Senate hears impassioned Dodd appeal
Sen Thomas J Dodd defends himself against charges of financial misconduct in a Senate ethics debate. He denies wrongdoing and questions witnesses including former employee Michael O Hare while urging senators to expel him if found a thief. The ethics panel says he converted 116083 in political funds and double billed travel expenses.
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Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
United States Senate
Dodd
Senate Ethics Committee
Senate
Bipartisan Committee
Michael V. O’hare
O’hare
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Terry Golden
John Stennis
D-Miss
Ethics Committee
Committee
Middle East strike costs Goldberg degree at Princeton
Princeton University canceled Arthur J. Goldberg's honorary doctor of laws degree at the 220th commencement due to ongoing Middle East developments at the United Nations. The policy requires presence, and no exception was made for Goldberg who could not attend.
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N. J
Princeton University
Arthur J. Goldberg
United States
United Nations
Goldberg
Middle East
U. N
Warmth Persists With Humid, Partly Cloudy Skies
The forecast calls for continued warmth and humidity with partly cloudy skies through Thursday. A slight chance of widely scattered evening thundershowers remains. Lows tonight are expected in the upper 60s to low 70s. Highs Thursday range from the upper 80s to the low 90s.
Soviet Push for Emergency UN Session on Israel War
The Soviet Union urged an emergency General Assembly session to demand Israel withdraw troops from Arab lands after the six day war. Security Council debate on a demanding pull back resolution slowed the move as U Thant prepared to poll UN members for a 62 vote majority.
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Alexei N. Kosygin
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
Security Council
U Thant
U.N
Thant
Andrei Gromyko
United Nations
Gromyko
Moscow
Kosygin
New York
U.S
Johnson
Jamil Baroody
United Nations General Assembly
Assembly
Egypt
Syria
Jordan
House passes record $70.3 billion defense bill for Vietnam
The House approved a $70.3 billion Defense Department appropriation to fund fiscal year 196? starting July 1 with 407 voting yes and 1 no Rep. George E. Brown of California dissenting. The measure adds $20.3 billion for Vietnam and combines with $43.7 billion already available, marking the largest single money bill presented to Congress.
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House
U.S
Vietnam
Congress
George E. Brown
Dcalif
Illness at U S Ammo Plant Triggers Work Stop at Ollivette Facility
Women workers at the Carter Carburetor Division of ACF Industries in Ollivette Missouri fall ill prompting the plant shutdown. Seven female employees reported feeling sick and fainting with no conclusive lab findings yet. The outbreak mirrors a prior Iowa Army Ammunition Plant incident linked to solvent fumes.
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St. Louis
Ollivette
Carter
A.C.F. Industries
Iowa
Burlington
Army
Wailing Wall Site Opened for Shabouth Pilgrimage
Jerusalem welcomed tens of thousands of Israelis as gates to the Old City opened for the Shabouth harvest celebration at the Western Wall. An estimated 150000 Jews traveled from across Israel, amid a cleared area around the 60 foot high ancient wall after recent Israeli forces entry.
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Old City
Shabouth
Wailing Wall
Judaism
Israel
Justifiable homicide ruled in Tampa police shooting
State Attorney Paul Antinori ruled the killing of 19 year old Martin Chambers by Patrolman James R. Calvert justifiable homicide. Negro leaders warned the decision could spark renewed violence as Tampa endures days of riots, fires and looting with National Guard and police reinforcements kept out of Negro neighborhoods.
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Paul Antinori
NAACP
Robert Gilder
Gilder
James R. Calvert
Martin Chambers
Antinori
Chambers
Calvert
Florida
National Guard
Bop City
Greater Egypt planning group gains EDA muscle in five counties
The Greater Egypt Regional Planning and Development Commission, serving Jackson, Williamson, Perry, Franklin, and Jefferson counties, gains authority as an EDA designated economic development district. Carbondale must seek the commission’s backing for federal funds, else risk grant rejection. The panel, now seen as influential, has four representatives from each county and aims to prioritize regional projects to attract federal aid.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinoisan
Washington, D.C
Greater Egypt
Economic Development Administration
EDA
U.S. Commerce Department
Commission
Washington
Greater Egypt Commission
Carbondale
Jackson County
Williamson
Perry
Franklin and
Jefferson
Greater
Allen Y. Baker
House
Guerrillas raid Mekong Delta town in dawn attack
Viet Cong guerrillas struck two hamlets southwest of Saigon near Can Tho, killing 19 civilians and wounding 41 as militia repelled the assault with artillery and Dragon Ship gun support. Elsewhere in the delta U S planes reported six MIGs destroyed on the Hanoi area ground.
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Delta
U.S
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Saigon
Tan An
Dragon
U.S. Command
U S Mars Mariner 5 Launch Heads Toward Venus
The United States launches Mariner 5 from Cape Kennedy at 1 01 a m CDT racing a heavier Soviet Venus 4 probe toward Venus to study its cloud cover and assess habitability 212 million miles away.
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Fla
America
Mariner 5
Venus
Soviet Union
U.S
Mariner
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