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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1965
Page
1
Two U S Marine infantrymen attempted to raid Hanoi but could not start the B57 bombers. They escaped Da Nang after causing minor damage and were later recaptured. Both planes later flew on missions against the Viet Cong. names of the Marines were not released.
Washington lawmakers struggle over a $1.9 billion antipoverty measure and a $1 billion military pay raise bill as voting on the packages proceeds.
Syng man Rhee died at Maunalani Hospital in Honolulu at age 90 after a stroke. The former South Korean president had long sought to return home to die and had dwelt in failing health for years. His life goal of unifying Korea as a republic remained unfulfilled.
A Coast Guard cutter sails toward the liner Seven Seas stranded in the North Atlantic with 400 passengers and 210 crew after an engine room fire disabled the ship. No injuries reported.
In Saigon area Viet Cong attack on the U.S. 1st Division as it enters Vietnam results in three American deaths and several wounded. The assault near Ben Hoa air base follows the division’s arrival last week, marking its first combat. North Viet Nam claims shootdowns of U.S. aircraft and pilots captured.
Pete Coyne 42, manager of Marian's Cafe, faces second degree serious case charges after a drive in shooting at Frisch's in Hartwell. Ozie Lee 20 was killed while seated in his car and Roy Edmonds 15 was injured, with Lee Holiday Jr. fleeing. Witness Harry Howard said Diane Coyne shouted racial slur prior to the shooting. Cincinnati officer Kenneth Chitwood arrested Coyne and his wife.
Police say Mrs Lorne Alexander about 26 or 27 and her two sons Timmy four and an infant four months were found mutilated in a West Side Lorain home. The bodies were located by Otto Miller III who forced the back door to collect overdue rent. The father, identified as Alexander, was last seen Sunday morning and had recently been released from Marion Correctional Institution.
In Hillsboro Ohio an Ohio Air National Guard jet crashed on a hillside killing Capt. Paul O Leppo 34 of South Fort Mitchell Kentucky on his last scheduled flight. The crash left wreckage scattered across cornfield and pasture near Samantha in Highland County and a board of inquiry was set to determine the cause.
Moscow reports the new unmanned Soviet spacecraft functioning perfectly in its flight toward solar orbit. U S experts doubt Mars as a target due to its current unfavorable position for another probe from Earth.
The state plans to file a brief asking that Dr. Sam Sheppard be returned to Ohio Penitentiary while his appeal to the U S Supreme Court proceeds. Assistant Atty. Gen. David Kessler said the move could return Sheppard to prison this week. He noted the state asks the Sixth Circuit to back its denial of a rehearing. Sheppard and his second wife marked their first wedding anniversary in Cleveland amid concerns over a possible return to prison.
Romanian communists open a five day congress in Bucharest with 34 parties represented as they seek neutral ground in the Soviet Chinese dispute. Paris reports a U S photo reconnaissance plane near the PierreLatte nuclear complex on an alleged unauthorized mission.
Adlai E. Stevenson is laid to rest with a community memorial in Horton Fieldhouse for about 8000, followed by private rites at the Unitarian church. Dignitaries received invitations, streets were sealed for the procession to Evergreen Memorial Cemetery, where his grave rests beside family markers.
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