North Korea Defector Lee Sookeun Sought Return by UN
U N command rejects North Korea accusation of kidnapping North Korean Central News Agency vice president Lee Sookeun who fled to South Korea. Col. Charlton insists Lee defected of his own will amid gunfire from Communist guards during escape at Panmunjom.
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Panmunjom
Korea
North Korea
U.N. Command
US. Army
George F. Charlton
Lee Sookéun
Central
South Korea
Free Nations
Charlton
Han Chu-kyong
Lee
Armistice Commission
U.S
Donald E. Thomson
Han
Thomson
Richard C. Ciccolella
U.N
U.S. Army Hospital
Seoul
Kim Il-sung
Pyongyang
Kim
More Federal Control Seen For Private Pension Funds
In New York AP reports Congress is increasing scrutiny of private pension systems, affecting unions and the National Association of Manufacturers as lawmakers act on the growing $90 billion pool of private retirement funds.
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New York
Congress
National Association of Manufacturers
Johnson
Legislature Keeps Higher Lulu Expense for Lawmakers
In Albany both Democratic and Republican leaders pressed to retain the 3,000 dollar Lulu expense allowance for rank and file lawmakers after debate on replacing it with a per diem system. Speaker Travia confirmed the 1966 approved sum will remain in place, adding to the lawmakers’ 15,000 dollar annual salary, as session ends and the Constitutional Convention looms.
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Albany
N.Y
Associated Press
Senate
Earl
W. Brydges
Lee
Nct
U.S
Travia
Rural-Urban Diners To Hear Gordon Conklin
Gordon Conklin of Trumansburg editor of the American Agriculturist will be the principal speaker at the rural urban dinner sponsored by the Saratoga County Farm Bureau set for 7 p.m. next Thursday at the First Methodist Church in Saratoga Springs. Conklin is assistant agricultural agent for Cayuga County and a member of the State Commission on the Preservation of Agricultural Land. He holds a bachelor and master’s from Cornell in farm management and joined the newspaper in 1959, becoming editor in 1962. A turkey dinner will be served.
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Gordon Conklin
Trumansburg
American Agriculturist
Sarattoga County
Fann Bureau
First Methodist Church
Saratoga Springs
Conklin
Cayuga County
State ‘Commission On the
Cornell University
Viet Reds Tone Down War Losses
Washington reports intercepted messages indicate Communist battlefield commanders understate their losses while inflating American casualties by up to 40 times. U.S. figures show enemy casualties 60 percent higher this year than 1966. Officials say Hanoi may be pressed by military action to end the war, with U.S. manpower planned to rise to 470,000 in Vietnam by December.
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Washington
Hanoi
U.S
William C. Westmoreland
Guam
352S
Thailand
Vietnam
Laos
South Vietnam
Westmoreland
da Nang
House Eyes Home Front Budget Cuts In Washington
House budget cutters push for across the board reductions in next year's spending as the Treasury and domestic programs face cuts. The Appropriations bill to fund Postal and President's offices carries tight limits while Republicans press for $5 to $6 billion in reductions, with debates over housing and foreign aid programs continuing in the Senate.
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Washington
Treasury
House
Johnson
Senatedeat
Fiscali
Charles R. Jones
Rn.c
Most
Republic
Senate
Jones
Treasury Land Post Office
Republi
Quinine price rigging exposed by Senate probe
Senate subcommittee findings reveal an international cartel bought quinine from the U.S. stockpile at about 21 cents an ounce and inflated prices in the United States and abroad, withholding stockpile sales during 1961 to 1964 to maintain control. The scheme involved multiple European and Dutch firms, with quinidine prices rising from as low as $2 to about $10.50 per 100 tablets.
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Washington
U.S
America
Senate
John M. Blair
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
General Services Administration
Blair
Subcommittee
United States
France
West Germany
Netherlands
Photographs Win Ribbons At State Exhibition
Cambridge photographer Joke Woodruff won second place and two third place awards in the annual Professional Photographers Society exhibition. Doug las Perkins received red and white ribbons for portraits including youthful study on the blackboard, while Ray McGarvin earned a white ribbon for character poses.
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Cambridge
Joke Woodruff
H’s
Photographers Society
Douglas’ Perkins
Perkins
Ray McGarvin
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