Communist leader Paynter quits party for government post
Will Paynter, a 65 year old lifelong Communist and former National Union of Mineworkers boss, resigns from the Communist party after four decades to join Britain’s Commission on Industrial Relations. He says retirement from the miners’ union and party politics influenced his move, which comes with a government salary of $15,600 a year.
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London
Will Paynter
Communist Party
Paynter
Commission On Industrial Relations
National Union of Mineworkers
Britain
Miners’ Union
Government Commission
Wedding Ceremonies Moved as Mrs Ryman Falls on Ice
Mrs Mary Ryman of Bloomfield Hills Michigan arrived for her daughter's wedding in Kansas City and fell on the ice breaking her left leg in four places. Edith Willis and Joseph Stowers wed in the chapel of Baptist Memorial Hospital Friday night with the bed carrying Mrs Ryman into the ceremony.
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Kansas City
Mary Ryman
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
Edith Willis
Joseph Stowers
Baptist Memorial Hospital
Mafia figure testifies for broker at license hearing
Carmine Lombardozzi, labeled a Mafia lieutenant, appeared as a character witness for Dominick Tinghino’s bid to reinstate his real estate broker license. Lombardozzi, free on bail after a perjury conviction, called Tinghino trustworthy and said he used Tinghino’s office for joint transactions. He also remarked that money lets one “hang your hat anyplace” and spoke before hearing officer Patrick Cea.
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New York
Carmine Lombardozzi
Lombardozzi
Dominick J. Tinghino
Tinghino
Patrick Cea
Death toll climbs to 41 in Korea train collision
In a snowstorm a collision between two passenger trains near Seoul left 41 dead and 73 injured, according to the National Railroad office. The crash occurred about 50 miles from Seoul, scattering survivors and emergency crews.
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Seoul
Korea
National Railroad Office
Navy nurse faces possible five years at hard labor
Lt j g Susan Schnall, a Navy nurse, was convicted by a general court martial for throwing antiwar leaflets from an airplane over four bases and marching in uniform in a GI Peace March. The same six officer panel will set sentence after reconvening Monday.
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San Francisco
J.g
Susan Schnall
Schnall
Bay Area
Ex-policeman convicted in slaying of Merilyn Clark
Robert Erler, a former Hollywood police patrolman, was found guilty of second degree murder in the August killings of Merilyn Clark and her 12 year old daughter. He was sentenced to 9 years six months, with potential parole after one third. The verdict followed voice identifications from calls in which he threatened to turn himself in. Witnesses linked his voice to the recordings and Mrs. Clark identified him as the gunman in the car.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Robert Erler
Erler
Merilyn Clark
Joseph Varon
Lynne
Betty
Dan
Hollywood
Merilyn
Terrorism In Saigon Strikes Killings And Attacks
About 500 North Vietnamese troops attacked a U S base 43 miles northwest of Saigon as three terrorist strikes hit Saigon today wounding Maj Gen Nguyen Van Kiem and seven civilians. Kiem and his four bodyguards escaped as bombs exploded nearby. Seven civilians died in shellings including Hue while a ground attack on a hamlet near Sa Nang killed seven. The government condemned the acts and arrested a suspect but gave few details.
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Saigon
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Nguyen van Kiem
Sa Nang
Hue
International Control Commission
Unusual Audition For A New Play
In Greenwich Village off Broadway auditions for Geese stage nudity spurs bold showmanship. Producer Jim Mendenhall narrows 100 girls to six, with many baring breasts during scenes. Dinah Basson wins a road company part and NY understudy after facing nerves and fear, marking her first big break in New York theater.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Players Theater
Dren
Gus Weill
Jim Mendenhall
Jane Whitehill
Laura Rose
Rita Bennett
Mendenhall
Dinah Basson
Dinah
Dayton Opera
K State students plead innocent in campus protest
Two Kansas State University students Andrew Rollins of Kansas City and Frank Cleveland of New York pleaded innocent in Riley County District Court to disturbing the peace charges arising from December demonstrations at the Student Union. Their trial is set for February 17 with no jury. The protest followed charges of discrimination in the armed services and sparked a march to city and county jails by black militants and white students.
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Manhattan
Kan
Kansas State University
Riley County District Court
Andrew Rollins
Kansas City
Frank Cleveland
New York
Marine Corps
Rollins
Cleveland
Television Schedule Dense Night Lineup
A dense TV log lists 3:25 News 3:30 to 5, Movie Road To Singapore, I Spy, Batman, Gilligan's Island, Truth as Consequences, Mod Squad, Julia, Red Skelton, It Takes A Thief, NET Playhouse First Tuesday, Doris Day, N Y P D, That's Life, 60 Minutes, Johnny Carson, Yankee Pasha, The Bride Comes Home, Faith For Our Times with multiple time blocks and c markers for several programs.
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Mike Douglas
Singapore
Kansas
Mod Squad
Jerry Lewis
Julia
Red Skelton
NET Playhouse
Doris Day
N.Y.P.D
Johnny Carson
Joey Bishop
Yankee Pasha
Bishop denounces Catholic birth control encyclical
San Francisco AP Bishop C Kilmer Myers of the Episcopal Diocese of California condemns Pope Paul VI s birth control encyclical as a dismal document. He urges all faiths to oppose the Catholic church stance, arguing birth control matters most given world hunger concerns.
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San. Francisco
C. Kilmer Myers
Episcopal Diocese of
California
Paul VI
Myers
Shakeup at Oklahoma City FBI Office Sends Eight Agents Out
Oklahoma City FBI office undergoes a Washington ordered shakeup. Eight agents will transfer to other assignments after Don W. Morley resigned as the local agent in charge. Police sources note inspectors from Washington were involved and foresee further resignations or demotions. No official comment from the FBI.
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Oklahoma City
FBI
Washington
Oklahoma
Don. W. Morley
Daily
Oklahoman
Morley
Negotiators Clash Over Procedure in Paris Vietnam Talks
In Paris the Vietnam peace talks stall over procedural disputes after two sessions. The United States and South Vietnam push to start with military de escalation, while Hanoi and the NLF demand a political settlement first. Saigon insists South Vietnam’s future is sovereign and not open to international discussion, complicating sincere negotiations.
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Paris
Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Viet Cong
National Liberation Front
North
Hanoi
NLF
Saigon
Xuan Thuy
Tran Buu Kiem
Thuy
Death reported for North Vietnamese General Hoang Kham
In Saigon the U S Command had no intelligence on Maj. Gen. Hoang Kham's death, while Radio Hanoi claimed his death may have occurred in South Vietnam. Kham, commander of the ard military district and a member of the national assembly, was not dated or described how he died.
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le Minh Tri
Kiem
U.S. Agency For International Development
Expensive Sirhan Kennedy case hits near million mark
Los Angeles County spent 970,416 on the Sirhan Bishara Sirhan murder case through December 31, Kenneth Hahn said Friday. Testimony has not started in the trial for the Kennedy assassination. The trial recessed Thursday until Tuesday as the defense analyzes questionnaires used to select grand jury nominees.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kenneth Hahn
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Mail Plane Crash at KC Airport Injures Two
AP reports a twin engine Beechcraft carrying about 2000 pounds of mail crashed on takeoff at Kansas City Municipal Airport. Pilot Bill Burse 27 and passenger James Brigman 2, both of Fort Smith Arkansas, were seriously burned and in hospital. An officer said one engine lost power and a wing dropped before the craft struck the runway and fire destroyed the plane and mail.
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Kansas City
Bill Burse
James Brigman
Fort Smith, Ark
Burse
Brigman
Nixon to Try New On Crime Policy in Washington
President Nixon endorses preventive jailing for hard core repeaters as part of a broad plan to curb rising crime in Washington. The move positions him against leniency while signaling a tougher stance on persistent offenders.
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Nixon
Washington
Drawn-Out Selection In Kennedy Conspiracy Case In New Orleans
In New Orleans 150 more citizens were summoned for jury duty in the Clay Shaw trial to decide if Shaw and alleged coconspirators helped kill President Kennedy. The jury pool has grown to about 980 examined. dissenters were not found. The case, tied to Jim Garrison’s theory of a Warren Commission cover-up, continues amid legal battles over autopsy data. Meanwhile President Nixon announced a broad crime program including a public defender plan, more police and prosecutors for DC, and efforts to rebuild riot-torn Negro slums, with constitutional questions looming over preventive detention.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Criminal District Court
Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Warren Commission
Dallas
Tex
Washington
Garrison
Charles Halleck
Washington General Sessions Court
Kennedy
Halleck
National Archives
White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Middle East
Richard C. Halverson
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Bethesda
Nixons
Chiefs of Mission
District of Columbia
Congress
Philippines launches 93,000-ton Leader supertank er
In Hiroshima, AP reports Philippines' first supertanker the 93,000-ton Philippine Leader was launched. Constructed to carry 4.2 million cu ft of oil from the Middle East to refineries in the Philippines and Asia, it will be delivered to United Philippine Carriers in May after fitting, shakedown, and training cruises. Mrs. Gregorio Licaros cut the champagne bottle as ceremonies released doves and streamers.
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Hiroshima
Japan
Philippines
Middle East
Asia
United Philippine Carriers, Inc
Gregorio Licaros
Development Bank of the Philippines
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