ITT Lobbyist's Sworn Statement Questions Memo Forgery
Mrs. Dita Beard, an ailing lobbyist for ITT, says her initial was forged on a memorandum used by columnist Jack Anderson to tie ITT's financial pledge to the Republican National Convention to a settlement of three anti trust cases. Durham jury recessed for lunch.
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Washington (Ap
International Telephone & Telegraph Corp
Jack Anderson
ITT
Dita Beard
Anderson
Beard
Senate
Senate Judiciary Committee
Rocky Mountain Osteopathic Hospital
Denver
David Fleming
Hugh Scott
Washington
W. R. Merriam
San Diego
John) Mitchell
Fleming
Mitchell
Richard G. Kleindienst
Harold S. Geneen
Brit Hume
Hume
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Phillip A. Hart
D-Mich
Seven Septuplets Born Then Three Survive Die
A young woman using fertility drugs gave birth to seven babies in California. Two girls and five others were premature. two boys died within hours and four girls and one boy died later, leaving three infant girls who survived longest. Doctors cited extreme prematurity and tiny weigh ins.
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Santa Clara
Calif
Stanford University Medical Center
Palo Alto
Kaiser Foundation
V. Anthony Damore
San Jose
Pamer
Damore
No Verdict After 4 Hour Deliberation In Durham Murder Case
Jurors in the Luther Durham murder trial remained secluded after a long day of testimony and closing arguments. Deliberations began at 8:30 a.m. with jurors voting to recess overnight after a 12 hour day, as the Commonwealth sought first degree murder and the defense sought accessory after the fact.
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Star
Luther Durham
The
Commonwealth
Durham
King George County
Annie Snow
Frederick County
U.S. District Court
Harrisonburg
Lawrence Ambrogi
Joseph A. Massie, Jr
FBI
Otha Howard
Hoover
Howard
Massie
H. Denis Hoover
Meany Calls Union Leaders To Washington
AFL-CIO President George Meany invites executive council members and other union chiefs to a Washington meeting to discuss labor strategy amid Pay Board wage cuts for West Coast longshoremen. A council of war is possible, with talks on a broader labor response and potential Pay Board resignations.
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Afl-Cio
George Meany
Meany
Federation
Leonard Woodcock
United Auto Workers
Frank Fitzsimmons
The
Teamsters
Los Angeles Times
Council of War
U.S
Times
Harry Bernstein
Pay Board
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
ILMU
Harry Bridges
Pacific Maritime Association
Bridges
Nixon pushed bill for $1 billion drug abuse campaign
The Senate approved a compromise drug abuse bill 63 to 0 after House clearance 366 to 0. It would create a National Institute on Drug Abuse and require a national strategy within nine months. Nixon plans a Monday trip to New York to tour regional centers.
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Washington
Nixon
National Institute On
Senate
House
White House
New York
Office of Drug Abuse and Law Enforcement
Stabbing of Inmate Sparks Walpole Prison Riot
About 150 inmates at Walpole State Prison rioted Friday night after a black inmate was stabbed. They burned the library and damaged windows and TVs while racial tensions were noted. No guards were attacked. three inmates were treated for smoke inhalation and no mass fighting occurred. Ronald Stokes, 22, of Boston, was stabbed and hospitalized in fair condition.
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Walpole State Prison
Walpole
Mass
Foxboro State
Correction
John Boone
Ronald Stokes
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Stokes
Boone
Bernstein
American Planes Hit Paydirt In Raid on Ho Chi Minh Trail
U S fighter bombers and gunships conducted a major raid on the Ho Chi Minh supply trail in Laos, triggering about 800 secondary explosions and 600 fires. Air Force reports say 15 tanks destroyed and 14 damaged in southern Laos, including Soviet built T54-55s, with tanks seen far south for the first time. In Cambodia, South Vietnamese forces found large supplies while engaging enemy base camps, and Hue to A Shau Valley fighting continued with 55 NVA killed in a day of combat. seven SV soldiers died and five wounded.
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U.S
Ho Chi Minh
Laos
7Th Air Force
Sepone
Chavane
North Vietnam
Air Force
Cambodia
Kompong Track
Demilitarized Zone
South Vietnam
Hue
A Shau
Jumbo Texaco Pembroke Drifted Off Cape Cod Disabled Tanker
A 790 foot Texaco Pembroke with 51 aboard reported loss of power and began drifting 50 miles east of Cape Cod in gale seas. Coast Guard dispatched cutter Vigilant and a helicopter, with tug Walton en route. ship taking on water as ballast but not carrying cargo.
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Boston
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Texaco Pembroke
Persian Gulf
Walton
California Supreme Court upholds death penalty ban stance
California's Supreme Court refused to reconsider its Feb. 18 ruling outlawing capital punishment and declined to stay its decision pending appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gov Reagan pledged a vigorous appeal and support for a ballot measure to restore capital punishment. The ruling also addressed bail conditions in capital cases, notifying that abolishing the death penalty does not affect existing bail laws when guilt is evident. Angela Davis case cited as immediate bail example. she was granted a $102,500 bond with movement restrictions.
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Calfornia
Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Ronald Reagan
California
Angela Davis
San Jose
Miss Davis
Howard Moore Jr
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