Saigon Battles Slow Viet Cong Assaults Near Capital
Allied forces report heavy fighting around Saigon as U.S. and South Vietnamese troops kill over 250 enemy fighters in multiple clashes. A 9th Division post near the Y Bridge endures shelling while a separate outpost repels a 400-strong assault with flamethrowers.
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Saigon
UPI
US. Army
9Th Infantry Division
Cholon
Y Bridge
Cai
Mekong
U.S
Door opened for appeal by Speck ng Court
Prison officials and state attorneys reacted to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on capital punishment. William Witherspoon cried with joy in his death row cell in Fort Worth while Wesley Evans cheered loudly. Wichita Falls District Attorney Stanley Kirk condemned the decision as speechless with anger. Louisiana Attorney General Jack Gremillion called it ridiculous. The widespread view hailed the ruling as dismantling death row in America.
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Ronald E. Cohen
United Press International
William Witherspoon
Wesley
Sonny) Evans
Fort Worth
Tex
Atty
Stanley Kirk
Wichita Falls
Louisiana
Jack Gremillion
Supreme Court
U.S.A
Harvey Dickerson
Nevada
Whashoe County
Reno
Dist
William Baggio
National District Attorneys Association
Bob Scott
Winthrop Rockefeller
Arkansas
Rockefeller
Ruling nullifies automatic death penalty juror exclusion
The high court ruled jurors cannot be automatically rejected for opposition to capital punishment, sparing most of the 486 death row prisoners. Nearly all were convicted by juries excluding those with scruples about the death penalty. Richard Speck plans an appeal with Public Defender Gerald Getty noting 250 of 520 potential jurors were rejected for disapproval of capital punishment.
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Speck
Richard Speck
Chicago
Gerald Getty
Witherspoon
Illinois
Death Penalty Ruling Triggers Broad Appeals Across States
The Supreme Court decision opens doors for appeals and possible commutations by condemning juries that excluded opponents of capital punishment. States like Texas Nevada and Arkansas anticipate effects while Florida California and South Carolina see limited impact as judges deny automatic exclusions. The move follows a national trend toward abolition.
Knox president urges liberal arts rethink at Westminster
Dr. Sharry G. Umbeck, president of Knox College, criticized small liberal arts colleges for clinging to old patterns and urged a new institutional structure. Westminster College awarded over 300 degrees at its 114th commencement attended by 1,500 people.
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New Wilmington
Westminster College
Sacred Cows of Education
Sharry G. Umbeck
Knox College
Umbeck
Earland I. Carlson
Westminster
Carlson
Johnson rejects Hanoi demand for full bombing halt
President Johnson at Glassboro State College rejects North Vietnamese demand to stop all U S bombing in North Vietnam. He says peace requires concessions and notes Paris talks yield bellicose statements and evasions. He cites North Vietnamese floods of supplies to South Vietnam as context.
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UPI
White House
Glassboro, N.J
Johnson
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Paris
Glassboro State College
Alexei Kosygin
U.S
South Vietnam
Union Township Eyes Municipally Run Bus Service
Township supervisors review creating a city like bus system with eight jitney vehicles. Solicitor Scarazzo to study legal issues including insurance and Public Utilities Commission rules before reporting findings to the board. No cost estimates yet.
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Union Township
Charley A. Book
James L. Scarazzo Jr
Union
Four kidnappers plea innocent in Mercer hearing
Four Mercer men charged with murder, rape, larceny and burglary entered innocent pleas at a Mercer County hearing. Arthur McCon nell, Kenneth Perrine, and Donald Hosack were arrested April 1 in an abandoned farmhouse. Gary Batley surrendered two days earlier and led police to the grave of Kenneth Frick.
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Mercer, Pa
UPI
Slippery Rock College
Jackson Center
Batley
Kenneth M. Frick
Ford City
Frick
Virginia Military Institute
Richard Dragan
Route 173
Here
HUD rejects 50 elderly housing units for Lawrence County
HUD denies the Lawrence County Housing Authority a request for 50 additional elderly units, citing 416 competing requests. The authority may seek 50 non elderly units instead. Total planned: 150 elderly at W Moody Ave and 100 on West Side, with 50 more possible pending city council action. Developers Dietterle VanDusen on Moody Ave and West Washington Development Co. Ltd. on West Side.
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Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Lawrence County Housing Authority
Philadelphia
City Council
W. Moody Ave
Authority
Dietterle
VanDusen Construction
West Washington Development Co. Ltd
Pittsburgh
West Side
Public Housing Administration
Richard A. Hietsch
New Castle
U.S
Frank M. Clark
D-Bessemer
Death notices in Ellwood City area record six ages
Death records list six individuals on Tuesday June 4 1968 all residents of nearby towns including Anna Marie Antuone 15 of 114 Friendship Street Nellie Nye Klindienst 80 Ellwood City Piper Byers Preston 40 of W Maitland Lane RD 3 Edwin V. Curry 63 Ellwood City John Grzebieniak 1613 S Jefferson Street and Carl E. Turner 75 836 Arlington Avenue all recorded in local notices
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Anna Marie Antuone
Friendship St
Nellie Nye Klindienst
Ellwood City
Piper Byers Preston
W. Maitland Lane
Edwin V. Curry
John Grzebieniak
S. Jefferson St
Carl E. Turner
Arlington Ave
Weather and Nuclear Submarine News Summary
Western Pennsylvania enjoys sun and warmth with highs in the 70s to 80s and mild nights. Needles California records 110 degrees, while Mullan Idaho reports a 36 degree low. The U S suspends nuclear submarine visits to Japanese ports until radioactivity monitoring is installed in Sasebo and Yokosuka.
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Pennsylvania
New York
Tokyo
UPI
United States
Japan
Sasebo
Yokosuka
Satz Re-elected Head of Lawrence County Republicans
New Castle industrialist Arnold Satz was re-elected chairman of the Lawrence County Republican Party by acclamation. Incumbent Secretary Dominic Caminite was defeated 98 to 58 by Tony DeAndera of 1012 Williams St. Other officers Janice Gordon Eugene M. Glover and Dorothy Taylor were re-elected. The party reported a $6050 dinner profit and vowed an all out campaign effort. Invocations and pledges were given by local officials and candidates for assembly and state senate.
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New Castle
Arnold Satz
Lawrence County
Republican Party
Satz
Dominic Caminite
Ellwood City
Capt Pearson criticizes French leadership over South Vietnamese forces
Capt Samuel D. Pearson, addressing the New Castle Rotary Club, faulted French policy of distance between officers and troops for hindering South Vietnamese Army effectiveness. He credited U S efforts to bridge the gap, noted improved weaponry and care, and said Vietnamese education averages three years while North Vietnam seeks peace in Paris. Pearson is an assistant professor of military science at Arkansas Polytechnic College.
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Samuel D. Pearson
J. W. Pearson
Euclid Ave
New Castle
Pearson
Quang Ngai
United States
North Vietnam
Paris
Arkansas Polytechnic College
Russellville
Ark
Washington and Jefferson College
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