Pentagon panel probes CIA role in Castro plot
The Associated Press reports a presidential panel is examining whether CIA withheld information from the Warren Commission to conceal CIA involvement in an alleged plot to kill Fidel Castro. The sprawling items also note pie incidents on college campuses, a royal intrigue, and various regional crime and market stories.
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Washington
Presidential Panel On
CIA Domestic Activites
Warren Commission
CIA
Fidel Castro
Connally Acquitted Hopes to Resume Political Life
John B. Connally, acquitted of bribery charges, says he hopes to reenter political life in some form. He spoke after the jury found him not guilty of taking two $5,000 payoffs in 1971 to advocate higher milk price supports, while expressing happiness for his family and noting no specific plans yet.
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Brooks Jackson
Associated Press
Washington
John B. Connally
Treasury
Connally
Jack Jacobsen
Dairymen
Jacobsen
Nell
Edward Bennett Williams
Sharon
Texas
Old North Church greets Ford for 200th lantern rite
President Ford will attend a Boston ceremony at Old North Church to mark the 200th anniversary of the lantern signals that sparked the American Revolution. About 500 people are expected, with police presence and a lighted lantern ceremony signaling liberty.
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Old North
Daniel Q. Haney
Associated Press
Boston
Old North Church
Ford
Lexington
Concord
N.H
Episcopal
Senate sponsors back Texas ERA rescission effort
A Texas Senate sponsor plan to overturn the states ERA ratification gains traction as three lawmakers John Traeger Walter Mengden and Tom Creighton say they will back the House rescission proposal if it reaches the Senate. The issue followed hours of testimony before the House Constitutional Revision Committee as Rep Joe Wyatt Jr maps a two week subcommittee deadline. Thirty four states ratified the ERA since 1972 with two rescinding and the path to 38 still uncertain amid court questions about rescission validity.
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Austin
Tex
Senate
Texas
John Traeger
D-Seguin
Walter Mengden
R-Houston
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
House
Constitutional Revision Committee
Traeger
Mengden
Joe Wyatt Jr
Bloomington
Wyatt
Congress
Crocker to appeal radiation conviction
Kerry Andrus Crocker, 44, was found guilty by a district court jury of castrating his 14 year old son with radiation. The verdict carries the maximum 10 year sentence and a $5,000 fine. Crocker denied the charges, while his attorneys said the verdict was based on emotion not evidence. Prosecutors argued for harsher penalties and noted the boy underwent 11 operations for burns and may be infertile.
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Houston
Kerry Andrus Crocker
Crocker
Kirk
Jimmy James
James
Mike Hinton
Bizzare
Barbara Smith
Patrick
Texans praise judicial system after Connally acquittal
Texas Republicans and Democrats hail the not guilty verdict in former Gov. John Connally s bribery trial as proof the American judicial system works. El Paso officials and former aides praise the jury s decision, noting the case was a tough ordeal for Connally and his family and expressing hope he can resume public life.
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Associated Press
Texas
Washington
John Connally
el Paso
Alicia Chacon
National Democratic Executive Committee
George Christian
Lyndon B. Johnson
Christian
Connally
Woodrow Bean
State Board of Education
Gov
Bean
Harry Truman
Texas Gop
Jack Warren
Harris County Party
Nancy Palm
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Tom Gordon
Gordon
Ancient Metropolis Singapore's Rise From A Free Port
A historic note tracing Singapore from a 13th century trading center to a fishing village of about 250 inhabitants, then its purchase in 1819 by Britain's Sir Stamford Raffles from the Sultan of Johore and its revival as an international free port.
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Singapore
Malayia
Britain
Sir Stamford Raffles
Johore
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