Police Boss Jailed Mum On Informer Controversy Deepens
Former FBI agent and Arkansas police chief Davis remained jailed without bond as the state Supreme Court weighs his residency challenge. The Sept. 9 raids yielded 12 arrests and a mix of felony and misdemeanor charges. Davis faced contempt for refusing to answer grand jury questions while others testified briefly.
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Arkansas Supreme Court
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Supreme Court
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Adkisson
Little Rock
Hot Springs
Orval E. Faubus
Kirby
Grand Jury
Far West Hit by Wind Rain Snow Storm
Gusty Pacific coast winds lash a wide region from Point St. George California to Alatoosh Island Washington with heavy snow in northern Nevada and hazardous driving warnings as far as northern Utah and southern Idaho. Strong weather continues in the Sierra Nevada while eastern areas see clearing skies and scattered showers. Former deputy defense chief Cyrus Vance joins President Johnson in Washington to discuss Cyprus amid calls for unity and swift action.
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Mediterranean
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Washington
Johnson
Wubert H. Humphrey
Dean Rusk
Robert S. McNamara
Gen
Earle G. Wheeler
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Demonstrators Clash With Police During Stop the Draft Week
Vietniks fail to halt induction operations as a five hour antiwar demonstration near Whitehall Street in Manhattan draws thousands. Police used force at times amid claims of clubbing. Mayor Lindsay praised restraint while thousands contributed to draft resistance efforts nationwide across New Haven Wilmingon Iowa City and Denver along with draft card handovers and protests at the federal building.
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Army Induction Center
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John V. Lindsay
New York
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Conn
Yale University
FBI
Wilmington
Ohio
James R. Wessner Jr
University of California
Wessner
Cleveland
Cyrus Eaton
U.S
Vietnam
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Dow Chemical Co
Iowa
Denver
Colo
Federal
Minister s Plea Frees Hostages
A hostage situation ended after a minister spoke, as police officer Ruben Rickard described avoiding harm to Mrs. Hicks and her children. Ector fired shots following a dispute, prompting neighbors to alert police who sealed the area and later received a surrender offer from relatives and a school teacher Waters.
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Waters
Mayor Says Riots Were Planned in Plainfield
Plainfield New Jersey mayor George S Hetfield testified before a Senate subcommittee that last summer riots in his city were organized and provoked by a small hard core and worsened by television coverage of Newark looting. A sociologist told a commission that three of four white policemen in Negro ghettos are prejudiced against Negroes and urged upgrading police personnel.
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UPI
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Senate
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Johnson
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Harlem Would Get Some Representation
Washington Democrats introduce a bill to grant Harlem partial representation in Congress. New York City’s 18th district has lacked a full member since Powell was excluded last March, with Powell winning a special election but not claiming the seat amid ongoing legal challenges to the House exclusion.
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New York City
Harlem
House
New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Powell
Leinsdorf to quit Boston Symphony post
Erich Leinsdorf, 54, conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, notified trustees he will resign at the end of the 1969 season at Tanglewood. He cited heavy workload of rehearsals conducting recording and touring as the reason likening it to pitching 27 straight innings in baseball.
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Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Tanglewood
Leinsdorf
Boston Orchestra
Mice Trap Victory Ends Rodent Troubles at Club
BECCLES England AP Charlie Crips ran a social club overrun by mice. Traps with cheddar failed as mice ignored bait and survived poison. He finally ended the problem by baiting traps with cheese spread laced with poison to attract and kill them.
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Beccles
England
Charlie Crips
Vermont Names Scribner As Education Commissioner
Governor Hof approved the State Education Board choice of Harvey Scribner of Teaneck New Jersey as state education commissioner succeeding Richard Gibboney who was asked to resign. Scribner has led schools in Maine and Massachusetts and is a Maine native.
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Montpelier
Philip H W. Hof
State Education Board
Harvey Scribner
Teaneck
N. J
Scribner
Maine
Richard Gibboney
Massachusetts
Hawks to Vietnam on confidential inquiry trip
Four House Armed Services Committee members led by Rep. Stratton traveled to Vietnam for a classified review of plans for military victory and US capability to fight there while meeting global treaty obligations. Reps. Hardy Dickinson Bates joined, leaving the day after Thanksgiving and returning December 17.
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UPI
House Armed Services Committee
Rep
Samuel
Special Armed Forces
Vietnam
U.S
Stratton
Porter Hardy Jr
D-Va
William L. Dickinson
R-Ala
William H. Bates
R-Mass
Carmichael Barred From French Rally
French police barred Black Power advocate Stokely Carmichael from speaking at a Vietnam war protest in Paris. He was detained at Orly Airport and to be flown to any destination of his choice. Carmichael had arrived from Stockholm via Copenhagen. Swedish authorities had warned he would be undesirable in France.
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Stokely Carmichael
France
Vietnam
Carmichael
Orly
Stockholm
Copenhagen
Red China's Chen Yi suffers weight loss under Red Guard harassment
A report from Chinese Nationalist intelligence claims Foreign Minister Chen Yi of Communist China shed 44 pounds amid Red Guard pressures. The dispatch says he survived the ordeal only after Chairman Mao Tse-tung intervened on his behalf.
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Formosa
Chen Yi
Communist
China
Red Guard
Chen
Mao Tse-tung
Cong Ravage 'Protected' Village In South Vietnam
In Dak Song near Saigon officials reported a fierce Viet Cong raid that left about 20 dead and 30 wounded, initially overestimated at 300. U.S. and South Vietnamese forces pursued attackers amid air and ground actions, with heavy Viet Cong losses in the Mekong Delta fight and new jet bombardments against targets in North Vietnam.
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U.S
Dak Song
Wilbur Wilson
Ranger
U.S. 7Th Air Force
Corsair
Wilson
North Vietnam
Loc Ninh
Bu Dop
Phalet
U.S. Navy
Vinh
Hanoi
Thai Nguyen
Yen Bai
U.S. Marine
Kien An
Haiphong
Nam Dinh
Mekong Delta
Delta
Johnson Signs 589 Million Health Bill
President Johnson signed a bill authorizing 589 million dollars in federal health aid over three years and 40 million for ratex termination. The measure extends the health cooperation act, allowing states and cities to mount a total war against sickness and disease. Funds target cancer, general disease, tuberculosis, heart disease and mental illness through consolidated lump-sum grants.
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Washington
Johnson
Slowdown On British Rails Halted
London AP reports Britain's rail slowdown ended early after Prime Minister Harold Wilson proposed a peace plan to ASLEF leaders. Officials said members would resume normal work immediately following overnight talks. The action, which began at midnight Sunday, disrupted much of southern England's railway traffic as unions pressed for a compromise.
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London
Britain
Harold Wilson
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers
ASLEF
England
Council 50 Seeks Trooper Election for Representation
State Employes Council 50 AFL CIO filed to be the bargaining agent for rank and file State Police troopers in wage talks. It asked the Public Deployment Relations Board to schedule an election among about 2,000 troopers to choose an organization to represent them. The council also noted roughly 1,000 other police personnel should form a separate unit.
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Albany
N. Y
State
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