Youth recounts shooting moments of Kennedy trial
In Los Angeles a busboy Juan Romero testified he cradled Kennedy’s bloody head and urged the senator to survive after the 1968 assassination. Sirhan Bishara Sirhan’s defense argued a trance-like state negated premeditation while the prosecution sought first degree murder with malice. Romero described seeing a man approach the senator near the Ambassador Hotel pantry where Kennedy had spoken.
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Los Angeles
Robert F. Kennedy
Juan Romero
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kennedy
Senator
Emile Zola Berman
Sirhan
Sen. Kennedy
Berman
Defense
Michael McCowan
Mike
Ambassador Hotel
California
Romero
Eight Week Dock Strike Settled in New York
NEW YORK AP Longshoremen end eight weeks on strike returning to work with a three year contract. Vote to accept was 9 328 to 8 213 under a federal court order. Negotiations continue at other Atlantic and Gulf ports as tentative accords already reached from Morehead City to Puerto Rico.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
New York Shipping Association
International ‘Longshoremen’s Association
National Labor Relations Board
West Coast Maritime Association
Galveston
Tex
Morehead City
N.C
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
Boston
Baltimore
Norfolk
Wisconsin campus unrest prompts Guardsmen pullback
Police broke up a 2000 student protest march at the University of Wisconsin as 1900 Guardsmen had been withdrawn by Chancellor H Edwin Young with standby status. Four arrests were made and leaders warned against clashes while demanding a black studies center. Duke University also kept guardsmen ready as a campus convocation was canceled to avoid tensions.
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Associated Press
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
H. Edwin Young
State Capitol
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Douglas M. Knight
of of the State Adjutant General
Ponder More Police Exams and Housing Aide Item
City Council to act on urgent police examination scheduling and a housing aide hire. Mayor to propose reappointing Officer Paul French amid multiple sick calls. Housing officer to be recommended with a $6000 starting salary, rising to $6500 after six months. Other agenda items include city funds depository, fire pension study, airport management contract, and maintenance building bill. Nude intruder incident reported in Houston apartment.
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Joseph Furst
Paul French
French
Ing
Fourth Ward
Edward Zatger
Jack Downey
David Johnson
Council
Lawrence
Frank Lucie
Johnson
JFK Death Scene Shown Again in Shaw Trial
In New Orleans a 20 second Zapruder film clip depicting President Kennedy’s head wound drew protest at Clay Shaw’s conspiracy trial. Prosecutors touted the frame as proof while defense argued it prejudices the jury. Witnesses testified to the film’s blood spray direction and impact as the trial continued.
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New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Clay ‘Shaw
William Wegmann
Garrison
FBI
Lyndal L. Shaneyfelt
Alexandria
Testi
Allied Forces Ignore Tet Cease Fire Start in Saigon
Allied forces pressed air strikes and 60 battalion-size operations despite the Viet Cong Tet cease-fire period set to run from Monday through Feb 22. A Saigon source said a short allied truce would be announced for Monday but details would wait until 11 p.m. Saigon time. Western intelligence cited three North Vietnamese divisions near Cambodia, with the 6th Division posing a threat in War Zone D about 30 miles north of Saigon.
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Saigon
7Th
Cambodia
Bien Hoa
Bong Son
South Vietnam
Power Outage Hits Spring Creek After 12 000 Volt Line Breaks
Temperatures plunged to 10 below zero as a 12 000 volt Pen elec line snapped in Sample Flats triggering an outage across Spring Creek Township and REA power areas. Crews from Corry Penelec worked into afternoon, switching to Garland substation and restoring service. Nearby Viet Nam conflict reports describe torched self immolation at a pagoda, terrorist activity with 36 B 52 bombers and casualties, while Erie County voters face a list reinstatement deadline for the spring primary.
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Penelec
Sample Flats
Spring Creek Township
REA
Corry Penelec
Turner Hill
Corry
Garland
Spring Creek
Richard Mountain
Journal Press
Erie County
Shirley Colvin
Diploma mill degrees not recognized by Pennsylvania
Pennsylvan ia officials say 12 public school administrators in the state hold doctorates from Ohio Christian College in Columbus that the state Bureau of Teacher Education does not recognize. One administrator earned his degree in 13 days and another in 21 days. The school advertises six month completion but allows flexibility. Tuition ranges from 100 to 350 dollars for various degrees. Ohio Christian College argues that modern education trends are misunderstood. The Trinity Area School Board has ordered action regarding degrees not accredited by the National Council or PA.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Department of Public Instruction
Ohio
William Charlesworth
Bureau of Teacher Education
Ohio Christian College
Columbus
Alvin C. Langdon
Langdon
Trinity Area School Board
Washington County
National Council of Accreditation
State Bureau of Teacher Education
Births Surpass Deaths In Lorry Area In 1968 Report
Vital statistics registrar Mrs Keppel Tiffany reports in 1968 there were 342 births and 126 deaths in the Lorry area including Elgin Wayne and Concord. City deaths totaled 114 with several occurring in Concord Township Wayne Township and Elgin. Six deaths were of children under one year and two were stillbirths. Leading causes include heart diseases 58 accidental 14 cancer 12 pneumonia 11 cerebral hemorrhages 9 pregnancy related 6 cardiovascular and renal 6 others 10. An unusually high accidental death rate followed five deaths in a single Scotts Crossing Road train crash last summer.
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Lorry
Keppel Tiffany
Tiffany
Sidney Elston
Elgin
Wayne
Concord
Ste
Concord Township
Wayne Township
Scotts Crossing Road
Boy, 5, Hurt In Area Crash Near Wattsburg
A five year old Erie boy named Jerry Tanner was injured in a two car crash on Buckle Road northwest of Wattsburg yesterday afternoon about four. He is treated at Union City Memorial Hospital for multiple lacerations and bruises. His father Gary Tanner drove a car that drifted over the center line and hit an oncoming auto driven by James Straitiff of Brookville. The Tanner car struck a utility pole after pushing the Straitiff vehicle. Damages were listed as 350 to the Tanner car 500 to Straitiff and 100 to the pole.
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Erie
Arbuckle
Wattsburg
Union City
Clair J. Stile
Corry
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Billy Joe Martin
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Gregory Kern
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Ronald
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