Ex-cop confesses. man freed after bank robbery conviction reversed
In Roanoke, John Edward Marsh, jailed two months of a 15 year term for a Winchester bank robbery, was freed after Charles Abbott Leuritzen, a Fairfax contractor and ex Montgomery County policeman, confessed to the robbery. Leuritzen, jailed in Maryland for a separate bank robbery, said he used the money to pay bills and supported his family. The court reversal followed new testimony from the bank employees who misidentified Marsh.
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John Edward Marsh
Charles Abbott Leuritzen
Federal Court Building
Roanoke
Leuritzen
Marsh
Winchester
U.S. District Court
Com
Mercial and Savings Bank of
Federal
Atlanta
Fairfax
Alexandria
Montgomery County
Baltimore
Maryland Trust Bank
Hagerstown
Winchester Bank
Ted Dalton
Logan Soldier Awarded Bronze Star for Viet Nam Heroism
Capt. Ronald L. Beckett of Logan County, serving with the 1st Infantry in Viet Nam, earned the Bronze Star for heroism during Operation Mastiff last February. Commanding a company on a search and destroy mission he exposed himself to heavy fire and ordered his troops to press on, aiding casualty evacuation. he continues to serve in Viet Nam.
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Logan
Logan County
1St Infantry
Viet Nam
Ronald L. Beckett
Guy T. Beckett
O. H. Gresham
Beckett
Navy issues 4750 in victim relief after Chesapeake Bay crash
The Navy paid 4750 in checks to six people harmed by Monday night collision of two Marine jets near Buckroe Beach. Joseph Gallant’s wife and baby son died. payments ranged to 250 for other hardship cases. Two crews ejected. one jet crashed into homes, burning 109 buildings and 20 cars as naval lawyers reviewed damage.
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Hampton
G AP
Navy
Joseph Gallant
Naval Public Information
AGA
Chesapeake Bay
Bay
Buckroe Beach
Barbour Tot Died In Car Fire Near Junior WV
A four year old boy Bobby Leon Smith and his three year old sister Cathy Lou Smith died in a fire while playing in an abandoned car on the Kenneth Harris farm in Barbour County near Junior West Virginia. Police said the children were among 250 junked cars and may have started the blaze with matches.
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W. Va
Barbour County
Bobby Leon Smith
Cathy Lou Smith
Bradford Smith
Kenneth Harris
Ex-Dodd aide claims mission was cover for trip
James P. Boyd Jr says the German trip to aid Julius Klein was a cover for other aims, challenging Dodd's attorney and testifying during the Senate ethics probe. The hearing examines misconduct charges against Sen. Dodd as details about Klein and Erhard surface.
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Washington
Thomas J. Dodd
Connecticut
Dodd
Klein
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Sennett
Boyd
Bogdan Stashinsky
Stashinsky
Bipartisan
David Martin
Martin
Konrad Adenauer
Ludwig Erhard
Silent
Puffing
Benjamin R. Fern
Bipartisan Committee
Erhard
Gen. Klein
Daring Navy pilot downs MIG amid fuel scare and danger
A damaged F8 Crusader with near empty fuel tanks shot down a Communist MIG 17 near Haiphong during a 20 minute air battle. The pilot, unnamed initially, fired a Sidewinder missile from low altitude after a dogfight, securing a dramatic kill as rescue operations continued for others.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Hanoi
Hancock
Navy
Red
Haiphong
Privacy in reverse at Arlington Public Health Service building
An Arlington office worker, among 900 who saw a rear glass wall exposed to a busy highway, described the pane as reverse privacy. Workers later coated the glass with paint, rectifying the problem after the incident came to light.
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Arlington
Public Health Service
Nuckols Arrested on Assault Count Near Baltimore
Maryland House of Delegates member William J Helms accused Beckley West Virginia resident Jack A Nuckols of accosting him with a gun in a restaurant near Baltimore The arrest followed a pursuit and the suspect was held on a 1203 bond with a July 1 trial date in Odenton Peoples Court Nuckols previously faced a 10 year sentence for falsifying state records as motor vehicles commissioner.
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Charleston
Maryland
House of Delegates
Jack A. Nuchols
Beckley
W. Va
Baltimore
Nuckols
Anne Arundel County
Associated Press
Beckley Insurance Company
West Virginia Motor Vehicles
Jack A. Nuckols
John Erbe
Anne Arundel
Helms
Odenton Peoples Court
40 Year Term Meted In Rape
Raymond Honesty 22 of Fairfax was sentenced in Pulaski County for four charges including rape of a Dublin woman. Judge Harman ordered 40 years total with sentences running concurrently on most counts. Honesty had escaped from a road gang in 1965 and was on parole for breaking and entering.
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Pulaski
Raymond Honesty
Fairfax
State
Dublin
J. M. Harman Jr
Honesty
Radford
Richlands Receives $111,600 Grant for Water Expansion
The Economic Development Administration approves a $111,600 federal grant to Richlands in Tazewell County Virginia to expand the water system. Town will add $74,400 for a total $186,000 project to double treatment capacity to 1,000,000 gallons daily. Construction could start soon with bids, aiming for mid 1967 completion.
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The
Economic Development Administration
Richlands
Tazewell County
Jim Cranwell
Cranwell
Clinch River
Sore Scarred Hero Returns From Viet Nam
Staff Sgt. Jimmie Howard, 36, a Marine who led 17 Leathernecks in repulsing a Viet Cong attack, returns to San Diego with shrapnel wounds and four Purple Hearts. He says he will continue serving, while his wife Teresa and mother Edythe Schnedler welcome him, six children present, at the airport.
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San Diego
Calif
Jimmie Howard
Howard
Theresa
Edythe Schnedler
Sperry
Iowa
Dust Devil Strikes Huntington Area
A freak whirlwind ripped through a Huntington pool area injuring one woman with a flying deck chair. Water froth and debris, including a bathing suit, were carried to a hillside hundreds of feet away. The U S Weather Bureau called it a dust devil, rare locally, and noted heat and a sudden temperature drop as causes.
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Huntington
City Aouatics
Dave Edwards
U.S. Weather Bureau
Bureau
Tazewell Firm Strike Settled
General Instrument Corp. of Tazewell Virginia ends production halt after walkout over wage requests. Both management and United Mine Workers Local 15515 District 50 accept federal mediator Paul Yeager proposals. Workers to return on the midnight shift. raise details not officially announced, but rumored at 16 to 25 cents per hour.
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General Instrument Corp
Tazewell, Va
Local
District 50
United Mine Workers of America
Paul Yeager
Second House Lost In Fire In Bluefield Va
Fire destroyed the residence of Sam McClellan in Bluefield Virginia near Woods and Rodman Streets on Rt 677 damaging his home for a second time this year. Water shortage hampered firefighting as the nearby Joe Watkins home narrowly escaped far greater damage with 13 Virginia Side volunteers responding.
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Sam McClellan
Bluefield
Harry Burton
McClellan
Rt. 677
Woods
Rodman
Falls Mills Road
Julia Holley
Fie
Joe Watkins
Burton
Watkins
Virgina Side
Utility Promotion Plan Outlawed by State Commission
The Virginia State Corporation Commission outlawed a utility promotion program that guaranteed customers’ bills would not exceed a set amount. The action comes as SCC investigators review cash payments or allowances given by gas and electric utilities to builders or homeowners who install appliances.
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Richmond
State Corporation Commission
SCC
H Lester Hooker
De Gaulle and Brezhnev Discuss New France Soviet Alliance
In Moscow President Charles de Gaulle and Leonid Brezhnev signaled a potential “new alliance” for culture science and progress and agree on Viet Nam policy. They plan space research deals and a broader European security dialogue as De Gaulle embarks on a six day tour of four Soviet cities.
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Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
France
Russia
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Communist Party
de Gaulle
Viet Nam
Brezhnev
United States
Kremlin
East Europe
Breahney
Paris
Europe
Extended Forecast From The Associated Press
Temperatures through Monday will average 35 degrees above normal highs across regions. The period remains warm into Saturday with a cooler Sunday night. Rainfall expected to total less than a quarter inch.
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Associated Press
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