Youth Gangs Agree To Try Truce In Chicago Violence
In Chicago the East Side Disciples and Blackstone Rangers agreed to attempt a truce after a week of violence that left two teens dead and 12 wounded. Juvenile officers YMCA workers and police staged a 45 minute meeting at a Catholic church with 400 gang members to curb violence and honor the pact.
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Chicago
YMCA
East Side Disciples
Blackstone Rangers
O.W. Wilson
Wilson
Englewood
East Side
Rangers
William Cannon
Cupid Can't Be Denied
In Wilmington Delaware John Teabutt 21 and Frances Moffett planned to marry on August 20 with 400 guests. A notice ordered John to active duty for six months starting August 15 caused consternation until the National Guard said postponement is standard for such cases amid a communications breakdown.
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Wilmington
Del
National Guard
John Teabutt
Frances Moffett
John
Paperback Books Go On Trial In Obscene-Literature Case
Eleven men and one woman face trial in U S District Court over interstate shipments of pornographic books. Jurors read titles aloud under defense and government arguments about obscenity and public trial rights. Defendants include Corinth Publications Reed Enterprises New Cal Publications and Stephens Printing Co. The case could bring up to two years in prison and a 5000 fine per defendant. In a separate report a musician in the Bucharest opera company defected in Athens seeking political asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. District Court
Stanley Fleishman
Los Angeles
Joe Ingraham
FBI
Corinth Publications
Reed Enterprises
San Diego
Calif
Stephens Printing Co
Sandusky
Ohio
New-Cal Publications
Gardena
Will Call Off Search For Stilwell Brings End to Flyover Mystery
The Pacific search for Brig. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell and two companions ends at nightfall unless new evidence appears. Navy and Coast Guard ships have scoured 129000 square miles since Sunday after a DC3 aircraft with one engine failed 625 miles southwest of San Francisco before scheduled delivery to Thailand. Stilwell, 54, commanded the Army Special Warfare Training Center at Fort Bragg. His companions were Hal Grimes, pilot from Pacific Palisades, California, and Harold Fossum of Montclair, California.
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San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Joseph W. Stilwell
Navy
Coast Guard
Thailand Air Force
Stilwell
Army
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Hal Grimes
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Harold Fossum
Montclair
Service Set For Spartansburg GI Lt Colin Nichols
A private funeral will be held for Lt. Colin K. Nichols 23 of Spartansburg who died in action July 20 in South Vietnam. Rev. Louis Hewitt will officiate at the service at the family’s convenience. interment is in Rose Hill Cemetery, Spartansburg. Nichols born October 1942 in Corry. survived by wife Debra Fish Nichols, parents Keith and Edith Nichols, sister Sandra Maynard, brother Ricky Nichols, and grandparents Jesse Goodwill and Myrtle Nichols. Visitation at H. Richard Hays Funeral Home, Spartansburg, 2–4 and 7–9 p.m. tomorrow and Sunday.
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Colin K. Nichols
Spartansburg
South Viet Nam
Louis Hewitt
Spartansburg Methodist Church
Rose Hill
St. Nichols
Corry
Keith and
Edith Goodwill Nichols
Debra Fish Nichols
Charles
Sandra) Maynard
R. D
Ricky Nichols
Jesse Goodwill
Myrtle Nichols
Foe Must Be Stopped Loses Fiance and Brother in War
Reading, Massachusetts AP report recounts Diane Croce 22 who lost her fiancé George Cottrill 20 buried in Chillicothe Ohio and her brother Robert 20 a Marine lance corporal killed in Vietnam within a month. She recalls plans to marry and a home they’d chosen while urging action against Communists.
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Reading
Mass
Viet Nam
Diane Croce
Robert
Diane
Navy
George Cottrill
Chillicothe
Ohio
Marine
Cottrill
Chelsea Naval Hospital
Massachusetts
Palmer Electric Co
Wakefield
Bernard
David
Karen
Deborah
X15 Flight Gathers Space Dust at Record Speed
Edwards Air Force Base California AP reports the X15 rocket plane piloted by Jack McKay reached 3682 mph at 288000 feet while collecting micrometeorite space dust in a wing pod with adhesive plates. Spokesmen say samples will study space dust distribution near Earth. A second item notes a four lane highway proposal threatens Robert Frost home in Shaftsbury Vermont with Udall seeking alternatives.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Jack McKay
U.S. Space Agency
Earth
Brink's Boston Heist Linked to Unrecovered Loot
The article notes more than 2.5 million in unrecovered funds from the 1950 Brink's job and the 1962 Plymouth mail truck robbery, with 29 gangland killings linked to the cases. Police and Brink's officials say intensified violence may stem from shake downs or unresolved loot. Only five of the 29 homicides have been solved. The piece recalls multiple armored truck robberies and ongoing investigations in Boston and surrounding areas.
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Plymouth
Mass
Thomas Horrigan
Brink
Boston
Othrer
Big City
Thomas J.o’brien
Somerville
O’brien
Cornelius Hughes
Frost
Charge Shapp With Misuse Of Funds
A petition seeks an audit of Milton Shapp's 1.4 million primary campaign expense account. The latest filing alleges willful and fraudulent bonuses to poll workers and large sums spent on beer and whiskey to influence votes. A hearing on the petition was scheduled.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Milton Shapp
Shapp
State Elections Bureau
Shafer
Warren Title 1 program wages under scrutiny
Corry School page continues as Warren district officials defend the Title 1 program. Warren reports a $105,000 budget with 12 month administrators, none paid for Title 1 work. Titusville officials note similar unpaid duties while some directors question district ethics and imagery.
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Corry School
Warren
Harold Miller
Thomas Barrett
Howard Thompson
Blair Logan
Miller
Titusville
Marshall Fisher
Gilbert Park
Park
Fisher
Teamsters Won't Gobble Up Pa. Phone Workers
In Pittsburgh, James Hoffa argued for Teamsters to unionize Bell Telephone employees, claiming strong representation and economic backing. About 10,000 Bell workers vote August 1 to 15 on joining the union amid concerns over asset disparity and funding stability.
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Pittsbyrun
Vanla
Teamsters
I. C. Glendenning
Pittsburgh
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Bell Telephone Co
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