Stennis Warns Intimidators Over Dodd Hearing Witnesses
Senate Ethics Chairman John Stennis threatened action to crack down on unnamed individuals who allegedly threatened witnesses in the Dodd hearings. The committee was told Michael O Hara a former Dodd employee claimed an intimidation attempt as he testified. Mrs Marjorie Carpenter also indicated she would share details before being stopped by Stennis who said the probe covers past events.
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Washington
Senate Ethics Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
John Stennis
Dmiss
Wallace F. Bennett
Utah
Michael O'Hare
Dodd
John Sherman Cooper
R-Ky
O'Hare
Marjorie Carpenter
Stennis
Gerald Zeiller
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Havana Radio
Castro
Robert McCloskey
U.S. State Department
No. 1
Juanita
Johnson
Osvaldo Corticos
Citizens Committee For A Free
Hue Seals Off Buddhist Pagodas Amid Self Immolations
Paratroopers and riot police blocked the Dieu De and To Dam pagodas in Hue to thwart a public funeral and possible antigovernment rally after two women burned themselves to death. The nun and a 17 year old girl died last month, with authorities detaining monks and loyal soldiers in the crackdown. U.S. air and ground operations continued in the central highlands as fighting reports surfaced near Pleiku and in the coastal Na Dan area.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hue
Nguyen Cao Ky
Phan van Khoa
Thich Tri Quang
U.S
U.S. Command
MarineRecommended for Medal of Honor in Chu Lai battle
Staff Sgt. Jimmie Howard led 17 Marines in a night-long stand against 250 Viet Cong near Chu Lai on June 16, using knives and rocks after exhausting ammo. Maj. Gen. Lewis Fields recommended the Medal of Honor and a battlefield promotion to 2nd lieutenant. Howard, wounded, said he did not feel like a hero as reinforcements drove the attackers away.
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Chu Lai
South Viet Nam
Lewis Fields
1St Marine Division
U.S
Jimmie Howard
United States
Howard
Balboa Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Pope Appeals Anew For End to War in Viet Nam
In Miami and Vatican City reports Pope Paul VI renewed his appeal for an end to the war in Viet Nam and urged religious liberty in the Soviet Union. He cited his April meeting with Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko and described ongoing peace efforts despite an inconclusive record.
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Pope
Viet Nam
Vatican City
Paul VI
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Vatican
Paul
Cyprus
Burma
College of Cardinals
Gromyko
Poland
Yugoslavia
Haiti
Dominican Republic
Africa
Yugoslav Freighter Grounded in Seaway at Brockville
The 317 foot Morava ran aground Thursday night on the south end of Derottenburg Island in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Brockville Ontario while en route from Montreal to Hamilton. No injuries were reported as crews worked to refloat the vessel.
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Brockville, Ont
St. Lawrence Seaway
Hamilton
Montreal
Derottenburg Island
No Gate Crashers at Communist Sessions
New York AP reports the American Communist party imposes strict security for its national convention on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Male ushers guard each entrance, inspect delegate and observer cards, and turn away anyone without a card.
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New York
American Communist Party
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Welfare leaders in wait and see over medical aid program
City and county welfare commissioners at the State Public Welfare Association convention express a wait and see approach to the new medical aid system. They foresee possible rises in welfare rolls and taxes while some call the program worthwhile for providing care to the needy. Eligibility hinges on means testing with a family of four and one earner generally under six thousand dollars annual net income.
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Lake Placid
N.Y
State Public Welfare Association
Robert B. Travis
Sullivan County
Robert Staszak
Schenectady County
Daunt I. Stenzel
Niagara County
Arthur White
Cayuga County
Jesse Venditti
Oneida County
Vendetti
De Gaulle visits Soviet science center in Novosibirsk
President Charles de Gaulle toured a Soviet prize science center in Novosibirsk and urged joint French Soviet efforts for scientific progress and world peace. He met with Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny as part of a Siberian tour, with potential stops at a space launching center en route to Leningrad.
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Novosibirsk
U.S
Charles de Gaulle
France
Soviet Union
de Gaulle
Russia
Siberian
Leningrad
FLEE WITH $23,000 AT CANAJOHARIE HOME
Two men forced a Canajoharie couple to open a home safe and escaped with $2,300 in cash. Police reported the victims, Mr. and Mrs. Webster Davis, were not injured.
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Canajoharie
N.Y
Webster Davis
Pupils Plan to Paint City Parking Meters in Oneonta
High school pupils from the Lutheran New York Synod gathering in Oneonta plan to paint all parking meters in the city’s two lots as a reminder of their visit. The city will provide paint and brushes.
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Oneonta
N.Y
Lutheran New York Synod
Dr King Leads Negroes Toward KKK Stronghold
In Cleveland on a violent night, a 9-year-old boy was shot and wounded, a white woman hit by a brick, and two policemen fired upon as clashes erupted between Negro and white residents. Looting and vandalism hit several white‑run businesses along Superior Avenue near Sowinski Park.
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Dr. King
KKK
Cleveland
Ohio
Superior Avenue
Earl Stapler
Sowinski Park
Sowinski
Frank Ditto
Mike Anderson
Ida B. Wells
Merediths Walk to Vote Faces Rural Peril and Police
Mary Jane Meredith speaks of her husband James Meredith and his Mississippi voter registration march. A shotgun wound ends his trek but he plans to rejoin in Canton. In Chicago, police quell white threats as Negroes defend a Calumet Park baseball game amid ongoing park disturbances.
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James Meredith
Manhattan
Columbia Law School
Mississippi
Hernando
Canton
Mary Meredith
Jay
Meredith
Lawton
Oklahoma
Indiana
Chicago
Ida B. Wells
Calument Park
King Faisal visits New York under UN and private hosts
King Faisal arrives in New York as a UN guest with private groups hosting events. Mayor Lindsay cancels a city welcome after Faisal’s Washington remark on Jews and Israel, prompting his official greeting to be omitted. He attends a UN luncheon with U.S. Ambassador Goldberg expected to attend.
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U. N
King Faisal
N. Y
New York
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
United Nations
John V. Lindsay
la Guardia
Washington
Lindsay
New York City
United Nations Today
World Organization
U.S
Arthur J. Goldberg
Stewardess Slain and Friend Critical After Basement Attack
In Seattle a United Air Lines stewardess died and her roommate lay in critical condition after an assailant entered their basement apartment and brutalized both women. Lonnie Trumbull was killed and Lisa Wick suffered skull fractures. All three victims were 20 from Portland Oregon and recent airline trainees. A bloodied wood club found nearby is believed to be the weapon. Joyce Bowe, the third roommate, discovered the attack.
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Seattle
Lonnie Trumbull
Lisa Wick
Joyce Bowe
Portland
Ore
United Air Lines
Herb Arnold
Five Miners Rescued After Mine Fire in Yukon Territory
Five men were rescued from a hillside silver mine after a fire trapped them 50 feet below the surface. One body was recovered Thursday night and three other miners remained missing as of early today.
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Elsa
Yukon Territory
Calm Returns After Pompano Beach Riots
In Pompano Beach Florida a riot in the Negro section eased to calm as police and community leaders sought normalcy. Pastor Samuel Collier said the unrest may be ending while Police Chief Ziegle r planned no extra patrols.
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Pompano Beach
Fia
Samuel Collier
Mount Calvary Negro Baptist Church
Joseph Ziegler
Arthur Marks
Marks
Mr. Collier
Stewart Kester
Graduation Follows by Tragedy in Chenango River
A 15 year-old boy Ronald Manni who had just graduated from junior high school Thursday drowned in the Chenango River in Binghamton downtown. He was swimming with three companions when the accident happened. One friend tried to rescue him but could not.
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Binghamton, N.Y
Chenango River
Ronald Manni
Manny
Girl 1 Drowns In North Syracuse Pool
A one year old girl died after slipping into about a foot of water in a plastic backyard pool in North Syracuse. The incident occurred Thursday at the home located in Syracuse, New York.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Night of Tear Gas and Tension In Mississippi
A Mississippi civil rights march headed from Canton toward Philadelphia led by Dr. Martin Luther King with a caravan of 15 cars amid tear gas and clashes. Police in riot gear dispersed about 2,500 demonstrators at the school ground and courthouse. Meredith planned to rejoin the march as violence and arrests spread through the day.
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Philadelphia
Miss
Martin Luther King
Canton
Courthouse Square
Paul B. Johnson
Johnson
US 51
James H. Meredith
Memphis
Jackson
Meredith
University of Mississippi
Hernando
Columbia University
Claude Sterrett
King
Highway Patrol
Washington
White House
Robert H. Fleming
Nicholas Katzenbach
Mississippi
John Prater
Chicago
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Jack Ander
North Viet Nam
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Ranger
Tri Quang
Thich Tam Chau
Tam Chau
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Buddhist Church
Marine
Stephen Griffin
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Richard
Richard Wagner
Griffin
George Gachko
Gachko
Mary Jane Meredith
Israel
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