Kickback Allegations Hit Army NCO Clubs in Vietnam
The Army probes alleged kickbacks paid by entertainers to NCO club managers in Vietnam. Singer Reuben Noel alleges payments of 50 dollars or 10 percent of fees, with some shows earning up to 500 dollars weekly. Pentagon and Army officials investigate mishandling of club profits as agents face scrutiny.
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Washington
Army
Vietnam
Reuben Noel
Noel
Washington Star
Phoenix
Ariz
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Creighton W. Abrams
NCO Club
Europe
Carl C. Turner
Justice Department
Pentagon
William QO
Wooldridge
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
D-Conn
Small Oregon town hosts topless dancer at cafe
In St Paul Oregon a 250 population farming town residents frequent the Twilight Cafe where Gail Garon performs topless on weekends drawing wives calling for police action. Officials found no law against topless dancing, though residents wish for closure while the mayor and council reportedly attended the show.
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ST. Paul, Ore
Oregon
Willamette Valley
St. Paul’s
Twilight Cafe
Gail Garon
San Francisco
St. Paul
Bess Winn
Old feud flares as FTC criticized by own member
Washington AP reports Commissioner Philip Elman assails the Federal Trade Commission as secretive and trivia ridden in a Senate subcommittee report. Chair Paul Rand Dixon replies with sharp contrasts as a Friday hearing on FTC effectiveness looms, amid Nixon’s looming replacement for Nicholson.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Commission
Philip Elman
Elman
Senate
Judiciary Subcommittee
FTC
Paul Rand Dixon
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Nixon
James M. Nicholson
Dixon
American Bar Association
Subcommittee
Kennedy
Mary Gardner Jones
Everette MacIntyre
Nicholson
Dixon-Elman
Ralph Nader
Ammonia Leak Evacuates Town in Indiana
Ammonia leaking from a railroad tank car prompted police to evacuate about 700 families in a 14 block area of Butler Indiana. The car on a Penn Central siding was sealed off in about two hours and residents were allowed to return home. A railroad spokesman said the tank car was moved out of town.
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Butler, Ind
Indiana
Penn Central
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