Shaw Acquitted Of Conspiracy In JFK Murder
A 12 member jury in New Orleans found Clay L. Shaw not guilty of conspiring to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. The verdict came after a 34 day trial and sealed courtroom tensions as Judge Edward A. Haggerty prepared to poll the jurors. Pearcing the crowd, the defense argued Oswald acted alone.
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Shaw
New Orleans
Clay L. Shaw
John F. Kennedy
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Garrison
David I. Powe
Edward A. Haggerty
Asst. Dist. Atty
James L. Alcock
Powe
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Warren Commission
Oswald
C 5A Galaxy Delayed Six Months in Production
The C 5A Galaxy production schedule slips by six months due to labor strikes and material shortages tied to the Vietnam War. First aircraft delivery to the Air Force now slated for December, with initial production around 4 aircraft and tests showing 250 ton payload and short approach.
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U.S. Air Force
Lockheed-Georgia Co
Lockheed
Logan
Air Force
Ruby Davis
Galaxy
Col. Davis
Military Airlift Command
Thomas May
Lockheed Georgia
State to Build New Clear Fork Bridge in Old McArthur Rd
Hocking County Commissioners approve a contract with the state highway department to construct a new Clear Fork bridge on Old McArthur Road. The county will assume responsibility for the bridge after completion. Barton A. Hall is reappointed to a six year term on Hocking Valley Community Hospital’s board. The county will pay 75 000 in three installments through 1971. Ernest Shull abstained on Hall’s reappointment.
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Hocking
State Highway Department
Clear Fork
McArthur Rd
Barton A. Hall
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Howard Blum
Commissioners
Mulberry St
Hall
Rhea Bangert Brown
Harley Meyer
Ernest Shull
Nixon De Gaulle Hold Frank Talks At Grand Trianon Palace
In Paris both leaders meet at the Grand Trianon for a planned six hour session following a cordial two hour first meeting. Nixon and De Gaulle walk to a wing set aside for De Gaulle as police report cold weather and a smooth start to negotiations.
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Paris
Nixon
Charles de Gaulle
Grand Trianon Palace
de Gaulle
Versailles
Quai D’orsay
Foreign Office
Grand Trianon
Palace
Trianon
Hal Spang Foils Firestone Burglary On Main Street
Hal Spang, a merchant policeman on Murray City’s Main Street, foiled a Firestone store burglary late Friday. He captured suspect Charles Allison Decker, 31, Reynoldsburg, after the thief broke in and stole 15 pistols and five watches valued at 1101 dollars. Decker cooperated and was taken into custody after police arrived.
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Hal Spang
H&s Firestone
Main St
Logan
Hermann & Strait Firestone
Charles Allison Decker
Reynoldsburg
Murray City
Decker
Spang
Main and
Market Sts
State Liquor
Firestone
Hal
Harold Fickel
Daryl Cullison
Charles A. Decker
H&s
Keels Receives Air Medal for Vietnam Missions
Dennis G. Keels, son of Mr and Mrs Wendell Keels of Nelsonville, won the Air Medal for meritorious achievement during over 25 helicopter missions over hostile Vietnam territory. The Sp 5, who entered service Jan 10 1966 after Starr Washington High School and two years in Germany, earned the citation for actions between July 16 and Oct 16, 1968.
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Dennis G. Keels
Wendell Keels
Nelsonville Rt. 2
Vietnam
U.S. Army
Keels
Starr - Washington High School
Union Furnace
Germany
Viet Cong drive in spring offensive amid Vietnam elections
Saigon plans local elections in 3,500 hamlets while Viet Cong and North Vietnamese rockets and mortars hit over 50 towns and bases. Reports say four North Vietnamese and Viet Cong divisions moved into South Vietnam from Cambodia as DMZ area clashes continue. Casualties light. one American killed, eight wounded.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Demilitarized Zone
Dmz
5Th Cavalry
Judge Rejects Sirhan Plea Change to Guilty and Execution
In Los Angeles Sirhan Bishara Sirhan again tried to dismiss his counsel and plead guilty to murder in the RFK case. Judge Herbert Walker warned him to remain quiet or be gagged and strapped to his chair as the court moved to proceed.
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Los Angeles
Sirhan Bishara
Sirhan
Sen
Robert F. Kennedy
Herbert V. Walker
Walker
Pooler Listed In Fair Condition After Self-Inflicted Shooting
Curtis Pooler Logan city police officer was listed in fair condition at Mount St Mary Hospital at noon after he accidentally shot himself early Friday. He was wounded in the lower abdomen while trying to free a jammed automatic pistol.
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Curtis Pooler
Logan City
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Pooler
Hocking Valley Weather Forecast For Sunday
Mostly sunny conditions are forecast with little temperature change in the Hocking Valley. The day began at 42 degrees under cloudy skies with an 11 am reading. overnight low 31 and Friday’s high reached 44.
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Hocking Valley
East Germans halt autobahn to West Berlin in show of force
Soviet backed East German troops blocked the main West Berlin highway for two hours then reopened it. The action followed Moscow’s accusation of illegal Western air links and signaled Warsaw Pact maneuvers timed with West Germany’s March election. Officials noted six hour delays and possible further aerial formations near West Berlin.
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West Berlin
Ivan I. Yakubovsky
Warsaw Air Forces
East Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Marienborn
Helstedt
Helmstedt
East Germany
Soviet Union
Logan Mayor Elected Head of SEOCG
Logan Mayor Merril Haney was elected chairman of the South eastern Ohio Council of Governments SEOCG at the Marietta meeting. Belmont County Commissioner A G Sargis became vice chairman and Athens County Prosecutor Clair M Ball was elected secretary treasurer.
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Merril Haney
Southeastern Ohio Council of Governments
SEOCG
Marietta
A. G. Sargis
Belmont County
Clair M. Ball
Athens County
Hocking County
Paul Hartman
Logan
James Parkinson
Haney
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Rome
Rome University
Paul VI
Murray
Nixes
Pt. Pooler
Russia
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