Man Kills Girls Mother Tells Police Where Bodies Lie
Police hunted a man who telephoned to guide officers to the bodies of an 11 year old girl and her wounded mother at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood airport area and roadside. The mother Mrs Dorothy A Clark 42 of Clarkston Georgia is in critical condition with five bullet wounds. The girl Marilyn Clark lay dead near a Hollywood side road. A third victim remained missing as waterways were searched and detectives warned the killer may strike again.
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Fla
Dorothy A. Clark
Clarkston, Ga
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport
Marilyn
Hollywood
Biafran Food Drive Stalled Over Air Raids
Addis Ababa reports that Nigeria rejected a Red Cross appeal to halt air attacks on mercy flights to besieged Biafra, causing Red Cross operations to pause after a DC 6 was fired on near Fernando Po. Heavier arms movement rumors persist despite ongoing negotiations.
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Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Red Cross
Lagos
Biafra
Fernando Po
Charles de Gaulle
181 VC Killed In Four Battles Near Saigon
U S and South Vietnamese forces swept the southern approaches to Saigon killing 181 Viet Cong in four battles in the Mekong Delta. The 9th Division fought a Viet Cong battalion southwest of Saigon, with 104 enemy killed and 36 weapons captured. American casualties were 15 killed and 30 wounded.
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Mekong
U.S. 9Th Division
9Te Division
Sion
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Assassination attempt targets Greek premier near Athens
An assassination try on Premier George Papadopoulos occurred on a road near Athens. A bomb exploded as the premier's car passed. he was unharmed and a suspected bomber was seized. The incident marked the first known attempt against a regime member since the 1967 coup. A Greek Resistance movement claimed responsibility from Paris. Five government soldiers were killed and 22 wounded in related clashes.
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Athens
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Paris
Humphrey Wins Ohio Delegates in Democratic Caucus
In Columbus the Ohio caucus to the Democratic National Convention gave Humphrey 60 votes, McCarthy 3, Young 1, with 264½ uncommitted and 221½ votes absent. Five proxy votes for Humphrey were not counted pending verification. Betty J. Gaffney of Toledo was nominated national committeewoman to replace Helen Gunsett.
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Columbus
Ohio
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Stephen M. Young
Albert Porter
Cleveland
Young
Frazier Reams Jr
Toledo
Johnson
Ted
Betty J. Gaffney
Helen Gunsett
McCarthy
East German Czech leaders pledge economic coop but hold West Germany talks
Walter Ulbricht and Czechoslovakia's liberal leaders reached broad agreement on deepening mutual economic relations and long term planning. They discussed exchanging envoys with West Germany while preserving interest in trade and credits, without signaling a major shift in West Germany policy.
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Communist Party
Walter Ulbricht
Czechoslovakia
Coordi
Soviet Union
West Germany
Hughes Seeks Air West Buy Over Service Grievances
Howard Hughes proposed a 90 million dollar offer to Air West Inc in a bid to improve Las Vegas air service. Hughes would pay 22 dollars a share, following recent stockholder rebuffs in his ABC bid.
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Las Vegas
Howard Hughes
Air West Inc
Hughes
American Broadcasting Co
Air West
Study Committee Reviews highway funding by need proposal
A legislative study panel in Columbus considers a plan to allocate highway revenues strictly by need. The Legislative Service Commission says the current distribution method is inequitable.
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Columbus
Ohio
Legislative Service Commission
Young Athens chess champ wins Under 16 title
A 15 year old from Athens captures the Under 16 championship in Cleveland chess COUFTAIMIONE none cccccccdsnccvccss. Meantime Nelsonville council weighs higher water rates and Meigs County Fair opens its 1968 edition today with page references noted.
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Cleveland Chess Couftaimione
Meigs County Fair
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Nixon campaign prioritizes crime and civil disorder themes
A Nixon aide says crime and civil disorders are top campaign issues. The plan stresses law and order while addressing slum problems, tying order to civil rights progress and previewing a nationwide black capitalism program. McCarthy counters that Nixon offers vague Vietnam promises and warns of Chicago tensions.
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Associated Press
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Eugene J. McCarthy
Vietnam
Nixon Run Mate Agnew Urges Lawful Civil Rights Path
Charles S. Thyne of United Citizens for Nixon says a share of American enterprise appeals to the Negro community. In San Francisco Spiro T. Agnew asserts violence and disorder are not the answer to civil rights. Eighteen Baltimore Black leaders accuse Agnew of antipathy and organize to spread his alleged inadequacies.
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American Enterprise
Charles S. Thyne
United Citizens For
Nixon
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
San Francisco
Agnew
Baltimore
Legion tournament in Athens sees three survivors in loser's bracket
In Athens Tuesday morning play Lancaster defeats Ashtabula 7-2 Sidney defeats Marietta 6-0 and Euclid defeats Kent 11-3 keeping all three alive in the loser's bracket while the three losers are eliminated.
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Lancaster
Sidney
Euclid
American Legion
Athens
Ashtabula
Marietta
Kent
Socialists in Court Seek Ballot Spot in Ohio
In Dayton Ohio AP under intense questioning Atty Gen William B Saxbes chief counsel conceded third party ballot access is virtually nil The Socialist Labor Party seeks to place its U S Senate candidate on November ballots Peter M Kapitz of Akron would oppose Saxbe and John Gilligan If the ruling favors the SLP write in rules and 15 percent signature requirement may be challenged The ACLU argues the laws are prohibitive
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Dayton
Ohio
Atty
William B. Saxbe
Socialist Labor Party
SLP
U.S. Senate
Saxbe
Senate
John J. Gilligan
Peter M. Kapitz
Akron
George C. Wallace
American Independent Party
AIP
Jerry Gordon
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Long Hair Policy Upsets North Olmsted Family
Britisher Ernest Towner criticized the North Olmsted School Board after his son Carl, 15, was suspended for long hair while pregnant girls were allowed to attend school up to five months of pregnancy. Superintendent Van Auken announced next year’s rules including the pregnancy attendance policy.
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Cleveland
Ernest Towner
North Olmsted
Carl Towner
Towner
Robert A. van Auken
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