Ike Not Responding Say Doctors
Doctors at Walter Reed say former President Dwight D. Eisenhower grows weaker with congestive heart failure. He remains in critical condition, sleeping longer yet lucid when awake, as Mamie stands by his bedside and President Nixon visits privately. Continuous oxygen and heart boosting drugs sustain him, but doctors warn the prognosis is unfavorable.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Frederic J. Hughes Jr
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Mamie Eisenhower
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Ronald L. Ziegler
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War in Laos Hidden as Bombing Shifts to Ho Chi Minh Trail
A year after Johnson’s order, air operations against North Vietnam shrink mostly to the Ho Chi Minh trail in Laos. Aircraft losses run high, with uncertain figures, as defenses grow more sophisticated in the jungle corridor. Officials refuse firm numbers, while private officers joke about “Country X,” and the war continues with secrecy.
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Viet Cong
Jerry Lewis Apologizes for Mississippi Joke on Tonight Show
Jerry Lewis publicly apologized for a questionable joke about Mississippi broadcast on the Tonight Show. State officials led by Gov. John Bell Williams had pressed NBC to apologize, noting Lewis said the remark Tuesday night regretting the Monday broadcast.
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Jerry Lewis
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John Bell Williams
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Johnny Carson
Absentee Balloting Violations Highlight New State Law
The Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee warns that distributing absentee ballot applications is illegal under Act No. 375. Only the elector may request an absentee ballot. The law adds vacation voters to the eligible list and tightens enforcement to prevent third party handling.
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Harrisburg
Corty
Rap County Moves to Centralize Purchasing
Two Erie County officials Byron Clapper and Bruce Reeder push to replace century old department head purchasing practice with a centralized system aimed at order and economy. Clapper notes it will take time to change entrenched government routines as Reeder’s oversight of purchasing was sidestepped by department heads.
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Bruce Reeder
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Union City to Hear Housing Proposals with GECAC
Union City officials will meet with Greater Erie Community Action Committee representatives on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Borough Building to discuss a potential low income housing development. The session will include Farm Home Administration details presented by FHA supervisor Robert Menedy.
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Billion-Dollar Boo Boo Defense of Sheridan Tank Aims to Rebut Critics
The Pentagon defends the Sheridan light tank amid Rep Samuel Stratton claims it is a billion-dollar boobo o and ill suited for Vietnam, noting Army reports show a favorable six week combat record. Army says the system gives recon prowess despite early flaws and restrictions.
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Corry Youth Suspect in Stolen Checks Case
Union City police report 400 stolen checks from Kimmy Nichols car agency last weekend reappeared with a Corry youth’s name and address on a signed check. Police say a Pennsylvania city name was garbled in a call seeking verification while investigations continue with borough, State Police, and Corry substation involvement.
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State Clymer School Vote Second Time
Voters in the Clymer Central School District will again vote on a bond issue Saturday at the Clymer building from 2 to 8 30 p m The bond now sought is 1590000 to cover elementary construction and alterations only The program includes a seven room addition and alterations at Findley Lake Elementary School a six stall bus storage garage there an eight room addition at Clymer with alterations in the present building Total cost 1530000 Findley Lake Findley Lake School bus garage Clymer school are named The plan also enlarges Findley Lake to a kindergarten to sixth grade building and will create space to reduce class size in some grades and to provide additional teaching areas at both schools The district seeks more library space agriculture and industrial arts shops and additional cafeteria facilities in the basement of the new wing at Clymer
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Magazine firm refunds $169 after sales tactics probe
Rep. Fred Rooney says a magazine company refunded a $109 deposit. A Vietnam veteran from Pennsylvania was swayed by a salesgirl into a lengthy contract shortly after arriving in Hawaii from Vietnam, triggering Rooney to scrutinize magazine sales practices.
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Fred Rooney
Pennsylvania
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Stan Garis
Kunkletown
Hawaii
Vietnam
U S battlefield deaths near Korean War total
Saigon AP reports American battlefield deaths in Vietnam fell 25 percent last week to the lowest toll of the Viet Cong spring offensive, with 266 Americans killed in action. The eight year Vietnam war total nears the Korean War combat deaths, while American wounded reach 209,045. South Vietnamese casualties rose.
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Trio Escapes Home Blaze in Bel-Air Fire
Hollywood AP Darby Hinton child actor from Daniel Boone fled his Bel-Air one story home Wednesday night as flames roared through the rambling house. His brother Warren 14 and a neighborhood girl escaped unharmed. Firemen estimated damage at 100000 dollars and that the interior was heavily charred. Firemen say the blaze may have been started by a short.
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Darby Hinton
Daniel Boone
Bel-Air
Darby
Warren
Psychiatrist Notes Two Separate Sirhans
A psychiatrist reports two distinct Sirhans exist, distinguishing them from the usual Sirhan case. The statement reflects clinical assessment amid ongoing discussion about identity in the matter.
Rocky Grove bomb hoaxers charged in separate incidents
FRANKLIN RP Two Venango County youths face charges after telephoning school principals with false bomb threats. An 18 year old Earl G Crawford of Polk was charged with reporting a bomb would explode March 13 in an adult education building. A 16 year old Rocky Grove boy, unnamed due to youth, called his principal’s family claiming a Rocky Grove High School explosion. The other portion discusses Sirhan Sirhan's murder trial and psychiatrist Dr Bernard Diamond’s testimony on diminished responsibility.
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University of California
Diamond
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Interservice Rivalry Blamed for War Push by Shoup
Former Marine commandant David M. Shoup says interservice rivalry pressured the Johnson administration to widen the Vietnam conflict in 1964. He asserts the military sought to test equipment and troops, with services racing to build combat strength and bickered over bombing North Vietnam as the Tonkin era began.
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