Sam Sheppard dies in Columbus after illness
Dr. Sam Sheppard former Cleveland osteopath and famous acquittal figure died at his Columbus home. Colleen his third wife said the cause was not learned, noting a several day flu like illness preceded the death. He spent nearly a decade in prison fighting a murder conviction before later being freed and acquitted at a second trial in 1966.
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Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Colleen
Sheppard
Ohio
Whill
U. S
U.S. Supreme Court
F. Lee Bailey
Ariane Tebbenjohanns
Chicago
West German envoy Karl Von Sprell found murdered in Guatemala
Guatemalan security forces hunted FAR rebels after the kidnap victim, West German Ambassador Count Karl Von Sprell, was found shot in a roofless hut near Guatemala City. Brandt said West Germany was willing to pay the $700,000 ransom but the demand was not met.
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Guatemala
Karl von Sprell
Guatemala City
EL Paso
Tex
Willy Brandt
Count Karron Sprell
Naped
FAR
United States
Brandt
Vote On Carswell Due Today
Washington AP report on G Harrold Carswell's Supreme Court nomination. The Senate rejects a motion to recommit and kill the nomination, with 49 voting against the measure and 39 for, 10 uncommitted, setting up a potential tie-breaking vote by Vice President Agnew.
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G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
Steelhaulers Strike Hits Northern Ohio Trucking
The Steelhaulers walkout began early today with about 3,500 members in northern Ohio joining Teamsters in a protest over a missing contract. The Toledo and Cleveland regions reported near standstills as drivers rejected the proposed nationwide contract reached in Washington.
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Teamsters
Ohio
Fraternal Association of Steelhaulers
Middletown
Armco Steel Corp
Toledo
Daryl Duncan
Bowling Green
Cleveland
Washington
Four California CHP officers shot dead in mountaintop ambush
Four California Highway Patrol officers were killed while checking a car for two suspects on a mountain freeway. A gunfight with the suspects followed a five hour siege at a house. A patrolman holding off the gunmen for five minutes was shot in the face and died later.
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Saugus
Calif
California
Walter C. Frago
Roger D. Gore
James Edward Pence Jr
George M. Alleyn
Highway Patrol
Nixon stamp hike doomed by Senate leader say Mansfield
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield predicts Nixon plan to raise the letter rate to ten cents will fail. He notes first class mail at six cents covers its costs and will not support a four cent raise. Senator Gale McGee had already rejected the proposal.
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Nixon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Apollo 13 Countdown Advances Despite Helium Issue
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP NASA reported no fuel pressure problem in Apollo 13 lunar landing craft and the countdown moved toward Saturday’s launch. The helium system pressure stabilized and astronauts Lovell Mattingly and Haise prepared with final physicals and simulator practice while delay in ordnance installation left countdown seven hours behind schedule but recovery planned.
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Fla
Space Agency
NASA
James A. Lovell Jr
Thomas K. Mattingly II
Fred W. Haise Jr
Walter Kapryan
Judge Threat Spurs Ohio Controllers Back To Work
A federal judge ordered contempt fines starting at 500 to end the air traffic controller sick out at Oberlin Center. Attendance jumped after the order and medical exams were ordered for those still claiming illness.
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Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Federal Aviation Administration
Oberlin Con
Trol Center
U.S. District Court
Thomas D. Lambros
Lambros
William V. Trowbridge
St. Luke’s Hospital
Trowbridge
PATCO
F. Lee Bailey
North Vietnamese siege and airlift losses reported near Dak Seang
North Vietnamese troops from Laos besieged the Dak Seang Special Forces camp eight miles from the Laotian border. Allied reports tallied 262 enemy KIA in 12 fights, 11 Americans killed with 20 wounded, and extensive damage to Camp Radcliff near An Khe amid ongoing offensives in Laos, Cambodia, and the Central Highlands.
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Saigon
Laos
Demilitarized Zone
Central Highlands
Central Coastal Plain
Dak Seang
Camp
Radcliff
U.S
An Khe
Highlands
Middletown Sees Clearer Skies Tonight Then Warmer Tuesday
Weather forecast for Middletown and nearby: tonight expect clearer skies with temperatures in the mid 30s and a warming trend into the 60s by Tuesday. Today remains cloudy with occasional showers and highs around the mid 50s. Yesterday reached 55 degrees with a morning low of 37. a trace of snow fell Saturday.
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