Jury: Smith sane when he killed women and child
A Phoenix jury found Robert Benjamin Smith sane during the Mesa beauty college shooting spree that killed four women and a child. He faces the death penalty after being convicted on five counts of first degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to commit murder. The verdict followed a trial in which the defense argued mental illness.
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Ariz
Robert Benjamin Smith
Mesa
Smith
Robert L. Smith
Laurance T Wren
Boni
Sue Harris Canteloupe
Carol Farmer
Mary Olsen
Glenda
Smith Carter
Joyce
Rod Wood
Ste
Primary Loser Files Suit In Post Office Delay Case
Frank R. Franko former Youngstown mayoral candidate sues the US Postal Service and local postmaster alleging wrongful delay of campaign literature mailed April 19 and delays in a second 42 000 piece mailing from April 20 to 30. He seeks 25 000 in compensatory damages and 25 000 in punitive damages.
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Cleveland (Ap
Frank R. Franko
Youngstown
Franko
Anthony B. Flask
Chester W. Bailey
US Postal Department
Admin spokesmen refuse Vietnam debate invitations
Secretary of State Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara declined Senate Foreign Relations Committee invitations for public discussion. Both preferred closed sessions citing classification. Gen Maxwell Taylor also questioned bombing tactics, urging a council of war for Vietnam strategy.
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U.S
Vietnam
Congress
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Rusk
McNamara
J. W. Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Maxwell Taylor
North Vietnam
Taylor
Saigon
Johnson
Republican Congressional Committee
Council of War
Bob Wilson
California
House Armed Services Committee
Senate showdown on civil rights bill in Judiciary Committee
Washington AP staff report a tense Senate Judiciary Committee session on civil rights measures with absences and flight plans shaping the outcome. Senators Dodd and Scott faced opposing stances as Ervin's substitute proposals debated penalties for intimidation and protection of rights across all citizens, with administration strategists watching closely.
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Washington
White House
Thomas J. Dodd
England
Conn
Hugh Scott
R-Pa
Senate Judiciary Committee
Dodd
Rhode Island
Pital
Scott
Turing
Oxford University
Judiciary Committee
House
Ervin
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Congress
Johnson
Romney assails Johnson as credibility gap widens
Michigan Governor George Romney, an undeclared GOP presidential hopeful, told 750 Republicans at a Bismarck fundraiser that the Johnson administration has a growing credibility problem, especially over Vietnam. He cited brainwashing charges and said future voters fear official quotes from 1964.
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Bismarck
N.D
Michigan
George Romney
Johnson
Romney
Vietnam
Johnsons
Fisherman to stand trial in death of Ohio student
Bayamon District Court in Puerto Rico found enough evidence to try Esteban Cruz Rosario, 48, a fisherman and beach house caretaker, for first degree murder in the death of Susan Fussell, 18, an Ohio college student whose charred body was found in a Vega Baja beach house fire. Fussell, from Lake Erie College, Paine sville, Ohio, was on vacation when killed.
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San Juan
P.R
Bayamon District Court
Ohio College
Susan Fussell
Miss Fussell
Cerro Gordo
Vega Baja
Esteban Cruz Rosario
Lake Erie College
Painesville
Ohio
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