Minister and wife slain in Chicago ghetto area
The Rev Bruce Johnson Jr 30 and his wife Jean 28 were found stabbed to death in their North Side Chicago apartment. A bread knife and blood were found near Mrs Johnson. Johnson had worked with the Young Lords and faced neighborhood opposition over a people’s park and a church day care center.
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Chicago
UPI
North Side
Bruce Johnson Jr
Jean
Young Lords
Johnson
the Lords
McLean Receives Silver Star Posthumously in Vietnam
Marine Lt Ronald W McLean stepson of Brig Gen James Stewart is honored with the Silver Star for valor in Vietnam He was killed by machinegun fire June 8 while leading a patrol in Vietnam Mrs Gloria Stewart accepted the award at the Marine Corps Air Station El Toro Calif The White House announced plans to withdraw 6000 of 48000 troops from Thailand by July 1 with most stationed at air bases supporting Vietnam. In Cleveland voters described turnout as moderate but spotty as Carl Stokes runs for re election Secretary Ted W Brown arrives to oversee the election and ensure order and fairness
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EL Toro
Calif
UPI
Ronald W. McLean
James Stewart
Vietnam
Gloria Stewart
McLean
Marine Corps Air Station
Washington
United States
Thailand
White House
U.S
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
Ted W. Brown
Stokes
Robert J. Kelly
Cleveland Service
Brown
Norwalk Candidates to Take Questions in Meet the Candidates
Norwalk residents may phone in questions to the Meet the Candidates program at City Hall tonight from 7 30 to 9 30 p m. Call 663-0131 or 663-6301. The event, moderated by James Westerhold, is open to the public and features 14 new candidates alongside incumbents.
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Norwalk
City Hall
Fred Stein
Chamber of Commerce
First Ward
Herman E. McCreary, Jr
James Westerhold
Stein
County Farmer Dies In Tractor Tragedy At Greenwich
Clement MacDougal 66 of rural Greenwich died after a tractor toppled onto him while he and a neighbor repaired a flood gate on the MacDougal farm. Greenwich police aided by others removed the tractor. he was pronounced dead at Willard Area Hospital. Funeral at Myers Funeral Home with Masonic services.
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Greenwich
Huron County
Clement
Clem) MacDougal
MacDougal
Jim Robertson
Huron County Sheriff’s Department
Greenwich Police
Greenwich Fire Department
Willard Area Hospital
Crawford County
Richland Lodge
F & AM
Plymouth
Greenwich Grange
Myers Funeral Home
Myron Ramsey
The
United Methodist Church
Edwards Grove
Man from Eastlake Charged With Threat to Nixon
Edmund H. Roland a 48 year old Eastlake truck driver is free on 10000 bond after being charged with threatening the life of President Richard M Nixon He telephoned the White House and said he would kill Nixon if his son were sent to Vietnam The son was to be sent this week according to secret service agent Wilmer K Deckard (UPI)
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Cleveland
UPI
Edmund H. Roland
Eastlake
Richard M. Nixon
Wilmer K. Deckard
U.S
Secret Service
Roland
White House
Nixon
Vietnam
Deckard
Fair and cooler tonight with 70s ahead
Fair and cooler tonight with lows in the 40s. Wednesday dry and sunny with little change, highs in the lower 70s. Thursday partly cloudy with a 30 percent shower chance and light winds shifting from south to northwesterly. Norwalk temps show 66 high and 40 low with humidity changes through the day. Marriage licenses issued for Robert A. Rahrig and Gail A. Rumsey both of Monroeville.
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Norwalk
Four Rhode Island families tangled in rabbit swap mix up
Four Norwalk families became involved in a case of mistaken rabbit identity over the weekend. Stanley Hankins of 15 Chestnut St gave his family's white rabbit to neighbors the Mohr family, then relatives and others claimed the same rabbit, leading to a chaotic scene and a return of the Weisenberger family’s rabbit. The Mohrs kept Hankins rabbit while Hankins’ relatives regained their own pet.
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Norwalk
Stanley Hankins
Chestnut St
Philip Mohr
Mankinses
Canton
Clarence Weisenberger
Woodward S&t
Weisenberger
Tom
Hankins
Boy, 9, Receives Credit Card From Bank
A Marblehead boy aged nine was given a bank credit card by a Boston institution. He and his father tried to secure a $300 cash loan but were refused since the boy is under 21. They then bought a $1 tie next door, with the clerk noting he was the youngest buyer with such a card.
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Marblehead
Mass
UPI
Boston
Roger Gilpey
Kenneth
Marblehead Bank
Roger
Burglars Strike Rural Homes in Lingering Break-In Spree
Deputies investigate two new rural burglaries likely tied to a series by the same suspects. At the Santo Criscione home on Brown Road west of Norwalk entry was through a rear French window between 12 20 and 1 pm Monday with losses including a .32 caliber revolver coins and trading stamps. The Jack Moore residence on Hanford Road southeast of Wakeman was entered through an unlocked garage between 8 25 am and 2 30 pm Monday with items such as a refrigerator dishes Polaroid camera and a radio stolen.
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Richard Andres
Sheriff’s Department
Santo Criscione
Brown Road
Norwalk
Jack Moore
Hanford Road
Wakeman
A. Lieber and Sons Pontiac
Bellevue
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McCutcheon
Tom M. Pryor
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Stewart
Army
Frank Marasco
Bloomfield
N.J
Robert F. Marasco
Marasco
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Council
Delbert E. Crawford
K.S. Flickinger
Lewis C. McLaughlin
Douglas A. Colvin
John E. Arbogast
Morgan E. Jones
David H. Becker
Melvin J. Shipley
Robert E. Burr
George F. Linn, Jr
James H. McGuire
Robert Williams
Richard D. Cunningham
Allen W. Hakes
Domenic E. Coletta
Robert B. Fish
William H. Giles
Paul W. Robinson
Senate
Germany
Irvin E. Beard
Harold K. Johnson
William O. Wooldridge
Beard
Wooldridge
Augusburg
Munich
Abraham _ Ribicoff
Dconn
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Nixon Administration
Justice Department
Carl T. Turner
Artie
Mae Newcomer
Sarasota, Fla
Harold
Granville
Levie and
Dalton
Columbus
Ohio State University
Emmerich von Haam
Plan New
UPS
Man
Robert A. Rahrig
Monroeville
Gail A. Rumsey
Lawrence Komisinski
Archie Duff
Tiro
Gary Rothhaar
Willard
Robert Stevens
Leo Depinet
Vernon Hostetler
Paul Weatherbie
Jack Spayth
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Edna Woodruff
Shelby
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