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Newspaper
Charleston Gazette
Location
Charleston, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1968
Page
3
The report covers Charleston West Virginia Ohio and Kentucky with hot humid conditions. Upper 80s to mid 90s highs and scattered afternoon thunderstorms expected in parts. Virginia forecast calls for sunny skies with high 90s and mild tonight.
Testimony in the trial of Barron Sawyers and John Koski centers on a conspiracy charge related to stockholder lists and amended meeting minutes. Witnesses Benton Samuels and Barron’s attorney disputed whether Barron attended a key meeting, while defenses seek severance and challenge confidences. The government proceeds with its case as Judge Martin rules on motions and witness admissibility.
Under lengthy cross examination by Peter Taft, Brown's lawyer, the jury was told that Dixie Services formed in Florida with Schroath, Brown and Gore as stockholders. The four Ohio and Florida firms show Brown and Schroath held 50 percent each in most interests, salaries of about 20,000 each, and loans totaling 94,000 from 1961 to 1963. Checks totaled 258,000 1961 to 1964 with no income beyond firm payments. Two bankers testified for the defense.
The stalemate at the prison ends as inmates refuse to negotiate and hostages are freed after two blast entries and heavy gunfire. Gov. Rhodes authorizes force to recover captives amid demands for reforms and guard misconduct allegations.
President Johnson and White House officials react to Soviet actions in Czechoslovakia with dismay yet avoid deepening Cold War tensions. George Christian reiterates U S intent to pursue contacts in the arms talks area while condemning the invasion as a liberty sign misread by the Communist mind. Johnson urges Moscow to withdraw troops and hopes reason can prevail.
The release of nine guards held hostage at the Ohio Penitentiary was welcomed in Charleston. One captive, 56 year old Harry R. Myers, a former Charleston taxi driver, was freed unharmed after moving to Ohio six years ago to work at the prison. His son Harry R. Myers Jr. and daughter Patsy Ratliff were notified that their father had escaped the siege.
Defense motions in the Charles Gratton Plantz case remain unresolved as the Special Intermediate Court sets further proceedings after Judge Perry Pottenbarger overruled a demurrer. Plantz faces charges in the December 1967 knife slaying of nine year old Helen Louise Miller, with reports indicating trial viability and ongoing pretrial rulings.
US and enemy exchanges surge west of Saigon with mortars rockets and ground assaults on Tay Ninh and 25th Infantry units. Four bases struck. 182 enemy killed. Americans missing and wounded while Bien Hoa and Nha Be also shelled with limited damage reported.
The State Department said it had received no word on the whereabouts of Rep. Ken Hechler of West Virginia who disappeared in Prague after Warsaw Pact forces invaded Czechoslovakia. Hechler, 53, was in Prague as a technical adviser for filming his book and was to fly to London and Washington.
The report notes lidocaine as a synthetic substance under investigation to treat heart rhythm disturbances causing dangerous ventricular fibrillation. It mentions Eisenhower's ongoing heart attack, his seventh in history, and a World War II film project linked to his absence. Prague communications show a nine hour telephone delay.
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