Light plane bombs Nike site but misses target in California
An unidentified single engine plane with a red tail dropped a homemade firebomb about 250 feet over a U.S. Army Nike missile site in Van Nuys California. The bomb landed in a ditch outside the fence and a small fire burned out. Witness John MacWhirter described the cannister tumbling end over end with a trail of black smoke before exploding in a puff and ring of fire.
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van Nuys
Calif
UPI
John MacWhirter
Buckeye Boys State opens selection for 1969 governor
About 1,300 high school seniors from across Ohio attend the 10 day Buckeye Boys State on the Ohio University campus to select candidates for state county and local offices and draft party platforms. In Columbus Donald D. Cook urges understanding of a permissive Sunday liquor sales bill now before the Senate.
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Athens
Ohio
UPI
Buckeye
Ohio University
Columbus
Donald D. Cook
Liquor Control
Ohio Methodist rejection funds Black Manifesto in beehive view
The Ohio Annual Conference voted against the Black Manifesto calling it anti Christian and approved a 350000 Black Church Development Fund to aid disadvantaged Negroes. A study committee urged 1800000 for a three year community program.
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Lakeside
Ohio
UPI
Ohio Annual Conference of the
United Methodist Church
Dedication Of Shelter In Norwalk Saturday
The public is invited to a 3 p.m. Saturday dedication of a new picnic shelter built by the Norwalk Kiwanis Club for Norwalk residents. Kiwanis Gov. Edwin Gearhart will dedicate it with past president George Manyak as master of ceremonies.
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Norwalk
Memorial Lake Park
Golden Anniversary Toast at Norwalk Furniture Marked
Clarence March, 69, retired after 47 years at Norwalk Furniture Corp, celebrated with 17 other long-time employees at a champagne party and dinner in Norwalk. The event honored the company’s golden anniversary and March’s decades of service. Also: UPI reports the first 900 of 25 000 US GIs to exit Vietnam will be flown home before mid July for inactivation from the 9th Infantry Division.
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Clarence March
Norwalk Furniture Corp
Norwalk
March
Norwalk Furniture
Jack
Ray
Ned Gerken
Clarence Smith
Washington
UPI
Vietnam
United States
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
9Th Infantry Division
Laird
U.S
Saigon
USS. Pacific
Honolulu
Pentagon
Creighton W. Abrams
Fort Carson
Colo
Mekong Delta
Dong Tam
Dong Ha
Demilitarized Zone
Nixon
Pacific
Nguyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Young Marine Dan Bullock 15 Dies in Vietnam
UPI reports Pfc. Dan Bullock, aBrooklyn native and the youngest American casualty in Vietnam, died Saturday from multiple wounds after enlisting by misrepresenting his age. His true birth year was 1953 despite a December 21, 1949 claimed birth date.
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New York
UPI
Vietnam
Brooklyn
Dan Bullock
Bullock
Goldsboro N.C
South Korean forces clash with North Korean speedboat offshore
A one hour gunbattle off Korea's west coast ended with the annihilation of North Korean invaders as gunboat troops and planes captured a speedboat trying to rendezvous with spy Kim Yong Ku, 39, according to the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
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Seoul
Korea
UPI
Korean Central Intelligence Agency
Kim Yong- Ku
Weather Outlook Norwalk area with births and deaths
Mostly cloudy today with showers and thundershowers this morning. Cooler later as high reaches mid to upper 70s and lows near 50 to 55. Saturday partly cloudy and cooler with highs 66 to 73. Sunday fair and cool with winds turning. Also notes Norwalk temperatures highs 89, lows 65 with humidity readings, and local notices on births marriages and deaths including Ralph Braker Jr daughter, Roy N Nino Irma R Reyes, Mary Margaret Schmitz, Lewis Haas, Dwight Holzhauser.
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Norwalk
Ralph Braker, Jr
Roy N. Nino
Plymouth
Irma R. Reyes
Mary Margaret Schmitz
Bellevue
Lewis A
Butch) Haas
Dwight C. Holzhauser
Wakeman
County approves 15 dollar monthly raise for all workers
Huron County commissioners set July 1 as the effective date for a 15 dollar per month raise for about 200 county employees, opting against paid hospitalization. Sheriff John Borgia calls the move wholly unacceptable while noting tax implications and potential city income tax effects.
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Huron County Commissioners
Huron County
John Borgia
Arthur Leak
Borgia
Norwalk
Man Reaching For ID Card Shot To Death
In Los Angeles Donald Lee Oughton 29 was shot and killed by police after reaching for a back pocket wallet containing his ID card. Officers misread the situation as gunfire then fired, hitting Oughton in the face and back though no weapon was found. Neighbors described him as a nice, harmless man.
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Los Angeles
UPS
Donald Lee Oughton
Oughton
Norman P. O’malley
Henry Kennedy
O'Malley
Kennedy
O’malley
Dick C. Rania
Cecil Baldivino
Grizzly Attacks Child Near Yellowstone Campground
An aging 400 pound grizzly near a Yellowstone campground grabbed five year old Daphne Jax in its jaws after being harassed by children. Daphne suffered cuts and a broken rib but survived after hospitalization in St Paul. The bear was shot and killed after the incident.
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Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
UPI
Daphne Jax
Daphne
Children’s Hospital
St. Paul
Minn
Frank C. Craighead
Moose
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Michael V. DiSalle
Scripps- Howard
DiSalle
IRS Intelligence Division
Lima
Route 18
Harold Collier
Abrams
Adm
John S. McCain, Jr
The
Hawaii
Midway
Grizzly
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Horseshoe Falls
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