FBI Report Links Gun Controls to Homicide Rates
FBI data show 1962 to 1967 gun murders higher in states without strict controls. In 1967 total serious crime rose 16 percent from 1966, with firearms in 63 percent of murders. Texas and California led gun deaths. Rhode Island and New York among lowest.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
United States
Rhode Island
New York
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Texas
California
Traffic Court fines listed for multiple drivers in circuit court
The magistrate division recorded fines and costs for drivers cited for speeding and related offenses on Aug dates and July across U S 66 I 80 and local streets. Names include Brian Sajdak Jean Gendry Grady Kinerman Ronald Weltz John Underwood Roland Riesch Leon Cohen Douglas Dicken Thomas Clayton Melvin Vandygriff Jacqueline Jackson and others with penalties ranging from 10 to 50 dollars plus varying costs.
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Magistrate Division
Circuit Court
Brian Sajdak
Chicago
Bruno Klotz
U.S. 66
Illinois
Interstate 80
Jean Gendry
New York
N.Y
D. QO. Wills
Klotz
Grady Kinerman
Detroit
Ronald Weltz
Omaha
Neb
Wills
Mazon
Thomas Sereno
Hill and
North Sts
John Underwood
Streator
Leon Cohen
Mich
Center and
Douglas Dicken
William Mount
Thomas Clayton
E. Chapin St
Liberty St
Jackson
Chapin Sts
Morris
William Button
Melvin Vandygriff
Armstrong
Washington Sts
Larry Lines
John Gordon
Sis
Drive-Inn
George Hendrickson
William Sliker
Seneca Road
Jacqueline Jackson
Transplanted Liver Patient Dies of Cancer
Julie Cherie Rodriguez who lived with a transplanted liver longer than any known patient died of cancer at the University of Colorado Medical Center. Her parents spoke of gratitude for the chance to help science and humanity despite the loss.
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Denver
Colo
Julie Cherie Rodriguez
University of Colorado Medical Center
John C. Rodriguez
Pueblo
Julie
Rodriguez
Kennedy unlikely to win nomination votes at convention
Patrick J. Lucey, former lieutenant governor and Kennedy confidant, predicts Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will fail to block his own name from presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention. Lucey says Kennedy will still receive some first ballot votes despite not actively seeking the nomination.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Edward M. Kennedy
Patrick J. Lucey
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democrats Abolish Unit Rule at National Convention
The Democratic Convention voted to abolish the century old unit rule despite Hubert Humphrey’s push to delay until 1972. Texas delegates and others voiced opposition as nine delegations arrived with unit rules. The change could affect Oregon and Massachusetts delegations but is not expected to alter the presidential ballot significantly.
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Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Texas
Eugene J. McCarthy
Tom Gordon
Gordon
Alaska
Arkansas
Canal Zone
Georgia
Kansas
Missouri
Louisiana
South Carolina
Oregon
Massachusetts
McCarthy
Long-lived Philadelphia man marks 107th birthday
William R. Welch, who qualified for Social Security at 90 and worked as a hotel clerk, celebrated his 107th birthday in Philadelphia. A party was hosted by student nurses at Philadelphia General Hospital where he is a patient. he retired before Social Security era.
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Philadelphia
Liam R. Welch
Philadelphia General Hospital
Welch
Jackie Kennedy Reaches Boston After Greek Vacation
Mrs John F Kennedy returns to the United States from the Greek isles arriving at Logan Airport. She flies to Hyannis with her children John and Caroline where they go to the Kennedy summer home at Hyannis Port. She did not speak to reporters.
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Boston
John F. Kennedy
United States
Logan International Airport
Hyannis
John
Caroline
Hyannis Port
MIT Electric Car Repaired During Race to California
An electric car from MIT suffered a breakdown on its transcontinental race to California near the Hudson River. After a tow to a service station and a battery recharge the MIT car resumed the 3000 mile contest against Caltech.
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MIT
California
Rensselaer, N.Y
Niagara Mohawk Power Co
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hudson River
Cambridge
Mass
California Institute of Technology
Pasa
Dena
Calif
Caltech
Leinsdorf Marries Violinist Vera Graf in Boston
AP reports 56 year old Erich Leinsdorf music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra married 33 year old violinist Vera Graf. He has five children from a previous 28 year marriage that ended in Juarez Mexico. Graf is also divorced and has no children.
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Boston
Erich Leinsdorf
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Vera Graf
Leinsdorf
Juarez
Mexico
Miss Graf
East St Louis teachers walkout delays opening of school
In East St Louis Local 1220 AF of Teachers again walk out delaying classes with 700 members seeking a 1750 dollar salary increase. Superintendent Dr Boyd Mitchell says opening day is postponed to next Tuesday and the school year will extend four days in spring.
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East ST. Louis
American Federation of Teachers
Boyd Mitchell
Madison
Verona Swine Win Fair Prizes at Kentucky State Fair
Verona breeder Robert W. Moore of Verona showed Chester White Swine at the Kentucky State Fair in Louisville August 16. He earned first place junior champion and reserve grand champion boar on unicorn a March 3 boar. Other placings included Chester White champion barrow sixth place carcass barrow second place junior yearling boar and second and sixth place for senior sons plus first place February gilt.
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Robert W. Moore
Verona
Louisville
Chester White
Boy Impaled by Tree Branch Survives Surgery in Salisbury
Doctors operated Monday night to remove a branch three quarters of an inch thick from the right hip of 10 year old Brian Nelson after he fell from a tree house near Salisbury. He was reported in good condition at Hale Hospital.
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Haverhill
Mass
Salisbury
Brian Nelson
Marshall Nelson
Hale Hospital
Fatal Accident Near Geneseo Claims One Life
Joel Muske 25 of Cedar Rapids Iowa died when the car he rode in left I 80 west of Geneseo and struck a guardrail. His wife Mary 24 was hospitalized.
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Geneseo,u
Joel Muske
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
I-80
Geneseo
Mary
Bradley High Teachers Strike Over Pay Dispute
Most Bradley High School teachers in Bourbonnais Illinois did not report for the first day of the term amid a salary dispute with the Board of Education. The school serves about 700 students.
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