IRS probes reveal fraud extortion and undercover abuses
IRS internal audit reports released by a House subcommittee detail agents involved in extortion and sale of stolen property, undercover gambling and illegal liquor sales, and unauthorized electronic surveillance. The audits note multiple disciplinary actions, while agency officials claim only a tiny fraction of 80,000 employees were implicated.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
TRS
House
William C. Alexander
Robert F. Drinan
D-Mass
City school aid settlement talks loom through weekend
Staff aides expect a settlement of 250 million dollars or more on the school aid package, but under 300 million to permit Mayor Beame to claim a victory over Republicans. The last Republican offer stood at 225 million, tied to passage of school aid. With minor substantive differences, the aim is to save face on a pivotal local issue for non-New York City legislators.
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Beame
New York City
Assembly
Senate
Classless Portugal Move Aims for National Liberation
The Revolutionary Council restricts political parties while pursuing a classless society and collective means of production. It rejects a proletariat dictatorship but plans a mass civilian movement tied to the military, maintaining a pluralist approach in a long emergency session.
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Lisbon
UPI
Portugal
Constituent Assembly
Armed Forces Movement
National Liberation Movement
Work and pray, Pope urges crowds at anniversary
Pope Paul VI marked the 12th anniversary of his election by urging 25,000 Italians from the south to heed the old adage work and pray as the answer to social and spiritual ills. He warned that modern times separate these two words.
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Vatican City
Paul VI
King slaying plot alleged in Atlanta
Atlanta police Commissioner Reginald Eaves says sworn statements and documents allege a conspiracy in the slaying of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. He says the material aroused questions and warrants further investigation, with statements described as well written and containing many facts, dates and events.
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Atlanta, Ga
Reginald Eaves
Martin Luther King, Jr
Eaves
Mob may have ordered silencing of Giancana
Oak Park officials say investigators theorize Chicago crime bosses may have ordered Sam Giancana’s silencing. Lawmen surveilled his home as he returned from surgery, while FBI involvement was denied by a top agent. Relatives and syndicate members were seen entering the residence.
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Giancana
Oak Park
Sam ‘Momo
Chicago
James Scannell
Scannell
FBI
Houston
Jim Powers
Gianacana
Correction panel ouster proposal follows a string of jail incidents
The SIC criticized the Correction Commission for failing to oversee jails after three years of crises including two hangings, inmate disturbances with hostages, four alleged inmate assaults, nine escapes, five cell fires, and four officer assaults. It urged replacing the part-time panel with three full-time commissioners and an advisory group including a former convict.
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David Brown
Carey
SIC
Correction Commission
Attica
State Correction Commission
van Hoesen
CIA considered Lumumba assassination in 1960 plan
CIA investigated whether to kill Patrice Lumumba but rejected the idea as unwise and unnecessary. An officer studied feasibility and urged against it. the plan did not advance. US officials said the government had no role in Lumumba's death, though covert support to his enemies was acknowledged.
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CBS News
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Henry A. Kissinger
Colby
Senate Intelligence Committee
Frank Church
Idaho
Sam Giancana
CIA
Fidel Castro
Michael Harrington
D-Mass
House Armed Service Committee
Salvador Allende
Chile
New York Times Service
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Patrice Lumumba
Congo
Lumumba
National Security Council
White House
C.I.A
Zaire
Leopoldville
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
United Nations
U.S
Telligence
United States
C.il.a
Rockefeller Commission
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
Job Bill Approved for 310000 Public Service Jobs
The House passed a 1.6 billion appropriation to fund 310,000 public service jobs. The measure was included in a resolution and sent to the White House for final action.
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Washington
UPL
House
White House
Abductees Letters Boost Confidence Of Safe Return
Letters from Carrie Jane Hunter Kenneth Smith and Emilie Bergmann reported by U S and Dutch officials renew confidence in the safe return of hostages abducted May 20 from a Tanzania wildlife station by Zaire guerrillas Also Barbara Smuts was released six days later with a ransom demand and a 60 day deadline Tanzania has refused to meet demands.
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Dar ES Salaam
Tanzania
U.S
Carrie Jane Hunter
Atherton
Calif
Kenneth Stephen Smith
Garder Grove
Stanford University
Emilie Bergmann
Netherlands
Barbara Smuts
Ann Arbor
Mich
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