Kickbacks Charged in Vietnam Construction Scandal
A secret Senate report by Abraham Ribicoff alleges kickbacks in U.S. financed South Vietnam projects. It cites Pacific Architects & Engineers and RMK-BRJ with aid from International Development, noting funds diverted through in kind assistance and offshore procurement, and calls for a wide congressional probe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Architects & Engineers Inc
Los Angeles
Rmk-Brj
Raymond International
Delaware Inc
Morris-Knudsen
Asia
Vietnam
Inc
Brown & Root Inc
J.A. Jones Construction Co
Pacific Architects & Engi- Pae
Neers
Busi
Washington
Senate
U.S
South Vietnam
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Southeast Asia
Ribicoff
Associated Press
Singapore
Saigon
Lon
PAE
Hong Kong
Otterbein selects May Queen indoors due to rain
Loretta Evans of Jackson crowned 1968 May Queen at Otterbein College as rain forces indoor May Day ceremonies. Anne Barr of Dayton crowns the queen, with Sally Norton Lyndhurst as maid of honor and Cheryl Muha Parma Heights and Kay Brinkman Bucyrus area as court members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westerville, Ohio
Loretta Evans
Otterbein College
Evans
Jackson
Anne Barr
Dayton
Sally Norton
Lyndhurst
Cheryl Muha
Parma Heights
Kay Brinkman
Near Bucyrus
Wilson Faces Political Storm as Labour Braces for 1971 Election
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson rejects resignation calls after a sweeping municipal defeat. Despite a shaky pound and cabinet rifts, Wilson aims to endure a two year austerity plan toward a 1971 general vote, while Cecil King’s Daily Mirror campaign stirs renewed backlash.
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London
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
British Pound
Wilson
No. 10
Downing St
Britain
Cocquers
Cecil King
King
Daily Mirror
Chou En-lai Target Of Criticism
Red Chinese Premier Chou En-lai faced harsh attacks from extreme leftists last year. The Open Warfare Bulletin reported four purge committee members under Mao’s wife were purged. two arrested. The criticism centered on his moderate stance in the Cultural Revolution and protection of vice premiers, and angered Lin Piao by urging an army purge.
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Tokyo
Chou En-lai
Mao Tse-tung
Red Guard
Chou
Mao
Open Warfare Bulletin
Lin Piao
Indonesian Army Suppresses Student Radio Stations
Jakarta military commander Maj. Gen. Amir Machmud ordered troops to shut down several student radio stations after broadcasts criticized government economic policy and President Suharto. The action followed reports of a 400 percent fuel price hike and rising costs for commodities, affecting low wage earners.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Suharto
Amir Machmud
Swanton Teen Killed in Car Crash at Viaduct
A 16 year old Swanton boy Paul D Brewster was killed Friday afternoon when his car collided with a railroad viaduct near Liberty Center in Henry County Ohio.
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Napoleon, Ohio
Swanton
Paul D. Brewster
Liberty Center
Henry County
Refugees From Cuba Arrive in Brownsville Texas
Sixty nine Cuban refugees arrived in Brownsville on a Mexican government air flight. Most are U.S. citizens or family members of citizens and will be sent by air to Miami or New York within days. The arrival brings the total evacuated to 528 people.
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Brownsville
Tex
Cuba
United States
U.S
U.S. Customs and Immigration Office
International Bridge
Miami
Fla
New York City
Clifford Harpe
Miami, Fla
Wright Patterson base commander to move to Utah post
Brig. Gen. Jowell C. Wise, commander at Wright Patterson Air Force Base since 1965, will relocate to Hill Air Force Base in midsummer to serve as vice commander of the Air Force Logistics Command Ogden Air Material Area in Utah.
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Dayton, Ohio
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Jowell C. Wise
Hill Abf
Utah
Air Force Logistics Command
Ogden Air Material Area
Lancaster Dean Proposes Unmarried Students Share Dorm Rooms
Dr. David Craig of Cartmel College proposed letting unmarried men and women share bedrooms in a new Lancaster University dormitory. The staff committee rejected the plan, approving mixed corridors with separate rooms on the same floors. Dr Creed opposed sharing bedrooms but supported mixed corridors.
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Lancaster
England
David Craig
Lancaster University
Cartmel College
Carolynne
Craig
John Creed
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Hamilton, Ont
S. Vietnam
Justice Department
Enneys
Labor
Liberals
The
Times of London
House of Commons
Cuba Beach
Texas
Dacron
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