Leary seeks Swiss return as court case opens
The United States asked Switzerland to return Timothy Leary, the American drug advocate jailed in Bern and freed on bail. Leary’s lawyer plans an appeal if the demand is granted as Leary seeks political asylum after escaping a California prison last year. Meanwhile, Miami judge Sespe gives 21 year old Stephen Kistner freedom on the condition he live at home after a narcotics sale and possession case. Edward Nixon defends his brother’s steady, pragmatic presidency in Los Angeles. A female Army Corps employee attends a Texas A & M coastal course with engineers across the campus.
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United States
Switzerland
Timothy Leary
Bern
Leary
Horace Mastronardi
San Luis Obispo County
Calif
Miami
Nixon
Edward Nixon
Lynnwood
Wash
Los Angeles
Edward
Richard Nixon
Seattle
Janis Hote
New Orleans
Andre Sagot
Texas A&m
Army Corps of Engineers
Ellsberg cites King as moral catalyst for Pentagon Papers disclosure
Daniel Ellsberg told an SCLC rally in New Orleans that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr inspired him to violate what he called an immoral war. He said King's example of risking arrest spurred him to reveal the Pentagon Papers amid federal charges over classified documents. Also speaking were former Sen. Eugene McCarthy and other leaders as Ellsberg headed to Los Angeles for arraignment.
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Daniel Ellsberg
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Ellsberg
Eugene McCarthy
Dminn
SCLC
New Orleans
Los Angeles
College students share world rocking chair record in Falmouth
Carolyn Berry and Steve Estes held joint title to the world rocking chair record after 144 hours 45 minutes of nonstop rocking in a shopping plaza lot in Falmouth Massachusetts. They won 600 in prize money and helped raise over 3 000 for the Jimmy Fund. Ella Fitzgerald faces cataract surgery recovery and Patrice Munsel joins a Broadway musical about Dorothy Parker in this column item.
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Falmouth
Mass
Carolyn Berry
Steve Estes
Carolyn
Cape Cod Community College
Listes
Rollins College
Orlando
Fla
Jimmy Fund
Northern Front Sees Renewed Viet Action Along DMZ
South Vietnam and U S forces report intensified hostilities along the northern frontier as North Vietnamese shells hit Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 bases near the DMZ. U S B52 bombers conducted heavy strikes across northern Vietnam while G42s targeted positions across the Laotian border. Saigon officials say several soldiers were wounded in predawn shellings as both sides prepare for further operations and potential base objectives.
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Saigon
Demilitarized Zone
le Trung Hien
Alpha 2
Alpha 1
Dmz
Hien
Fuller
South Vietnam
Cam la
Black owned cafe chain aided by near 2.4 million loan
The Commerce Department’s EDA approved a roughly 2.4 million loan to All-Pro Development Inc. to build a chain of Black owned fried chicken and restaurant outlets in Chicago, Cleveland and Washington D C. The plan under Nixon era black capitalism lists 22 existing outlets in minority neighborhoods across New York Detroit Pittsburgh Washington D C and Newark with Brady Keys Jr. as president.
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Waslington
Chicago
Cleveland
Washington, D.C
Joan
Nixon
All-Pro Development Inc
Pittsburgh
Brady Keys Jr
Pittsburgh Steelers
National Football League
New York
Metroit
Newark
Commerce Department
Economic Development Administration
FDA Seizes 1.3 Million Bon Vivant Cans in Recall Sweep
The FDA announced it has begun seizing 1.3 million cans of Bon Vivant products after an initial recall failed to consolidate all stock. The move follows a botulism death near New York and ongoing raids by U S attorneys to prevent diversion or resale. Bon Vivant, Newark NJ, with 90+ products under 35 labels, is under bankruptcy protection and halted operations.
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Washington
Food and Drug Administration
National Gamers Association
FDA
New York
Bon Vivant
Bronx
N.Y
National Canners Association
Bels
James D. Grant
Newark
N. J
The
Canner's’ Association
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Dr. King
Collegians Rock
Ella Fitzgerald
Massachusetts Eye and Far Infirmary
Miss Fitzgerald
Boston Infirmary
Patrice Munsel
Dorothy Parker
Miss Parker
George Esper
U.S
Ali
Burger King
Wet Sas Bostly
Long Beach
Ein
Ita
Longshoremen’s Hall
San Francisco
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
ILWU
Farm Workers Union
Hata
Lakewood Center
Bullock’s
Lakewood
Bullock's
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