Pueblo skipper at court of inquiry faces tough questions
Five admirals pressed Lloyd Bucher during a five hour open session seeking a court martial recommendation while he defended the Pueblo’s nonresistance after its 1968 capture by North Korea. He said firing would have doomed the ship. he did not surrender. The hearing continued with testimony on board espionage papers and destruction plans led by Lt. Stephen Harris.
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Robert Crabbe
Coronado
Calif
UPI
Pueblo
Lloyd Bucher
Bucher
North Korea
Boys Town
Peter J. Block
William R. Newsome
Harold Bowen
House clash over school funds and teacher pay hikes
In Harrisburg Republicans and Democrats battled over school finance while debating a $161 million second stage in teachers pay raises. GOP lawmakers pressed a discharge to force action, arguing DPI forecasts show higher costs, while Democrats back a DPI plan ready by month end. A separate bid sought to lift borrowing restrictions to fund long term projects, and Rep. Hamilton floated pari-mutuel dog racing with tax revenue.
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Lee Leonard
Harrisburg
UPI
House
GOP
House Education Committee
Donald W. Fox
Law
Lion
Homer
DPI
Fox
Caucus Budgets 61 Bills to Hold-The-Line Spending
House Republicans proposed 61 appropriation bills to enact a 2 billion budget for 1969-70 with no new taxes or income tax, backed by most Republicans and aiming to avoid higher state government spending. The plan would cut the governor’s 2.522 billion General Fund by about 452 million and omit a personal income tax proposal.
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Harrisburg
UPI
House
H. Jack Seltzer
Lebanon
Minority Appropriations
Senate
Raymond P. Shafer
Ellwood City Obituary Notices March 12 1969
Obituaries listing John Murphy 78 of Ellwood City Mrs Margaret Jarrett Reese 71 of Ellwood City and Mrs Lee Gaibis Steiner 57 of 1015 Charles Drive. March 12 1969 Elmets Wednesday notices provide ages and residences.
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John Murphy
Ellwood City
Margaret Jarrett Reese
Lee Gaibis Steiner
Charles
Psychologist paints Sirhan Sirhan Jekyll Hyde profile
Dr. Martin M. Schorr testified Sirhan B. Sirhan shows a split personality and is mentally incapable of premeditating Kennedy’s assassination. He described Sirhan as paranoid schizophrenic and fragmented like silly putty, noting multiple self-perceptions and identity confusion.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Jekyll and Hyde
Martin M. Schorr
Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Schorr
Georgia
Eve
Emile Zola Berman
Kennedy
NCAEA head disputes tax hike for teacher raise
Raymond I. Keffer, president of the New Castle Area Education Association, says a tax increase is not needed to fund a 1400 dollar yearly raise for city teachers. He cites Act 96 funds and tax sources, disputing statements by Calvin DiCarlo about board-led property tax hikes.
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Raymond I. Keffer
New Castle Area Education Association
Keffer
Calvin DiCarlo
DiCarlo
Ncaefa
NCAEA
Association
Supt
Russell L. Horchler
Nationwide campus protests provoke clashes and closures
Across cities from Pittsburgh to Princeton and New York, students and faculty staged fasts and sit ins, occupied buildings, and faced police action. Schools closed or disrupted included 18 Los Angeles schools, Duke and UNC discussions, Princeton administration seizure, Harvard incidents, and Plainfield and Chicago campuses amid demands for Black Studies, funds, and black faculty.
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United Press International
Los Angeles
Black Students Alliance
Sam Yorty
Paterson
N.J
East Side
Princeton
N.J.) University
Robert F. Goheen
South Africa
Harvard
Alex Ingeles
New Jersey
Plainfield
Plainfield High School
Texas
Wiley College
Marshall
New York
Eastern District High School
Brooklyn
John V. Lindsay
New York City
California
the Gater
San Francisco State College
S.I. Hayakawa
Apollo 9 shifts splashdown to calmer Atlantic site
Apollo 9 flight directors moved the landing to a calmer 480 mile south Atlantic area 12 hours after launch. Commander James McDivitt and crewmates David Scott and Russell Schweickart would stay aloft 97 more minutes, seeking a safe, wind light recovery in seas under 7 feet.
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Stuart Roosa
McDivitt
Guadalcanal
Bermuda
Roosa
Helicopter Troops Hit Delta Guerrillas Near Saigon
UPI reports helicopter borne US infantry surrounded about 300 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese fighters near Saigon, aided by air strikes and artillery. Seventy seven total killed in the Delta actions, with US losses at five dead and 45 wounded as the fight continued into dawn.
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Saigon
UPI
Mekong
U.S
Mekong Delta
9Th Division
Kontum City
Central Highlands
A Shau
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Child Welfare Official Barbara Franz Resigns Post
Barbara Franz acting executive director of county Child Welfare resigns to county commissioners. If accepted, resignation becomes effective May 31. Franz has served as acting director since last July after Graycie C. Smith departed. Two candidates have been interviewed for the director's post and a third is planned for interview.
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Barbara Franz
County Child Welfare
Miss Franz
Graycie C. Smith
Western Pennsylvania Weather Affects North and South Regions
Mostly cloudy and cold with breezy conditions and light snow flurries in the north. Scattered flurries end in the south this morning with a mostly sunny afternoon. Highs reach the 20s, tonight colder with lows 5 to the low teens. Northwest mountains near zero. Thursday partly cloudy and milder in the mid 20s to mid 30s.
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Pennsylvania
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