New Charges Made During PX Probe
Senator Edward Gurney accuses top Pentagon officials of allowing Star Distributing Co to maintain a monopoly on Vietnam GI publications. He cites a 1969 currency transaction, a $2 million IRS assessment, and a Star president's refusal to aid the Senate inquiry. The panel reports bribes and kickbacks as a routine practice in procuring liquor and supplies for GI clubs.
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Edward Gurney
R-Fla
Pentagon
Vietnam
Gurney
Fred Burgess
Post Exchange System
Senate
Saigon
Joe DeMarco
The
Star Distributing Co
Star
Pacific Stars and Stripes
Overseas Weekly
New York
Internal Revenue Service
Star Distributing
John Servatius
R Gurney
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Travel Restrictions Relaxed for Harrisburg Indicted Figures
In Harrisburg the judge loosened travel for five of six men charged in a plot to kidnap Kissinger and damage federal buildings, while Rev. Philip Berrigan remains limited. Five may travel nationwide. Berrigan retains extra restrictions. Bail reductions granted for Eqbal Ahmad and Sister Elizabeth McAlister with 10 percent cash allowed. Ahmad barred from a Toronto speaking trip.
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U. S. Court of Appeals
Philadelphia
U. S
R. Dixon Herman
Philip Berrigan
Berrigan
Henry Kissinger
Federal
Washington
Dan
Bury
Conn
Herman
United States
Eqbal Ahmad
Chicago
Elizabeth McAlister
Upper Montclair
N. J
Ahmad
Adlai Stevenson Institute
Toronto
Hospital Pays $294,777 in medical malpractice verdict
A federal jury ordered Washington Hospital Center to pay $294,777 to the family of George W. Rose Jr. for injuries alleged to have left him permanently blind and crippled after a February 1968 tonsil adenoids operation. The boy suffered a cardiac arrest during surgery and convulsions in recovery, with prior out of court settlements.
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Washington
Washington Hospital Center
U.S. District Court
George W. Rose Jr
Aberdeen Proving Ground Soldier Receives Legion Membership Card
Spec. 4 Uriah Elion, a black soldier at Aberdeen Proving Ground, was offered a membership application by Bernard L. Tobin Post No. 128 after he charged racial bias. A steward had said the bar was reserved for members only and blacks were ineligible. Col. James O. Jones warned the post to end discrimination or face off limits. The post executive committee voted to admit anyone regardless of race.
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Aberdeen Proving Ground
American Legion Post
Uriah Elion
Bernard L. Tobin
Tobin Post
James O. Jones
the Proving Ground
Legion
Elion
Legion Post
Col Jones
Post
Ruling Sought On Convention Voting
Washington AP An ongoing court challenge follows the DNC compromise plan for 1972 convention votes. John F. English vows federal action as the committee approves a formula mixing electoral votes with Democratic strength, boosting large states and trimming 24 smaller ones.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
Amula
John F. English
New York
English
DNC
O'Hara Reform Commission
Propaganda Flows Over Indochina's Air Waves
Bangkok reports a torrent of international radio propaganda aimed at Thailand as North Vietnam, China, and Russia push shortwave broadcasts. Thailand adds a 10 kilowatt transmitter near Nakorn Phanom to counter the insurgents, while Radio Peking voights its messages and Sihanouk remains in Peking amid claims of regional victory.
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Vietnam
China
Russia
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Mekong
Peking
My Province
Hanoi
Thai
Voice of America
British Broadcasting Corp
Radio Australia
Radio Peking
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Stooges
Laos
U.S
Pathet Lao Radio
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Saigon
Sihanouk
Chief Fears Pipeline Threat to Tribes Food Supply
In Alaska, Chief Richard Frank of the Minto Athabaskan Tribe warns a proposed hot oil pipeline 20 miles from Minto could destroy their food base. He recalls gold mining damage, urges independent inspection, and demands compensation if wildlife is harmed by spills.
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Washington
Richard Frank
Minto
Alaska
Frank
Chief Frank
Minto Flats
Interior Department
Oil Company
Oil Line Approval Not Near Says Morton
Secretary of the Interior Rogers C. Morton told a Senate panel he is a long way from approving the $60 mile Alaska oil pipeline. He urged a national energy policy and cited environmental and national need factors before any decision.
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Washington
Rogers C.B. Morton
Alaska
Maryland
Senate Appropriations
North Slope
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