Florida gunman kills two police officers in Palm Beach
John C. Cooley 31 of Riviera Beach faced first degree murder charges after a shooting outside Fidelity Savings and Loan in West Palm Beach. Officers William Fletcher 52 and David Van Curter 32 died. construction worker Tom Gorman 20 disarmed the gunman until reinforcements arrived.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
UPI
Savings and Loan Association
William Fletcher
David van Curter
John C. Cooley
Rivieria Beach
Cooley
Fidelity Savings and Loan Association
John the Baptist
Fletcher
van Curter
van Curler
Tom Gorman
Vietnam
Gorman
Colorado Senate debates abortion bill amid liberal reform push
State senate minority leader Sam T. Taylor objects to a bill poised for final approval that would make Colorado’s abortion law the nation’s most liberal. He says he never expected the senate would adopt a measure against motherhood.
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Denver
Senate
Sam T. Taylor
Colorado
State Senate
Erie Lackawanna rail chief William White dies at 70
William White a railroad executive who rose from a 20 dollar a month clerk to head four roads including Erie Lackawanna and New York Central, died in Cleveland after a heart attack. He began as a clerk at 16 and led multiple lines during his career.
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Cleveland
UPI
Erie Lackawanna
William White
White
New York Central Railroad
Cleveland Fire Chief Rules Out Gunfire to Break Crowds
Fire Chief William E. Barry said firefighters will not carry shotguns against hostile crowds. He stated they would withdraw and let buildings burn until police restore order, noting they are not equipped for guerilla warfare.
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Cleveland
UPI
William E. Barry
Barry
Weather and life notices from De Teee ont region
Cloudy cool conditions with morning fog and drizzle give way to clear skies. Highs in the 40s and rapid cooling tonight. Mr and Mrs Charles Hemenway welcomed a son at 109 Newton Street while Harold D Sheldon aged 75 of Birmingham passed away.
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Charles Hemenway
Newton St
Harold D. Sheldon
Birmingham
Norwalk Committee Plans Housing Questionnaires for Candidates
The Norwalk Mayor's Committee on Human Relations votes to mail a five question housing survey to city office candidates and publish results before the election. It will also distribute a housing oath to private citizens for them to sign and return.
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Norwalk
Jack Gerken
James Hertenstein
Israel Bombs Syrian Posts in Overnight Border Clash
Israeli air force jets bombed Syrian positions for seven hours along the Sea of Galilee while both sides used planes tanks and artillery in the fiercest Middle East fighting since 1956. One Israeli soldier died and another was wounded as jets and missiles fired. In Washington the Interior Committee advanced a bill to create the John Fitzgerald Kennedy national historic site in Brookline Massachusetts.
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Tiberias
Israel
UPI
Sea of Galillee
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Ein Gev
Ha’on
Washington
House Interior Committee
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Brookline
Mass
Boy Berserk Attacks Woman After Help Offer in Norwalk
A 15 year old Norwalk youth attacked a woman motorist who offered help then fought a mail truck driver and dented several cars. He was hospitalized after police restrained him. His parents cited brain injury from a childhood fall as a likely cause.
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Norwalk
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Benedict-Elm Street
Benedict Avenue
Wilbur Wise
N. Garden St
Park Ave
June Pleasnick
Benedict
Benedict and
Elm
John Short
East Elm Street
Short
Richard Andres
Harry Amato
Stoutenburg Drive
Richard Flew
S. Garden
Norwalk Wife Plans Hawaii Rendezvous With Viet Nam Husband
Nora Steving, living in Norwalk, will fly to Hawaii to meet her husband Len Steving on a week’s leave from Viet Nam. The pair, married with a six month old daughter, will reunite during Rand R with army flights and hotel discounts aiding travel. He is a Specialist Fourth Class with the 27th Engineers, due home in September.
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Missouri
Nora Steving
Hawaii
Len
Viet Nam
Norwalk
27Th Engineers
Dawn
Rand Rrest
Steving
Honolulu
NL Hikes Tap Fees
New London raises water tap fee to 150 dollars effective May 1 after a Board of Public Affairs resolution. The panel approved the increase at Thursday night’s meeting and noted the present fee had been in place before.
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London Water
Board of Public
EPA
John Dunnigan
Sewer and Water Department
Savings and Loan Banking Company
Suit Filed Against NYC in Deaths Case
A $225 000 suit was filed in Huron County Court by Marjorie B. Mills as executrix for Alberta Jean Mills estate. The action seeks damages from the New York Central Railroad and the estate of June E. Mack over a March 30 1965 car train crash in Greenwich that killed Mrs Mills and her aunt Mrs Mack.
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New York Central Railroad
June E. Mack
Huron County
Wich
Mack
Ashland
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