McCormack Defends Dulski Over Dinner Funds
House Speaker John McCormack described Rep. Thaddeus Dulski as an honorable, trustworthy gentleman amid questions about $11,000 raised at a 1965 testimonial dinner for the Long Island Democrat. Dulski says no wrongdoing occurred and McCormack calls for no further comment.
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Washington
Thaddeus J. Dulski
D.N.Y
House
John McCormack
Dulski
House Post Office Committee
McCormack
Charles E. Johnson
Johnson
Cannon House
House Ethics Committee
Stratton Sees Favor Of Monday Holidays
Rep Samuel S Stratton of New York said the administration has dropped objections to a bill requiring national holidays to fall on Mondays. He had predicted earlier during Senate Judiciary subcommittee testimony that the administration would reverse its stance.
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Stratton
Washington
Rep. Samuel
S. Stratton
D-N. Y
Senate Judiciary
Area Servicemen News Highlights Promotions and Leaves
Thomas A. Whitehead of Watervliet, promoted to Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, serves with the 6987 Security Group in Taiwan after a global posting history from San Antonio to Yokohama and Okinawa. Dennis Malone, a Detfreestville Marine, awaits reassignment in Okinawa after hospital recovery in Japan from Da Nang wounds. Dennis Green of Watervliet leaves Ft. Hood for home on one week leave, while James M. Davey Sr. returns from a Vietnam deployment on leave. Thomas R. Harris rises to new rank in Tuy Hoa, Vietnam with the 261st Signal Corps, and Airman Thomas M. Adamson begins first duty at McConnell AFB following Lackland training. Thomas Devlin travels to Germany after Morse coding at Ft. Devens and prior Montgomery Ward work.
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Tuy Hoa
Cohoes
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William L. Adamson
RD 2
Mechanicville
McConnell Afb
Kan
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Sth Ave
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Valle
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Ft. Stewart
Ga. Tech
Charles Toma
Mary Toma
East Canal St
Watervliet
Maxwell Afb
Ala
Toma
Phoku Air
Watervliet High School
Marie Carrico
Oregon
Sorensen cautions Soviets on U.S. New Left influence
In Moscow Theodore C. Sorensen, former White House adviser, says U.S. New Left anxieties are overstated by Soviet officials. He notes officials ask about Spock and King but stresses no U.S. policy shift. Sorensen is vacationing in the Soviet Union with meetings planned with trade and Foreign Ministry officials.
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White House
Theodore C. Sorensen
United States
Sorensen
Benjamin Spock
Martin Luther King
Soviet Union
Princess Soraya to launch singing career in Europe
The green-eyed princess Soraya, ex-Empress of Iran, will begin a singing career with a Sunday launch tied to Seaman Recruit James S. popping at Fischer, after completing Navy basic training at Great Lakes. A first recording is planned to be released soon by Eddy Barclay.
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Iran
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Naval ‘Training Center
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McNamara Calls Liberty Attack Inexcusable Error
Defense Secretary Robert McNamara told Congress that the Israeli attack on the U S Liberty in the Eastern Mediterranean in June was an inexcusable error of judgment and professional tactics. He stressed he is convinced Israel did not deliberate to attack the ship.
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UPI
Robert §. McNamara
Congress
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Mediterranean
Israel
Nigeria Says Midwest Area Taken By Biafran Forces
Lagos reports the Midwest region has fallen to Biafran forces and Nigerian army mutineers after a two prong attack across the Niger River. Ber nin and the Warri oil port are cited as captured while eastern loyalists allegedly sabotaged federal efforts. The government vows to restore order and denies lasting allegiance of Lt. Col. Victor Banjo.
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Victor Banjo
Andrews ruling challenges grand jury selection in perjury case
In New Orleans a judge overruled Andrews motion to quash a grand jury verdict claiming improper selection. The court recessed to reconvene for further testimony as investigators linked a Kennedy assassination probe to the case. A gunfight in Lincoln left a detective fatally shot during the pursuit of three escapees identified as Murray, Byrd, and Crooks. The suspects fled after escaping from Illinois custody, later recaptured in South Lincoln.
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Neb
Jim Garrison
Indiana
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Inter County
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Ceyeneae
Olen
Paul
Whitehead
Douglas
Paul Merritt
Byrd
Illinois
Arthur C. Murray
Howard Crooks
South
Unseasonable Coolness Grips Nation Across Regions
Unseasonable coolness blanketed central regions with 5 to 15 degree low readings vs mid summer norms. An arctic air mass boundary spared the Delaware Valley from major flooding as rains diminished along the coast. Wallops Island saw just over an inch, with a 3 inch overnight deluge triggering evacuations in parts of New Jersey and Delaware. scattered downpours occurred in Roswell and Tuscaloosa. Record lows reported in multiple states, including 44 in Spencer Town and 38 in Hibbing.
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Madison
Wis
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Ind
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Omaha
Neb
Hibbing
Minn
House Passes Reorganization Bill For D C
Washington AP reports House administration forces won unexpected Republican and Southern Democrat backing to approve President Johnson's plan to reorganize the District of Columbia government. The plan creates one commissioner and a 2 nine member city council all appointed by Johnson and takes effect today. The vote contrast shows coalition limits in opposing liberal measures.
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Washington
House
Johnson
District of Columbia
Army Worm Plague Ravages Laos Communist Rice Fields
UPI reports an army worm outbreak in Laos along the Laos North Vietnam border has damaged most hill rice crops. U.S. farm experts say more than 80 percent of the non Communist crop is saved by imported pesticides while the plague may affect Hanoi more than a ground invasion. Communists blame U.S. bombers for starting the scourge.
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Laos
UPI
North Vietnam
U. S
Hanoi
U.S
Pathet
Walter Scott
Dallas
United States
Crop Production Seen Hitting New High This Year
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department estimates this year's total crop output will reach a record high, about four percent above last year and two percent above the 1965 record. The forecast highlights large yields of corn wheat and soybeans while July weather trimmed the food grain harvest in the Northern Great Plains. Corn at 4.7 billion bushels up 3 percent from July and 13 percent from last year. Wheat at 4.5 billion bushels down 5 percent from July forecast but up 15 percent from last year. Soybeans forecast at a record 999 million bushels, up seven percent from last year and 39 percent above average.
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Washington
the Agriculture
Department
Great Plains
Leader's Daughter Quits Viet Cong to Seek Family Return
SAIGON AP reports Nguyen Thi Mat, daughter of a Viet Cong province official, defected to the government after four years as a nurse. She wrote to her father, Nguyen Van Hoa, urging him to return to his family, saying they need him and await his arrival. The 1 year old daughter of the official joined the VC at 13, trained as a nurse, and surrendered to national police near Saigon two months ago.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
U.S
Nguyen Thi-Mat
Nguyen van Hoa
National Liberation Front
Binh Duong
Crash Fatal at Trout Run Pa
Edward Ferland twenty from Harrisburg was killed in a collision with a truck on Route 14 seven miles north of Trout Run Lycoming County. A passenger in Ferland’s car was injured in the Wednesday wreck.
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Edward Ferland
Harrissburg
Lycoming ‘County
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