Jury testimony on Kennedy assassination details released
Grand jury transcript reveals Kennedy was directed to the pantry for a news conference before his slaying. Witnesses describe Sirhan B Sirhan practicing with a .22 pistol and a polka dot dress sighting by a girl minutes before the shots.
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Joan Sweeney
Los Angeles
UPI
Robert F. Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Sirhan
Kennedy
Vincent Thomas di Pietre
Grand Jury
6 year old girl killed in crash near Leesburg
A 6 year old girl died in a crash near Leesburg as state police reported an eastbound vehicle on Pa 208 two miles east of Leesburg. A person identified as Pitzer was involved and later transported to Jameson Memorial Hospital.
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Leesburg
Jameson Memorial Hospital
Mercer
Pitzer
Pa. 208
Turnpike toll hike eyed by commission
Officials from the Turnpike Commission expect an upcoming toll increase. Other items note a youth work program sought by CHARGE Inc and an experimental driving course scheduled locally. A Bucks County assemblyman push for safer campaigning is reported alongside Iran's Shah addressing world politics. An accident on a Mercer Road intersection involved John L. Banks, 51, with injuries. Tracey Ann Pitzer, born May 23 1962, is named in a local obituary. Burial and service details follow. The Philadelphia FTWP threatens a Bell strike over Illinois strikebreakers, with potential 13 000 members voting if no response from Bell by today.
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Bell
W. W. Kinkel
Illinois
Gun control bill gains momentum in Congress
Support grows in Congress for the Johnson administration gun bill prohibiting mail order firearm sales and restricting purchases to residents 21 and over. Senators Dirksen Mansfield and Rep Ford indicate openness to extending limits to long guns and backing House and Senate panel action as RFK assassination shifts positions.
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Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Mike Mansfield
Mansfield
House
Gerald R. Ford
Ramsey Clark
Administration
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Congress
Judiciary Committee
Judiciary and Commerce Committees
Robert F. Kennedy
Vo Tech Budget Approved By Lawrence County Board
The Lawrence County Vo Tech joint board approved a 1,122,450 dollar budget for the next school year by a 47 to 7 vote. Eight county school boards comprise the board with seven city school board members opposing. The plan reduces the current budget by 48,540 dollars and includes 827,250 dollars state funding.
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Lawrence County Vocational Technical School
Vo- Tech Joint Board
Phillip R. Phelps
Vo-Tech
Deaths in area recorded on Friday June 14 1968
Obituaries list eight individuals with ages and addresses including Charles Roman 84 of 301 Route S Jefferson Street Darlene Jordan 19 of 815 West North Street James Higgins 92 of 17 North Beaver Street Mary Elizabeth Palmer 70 of Harbor Street RD Tracey Pitzer 6 of 1308 Mount Jackson Road John McDowell 24 of RD7 Charles Hanna 61 of Rapson Avenue RD2 and Elmer Perdue 56 of Volant RD3.
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Charles Roman
S. Jefferson St
Stanley Kosciuszko
W. Miller St
Darlene Jordan
W. North St
James William Higgins
N. Beaver St
Mary Elizabeth Forrester Palmer
Harbor St
Tracey Ann Pitzer
Mt. Jackson
John Allen McDowell
Charles M. Hanna
Rapson Ave
Elmer J. Perdue
Volant
Terror shelling of Saigon goes on
The 14th day of Viet Cong shelling in Saigon claimed its first American civilian victim. Residents sandbag homes as embassies urge evacuation of nationals. A Mercer man was arrested for an $18,000 burglary at Oscar Levine's Clothing Store in May. Basile DeCapua, 48, of Shenango Blvd., faced charges of receiving stolen property and was released on bond to await a Tuesday hearing as police continue the probe into the theft of 420 suits and coats.
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Saigon
Upi
Japan
Farrell
Mercer
Oscar Levine
E. Long Ave
Basile DeCapua
Shenango Blvd
Justice of the Peace
Donald Bucket
New Castle
Bloodhounds Nab Two Pennsylvania Youths After Car Chase
Two youths from Ambridge and Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, aged 18 and 19, were tracked by bloodhounds after fleeing a traffic stop. They abandoned a car and were captured in a wooded area following a three mile chase.
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Rome
UPI
Pennsylvania
Larry Jarrell
Ambridge
Harlan Earl Lesher
Aliquippa
Fred Stewart
Stewart
Man with six bullets found in body after month
Pittsburgh area elevator operator Raymond Donahue went to South Side Hospital for an X ray after suspecting a metal sliver in his tongue. Doctors discovered six bullets lodged in his body including the neck, spine, abdomen and left arm. Donahue said he was shot during a downtown street holdup about a month earlier and did not report it. Police noted a faulty revolver fired the six rounds.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
South Side Hospital
Raymond Donahue
Donahue
Weather in Western Pennsylvania Warms Up With Sun
Sunny and warmer today in Western Pennsylvania with highs in the middle 70s to low 80s. Tonight turns partly cloudy and mild with scattered thundershowers likely in the northwest, lows 55 to 62. Saturday cloudy with scattered showers and thundershowers and little temperature change. 24 hour statistics show a high of 80 and low of 42 with .04 inch rain, year-ago figures in parentheses.
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Pennsylvania
County School Directors Approve Study for Community College
Lawrence County school directors voted unanimously to form a committee on higher education. The 54 directors from eight districts will study establishing a county community college offering associate degrees with local tuition around 300 dollars a year and pathways to senior colleges for graduates.
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Lawrence County
Milton A. Pattison
Pattison
Harriman warning weighs on Paris talks
North Vietnam warned by U.S. negotiator Harriman that continued shelling of Saigon and surrounding areas could imperil the Paris peace talks. He urged Hanoi to curb civilian deaths and propaganda output to enable substantive bargaining in the weekly meetings with Xuan Thuy and other diplomats.
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Paris
UPI
United States
W.averell Harriman
U.S
Saigon
Harriman
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
Meadville Man Identified in Fatal North Pa Crash
Courageous identification of C. Layke Sheets 49 a Meadville businessman and co owner of Layke Tool and Die Co after a fiery two vehicle collision near Harrisburg. Delayed 11 hours due to severe burns before confirmation through a Camp Hill associate and vehicle registration.
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Harrisburg
UPI
Here
C. Layke Sheets
Meadville
Camp Hill
Sheets
Layke Tool and Die Co
City Hall to hear residents on housing in New Castle
A state task force will meet at city hall Monday to gather views on housing in New Castle. Erie representatives will join in morning sessions at 1 30 p m. and residents and boards are urged to share opinions.
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City Hall
New Castle
Robert J. Albertson
City Council
Erie
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