Jury Finds 16YearOld Guilty in Dad's Bayonet Death
In Painesville Ohio a 16 year old, Fred M. Esherick Jr., is found guilty of first degree murder for the bayonet killing of his father with the death penalty mandatory under Ohio law. The jury deliberated 12 hours and the judge adjourned without sentence.
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Painesville
Ohio
Fred M. Esherick Jr
Lake County
John F. Clair Jr
Esherick
Aldona
Nelson
Fred V. Skok
Skok
Parking Downtown Plan Heads to City Council
The City Parking Authority, at a noon meeting, advanced long range downtown parking proposals including granting the Authority authority to proceed with the entire program and financing. The plan aims to shift traffic by expanding off street facilities so on street parking could be eliminated, with collaboration with the City Planning Commission under the 1961 Master Plan by Michael Baker Inc.
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City Parking Authority
City Planning Commission
Michael Baker, Inc
Army Unveils Speedy Field Kitchen in Natick Lab
The U S Army showed a new field kitchen that can prepare dinner for 200 in one hour using microwave ovens and large blenders mounted on a standard truck. A blender can toss salad for 100 men in two seconds, highlighting rapid food service capabilities developed at Natick Massachusetts.
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Ithaca
N.Y
U.S. Army
Army
Food Laboratories
Natick, Mass
Tax hike likely for 1968 in Mills County
Erie Countians may face a 1968 tax increase as the county treasurer projects a deficit of 600000 to 800000 dollars by year end. GOP leaders Fred Lamberton and Leo Weir blame Democratic budgeting and reassessment delays for the shortfall, urging a loan to cover debts and signaling higher millage to balance the books.
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Erie
Fred Lamberton
Lamberton
Leo Weir
GOP
Byron Glapper
William C. Hill Jr
Board of Commissioners
Postmasters Named for Bear Lake and Columbus
The Senate in Washington confirmed postmaster appointments Michael Arden in Bear Lake and Lloyd N. McCray in Columbus. The Journal traced delays and noted the confirmations came six months after investigating delays spanning years. The piece recalls prologue findings about the four year gap before confirmation.
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Senate Today
Washington
Michael Arden
Bear Lake
Lloyd N. McCray
Columbus
Car Door Stolen From Frank Long’s Vehicle
Bowling Green AP Frank Long left home with his car key but his car door had been stolen. He planned to go to work when the vandalism left him unable to use his vehicle. Police investigated the theft of the car door from his vehicle in Bowling Green Kentucky.
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Bowling Green
Frank Long
Goldberg Weighs Resigning From U N Ambassadorship
Ambassador Arthur J. Goldberg, 59, is considering leaving his post as United Nations representative. President Johnson reportedly agrees to the move, though no formal resignation has been submitted. Goldberg, a longtime diplomat and former labor secretary, has hinted at returning to private law practice in New York.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Goldberg
Johnson
U.N
World Organization
New York
Supreme Court
High Court
Adlai E. Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
United States
National Liberation Front
Viet Cong
South Vietnm
U.N. Security Council
Ground Fighting Increases Accidental Bombing Kills Marines
North Vietnamese gunners hit Con Thien with the heaviest barrage in months and a ground probe. An accidental bombing killed five Marines and wounded 77 as U.S. forces reported multiple charred positions and ongoing air and ground operations around the DMZ.
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Smigon
U.S. Marin
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Said
Con Tien
4Th Marine Regiment
Dmz
Air Force
Navy
North Vietnam
Leary
South Vietnam
Arkansas Police Chief Released Amid Plot Against Rockefeller
Arkansas State Police Director Davis is freed by the state Supreme Court while a grand jury probes gambling raids. Davis faced contempt charges for protecting an informant, later denying knowledge of a plot to assassinate Gov. Rockefeller as details circulate about a suspect linked to the case and an alleged cooling of tensions after the raids.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas State Police
Ibynn A.davis
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas Supreme Court
Davis
High Court
William J. Kirby
Kirby
Pulaski County
Grand Jury
Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Transplant drama at Maimonides Hospital in Brooklyn
Four men crowded into a Brooklyn auditorium to hear that a second heart transplant attempt had failed after a healthy heart from a dead newborn was placed into a 24 week old baby in another patient, who died hours later.
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New York
Maimonides Hospital
Brooklyn
Adrian Kantrowitz
Cape Town
South Africa
Louis Washkansky
Washkansky
Groote Schuur Hospital
Christian Barnard
Newsmen
Barnard
Wedding Cake Chef Dies After Heart Attack Before Johnson Wedding
Washington AP A pastry chef Clement Maggia 74 died of a heart attack after dining with relatives while finishing a 6 foot tall wedding cake for Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Capt. Charles S Robb The couple planned to wed soon and had rented a house in Arlington Virginia details of privacy and their upcoming Camp Pendleton duty were noted
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Baker
Lynda
Washington
Arlington
Lynda Bird Johnson
Charles S$. Robb
Robb
Valley St
Vietnam
Clement
Maggia
Greenbriar
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
White House
District of Columbia
District of Columbia Marriage License Bureau
Sickened by Protests Airman Letter From Vietnam
Bridgeport Pennsylvania AP reports an Air Force sergeant in Vietnam expresses distress at protest marches and war demonstrations. He writes his parents he hopes to return home for Christmas but fears this year may be impossible. He recalls lack of weekends in Vietnam and notes church absence due to war duties.
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Bridgeport
Air Force
Vietnam
Carl Januzelli
Januzelly
War photographer Faas wounded in action near Bu Dap
A veteran war photographer Faas, famous for a 1965 Pulitzer Prize winning image, was hit in the left thigh and lower right leg while awaiting medical evacuation near Bu Dap as he spoke with injured soldiers on a stretcher.
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Bu Dap
Faas
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