North East Man Held In Murder Confession
A North East man confessed to killing a Harborcreek tavern owner after authorities recovered the weapon. Police link the suspect to the August 1963 shooting of Donald Perkins of North East at a Route 90 service station. Marsh denied involvement in that case and is not now a suspect. The motive was robbery. the weapon was 82 caliber. Police had pursued Marsh for some time and questioned him at the Erie plant where he worked.
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Harborcreek
Leo Weir
Lawrence Park
Marsh
Donald Perkins
North East
Anrell
Depot Road
Weir
Roehri
Erie
Lindley Me
Erie Man Captured in Erie Wife and Girl Shooting Case
Erie detectives returned to the city with Marquis L. Brown who was picked up in Conneaut Ohio while a statewide search continued for the gunman. Brown denied the shootings of his estranged wife Dorothy 37 and Vivian Bennett 17 at Mrs Browns home. The victims were wounded as Brown fired a .30-90 rifle. Brown faced prior death by self-action threats and a pending divorce suit in Erie County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erie
Marquis L. Brown
Confeaut
Ohio
Brown
R. D
Girard
Dorothy
Vivian Bennett
Carl Kalinowski
Erie City
The
Journal Today
Conneaut
Kalinowski
Ben
Hoptas
Bennett
PSU Student Killed In Route 45 Crash
State police report a Penn State student died and a female companion was seriously injured when their car left Route 45 near State College, hit a tree, and was thrown clear. Driver identified as Charles Winston of Philadelphia. Investigators say loss of control on a curve caused the crash.
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PSU
State College, Pa
Pennsylvania State University
Route 45
Charles Winston
Phildelphia
Eas Hospital
Egal Lauraine Keery
Rat
Winston
Five Women Dead in Dunbar Fireworks Blast
An explosion at Key Stone Fireworks Manufacturing Co. Dunbar, 10 miles north of Uniontown, killed five women and injured others while workers handled flash powder for roman candles. Co owner’s son questioned cause as investigators probe frictions in the building and a watchman escaped injury.
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Keystone
Works Co
Dunbar
Harry Liza
Stone Fireworks Manufacturing Co
Uniontown
Lizza
A Ross
Willie Tonia
Freda Bezilla
Laverne McNatt
Mount Bradlock
Anna Mae Widener
Connellsville
June Orawitz
Marion Tressler
Delay In Progress On Special Session Call
Harrisburg AP reports the governor’s office expects a special session call, but formal action is delayed to allow opposing parties more time to bridge congressional differences. Governor’s aide Conmy notes leadership from both parties is desired, with a wide range of topics under consideration and no fixed timetable. Westmoreland in Saigon wears a wrist splint after a tennis fall, breaking a small bone.
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Harrisburg
Simaneeke Agi Lay
Congress
Ck Conmy
Addae Calva Creo
Scranton
Conmy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
U. S
Viet Nam
U.S
Salgott
Westmoreland
Want It Relaxed Erie Retiree Group Seeks Surplus Food
The Erie Chapter of the Brigade of Retired Persons seeks access to USDA surplus food for retirees deemed “in desperate need.” President Charles Killinger says many retirees live on under $110 monthly, aiming to bypass the program’s means test. County official John Vrenna notes about 30 percent of county recipients are retirees, with eligibility based on net income and liquid assets.
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Charles Killinger
Erie
John Vrenna
Via
Vrenna
Banis
Rev
Corry Man Hurt In One Car Crash Near Union City
A 22 year old Corry man was treated and released from Corry Memorial Hospital for scalp face and elbow injuries after losing control of his car on Route two miles east of Union City. The lone vehicle suffered about $1000 in damage. State Police noted the road was dry. A passing motorist transported the injured man to the hospital.
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Corry
Corry Memorial Hospital
Union City
Robert Hunt
Snyder Circle
Hunt
Convict claims plot to frame Candace Messler with deal
Miami AP report details Virgil Nelson Halford describing a supposed agreement to frame Candace Messler and her husband. He recounts conversations with Bill Mulvey, a Texas state witness, saying a deal would make it worthwhile for him to testify. He also recounts a 1962 murder-for-hire claim and a $7000 down payment.
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Miami
Fla
Candace Messler
Tate
Tions
Virgil Nelson Halford
Rapug
Halford
Bill Frank Mulvey
Texas
Peas
Messler
Wright pleads innocent in Altoona narcotics case
Exie Li Wright age 28 of Altoona pleaded innocent at arraignment on a narcotics charge and was released on 4000 dollars bond. Wright, alias Abie Bakr Nurddah, was indicted in February on a charge of selling marijuana.
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Pittsburgh
Exie Li) Wright
Altoona
Wright
Abie Bakr Nrudda
Johnson Says No Escalation in Viet Nam War
President Johnson declares no mindless escalation and a limited objective in Viet Nam during a national telecast at the Waldorf Astoria. A protester disrupts the event as 8500 antiwar demonstrators march nearby while sirens warn of a small fire on railroad tracks.
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New York
Johnson
Viet Nam
United States
China
Washington
Freedom House
New York Central
Waldorf-Astoria
LBJ
Viet Cong Attack Beats Off Heaviest U.S. Clash Near Saigon
A Viet Cong battalion attacked U.S. forces near Tan Binh, but American artillery and mortar fire repelled them. Reports say at least 89 Viet Cong were killed with light U.S. casualties overall during a 3.4 hour battle as Operation Mastiff continued 30 miles north of Saigon. Elsewhere, Marine units fought Viet Cong near Da Nang and Chu Lai while raids and air strikes hit targets across South and North Vietnam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Tan Binh
Ky My
da Nang
Chu Lai
North Viet Nam
Vinh
Don Bhoi
North Vietnamese Panhandle
Air
Dien Bien Phu
Quang Ngai City
U.S. 1St Cavalry
7Th Fleet
Tri Provines
Marine couple living in a station wagon in Mecca
Ralph Catron, 22, and his wife Joan, 21, use a 1956 station wagon as their home near brush fires while cooking meals with a frying pan outside. They came from Stockton seeking work in Mecca, California, but Catron has only found marginal labor paying 25 dollars weekly for their two children.
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Ralph Catron
Hia
Self
Joan
Catron
Mecca
Corry Native Heads Area Drive for Weaver Campaign
Corry native A Elston, Meadville accountant and city controller, will chair the Weaver campaign in the May Republican primary. A 1953 arts graduate, Elston joined Ruston & Jebert after 12 years in the city’s accounting office.
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Meadville
Ussing
A. Elston
Secountant and
Savi Som
James D. Weaver
Elston
Ace Peri
Ruston & Jebert
Corry
College
Academis
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Pay Assembly
Erie Retiree Group
Pennsylvania Brigade of Retired Persons
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Candace
Hie
Secret Service
James Peck
War Resisters League
Vietnam
Peck
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Ing
Bong Son
Loeue
Cohoes
Ivan Belyna
John J. Maria
Stockton
Weaver
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