Hoffa Convicted of Jury Fixing in 1962 Case
James R. Hoffa president of the Teamsters was found guilty on two charges of attempting to fix the 1962 jury in a conspiracy case. Three co defendants Ewing King Thomas B E Parks and Larry Campbell were also convicted. Jurors acquitted Hoffa on one charge. Maximum penalties range to 10 years and $10,000 for Hoffa and up to 5 years and $5,000 for each co defendant.
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Chattanooga
Hoffa
Parks
Campbell
Detroit Teamsters
King
Nashville Teamsters
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Nashville
Nicholas Tweel
Huntington
W.va
Allen Dorfman
Chicago
Nazarene Leader Dr. S. T. Ludwig Dies at 60
Dr. S. T. Ludwig general secretary of the Church of the Nazarene since 1944 died Tuesday at a Kansas City hospital. He was a 1925 graduate of Olivet Nazarene College in Illinois.
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Kansas City
S.T. Ludwig
Church of the Nazarene
Ludwig
Olivet
Ill
Tornado Strikes Senath Missouri Bootheel School
A Missouri bootheel tornado struck Senath injuring no children as 55 sixth graders at a quonset hut school escaped unharmed. The storm damaged homes, barns and lines, with a local resident cut and bruised. Debris blocked Highway 25 while nearby Beech Creek Arkansas reported fatalities.
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Senath
John Hampton
Lenath
Valley Sutton
Kennett
Ken
Pending Motion Delays Arraignment in Mt Vernon Election Probe
Jefferson county grand jury indicted several defendants in the Mt. Vernon township election probe. Circuit Judge Ray Gulley postponed arraignments after a defense motion to delay pending a challenge to the legality of the special grand jury. No hearing date for the motion has been set. The defense contends political influence in juror selection. State's Attorney Jay Stringer argues defendants already had a full and fair hearing.
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Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon Township
Ray Gulley
Udge Gulley
Gulley
Jay Stringer
Laser rifle could blind at mile and ignite fires
Maser Optics reports a lightweight laser rifle delivered to Frankford Arsenal and handed to the Army. The device weighs under 25 pounds with backpack batteries and fires a destructive light ray that could ignite fuses or set clothing afire, potentially blinding at ranges up to one mile with at least one burst every 10 seconds.
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Boston
Maser Optics, Inc
Army
Frankford Arsenal
Philadelphia
Maser
Charge Suspect Ate The Evidence
HERRIN Illinois AP Police held an ex convict today who they said swallowed a $50 check obtained minutes earlier from an alleged blackmail victim. Police Chief Roy Cole said Lawrence Jacobson 41 of Herrin was seized Tuesday after concealed officers witnessed Jacobson trading three letters with a woman for $50 Jacobson was charged with intimidation. Cole declined to identify the woman. He said Jacobson ate the check as officers approached him. Jacobson Cole said is on parole from the Vandalia State Penal Farm where he served part of a sentence for theft.
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Herrin
Ill
Roy Cole
Lawrence Jacobson
Jacobson
Cole
Vandalia State Penal Farm
Kennedy Half Dollars Set for March 24 Distribution
The Treasury announced that new JFK half dollars will enter circulation on March 24 through commercial banks. Banks in large cities will receive them that day, while some smaller-town banks may get them a day or two later.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Treasury
Lightning Strikes and Fire Fires Plague Mt Vernon
Mt Vernon firemen chased a spate of unusual fires including a lightning strike on a Castleton home and an arson attempt at Harry's Market. A fusee into a cattle barn was halted, a stove explosion gutted a Forrest Street two room house, and a shed fire near 15th Street caused minor cottage damage. An Iowa Legislature protest urged meat import levels be kept to the 1958 62 average.
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Mt. Vernon
Wake Wooldridge
Castleton
Harry’s Market
Newby
Tenth
Forrest
Walter E. Fairchild
South 15Th Street
United Nations votes for Cyprus peace force plan
The U N Security Council unanimously backed creating a Cyprus peace force under Secretary-General U Thant and appointing a mediator to seek peace on the island. The Soviet Union supported the plan despite reservations about control and composition details, while France joined the majority after deliberation. Russia said the provision giving the secretary general sole power to decide force composition in consultation with Cyprus and neighbors bypasses the council.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. Security Council
U Thant
Cyprus
Republc
Soviet Union
Russia
Britain
Greece
Turkey
Security Council
Nikolai Fedorenko
Riots in Greece Over U S Cyprus Ties
Demonstrations against the United States and Britain spread in Greece for a third day as students march and burn an effigy of President Johnson in Athens. Rhodes saw stones thrown at U S and Turkish targets while police clashes occurred. Papandreou ordered police to protect embassies and property.
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Athens
Greece
U.S
U. S
Cyprus
United States
Britain
Rhodes
Burn Johnson
President Johnson
Turkey
Russia
Johnson-Al Capone
U. S. 6Th Fleet
Aegeana
U. S. Information Agency
U. S. Coast Guard
Courier
Voice of America
George Papandreous
Papandreou
St Louis Bond Issues Defeated in County Vote
ST LOUIS COUNTY voters defeated all biennial bond proposals totaling 104 million dollars. Each of the 12 parts needed a two thirds majority. only one neared passage, an 844 thousand dollar plan for improvements to St Louis County Hospital, which failed by 102 960 votes.
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ST. Louis
St. Louis County
Promise From Chief Engineer Shields Appellate Court Yard
Illinois promises not to touch the Appellate court yard as Main street is widened to meet highway 57. State Senator Paul W. Broyles received the assurance from Virden E. Staff, chief highway engineer, that design plans will avoid removing any grounds from the courthouse. Plans will be shared publicly once sketches are ready.
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Illinois
Main Street
Paul W. Broyles
Mt. Vernon
Virden E. Staff
Springfield
State Highway Department
Main and
14Th
Broyles
Court House Yard
Ctaff
Department
Shelter Bill Sidetracked By Senators
Washington AP Assistant Secretary of Defense Steuart Pittman decries Senate delay on a multimillion dollar fallout shelter bill. The House approved 190.6 million for shelters in schools hospitals and nonprofit spaces, but a Senate Armed Services subcommittee voted 4-1 to defer action, signaling likely no action this year. Pittman calls the delay a setback to defense needs while citing military and scientific consensus on shelter feasibility and necessity.
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Washington
Asst
Secretary of Defense
Steuart L. Pittman
Senate
Pittman
House
Senate Armed Services
Subcommittee of
Congress
Congressional Committee
Mt Vernon Rejects Monthly Bloodmobile Visit
Jefferson county Red Cross directors rejected a proposal for a once a month Bloodmobile stop in Mt. Vernon. They voted to maintain periodic visits with shorter, two day stays. The next Bloodmobile visit is set for May 20 and 21 at the Central Church of Christ.
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Jefferson County
Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Red Cross Center
Central Church of Christ
Kerner to Speak at Rend Lake Meeting in Zeigler
The 10th Rend Lake Association gathering will be in Zeigler at Eagles Hall on March 20 at 6 30 p m with Governor Otto Kerner as headline speaker. Paul Gayer announced the event and dinner tickets are sold in Mt Vernon by Earl Jamison Amos Smith and Marvin Powers.
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Rend Lake Association
Zeigler
Otto Kerner
Paul Gayer
Eagles Hall
Mt. Vernon
Earl Jamison
Amos Smith
Marvin Powers
Nixon Hits Bus Sale To Cuba
Former Vice President Richard M Nixon blasted Leyland Motors Ltd and other foreign firms for selling buses to Communist Cuba. He urged a selective embargo, closing American markets to companies trading with Cuba except for food and medicine, addressing 1,300 people at a New York Building Congress luncheon.
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NEW York
Richard M. Nixon
Cuba
Castro
Nixon
Leyland Motors Ltd
Castro offers to turn water to Guantanamo rejected
Fidel Castro proposed restoring water to the U S naval base at Guantanamo but Washington quickly rejected the offer. White House press secretary Pierre Salinger said the base would be self sufficient. Castro had cut the water supply Feb 6 in retaliation for arrests and seizures of Cuban fishermen.
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Dantel Harker
Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Washington
State Department
U.S
Pierre Salinger
White House
Cuba
Guantanamo Bay
Castro
Florida
United States
Illinois Blue Print Plan for Commuter Junior Colleges
The Illinois Board of Higher Education tentatively approves a master plan to save students money by creating commuter junior and senior colleges near homes. The plan, ready for hearings in April and May, aims to establish a state system of two and four year commuter institutions rather than relocating students to dormitory campuses. It outlines an administrative setup for two year colleges and notes no site or count details, with final draft due for the General Assembly in January.
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Chicago
Illinois Board of Higher Education
General Assembly
Bible quiz exposes gaps in Bible literacy at Newton high
AP Education Writer details how five classes of college-bound juniors and seniors were given a Bible test in a public Newton Massachusetts school. Most students misidentified figures and phrases, prompting English teacher Thayer S Warshaw to adapt the Bible as a humanities source rather than a religious text.
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GG. K. Hodenfield
Washington
Sodom
Gomorrah
Matthew
Mark
Luther
John
Jesus
Newton
Mass
Thayer S. Warshaw
Supreme Court
Warshaw
English Journal
Jury Box Full Judge Brown Back Jury Box Full
A Dallas jury trial for Jack Ruby includes testimony from a secretary at the Dallas Morning News who said Ruby sat with a fixed stare after Kennedy's assassination. Ruby pleaded innocent by reason of insanity. The trial covers whether Ruby acted normally or in an insanity-induced blackout.
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NEA Telephoto
Joe B. Brown
Jack Ruby
Dallas
J. Frank Wilson
Wilson
Brown
John F. Kennedy
Georgia
Dallas Morning News
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Henry M. Wade
Texas Supreme Court
Judge Brown
Texas
Austin
Dist. Atty
Dallas City Hall
Melvin M. Belli
San Francisco
Aileen Shields
Telephone Company
Louise Malone
Luther E. Dickerson
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London
Margaret Clelland
Miss Clelland
Nazarene
Michael L. Gambrill
Decatur
Boynton Beach
Fla
Missouri
Bulletin
Benton
Hardin
Pickwick Dam
Tenn
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Des Moines
Iowa
Johnson
U.N
France
Roger A Doux
Gov
Kerner
Rend Lake
Llinois
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