New Orleans Witness Set to Testify on Kennedy Plot Link
Perry Russo, 27, is ready to testify that he heard a meeting in Ferrie’s apartment where Shaw Lee Harvey Oswald and others discussed and refined a plot to murder President Kennedy. The trial of Shaw entered its third day as Russo prepared to speak after hours of cross examination of another witness.
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New Orleans
UPI
Clay L. Shaw
Shaw
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Perry Raymond Russo
David W. Ferrie
Criminal District Court
Russo
Dist. Atty
Jim Garrison
Kennedy
Drug firms convicted of price fixing boost Ohio revenue
Five national drug companies led by Cyanamid Pfizer and Bristol-Myers were found guilty of price fixing tetracycline and related drugs. Ohio Attorney General Paul Brown said the convictions will add at least 3 million dollars to state coffers with Upjohn and Squibb named as co-conspirators.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Paul Brown
Cyanamid
Pfizer
Bristol-Myers
Upjohn
Squibb
Farmer Seen In HEW Job
Secretary Robert H. Finch indicated that James E. Farmer former head of CORE would likely be named to a key HEW post next week. Finch said an announcement would come early next week and noted HEW currently has one undersecretary. Farmer, who led CORE, was defeated for Congress by Shirley Chisholm last November.
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Washington
UPI
Robert H. Finch
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
James E. Farmer
CORE
HEW
Farmer
Finch
Jim Farmer
California
Congress of Racial Equality
Congress
Shirley Chisholm
D-N.y
Defense Dept Releases Names of 27 U S Service Members Killed in Vietnam
The Defense Department disclosed the names of 27 U S service members killed in action in Vietnam. Among them is Spec 4 Steven M Britton of Galion Ohio husband of Mrs Brabara K Britton.
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Washington
UPI
Defense Department
U.S
Vietnam
Steven M. Britton
Brabara K. Britton
Galion
Ohio
Ohio farmer convicted of writing over one million dollars in bad checks
Thomas Creachbaum, a 36 year old farmer from Circleville Ohio, was found guilty by a Pickaway County Common Pleas Court jury of writing more than 1 million dollars in bad checks. The judge deferred sentence and raised bond from 25000 to 50000 after the verdict. He admitted to passing checks to buy a 440 acre farm near Greenfield, and later writing insufficient funds checks for operating expenses.
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Circleville Ohio
UPI
Thomas Creachbaum
Ohio
Pickaway County Common Pleas Court
Creachbaum
Greenfield
Viet Cong Plot Foiled At Saigon Police HQ And Jet Runway
Saigon police said they arrested two Viet Cong death squads and disrupted a plan to blow up Saigon police headquarters and a jet runway at the U S Airbase. National Police Chief Col. Tran Van Hai said the group included a woman and a professor and aimed to influence Paris peace talks. Their plans were aborted.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Tran van Hai
Paris
Hai
Pueblo Security Chief Criticizes Destruction Plan
Navy security expert Capt. John Williams testified before a Navy court of Inquiry that officers on the USS Pueblo used ill-chosen methods to destroy secret papers after capture. He said the material could have been destroyed in an hour and staff had two hours, despite lack of sophisticated devices. The hearing investigates the January 23 1968 capture by North Korea.
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Coronado
Calif
UPI
Navy
Pueblo
John Williams
Williams
Chief of Naval Operations
North Korea
Light Snow Tonight With 1 to 3 Inch Accumulation
Light snow will begin this afternoon and end tonight with 1 to 3 inches of accumulation. Clearing Sunday with little temperature change. Highs in the 30s and lows in the 20s. Easterly winds today then northerly tonight. Also notes on Norwalk temperatures and a marriage license application for Terry H. Allen and Linda L. Francis, plus the death of Thomas Phillips.
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Norwalk
Youth Arrests At Drug Party As Violence Occurs
Neighbors call police after Pfc Rufus Johnson is critically stabbed in a street corner fight linked to a party at a neighborhood club. In a basement search officers find a loaded pistol knives marijuana and a starter pistol. 68 youths aged 10 15 are booked for juvenile offenses and freed 40 youths aged 16 18 held on weapon and drug charges awaiting arraignment.
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Pfc
Rufus Johnson
Huron Teen Killed In High Speed Train Collision
A 16 year old girl Linda Boswell of Huron was burned to death when a speeding car she rode in slammed into a B and O train near Bowling Green Ohio. Driver Paul Harness 17 and other passengers were treated for minor injuries. Police cited excessive speed as the probable cause.
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Bowling Green
Ohio
UPI
Here
Linda Boswell
Huron
Paul E. Harness
Kathy Romay
Bill Scott
Clifford Spurrier
League Street
Ronson H. Shipley Jr
Milan Ave
Kenneth D. Richards
Williams St
Ramos Convicted Of City Stabbing
Ramos was found guilty by a three judge panel of stabbing George Holtz on October 18. Sentencing was deferred for a review of his prior record and probation is likely. Two suspects in the case face separate charges.
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Joe Ramos
George Holtz
Parsons St
Ramos
Asst
Ronald Freeman
Seneca County Common Pleas
Robert J. Goble
Ernie
Sirhan's Attorney Admits RFK Shots
Defense attorney Grant Cooper acknowledged Sirhan B. Sirhan fired the shots that killed Senator Robert F. Kennedy. Cooper told a potential juror he does not expect acquittal and outlined murder and manslaughter options with death only possible on first degree murder. Six alternates were dismissed for various reasons.
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Los Angeles
APS
Grant Cooper
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Cooper
Sirhan
Clarence Yaw
Yaw
Small Town Dilemma End Of The Road For Wakeman
Financial troubles threaten Wakeman's village charter as costs rise under rigid state standards. Officials fear merging with Wakeman Township or contracting with Norwalk for services if new revenue isn't found. The Sealy tax proposal suggests a 1 percent state income tax shared by locals, but Ohio legislators prioritize schools.
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William Graham
Wakeman
Wakeman Township
Norwalk
Graham
Huron County
Ohio
House of Representatives
Sealy
Ethel Swanbeck
Swanbeck
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