U.S. Copters Crash Eight Lives Lost
U.S. and Vietnamese planes destroy a radio station and target sites in North Vietnam. Jets hit a radar facility, supply depot, barracks, and boats near Hon Nieuw Island and Chap Le. Eight Marines die in a helicopter collision. ground action yields heavy Viet Cong losses near Chu Lai.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
Hon Nieuw Island
Chap le
Route 1
Vinh
South China Sea
New Chu Lai
Chu Lai
Fresh Out of College Youth Sought in 3 Bank Killings
Duane Pope 22, recently out of college, is the subject of a federal warrant for robbing the Farmers State Bank of Big Springs Nebraska where three people were killed and a fourth wounded. Kjeldgaard the wounded teller remains in serious condition in Denver. Authorities expect charges of first degree murder and bank robbery. A green 1965 rental car linked to Pope aided the nationwide manhunt across Kansas.
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Salina
Kan
Kansas
Nebraska
Duane Pope
Here
Roxbury
FBI
Farmers State Bank of
Big Springs
Neb
Franklin
Kjeldgaard
Denver
Andreas Kjeldgaard
Glenn Hendrickson
Lois Atm Hothan
R. E. Richards
Duel County
Pope
Franklin Kjeldgaard
Earl Pope
Oklaoma
Phillip Martin
Kansas City
Martin
Highway Patrol
Three Youths Stabbed In Racial Night Clash
In Pottstown Pennsylvania three white youths and several Black youths clashed during a 150th anniversary block party on High Street. Three white men aged 19 to 23 were hospitalized with stab wounds. Police said 3 Black youths were detained but not charged. Police chief Hopper urged calm and downplayed it as not racially motivated.
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Pottstown
Milton D Hopper
High Street
John Sklarcik
Pottstown R.D
David Wallace
Spring City R.D
John Tarczynski
Hooper
Pennsylvania
Alderman Auer Faces Traffic Violation Charge
City police cited Alderman Porter Auer for failure to yield in a backing collision with Emily B. East near his East Congress Street home. East, of 526 North Center Street, had moved about 59 feet after pulling from a parking spot when Auer’s vehicle struck her car. Citation filed through Alderman Cobbett.
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Porter Auer
East Congress Street
Emily B
North Center Street
Auer
M. 8. Cobbett
Corry Men Benefit From Public Defender Program
Two Corry men Frederick Murphy and Eugene Merritt were arrested near the State Armory during a dance for violating the uniform firearms act. They appeared before Judge Burton Laub and accepted court appointed legal counsel at no cost as part of the newly instituted Public Defender program. proceedings were postponed to a later date. Police found two guns in Merritt’s possession and charged both men with firearms violations.
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Corry
Public Defender
Frederick Murphy
Eugene Merritt
State Armory
Burton Laub
Murphy
Merritt
Driver Escapes Injury After Truck Rolls on West Columbus
A one-year-old driver escaped injury when the truck left the road on West Columbus Avenue and rolled over yesterday afternoon. Bruce Taylor of R D 2 Corry reported speeds about 40 mph as the vehicle crossed from the right to the left before tipping. Taylor was shaken but not seriously hurt. damage estimate to the truck, owned by Ralph Eastman of R D 2, Corry, was not provided.
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Columbus Avenue
Bruce Taylor
Corry
Taylor
Ralph Eastman
Cor- Tv
Cartoonist Vernon V. Greene Dies After Long Illness
New Jersey cartoonist Vernon V. Greene age 56 who drew the comic strip Bringing up Father died Saturday night after a lengthy illness. He was known for his work in newspapers and contributed to the popular strip during his career. His death marks the loss of a noted figure in syndicated comic art.
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Wyckoff
N. J
Vernon V. Greene
Judy Holliday Dies At 41 After Cancer Battle
New York AP reports Judy Holliday Oscar winner and star of Born Yesterday died today at 41 after years of illness. She played Billie Dawn on stage and in film and won the 1951 Academy Award. She married musician David Oppenheim on January 4, 1948, later divorcing in 1957.
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New York
Judy Holliday
Junk Dealer
Babe
Miss Holliday
Billie Dawn
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
David Oppenheim
Gemini 4 Helps Shorten Road To Moon
Houston AP report on Gemini 4 flight notes that data will shorten the road to future Gemini and Apollo missions. Findings include outside operation capability, rendezvous aids, alertness in weightlessness, and humidity stability. Medical data from McDivitt and White will shape longer missions.
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Houston
Tex
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White II
Charles A. Berry
Berry
Earth
Columbus Era Fades As Universalist Church Marks Passage
Columbus and later Corry once flourished as a lumber center with the Universalist Church built in 1847 signaling a prominent era. The Erie Railroad aimed for a terminal, land prices blocked it, and the Kansas House drew fame for a lively past. A whisky fueled naming vote for the village bestowed the name Weber’s choice. The church sale signaled a renewed phase as artifacts like a Jamestown bell and hand-crafted wheel remained.
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Columbus
Corry
Universalist
Erie Railroad Company
Nationwide
Equitable Aid Company of America
Kansas House
Dutton
Captain Curtis
Sherburn
N.Y
Kimball Weber
Weber
Gemini 4 Reentry Ends 97 Hour Flight Over Atlantic
Astronauts James McDivitt and Edward White landed in the Atlantic about 400 miles east of Cape Kennedy after a 97 hour 58 minute mission covering 1 609 644 miles. They were picked up by helicopter and reported everything is okay. The descent followed a steeper reentry due to a computer fault and included high heat and a brief radio blackout.
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Houston
James McDivitt
Edward White
Cape Kennedy
Fla
McDivitt
White
Sword
Wasp
Mission Control Center
Cape ‘Kennedy
Bahamian
San Salvador
Guaymas
Mexico
Gemini 4
Arizona
Texas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Atlantic Ocean
Virgil Grissom
Grissom
Gulf of Mexico
Earth
McDigitt
Hawaii
Webu
Conan
Tractor flips trapping 10 year old boy in leg
A 10 year old, A. D. 1, Spring Creek, was injured when a farm tractor drove up a steep grade, stalled, rolled back, and overturned pinning his leg. Firemen freed him from the embankment and he was admitted to Corry Memorial Hospital in fair condition. His parents and grandfather were named in the report.
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Spring Creek
Corry Memorial Hospital
John A. Nelson Jr
John Nelson Sr
John
Vandals Steal Gasoline And Wreck Property
Over the weekend three vandalism incidents damaged property and thefts occurred. Fuel was siphoned from trucks at Hammond Lumber yard after thieves climbed a fence. A tire was slashed on a car behind Moose's Bar. Authorities investigated six targets including the Corry Archery Club range.
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Sageline
Carlyle
Kirk” Sawyer
Corry
Airport Road
William Hammond
Hammond Lumber Company
Eagle Street
Hammond
Charles Elchynski
Moose's
West Main Street
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Ars the Ely
Patrick McDivilt
James McDivilt
Ann Lynn
St. Paul's Catholic Church
Clear Lake
Moon
Church of Columbus
Jamestown
Columbus Township
Enton
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