Army sergeants sentenced in spy conspiracy case
Two former Army sergeants were sentenced to 25 years each for conspiring to obtain American defense secrets and acting as Russian agents. Sgt. Robert Johnson was arrested at the Pentagon in April, and James Mintkenbaugh was picked up in Castro Valley California.
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Alexandria
U.S. Army
U.S
Robert Johnson
Pentagon
James Mintkenbaugh
Castro Valley
Calif
Misuse of funds under Arizona NYG program questioned
A regional director of the National Youth Corps will visit Arizona to probe allegedly improper use of funds in Scottsdale’s highway beautification program. Thirty eight of 54 local youths were deemed ineligible for NYG support, with $1.25 per hour wages paid. Governor Goddard to confer with Labor Secretary Wirtz on continuing pay with labor funds.
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National Youth Corps
Arizona
Scottsdale
NYG
John Geare
Walter Griffin
NYC
San Francisco
Sam Goddard
Labor
Willard Wirtz
Labor Department
Four civilian space cadets begin yearlong flight training
Space pilots train as 53 weeks of flight instruction start at Williams AFB for four NASA civilian astronaut candidates. Dr. Owen K. Garriott, Dr. Edward G. Gibson, Duane E. Graveline and Harrison H. Schmitt, ages 29 to 34, will be observers on Mercury missions and qualify as pilots for future U.S. spacecraft.
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Williams Afb
U.S
Owen K. Garriott
Edward G. Gibson
Duane E. Graveline
Harrison H. Schmitt
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
America
Schmitt
Garriott
Johnson to Sign Medicare Bill at Truman Library
President Johnson flies from Andrews Air Force Base to Independence Missouri to sign the 6.5 billion Medicare bill in the Truman Library auditorium. The event includes former President Truman and a delegation of senators as AMA officials approve doctors need for the new health program.
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LBJ
Washington
Truman Library
Independence
White House
Truman
Viet Nam
Congress
Hill - Burton
Johnson
Americardical Association
AMA
Percy E. Hopkins
AMA Board of Trustees
Hoffa Conviction Upheld as Supreme Court Looms
UPI reports the 6th Circuit upholds James Hoffa's 1964 Chattanooga jury tampering conviction and eight year prison term plus a 10 000 dollar fine. Hoffa faces custody after 20 days while appeals proceed in related Nashville and Chicago pension fund cases.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
UPI
Teamsters Union
James Hoffa
U. S. Supreme Court
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of ‘Appeals
Hoffa
Chattanooga
Tenn
Nashvile
Thomas
Justice Department
Robert F. Ken
Chicago
Post Office Adds PEP to ZIP Code System
The Post Office Department introduces PEP Postal Efficiency Plan to the ZIP system begun in 1963. Scottsdale Postmaster O C Wilson says Postmaster General John A Gronouski ordered the plan to speed service and cut costs with a local committee to oversee it. Employees are urged to contribute ideas and may be rewarded for improvements.
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Post Office
Scottsdale
O. C. Wilson
Wilson
John A. Gronouski
Oy Wilson
PEP
Johnson
City seeks grant to buy Thunder Bird airfield site
The city files a federal airport development grant application for 1.2 million to fund Thunder Bird Field purchase about 750000 funded by donated money. FAA objections over direct field access from surrounding land were cited as resolved. Landel Inc plans an industrial park. Adventist conference still owns adjacent land.
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CA Uy LG
Ucaly
FAA
Arizona Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
Donaldson
George Tewksbury
Landel, Inc
Thunderbird Field
Landel
The
Seventh Day Adventist Conference
Thunderbird Academy
Fire at Moscow Embassy Storeroom Sparks International Aid
In Moscow the US Embassy storeroom caught fire as more than 300 Russian firefighters joined American Marines in battling the blaze. Several Marines suffered minor burns. most flames were knocked down by 10 Marines using embassy hoses before the Russians arrived. About $4,000 worth of packing materials and personal belongings were destroyed.
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Moscow
Mayor calls end to protests in Americus racial tension
Americus Georgia Mayor T Griffin Walker urged an end to racial protests and called for peaceful demonstrations by civil rights groups. The mayor spoke as Negroes prepared to resume activities after a period of postponement amid tension following a fatal shooting.
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Americus, Ga
UPI
T. ‘Griffin Walker
Georgia
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House
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Scotland
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Mesa
International Harvester’ Co
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International Harvester
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Parks
Detroit
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Nashville Teamsters
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