Hawkins Defends Cage Charges in Vietnam Prison Dispute
UPI reports Rep. Augustus F Hawkins rebutted Rep. Philip Crane’s claim that Hawkins misrepresented Con Son Prison conditions in South Vietnam. Hawkins, backed by Anderson and others, argued Crane was misled by a staged tour and that U.S. officials’ evidence supports Hawkins and Anderson’s accounts of “tiger cages” and prisoner welfare.
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Washington
UPI
Augustus F. Hawkins
D-Calif
Philip Crane
Ill
South Vietnam
Con Son
Hawkins
Crane
William R. Anderson
D-Tenn
Thomas Harkin
Select House
Vietnam
Anderson
California
John Moss
Chet Holifield
B. F. Sisk
Moss
House Foreign Operations Subcommittee
Parnel
U.S
North Vietnam
South
United States
Ky Aides Quit Deepening Thieu Ky Rift
In Saigon two aides to Vice President Ky resigned amid a widening rift with President Thieu. The resignations followed rumors Thieu would replace Ky as running mate for next year’s presidential elections. Both aides cited Thien as holding them responsible.
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Thien
Saigon Morning News
Thieu
Uesday
Nguyen Thien Whon
Dang Due Koi
Khoi
Tran van Lam
Nhon
Weiss Quits L B State Dean Post
Thomas Weiss resigns as dean of the school of education at California State College at Long Beach citing political intrusion and a likely AB 122 bill. He notes provisional accreditation and warns the bill may worsen conditions for teacher education. Weiss submitted the resignation to acting president Dr Ronald H Simonsen on Thursday.
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Thomas Weiss
California State College At
Long Beach
Weiss
Ronald H. Simonsen
Leo J. Ryan
D-South
San Francisco
Bill to Hike Loan Rates Passes in California
SACRAMENTO UPI reports a bill allowing personal loan firms to raise interest rates to 18 percent on loans between 700 and 1500 dollars won Senate approval 22-4 and moves to Governor Reagan. The change would affect about 543,000 California loans annually based on 1968 data.
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Sacramento
UPI
Ronald Reagan
John V. Briggs
Wullerton
Senate
Briggs
Senate Insurance and Financial Institutions Committee
California
Ruling Soon in Getty Heir's Suit for Share of Fortune
In San Francisco Judge Charles Peery plans to rule within two weeks on Gordon Getty's bid to access about 7 million of the 300 million family fortune from a trust set up in 1934 by Sara Getty. Moses Laskey argued the move protects the oil business, not child income, with the dispute over cash versus reinvested stock dividends.
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San Francisco
Charles
Peery
J. Paul Getty
Gordon J. Getty
Sara Getty
Moses Laskey
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