Base North Of Saigon Rocked By Cong Shells
SAIGON AP reports enemy forces fired more than 100 mortar rounds at a U S base guarding Saigon northwestern flank then sent a platoon to assault it. After an hour of fighting the enemy withdrew leaving 13 dead. Four Americans wounded. Vietnamese infantrymen say they killed 22 enemy soldiers nearby and seized a 75 mm recoilless cannon along with bazooka launcher and rifles. No government casualties reported.
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Saigon
U.S
U.S. Command
North Vietnam
Navy Aé
Navy
Tonkin Gulf
Panhandle
South Vietnam
19Th Parallel
da , Nang
Corry Man Hit By Car Listed Fair
A 3s year-old local man is in Corry Memorial Hospital in fair condition after being struck by a car on West Washington street last night. Harold L. Madison, 718 Grand Street, was hit by a car driven by Mrs. Kenneth VanCise of Car other details note the incident occurred as Madison darted into the street near First Avenue. He suffered a fractured leg and scalp laceration and was taken to hospital by a passerby. Police planned to question Madison today.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
West Washington Street
Harold L. Madison
Grand Street
Kenneth VanClse
R. D
VanCise
First Avenue
Madison
Johnson Faces Three Paths After Fortas Withdrawal
Washington AP says Johnson has three options after Abe Fortas withdrawal. Warren would stay on if Fortas not confirmed, reducing risk of 4 to 4 ties as Supreme Court opens Monday. Johnson may nominate anew, seek a recess appointment, or take no action. Opponents urge no new nomination, warning fight awaits.
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Washington
Abe Fortas
Johnson
Earl Warren
Fortas
Senate
Supreme Court
Ys Warren
J, Fortas
Congress
Portas
Robert P. Griffin
R-Mich
Howard H. Baker
R-Tenn
Philip A. Hart
D- Mich
Eisenhower
Warren
Protection Racket Reported At Harrisburg Grade School
Harrisburg police disclosed a protection racket at Steele Elementary School where youths forced payments from peers. Four boys aged 12 and 11 were arrested and handed to juvenile authorities after marked bills were found on them, as parents and officials sought to curb extortion, beatings, and threats near the school.
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Harrisburg
Steele
Alice A. Parks
Silo toppled by strong winds at Corry farm
Don ald Walters of Corry reports his 30 foot silo collapsed during a brief windstorm last evening while he tended other chores. The silo would hold about 80 tons of ensilage and the blower beneath it may be damaged beyond repair. Walters plans to decide how to store the harvested ensilage for his 300 milking cows this winter.
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Donald Walters
Corry
Walters
Journal
Waltera
Probe aims to trace funds behind Chicago protest
Washington AP reports House Un American Activities subcommittee member Rep. Albert Watson plans to subpoena records and financial statements from demonstration organizers Abbie Hoffman Jerry Rubin and other Yippies leaders and the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. He says violence was planned months in advance and funded to guarantee disruption in Chicago. The hearing rested for Yom Kippur with protesters ejected for protest while lawyers pressed procedural objections. The ACLU sought to halt the hearing as unconstitutional amid lawsuits challenging riot statutes and grand jury probes.
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Rubin
un-American Activities Committee
Committee
Chicago
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
American Civil Liberties Union
Washington
U.S. District Court
Civil Liberties Union
Congress
Communist Activies
Illinois
US. District Court
Mercer defendant Batley found guilty of first degree murder
Gary L. Batley, the fourth defendant in the murder of a college student and rape of two coeds, was adjudged guilty of first degree murder today by a panel of three judges. The judges said they would hear more testimony in Mercer County Court to set Batley's sentence. Batley, 19, of Mercer had pleaded guilty to a general charge of murder.
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Mercer, Pa
Gary L. Batley
Batley
Mercer County
Mercer
Meadville Man Jailed After Westfield Brawl
Meadville resident Harry J. Miller faces third degree assault and harassment charges after a deputy said Miller struck him and made threats. Bail set at 500 for assault and 100 for harassment. Miller pled innocent to the first charge and guilty to the second with sentencing deferred.
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Westfield
Meadville
Chautauqua County
Harry J. Miller
Robert J. Pleszewski
Miller
Heay
Kenneth Hemmer
William A. Tornstrom
Three Arrested After Deer Poaching Night Patrol
Two state troopers stopped a car in East Branch area at 4 a.m. and found a 22 rifle a spotlight and a bloodstained knife. The trio Charles E Johnson Daniel N Cox and Thomas Fults admitted to shooting a deer three miles south of East Branch and burying the carcass with plans to retrieve it later Deputy Parr will file charges for illegal killing of game.
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Corry State
Martin Kaschalk
Terence Haskins
East Branch
Charles E. Johnson
Daniel N. Cox
Titusville
Thomas Fults
Coalmont
Tenn
Donald Parr
Tidioute
Parr
Smuggled Hacksaw Blade Name Prisoner Linked to Jail Escape
A 19 year old Venango County prisoner, identified as Richard Chambers of Kennerdell, aided two inmates in a jailbreak on September 25 by smuggling a hacksaw blade into the jail in his shoe while serving a sentence for arson. Chambers allegedly provided the tool to Billy Walls and Gary Davenport who fled the jail, traveled through woods and streams, and were captured days later in Union City and Franklin areas after a stolen car linked to the case was found. The escapees slept in the woods and survived four days eating only apples before recapture.
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Venango County
Woradora
Franklin Second Ward
George Chamos
Franklin
Edward Mott
Pleasantville
Lawrence Pari
William Latchaw
Union City
Latchaw
French Creek
Hog Back Hill
Titusville
FBI Cannot Obtain Search Warrant for Riot Training Site
Cleveland police and FBI agents were denied a search warrant in Washington for an Ashta bula County farm linked to the July 23 Glenville shootout. Authorities sought weapons and possible bodies, with officials noting the site as a riot training ground amid ongoing investigations.
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Cleveland
Ohio
FBI
Washington
Ashtabula
Cleveland Plain Dealer
U. S
U.S
Plain Dealer
Glenville
Cuyahoga County
Samuel R. Gerber
Windsor Township
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