Penalty Talks for Gun Crimes in Federal Violent Offenses
In Washington AP report, a proposed amendment would impose life in prison for using a gun in federal violent crimes including rape arson murder kidnapping burglary theft racketeering and even assassination of a president. A second measure would bar government confiscation of legally owned firearms. A separate provision allows cross state sales for adjoining states under law. A Dodd amendment to require dealer business premises failed.
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Senate
Maryland
Joseph Tydings
House
Senate Judiciary Committee
Peter H. Dominick
Rcorp
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Daniel Brewster
D-Md
Judiciary Committee
Dodd
Soviets Deny Moon Proximity of Zond 5 Space Probe
Soviet spokesman denied a British report that Zond 5 passed near the moon and is returning to Earth. Sir Bernard Lovell of Jodrell Bank cited signals from Zond 5 in bursts as it skimmed about 1000 miles from the moon. He forecast a Friday recovery attempt, signaling a potential space milestone.
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Moscow
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Moon
Earth
Salazar Rallying Few Signs of Recovery in Lisbon
In Lisbon Premier Antonio de Oliveira Salazar remains in a coma and partially paralyzed after a stroke during head surgery last Monday. An American specialist joined the efforts to save his life as President Americo Thomaz convened the Council of State to discuss succession, with no public statement issued afterward.
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Lisbon
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Americo Thomaz
Council of State
Tougher Ohio Traffic Laws Cut Deaths
Ohio reports eight month drop in highway deaths from 1 548 to 1 530 as stricter laws and enforcement reduce fatalities. Highway Patrol random inspections checked 696 447 vehicles with 416 000 defects found and 280 047 in good condition.
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Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Warren C. Nelson
Nelson
Ohio Highway Patrol
Sheppard Faces $1 Million Wrongful Death Suits
In Youngstown Ohio Dr Samuel H Sheppard and the Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital face two wrongful death suits totaling over 1 million dollars Liberty Township Fire Chief Martin L Duffy seeks 685000 for his wife Marys death after operation and Marcia Lopez sues for 530000 over her husbands death after a spinal operation Sheppard previously spent years in prison for the 1954 bludgeon death of his first wife Marilyn in Bay Village.
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Youngstown, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Youngstown Osteopathic Hospital
Liberty Township
Martin L. Duffy
Mahoning County
Samuel
Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Marilyn
Bay Village
Natural causes found in death of Marion woman near a Piketon bridge
Pike County Sheriff Jesse Foster said an autopsy preliminarily indicates Mrs. Alfrenda Piper aged 27 from Marion died of natural causes. Her body was found August 27 wedged between a Scioto River bridge and a steel brace near Piketon. Investigation continues.
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Waverly
Ohio
Pike County
Jesse Foster
Alfrenda Piper
Marion
Scioto River
Piketon
Foster
Judge rules on Underwood injunctive action over Mulberry St bridge
Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Fred Shoemaker overruled a defense motion in Clyde Underwood's taxpayer suit against county commissioners. The case seeks to block county payment on its share of the Mulberry Street bridge, which has delayed replacing the Old McArthur Road span after the May flood. If an emergency is found, a motion to advance the trial date could be filed with reasons. prosecutors were told to seek lifting of the injunction to proceed with bridge replacement.
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Franklin County Common Pleas
Fred Shoemaker
Hocking County
Clyde Underwood
Shoemaker
Underwood
Mulberry St. Bridge
Forrest Moore
McArthur Rd
Clear Fork
Moore
Infiltration trends and peace talks clash in Vietnam news
U S military sources report North Vietnamese infiltration estimated at 20 000 in August with prior months showing 30 000 May and July and 20 000 June. They cite possible causes and note remaining density near the DMZ while B 52 raids continue. In Paris U S Ambassador Cyrus Vance rejects Thants call for a bombing halt and asserts de escalation only with N L F represented talks.
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South Vietnam
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U.S. Defense Department
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Laos
Paris
Cyrus Vance
U.N
U Thant
North Vietnam
Vance
National Liberation Front
NLF
South
Nixon open to debate Humphrey but not Wallace
Nixon signals a possible one on one debate with Humphrey, excluding Wallace, while denouncing alleged Wallace backer collusion with Southern Democrats to push the race to the House. Humphrey accuses Nixon on the nonproliferation treaty and Vietnam policy as Johnson endorses unity.
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Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
George C. Wallace
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House of Representatives
Johnson
Vietnam
South Carolina
State to Let Contracts for Cabins at Old Man's Cave
Ohio plans extensive improvements at Hocking Hills State Park including 25 cabins a lake and campground expansion at Old Man's Cave. The project covers a dam water and sewage plants and road relocations with contracts to be let after final plans by the architect. Senator Harry Armstrong says funds are approved for the initial cabins lake and campground work.
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Hocking Hills State Park
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Old Man’s Cave
Rts
Old Man’s Cave Park
Harry Armstrong
Unger Ridge Rd
State Highway Department
Sen. Armstrong
969 Community Chest Budget Set At 28 500
Trustees of the Hocking County Community Chest approved a 1969 budget of 28 500 an increase of 1 900 over 1968. Allocations include Girl Scouts 4 200 Boy Scouts 6 700 YWCA 440 USD 650 Salvation Army 3 000 Red Cross 11 010 operating 1 500 mental retardation 1 000. The drive will be held in early October.
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Hocking County Community Chest
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Boy Scouts
YWCA
USD
Salvation Army
Red Cross
Skirmishes Persist As Jordan Israeli Tensions Rise
Jordan claims it drove off an Israeli hit and run team near the Sheikh Hussein Bridge as nightly artillery duels continue along the Jordan River. Israeli shells hit Kurtyemeh and Irbid with casualties reported in the region. The UN Security Council debates a cease fire resolution while weather storms bring heavy rains and cold fronts to the Midwest and West.
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Jordan
Sheikh Hussein
Jordan Valley
U.N. Security Council
Israel
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Dead Sea
Umm Sidra
Neat Hakikar
Tel Aviv
Kurtyemeh
Karameh
Irbid
Bet She’an
Beisan
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Security Council
Council
Gunnar Jarring
Sweden
U.N
Middle East
Heavy Rain and Cold Air Sweep U S Weather Update
Rain soaked the Mississippi Valley as cool air moved in from the west. Temperatures fell into the 30s in parts of the Southwest while thunderstorms east of the cold front produced heavy rains. Cloudy, cooler conditions expected across the region with 11 a.m. readings near 73 and an overnight low around 56.
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Whitehaven
Tenn
Memphis
Iowa
Cherokee
Flagstaff
Ariz
Mississippi Valley
Hocking Valley
Mass Tax Code Revisions Sought by Mills Byrnes in 1960s
Washington lawmakers push for a full scale review of the Internal Revenue Code. House Ways and Means Chair Mills and potential GOP chair Byrnes promise weeks of hearings, spotlighting capital gains, estate taxes, foundations, and the minimum tax idea to ease the tax burden on low income brackets.
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House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
John W. Byrnes
Rwis
Congress
Treasury
Congressional
Democratic Party
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