Six-State Hunt Ends With Suspect Dead Near Covington
An armed Ohio parolee James Edward Kelley 42 was trapped by Virginia state police and deputies after a six state manhunt. He had taken hostages in Ohio and Virginia, injuring a girl and her mother, with a 15 year old escaping. A woman hostage was hospitalized. Kelley’s fate remains unclear as searchers converge on the Virginia West Virginia border.
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Virginia
Virginia-West Virginia
James Edward Kelley
Thomas Ayers
Kelley
Donna
Callaghan
Here
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Cincinnati
Joseph Pluk
Narissa
Conte
Elliot
Minerva
Maynard
Leff
Tennessee
Georgia
Florida
North Carolina
South Carolina
Cleveland
Ronald Baracz
Bus Plunge in River Kills 45 in Argentina
A bus with about 40 passengers plunged into the Leyes River during a rain and wind storm. Police reported 48 aboard drowned in the swift current. In a separate report, police in Coal City TM seek a person who stole their squad car, doused it with gasoline, and set it ablaze Thursday.
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Santa FE
Argentina
Leyes
Coal City
Polie
Thurdsay
New Round Of Cuts in Prime Rate
New York banks began lowering the prime rate with Chase Manhattan leading the move from 7 percent to 7 percent, a second cut in nine days. Banks nationwide followed, though some executives voiced caution as economists forecast further reductions by year end.
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Chase Manhattan
David Rockefeller
Bank of America
Bank of California
Security Pacific National Bank
United California Bank
First. National Bank of St. Louis
Citiens & Southern National Bank
Atlanta
Washington
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Joint Bunting
First Pennsylvania Banking & Trust Co
Philadelphia
Jol Fangboner
National City Bank
Cleveland
Alber Cox
Lionel D. Riche
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner & Smith
James O'Leary
Ecumist
U. S. Trust
Offi New York
First My Lai Case Ends in Acquittal for Sgt Mitchell
Fort Hood Texas AP Staff Sgt David Mitchell was found not guilty of assault with intent to murder in the My Lai case the first of the trials to reach verdict. He testified he shot at no one while relatives and fellow witnesses described a tense courtroom scene.
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Rosa
Right
Isaiah Mitchell
My. Lai
Sgt. Mitchell
My Lai
Fort Hood
Texas
Mitchell
St. Francisville
William Calley
Calley
Fort Benting
Army
Aueition
Col
Francis Giascomozzi
Mitchill
George Robinson
Ossie Brown
My Lar
Robinson
Charles Sledge
Sardia
Miss
Sledge
Brown
Fee
Baton Rouge
Anonymous donor honors fallen father with savings bond
In Philadelphia a 7 year old girl Terri Ballard receives a $25 U.S. savings bond and a hand with a flag decal for her mother Margaret Watson from an anonymous donor in memory of her stepfather Sel Tyrone Watson killed Sept 13 during his fourth volunteer tour. The note from the donor praises shared military ties and hopes the gift helps Terri take it home to her mother.
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Teeci Ballard
U.S
Margaret Watson
Teri
Sel
Tyrone Watson
Bept
Terri
St. Francis DeSales Roman Catholic School
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Moonrover Hibernation Planned For Lunar Night
Moscow reports Lunokhod 1 will enter a two week winter hibernation starting Tuesday to endure the lunar night. Solar powered, it relies on its relay for energy and will be parked somewhere on the Sea of Rains during the 144 day darkness, with last sightings hundreds of meters from its mothership Luna 17.
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Moscow
Lunokhody 1
Russia
Tass
Moynihan Seen Nominated U.N. Ambassador by Reports
The White House refused to discredit reports that Daniel Patrick Moynihan, a top White House urban affairs adviser, would become the U.N. ambassador. The Washington Post and Boston Globe cited offers and acceptance, while press secretary Ronald Ziegler would not confirm. Moynihan, 43, would succeed Charles Yout.
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Washington
White House
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
U.N
Washington Post
The
Boston Globe
Nixon
Waite House
Ronald L. Ziegler
Moynihan
Charles Yout
Bomb Rains Deepest North Vietnam Since War
The Associated Press reports American jets attacked North Vietnam positions in a series of retaliatory strikes led by Defense Secretary Laird who said the raids would end soon. The operation reached depths up to 135 miles inside North Vietnam, with claims of depth and scale echoing past major raids. Laird denied prisoner of war camp bombings and warned of ongoing protective actions for unarmed reconnaissance planes.
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Laird
Fi Pam
Iowa
Fime
North Vietnam
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Navy
Las May
Panhandle
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Haiphong
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Portland
Ore
City Hall
California
U.S
Hawaii
Jerry Friedheim
Secretary of Defense
Friedheim
da Nang
Areé
Thailand
Tonkin Gulf
Paris
Democratic Republic of Vietnam
Associated Press
William Barton
South Vietnam
368Th
Hancock
Seventh Fleet
Alameda
Calif
Jim the Gulf
Orisjkany
Ao Chi Minh Trail
Hanneck
Chuckle Lone Lona LA pridegroom to hire clerk
A humorous line from a historical column quotes a groom requesting lodging with a bath and three wires for himself, reflecting period slang and local tone. The snippet hints at everyday humor and social norms of the era.
Two Top Anti-Poverty Legal Officials Fired
Washington AP reports the government’s top anti poverty lawyer and his deputy were dismissed by OEO director Donald Rumsfeld for actions not in the poor’s best interests and for violating the law. Acting director Arthur Reid will lead the program, which oversees about 7,900 attorneys in 850 offices nationwide, as officials cite policy and mission mismatches.
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Terry Leamer
Office of Acadomic Opportunity
Frank Jones
OEO
Donald Rumsfeld
Arthur Reid
Jones
Fighters Force Airliner Down Near East Africa
A West German airliner with 72 passengers and six crew was forced to land by two Soviet-built Migs in East Africa after takeoff from Mombasa bound for Frankfurt. The incident, described as a misunderstanding, halted the flight briefly before it resumed.
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East Afria
Republic of Somali
Mombasa
Kenya
Ward
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