Judge Orders Rep Powell to Surrender on Nov 23
New York AP report says State Supreme Court Justice Matthew Levy ordered Harlem Democrat Rep Adam Clayton Powell Jr to surrender November 23 at 10 30 a m to begin a 30 day jail term for criminal contempt of court The judge warned of an additional 60 day term if the $500 fine remains unpaid Powell faces these penalties while historical defamation judgment of $164 000 to Esther James remains unpaid Powell reportedly in the Bahamas and could be jailed in Manhattan civil jail upon surrender.
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New York
Matthew . Levy
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Harlem
Powell
Bahamas
Supreme Court
Levy
Manhattan
Esther James
Raymond Rubin
James
Off-Duty Cop Kills Youth After Pursuit in Selden
In Selden Long Island an off duty Suffolk County patrolman Frank Wachtel 33 shot and killed 20 year old Wesley F Waite Jr after a car chase and melee in Terryville and Selden The youths 18 year old Robert Kenny was wounded in the left arm and charged with assault Wachtel who had been on the force eight years was hospitalized after being beaten and required aid to summon police The incident began when Waite allegedly slugged Wachtel and followed by a struggle over a nightstick The shooting followed a warning shot and continued attack by Waite and Kenny at the traffic stop
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Selden
N.Y
Suffolk County
Wesley F. Waite Jr
Terryville
Long Island
Robert Kenny
Miller Place
Frank Wachtel
Smithtown General Hospital
Kenny
Waite
Wachtel
Port Jefferson
Missing crew after Navy helicopter ditch near San Clemente Island
A SH3A Sea King departing from Hornet has two of seven aboard missing after ditching 100 miles offshore west of San Clemente Island. Three survivors were rescued by a Yorktown small boat. the pilot Cmdr William E Todd and crew members from Chula Vista and North Island NAS are named. Search hindered by 300 foot ceilings and drizzle.
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San Diego
Calif
Navy
San Clemente Island
Yorktown
Hornet
Ream Field
Coast Guard
J.g
A. E White
Chula Vista
H. B. Estrada
L. R. Jacobson
North Island Naval Air Station
Cmdr
William E. Todd
Pentagon Opposes Xmas Lull in Viet Bombing
Washington AP officials say top Pentagon leaders oppose a Christmas pause in bombing North Vietnam. They caution a lull would let Hanoi repair bridges railroads and oil stocks and could trigger renewed fighting. Pentagon leaders including McNamara and the JCS oppose any halt and point to ongoing raids saving Marines in South Vietnam.
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Washington
Pentagon
U.S
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Paul VI
Johnson
United States
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Adm
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
McDonald
South
Viet Cong Shells Ben Tre and Outposts in Mekong Delta
Viet Cong mortar attacks hit the provincial capital Ben Tre and five government outposts in the Mekong Delta. Two women were killed and nine civilians wounded in Ben Tre. fifteen militiamen at a watch tower were lightly to moderately wounded. US Marines reported 14 to 28 communists killed in the largest action south of the DMZ.
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Saigon
South Vietam
Viet Cong
Mekong
Ben Tre
U. S
U.S
Russians Return Bodies of 3 Yanks
Soviet officers handed three American Pan American 727 crewmen bodies to U.S. authorities at a border crossing near Berlin after a crash in East Germany. The pilots were Capt. Walter T. Reavis, Capt. Raymond B. Foppe, and Flight Engineer J. W. Chariton.
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Walter T. Reavis
Los Angeles
Raymond B. Foppe
Breese
Ill
J. W. Chariton
Miami
Fla
Enemy death toll in Viet Nam rises to 1525
In Saigon the AP reports enemy dead in the Viet Nam war reached 1525 last week. American deaths in action were 126, essentially unchanged from 127 the prior week, despite heavy fighting in Tay Ninh Province.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tay Ninh
Johnson Talks With Eisenhower From Hospital Bed
President Johnson, recovering from surgery, rose early and spoke 45 minutes with former President Eisenhower in his Bethesda room. He then met newsmen, and planned a noon session with Treasury Secretary Fowler, Budget Director Schultze, Fed Chairman Martin, and adviser Okun.
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Washington
Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
House
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Bethesda Naval Hospital
White House
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Charles L. Schultze
William McChesney Martin
The
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
Samuel Sheppard Acquitted Of Murdering His First Wife
Samuel H Sheppard was acquitted after 12 years in prison in the bludgeon murder of his first wife Marilyn Sheppard. He thanked supporters and said he had no bitterness planning for a new life with his second wife Ariane Tebbenjohanns Sheppard and would consider returning to medicine if needed.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
Germany
Ariane Tebbenjohanns Sheppard
Marilyn Sheppard
Nationalists Reject Two China U N Seat Plan
Nationalist China declares it will not accept a two China solution as a condition for UN membership. Ambassador Liu Chieh cites support from three African members and warns that Western ally reactions could harm Beijing's UN aims.
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United Nations
N.Y
China
United States
Canada
World Organization
Peking
Liu Chieh
Liu
Neptune 1 Oil Rig Safe Amid North Sea Storms
A heavy gale lashed Britain and France as Neptune 1 with 45 crew reported no danger. The United States liner waited off Le Havre to collect 260 passengers for New York while 6 foot waves and 70 mph winds challenged pilots and lifeboats. A seaman drowned from the German trawler Rudolph Wendt off Ireland as storms disrupted sea and air links from Scotland to the Channel.
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London
Normandy
United States
le Havre
Neptune
North Sea
Southampton
New York
Neptune 1
Yorkshire
Royal Air Force
Scarborough
England
Scotland
English Channel
Rudolph Wendt
Ireland
Death Sentence For Killer of 6 in New Haven Shootings
Arthur J. Davis was sentenced to death in the electric chair for slaying six people in a shooting spree. Three judges convicted him on six counts of first degree murder, under Connecticut’s split verdict system with a second hearing to determine punishment.
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New Haven
Conn
Arthur J. Davis
Davis
Connecticut
Meteor Shower Fizzles Out In Some Sections of World
The Leonid meteor shower failed to meet expectations in much of the United States and Japan due to overcast skies. Observers reported bright sporadic displays in Texas Panhandle and Colorado, with estimates of up to 1500 meteors per hour in some sightings.
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New York
United States
Japan
Minden
Meridian
Miss
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Ken Carter
Fort Worth
Tex
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