey told about 4 000 USW delegates in Atlantic City the United States remains the last best hope for freedom while warning that peace hinges on Communist leaders. He praised contract gains kept within 3.2 percent and urged support for Brown, Douglas and Shapp. He criticized a Republican Congress and outlined 1968 wage and fringe benefit goals including guaranteed wages, profit sharing, travel compensation, and stock options.
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Beatriz Names Trending Amid German Birth Tides
In Essen Germany the city registry shows Heike and Silke as top girl names for new births while Stefan Andreas and Dirk lead among boys as Beatriz gains mild popularity among newborns in the industrial center.
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Mexico blocks relief train for Tarahumara Indians
A Mexico City spokesman said the Louisiana Relief Train will not be allowed to enter Mexico as the country handles Tarahumara needs itself. Officials in Chihuahua and Indian Affairs denied reports of mass starvation, noting only partial crop losses from drought and that governments have not abandoned the Tarahumaras.
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