Dirksen Reconsiders Filibuster Stand on Fortas Vote
Senate debate on Fortas filibuster ends with Dirksen saying he will vote against a move to end the filibuster. He cites Fortas lecturing fees and a Speck death-penalty appeal as political concerns. Zus senators spar over court integrity and delay.
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Mansfield
Dirksen
Fortas
American University
Law School
Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Illinois
Speck
Atty
Gen
Wil
Philippine Student Protests Target U S and Britain Over Sabah
About 250 torch carrying students in Manila smashed embassy windows and set fire to a British embassy servants quarters in protest of U S and British policy on Sabah. Marcos urged pursuing the Philippine claim despite U S and Britain opposition. Police arrested two students. Congressmen urged retaliation including nationalizing foreign oil firms and withdrawing troops from Vietnam.
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UPI
U.S
Sabah
Malaysia
Philippines
United States
Brittain
Vietnam
North Borneo
Britain
Ferdinand E. Marcos
John Mansfield Addis
Bar Association Chief Eyes Possible Mistake
William Gossett of Detroit said the American Bar Association may reconsider its earlier verdict that Justice Abe Fortas was highly qualified to be chief justice. He noted Everett Dirksen’s opposition and suggested the committee on the federal judiciary might review new evidence from Senate hearings. Gossett planned to discuss with Albert Jenner the possibility of revisiting the report.
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Detroit
UPI
American Bar Association
Abe Fortas
The
United States
William Gossett
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Fortas
Illinois
Gossett
Dirksen
Committee On the Federal Judiciary
Justice Fortas
Albert Jenner
Chicago
Committee On the
Federal Judiciary
Jenner
Security Council to Probe Arab Charges Over Israel Actions
Jacob Malik dismissed the probe as a provocation while Britain urged a delay to seek a compromise. Lord Caradon proposed sending a regional representative to the Middle East to address refugee plight from the 1967 war. Egypt and Syria accused Israel of cruel treatment including deprivation, interment, eviction, desecration, and murder, denying Jewish minority abuses.
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Lord Caradon
Middle East
Caradon
Mohammed Awad E. Kony
el Kony
George Tomeh
Israel
Syria
Tomeh
Nazarene Church Typewriter Theft on Las Vegas Strip
Thieves broke into the Church of the Nazarene at 125 N. 14th St and stole a $300 typewriter after removing hinge pins. Eastern tourists reported thefts on the Las Vegas Strip, including $5,000 in clothes luggage jewelry and cash from a motel room and a $1,600 diamond tie tack from a hotel tower room. Pass keys were used to enter in both incidents.
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Church of the Nazarene
N. 14Th St
Carl Friesen
Las Vegas Strip
Air War Rages Along Cambodian Border as U S Forces Press Offense
U S Air Force B52s and fighters pummeled jungles along the Cambodian border to crush North Vietnamese troops. At Thien Ngon and Phuong Thanh allied forces repelled fresh NVA assaults, claiming 282 enemy killed with allied losses of two Americans and 98 Vietnamese. U S missions totaled 138 warfare sorties over North Vietnam with SAM activity reported near Vinh.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S. Air Force
Cambodian
Thien Ngon
Phuong Thanh
Kate Webb
Webb
U.S
Thien Ngon-Phuong Thanh
Duc Lap
Quang Tri City
U.S. Army
1St Cavalry Division
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Vinh
Demilitarized Zone
Fike And Bible May Debate On NSU Campus Soon
Nevada's 1968 style great debate may land Oct 28 on the Nevada Southern University campus with U S Senate candidates Ed Fike and Alan Bible. Fike accepts, Bible cites a crowded schedule but will speak for 15 minutes on Oct 28. format includes 15 minutes each and a public Q A session.
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Nevada Southern University
Bill Terry
NUS
U.S. Senate
Alan Bible
Ed Fike
NSU
Fike
Bible
James Ray's Lawyer May Leave Case
James Earl Ray's attorney Arthur J. Hanes Jr. said he may withdraw from the defense due to serious differences over trial conduct. The remark came at a court hearing tied to four defendants charged with violating a strict publicity order in the Ray case.
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James Ray
Memphis, Tenn
UPI
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King Jr
Arthur J. Hanes Jr
Birmingham
Ala
Hanes
Ray
Criminal Court
W. Preston Battle
Battle
Renfro Hays
Roy Hamilton
Charles Edmundson
Lucius Burch
Bar Association
Burch
Hays
Humphrey presses for debates amid Nixon reluctance
United Press International reports Hubert H. Humphrey accusing Richard Nixon of disdain for voters as negotiations continue over two way and non televised debates. Humphrey and campaign manager Lawrence F. O'Brien outline plans to pressure Nixon and seek time on networks or street corner venues.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Richard M. Nixon
Humphrey
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Louisville
San Francisco
Washington
Lawrence F. O’brien
UPI
Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
O’brien
House Commerce Committee
Congress
Pueblo Crew Rights Confirmed For North Korea Return
The Navy assured the 82 surviving Pueblo crew members will receive all legal rights when released by North Korea. The pledge follows a Los Angeles Times report about a 100 page navy debriefing document and questions over briefing before questioning. The directive from deputy defense secretary Nitze requires full legal rights during processing and debriefing.
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Washington
API
Navy
Uss Pueblo
North Korea
Los Angeles Times
the Times
Paul H. Nitze
Defense Secretary
McCarthy Returns Briefly Amid Fortas Filibuster
Sen Eugene J McCarthy visited the Senate for about five minutes during the Abe Fortas filibuster but did not take part in the debate. He was greeted by Sen John Stennis and spoke with Stennis Sen Stuart Symington and a Senate clerk.
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Washington
UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
D-Minn
Senate
Abe Fortas
McCarthy
John Stennis
D-Mass
Stennis
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
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