Baker Charged With Double Dealing in Haitian Meat Deal
Senate investigators testified that Robert G. Baker profited from both seller and buyer in a Haiti meat export scheme linked to Hampco. Francis E. Law and Thomas Webb Jr. said Baker played a coordinating role with Jose Benitez, Puerto Rico Democratic national committeeman, and later shared profits under revised terms with Hampco and Kentor.
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Washington
Senate
Robert G. Baker
Baker
Jose Benitez
Puerto Rico
Francis E. Law
Thomas Webb Jr
Law
Agriculture and State Departments
Port Au Prince
Haiti
Webb
Benitez
Lopez
Baker Law
Ment
Murchison
William Kentor
Chicago
Hampco
Kentor
Three Revenue Agents Arraigned On Bribe Charges
New York three Internal Revenue Service employees from the Manhattan district and two accountants were arraigned on bribe charges. The IRS workers Herbert Frank Leopold Weisberg and Saul Wolf and accountants Louis Irwin Sol Myers face counts of making or taking bribes to influence tax audit outcomes. Payments ranged from 50 to 400 dollars tied to favorable examinations in 1960s.
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New York
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Manhattan
Tax Agency
U.S
Earle N. Bishopp
Herbert Frank
North Valley Stream
N.Y
Leopold Weisberg
Jericho
Saul Wolf
Floral Park
Louis Irwin
New Rochelle
Sol Myers
New York City
Justice Department
Irwin
Myers
Weisberg
Wolf
Frank
Henpecked husband jokes about his wife’s speech
A light joke features two husbands trading quips about wives. One says his wife has a slight speech impediment and that she stops to breathe now and then, poking fun at domestic life with a quick, playful jab.
Car Hop Links Beckwith Car To Evers Murder Scene
In Jackson Mississippi a 17 year old car hop testifies Beckwith's car sat within a few hundred feet of the Evers murder site the night Medgar Evers was shot. She identified the car by a two way radio antenna while noting she could not identify the driver.
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Jackson
Miss
Byron de la Beckwith
Medgar Evers
Martha Jean O’brien
Brownette
Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Beckwith
O’brien
White Auto
Jury finds 17 year old guilty in deputy death trial
Baton Rouge AP reports a 12 man jury convicted Henry Montgomery, a 17 year old Negro student, in the pistol death of a deputy sheriff. Attorneys for the defendant said they would appeal all the way.
Johnson hails poll tax ban as liberty triumph
President Johnson called the constitutional amendment barring the poll tax in federal elections a triumph of liberty over restriction. He framed it as a major civil rights victory and urged support for the reform.
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Washington
Johnson
Troopers Federal Court Clash Over School Integration Delayed
In Tuskegee Alabama a confrontation between riot trained state troopers and the federal government over orders to integrate two rural schools was postponed likely for about 24 hours.
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Tuskegee, Ala
New York School Board Pledges to Press Integration Plan
The Board of Education vowed to continue its plan for school integration despite a Monday boycott that kept about one third of New York City's students from classrooms and signaled possible future demonstrations.
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New York
UPI
Board of Education
Senate Defeats College Tax Credit Plan Narrowly
The Senate voted 48 to 45 against a proposal for a special income tax credit for parents funding a child’s college. Supporters argued it would aid middle income families facing rising four year college costs, while opponents and Democratic leaders warned the cost could require reducing the overall tax rate cuts in the $11.6 billion package. Senator Abraham Ribicoff championed the measure, highlighting burdens of tuition around $12,000 for many families.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Dconn
Now You Know By United Press International
The United Press International feature cites an estimate of about 25 million cats in the United States. The figure is attributed to the Hollywood chapter of the American Humane Association.
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United Press International
United States
Hollywood
The
American Humane Association
Hattiesburg Man Held For Assault
A Hattiesburg man, 44, was charged with assault and battery in connection with an attack on a Colorado minister. Rev Tom J Laffwell of Greely said Eaton struck him several times near the Forrest County courthouse as pickets joined a voter registration drive. Eaton was arrested and released on 100 dollar bond, case set for Thursday in Hattiesburg city court amid Negro voter registration demonstrations that began January 22.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
Colorado
Tom J. Laffwell
Greely
Col
Jack Eaton
Forrest County
Eaton
Laffwell
United Church of Christ
Orbital spying possible with unaided eye
Brooks Air Force Base report from the Space Medicine conference says an orbiting astronaut can spy militarily useful targets from 100 miles up with the unaided eye. Maj. William B. Clark cites Maj. Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. observations of houses, vehicles, and a locomotive, though some doctors doubt such sightings are possible.
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Maj
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Himalaya
Tibet
United States
The
National Aeronautics and
Missing purse and essentials near Claiborne School
Arlene Cooper of Newton Iowa appeals for help locating a medium size cream plastic purse left on the trunk of her car while packing for a trip home. The purse held heart medicine a driver’s license and cash. It was lost after leaving the Bailey residence west of Monroe near Claiborne School. Contact FA 3 3907. Eugene Smith of West Monroe Chamber will be in Opelousas.
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Arlene Cooper
Newton
Iowa
Merl Bailey
Route 5
Box
Highway 80
West Monroe
Bailey Residence
Claiborne School
Jackson Police Quell Riot At College
Police fired shotgun blasts over protesters at Jackson State College after a basketball game. Three students suffered buckshot wounds as tear gas shells were used. Police sealed campuses and barred newsmen, marking the first major racial demonstration since last summer and the Evers assassination aftermath.
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Jackson
Jackson State College
Stu
Jackson, Miss
Jackson State
Campbell College
Medgar Evers
Byron de la Beckwith
Evers
Jackson State Infirmary
Paul Ottison
Gregory Haygood
Herman Frazier
University of Mississippi Medical Center
M. B. Pierce
Pumping Station Bayou Project Progress Cited
Engineer A P Andrews of Monroe reports phase one of Bayou Bartholomew to Bayou DeSiard pumping project nearing completion with 336 feet of pipe under highways installed at a cost of 36473 dollars. Water will flow by gravity once remaining plant contract is let. full benefit depends on rainfall and drainage, with ongoing pumping until levels reach Hog Bayou spillway.
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Bayou Bartholomew
Bayou DeSiardis
A. P. Andrews
Monroe
Louisiana Department of Public Works
News-Star Today
W. C. Salley
U. S Highway 165
Andrews
Lake Bartholomew
Dead Bayou
Bayou ‘DeSiard
Hog Bayou Spillway
Bayou DeSiard
W. L. Ellerbe
Water Department
Ouachita
Ellerbe
Pargoud Boulevard
Snowstorm Pounds Four States Leaving Deep Drifts
A fierce snow storm dumped up to 22 inches across portions of New Mexico Texas and Oklahoma isolating communities and causing three deaths. Many roads and schools closed hundreds stranded. The center stretched across eastern New Mexico the Texas panhandle and western Oklahoma with near-blizzard conditions.
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Amarillo
Tex
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
Borger
Spearman
Perryton
Sales Tax Relief Bill Is Scheduled By Farm Bureau
The Louisiana Farm Bureau plans to push a sales tax exemption measure in the May legislative session. Highlights include exemptions for pesticides diesel fuel and liquefied petroleum gas used in farming equipment. Other priorities include water resources development to combat Gulf saltwater intrusion and improved marketing facilities. A delegation will study Georgia and Florida facilities.
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Louisiana Farm Bureau
Jimmie H. Davis
Frances Hotel
Louisiana
Gulf
Georgia
Florida
Luce Announces Cheeky Presidential Platform
Former congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce mocks 1964 candidates with a tongue in cheek platform. She jokes about a 35 hour week, education for all, lifting the social bottom, Vietnam policy, easing U.S.-Soviet tensions, and a strong two party system while noting she would support Senator Margaret Chase Smith for vice president.
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New York
Clare Boothe Luce
Italy
New Hampshire
Tl Am
Viet Nam
U.S
South America
Cuba
Castro
White House
Congress
Long to Offer Bill Amendment on Private Organization Discrimination
Rep Gillis W. Long of Louisiana plans an amendment to the civil rights bill to restrict investigations of discriminatory practices in private social fraternal and religious groups. He believes the amendment could win House approval as the Civil Rights Commission has authority to probe such groups and in some cases has begun inquiries. He argues inquiries should be prohibited.
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Washington
Gillis W. Long
D-La
The
Civil Rights Commission
Long
Rain Heads East From Panhandle Toward Monroe
Wet weather was headed from the Texas panhandle toward Monroe with expected rainfall of one quarter to one inch by tonight or Wednesday. Cooler drier air follows, with Thursday partly cloudy and cool, Easterly winds 10 to 20 mph turning northward. Highs 56 to 60 today, tonight 35 to 40, Wednesday 50 to 54. In Monroe the high reached 64 and overnight 41. Delta Branch Experiment Station notes rainfall will help soil moisture, evaporation remains high with 0.10 inch pan loss. no rain in the first three days of the month and 3.5 inches in January.
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Texas Panhandle
Texas
Monroe
Delta Branch
Stoneville
Miss
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Greyhound
U.S. 6N
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