Co-defendant pleads guilty to murder in Yablonski slayings
Claude E. Vealey, co defendant in the 1969 Yablonski family killings, pleaded guilty to murder and said the job was paid for by a man named Tony. Vealey described a staged plan with Aubran W. Martin and Paul Gilly, with Gilly arranging and Tony offering 4200 dollars. The statement was read in open court as federal, state and local officers watched. Kenneth and Joseph Yablonski sat in court during the reading.
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Jock” Yablonski
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Tony” Boyle
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Buddy” Martin
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Clarksville
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Britain Reaches Terms for Entry to European Common Market
Britain and six Common Market nations finalize terms for Britain’s EEC entry with an eye to a 1973 target. Heath must now persuade Parliament amid mixed public and party support. critics warn over sovereignty and living costs while supporters highlight historic European accord.
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Nixon to release full pentagon Vietnam study to Congress
AP reports President Nixon will make available to Congress the complete 47 volume Pentagon study on U.S. involvement in Vietnam, previously Top Secret. Also from AP: an explosion rattled a Macedon home wounding no one, fire officials say a hot water tank failed, and Col. Miller denied threatening Medina in a pretrial hearing at Ft. McPherson. In Syracuse a man was found hanged near an I-81 overpass, clothing items and a Salvation Army slip found nearby, police call it a possible death by own action.
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Nixon
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Syracuse
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Jury awards $65,000 damages in narcotics case
In Auburn a federal jury awarded former Albany man Stephen Levine 65,000 against the director of the State Narcotics Control Bureau and three related individuals. Levine, then 32 and a partner in an Albany advertising firm, was arrested in May 1967 on charges of selling and possessing marijuana, with his attorney citing constitutional rights violations as the basis for the verdict.
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Philadelphia
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Childs Body Found in Mechville Rail Yard
The body of 2 year old Daniel K. Barlow was discovered in a burning caboose at the Delaware and Hudson yards in Mechanville early Wednesday. He is the son of Mrs. Marcia Latterell of Fort Edward. Police say the case is under investigation.
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Daniel K. Barlow
Delaware & Hudson Yards
Marcia Latterell
Ft. Edward
N.Y
Condition Still Critical for Former State Senator Adams
SCHENECTADY N Y AP former Republican State Sen William E Adams remained in critical condition at Ellis Hospital after being rushed there Tuesday following an apparent heart attack authorities said Wednesday Adams served as a Republican state senator and his condition was being monitored by medical staff at the hospital in Schenectady New York
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Cashier Dies in Jail Cell Awaiting Court Appearance
In Saratoga Springs a 56 year old cashier from Greenwich died of natural causes in a jail cell while awaiting a court appearance after ar rest on an intoxicated driving charge. The death was reported by the Saratoga County coroner John J. McGrath and occurred during a routine check.
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Greenwich
Chicago War Memo Urged Diem Ouster In 1963 Memo
Chicago Sun Times reports a State Department memo dated August 30 1963 urged ousting South Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem if he pursued talks with North Vietnam. The papers cite Hilsmans memos and Pentagon files showing Kennedy aides debated Diems fate while seeking to keep Nhu in power, leading to the November coup.
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Mammoth Remains Found Near Burns Lake BC
Noranda Mines officials report prehistoric mammoth remains unearthed in an open pit copper mine near Burns Lake. Mine manager Bill Allan stated tusk-like structures were visible and a Noranda geologist estimated the find could be more than 10 000 years old. Digging paused for Canadian Geological Survey review.
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British Columbia
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Noranda
Canadian Geological Survey
Nixon to Visit Midwest in Non Political Trip
Nixon plans a Midwest swing touching Indiana Illinois and Chicago as a non political pre campaign tour after a New York New Jersey and Florida trip. He will unveil a plaque at his mother Hannah Milhous Nixon birthplace Vernon Indiana and attend a Purdue University retirement dinner in Indianapolis. He postpones jet departure while meeting New Jersey Republican chairs.
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Hannah Milhous Nixon
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Indianapolis
Frederick Howdey
Purdue University
Chicago
National Retired Teachers Association
American Association of Retired Persons
Senate vote backs nine month pullout of all U S troops
In a 57-42 non binding move the Senate urged the President to begin immediate ceasefire talks and staged troop withdrawals with prisoner releases in nine months if all American POWs are freed. White House and House leaders warned the resolution does not bind policy.
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D-La
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
North Vietnam
Ronald L. Ziegler
United States
Mike Gravel
Alaska
Alan Cranston
Calif
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Gulf of Tonkin
North Vietnamese drive off medical helicopters in Cambodia battle
In the Vihear Suor marshes east of Phnom Penh fighting erupts as Cambodian forces push to clear the area. North Vietnamese troops fire on medevac helicopters while Cambodian troops report 20 government soldiers wounded and 33 enemy bodies found.
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Regan Plans Run for Erie County Executive
Edward Regan, former state comptroller candidate and ex-Buffalo city councilman, will seek Erie County executive in the Republican primary against incumbent B. John Tutuska who has been hospitalized after a heart attack. Regan previously lost to Arthur Levitt in statewide elections.
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Erie County
Buffalo Courier Express
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Buffalo
B. John Tutuska
Tutuska
Arthur Levitt
House Approves Welfare and Social Security Reforms
The House backed a broad welfare reform package establishing a federally guaranteed minimum family income of 2400 dollars for a family of four and expanding Social Security benefits for 27 million recipients. The measure, with projected federal costs of 5.5 billion and state savings, now heads to the Senate for likely late-year action.
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