No Letdown In Crime Rate For Nation's Capital
Washington crime figures rose to new highs in 1969 amid court rulings and bail reforms. Police Chief Jerry V. Wilson notes upturn since the Escobedo and Miranda decisions and credits lenient courts with aiding offenders. Nixon crime proposal seeks court reform and expanded wiretap powers awaiting House action.
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Officials May Switch Allocations
Draft officials weigh changes to monthly manpower calls to local boards to ensure uniform lottery number calls nationwide. A spokesman said no definite plan exists and decision depends on how the new lottery system functions. Critics warn that local boards could drift in numbers called, though a yearly national quota still governs and each board must meet an annual share.
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Washington
Investigations Point At Sports Figures
U S Attorney James H Brickley plans public appearances by national sports figures ahead of a federal grand jury probing a nationwide gambling ring. Jerome Dizzy Dean, the first sports figure named, was not arrested. 10 people were charged with interstate gambling and conspiracy. District officials reported about 620000 in cash and checks seized and said evidence points to a national scheme involving baseball football trainers and jockeys nationwide.
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Lindstrom
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Birmingham
Donald J. Dawson
Dawson
James E. Ritchie
United States
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Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau
Expansion May Be In Future For Defense
Washington AP reports the Nixon administration, after a narrow summer victory for the Safeguard missile defense system, is weighing expansion amid a Soviet SS9 missile buildup. Intelligence indicates Russia deploys SS9s methodically, prompting Pentagon figures to push broader ABM shields to protect Minuteman forces, Washington, and the national command center.
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Senate
Minuteman
Washington
National Command
Nixon Has Fewer Foreign Visitors in First Year Than Kennedy
Washington AP reports President Nixon hosted 21 foreign heads of state or government in 1969, fewer than Kennedy’s 33 in 1961 and Johnson’s 19 in 1963. The article notes deliberate limits on ceremonial visits, trips abroad, and regional distribution of visitors across Asia Africa Europe and the Middle East.
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Nixon
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Nizon
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Asia
Britain
Harold
Ludwig Erhard
Johnson
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Bonn
Kiesinger
Charles de Gaulle
France
Eisenhower
Georges Pompidou
Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
Dohneon
Glassboro
N.J
Romania
Gheorge Maurer
Africa
Middle East
Latin American
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Judge Rules Against Hoffa New Trial Bid in 1964 Case
U S District Judge Frank Wilson denied Hoffa and co defendants a new trial finding government evidence used at the 1964 Nashville jury tampering case was obtained legally. The ruling upholds Hoffa’s current eight year term at Lewisburg Penitentiary and follows a Chicago ruling denying a similar request in a separate case.
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Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Frank W. Wilson
U.S. District Court
U.S. Supreme Court
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Ewing ,King and
Larry Campbell
Ewing Parks
Nashville
King
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Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
Chicago
Supreme Court
Release Wanted For Ex-Deputy Hess
The Allies plan to renew their request to the Soviet Union to release Rudolf Hess, now 75, from Spandau prison in Berlin as his health and hospital treatment for a bleeding ulcer may trigger action. Britain leads the push, citing humanitarian grounds, while Moscow cites three objections and a wartime role symbol. Hess recently had a Christmas Eve reunion with his wife and son.
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Nuernberg
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Nixon's Decision Binds Farmers in Feed Grains Program
NFU president Tony T. Dechant criticizes the Nixon administration for ending advance payments to 1970 feed grains signups. He warns the nearly $400 million annual payments cut will force farmers to seek high-interest credit and weaken the program. Agriculture Secretary Hardin announced the change last week. total 1970 payments are projected at $1.53 billion, down from last year.
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Nixon
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Tony T. Dechant
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Clifford M. Hardin
Dechant
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