Sixth Victim Strangler Strikes in Cincinnati Elevator Death
An 80 year old woman, Lula Kerrick, was found strangled in an apartment elevator marking the sixth such death in Cincinnati in a year. Police questioned a 2 year old man on probation violation grounds, noting no prime suspect yet. The victim attended Mass at St Peter in Chains and was found by tenants after 8 am.
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Incinnati
Lula Kerrick
Homicide
Russell Jackson
John McGlacklin
Miss Kerrick
St. Peter In Chains
Charles Minor
Sam Col
Jack Ruby Hospitalized With Severe Pneumonia
Jack Ruby, the man who killed Lee Harvey Oswald, was admitted to Parkland Hospital in Dallas at 5:15 p.m. with a serious pneumonia diagnosis. Hospital officials and Sheriff Bill Decker said Ruby, 55, had a long illness in jail cells and had recently been treated for a cold with antibiotics and cough medicine.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Parkland Hospital
Ruby
Bill Decker
John W. Callahan
Decker
Jack
Oswald
Warren Commission
John F. Kennedy
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Louis Holland
Wichita Falls
Parkland
Kennedy
Hypnotized Wife Testifies in Cappolino Murder Trial
Marjorie Farber described being hypnotized by Dr. Carl Cappolino to help kill her husband, retired Army Col. William E. Farber, in 1963. She said a trance controlled her actions and blamed Cappolino’s powers, while a pretrial letter suggested Cappolino bore responsibility for Farber’s treatment. The testimony occurred as Cappolino stands trial for first-degree murder amid an overflow courtroom.
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Freehold
Marjorie Farber
Carl Cappolino
William E. Farber
Cappolino
Carl
F. Lee Bailey
Farber
Elvin R. Simmill
Bailey
Bill
Wittess
Charles Coppolino
N.J
Virginia GOP Eyes Steps For Future
Virginia Republican leaders outlined a plan to push sales tax exemptions in the party platform to gain seats in the 1967 General Assembly. State Chairman Robert J. Corber Jr. and allies praised recent gains in the House and discussed exemptions for food and nonprescription drugs as a potential revenue tradeoff.
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Williamsburg
Virginia
Stae
U. S. Senate
General Assembly
Robert J. Corber Jr
GOP
Corber
Godwin
Page County
Republican State Central Committee
A. Linwood Holton
Roanoke
Holton
William L. Scott
Howard W. Smith
William C. Wampler
W Pat Jennings
House
North
Floating Mine Spotted Near Saigon Bridge
Viet Nam militiamen opened fire on a camouflaged mine drifting toward a Saigon River bridge as U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk visited the city. The convoy near the Binh Loi span passed unscathed after the blast, while heavy bombing continued elsewhere.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Saigon River
U.S
Dean Rusk
Binh Loi
Go Cong
Mekong River
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Rusk
North Viet Nam
Taipei
Formosa
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Henry Cabot Lodge
Covel Man Killed After Walking Into Highway Traffic
A 72 year old man from Covel Wyoming County died after stepping into the path of a Princeton driver on a highway near Covel. Allen Howerton was dead on arrival at Mullens hospital. Mil ton Kinzer of Princeton, a miner, was arrested on a manslaughter charge and released on $500 bond. Preliminary hearing set for Saturday December 17 before Justice Jerry Lester at Bud.
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Wyoming
Princeton
Mullens
Allen Howerton
Covel
Paul Goode
Howerton
Garwood
Mil
Ton Kinzer
Goode
Kinzer
Itmann
Justice of the Peace
Jerry Lester
Bud
Eisenhower Gall Bladder Operation Date Not Set
Washington AP Walter Reed Army Hospital announced no surgery date for former President Dwight D. Eisenhower has been set as tests and evaluations continue. Preoperative tests could take three to four days, delaying the operation until early next week. The 76 year old general hopes to travel to California after the new year with a hospital stay of 10 to 12 days.
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Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Walter Reed
California
Greek passenger ship Heraklion sinks with many dead
In Athens the sunken Heraklion tragedy leaves 235 dead or missing and 47 survivors. Cadets from Canae report witnessing a classmate drown as waves overwhelmed the vessel during the crossing from Crete to Piraeus.
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Athens
Greece
Heraklion
Resce
Aegean Sea
Merchant Marine Ministry
Naval School
Canae
Crete
Piraeus
Jordanis Zigiridis
Zigiridis
Minos
Canea
Progressives Move To Control GOP Governors Group
Gov John Love of Colorado was elected chairman of the Republican Governors Association with John H. Chafee as vice chair, signaling progressive grip on leadership. Romney urged focus on 1968 victory, hinted at a presidential run, and planned Viet Nam talks, while Reagan and Rockefeller urged unity and cautious stance on Goldwater.
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Romney
Goldwater
Bliss
Unity
Colorado Springs
Colo
John Love
Colorado
Republican Governors’ Association
John H. Chafee
Rhode Island
Love
Michigan
George W. Romney
Viet Nam
Barry Goldwater
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
Massachusetts
John A. Volpe
Ray C
Yule Tree Funds Climb to 36 Percent of Goal in Bluefield
The Bluefield Community Christmas Tree fund reached 2208.87 dollars, 36 percent of its 6000 goal, with gifts from 1 to 65 dollars. The drive, supporting the annual Christmas Tree party at Ramsey Auditorium on December 24, is closing, with Santa and a stage lineup planned and gifts recorded in Santa's Honor Roll.
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Bluefield Community
Bluefield
Ramsey Auditorium
Santa
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Bland St
W. H. Wayland
Yinia
Employes Benevolent Association
The
Flat Top National Bank
Jean R. Brown
Angela Elaine Jones
Tina Louise McVery
Elite Club
Mrs. J. E. Blaydes Sr
Werlick’s Furniture Store
Anna Marie Miller
McGee
W. W. Walker
Parket Drive
Joseph W. Whittaker Jr
Fraternal Order of Police
Bluefield - Pinceton B’nai B'rith Lodge
Carol Ann Frederick
W. Va. Business College
Anonymous
Little Pigs
F. A. Toyer
Creed F. Wilson
Elsie Horner Jackson
B.P.C.E. Ellis Bluefield Lodge
Arthur Barksdale
Edmund Barksdale
Tammy, Mike
Sammy Pencarinha
General Telephone Co. Employes Benevolent Fund
A. M. Wilson
Adams suffers broken nose halting Get Smart filming
Don Adams, star of Get Smart, is in a Hollywood hospital with a broken nose after another actor accidentally struck him during a fight scene. The doctor calls it the worst broken nose he has seen and Adams will be sidelined for about two weeks, stopping production.
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Don Adams
Hollywood
Adams
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