Mafia Revelations Highlight Underworld Ties And Police Battle
The article reports wiretapped conversations revealing a pervasive Mafia network operating nationally with families and territories. It notes fires at stores and warehouses tied to mob pressure to push inferior detergents, the role of public officials corruption, and ongoing federal strike forces under Ramsey Clark and John Mitchell. The piece stresses difficult witness cooperation and a need for renewed national action to curb organized crime.
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Underworld
Justice Department
Mafia
Ramsey Clark
Nixon
John Mitchell
Thieu Land Reform in Saigon Aims to Undermine Viet Cong
Saigon bergering of land reform under President Thieu could shift rural support to the government by distributing up to five acre plots to peasants while compensating landowners. Expropriation plans target veterans, easing demobilization and boosting Thieu's popular base as Saigon presses a political, economic, and psychological win in the Vietnam War.
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Thieu
National Liberation Front
Communist
Viet Cong
Saigon
Diem
Mrs Nixon Embraces Volunteer Social Work as First Lady
The article notes Pat Nixon plans a major role in volunteer social work, likening her to Lady Bird Johnson and describing her west coast trip to visiting 10 volunteer centers in three cities as a formative official journey. It contrasts her style with Bess Truman and Jackie Kennedy. It also recalls rising water use, from 115 gallons per person in 1920 to about 150 gallons today.
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Pat Nixon
Lady Bird Johnson
Washington
Los Angeles
America
Bess Truman
Nixon
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jackie Kennedy
Onassis
Lady Bird
Greek Dictatorship Threatens Long Term Stability
Athens reports the Greek military regime plans to retain power indefinitely with no free elections. It cites Papadopoulos and Pattakos pushing an institutionalized tyranny, fearing a leftward swing and possible insurrection led by Communists if unrest grows.
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Athens
Washington
Mediterranean
George Papadopoulos
Salazar
Portugal
Stylianos Pattakos
Greece
Moscow
John Ladas
Interior Ministry
Constantine
Business Leaders Struggle With Planning Amid Tax Changes
Washington businessmen worry about government tampering with the economy as tax policy shifts. The Ways and Means Committee endorses repealing the 7 percent investment tax credit and extends the 10 percent surcharge, impacting durable goods and ongoing projects. Inflation concerns persist, with interest rates rising and no precise tool to measure daily economic shifts.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Federal Reserve Board
Publishers - Hall Syndicate
May Day Slogans Signal Harder Soviet Line
The piece notes Soviet propaganda outlets selling favorable "news" to Western executives for fees, with analysis by Radio Liberty and the Institute for the USSR highlighting intensified domestic vigilance, stalled reforms, and a tougher foreign stance ahead of May Day 1969. It discusses slogans omitting living standards gains, Libermanism fading, and Western targets in Soviet policy.
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Anatole Shub
Washington Post
Moscow
Novosti
Washington
Herb Klein
Nixon
Scotty Reston
New York Times
Arthur Burns
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Shub
Soviet Union
Radio Liberty
Institute For the Study of
Ussr
Institute For the Study of the
Kremlin
Richard Nixon
U. S
Carpathian Passes
Czechoslovakia
Christian Duevel
Stalin
Mr. Duevel
Criously
Ota Sik
Prague
Herman Achminov
Central Committee
Inflation Dilemma Clouds Nixon Tax Reform Efforts
Washington sources reveal White House debate over wage and price controls amid inflation. Kennedy warns of possible actions as press briefings shift and stock markets fear runaway inflation. Nixon delays reform, faces oil depletion debates and a looming November timetable.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Kennedy
Main Street
Monroe News-Star Established in Monroe in 1909
The Monroe News-Star is a longtime independent newspaper published in Monroe Louisiana since 1909. It is a part of the News-Star-World Publishing Corporation with offices on North 4th and Olive Street and a staff including publisher John D. Ewing and editor Edmund G. Brown among others.
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Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and Olive Street
Robert Ewing, Jr
John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
William H. Bronson
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack. C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Press
Focal News
Branham-Moloney Company
National Advertising Representatives
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
Monroe News-Star
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Queens County
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Sicily
International Repute
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Hawaii
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South Vietnam
Mrs. Nixons Trip
Locks
Cit
Ies
United States
Novak
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
By David Lawrence
John Chamberlain
Achminov
Europe
Duevel
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Paris
Ron Ziegler
Ziegler
By Andrew Tully
Congress
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