Secret Saigon Corruption Report Revealed and Debated
Private intelligence on Saigon graft details police shakedowns opium smuggling and a vast payoffs system across customs. Sen Gruening cites high Vietnamese officials tied to smuggling while U S advisers push elbow to elbow presence to salvage revenue and credibility.
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U.S
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Senate
Vietnam
Gruening
Johnson
Beaumont
Tex
Boston
New York
Washington
Johnson City
AID
Customs
Nguyen van Loc
Lee
Tan Son Nhut
Saigon
GVN Customs
Adser
Safety device prompts bumper water cushion demo
The Chicago demo shows vinyl bumpers filled with water that release on impact to cushion collisions. A related discussion highlights corruption in Vietnam and the prevalence of graft among officials, noting US responsibility and calls for blunt treatment of abuses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Vietnam
Hijacked Avianca Flight Diverted to Cuba
Plane seized by three gunmen on a milk run from Maicao near the Venezuelan border and forced to land at Santiago Cuba. Officials estimate 28 to 32 passengers aboard. captors believed to be Colombian. Pilot Capt. Pedro Viles reported the hijack by telephone before contact was cut.
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Havana
Santiago
Cuba
Urrea
Pedro Viles
Bogota
Avianca Airlines
Colombia
Maicao
Woman Bitten by Dog Reported at 8th and Spruce
Eva Piper aged 34 of 632 N 2nd St reported a dog bite on her left leg at 8th and Spruce Streets around 3 30 p m Tuesday. Police found the dog but could not capture it. She received treatment at Union Hospital and was discharged.
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Eva Piper
2Nd St
8Th
Spruce Sts
Union Hospital
Paris Air France 707 disaster claims 63 lives
The Air France DC 707 crash killed 63 people including Tony Saulnier and Hubert Herzog. Passengers similarly listed included Emile Gabel and Rosenbluth, a Philadelphia real estate agent. The manifest showed travelers from Peru South Africa Ecuador Colombia Portugal Lebanon Italy and Venezuela.
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Philadelphia
Rosenbluth
Paris Match
South America
Tony Saulnier
Hubert Herzog
Maurice Herzog
Emile Gabel
Paris
la Croix
National Catholic Union of the Press
Peru
South Africa
Ecuador
Columbia
Portugal
Lebanon
Italy
Venezuela
France
Memorial fund started for girl killed in fire
A memorial fund was started in Paris Illinois for the family of three year old Stephanie DeNeese Hurst who died from smoke inhalation in a home fire. Her mother and two brothers were named as the fund’s beneficiaries. Firemen Capt Max Berry and Carroll Hartley resuscitated her four year old brother Gregory Charles who survived the blaze.
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Paris
Ill
Stephanie DeNeese Hurst
Shirley Hurst
Gregory Charles
Max Berry
Carroll Hartley
Two People Sentenced for Shoplifting in Vigo County
Gerald E. Simmers, 26, and Thomas L. Spangler, 18, were fined $30 each and ordered to two days in Vigo County Jail by City Judge Paul M. Messick for shoplifting at the Great Scot Market. Simmers took groceries worth $4.52 on Feb 20. Spangler took lunch meat valued at 59 cents from the same store.
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Vigo County
Paul M. Messick
Gerald E. Simmers
RR 1
West Terre Haute
Locust St
Thomas L. Spangler
Logansport
Indiana State University
Lakewood Club retains topless waitresses after court stay
The Lakewood Club of Bellflower California keeps its topless waitresses as Supreme Court Justice William C Douglas stays the California Alcoholic Beverage Control suspension of the club's beer license for 3 days. The club appeals the action saying the order censored morality and nudity.
Vietnam Reds Down Transport With 49 Men
U S forces reported heavy fighting across the central and southern regions. Americal Division units claimed multiple enemy killed in two clashes near Da Nang and Ca Mau with American losses totaling 13 dead and 54 wounded. South Vietnamese troops pursued guerrillas after driving them from the provincial capital.
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Zookas
da Nang
U.S. Army
Americal Division
U.S
Ca Mau
Terre Haute City Council to Debate Human Relations Plan
The Terre Haute City Council meets at 7 p.m. at City Hall to consider a Human Relations Commission ordinance, rail track relocations downtown, and a new bus driver maintenance staff contract with retroactive pay raises. The proposed 15 member commission would ban discrimination based on race religion color national origin or ancestry. Rail changes involve Penn Central removing tracks from 1st to 10th Streets with switch work to route traffic via New York Central and old Pennsy alignments. The bus contract, approved earlier, includes retroactive raises to January 1.
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Terre Haute
Kenneth Mier
Republican
Third District
Penn Central Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad
1St
10Th Sts
New York Central Railroad
Water St
10Th St
New York Central
Pennsy
Board of Public Works and Safety
Hires Arrested for AWOL from U.S. Army
Billy D. Hires, 17, of 1351 Chestnut Street, was arrested Tuesday behind Woodrow Wilson Junior High School for absent without leave from the Army and held at the Vigo County Juvenile Center.
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Billy D. Hires
Chestnut St
U.S. Army
Hires
Woodrow Wilson Junior High School
Vigo County
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Indiana
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Jesus
Root
Wig Boutique
Jacqueta Griffith
Prescription Shop
Cherry Sts
Sandy Quinn
Korell
Arnel
Jersey
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