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Baker Faces
Jail Term
WASHINGTON (UPI) —
Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, once
the trusted confidant of some of
the nation’s most powerful men,
today faced the prospect of
going to jail as a convicted thief
and tax cheat.
A U.S. District Court Jury,
after deliberating 7 hours and
20 minutes, found him guilty
Sunday morning on charges of
tax evasion, larceny, and fraud
carrying a maximum penalty of
48 years in prison and a $47,000
fine. He will be sentenced at a
later date.
The three-week trial of the
former Senate Democratic se
cretary —a onetime assistant to
President Johnson —came to a
tense climax when Jury Fore
man James M. Buchanan seven
times declared Baker guilty as
Charged by the government.
Sh°ws No Emotion
Except for a paleness of face,
the 38-year-old Baker showed
little outward emotion as
Buchanan recited him guilty.
His attorney, Edward Bennett
Williams, saide he would appeal
the verdict “all the way to the
Supreme Court if necessary.”
Baker Joined his wife and
walked quickly from the cour
troom without comment.
In essence, they had decided
that the former Capitol Hill
Insider had “willfully” evaded
paying more than $21,000 In
income taxes in 1961 and 1962;
had stolen most of $100,000
collected as campaign funds
from California savings and
loan sources in 1962, and had
defrauded the government In
1963 and 1964 through a
conspiracy with Washington
lobbyist Wayne L. Bromley and
former Nevada Lt. Gov. Clifford
Jones.
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Reject Baker’s Testimony
It also meant that the jurors
had not believed Baker’s story
that he had merely collected
and turned over to the late Sen.
Robert S. Kerr, D-Okla., the
cash collected from three West
Coast savings and loan emissa
ries.
Buchanan, a 25-year veteran
of government service with the
Census Bureau, told newsmen:
“For the most part, the Jurors
felt that Baker had not been
truthful. One of the undercur
rents in the entire thinking of
the Jury was how Baker had
used the friendship of his
deceased friend, Sen. Kerr, to
point the finger of possible
bribery, which, to a number of
jurors, was a despicable thing
to do.”
There was no comment from
the White House. Johnson once
described Baker as “my good
right arm” when, as Senate
Democratic secretary, Baker
was known as “the 101st
senator” because of his in
fluence in the cloakrooms and
corridors of the Capitol.
ACHE SON NAMED
WASHINGTON (UPI) —David
C. Acheson, special assistant to
the secretary of the treasury
for enforcement, has b?en
elected vice president &nd
general counsel of the Commu
nications Satellite Corp. (COM
SAT).
The 45-year-old attorney, son
of former Secretary of State
Dean Acheson, Is expected to
assume his new post In
February, COMSAT announcea
Sunday
Bombs Blast
Yugo Buildings
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
United States and Canada put
diplomats and investigators to
work today to discover who
plotted the pre-dawn bombings
of six Yugoslav diplomatic
missions in the two countries.
Terrorists, believed by Yugo
slav officials to be expatriate
Yugoslavs opposed to the
Communist rule of President
Tito, placed bombs outside the
embassies in Washington and
Ottawa and set off explosions at
consulates jn Toronto, San
Francisco, New York and
Chicago in highly coordinated
Monday, January 30, 1967
Maddox Names
Negro Solon
To Demo Board
By DON PHILLIPS
ATLANTA rUPI) — GOV.
Lester Maddox, a staunch seg
regationist during his political
campaigns, has selected a Ne
gro as one of his choices for
the State Democratic
Committee.
It was learned that Maddox
has chosen Negro Rep. R. A.
Dent of Augusta as one of the
100 members he selects for the
200-member committee.
Maddox also has selected At
lanta banker Mills B. Lane Jr.,
a supporter of Maddox’s
ents in the past, for the com
mittee.
Dent was the only Negro who
voted for Maddox in the legis
lature and was the only Negro
legislator to attend the gov
ernor’s Inauguration. Maddox
summoned Dent to his office
immediately after the cere
mony to thank him.
Lane was a backer of former
Gov. Ellis Arnall in the Demo
cratic primary, then it was re
ported he shifted to Republican
Howard (Bo) Callaway.
But sources close to Maddox
said Lane called him Nov. 7 to
give Maddox his support.
Maddox said last week he
would release the names of his
choices soon, possibily this
week. He said he was awaiting
their acceptances. The remain
ing 100 members will be elected
10 each to a congressional dis
trict.
Party sources said former
State Sen. Jimmy Carter of
Plains, a Maddox opponent In
the gubernatorial primary, also
would be a governor’s choice.
attacks that took place within a
one-hour period Sunday, begin
ning at about 3:30 a.m. EST.
There were no Injuries
directly attributed to the blasts,
a New York fireman died of
heart attack while inspecting
damage and a child was thrown
his bed by the embassy
explosion in Washington.
Police were guarding all
Yugoslav missions In both
countries today. The only one in
either country to escape attack
the Pittsburgh consulate,
which occupies the 16th floor of
a 25-story apartment building,
The other missions are housed
at ground level.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
expressed his regret to Yugo
Ambassador Veljko Mlcun
in Washington. The State
termed the bomb
“outrageous and senseless
of terrorism,” and prom
the United States would
prompt restitution for
Cvijeto Job, press attache at
Washington Embassy, said
bombing was the first
“violent, physical attack” on
embassy. He blamed the
bombings on “the quisling
elements who escaped
(Yugoslavia) with the defeated
armies in 1945 (and) who
ever since engaged in
terrorist activities.”
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above when Sukarno listed new cabinet appointments
last summer. Stripped of most independence of his administrative
powers, Sukarno, who won for Indonesia
from the Dutch in 1949, has been allowed to re main a
figurehead president.
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THE SPRAWLING NATION of Indonesia includes such a
complex of Southwestern Asian islands that it is now the
fifth largest nation in the world. Thus the U.S. became
disturbed as Sukarno became more and more entangled
with the Communists. Shown above is Indonesia and
Malaysia, which drew threats of invasion from Sukarno
after it was formed in 1963. When Sukarno lost most of
his administrative powers, Malaysia and Indonesia agreed
to restore normal relations Aug. 11, 1966.
Students Demand Sukarno Removal
By RICHARD I. STONE
JAKARTA (UPI) -Steel
helmeted soldiers with automatic
weapons today surrounded the
palace of President Sukarno as
about 40,000 students marched
through the city to demand his
removal from office. There
were signs Sukarno was under
virtual house arrest,
Troops loyal to Indonesian
strongman Gen. Suharto erected
barbed-wire barricades at all
palace entrances and relieved
pro-Sukarno guards and ma
rines at sentry boxes. They took
Minister’s Wife
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ATLANTA (UPI) Police
pushed an investigation today
into the fatal shooting Sunday
0 f a Negro minister’s wife at
the front door of her home less
than 12 hours after someone at
tempted to set fire to his
church.
Police said Mrs. Lillian Cor
ine Briley, 53, was gunned down
f rom close range when she re
sp0 nded to a door bell ring. Her
husband, Rev. George Briley,
53, and a three-year-old grand
son were asleep in the House
when the woman was awakened
by the bell.
Briley said he heard the blast
moments after his wife an
swered the door. He found his
wife lying in a pool of blood,
a shotgun wound in her chest.
She died en route to a hospital.
There were no witnesses to
the shooting and it was un
known If the assailant was
white or Negro. Police said
there were no suspects.
Det. Lt. L. K. Perry said the
woman’s family is confident she
knew the person at the door be
cause she would not have
opened it so readily to a
stranger.
Officers noted the woman
could have peered through a
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positions around the square
across from the palace in
downtown Jakarta while the
student demonstrators marched
past 20 abrest. Three armoured
personnel carriers stood near
the palace gates.
The students, clad in tight
guerrilla jackets and waving
banners, handed out leaflets
along their five-mile route
through Jakarta’s main streets.
The leaflets called Sukarno “a
Peking dog .. . mastermind
puppeteer of the 1965 abortive
Communist coup” and demand-
glass window in the door to see
who was calling. The home is
in a well-kept section of the
city and automatic night lights
along its driveway.
Briley is pastor of the Church
of God in Christ in the Vine
City section of the Negro com
munity. A flaming wad of ker
osene-soaked cotton was found
under the back door of the
pastor’s study at the church
Saturday night, leading to an
arson investigation.
Furnishings were slightly
damaged by the smoke, but the
blaze was doused by persons
attending special services in
nearby meeting rooms before it
could do any appreciable dam
age.
Officers said there was no
reason to link the fire with the
shooting, but added "we have
to keep an open mind." They
said there were no apparent
racial overtones in either inci
dent.
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The riddle of leader
ship in Indonesia has
long baffled Western
observers. Top gradu- army
generals edged have President
ally of his
Sukarno out
previous position of
free-wheeling power,
since an abortive
Communist coup
against the military
about 16 months ago,
which Sukarno’s crit
ics claim he either
engineered or con
doned. But a com
plete and immediate
ouster of “The
Bung,” as he is affec
tionately known to
millions of Indone
sians, has been de
layed because of the
emotional sway he
holds over his coun
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U.S. INTELLIGENCE claimed that until Gen. Suharto’s
rise to power, Sukarno was a mere political puppet for
Communist party leaders. Shown above, he is greeting
Red Chinese Counsellor Mao Yen-Chung in a recent re
leaders. ception for foreign diplomatic corps and Indonesian
ed he he removed from office
“as soon as possible.”
The students’ ranks were
swollen by civilian-garbed Spe
cial Forces troops packing side
arms under their Jackets. This
was interpreted by observers as
a green light from Suharto for
student action against Sukarno.
It was the biggest student
turnout since last October when
Indonesia’s militantly anti-Com
munist youths marked the first
anniversary of the abortive
coup.
The military power display
was ostensibly to Insure order
during the student demonstra
tion. It was also possible the
deployment was the prelude to
the long-expected armed forces
move to oust the moon-faced
Sukarno from the presidency.
All telephone communication
with the palace was cut off by
the military.
Sukarno was not observed
returning from his weekend
palace at Bogor, 40 miles south
of Jakarta, but palace guards
told UPI he had returned at
8:45 a.m. local time today
(8:30 p.m. EST Sunday).
Inside Parliament, student
leader C. Nainggonan told
members the military tribunal
was the only way to “dispose of
Sukarno. He is trying to
maintain his position by any
means, even if this means
putting aside the constitution.”
Indonesia’s students have
been a leading force in
demanding Sukarno’s ouster.
They want him tried for his
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IN VERBAL WAR with the
United Nations in 1965, Su
karno declared his coun
try’s withdrawal from the
world organization. The
protest election was prompted by
the of the new Fed
eration of Malaysia—an
anti-Red group of nations—
to the Security Council.
Sukarno’s threats of war
against Malaysia, observers
said, were to draw atten
tion from his own country’s
near-bankruptcy.
alleged involvement in the
October, 1965, Communist effort
to take over Indonesia.
Suharto seized power follow
ing the uprising and reduced
Sukarno to a mere figurehead.
WATCHERS VOTE
WASHINGTON (UPI) —The
National Labor Relations Board
will be watching the elections It
supervises closely in February
in a search for the 25 millonth
U.S. worker to cast a ballot for
union representation.
The board said during the
weekend that it expects the big
ballot be cast some time early
in the month —just where
nobody cares to guess. The 25
million milestone comes after 32
years of NLRB elections.
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STICKY PROBLEM
NEW YORK. (DPI) —John
Rooney, who operates a fuel oil
delivery truck, forgot one thing
after he made a routine
delivery Sunday. He remem
bered it after jumping into the
cab and driving away.
He forgot to disconnect the
hose.
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was closed to traffic while the
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Greenwood disagreed over top
billing and threatened to hold
up production of Noel Coward’s
play “Fallen Angels.” But on
Sunday, they settled it with a
flip of a coin.
Miss Greenwood won. Her
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Miss Cummings wasn’t too
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