FBI Chief Denies Tapping Congressmen Phones
J Edgar Hoover told a House appropriations subcommittee that the FBI taps 47 telephones and planted at least six microphones for security or crime work but never tapped any congressman or senator since he became director. He cited a Washington Post article about Bayh’s office and said CIA phones were never tapped.
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UPI
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
House Appropriations Subcommittee
House
Hale Boggs
Louisiana
Boggs
Washington Post
Sen
Birch Bayh
Clement Haynsworth
Haynsworth
Supreme Court
Senate
Bayn
Senator Bayh
Central Intelligence Agency
Bureau
John N. Mitchell
Subcommittee
Commissioners Approve Claims in Greene County Meeting
The Greene County Board of Commissioners met at the courthouse Monday. All claims were approved for payment and the minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Harry Huffman discussed planning a subdivision named Grand View Addition in Stockton Township. Commissioners Elmer Cooksey Bernard Sparks and Joe Hays attended.
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Greene County Board of Commissioners
Harry Huffman
John Winters
Stockton Township
Grand View Addition
Elmer Cooksey
Bernard Sparks
Joe Hays
Indiana Weather Turbulence Douses Hoosier Areas
Funnel clouds hovered over Central Indiana as strong winds rain and hail spread across thousands. Rainfall peaked at 3.83 inches at Cagles Mill Reservoir with other totals listed in multiple towns. Power outages affected Jasonville and Midland due to lightning damage, while Whitestown saw a tornado misreport.
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Indiana
Cagles Mill Reservoir
Bowling Green
Eminence
Zionsville
Spencer
Knightstown
Whitestown
Jasonville
Midland
Whitcomb Announces Three Key Indiana Appointments
Indiana Governor Whitcomb named Joseph R. Root as commissioner of the Bureau of Motor Vehicles succeeding Trudy Etherton. State Sen. W. W. Hill Jr. will chair the Public Service Commission, replacing Robert Webb. Calvert Brand of Columbus was added to the governor's staff as his PR chief.
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Joseph R. Root
Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Trudy Etherton
W. Day
W. W. Hill Jr
Indianapolis
Indiana Public Service Commission
Robert Webb
Noblesville
Whitcomb
W Calvert Brand
Columbus
Prcot
Whicomb
South Viets Notching Heavy Toll Of Reds
In the war around the DMZ area, two American GIs were killed and four wounded in a battle two miles south of the DMZ near Cam Lo as South Vietnamese forces report high Communist losses. Vietnamese and American spokesmen cite heavy fighting below the DMZ with Viet Cong and North Vietnamese casualties, plus a helicopter downed on Phu Quoc island.
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South Viets
Saigon
Dmz
Cam Lo
Charlie 2
U.S
Phu Quoc
Gulf of Thailand
South Vietnam
Phnom Penh
Highway 1
Kampong Trabek
New York Sewage Strike Triggers Citywide Shutdowns
Wildcat walkout by New York City sewage treatment workers shuts down 11 of 13 plants and threatens 1.3 billion gallons of raw sewage dumped daily. Bridge tenders join transit workers as Gov Rockefeller considers National Guard to restore service amid record heat and severe traffic jams.
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New York
UPI
Jerome Kretchmer
Environmental Protection Department
H.l
Nelson A. Rockefeller
National Guard
New York City
Lee Wins 4 H Trip for Indiana Youth Tour to Washington
Douglas Lee of Linton Itc. One, Indiana, will join 37 other Indiana 4 H Club members on a chartered bus trip to Washington D C. The delegation will tour Smithsonian, White House, Agriculture Dept. and FBI facilities and enjoy an excursion on the Potomac with a dance party and luncheon.
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Douglas Lee
Benjamin Lee
Linton Itc
Indiana
Indianapolis
Washington, D.C
Washington
Lee
J. Philip Stansfield
Utilities District
R.E.M.C
REMC
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Smithsonian Institute
White House
Department of Agriculture
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Potomac River
Cosmonauts Move Station Into New Orbit
Three Soviet cosmonauts aboard the first Cosmodom shifted the Salute space lab into a higher orbit after docking with Salyut. They began scientific work including medical and biological research, with orbit period and altitude adjustments reported by Tass.
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Moscow
UPI
Tass
Nikolai Sirota
Earth
Georgi Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Salyut
Konstantin Feoktistov
Pravda Tie
Incideo Biological
Soviets Propose UN Moon Peace Treaty Draft
Moscow submits draft treaty to United Nations for peaceful use of the moon banning nuclear weapons, weapons testing, military bases and mass annihilation devices. It prohibits force or hostile actions on the lunar body and any act affecting Earth.
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Moscow
UPS
Seviets
United Nations
Earth
Jasonville Council Approves Road Work Bids and Staff Move
The Jasonville City Council met Monday night with Mayor Edward Watson and four council members. The bank Peoples Trust extended the fire truck contract pending state board approval. Three bids were opened for street work. D. D. Bituminus won the contractors bid and A. M. Risher secured rock sand and gravel. Douglas Keller was named regular duty patrolman effective June replacing Dwight Whiteman.
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Jasonville
Clell Sexton
Wilford McKee
John Wilkes
Jim Slater
Joe Sullivan
Joyce Johnson
Edward Watson
Watson
Peoples Trust
State Board of Accounts
D. D. Bituminus
A. M. Risher
Douglas Keller
Dwight Whiteman
Dave Stalm
Keller
Ferree
Presidential Honor Guard to Parade in Linton Fourth of July
Marion Bales announced the Air Force Presidential Honor Guard from Boling Air Force Base Washington DC will perform in the Linton Fourth of July parade. The 20 member unit will travel by air to Terre Haute and by auto to Linton then return to Boling. Also appearing are the Martinsville American Legion Drill Team the Evansville VFW color guard and numerous bands guards and scouts. The parade is July 5 with a fireworks display that night and a carnival running through July 10 at Humphreys Park.
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Marion Bales
Linton
Air Force
Boling Air Force Base
Washington, D.C
Bales
Terre Haute
Auto
Boling
Martinsville American Legion
VFW
Vatican to Release Decree Expanding Annulment Powers
The Vatican announced a papal decree to be published Friday that would give local Roman Catholic Church courts worldwide greater freedom to grant matrimonial annulments. The church said details would be explained at a news conference.
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Vatican City
UPI
Vatican
Cholera Epidemic Spreads Among Pakistani Refugees in India
Report from Kalimpur India notes a refugee diaspora from East Pakistan suffering a severe cholera outbreak. About 900 refugees have died or were buried in mass graves along roads to Kalimpur, with authorities like Inspector Awal Bhakarcharjee overseeing burials under monsoon skies.
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India
UPI
Pakistan
Awal Bhakar Charjed
Kalimpur
Bhattareharjee
Bettui
Wonder
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