Teapot Dome ghost haunts juror at Baker trial
The 12 jurors in the Baker case, including Lenzie Barnes of North Carolina State College and Marvin J. Gant of Otis Elevator, recalled Teapot Dome memories as they found Baker guilty of income tax evasion theft and conspiracy. Judge Gasch noted credibility as key. Civil servants dominated the panel with 11 Negro jurors and one white woman.
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Albert B. Fall
United States
New Mexico
Interior
Teapot Dome
Wyo
Robert G. Baker
Senate
Lenzie G. Barnes
North Carolina State College
Fall
Barnes
Baker
Oliver Gasch
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Iker
Kerr
Marvin J Gant
Otis Elevator Company
Gant
Bobby Baker
Zool
William C. Bittman
John M. Buchanan
Blackmail Revisited Powell’s Bahamas Press Conference
The article critiques Adam Clayton Powell’s hype filled Bahamas press conference calling it a turkey and a broadcast for his song Keep the Faith Baby. It notes Powell threatened to reveal information about fellow lawmakers and urges Congress to compel public testimony and pursue all alleged transgressions without double standards.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Bahamas
Congress
the Evening Star
Maryland Senators face bind over Frederick Carroll seats
By The Way With George B Delaplaine Jr describes Senators Goodloe By ron and Charles Smelser from Frederick needing to represent both counties under reapportioned Senate. Tax reform calls for income tax rise. education aid climbs toward 66 million with total new programs around 95 million. Frederick seeks help to pay county debt from school bonds while Carroll pushes for less debt but future building needs. Compromise inevitable and unlikely to please all.
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Goodloe E. Byron
Charles H. Smelser
Frederick County
Maryland
Senate
Catoctin High School
Carroll County
Carroll
Space program faces rough road in Congress debate
Ray Cromley argues Congress may slow space spending as Vietnam costs rise and a post Apollo program budget faces scrutiny. He warns against cutting funding now, urges deeper analysis of data from past manned missions, and recommends preserving long term research to prevent costly crashes and safer space exploration.
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Congress
Capitol Hill
Virgil Grissom
Edward White
Roger Chaffee
Johnson
John Cooper
Kentucky
Senate
U.S
United States
Bank names new officers and capitalization plan
At the Citizens' National Bank annual meeting the capitalization is set at 100000 with a surplus of 300000. J D Baker is named president, W G Baker first vice president, H D Baker second vice president. William C Zimmerman is cashier. assistant cashiers are Samuel G Duvall and Joseph McDivit. Directors include J B Baker, W G Baker, Daniel Baker, Jacob H Ramsburg, G M Thomas, D E Kefauver, Thomas H Haller, J H Gambrill Jr., John S Newman, P L Hargett and Dr C H Conley.
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Citizens’ National Bank
J. D. Baker
William G. Baker
H. D. Baker
William C. Zimmerman
Samuel G. Duvall
Joseph McDivit
J. B. Baker
Daniel Baker
Jacob
Frederick Area Snowbound Hurts Trade And Travel
Twenty years ago the Frederick area faced heavy snow after a Northeaster with no school sessions and slow merchant trade. Road crews from the city county and state opened clogged icy highways to restore normal life quickly. Senator Robert A. Taft, named chair of the GOP Senate Committee on Committees, said the party aims to cut government spending and push a tax reduction this year or in 1948.
Johnson faces pivotal turn in policy and Vietnam stance
Washington columnist David Lawrence assesses President Johnson's address to Congress, urging firm domestic and foreign policy leadership. He argues for a credible Vietnam strategy to pressure negotiation, restraint on Great Society spending, and tax policy aligned with gradual economic confidence. He notes Congress must decide on a wartime footing and economic plan.
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Johnson
America
Congress
Union
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
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