Manhunt Grows as Abductor Nabs Peggy Brodnick in Shade Gap
About 400 armed men including state and local police FBI agents and volunteers search a rugged area near Shade Gap Pennsylvania for Peggy Ann Brodnick 17 and her abductor. The Mountain Man described suspect fires from woods then vanishes. Peggy with sisters and brothers left school bus when seized on a dirt road near home.
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Shade Gap
Peggy Ann Brodnick
FBI
Harrisburg
Ation
Peggy
Southern Huntingdon High School
Three Auto Firms Report Sales Drop
Detroit AP report shows GM Chrysler and American Motors selling fewer new cars May 1 to 10 than a year earlier. Ford posted a stronger period with a new early May sales inch amid varied explanations for the overall drop.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
American Motors
Ford Motor Co
Tuohy Dies At 65 Heads C&O Rail Merger Move
Walter Tuohy a policeman's son rose to a top level post as chief executive officer of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway died of a heart attack. He collapsed returning to his office before addressing stockholders as merger plans with Norfolk and Western were approved, creating a vast network.
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Cleveland
Walter Tuohy
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Tuohy
C&o
St. Vincent Charity Hospital
Weather outlook and river level update
Partly cloudy and cooler tonight with lows in the upper 30s to lower 40s. Saturday will be partly cloudy and warmer with highs in the upper 50s to lower 60s. High Thursday around 46 with a night low near 42 and noon to day near 50. River stage listed at 10.9 feet.
Parachutist in critical condition after free fall attempt
News briefs report Parachutist Nick Piantanida remains in serious condition at Hennepin County General Hospital after a May 1 balloon ascent that lost oxygen during a free-fall attempt. Also noted are a principal promoted to superintendent at the Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, the death of Guy Wesley Howard the Ozarks preacher, a Cedar Rapids driver fainting leading to a bakery crash, and Camp Dodge workers returning to the Iowa Liquor Control Commission warehouse.
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Minneapolis, Minn
Nick Piantanida
Hennepin County General Hospital
Iowa
Cedar Falls
Robert A. Hansen
Indictment charging Harkness with first degree murder
Earl Harkness, 68, was indicted by a Henry County grand jury on a first degree murder charge related to the rifle slaying of Dale Edginton, 24, a bulldozer operator. Edginton’s body was found in a pickup truck on a farm ten miles southeast of West Point on April 18. bond set at $60,000 but not yet posted.
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Wubwl Pleasant
Earl Harkness
Henry County
George van Allen
Harkness
Dale Edginton
West Point
Edginton
Rental Subsidy Bill Signed By Johnson In Year End Move
President Johnson signed into law the first financing for a rent subsidy and National Teacher Corps programs. Congress approved 12.1 million dollars for the rent subsidy to aid poor families and 9.5 million for a teacher corps to operate in slum schools.
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Johnson
National Teacher Corps
Congress
Marines Wipe Out Viet Cong, Seize Training Camp
U S Marines stated they crushed most of a Viet Cong force 18 miles southwest of Da Nang and seized a Communist training camp after a 10 hour battle. The clash left casualties on both sides with Marines reporting light American losses and heavy enemy deaths. Air and naval strikes hit North Viet Nam targets, including barracks, ships, bridges, and a large number of barges and structures.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U. S
Red China
da Nang
Air Force
Arny
Hanoi
Navy
Sit-in at University of Chicago Grounds Administration Building
More than 950 students enter third day of protest at the University of Chicago barring administration staff from work. Demonstrators seek to stop sharing student class rankings with Selective Service boards for draft status, while a cordial three hour meeting with officials yielded no concrete progress.
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Chicago
Selective Service
University of Chicago
Selective Service Boards
University
Students Take Draft Deferment Test Across Nation
About 350000 to 400000 college and graduate students faced a three hour 150 question exam at 1200 colleges as part of a bid to secure deferments. The test aims to favor higher education though it may not guarantee fall deferment.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Puerto Rico
Panama Canal Zone
Coal Producers Increase Prices Across Utilities
New York AP report states coal producers announced price hikes totaling about 100 million dollars yearly, the largest broad rise in a decade. Utilities and manufacturers likely pass costs to consumers, pressuring electric rates as coal fuels over half the nation’s power. Consoli dated Edison notes possible 3 to 5 percent coal price rise and potential electricity rate increases. Peabody Coal Corp. implements 5 to 7 percent boosts amid wage-driven cost rises. Ayrshire Colleries raises notices by 20 cents per ton from a base of 40 dollars per ton.
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New York
Consolidated Edison Co
Peabody Coal Corp
Ayrshire Colleries Corp
Galesburg Runaway, 10 Goes Home
Ten year-old Jerry Craig of Galesburg Illinois ran away by stowing away in a Burlington Railroad mail car. He rode to Kansas City where mail clerks found him at 7:30 a.m. He would not reveal his name until his mother Mary Craig traveled to Kansas City to bring him home by passenger train.
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Kansas City
Jerry Craig
Galesburg
Ill
Burlington
Mary Craig
Jerry
Radioactive Cloud Over U.S. from China Nuclear Blast
Government experts estimate a high flying radioactive cloud from Monday's Red China nuclear blast is passing over the United States. No debris detected on U S soil yet, and officials predict any future trace will be extremely minute compared to 1961 62 Russian and American tests.
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Washington
China
United States
U.S
Intrusion Into China Denied by U S Air Force
The United States Air Force rejected China's claim that American fighters intruded into Red China to shoot down a Chinese plane. Instead a Phantom crew claimed a MIG17 shot down over North Vietnam near the Chinese border. An American spokesman said four MIG17s fired at a radar jet, and Maj. Wilbur R. Dudley scored a missile victory.
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U.S
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S. Air Force
Feking
Red China
North
Viet Nam
Makwen
China
Yunnnan
Air Force
Hanoi
Maj
Wilbur R. Dudley
Alamogordo
Ground Crews Busy At Cape Kennedy For Space Launches
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports ground crews prepare for Saturday Explorer satellite launch at 11 15 AM EST atop a Delta rocket and for next Tuesday’s Gemini 9 flight. The Explorer aims to study the earth’s upper atmosphere, after a postponement due to a defective antenna connection.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Explorer Scientific
Explorer
Teenagers Accused of Beating an Iowa Judge
Four teenagers face contempt charges in Sioux City after allegedly beating and kicking Woodbury County District Judge George M. Paradise when he confronted them near his home. Arrested on bench warrants, Anthony Newby 17 Jimmie Lee Jacobs 16 Ronald D. Osborn 19 and Mike Garel 18 were held on $1,000 bonds and slated to appear in court May 18.
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Sioux City, Town
Woodbury County Dist
George M. Paradise
Anthony Newby
Jimmie Lee Jacobs
Ronald D. Osborn
Mike Garel
North Viet Nam warned as jets face mounting losses
U S Air Force deputy commander Maj Gen Gilbert Meyers said North Vietnam is risking more jets as U S bombing hurts their forces. He noted rail lines around Hanoi are interdicted and barge traffic rises, signaling strained land transport. Meyers also called Vietnamese air defenses strong with good radar. In Manhattan, nine people were wounded by a mysterious sniper or snipers in separate shots, possibly from a moving car or air pistol, with two victims seriously hurt.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
Gilbert L. Meyers
Hanoi
Meyers
Milford
Iowa
New York
Manhattan
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