Dick Gregory Surrenders for 1965 Demonstration Sentence
Dick Gregory, entertainer and civil rights activist, turns himself in to serve a five month term for battery and resisting arrest tied to a 1965 downtown Chicago demonstration seeking the ouster of Benjamin Willis as city schools superintendent. Willis later resigned. The Supreme Court had refused an appeal weeks earlier and Gregory is jailed in Cook County.
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Dick Gregory
Gregory
Chicago
Benjamin Willis
Willis
U.S. Supreme Court
Cook County
Diet linked to murder in probation report
The probation report attributes Kristina Cromwell's murder conviction to her dieting, noting weight loss transformed her perceived ugliness into allure. It cites her relationships, the murder plot with Paul Perveter, and a $100,000 life insurance motive as key factors.
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Kristina Cromwell
Kristina
Marlin Cromwell
Paul Perveter
Perveter
Cheryl
Czechoslovak Communist Leaders Crack Down on Media
Prague radio reports a broad crackdown by the Czech leadership on newspapers radio and television. The move follows a Soviet ultimatum after anti-Soviet demonstrations and the sacking of Aeroflot offices. The presidium vows no tolerance for deviation from the party line and blames anti Socialist forces for the unrest.
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Vienna
Austria
Czechoslovakis
Aeroflot
Prague
Stockholm
Sweden
Presidium
Viet Reds Halts US Attack at Saigon Edge
Viet Cong assault with 130 fighters using mortars machineguns and bazookas failed to breach a US camp 25 miles northwest of Saigon. US planes and helicopters struck guerrilla routes. Reported nationwide clashes yield 266 guerrillas killed with few allied losses.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Cambodia
Ilanos
North Vietnam
9Th
Mekong
Sightless Teachers Train Actors For Blind Roles
Hollywood article notes two young blind women guide actors in blind portrayal for an ABC Movie of the Week. Pat Gibbons, 22, and Juanita Davis coach Milton Berle and others. Davis uses a cane while Gibbons navigates with a guide dog Merge.
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Juanita Davis
Milton Berle
Miss Davis
AP Wireshelo
Holly Woodia
Pat Gibbons
County Payroll Tops 62 164 for February
The county payroll rose to 62 164 in February, the first time exceeding 62 000. Personnel Director Gordon Nesvig released figures showing month by month growth, with January 1968 at 56 086 and an overall gain near 11 percent from the previous year.
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Bureau County
Gordon Nesvig
Fragmented OCR news item overview
A damaged OCR snippet mentions press, telegraph, postal matter at Long Beach and California area. It references an audit and public notices with scattered names and dates, indicating a clipped legal or administrative item from a 20th century newspaper page.
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Oilica
Long Baieh
Cour
Audit Bureau
Selyreay
Pine Gee Bony
Angeles ‘Cavalry Area A
Estes Noe
High Court Warns on Death Jury
The Supreme Court ruled that death sentences cannot stand if jurors with anti capital punishment views are automatically barred. Justice Potter Stewart said a juror with fixed opinions may still fairly consider imposing a death sentence. The decision affects Billy Don Franklin Houlden, 23, in Alabama, and extends the Witherspoon ruling from a Chicago case. The court also urged judges to ensure defendants understand their rights before sentencing.
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Washington -V
Supreme Court
Potter Stewart
Alabama
William Witherspoon
Chicago
Billy Don Franklin Houlden
Witherspoon
Earl Warren
Newport Beach diver nets hashish haul worth almost 300000
An elderly Newport Beach fisherman using a grappling hook hauled up an old wooden trunk from Newport Bay off Balboa Peninsula that held about 200 pounds of hashish worth nearly 300000. Police said the trunk broke open and divers recovered part of the haul. the fisherman is not a suspect.
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Newport Beach
Edward Gibbarelli
Gibbarelli
Newport Bay
N Street
Balboa Peninsula
Chamber Opposes Tax Escape Ban in Hearing
The U S Chamber of Commerce opposed a minimum tax on millionaires who legally escape income tax through deductions. Walker Winter, the chamber vice president, said penalties should not fall on those complying with laws while hearings explore abuses in the tax system and a Treasury study once suggested a minimum tax for high earners.
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Washington
UPI
Chamber of Commerce Today
House Ways Means Committee
Walker Winter
Chamber
Treasury Department
Winter
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Saint Regis Falls
N Y
Palmer
Hoan Thanh Kiet
Nguyen Thi Anh Hong
John James
Marta May
John
Maria
Sacred Heart Nursery
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Elsworth Bunker
Angel
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South Beach
Augusta DeVore
Florida
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Murray Goodman
Goodman
Mrs. Cromwell
David Kogue
Pany’s Sling Presidium
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Clark Ave
Lakewood
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