Widow says Oswald planned to kill Nixon before JFK shooting
Marina Oswald Porter recounts in an excerpt from Marina and Lee that Oswald, angered by Nixon demands on Cuba, planned to confront Nixon seven months before Kennedy’s assassination. She bribed him with fear of harming their unborn child, locking him in the bathroom and hiding his gun.
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New York
UPI
Lee Harvey Oswald
Marina
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
The
Ladies Home Journal
Marina and
Lee
Patricia Johnson McMillan
Ms. McMillan
Marina Oswald Porter
Oswald
Nixon
Cuba
Dallas Morning News
Violations Found in Beverly Hills Supper Club Fire Probe
Kentucky investigators say Beverly Hills Supper Club was filled to twice capacity and had fire code violations the night 164 people died. State Police blamed owners, the state fire marshal, and local authorities in a comprehensive report released Sunday.
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FT. Mitchell
UPI
Beverly Hills
Kentucky
Julian Carroll
Warren Southworth
Richard Schilling
Extended California weather forecasts and figures in report
Northern California shows rain and showers with below normal temperatures. Central California mostly cloudy with cooler highs in the 60s to 70s. Southern deserts warm with highs 72 to 92 and overnight 50s to 60s. Coastal mountain areas fair with mild highs 58 to 78 and nights 42 to 62. The second item covers a Kentucky nightclub fire report criticizing fire enforcement and crowding with 160 of 164 victims in the Cabaret Room.
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San Francisco
UPI
California
San Joaquin Valley
Deserts
Sevareid warns newsmen on glamor in TV reporting
Eric Sevareid, retiring CBS Evening News commentator, cautioned RTNDA members about glamor and money in television reporting. He urged press to understand each other, noting broadcasting raises culture rather than harms it, and pledged to stay as a CBS News consultant.
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San Francisco
UPI
Eric Sevareid
CBS Evening News
Sevareid
Radio Television News Directors Association
Paul White
Barbara Walters
ABC
RTNDA
CBS News
CBS
Julian Goodman
NBC
Rtnda International
Edward R. Murrow
Wbbm-Tv
Chicago
First Vietnamese refugees head to United States from Bangkok
More than 100 Vietnamese refugees boarded a Pan American 747 in Bangkok for San Francisco, the first group of 15,000 allowed under a new U.S. program. The 105 will join sponsors in the Midwest, with Thailand facing international pressure over the growing camps and refugee numbers.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
San Francisco
Indochina
United States
Vietnam
Midwest
Laos
Cambodia
Congress
U.S
Thomas Barnes
Barnes
France
Australia
New Zealand
Canada
South China Sea
Woman wins suit over diet during pregnancy
A Porter County jury awarded Nora Smith, daughter of Cora Staniger of Gary, 50,000 on behalf of the mentally retarded child. Staniger alleged her obstetrician Dr Joseph Kopcha placed her on a rice and fruit diet in late pregnancy in 1954. The case followed testimony about risks of protein deficient diets during pregnancy.
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Valparaiso
Ind
UPI
Porter County
Nora Smith
Cora Staniger
Gary
Staniger
Joseph Kopcha
Nora
Chinatown Businessman Killed in Chinatown Robbery
In San Francisco Chinatown a 41 year old garage owner Johnny Kim Lee was shot to death during a late night robbery at the Yow Lun Fraternal Association hall a recreation center and mah jongg venue. A 40 year old woman Jennie Lin was wounded but survived. Three masked armed robbers roved the center taking money from patrons during a prolonged shakedown.
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San Francisco
UPI
Chinatown
Johnny Kim Lee
Lee
Jennie Lin
Yow Lun
Twisters Leave Many Homeless In Lake City And Fairview
Severe weather across the Plains and Great Lakes left Lake City Pennsylvania 2100 residents homeless after two tornadoes destroyed 12 houses damaged 70 more and forced the closure of Parker White Metal plant in Fairview. Two injuries reported one in Lake City and one in Fairview.
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United Press International
Plains
Great Lakes
Lake City
Lake Erie
Parker-White Metal Co
Fairview
Don Bovaird
Erie County
U.S. 20
Bovaird
Midwest
National Weather Service
U.S. 6
Marengo
Victor
Iowa
Ladora
Illinois
Ohio
Maumee River
Fayetteville
Ark
Hartford
Conn
Ohio Valley
Atlantic Coast
Mississippi Valley
Colby denies knowledge of Torrijos bugging
Former CIA Director William Colby says he has no knowledge of CIA eavesdropping on Panamanian leader Omar Torrijos. He notes he might not oppose such surveillance if it occurred and acknowledges the Senate probe into the alleged bugging and Torrijos’ possible use of it in canal talks.
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Colby
Torrijos
Los Angeles
UPI
CIA
William E. Colby
Omar Torrijos
University of Southern California
Senate Intelligence Committee
Panama
Pentagon Papers
Daniel Ellsberg
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Rex Lance
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Hungary
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Omer L. Rains
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