Gurney Acquitted in Five Felony Counts at Bribery Trial
Former Sen. Edward J. Gurney was acquitted on five felony bribery conspiracy counts after a 10 day jury deliberation in Tampa Florida. A mistrial was declared on two other charges including the key conspiracy charge. The jury also found no guilt on lying to a grand jury counts.
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Gurney
Tampa
Fla
UPI
Edward J. Gurney
Nixon
Watergate Committee
Florida
U.S
Ben Krentzman
Joseph Bastien
Bastien
Federal Housing Administration
James Baker
Baker
Continental Can Co
Lerry Williams
Williams
U.S. Department of Justice
Ralph Koontz
K. Wayne Swiger
Sarah Gurney Stoner
Winter and Finch Lead Mississippi Governor Runoff Field
Winter leads with 37.2 percent and Finch close behind at 32.1 as 90 percent of precincts report. Dantin falls to third with 21.9 percent. Eaves, Gandy, and Perkins trail. Runoff set for August 26 between Winter and Finch.
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Capitol Bureau
Jackson
Miss
William Winter
Maurice Dantin
Cliff Finch
Winter
Finch
Batesville
Dantin
John Arthur Eaves
Biloxi
Leman Gandy
David L. Perkins
Gil Carmichael
Meridian
Henry J. Kirksey
Ed Finch
Hinds
Kemper County
Tallahatchie County
Mississippi
John Bell Williams
Grenada
Eaves
County
Winston
Prosecution rests in Joan Little trial
Prosecutors rest their case in the Joan Little trial as the charges are reduced and the judge weighs the defense bid to dismiss. The framing moves toward closing arguments in the case tied to a high profile courtroom confrontation.
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Joan Little
U.N. Council Denies South Korea to Seek UN Membership
The Security Council rejected considering South Korea’s UN bid 7-6 with 2 abstentions, blocking admission while Vietnam applications moved to the membership committee. The United States abstained on the first vote and opposed the second. China and the Soviet Union opposed Korea. Western allies urged universality.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
U.N. Security Council
South Korea
United Nations
United States
North
South Vietnam
Security Council
Council
China
Soviet Union
Britain
France
Japan
Sweden
Costa Rica
Byelorussia
Iraq
Mauritania
Tanzania
Guyana
Cameroon
Hoffa's Adopted Son Reappears Prompting FBI Check
In Detroit Charles L. O'Brien the former Hoffa bodyguard surfaced and was questioned by FBI agents as investigators pursue theories Hoffa staged his disappearance or was abducted. Reports link O'Brien to Hoffa and a possible scheme with the Teamsters Pension Fund or mafia interests as probes widen.
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Detroit
UPI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
FBI
Charles L
Chuckie
O’brien
O'Brien
United Press International
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Washington
Central States Teamsters Pension Fund
Mafia
Federal Appeals Court
Teamsters Union
Japanese guerrillas leave embassy with 15 hostages
Japanese Red Army guerrillas depart the U S Embassy in Kuala Lumpur with 15 captives aboard a jetliner bound for asylum in Libya. Negotiations stalled on prisoner exchanges as route changes to avoid Iran and a Karachi refueling stop were discussed.
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Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
UPI
Red Army
U.S
Libya
Iran
Karachi
Pakistan
Bahrein
Arabian Peninsula
Weather and Runoff Countdown Along Gulf Coast
Activists note 19 shopping days until the Democratic runoff along the Gulf Coast. Forecast calls for partly cloudy warm weather with chances of showers diminishing. Thursday high expected in the upper 80s.
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Gulf Coast
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Swiger
Koontz
Edward Gurney
Gandy and
Perkins
Jim Herring
Evelyn Gandy
Brad Dye
U.N. Council
Italy
Hofta
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Jimmy Hoffa
Laysian
Terre West
Ee Renee Renee
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