Court refuses to block Clay Shaw Kennedy assassination trial
The Supreme Court refused to intervene in the state court prosecution of Clay L. Shaw, a 55 year old New Orleans businessman, on conspiracy to kill President Kennedy. Shaw had sought sanctuary from the Dist. Att and aimed to bind the Warren Commission report to all courts while challenging Louisiana conspiracy laws as unconstitutional.
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New York
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Arthur Harris
Ferguson
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Roy Wilkins
Whitney Young Jr
Revolutionary Action Movement
RAM
Chicago
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ACT
A. C. Park
Jefferson
Floyd G. Hoard
Park
Hoard
Mallory
South Carolina
Vietnam War Peace Talks Open With Bitter Rhetoric
North Vietnam’s Hanoi spokesman calls South Vietnam’s Nguyen Cao Ky a puppet of the United States and a Hitler devotee as talks in Paris edge toward expanded negotiations. U S officials and Saigon push a two table arrangement amid NFL exclusion and four sided conference debate.
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Nixon to unveil full cabinet slate in Washington
President elect Richard Nixon will fly to Washington to announce his entire cabinet lineup at 9 p.m. CST in the Palladium Room Shoreham Hotel with networks invited to cover the event. Spokesman Ron Ziegler said final decisions on the 12 departments are in hand and noted possible other major appointments.
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Nixon
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Defense
Wisconsin
Washington, D.C
Shoreham
New York
Robert B. Anderson
R. Sargent Shriver
France
Unrest and dynamite found at Brandeis amid campus tensions
Amid student unrest nationwide, Brandeis University staff recovered five sticks of dynamite near Mailman's Hall while a AWOL soldier sought sanctuary on campus. San Francisco State College and Washington University faced protests, with police, hearings, and demands shaping campus life. Brown and Cornell acted on Black student concerns, while MacMurray College students pushed 48 policy changes.
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Washington University
St. Louis
Brandeis University
Waltham
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N. C
S. I. Hayakawa
Brown University
Providence
Cornell University
Ithaca,n. Y
Marines End Meade River Cordon Near Da Nang After Heavy Fighting
Marine forces conclude the Meade River operation south of Da Nang with heavy bunker fighting. U S Marines report 862 North Vietnamese killed, up to 1,000 possible, 1000 prisoners, and 95 killed 504 wounded. Cordon trapped four battalions of the 38th Regiment. 2,600 peasants evacuated then returned.
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Meade River
38Th
Dien Ban
Vietnam
Weather outlook turns warmer with clouds and rain chance
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday with lows near 30 and highs around 50. Inside sections list Comics TV Bridge Crossword in pages 11 13 15 and 4 6 7 5 9 10.
Divers probe sunken White Alder after collision near White Castle
Divers searched the sunken 133-foot White Alder for 17 missing crewmen after a collision with the nationalist Chinese freighter Helena on the Mississippi near White Castle, Louisiana. Three of the 20 crew were rescued as coast guard and navy divers prepared to join the operation.
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Helena
Wreck near Murphysboro derails 22 Mo Pac cars
A southbound Mo Pac freight train derailed near Murphysboro Illinois about 10 30 a m Sunday. Twenty two cars including fourteen piggyback trailers were derailed. no injuries occurred. Crews worked through freezing conditions to clear the site and restore service via a temporary track. Officials cite a broken rail as the probable cause and note heavy merchandise damage while salvaging continued.
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Chester
En Rail
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Tex
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Mo-Pac
Mo- Pac
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Eastern
Ilinois
Mopac
Mid-South
Probers report vice probe in five downstate Illinois counties
The Illinois Crime Investigating Commission says it found "some things" in its inquiry into Jackson Union Williamson Alexander and Pulaski counties but cannot disclose details yet. The probe, authorized November 23, targets organized crime and possible murder intimidation vandalism gambling prostitution and illegal activities.
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Williamson
Alexander
Pulaski
US 6th Fleet destroyers pass Bosporus for Black Sea cruise
Two 3500 ton destroyers, Dyess and Turner, sailed through the Bosporus into the Black Sea for a five day coast cruise. Moscow called the move provocative and a threat to peace and Soviet security while Turkish press saw it as a display of American naval strength amid Soviet buildup in the Mediterranean. The ships anchored in the Sea of Marmara after night transit per Montreux Convention. about 60 Soviet ships are now in the Mediterranean.
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Mediterranean
Rail wreck near Murphysboro halts Life magazine delivery
A Missouri Pacific derailment west of Murphysboro halted Life magazine deliveries to Houston as salvage teams worked through the wreck. About 22 cars derailed, spilling shotgun shells, magazines, cookies and chips. a 100 man crew labored through sub freezing weather to clear the site.
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