Johnson says he could have beaten Nixon in 1968
In a CBS Cronkite interview Johnson says he would have won re election if he ran but could not unite the country. He recalls his wife Lady Bird as trusted counsel and details his 1968 decision not to run and Kennedy visit. Four car crashes over the holidays caused $1 125 in damage with no injuries. A Erie police hunt seeks Jack Peters for his wife’s stabbing death.
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New York
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cbs-Tv
Walter Cronkite
Johnson
Lady Bird
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Patricia Jo Holley
Meadow Lane
Rexford K. Morris
R.D. 1
Corry
Miss Holley
Wayne Street
Morris
Holley
East Columbus Avenue
Mary VanKeuren
RD. 3
Philip E. Goodwill
Warren
Goodwill
VanKeuren
Ruth H. Austin
Shady Avenue
East Washington
Ralph Amoroso
Spring Street
Amoroso
Robert Hand
Spring Creek
United States
Bobby Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Vietnam
Eugene J. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Robert Kennedy
McCarthy
Kennedy
Erie
Jack Peters
Kansas City
Kan
Peters
Debbie
Gls' Families Gain Hope In Paris Trip
A group of 152 American wives and children met Hanoi officials in Paris on Christmas Day seeking news of loved ones missing in North Vietnam. They were told information would come gradually, with no promise of immediate releases, after a 21 hour round trip that ended without captives.
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New York
North Vietnam
Paris
Hanoi
Margaret Fisher
Sebring
Fla
H. Ross Perot
Dallas
Laos
U.S
Orly
Notre Dame Cathedral
Perot
United States
Mrs. Fisher
Andrea Rander
Baltimore
Pentagon predicts about a million fewer Americans in defense
Defense budget cuts under Nixon forecast a reduction of about 1 million defense related jobs and civilian workers over 30 months. The plan targets a 73 to 75 billion dollar budget for next year, with cuts in military procurement and base closures.
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Washington
Pentagon
Nixon
Armed Services
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
United States
Vietnam
Defense Department
Helena hunter survives grizzly encounter during Alberta moose hunt
Helena utilities engineer Harry Davy recounts a moose hunt in Simonette country Alberta where a grizzly attacked as he retrieved a 500 pound dressed carcass. He and two companions shot the bear multiple times, the sow and two cubs appearing after the strike, with Davy surviving the 9 foot, 800 to 900 pound confrontation.
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Helena
Mont
Harry Davy
Davy
Simonette
Alberta
Canada
Edmonton
Chilton
Montana
Robert Burns
Gordon Smith
Valleyview
Alta
Gordon
State Exam To Fill One Police Vacancy In Corry
Corry announces a Civil Service exam for police officers with exam set for 9 a.m. January 10 in council chambers. Mayor Joseph Furst aims to hire one officer and fast track to Erie Police Training School starting in January. Applicants may apply at the police station or city engineer’s office. minimum qualifications include US citizenship English fluency HS graduation good character vision 20 80 uncorrected 20 20 corrected a valid driver’s license 21 to 34 at hire height 5 8 to 6 3 weight minimum 160 pounds and Corry residency or intent to establish residency before six month probation ends.
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Corry
Joseph Furst
Erie Police
United States
City of
Drunk and Disorderly Case Draws Fine in Fredoma
Marion T. Taylor, 35, paid a $10 fine and costs after pleading guilty to a drunk and disorderly charge. Officers found her after a report of a car in a snowbank in the 100 block of East South street. She was uncooperative, accused officers of wrongdoing, and was released after payment.
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Fredoma
Merle Ottaway
Marion T. Taylor
East South Street
Taylor
Jack Whiteley
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Pittsburgh
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Altman's
West High Street
Patt Enright
Jerry
James R. Enright
Chicago
Enright
Fitzsimmon’s Army Hospital
Aurora
Colorado
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