Kennedy tight-lipped amid fallout from fatal accident
Washington reporters note Senate colleagues remain reticent about Edward Kennedy after the weekend car crash that killed Mary Jo Kopechne. They question a possible cover-up, report Kennedy’s nine hour delay before reporting the incident, and warn public reaction could affect his political future and status as party whip.
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Senate
Edward M. Kennedy
Mike Mansfield
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Mary Jo Kopechne
Miss Kopechne
Democratic Policy Committee
Apollo 12 Moon Walk To Be Twice As Long
SPACE CENTER Houston AP astronauts plan Apollo 12 moonwalks twice as long as Apollo 11. Delays push liftoff between Nov 10 and 17 with future flights targeting highland lunar regions.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jdr
Alan L. Bean
Wilmot Hess
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Manned Spacecraft Center
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Gordon
Conrad
Bean
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Edwin E. Aldrin Jr
Ted H. Foss
Pacific
Censorinus
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Problem Of Drinking At Senate Hearing
Washington AP reports a Senate hearing on alcoholism featured Sen Harold Hughes and witness Mercedes McCambridge an Oscar winner who described alcoholism as a disease Drating a compassionate path to recovery The session also included a Des Moines judge and two clergymen sharing personal battles with drinking and urging practical treatment measures and new funding proposals to combat the problem senators Jake Davits and Frank Moss have proposed 170 million over five years for treatment efforts
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U.S
Senate
Alcoholics Anonymous
Congress
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Mercedes McCambridge
Hughes
Jacob K. Davits
R-N.y
Frank E
Moss
Utah
Ray Harrison
Des Moines
Gifts for Prisoners in Hanoi Delayed Deadline
North Vietnam said gifts to American prisoners in Hanoi will be received until August 15 instead of the prior Friday deadline. The Vietnam News Agency announced during a visit by Americans to Hanoi that three U.S. fliers would be released. Gifts must not exceed 6.6 pounds and should be routed via Moscow. The Americans have been in Hanoi since July 18, with no date given for the handover.
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North Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Hanoi
Moscow
Houston cancels watering ban after downtown rain shower
Houston city council lifted a lawn watering ban following a thundershower that drenched downtown with .43 inches of rain. The brief rainfall reduced drought concerns and allowed residents to resume outdoor watering without restrictions.
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Houston, Tex
South Dakota stave church hosts Lutheran broadcast chapel
NEW YORK AP The Church in the Hills near Rapid City blends pagan symbols with a Norse stave design. The Borgund Norway replica serves as a radio and vacation ministry for the American Lutheran Church, funded largely by Rapid City banker Arndt E. Dahl.
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New York
Black Hills
Rapid City
Harry Gregerson
Arndt E. Dahl
Borgund
Norway
Gregerson
Midwest
Hills
Conrad Thompson
Sioux Falls
S.D
Minuteman Coordinator Begins One-Year Prison Term
Robert B. DePugh national coordinator of the Minutemen began a one year sentence at Leavenworth Kansas for a firearms act violation. His deputy Walter P. Peyson was also sentenced and both men were captured after eluding federal authorities for 17 months. The pair from Norborne Missouri were linked to a Seattle area bank robbery conspiracy and had previously faced firearms charges in a retrial that did not occur.
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Robert B. DePugh
The
Minutemen
Leavenworth, Kan
DePugh
Underground Society
Walter P. Peyson
Albuquerque
N. M
Seattle
Peyson
Norborne
U. S
Elmo B. Hunter
Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Hunter
J. Whitfield Moody
U.S
Moody
Wealthy Tax Reform Would End Tax-Free Shelter Loopholes
House Ways and Means Committee backs a plan to tax at least half a taxpayer's income, expanding the Nixon era limits on tax preferences. The Treasury would gain a minimum 200 million dollars annually, with stricter reporting of preferred income and tighter rules on appreciated property gifts.
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House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
Nixon
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