Rookie Officer Promoted For Work On Bomb Plot
Ray mond Wood a 31 year old rookie cop ten months ago helped uncover a quartet accused of plans to blow up the Statue of Liberty the Washington Monument and the Liberty Bell. Wood infiltrated a Black Liberation Front cell for three months alerting police who arrested the suspects in a Bronx area denoting a lightning roundup by police and the FBI. He received an immediate promotion to detective, while the others named include Robert Collier Walter A. Bowe Khaleel Sayyed and Michelle Duclos with ties to Canadian and American political groups.
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Raymond Wood
Washington Monument
FBI
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Bronx
Black Liberation Front
Michael J. Murphy
Robert
Collier
Boston
Walter A. Bowe
Philadelphia
Khaleel
Sayyed
Brooklyn
Michelle Duclos
Montreal
Dem Senators Push for Negotiated Vietnam Settlement
Washington AP Dispatch reports Democratic Sens. Frank Church and George McGovern urged renewed efforts toward a negotiated approach in Vietnam. McGovern cited public opinion showing a 15 to 1 support for seeking a cease fire and settlement while acknowledging backing for President Johnson’s overall actions. He argued bombing in the north won’t end the guerrilla war in the south and that military victory is not achievable.
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Frank Church
George S. McGovern
Anew
South Viet Nam
Johnson
Viet
Church supports negotiating after noting war casualties
The Idaho church leader warned that continued fighting would cause a tragic, disproportionate casualty toll and still aim for a settlement with the Communists. He said the question is not if to negotiate but when. In Senate remarks, he spoke as the Southeast Asia policy debate grows. Senator Russell B. Long urged backing Johnson against Kosygin’s demand for U.S. retreat from South Vietnam.
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Idaho
Senate
Russell B. Long
Louisiana
Johnson
Alexei Kosygin
Viet Nam
Peking Seen Behind U.N. Albania Vote Move
At the United Nations Albania sought a formal vote to force a U S Soviet showdown. Diplomats privately blamed Red China for pressuring Albanian delegate Halim Budo to defy the assembly. US Chief Ambassador Adlai Stevenson offered little proof but acknowledged the possibility.
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U.N
Peking
Albania
United Nations
General Assembly
China
Halim Budo
Assembly
Adlai
Viet Cong Strike Threats Reported Near Saigon and Bay
Reported Viet Cong battalion found 32 miles southwest of Saigon as Vietnamese troops rush to the area. Aircraft sink a large Viet Cong vessel in Vung Ro Bay after heavy fire from a camouflaged ship. An American helicopter pilot and a Navy plane observer involved in the engagement. A Viet Cong sect ion leader is executed after antigovernment demonstrations in Thang Binh Brig. Gen. Nguyen Chanh Thi cites the event and the flare of unrest.
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South Viet Nam
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J. S. Bowers
Lyndonville
Bay
Cmdr
Harvey P. Rodgers
Smithtown
N.Y
Thang Binh
Nguyen Chanh Thi
Budo calls end to voting moratorium in UN assembly
Delegates rise as Budo orders a roll call to elect the steering committee adopt an agenda and resume work. He accuses the United States of barbaric bombing in North Vietnam and criticizes UN domination by two powers. A broadside targets both Washington and Moscow.
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United States
Viet Nam
United Nations
Indochina
Soviet Union
Assembly
Johnson Convenes Surprise Talk With Eisenhower on Vietnam Policy
President Johnson met privately with former President Eisenhower to seek guidance on U.S. Vietnam strategy. The surprise conference occurred in Washington and highlighted ongoing executive discussions with senior statesmen.
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Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Viet Nam
Minister Struck By Sheriff Faces Contempt Trial
In Selma Alabama a black civil rights leader, struck in the mouth by Dallas County Sheriff James G. Clark, faces trial on a contempt of court charge. The sheriff quoted the leader calling him evil like Hitler and said followers would regret it.
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Selma, Ala
Iff of
Dallas County
James G. Clark
Hitler
Racial clash leads to hospital arrest of Reverend Vivian
A confrontation with gro force left Rev. C T Vivian of Atlanta injured and jailed. Bond on criminal provocation was set at 300 dollars while contempt charges tied to a state court order barring illegal assembly were not bondable. A deputy described Vivian as provoking the incident as he stood five feet one and a half inches tall and 165 pounds.
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Vivian
Martin Luther King Jr
Lauderdale Street Entrance Protest at Courthouse
Witnesses said Vivian led about 25 Negroes from Lauderdale Street to an entrance on Alabama Avenue near the county courthouse. A federal court order required Negro voter applicants to use the Lauderdale Street entrance during the fifth week of the voter registration drive.
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Lauderdale Street
Alabama Avenue
President Johnson Visit to Russia Delayed
Moscow reports and US sources say talks on a Johnson trip to the Soviet Union have been suspended due to the Viet Nam flareup. Johnson had previously expressed hope for visits this year.
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Moscow
Viet Nam
Johnson
Soviet Union
United States
Ranger 8 launched to photograph Sea of Tranquillity
Cap Kennedy Florida AP Ranger 8 blasted toward the moon on an Atlas Agena rocket with an 809 pound payload to capture about 4 000 photos of the lunar Sea of Tranquillity. The mission aims for a 65 hour flight with a planned crash landing Saturday morning and follows Ranger 7 identified for its high detail imagery.
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Fila
Lunar
Fla
Ranger 6
Earth
Ranger 7
VATICAN BLAST SHAKES PONTIFICAL WALLS
A pound of dynamite exploded against a Vatican wall door near Pope Paul VI's sleep apartment. Police probe links to anti Communist protests opposing a controversial play. The blast woke the Pope, damaged the wall door and Swiss Guard barracks, and shattered nearby windows.
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Vatican Wall
Paul VI
Vatican
Ranger 7 pictures show fine lunar rubble and tiny craters
Ranger 7 sent 4312 images far surpassing land based telescopes with details of craters as small as 18 inches. Officials say the moon’s surface is covered with extremely fine rubble while experts debate depth. Ranger 8 could clarify this controversy.
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Ranger 7
Space Agency
Ranger 8
Test Fired Underground Nuclear Blast At Nevada Site
The United States conducted an underground nuclear test Tuesday at the AEC underground site in the Nevada desert. The blast comes as atmospheric tests are banned by the limited test ban treaty signed by the US the Soviet Union and many nations. The State Department said it deplored indications that Communist China may plan a second nuclear explosion.
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United States
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada Desert
Soviet Union
China
Natory
AEC
State Department
Indiana Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After Bath Hold Up
Police hunt three agencies search northwest of Riley for two bandits who held up the Bath state bank and escaped with 9000. An abandoned getaway car was found on Indian Creek Road traced to a Connersville student. A second car may have met the robbers.
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Bath
Ind
Buuier County
Riley
Indian Creek Road
Stanley Corey
Edward Rice
Butler County
Franklin County
Soviet Leader Claims Vast Red Army Nuclear Glide
Marshall Vasily Sokolovsky announced at a news conference marking the Red Army anniversary that the Soviet Union fields intercontinental and global rockets with nuclear warheads equivalent to 100 million tons of TNT. He said the navy relies on atomic submarines, air forces on supersonic planes with long range nuclear rockets, and ground forces on tactical nuclear weapons, stating the armed forces are organized around strategic rocket troops and capable of defeating any aggressor.
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Soviet Union
Marshall Vasily Sokolovsky
Ualan Alaiomad Gaesiad Nceman
Sokolovsky
Red Army
Defense Ministry
Fire damages Brentwood Shopping Center in Cincinnati
A fire that began in the rear of Loughead Cleaners and Shoo l Repair Store caused about 196000 in damage to the Brentwood Shopping Center. Firefighters from three suburban departments brought the flames under control before midnight.
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Loughead Cleaners and Shool
Brentwood
Vatican bombing shakes Holy City after 196? explosion
A night watchman described two short well dressed youths near Porta Angelica seconds before an explosion. Police say the crude device held eight pounds of dynamite packed in a carton and wedged at the Angelic Door. It marks Vatican City’s first bombing since 1962.
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Sant’Anna
Vatican City
Via de Porta Angelica
St. Peter’s Square
St. Peter’s Basilica
Basilica
Syrians Order U.S. Embassy Official Out
The Syrian government expelled Walter S. Snowdon the second secretary of the U S Embassy in Damascus accusing him of heading a spy ring that gathered secret army information. Al Baath said other ring members were arrested and confessed.
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Syria
U.S
Walter S. Snowdon
al Ba’ath
Ba’ath Socialist Party
Snowdon
Dr Sam Sheppard Faces Uncertain Freedom After Release
Dr Sam Sheppard and wife Ariane Tebbenjohanns live quietly in Rocky River Ohio amid ongoing appeals over his 1960s murder conviction. A ruling by the 6th U.S Circuit Court could free him or require retry.
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Sam Sheppard
Sheppard
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn
6Th
U.S Circuit Court of Appeals
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Sheppards
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