Wortham sentence erased in Soviet court clemency
Wortham of North Little Rock Arkansas had his three year labor camp sentence overturned by the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation after an appeal. He paid a 5555 fine and was freed. His companion Craddock Gilmour Jr. was fined 1111 and released after a minor role in currency offenses.
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Moscow
UPI
Buel Ray Wortham
North Little Rock
Ark
Wortham
Leningrad
Supreme Court of the
Russian Federation
Friends of
Russia
North
Little Rock
Craddock M. Gilmour Jr
Salt Lake City
Soviet Union
U.S
Germany
Octuplets Die After Birth in Mexico City Clinic
A 21 year old Mexican housewife gave birth to octuplets at 7 p.m. in a clinic and all eight babies died within hours and through the night. Doctors cited dehydration and respiratory problems as the cause. The father Mr Genero Sepulveda Boone expressed disbelief as the mother remained in good condition but despondent.
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Mexico City
Maria Teresa Lopez de Sepulveda
Genero Sepulveda Boone
Mexico
Daniel Boone
Enrique Estrada Sahagun
Estrada
Government
Hector Villarnes
Northwestern
Photts
Whitewater State President Resigns Amid Campus Controversy
A five member panel was named to find a successor to Walker Wyman as president of Whitewater State University after Wyman resigned amid disputes over art displays and antiwar ads by nine faculty members. Regents granted reassignment to River Falls State University and named an investigator into campus advertisements urging not to fight in Vietnam.
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Madison
Walker Wyman
Whitewater State University
Wyman
Whitewater
Wisconsin State University Board of Regents
Leanne Shreves
Vietnam
River Falls State University
Milton Neshek
Elkhorn
Stephen Ambrose
Allen Edgarton
Fond du Lac
John Dixon
Appleton
William C. Kahl
State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Board of Regents
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Dow Chemical Co
Charles Gelatt
Adm. Yeager Dies in Fire at Great Lakes Base
Rear Admiral Howard A. Yeager and two Waves died in a house fire at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. Yeager’s wife, Mary Jane, an invalid, survived but in critical condition. The fire caused about 20,000 dollars in damage to the 80 year old Georgian style home.
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Great Lakes, Ill
Howard A. Yeager
9Th Naval District
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Mary Jane
Yeager
8Th Naval District
Zenith Radio Corp
Joseph S. Wright
Adm. Yeager
Big N Vietnam steel plant bombed again
Washington AP reports the Pentagon issued the largest 1967 draft call, summoning 18,000 men in May for the Army. This exceeds February to April totals and follows a year of variable draft requests. McNamara forecasted 101,000 inductions in the first half and about 120,000 in the second half of 1967.
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Big N
Vietnam
Washington
Pentagon
Selective Service
Army
Secretary of Defense
Robert S McNamara
Congress
Éalls
McNamara
Communist Planes Seen But No Fights Over North Vietnam
SAIGON AP Thailand based American bombers attacked the Nguyen steel plant near Hanoi for the second straight day. About 42 planes reported heavy bombing with no immediate combat. In Saigon area, a battalion of U S infantry clashed with Viet Cong. four Americans were killed and eight wounded by a misdirected artillery round. Three helicopters were hit but crew survived. The U S Command noted new rockets added to the Viet Cong arsenal and that raids targeted ammunition stores.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U.S
Nguyen
Hanoi
South Vietnam
More Allies To Get U S M16 Rifles
The Defense Department will provide nearly 30,000 M16 rifles to U S allies in Vietnam. South Korea's army and marine units will receive about 16,200 rifles while South Vietnamese airborne and marine units get about 12,600. Quotas to be filled by end of June.
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Washington
Defense Department
Singapore
U. S
Vietnam
Pentagon
Colt Arms Manufacturing Co
Svetlana in Switzerland arrives as asylum plea grows
Svetlana Allilueva daughter of Joseph Stalin arrived in Geneva from Rome on a special Italian flight. Swiss police escorted her from the plane and the Bern government said she had asked to enter Switzerland for a temporary stay and that her request was approved. Reports linked her defection to easing Cold War tensions, with no official confirmation from U.S. or Italian authorities.
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Stalin
Geneva
Svetlana Stalin
Switzerland
Joseph Stalin
Rome
Svetlana Stalina
Miss Stalina
Moscow
New Delhi
India
Alitalia Airlines
Bern
Svetlana Allilueva
Soviet Union
West
United States
U.S
U. S
Svetlana
Joseph
Grigory Morozov
Washington
Stalina
Michigan lawmaker links marriage fee to deer price hike
Michigan Rep Leslie J. Alen proposed raising the marriage license fee on Friday, arguing that a woman should be valued as highly as deer. He noted deer license fees have risen to 37.50 and urged a minimum of 5 dollars for marriage licenses.
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Lansing
Mich
Michigan
Lester J. Alen
UAW weighs guaranteed annual wage as strike option
Detroit AP. Irving Bluestone, Walter Reuther aide, says the union will strike if needed to win a guaranteed income plan for auto workers. The plan would guarantee income during a term of employment, raise questions on eligibility, job security, overtime, and seniority as negotiations with GM Ford and Chrysler approach the Sept. contract expiry. Reuther and Bluestone outlined several model questions while pledging the UAW will return with firm terms before July talks.
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Detroit
Walter P. Reuther
Irving Bluestone
Reuther
Bluestone
UAW
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
Knofiv
Three Workers Hurt In Milwaukee Gas Blast
MILWAUKEE AP three workers critically injured when a natural gas and LPG leak from a broken main at a gas mixing plant exploded. The blast blew out windows up to 50 feet away and flames rose about 40 feet. One worker suggested a car backing into pipes may have caused the break as authorities prepared to evacuate hundreds nearby.
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Milwaukee
Svetlana Stalina mystery woman and defector
The article details Svetlana Stalin, daughter of Joseph Stalin, famed for her secrecy during Moscow years. Born likely 1925, she grew up in the Kremlin with a brother who died in a crash. Her mother died in 1932 under mysterious circumstances, and she later defected, remaining a enigmatic figure in world headlines. Continued on Page 10, Col 7.
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Brijesh Singh
Moscow
Soviet Union
Svetlana Stalin
Stalin
National Gallery
Igor E. Grabar
Svetlana
Kremlin
Vasily
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