Abduction Ends in Double Tragedy in Cleveland
In Cleveland a rejected suitor abducted 19 year old bride Lida Caldwell and held her in a third floor attic room for nearly two days. The teen was carried out alive but injured while her captor Robert Batch 23 died at the hospital, apparently after shooting himself following the attack.
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Cleveland
UPS
Lida Caldwell
Robert Batch
Batch
Doctors Hospital
Cleveland Heights
Parmly
Charles Caldwell
University Heights
Four Killed By Tornado In Gulfport
A Gulfport Mississippi tornado at rush hour killed at least four people and injured up to 200. The Harrison County Sheriff and State Patrol reported the fatalities and injuries as damage spread along Highway 90 and across nearby communities. Rescue crews rushed to the stricken areas as homes trailers and a popular restaurant were damaged or unroofed.
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Gulfport
Miss
UPI
Harrison County Sheriff’s Department
Highway Patrol
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Alabama
Pointe-a-la-Hache
Gulf Shores
Ala
State Civil Defense Headquarters
Jackson
Fairchild’s
Handsboro
Mississippi City
Back Bay
Banana Docks
U.S. Highway 90
Jim Allen
Biloxi
Sis
Albany Mayor Charged With Drunken Driving
LOUDONVILLE New York State police report Albany Mayor Erastus Corning was arrested Saturday night for driving while intoxicated. Trooper A F Crary made the arrest. The mayor pleaded innocent before Justice Harry D Agostino and was released for a hearing with no date set.
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Loudonville
N. Y
UPD
Albany
Erastus Corning
A. F. Crary
Justice of the Peace
Harry D’agostino
Cornell Scientist Awarded Nobel Prize for Physics
The Swedish Royal Academy awarded the 1967 Nobel Prize in physics to Hans Albrecht Bethe of Cornell University for his theory of nuclear reaction and energy production in stars, notably the sun. The chemistry prize went to Manfred Eigen Ronald W. Norrish and George Porter for fast chemical reactions. The peace prize was not awarded this year.
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Stockholm
UPI
Royal Academy of Sciences
Hans Albrecht Bethe
Cornell University
Manfred Eigen
Max Planck Institute
Goettingen
West Germany
Ronald Www
Norrish
Institute of Physical Chemistry
Cambridge University
George Porter
Royal Institution of London
Nobel Committee
Oslo
United Nations Refugee Organization For the
Middle East
Danilo Dolco
Space
Bethe
Albert Einstein
Germa
United States
Los Alamos Science Labor
U S Forces Smash Human Wave in Saigon Area Clash
U S and South Vietnamese troops pursued a guerrilla band near the Cambodian border. In two days of battle about 228 Viet Cong were fatally hurt, with 1,200 engaged Sunday and 148 killed in a seesaw clash. Guns and airstrikes supported the drive that ended with a flag raised at one camp before defenders repelled the attackers.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Iron Triangle
U.S. Air Force
Navy
Marine
North Vietnam
Hanoi-Haiphong
Humphrey Visits Troops in Jungle on Vietnam Trip
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey flew into the jungles near Saigon in camouflage and Marine cap to meet GIs, award Purple Hearts, and praise a Vietnamese official who spoke frankly about corruption. He later presented credentials at Independence Palace and met Premier Ky before visiting the front aboard the Benewah to honor five wounded soldiers and sailors with medals.
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Saigon
Independence Palace
United States
Nguyen van Thieu
Vietnam
Humphrey
Nguyen Cao Ky
Tan Son Nhut
William C. Westmoreland
Benewah
Israeli Planes Shot Down Near Damascus in Air Battle
Damascus radio reported four Israeli planes over Syria with one shot down south of Damascus in a brief dogfight. In Beitshean Valley near the Sea of Galilee, clashes left several Israelis wounded as militants fired grenades and infiltrators targeted patrols. A Syrian communique said the Israeli jet was downed and Syrian aircraft returned safely.
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Damascus
Syria
Beitshean
Sea of Galilee
Jebel Al-Sheikh
Beirut
al Moharrer
Israel
United Nations Security Council
Mideast
Jordan River
Cairo
al Ahram
United States
Egypt
India
Ludwig Erhard
Vermont GOP Leaders Assess Romney After Dinner
Vermont Republicans assessed Michigan Governor George Romney after his speech at a $25 plate fundraising dinner in Montpelier. Party leaders avoided pledges, citing Romney’s critique of the Johnson administration while noting interest in other potential candidates like Reagan and Nixon.
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Vermont
GOP
Gov. Romney
Montpelier
UPS
Michigan
George W. Romney
Johnson
Romney
Moulton
California
Ronald Reagan
Richard M. Nixon
Richard C. Thomas
State Committee
Reagan
Nixon
Illinois
Charles H. Percy
Thomas
James L. Oakes
Republican Party
State House
East
Elbert
al) Moulton
Shirley
Elephant
Burlington
George Romney
Inside column ponders Vermont's uncertain future
On the Inside columnist Gerald Raftery muses on Vermont's direction and prospects as Page 4 features his reflections. Page 4 also carries Alan Sophrin offering advice to the Vermont Development Board on growth and policy. Page 6 reports Williams College president scoring new forms of McCarthyism and related campus debate.
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Gerald Raftery
Vermont
Alan Sophrin
Vermont Development Board
Williams College
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Cai Bi
Haiphong
Ken An
Chi Lai
United Press International
U.N
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Tel Aviv
Elath
Beitshan
Ted State
Elbert G. Moulton
Patrick Gymnasium
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