Senators Testify on Baker Fund Connections in Trial
Washington AP seven senators and one representative testified they collected nothing from a $66 300 political fund tied to Bobby Baker. Savings and loan official testified Baker advised a 1962 contribution of $100 000 to gain access, with most witnesses denying Kerr funds as well. The defense sought Kerr linkage but was ruled out.
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Washington
Bobby Baker
Senate
Savings and Loan
Baker
Savings and Loan Industry
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Kerr
U.S. Dist
Oliver Gasch
Congress
Wilbur D. Mills
D- Ark
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Edward Bennett Williams
Carl Hayden
Bob Kerr
Morton
Capitol
Carlson
Bennett
Smathers
Hayden
Dirksen
Fulbright
Baker Fund
Man of the Year banquet honors local leaders
Frederick County Clerk Lee Whitacre marked his 86th birthday at the annual Man of the Year banquet and recalled dining with the Governor of Virginia. Rescue Squad members faced nerves after a 7 17 p.m. call to 717 S Washington St on Friday the 18th.
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Lee Whitacré
Frederick County
Virginia
S. Washington St
Outstanding Citizen for 1966 is Fred L. Glaize Jr in Winchester
Fred L. Glaize Jr was named the Outstanding Citizen for 1966 at the 49th Winchester Frederick County Chamber of Commerce Banquet at the George Washington Hotel. Gov Mills E Godwin Jr praised Virginia industry and education as he addressed 300 attendees. Glaize, born in Winchester, has run family businesses and served on City Council, hospital boards, church deacons, and regional boards, contributing to community projects and industrial development.
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Fred L. Glaize, Jr
Harold G. Brown
Winchester-Frederick County
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Hubert T. Stratton
Mills E. Godwin, Jr
Star
Jim Hamilton
Winchester - Frederick County
Ernor Mills E. Godwin, Jr
Virginia
Glaize
Winchester
Washington and Lee University
Phillip
Swinchester Memorial Hospital
First Presbyterian Church Board of Deacons
Shenandoah College and Conservatory of Music
Handley Board of Trustees
Winchester Building and Loan Association
Virginia Loan and Thrift
Violence Feared as Workers Pour Into Peking
Tokyo AP reports from Peking that Red Chinese workers including Mao supporters and opponents flood the capital. More than a million have arrived, with daily arrivals, raising fears of violence spreading from Shanghai and other cities. Mao’s return to Peking is seen as central to stabilizing the situation.
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Tokyo
Peking
Mao Tse-- Tung
Yomiuri
Mao
Shanghai
China
Aluminum price hikes draw White House criticism
Washington AP The four major aluminum producers announce price increases effective January 18 despite a government request to defer on grounds of the national interest.CEA Chair Gardner Ackley calls the moves untimely and unnecessary amid improving industry earnings and urges restraint.
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Washington
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Cation
Ackley
Olin Mathieson
Kidnaping Robbery Shocks Warrenton Store Heist
Warrenton police investigate a $900 robbery at an ABC store after two men abducted assistant manager Floyd Weakley from his Culpeper home and forced him to reveal the safe combination. Weakley was tied in a car, later freed after about thirty minutes, and the suspects fled.
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Warrenton (Ap
Warrenton
ABC
Culpeper
Floyd Weakley
Delta focal point for new U S support troops in Mekong Delta
A detachment of American support troops engineers signaling and security forces moved to a base site on the My Tho River near Dong Tan southwest of My Tho, signaling a push to establish a large U S infantry presence in the delta. The shift follows heavy shelling in the Iron Triangle and accompanies a broad offensive with Marines and Vietnamese forces pressing along the Thanh Phu peninsula.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Mekong River
U.S
My Tho
Dong Tan
Iron Triangle
Delta
Thanh Phu
Virginia Republicans propose voting safeguard plan
Republican lawmakers urge a special session to create a nondiscriminatory voter registration system while under the Voting Rights Act. They call for a printed form requiring name age birth details and residency, aiming to prevent ineligible registrations and meet federal approval.
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Richmond
Virginia
U.S
Quick action saves many as Jamaica Queens fire destroys 20 homes
Fire and gas explosions roared through eight-block Jamaica area destroying 20 houses. Firemen and police evacuated residents early, saving many lives. two fire units were destroyed and occupants were removed before flames spread. Patrolmen Bernard O'Connor and Keating helped warn about Emergency Get out. Flames rose 200 feet from a gas main as fire crews wet buildings to prevent spread.
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New York
Jamaica
Queens
Mmany
Robert O. Lowery
Lowery
Roger Bernard
Bernard
John O’connor
Francis Keating
O’connor
Keating
Winter clearance and sales at Lovett Shoe and Penneys
Shoe store offers 1/4 to 1/2 off across store including dresses coats and sports wear. Worth's Loudoun Street advertises 27 N Worths. Penneys sheets sale promises every sheet reduced. Live music at The Peanut Cellar Inn tonight 8 to 12. The Steak House offers 99 cent special and other steaks. Echo Village Restaurant listing included.
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Peanut Cellar Inn
The
Steak House of Winchester
U.S
Village Restaurant
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Holiday Music House
F & M Bank
Wise Ole Owl Sport Shop
Hanes Hose
L. Hodgson “Hat & Dress
Attrac
Indust
Malcolm
Vernor
Liu Shaochi
Kyodo
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Lin Piao
Asahi
Security Ministry
Hsieh Fuechih
Liu
People’s Daily
Weakley
Bonnie Saville
Yost
Call
Ward
Macy
N. Loudoun St
Polly’s Cab, Inc
Ernie Nesselrodt
Fern’s Fine Foods
Hayfield
James C. Turk
Radford
del. Caldwell M. Butler
Roanoke
State
Cornwell’s
Lovett Shoe Corp
Loudoun St
Penney
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