Fortas Birthday Party Cancelled in Georgetown
The Washington Post said a secretary to former Supreme Court Justice Abe Fortas called dozens of guests to cancel a Georgetown birthday party amid Fortas resignation under congressional pressure over dealings with an imprisoned financier. Fortas’s annual party has varied its festive motif each year. The report followed other late fifities era notices such as John Wayne’s yacht incident and Agnew’s submarine trip.
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Abe Fortas
Washington Post
Supreme Court
Fortas
Georgetown
Ohio schools tax boost passes in Cincinnati
Cincinnati voters approve a 5.2 mill property tax increase, ensuring nearly 5,000 public school pupils a full schedule for the year. Turnout nears 110,000 with 57 percent for the levy. Denver expects 100,000 for a school board vote amid busing and integration tensions. Chicago teachers threaten first city strike over pay, staffing and class sizes. Desmond says union demands unmet. a strike could affect 600,000 students.
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Cincinnati
Denver
Chicago Teachers Union
Board of Education
Hamilton
Chicago
James ‘E. ‘Desmond
CTU
Franceis
Desmond
Ilineis
Chitago
Six Die in Japan Ship Collision Near Sasebo
A Japanese freighter and the tanker Energy Evolution collided thirteen miles off Sasebo Kyushu during a trial run. Four freighter crewmen died two were missing while the tanker with 140 aboard was unharmed. The freighter Shoho Mart carried 1860 tons of coal to Osaka and was dented on its No 5 starboard tank.
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Japan
OPJ
Sasebo
Kyushu
Maritime Safety Agency
Shoho Mart
Osaka
Sasebo Heavy Industries
Island Navigation Co
C.Y. Tung
Mohawk Maiden Protests at Buckingham Palace War Talk
Mohawk activist Karin-Tineta Horn flew to London to press Prime Minister Wilson and Queen Elizabeth II over Canada-US border customs for Indians. Officials refused entry and said the queen was away, while Horn argued the 1812 treaty guarantees free movement, though Canada now collects duties.
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Canada
London
United States
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Elizabeth I
Red Power
Karin-Tineta Horn
Wolff
Miss Horn
Wilson
Buckingham Palace
Scotland
Britain
Supreme Court
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Mystery in How Sub Sank at Mare Island Dock
The Navy's new 292-foot nuclear attack submarine Guitarro sank in 35 feet of water at Mare Island Naval Shipyard while afloat for outfitting. Officials say no hull leaks. water may have entered via an open hatch. Divers closed compartments and the sub surfaced. Investigation by Naval Investigative Service is ongoing.
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Mare Island
Navy
Guitarro
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Naval Investigation Service
Washington
Graduate Students Face Summer Draft
Washington report says 16 000 to 25 000 young men in graduate schools received draft notices but induction is postponed until end of school. They are likely to be among first called to fill local draft quotas this summer.
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Washington
First time large graduate students called into the army
Defense Department projects a July draft of 22 300 men the lowest monthly call this year and 3 800 below June. An executive poll by the Scientific Manpower Commission estimates 16 000 to 25 000 graduate students will be inducted or delayed under existing rules. Government figures show 17 578 college graduates drafted in the six months to January and 15 000 to 20 000 more joined voluntarily.
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Army
Defense Department
Kelly Vetter
Scientific Manpower Commission
Manpower Commission
Delay trial for three accused of Vegas card cheating
LAS VEGAS Nevada The trial of three suspects charged with cheating at the Frontier Hotel blackjack game has been postponed to September 29 due to a crowded court calendar. Defendants are Douglas R Anderson Beverly Deane Transon and Fred Fabian Padilla, all linked to grand larceny and related charges. Howard Hughes employees reported the deck switching incident in March 1968.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Frontier
Erly Deane Transon
Salt Lake City
Fred Fabian Padilla
Lomita
Calif
Howard Hughes
Modesto Preacher Issued Halt on Free Minister Degrees
A Modesto preacher who issues ministerial degrees for a 6 cent stamp was barred from the practice until after a June 3 hearing. Kirby J. Hensley, 57, faces charges of illegally issuing an honorary doctor of divinity degree as he waits trial in Municipal Court before Judge Edward J. Nelson. The restraining order came from a representative of Attorney General Thomas Lynch. Hensley claims over 100,000 ordained ministers capable of performing marriages organizing churches beating the draft and gaining travel discounts.
Press Telegram brief item with fragmented OCR text
Newspaper fragment from May issue shows garbled lines about circulation audit and delivery sections. Names and details are unreadable, offering no clear event or outcome to summarize beyond noting a disrupted page with unclear agency references.
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