Sirhan Sirhan asks to plead guilty in Kennedy killing
In Los Angeles Sirhan B Sirhan declared to Judge Walker he wanted to plead guilty to first degree murder and be executed. The judge refused the plea saying no procedure allows such a plea. The trial was recessed as Sirhan expressed intent to defend himself and asked to fire his lawyers.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Robert F. Kennedy
Superior Court
Herbert V. Walker
Sirhan
Mary Sirhan
Grant B. Cooper
Walker
Robert Kennedy
Apollo 9 crew aims for 11 am lift after cold delay
Ground crews prep the Apollo 9 capsule and Saturn 5 launcher as James McDivitt David Scott and Russell Schweickart recover from sore throats and sniffles. If cleared they will launch Monday on a 10 day earth orbital mission.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
James A. McDivitt
David R. Scott
Russell L. Schweickart
Jury Clears Shaw in Kennedy Conspiracy Case
An all-male jury in New Orleans unanimously acquitted Clay L. Shaw on the murder conspiracy charge linked to John F. Kennedy. The verdict came on the second anniversary of his arrest, after a single ballot and a brief deliberation, amid courtroom relief and security.
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New Orleans
UPI
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Jim Garrison
John F. Kennedy
Larry OD. Morgan
Shaw
New Orleans International Trade Mart
Clem Bertrand
Lee Harvey Oswald
David W. Ferrie
Kennedy
Garrison
Warren
Oil Slick Threatens Santa Barbara Beaches
A new offshore oil leak in the Santa Barbara Channel endangers miles of beaches. The Union Oil Co. platform, source of a prior 21,000 gallon daily spill, reported an earlier flow. Officials declined to give a precise total but suggested the current leak could match or exceed the prior amount, at least 2,000 to 4,000 gallons daily.
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Santa Barbara
Calif
UPI
Union Oil Co
Pacific
Union
Women Return to Bombed Market of Ozu Abam
In Ozu Abam the women keep returning to the bombed marketplace in search of food and broken bowls. Nigerian air force jets dropped five bombs on the crowded market last Wednesday killing more than 250 people, many of them women and children.
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Ozu Abam
Biafra
UPI
Nixon De Gaulle meet over rift on Berlin threats
In Paris at a 17th century palace, Presidents Nixon and De Gaulle shook hands to tackle the U.S. French split on world issues. Berlin dominates talks as East Germany blocks the main highway to West Berlin for two hours.
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Paris
UPI
Nixon
de Gaulle
United States
France
Berlin
East Germany
West Berlin
Norwalk Weather Forecast And Local Notices
Considerable cloudiness today with a move to partly cloudy tonight and fair Sunday Highs in the mid to upper 30s to 40s Lows in the 20s Northeasterly winds 10 to 20 mph Humidity around 60 percent Early Friday Norwalk temperature 36 with 23 low No precipitation Sunrise 7 02 Sunset 6 18 Moonrise 3 53 Moonset 6 04 Births appear for Mr and Mrs Robert Hamer and Mr and Mrs Lonnie Cherry Deaths listed for William Bass 64 Arthur Herman 76 and Mary Elizabeth Amon 81
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Norwalk
William S. Bass
Berlin Heights
Arthur L. Herman
Willard
Mary Elizabeth Amon
Wickliff
George Ford Dies at 53 in Norwalk Fire
George Cook Ford II died at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital from severe burns suffered in a Thursday living room fire. The Norwalk attorney, 53, was found unresponsive, revived, and died at 3 a.m. He leaves a widow Caroline Sawyer and three children, with funeral set for 2:30 p.m. Tuesday at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.
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Norwalk
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Ford
Benedict Ave
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Cleveland
Backus Law School
Case - Western Reserve University
Ohio
New London
Norwalk Kiwanis Club
Norwalk Elks Club
Huron County
American Bar Associations
South Pacific
Wapiti Swim Club
Huron County Red Cross
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Firelands Council of
Boy Scouts
Huron County Regional Planning Commission
Firelands Red Cross
Caroline Sawyer
George III
Tri State College
Angola
Ind
James
Ohio State University
Elizabeth
William Smith College
Geneva N.Y
J.W. Schnackel
Darien
Conn
Western powers deny Soviet Berlin route claims
The United States Britain and France rejected Soviet charges of illegal West German military activity in Berlin. They called the allegations groundless and said they would keep their land and air corridors to the West open. The Soviet Union urged East Germany to block routes used for shipments of war material through Communist territory.
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Berlin
API
West
Soviet Union
East Germany
Overheated lamp starts house fire on Newton Street
Fire on Newton Street damaged a mattress and bedroom wall when an electric lamp overheated on a bed. Mrs. Ileta Brown returned home after 11 p.m. and found the blaze. four children had briefly left the lamp on the bed with a sitter nearby, no damages estimated.
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Newton Street
Ileta Brown
Newton St
Eisenhower Deemed Very Weak Amid Pneumonia
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 78, hospitalized at Walter Reed with pneumonia and heart strain. A bulletin said he rested well, there has been no progression of pneumonia, and his cardiovascular status remains stable while he tolerates small amounts of liquids.
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Washington
UPI
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Eisenhower
Hickel outlines stricter drilling rules to curb offshore blowouts
Interior Secretary Walter J. Hickel told a Senate subcommittee that the department is drafting tougher drilling regulations to prevent underwater well blowouts that could rival the Santa Barbara slick. He criticized Udall era rules as inadequate and cited Alaska's 13 month gas well loss of control as a cautionary example.
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Washington
UPI
Walter J. Hickel
Santa Barbara
Hickel
Senate Air and Water Pollution Subcommittee
Interior
Stewart L
Alaska
Arctic
Antarctic
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