Justifiable homicide in Milwaukee gunman shooting
Milwaukee District Attorney said the death of Gary M. Lee 25 after he shot Patrolman Wegner and wounded Officer Sbonik was a justifiable homicide. Wegner and Sbonik were shot during the takedown as they entered a home to apprehend Lee who had fired at his mother and grandmother. Lee died minutes after other officers arrived.
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Milwaukee
Hugh R. O'Connell
Gary M. Lee
Lee
Edward L. Wegner
Sloonik
Wegner
Sbonik
Spain
Universiity of Madrid
Abilene Christian College
Titan 3 falters in final satellite maneuver
An Air Force probe seeks the cause after the Titan 3 upper stage failed to restart at mission end, leaving four satellites in incorrect orbits and delaying the February plan to deploy eight military communication satellites. Oscar 4 and two test satellites were launched but may not function in the altered path.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Air Force
Titan 3
Man’s Body Washed Ashore In Manitowoc County
The body of Norval Home, 33, of Sheboygan, missing since Friday, was found Tuesday washed up on the Lake Michigan shore in a deserted part of Manitowoc County. Coroner Dr. Theodore Teitgen said Home apparently parked his station wagon near the lake, walked into the water and shot himself. footprints led from the car to the water’s edge.
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Manitowoc (Ap
Lake Michigan
Manitowoc County
Theodore E. Teitgen
Norval Home
Health expert sees cold vaccine within five years
Dr. Justin M. Andrew of the National Institutes of Health says a good cold vaccine could be developed within five years after identifying the enemy. Most Americans are expected to experience colds at least once in the coming year, with many facing up to five episodes.
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Washington
Charles Dickens
Justin M. Andrew
National Institutes of Health
Christmas Eve War Truce Is Sought By United States
U S Navy jets blew up a railroad bridge 18 miles west of Haiphong and Air Force planes pressed operations near Cambodia as the United States pursued heavy bombings of North Vietnam. Despite night raids, Viet Cong attacks hit Saigon area, killing a village chief and wounding others as U S and South Vietnamese forces reported weekly casualty figures and a growing kill ratio advantage for the Allies.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Haiphong
Viet Nam
U.S
Cambodia
Ham
North
Air Force
Reeds
Associated Press
Richard Merron
Kitty Hawk
North Viet Nam
Hanoi-Haiphong
New Life
Tan Thuan Dong
National Liberation Front
da Nang
Henry Cabot Lodge
William C. Westmoreland
United States
Brink
Pleiku
Milwaukeean Lt. Steinberg Hero in Viet Nam Ambush
Lt. George Steinberg of Milwaukee led a platoon in Vietnam ambush against Viet Cong forces and rescued two Americans and a Vietnamese captive from an international firm. A 24 year old native of Latvia, he became a U.S. citizen in 1962 after dropping the s from the family surname.
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Milwaukee
George Steinberg
Latvia
Steinberg
Kristi Steinbergs
Riverside High School
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Germany
Carl
Baltic Sea
Europe
Russia
Army Reserve Officers Training Corps
Viet Nam
Butternut Firm To Close Plant
Victor Bukolt Sr., president of Northern Hardwood, Inc., said the plant in Butternut will close December 24 due to financial difficulties. The factory, rebuilt earlier this year with a $1.5 million federal loan, employed 106 people and reopened in August after a fire destroyed the original plant. Local investors raised $142,000 for bonds to aid the reopening, with hopes the closure will be temporary.
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Butternut (Ap
Victor Bukolt Sr
Northern Hardwood, Inc
Federal Area Development Agency
Bukolt
Doctor Frederick OBrien dies at 84 radiologist pioneer
Dr. Frederick OBrien, 84, a renowned radiologist noted for pioneering X ray based diagnosis and treatment, died Monday in Boston. He won many honors for his work advancing imaging in medicine.
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Boston
Frederick O’brien
Humphrey Plans Far Eastern Trip Focus on Viet Nam Talks
Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey will discuss Viet Nam during a four nation Far East tour including Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Nationalist China. He said no Viet Nam visit was planned, as White House aides noted. He will leave after Christmas for talks with Chiang Kai-shek and Park Chung Hee, with Manila and Tokyo stops on the schedule.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Viet Nam
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
China
Johnson
Humphrey
Minneapolis
Waverly
Minn
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Hanoi
Peking
Humphreys
U.S
Tokyo
Manila
Taipei
Chiang Kai-shek
Chung Hee Park
Oklahoma to repaint defective 1966 license plates
The state apologized to motorists for 1966 half baked plates that lose paint when washed. Tax Commission Chairman Joe Dunn offered free repainting for plates returned. Officials explained the plates were baked half as long as needed after complaints about water washing away the black numbers.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Tax Commission
Joe Dunn
Decision For Saigon, Says White House
The Texas White House said any Christmas pause in bombing North Vietnam would be decided in Saigon, not by President Johnson. Officials noted Rusk’s earlier statements referred to truce talk and firing. Reports said a 24 hour lull on the U S side could occur if the Communists join a cease fire.
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Austin
Tex
Texas White House
Viet Nam
Saigon
Johnson
Joseph Laitin
White House
Laitin
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
State Department
South
U.S
Rusk Confers With Fanfani On Viet Peace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk plans a luncheon with Italian Foreign Minister Amintore Fanfani who mediated Viet Nam peace talks. Earlier Mansfield met with Rusk and McNamara to gauge prospects amid an ongoing world tour and Soviet attitudes remain largely unchanged.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Dean Rusk
Amintore Fanfani
Viet Nam
United States
Rusk
Senate
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Robert S. McNamara
Mansfield
Soviet Union
U.S
Fanfani
United Nations General Assembly
Johnson
State
Defense Department
Two Americans Sentenced Eight Years In East German Prison
Two U S citizens Moses Herrin of Akron Ohio and Frederick Matthews of Ellwood City Pennsylvania were sentenced to eight years each by a Potsdam district court on nine counts of aiding East Germans to flee to West Berlin. A Tennessee woman Mary Helen Battle was arrested in East Berlin on similar charges.
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U.S
Mary Helen Battle
Oak Ridge, Tenn
East Berlin
Stange
East Ger
Man
Republic
West Berlin
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National Clearing House For Smoking and Health
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UPI Telephotos
Titan
AP Aerospace
Orbit
Los Altos
Calif
By Thomas A. Reedy
Nha Be
Hubert Humphrey
Muriel
Ginger
REDS
George
By Spencer Davis
By Hubert J. Erb
Miss Battle
Free University
John Battle
Oak Ridge
France
Herrin
Matthews
Wolfgang Vogel
Stange. Vogel
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
Vogel
East Germany
John van Altena
Milton Junction
Wis
William W. Lovett
San Francisco
Lovett
Leipzig
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