Furloughing GIs Jailed In Assault On Erie Wife
Two brothers Gerald Edwards and Roger Edwards on leave from the Army were charged with assaulting an 18 year old Erie woman in her eastside apartment. The victim, husband away in service, was treated at Hamot Hospital for facial and neck injuries. A third suspect fled. one was arrested after police found him asleep in a car. The Edwards brothers were jailed in county custody awaiting hearings before Alderman Rossiter.
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Erie
Gerald C. Edwards
Roger A. Edwards
Waterford
U.S. Army
Hamot
Gerald Edwards
Wesleyville
Charles Erickson
Roger Edwards
Samuel U. Rossiter
Bank Robbery Strikes Kentland Branch Again
Forewarned by assistant manager John Bruin two masked robbers returned to the Kentland Branch of the Southern Maryland Bank & Trust Co and escaped with 4472. Police note the men are the same as in the November 17 heist that netted 12000. Bruin and teller Donna Huddleston were ordered to lie on the floor in a back room during the robbery. Later, Kampala reports the death of Toro king Omukama George Rukidi III at age 61 in Fort Portal Palace after a 96 year reign.
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Lyari ViLun
John Bruin
Kentland
Southern Maryland Bank & Trust Co
Bruin
Donna Huddleston
Kampala
Uzi Omukama
Toro
George Rukidi
Fort Portal
Omukama
Pee
Ruwenzori
Uganda
Deaf but brilliant: 17 year old in Oklahoma freed from state school
A 17 year old deaf boy spent 12 years in Enid State School for the Mentally Retarded until tests showed genius IQ. He was moved to the Oklahoma School for the Deaf after a transistor radio kit revealed his skill. He taught himself to swim from television and solved tests in a minute, revealing his abilities beyond the prior mislabeling.
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Okla
Enid
Oklahoma School For the Deaf
Levi
Oklahoma
eustOdi al Garé
Hissom
Former congressmen face penalties in mail fraud case
Florida Mississippi and South Carolina lawmakers backed a pardon for Boykin, now Tensaw Land Timber Co chairman, who says his four sons run the business as it doubles since he left Congress. Also convicted were former Rep. Thomas F. Johnson and others. Johnson's six month sentence and $5,000 fine were reversed on appeal, government appealing to the Supreme Court. Edlin and Robertson charged with mail fraud.
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Florida
Mississippi
South Carolina
Boykin
Tensaw Land Timber Co
Congress
Thomas F. Johnson
Supreme Court
J. Kenneth Edlin
Savings and Loan Association
William Robertson
Edlin
Robertson
Johnson
Job Corps Gives Trainees All-Expense Christmas Home Trip
Washington AP report says Job Corps will send 14 000 of its 17 500 trainees home for Christmas on chartered planes trains and buses. About 3 500 stay at camp for special holidays with local families possible. Officials cite average government cost around 70 dollars per trip.
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Washington
Lewis D. Eigen
Corps
Eigen
Congress
Johnson
Girls Need Stiff Brush Treatment in Paint Vandalism Case
Five teenage girls, four aged 14 and one 15, were arrested by borough police after a slumber party turned to vandalism. They allegedly used blue spray paint and red paint to deface three street markers and a Calvary Baptist Church sign, with police considering possible additional juveniles. The chief said they may face a stiff brush instead of probation and will be required to clean up the mess. a similar incident at the YMCA involved two juvenile boys painting the walls with large blue numbers for their graduating class.
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Wakhen
Michael Evan
Tone Girl
Calvary Baptist Church
YMCA
Boycott Over Desegregation Fights In Kayette Mississippi
Civil rights groups intensify a white merchant boycott in Kayette Mississippi to press desegregation demands including public facilities schools police posts and courtesy titles. A Black Christmas march drew about 40 pickets while patrols were formed to guard against Klan attacks as authorities ban beer sales to head off violence.
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Kayette
Miss
Charles Evers
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Eyers
R. J. Allen
Byers
Snes
Mississippi
Jefferson County
Evers
Americans For
Rowland Scott
Natchez
Soviet Leaders Meet Finnish President in Kremlin Talks
Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny and Premier Alexei Kosygin hosted Urho Kekkonen of Finland at the Kremlin. Also present were Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko and Communist Party Chief Leonid Brezhnev. Details of the discussions were not released.
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REDS
Moscow
Kremlin
Finland
Urho Kekkonen
Nikolai Podgorny
Alexei Kosygin
Andrei Gromyko
Communist Party
Leonid Brezhnev
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Russell Stover
Tbs
C. J. Peterson and Son
First Avenue
Carrig’s
Santa’s
Carrig
Ean
Cookie Press
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