Partisan Reports In Baker Case Stir Senate Apathy
A divided Senate Rules Committee filed Democratic and Republican reports on Bobby Baker money making dealings. Baker resigned after a $350000 damage suit and faced Fifth Amendment refusals as the inquiry probed conflicts between duties and outside business, with Johnson ties and Witness Jenkins dispute fueling party tensions.
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Washington
Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Baker
Senate
Reds Shift Battle Focus in South Viet Nam to Highlands
AP reports Communist forces moved center of gravity from the Mekong delta to the central highlands in the past ten days. Viet Cong units are said to have entered from North Viet Nam and Laos Cambodia areas, hitting special forces camps near Nam Dong and prompting conflicting explanations from American sources about the drive.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Mekong
Central Highlands
Senwr Veanese Villiers
Viet Nam
Highlands
Hue
Nam Dong
Laos
Cambodia-Laos
Dog Loses Captaincy of Boat in San Francisco Bay
AP report states three Coast Guardsmen wrestled control of a drifting cabin cruiser from a protesting dog. Owner Don R. Hammitt had gone ashore forgetting to tie the boat, which drifted into the bay. Hammitt and dog Keeki faced charges but were released on bail. The dog paid a $3.50 impound fee.
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San Francisco
Coast
Flies Return to Season with Screen Test Quips
The column notes the yearly arrival of flies around the season, framing it as a lighthearted screen test for nature. It hints at playful observer chatter about insects and outdoor chores as days warm.
World-Herald cites Baker as opportunist in Capitol probe
The majority report labels Baker an opportunist who used his public office as if it were a private business. It adds the committee found it does not have the legal right to determine his guilt or innocence under federal conflict of interest statutes.
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Reynolds
Walter Jenkins
Johnson
Baker
Senate
Jenkins
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
White House
Omaha
The
World Herald
Republicans
the World-Herald
Capitol
Scranton's Men Launch Assault on Goldwater Nomination
AP report from San Francisco details Gov. Scranton and his backers pressing to block Goldwater at the GOP convention. Scott and Kleindienst describe Goldwater’s lack of cross‑section support and the push for a civil rights plank acceptable to both camps.
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San Francisco
William W. Scranton
Barry Goldwater
Scott
Scranton
Goldwater
Platform Committee Hears Lodge And Romney Today
GOP platform writers in San Francisco hear from Henry Cabot Lodge and Gov. George Romney on party pledges ahead of the convention. Lodge backs foreign policy emphasis while Romney remains unavailable, as Scranton and Goldwater prepare to testify.
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St. Louis
Lex
William W. Scranton Lodge
Scranton
William M. McCulloch
Ohio
Senate
McCulloch
Goldwater
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Platform
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IGOP
Pennsylvania
William W. Scranton
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Lodge
United Nations
Eisenhower
South Viet Nam
Johnson-Kennedy
Johnson
Washington
Saigon
New York
Nelson A.rockefeller
Ari
Tshombe Announces Cabinet of All New Faces in Congo
Moise Tshombe says he has formed a 12 member government made up of individuals who have never held cabinet posts. He would serve as premier and hold the foreign affairs, information, and planning posts. Ex premier Cyrille Adoula remains in caretaker status.
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Leopoldville. the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Tshombe
Katanga
United Nations
Spain
Cyrille Adoula
Patrice Lumumba
First Pre
Garrison War With Legislature Ends In Censure
New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison, after clashes with police, judges, and the public, faced a House and Senate censure by 99–0 and 39–0 respectively for maligning members. He had urged grand jury probes into a bail bill, hinted bribery by bail bondsmen, and attacked state officials while targeting the French Quarter and district judges.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Dist
Jim Garrison
French Quartervice
Garrison
Richard A. Dowling
Quintuplet Parents Expecting Another Child Near Birthday
Aberdeen, Sept 14 AP The Fischers of America’s only quintuplets Mr and Mrs Andrew Fischer prepare for a new baby as the quints four girls and a boy near their first birthday The family already has five other children and a 20 room home south west of Aberdeen is under construction to accommodate the growing brood.
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Aberdeen
S.D
Andrew Fischer
America
Fischer
Aberdeen American News
Fischers
Weather Outlook With Scattered Showers Possible
The area may see scattered thundershowers this afternoon and tomorrow. Temperatures will be mild tonight and rise into the 90s tomorrow afternoon. Yesterday’s high was 69 and the low today 62. Rainfall yesterday totaled 0.95 inches.
Bombs Hit SNCC Freedom House in McComb Mississippi
Explosions at the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee house on 702 Wall St. in McComb at about 4 am injured two workers Curtis Hays 21 and Dennis Sweeney 21 with minor cuts. The building housed SNCC staff and a National Council of Churches representative.
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McComb
Coordinating Committee
Wall St
Mississippi
SNCC
Greenwood
Miss
Curtis Hays
Ed Rudd
Hays
Rudd
Dennis Sweeney
Portland
Ore
National Council of Churches
Don McCord
Stafford
Kan
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