Sirhan Admits Killing RFK In Court Testimony
In a calm tone Sirhan Bishara Sirhan testified that he killed Senator Robert F. Kennedy. He acknowledged the shooting of several other victims and described a life shaped by poverty and violence as his defense argued he acted while in a trance and not fully in touch with reality.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan Gaid
Robert F. Kennedy
Sen
Robert Francis Kennedy
Gram B. Cooper
Sen. Kennedy
Sirhan
Paul Schrade
Mr. Schrade
Kennedy
Cooper
Irwin Stroll
Elizabeth Evans
Iran Goldstein
William Weisel
Palestine
Mary
Adel
Apollo 9 astronauts face busy second day in space
The Apollo 9 crew woke after a nine hour sleep and prepared for a day of testing the lunar module and spider cab, with two hour space walks planned. Ground control guided them through flight plans as they log meals, plan maneuvers, and monitor the evolving mission amid high stakes for a possible moon landing this summer.
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Earth
Ron Evans
Evans
Space
Mission Control
Roger
Schweickart
U.S
Scott
Mine Safety Funding Proposals Push House Action
A new mine safety bill would require all accidents to be reported and investigated by operators and establish a two stage dust limit. The Johnson plan sets a 3 mg per m3 target with no deadline while the Nixon bill requires 4.5 mg per m3 within 60 days and directs a date for 3 mg per m3. House Republican Leader Ford urges prompt action on the safety program. Introduced by Rep John N. Erlenborn and co sponsored by Republicans and Democrats including Chairman Carl Perkins.
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Johnson
Secretary of the Interior
House
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
John N. Erlen
R-N
Carl Perkins
D-Ky
The
House Education and Labor Committee
Low Rent Homes Ignite Protest in Erie City Hall
A protest in Erie in front of city hall was led by Neal Morrison and 10 pickets demanding a housing project commitment. Police declined to elaborate on claims about the demonstrators, who are tied to Black Panthers. Erie officials consider smaller apartment complexes despite federal authorization for larger plans.
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Erie
Neal Morrison
Mario Bagnoni
Morrison
Council
Blaze sparks at Branizar home in Blairsville
An overheated furnace sent sparks from the chimney of the Ang Kovach residence in Branizar last night. Blairsville firefighters readied the scene. no damage reported. Alarm sounded at 6:25 PM.
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Blairsville
Branizar
Senior Citizens Center Opens in Clymer Area
A Senior Activities Center will open Wednesday at the Clymer Community Center, the former roller rink. Sponsored by the Clymer Community Action Program, the center serves area seniors and operates each Wednesday from 2 to 5 pm with bingo, cards, books, music, and fellowship.
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Clymer
Nixon previews foreign policy ahead of Europe trip
President Nixon briefed congressional leaders on foreign policy aims ahead of his Europe journey and a nine PM news conference. He outlined plans to frame the speech around Vietnam and Berlin with a tour to follow. Secretary Rogers and Kissinger joined the White House briefing.
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Washington
Nixon
Vietnam
Berlin
White House
Europe
William P. Rogers
Henry A. Kissinger
Recruit Students To Pick Sugar In Cuba
A SDS spokesman says he hopes to recruit eight Harvard and Radcliffe students to labor this summer picking sugar cane in Cuba. Students must arrange their own transport to Mexico City. from there Cuba will supply travel. The work will be on an island former prison colony now a cane plantation run by the Cuban Young Communist League.
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Cambridge
Mass
Students For A Democratic Society
Harvard
Radcliffe
Cuba
Russell T. Nufeld
Mexico City
Calony
Young Communist League
Nufeld
Fake heart specialist arrested in California case
Alabama man Robert Ervin Brown 33 posed as Dr Glenn L Foster treating 87 patients in two states. Four patients died in two months, nurses and officials said. He faced five charges of practicing medicine without a license and was held in Orange County Jail awaiting a court hearing.
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Fullerton
Calif
Alabama
Robert Ervin Brown
Dr. Foster
Thaine B. Price
Foster
University of Alabama
University
Brown
William Noel
Orange County
Miami Fla
Heart Institute
Hayes International
Birmingham
Robert Summers
Miami Institute
Summers
Pearl Harbor Expert Visited U S Naval Academy
Former Japanese naval officer Minoru Genda, who helped plan the Pearl Harbor strike, appeared as a distinguished visitor at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis amid protests. He spoke about strengthening Japan's future role in regional defense as American presence recedes. The source also notes a mention of the Democratic party's 1828 naming.
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Annapolis
Pearl Harbor
US. Naval Academy
Minoru Genda
U.S. Naval Institute
Genda
Cdr
Jack White
Academy
Information Office
Far East
IUP Students Join Protests Against Bill SB 227
Delegations from IUP Pitt Penn State Temple and Carnegie Mellon gathered in Harrisburg to oppose Senate Bill 227 which would impose fines and imprisonment for disrupting campus operations. Pitt Chancellor Posvar and IUP President Hassler condemned the legislation urging lawmakers to protect free speech and campus governance.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
House
IUP
Pitt
Penn State
Temple
Carnegie-Mellon
Robert D. Fleming
Wesley Posvar
William Hassler
Howard L. Vicini
the Penn
Associated Press
Eisenhower Improves. IV Feedings Cut at Walter Reed
Army doctors at Walter Reed Army Hospital reported former President Dwight D. Eisenhower shows strong progress. They discontinued all intravenous feedings and medications this morning, noting no fever and steady heart action, while cautioning he remains very weak and will need time to regain strength.
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Washington
Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Metal-built Lt Claymore Mascot Heads to Vietnam Duty
Lt Claymore is a metal figure assembled from salvaged items by Edward Crestenson of Baise Idaho. The mascot of Class B-64 has a mine head, tank tracks for feet, and antitank weapons as arms and legs. After his commission on February 14 he was ordered to serve the rest of his duty tour in the infantry museum.
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FT. Benning
Clay More
Vietnam
More
Edward Crestenson
Baise
Idaho
Infantry Museum
Obituaries from Indiana area readers March 1969
Several Indiana County obituaries listed including Amos Jackson 87 of Clymer died at home March 3 1969 viewing 7 10 pm at Bence Funeral Home. Margaret Dirle 89 of Murrysville died March 1 1969 at Celia Cribbs Rest Home in Black Lick. Edward Yanoski 65 of Glen Campbell R D died March 2 1969 in Minera Hospital Spangler. Flora Reiter Walker 78 of Indiana R D 4 died March 1 1969 while visiting Smylar California. William J Schirf 70 of Blairsville R D 2 died March 1969 born Jan 10 1899. Also Kenneth F Schirf and other relatives noted. Funeral services and interments scheduled in local churches and cemeteries with various funeral homes handling arrangements.
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Amos. Jackson
Clymer
Bence
Indiana Evening Gazette
Margaret BR. Dirle
Murrysville
Celia Cribbs
Black Lick
Parkwood
Tan
Will A
Sarah Margaret Creon Dible
Indiana
Westmoreland County
Miss Dible
Crete United Presbyterian Church
I Laura Maxwell
Cella Cribbs Rest Home
Sam Dible
Sheloca R.D
Elinor Pierce
Lockport
John T. Hart
Lillian Avenue
West Lebanon
Edward Yanoski
Glen Campbell R.D
Minera Hospital
Spangler
Clearfield County
Stephen
Mary Kovalchick Yanoski
Anna Hook Yanoski
Edward
Taylor
Mich
John
Hillsdale
George
John E. Stebbins
Burnside Cemetery
Flora Reiter Walker
Indiana R.D
Smylar
Calif
Laura M. Frantz Reiter
Sykesville
Jefferson County
Clinton Barr
Warren Shirrer
Jesse Walker
Homer City
Trinity Lutheran Church
William Barr
Ralph Barr
Tonawanda
N. Y
Carl Barr
New Holland
N.Y
Dee Barr
Monroeville
Mars Saret Sodergin
Donna Hoover
Los Angeles
Theodore Reiter
Meadville
Ira Reiter
Iowa
Bessie Youdsaware
Dayton
Ohio
Richard T. Bell Funeral Home
William Bruggeman
Citizens Cemetery
Cherry Tree
William J. Schirf
Blairsville
R. D
Nicktown
Schirf
Ernest Local
UMWA
St. Francis Roman Catholic Church
Cracetan
Norma Reiger Sehirl
Kenneth F
Blairsville R. D
Rube
Alverda
Shena Dillon
Gertrude Sehirl
Margaret McGuetun
Johnstown
Askew Funeral Home
Michael Kowal
CDA
Altar Society of the Church
St. Prancis
Graceton
First Pueblo Probe Opens in Congress Hearings
A special House subcommittee opens the Pueblo capture probe with Adm Thomas H. Moorer as the first witness. The inquiry seeks why the Pueblo was sent on its mission and what was done to protect it as the Navy reviews guard procedures and the code of conduct for captured crews.
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Washington
Special House
U.S
Pueblo
Thomas H. Moorer
Naval Operations
Special House Armed Services
Navy Board of Inquiry
Coronado
Calif
North Korea
Lloyd M. Bucher
Leslie J. O’brien
Cmdr. Bucher
Navy
O’brien
Congress
Subcommittee
Navy Board
Eisenhower
Social Security benefits windfall for Philadelphia family
Jer old T Humphrey and his seven children received a $1,446 check from the Social Security office. The sum covered benefits accrued since February 1964 under a revised law. After the widow’s death in 1964 the family was once told ineligible, but the rule change last February allows continued monthly checks of about $1490 for the children aged five to sixteen.
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Philadelphia
Jerold T. Humphrey
Social Security Office
Humphrey
Sewage Topic At Rossiter Community Meeting
Rossiter residents discussed sewage seeping into Straight Branch Creek at a Rossiter Community Action group meeting. Wilbur Thomas and William Fry of the Soil Conservation Service in Indiana spoke on soil and runoff conditions, focusing on the playground area at Rossiter Elementary School and considering whether Rossiter could become a borough.
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Rossiter
Straight Branch
Wilbur Thomas
William , Fry
Soil Conservation Service
Indiana
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Indiane Evening Gazette
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Maddy Ross
Pittsburgh
Pat Roberts
Lancaster
J. Bracken Burns
Donald S. McPherson
Sharon
Blaze
Senior Citizens Center
Clymer Area
California
George Zucker
Fullerton Medical Clinician
Glenn L. Foster
Andrew Jackson
School St
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Tke
Claymore
Kenedetio
Sansonetus
Chestnut
Hanily
Ferguson and
Sun Funevil
Bkarsville
Ss, Simon and Jude
Lowety
CCU
Bomy
First Pueblo
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