Mail Thief Found Government Secrets
Robert F. Cudak admitted to Senate investigators that a national theft ring stole $100 million in valuables via mail pouches, with top secret papers read but not sold. He claims most loot, including securities and diamonds, was sold to fences in New York and New Jersey.
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Washington
Senate
Robert F. Cudak
U.S
New York
New Jersey
Cudak
Senate Permanent Investigations Subcommittee
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
John F. Kennedy International
FBI
Jacksonville
Fla
Eglin Air Force Base
Department of the Army
Central Intelligence Agency
Charles H. Percy
R-Nl
New York Times
Pentagon
Vietnam
Chicago
O'Hare
Political measures on war spending face lower House odds
AP reporting notes the cut in war weapons funding has slimmer chances in the House than two antiwar Senate votes. Also in AP dispatches a federal court will hear the Times case over Pentagon papers while Humphrey recalls Johnson’s struggle to escalate Vietnam. A Chilean terrorist killed two detectives before blowing himself up, injuring another.
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House
Senate
New York
New York Times
Pentagon
Times
U.S
Southeast Asia
Sen
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Johnson
Santiago
Chile
Molotov Cocktails In Springfield
Police arrested two suspects early today in connection with two fire bombs that caused very minor damage. Molotov cocktails were tossed through windows of City Hall Drug Store and the Missouri State Employment office during protests over the police shooting of Michael Dunlap, 21, the night before.
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Springfield
City Hall
Missouri State Employment Office
Park Central
Michael Dunlap
Treaty Returns Okinawa to Japan Despite U.S. Bases
The United States signs a treaty with Japan returning Okinawa to Japanese sovereignty after 27 years of occupation while retaining 88 U.S. military bases. The accord, signed in Washington and Tokyo, sets a two month lead after ratification and includes a nuclear weapons assurance. Japan pays 320 million dollars in compensation. 46 U.S. bases and about 12,000 acres are handed back.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Okinawa
Tokyo
William P. Rogers
Kiichi Aichi
Diet
U.S. Senate
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
Alexis Johnson
U.S
Sato
Naha
War amendments head to House vote amid Vietnam pullback
Washington AP reports an amendment to cut off Vietnam war funding headed for House action, with 150 to 170 likely supporters among 434 members for the Nedzi-Whalen proposal prohibiting war funds after 1971. Senate votes blocked two end date plans, boosting antiwar pressure and signaling extended debate on draft extension.
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Washington
House
Senate
U.S
Indochina
Southeast Asia
Lawton M. Chiles Jr
D-Fla
North Vietnam
Mark QO. Hatfield
R-Ore
George S. McGovern
D-M.d
Hatfield- McGovern
Hatfield
Hope Receives Army Oscar for Morale Service
Beverly Hills California AP Bob Hope is awarded a special U S Army Oscar for thirty years of morale building with a golden globe statue of a soldier at the Army Ball Vice President Spiro Agnew attends as guest of honor Hope says the award ranks among the high points of his career for entertaining U S troops from World War II to Vietnam
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Bob Hope
U.S. Army
Army
Hope
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Salem Youth Drownings Reported in Missouri River
A 11 year old Salem, Missouri youth Ricky Ard drowned Wednesday afternoon while swimming in the Current River near Cedar Grove. He was the son of Mrs. Elma Ard of Salem.
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Cedar Grove
Salem, Mo
Ricky Ard
Elma Ard
Salem
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