Baker hearings erupt in shouting match over liar claim
The Bobby Baker inquiry devolved into a heated confrontation on the Senate Rules Committee as Lennox McLendon accused Sen. John J. Williams of lying while Curtis and others clashed. Testimony from Williams, McCloskey executives, and Reynolds tied to insurance bonds and alleged political payoffs.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Special Rules Committee
Lennox P. McLendon
John J. Williams
Sen
Carl T. Curtis
R-Neb
Senate
McLendon
Curtis
Williams
Baker
Rules Committee
McCloskey Company
William K. Stewart
McCloskey Co
Don B. Reynolds
Silver Spring
McCloskey
Kennedy-Johnson
Reynolds
Matthew H. McCloskey
Stewart
Ireland
Del
Senate Rules Committee
Five More Hostages Found Dead In Congo Crisis
A mercenary led government column pushed northeast in the Congo chasing rebels believed to hold 500 whites as hostages. Five more white Europeans were found dead. rebels fled toward Watsa near the Sudan border as 30 mercenaries and 200 Congolese soldiers closed on Bunia 350 miles east of Stanleyville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Congo
Watsa
Bunia
Stanleyville
Paulis
Mombasa
Khartoum
Sudan
Gaston Soumiaiot
Moise Tshomoe
Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Tshombe
France
Police Clear Sproul Hall in UC Berkeley Sit-In
More than 200 officers moved to end a sit-in at Sproul Hall after a two day protest led by Mario Savio of the Free Speech Movement. About 200 demonstrators were arrested and taken to jail as others remained inside the building and chanted verses from a second floor window.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Edmund G. Brown
Sproul Hall
Mario Savio
FSM
Brown
Alameda County
Santa Rita
Oakland City
Savio
Free Speech Movement
University
Art Goldberg
Jackie
Brian Turner
Spy convictions Could Mean Death as U.N. talks progress
In Newark a Soviet chauffeur and an American engineer were found guilty of conspiring to pass Air Force secrets to the Soviet Union. The verdict carries potential death penalties. The trial, overseen by Judge Anthony Augelli, concluded after 36 days with Butenko and Ivanov facing sentencing later.
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Newark
N.J
Soviet Union
Anthony T Augelli
John W. Butenko
Igor A. Ivanov
Butenko
Ivanov
State Department
Michilena M. Deluca
Hudson County
New York
Brezhnev Signals Soviet Aid to Vietnam Without Pledges
Brezhnev denounces Congo paratroop landing as imperialist piracy and reiterates the Soviet Union is prepared to aid North Vietnam without promising direct intervention. He cites Tass statements and condemns NATO's proposed multilateral nuclear force. He also notes China's alignment with the disarmament view.
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Moscow
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Congo
Soviet Union
Viet Nam
The
Tass
Brezhnev
Antonin Novotny
NATO
West Germany
Red China
Peron Resumes Exile in Spain After South American Hope
Juan Peron resumes exile in Spain after a failed bid to return to Argentina. The Iberia DC8 carried him from Madrid to Rio de Janeiro and then back to Seville to avoid media. Madrid officials indicated temporary asylum with no definite decision yet.
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Sevilla
Spain
Juan D. Peron
South America
Argentina
Brazil
Peron
Madrid
Rio de Janeiro
No Need Seen to Increase U.S. Manpower in Vietnam
U S Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor said after a second meeting with President Johnson that there is no requirement for increasing American manpower in South Vietnam.
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U.S
Viet Nam
Washington
U. S
Maxwell D. Tayior
Johnson
South Viet Nam
Johnson Removes Wart-like Growths From Hand
President Johnson had two small wart-like growths removed from his right hand under local anesthesia using an electric needle. He said the procedure was minor and noted he has had a dozen similar growths removed in past years.
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Washington
Apl
Johnson
CAP to Assist Annual TB Drive in New Mexico
The Civil Air Patrol will help for the third year with the TB Christmas Seal Campaign by flying Christ mas Seals to Fort Stanton. T-34 planes depart 8 30 a m from Kirtland AFB under Col Harold D Thomas with TB Association executives aboard to visit the sanatorium. Pilots Capt M L Ferry Lt Neltensmeyer and Copeland are listed. Public invited to witness take off from the flight line off Gibson Blvd and Lowry.
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Civil Air Patrol
United States Air Force
Fort Stanton
Harold D. Thomas
New Mexico Civil Air Patrol
Kirtland Air Force Base
Col. Thomas
TB Association
M.L. Ferry
Neltensmeyer
Copeland
Gibson Blvd
Lowry
Salvation Army Baskets Registration Set in Roswell
Brigadier H L Nadeau announces Salvation Army Roswell will take registrations for Christmas baskets Monday and Tuesday from 9 a m to 4 30 p m at 408 South Main. Families needing aid are welcome to register.
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H. L. Nadeau
Salvation Army
Roswell
S. Main
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Thant
Rusk
John Buti Wako
Igor Ivanoy
Kremlin
Peking
Tom Jeffery
Downtown
Lions Club
Central Fire Station
Cabral
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Denver
Colo
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Pasadena
Mars
White House
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