DeSalvo Captured After Massive Manhunt
Two men fled Bridgewater State Hospital with Albert H. DeSalvo, the Boston strangler, and were recaptured Friday night. Fred Erickson, 41, and George Harrison, 33, were returned to the hospital after surrendering. Authorities had chased leads from Baltimore about a hitchhiker identified as DeSalvo, but the driver’s description did not match. Massachusetts police continued nationwide alerts as fear gripped Greater Boston.
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Bridgewater
Mass
UPI
Bridgewater State
Boston
Albert H. DeSalvo
Middleboro
Fred
Erickson
George Harrison
DeSalvo
Baltimore
Edward Sherry
Sherry
Massachusetts
Elliot L. Richardson
State Public Safety
Leo L. Laughlin
Harrison
John S&s. Bottomly
Big City
New York
United States
Jack the Ripper
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
F. Lee Bailey
Robert R. Mezer
Slender Victory Tightens Congress Grip in India
New Delhi election results show Congress with 172 elected of 521 seats and an apparent slender majority. Indira Gandhi wins re election though party faces calls to replace her as rivals Y B Chavan and Morarji Desai triumph. several ministers lose. Parallel reports detail a Boston prison escape involving the so called Boston Strangler.
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New Delhi
UPC
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
Congress Party
Indira Gandhi
Kerala
New Orleans D A Claims He's Solved JFK Death
New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison declared he has solved the JFK assassination mystery. He offered no evidence, hinted arrests could come in 30 or 40 years, and tied his claim to David Ferrie, whose death was ruled natural by the coroner after Ferrie was linked to the case.
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New Orleans
D.A
UPI
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Garrison
Dallas
David W. Ferrie
Ferrie
Orleans Parish
Nicholas J. Chetta
Chinese Coal Minister Killed by Red Guards
Red Guards claim killed Coal Minister Chang Lin-chi during 40 days of public criticism. Chou En-lai and Peking officials move to curb excesses as Mao’s cultural revolution prompts protests and reassessment. In Washington, Connally and Ford discuss Warren Commission outcomes and Garrison’s inquiry. Truth and Consequences launches private funding drive.
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Hong Kong
Chou En-lai
Red Guards
Chang Lin-chi
Peking
Red China
Vienna
CTK
Peking Radio
Communist Party
Mao Tse-tung
Shanghai
Mao
China
Central Committee
Chou
Chang
Washington
Gerald R. Ford
R-Mich
Warren Commission
Garrison
Artillery First Strikes North Vietnam Across DMZ
UPI reports U S forces opened heavy artillery against North Vietnam crossing the six mile DMZ the first time as part of broader campaigns in 1965. American and Allied units conducted 17 operations of battalion size or larger while pursuing Communist guerrillas in South Vietnam.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
South Vietnam
Junction City
Illinois High Court to rule on Speck trial coverage
The Illinois Supreme Court agreed to decide whether stringent news coverage restrictions in the Richard Speck murder trial violate U.S. and Illinois constitutions. The court summoned Circuit Judge Herbert C. Paschen to answer by next Tuesday, as prosecutors and defense race to jury selection among more than 2,500 juror prospects.
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Peoria, Ill
UPI
Illinois Supreme Court
Richard Speck
United States
Illinois
Herbert C. Paschen
State Supreme Court
Springfield
Tribune Company
Chicago Tribune
Paschen
The
Tribune
William Martin
Gerald W. Getty
Getty
Speck
Chicago
Second Cheat Scandal Rocks Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy in Colorado faces a second cheating scandal in two years as 50 cadets are implicated for cribbing in classrooms. Superintendent Lt. Gen. Thomas J. Moorman reports 24 cadets resigned for honor code violations, with about 26 more implicated and more resignations expected.
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AIR Force Academy
Colo
UPI
Thomas J. Moorman
Cadet cheating scandal hits Air Force academy resignations
The Air Force Academy reports 183 cadets trained at a four year cost of 25 000 dollars each have resigned for cheating. 13 previous resignations this year and 37 in 1966 bring total to 183 with 29 players among them. Cadet Col Richard Cathcart notes shock and predicts more resignations as cadet honor committee investigates. A 1965 cheating scandal previously led to 109 resignations, including athletes, under the honor code vowing no lies theft or cheating.
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Air Force
U.S
Academy
Richard J. Cathcart
la Grange, Ore
Eugene S. Zuckert
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Illinois High Court
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Roy Marsden
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