Vealey pleads guilty in Yablonski murder case
Claude Vealey 26 of Cleveland pleaded guilty to the murders of UMW official Joseph A Yablonski his wife and daughter and implicated two others. He signed a confession made to the FBI and described the Dec 31 1969 night attack in Clarksville Pa. home.
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Washington, Pa
UPI
Claude Vealey
Cleveland
United Mine Worker
UMW
Joseph A
Jock”’ Yablonski
Vealey
Washington County
Charles Sweet
FBI
Yablonskis
Clarksville
Aubran Martin
Paul Gilly
Yablonski
Nixon program to rehabilitate GI drug addicts approved
The House Appropriations Committee backed a $17.1 million package to rehabilitate GI drug addicts and added $120 million for veterans medical care as part of an $18.1 billion bill. The measures fund the Veterans Administration, HUD, the space program, and various small independent agencies for the upcoming business year beginning July 1.
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Washington
UPI
House Appropriations Committee
Nixon
White House
Veterans Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Ellsberg Likely to Testify on Vietnam Papers
Rep. Paul McCloskey says Daniel Ellsberg would testify before Congress on the Vietnam policy report he allegedly leaked. The House subcommittee begins hearings with Ellsberg invited and former Justice Arthur Goldberg opening the session.
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Washington
UPI
Paul N. McCloskey, Jr
R- Calif
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Congress
New York Times
House Foreign Operations and Government Information
Elisberg
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
SAG members authorize strike unless contract reached
Hollywood actors vote overwhelmingly to empower the Screen Actors Guild board to call a strike if an adequate contract is not reached by June 30. More than 1,500 members cast ballots with only three voting against. Negotiations have been ongoing since mid May ahead of the pact expiration.
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Hollywood
UPS
Screen Actors Guild
Guild
Guilds’ Board of Directors
Partly cloudy with thundershowers and mild temperatures
Partly cloudy today and tonight with a chance of thundershowers. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s and tonight lows around 55 to 60. Mostly sunny Thursday with highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Norwalk highs 74 and lows 51 with no precipitation. Births and deaths noted including a Collins birth and two local deaths.
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Norwalk
Secret JFK Role in Diem Downfall Revealed by Sun Times
Chicago Sun Times reports top secret State Department and Pentagon documents show President Kennedy and advisers pressured South Vietnam leader Ngo Dinh Diem to oust his brother Ngo Dinh Nhu. Memo details include a Sept. 17 1963 NSC decision and Aug. 30 1963 Hilsman note.
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Chicago
UPI
Chicago Sun- Times
State Department
Pentagon
John F. Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Sun- Times
The
Morton Kondracke
Thomas B. Ross
Kennedy
National Security Council
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Secret Police
North Vietnam
Roger
Roger Hilsman
Far East
Sec. of State
Dean Rusk
Ngo
U.S
Congress Receives Secret Pentagon Vietnam Report
Washington releases a secret Pentagon assessment detailing 11 possible moves by Diem and Nhu to stay in power and U S responses. The Sun Times notes U S advisers favored speed and coups against Diem, with Diem’s 1963 assassination framing U S dissatisfaction timelines.
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Diem
Nhu
United States
U.S
Democrats Balk At Lt. Governor Bill in Ohio Senate
The Senate Ways and Means Committee cleared to the floor a bill giving the lieutenant governor power to act as chief executive if the governor is absent or incapacitated. Democrats boycotted the hearing. Gov. Gilligan a Democrat, Lt. Gov. Brown a Republican support tying offices on the ballot. In Washington, the Senate urged a swift Vietnam exit with conditions on war prisoner release, while Nixon said the plan is not binding.
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Columbus
UPI
Senate
Ways and Means Committee
John J. Gilligan
John Brown
Democratic
Brown
Gilligan
James A. Rhodes
Washington
Candidate Withdraws From Norwalk City Race
Theodore L. Kearney Jr an independent candidate for Norwalk s second ward council has withdrawn from the race the NASA Plum Brook Station advised him to refrain from running leaving incumbent Melvin Shipley and Republican William L. Stewart to compete in the November election Kearney 21 Norwalk native took petitions in January and did not appear on the May ballot
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Theodore L. Kearney, Jr
Board of Elections
Kearney
Pitt St
Board
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Plum Brook Station
Aerospace Laboratory
Melvin Shipley
William L
Stewart
Norwalk
Elections Board
NASA
Plum Brook
City Plans To Repay 135000 Electric Loan On Time
Norwalk moves to repay the January borrowed 135000 for electric department bills when due June 30. Auditor Charles Hipp noted potential renegotiation if funds are tight and said the repayment plus interest will drain the electric fund unless 45000 to 46000 still due from federal aid arrives. The city borrowed 90000 from Huron County Banking Co and 45000 from Citizens National Bank at five percent for six months. interest expected about 3500. The loan term ends slightly before six months due to January closing.
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Norwalk
Electric Department
Charles Hipp
Hipp
Huron County Banking Co
Citizens National Bank
Unrest Proposals Ignored by Nixon Aide Says Policy Neglects
James F. Ahern, former New Haven police chief and member of Nixon's campus unrest commission, testifies before a Senate panel that the administration neglected the panel's recommendations. He cites lack of action on social justice and the Jackson State and Kent State shootings as evidence of cynical manipulation of public opinion.
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Washington
UPI
James F. Ahern
Nixon
Ahern
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
New Haven, Conn
Commission
Jackson State Miss
Kent State
State Treasurer Burns $1 Million Note In Ceremony
Gertrude Donahey lit a $1 million note in a ceremonial burn and ordered $416 million in bonds and coupons destroyed after redemption in 1969. The event included a ceremonial burn in her office while staff incinerated certificates for one year, watched by her granddaughter Carol who remarked she would not do it.
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Columbus
UPI
Gertrude Donahey
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