Gov Connally meets officials on Whitman killings in Texas
Gov John B Connally will meet Texas law enforcement to discuss the Charles Whitman massacre in which 16 people died and 31 were wounded. Arrangements were made to fly Whitman and his mother to Lake Worth Florida for burial. Connally, wounded in Kennedy assassination, arrived from Rio de Janeiro and warned against a recurrence of mass shootings in Texas. A surgeon reported a brain tumor could have caused Whitman’s actions while Dr Maurice Heatly described Whitman as self centered and egocentric.
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Austin
Tex
John B. Connally
Texas
Charles Joseph Whitman
Whitman
Lake Worth
Fla
Connally
Rio de Janeiro
Dallas
John F. Kennedy
Homer Garrison
Texas Department of Public Safety
Washington
Johnson
Senate
University of Texas
Maurice Dean Heatly
Heatly
University shooting by Texas sniper Whitman details
Ambulance attendants and workers carry a victim to an awaiting ambulance during a shooting spree at the University of Texas in Austin. Police say Charles J. Whitman, 24, of Lake Worth Florida opened fire from a sniper’s perch atop the tower after killing his wife and mother. Twelve people died at the scene before Whitman was killed by police.
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University of Texas
Erie Transit receives county funding for $2 million system
Erie County commissioners agreed to provide about 87 500 toward 2 million Metropolitan Transit Authority project. The county will cover 25 percent of local funds, justifying the contribution as expansion of a city-wide system into the county. city council previously rejected enabling ordinance over county amendment. Harrisburg officials pledged effort to hasten formation and chartering of the authority.
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Erie — County
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Robert Lasher
Transit Commission
E. Grant McCoy
Mass Transportation Division
Bureau of Community Development
Department of Commerce
Harrisburg
Erie
McCoy
Lasher
Two youths hurt in wet highway crash near Lydetown
Michael McMullen, 15, and Craig Proper, 17, of Titusville RD 4 were injured when their car skidded on a rain slick Route near Lydetown and left the pavement striking a roadside rest sign. McMullen suffered fractures and facial abrasions. Proper had facial abrasions and a concussion. Car damage was about $200.
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Lydetown
Titusville
Michael McMullen
Craig Proper
Corry Barracks
McMullen
Proper
Violence Is Contagious Says Psychiatrist On Texas Sniping
Allentown Pennsylvania AP quote Dr Frederick Wertham a noted psychiatrist argues violence is contagious and suggests Monday s University of Texas killings by Charles Whitman may trigger further mass murders He cites Chicago nurse killings and links to Kennedy assassination noting violence in media and society as a general pattern
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Allentown
University of Texas
Chicago
Frederick Wertham
Texas
Charles Joseph Whitman
Wertham
Queens Hospital Center
New York
Here
Kellings
Whitman
Dancer Freed as Court Orders Pauper Appeal
A federal judge ordered the state to pay for the appeal of exotic dancer Lillian Reis or have her narcotics conviction overturned and freed her from county jail. The ruling criticized a prior pauper finding as opposed to the evidence and unconstitutional. Reis was convicted on narcotics charges in September and faced two years. her lawyers sought pauper status to trigger state-funded appeal costs.
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Miami
Fla
Lillian Reis
William 0. Mehrtens
Tiger Lil
Mehrtens
Miss Reis
Jack Turner
Jack Nageley
Bernard Frank
Turner
Nagely
Senators Seek Shared Blame to End Airline Strike
Washington AP A divided Senate seeks a compromise to share political blame between Congress and President Johnson if a presidential order ends the 27 day walkout by 35000 machinists on five grounded airlines. Dirksen says who accepts the onus. Johnson wants congressional participation before any order.
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Senate
Congress
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Astern
National
Northwest
Trans World
United
White House
Dirksen
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Javits
Council Seeks Local Man For Hot Job
City Council seeks candidates to chair a new Housing Committee and appoint a housing officer to enforce the city housing code. Mayor Peiffer aims to select the officer at a Monday meeting and move forward on clearing substandard homes with Erie County Health inspectors in mid August.
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William A. Peiffer
Peiffer
David Johnson
Erie County Department of Health
Corry
Johnson
Felix Schubert
Health Department
Thomas West
Adus
White House Backs Steel Price Hike Clash With Johnson Era
Inland Steel of Chicago raised its strip and sheet metal prices by 3 a ton to 3, prompting White House scrutiny. Council of Economic Advisers Chairman Gardner Ackley convened a strategy session as officials weighed the impact and possible actions.
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Inland Steel Co
Chicago
White House
Gardner Ackley
Johnson
Council of Economic Advisers
Inland
Ackley
Joseph L. Block
Pittsburgh
JS. Steel
Block
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ex Mental Patient Kills Family and Self in Milpitas
A neighbor found the Euart family of five dead in Milpitas California after a Bible class absence. Jeanette Euart 82 shot husband Kent 45 and children Denise 8 Eric 7 Randy 6. Police call it murder and suicide by Mrs Euart, a former mental patient. Daniel Dwelle discovered the bodies.
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Milpitas
Calif
Jim Murray
Jeanette Euart
Kent
Denise
Eric
Randy
Daniel Dwelle
President Rene Schick Dies. U S Doctors Arrive Too Late
Managua Nicaragua AP President Rene Schick dies of a heart attack after a long rule since 1963. Two American doctors sent by President Johnson arrived too late and Orlando Montenegro, president of the National Congress, assumes the presidency temporarily. Congress to name a successor.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Rene Schick
Schick
Johnson
Orlando Montenegro
National Congress
Williams tops Cavanagh in Michigan Democratic primary
Former Michigan governor G Mennen Williams, a Johnson Viet Nam policy ally, defeats Detroit mayor Jerome Cavanagh for the Democratic U S Senate nomination. In other primaries Idaho State Sen Don Samuelson upsets Gov Robert Smylie for the Republican governorship renomination while Kansas Republicans renominated Senators James B Pearson and Governor William H Avery.
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Associated Press
G. Mennen Williams
Johnson
Detroit
Jerome Cavanagh
Michigan
U.S
Don Samuelson
Idaho
Robert B. Smylie
James B. Pearson
William H. Avery
Kansas
Williams
Robert Griffin
Cavanagh
Viet Nam
Griffin
Plan Outside Audit of Tax Committee Books
City Controller David Nichols called for a meeting with City Solicitor Douglas Rozelle and Combined Earned Income Tax Committee members to arrange an independent audit of the committee's records. The panel, drawn from the Corry School Board and City Council, oversees the citys one per cent income tax. The audit would be the first in the city, mandated by changes in Pennsylvania Act 511, the 1947 tax law.
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David Nichols
Douglas Rozelle
Nichols
Corry
Pennsy Crossing Dangers Remain Unchanged At City Crossings
A Journal photo shows West Congress and West Frederick street crossings on the Pennsylvania Railroad still not widened after street paving two years ago. The city warned the railroad to widen the crossings to ease danger, but barricades remain to halt reckless drivers from hitting the tracks.
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West Frederick Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
Ously
Summerville
U S Pours In More Troops For Heavier Viet Struggle
U S helicopters ferried reinforcements into South Viet Nam near the Cambodian frontier as three days of fighting with North Vietnamese forces escalated. The 1st Cavalry Airmobile Division grew to 10 000 plus men while B 2 bombers attacked Haiphong and a Chu Phong Mountain area where three regiments were active. The 25th Division reported 11 enemy killed with no U S casualties as engagements continued.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Cambodia
Blas
1St Cavalry
North Viet Nam
Haiphong
Hanoi
25Th Division
Chu Phong
Publicity Starts Flow Of Back Tax Payments
The Journal reported possible lawsuits to collect decades of unpaid school property taxes, prompting voluntary payments. Corry School Board solicitor Frank McKnight said many owners have settled or mortgaged homes to cover old taxes, and some suits will be filed as others still have not respond ed. Board discussion set for Monday night.
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Journal
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Corry School Board
the Journal
McKnight
R. Elwhy Fuller
Garry Board
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