Navy Fights MIG21s in North Vietnam First Dogfight in Two Weeks
U S Navy fighters downed two MIG21 jets over North Vietnam in a return to air combat. The U S Command also said 40 Vietnamese civilians were killed and 36 wounded by ground-fire from Army helicopters in the Mekong Delta while a large group and Viet Cong mingled with civilians near an outpost. A Chinook-style assault by FAC Phantoms from the carrier Constellation claimed another MIG21, bringing the tally to 82 confirmed MIG kills by U S pilots and 20 American planes downed by North Vietnamese interceptors. Ground fighting near a government outpost waned as the 1st Cavalry Division clashed with North Vietnamese forces.
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Mekong Delta
North Vietnam
Constellation
U.S
U.S. Army
1St Air Cavalry Division
Song Re
Saigon
MI6
Cmdr
Robert C. Davis
el Dorado
Ark
Guy H. Freeborn
Hart
Mich
Defense Department
Pro Shop Burglary Loss Set At 3800 Dollars
Union City Country Club pro shop losses listed at 3800 dollars after a Tuesday night burglary. Inventory valued at 3000 dollars included 128 dozen balls 23 pairs of slacks 8 sweaters 19 sets of clubs and other gear. The incident preceded vandalism at the nearby clubhouse and vending machines.
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Union City Country Club
Corry
Dennis Wilmoth
John Evanko
Crime rate soars 62 percent since 1960 report says
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover released the nations crime report noting a 62 percent rise in total crime since 1960 with 1966 totaling about 3.25 million offenses and 10,920 homicides while violent crimes jumped 11 percent last year led by robbery and forcible rape.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U.S
Hoover
Corry Man To Reopen Sparta Industrial Arts Program
Norman Edinger of 317 Wright Street, retired from Raymond Mfg. Division, will reinstate Sparta Merged High School's industrial arts classes on a two day per week basis. Principal Bertrand Hover said enrollment is expected at 420 students with the first day August 28. New courses include stenotype taught by Floy Winans and an added physical education class. Buildings were renovated and painted over the summer.
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Raymond Mfg
Sparta Merged High School
Norman Edinger
Wright Street
Bertrand Hover
Edinger
Corry Memorial Hospital Board of Directors
Sparta
Hover
Floy Winans
Viet Vet and Black Power clash over race and war
A Viet Nam era exchange features Col David James Jr. defending Negro soldiers and opposing Black Power extremism. He condemns violence and mob lawlessness, while denouncing Stokely Carmichael’s rhetoric as harmful to civil rights progress. Carmichael reportedly said armed people would protect Johnson. article continues.
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DA Nang
Vietnam
David James Jr
Pensacola
Fla
North Vietnam
Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Wednesday
United States
Johnson
Brown snubs Florida governor at rally in Jacksonville
Black Power advocate H Rap Brown refused to shake hands with Gov Claude Kirk at a Jacksonville rally. Kirk had flown from Tallahassee to greet Brown, who then dismissed a sheriff seeking to read him a statement. Brown declared the streets are theirs and must be taken.
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Jacksonville
Fla
H. Rap Brown
Claude Kirk
Florida
Brown
Kirk
Tallahassee
Pals Take Car While Owner Eats Sandwich
A Titusville man, Joseph Mortimer, reported at 12:90 a m that he left two passengers in his black 1956 Ford with plate 175-116 on East Main Street while he ate a sandwich at Ike's Billiard Parlor. He said the two, Bruce Bedow and John Sutton, drove off with the car and left him stranded, and he plans to file charges.
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Titusville
East Main Street
Ike
Billard Parlor
Joseph Mortimer
Mortimer
Bruce Bedow
John Sutton
Cable Firm Won't Be Run Out Of Town
Bradford The television dispute continues as Bradford TV Cable Co refuses to terminate service. City action last week canceled its license, but the company says the city lacks power to order removal. If service is interrupted, the firm will seek damages from the city. Nash plans a reply today.
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Francis M. Nash
Bradford TV Cable Co
City Council
William M. Taylor
Nash
Ifhe Company
Erie businessman indicted on 17 tax fraud counts
Pittsburgh AP reports 71 year old Ev erett D. Walker of Erie indicted by a grand jury for failing to pay over 700000 in personal income taxes from 1961 to 1964. He faces 17 counts including failure to file gift tax returns and aiding in filing false tax returns for his Walker Foundation and for his son Robert D. from 1961 to 1962.
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Pittsburgh
Erie
Everett D. Walker
Walker Foundation
Walker
Robert D
Fourth Ward Project Set to Begin in Corry
HUD allocates 122501 for survey and planning of Corry Fourth Ward urban renewal. Project spans 19 acres with 46 residential and 20 commercial properties, 30 planned relocations, net cost 582500, federal share 496875. Capotis to lead planning with Erie County Redevelopment Authority. work to start as early as next month with full survey over 18 months.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Washington
Corry
Fourth Ward
Christopher Capotis
Joseph Vigorito
Vigorito
City Council
Erie County Redevelopment Authority
Capotis
First Avenue
Lemon ‘Street
West Pleasant
West Main Streets
U. S
County Redevelopment Authority
Rnewal
Local youths plead guilty to larceny of donuts
Two local youths aged 18 and 19 pled guilty to larceny after stealing 12 dozen donuts from Quality Master Markets on North Center Street. They agreed to restitution and split $15 court costs. Police tracked them after spotting them near the supermarket. officers suspect others were involved.
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Quality Master Markets
North Center Street
Merle Ottaway
Charles D. Hedenz
R. D
Corry
Arnold McCaslin
Delaware Street
Corry Evangelical United Brethren Church
Frank Carnegie
Youth, 17, killed in gang clash outside teen lounge
In Youngstown Ohio a 17 year old boy was fatally stabbed during a clash between two youth groups outside a teen lounge run by the South Side Community Action Council. Police said the dispute began inside and continued outside a youth victims Keith Turner of Youngstown. Two other youths were treated at South Side Hospital for injuries.
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Youngstown
Ohio
South Side Community Action Council
Milled
Keith Turner
South Side Hospital
Hostage Released Near Tucker Georgia After Prolonged Seizure
A dental technician was released after being held by two prisoners for several hours near Tucker north east of Atlanta. Officers say the convicts overpowered guards while receiving dental care following the incident.
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Tucker
Atlanta
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