Murder retrial in Sweet case moves toward jury
Jurors must be chosen for the unusual murder retrial of John J. Sweet, charged with conspiring with two Boston underworld figures to kill Sebring citrus heir Charles Von Maxcy in 1966. The first trial ended deadlocked after 12 days and 70 witnesses, with Mrs. Irene Maxcy granted immunity in exchange for testimony about Sweet’s alleged demand for money.
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Bartow
John’ J. Sweet
Sweet
Boston
Sebring
Charles von Maxer
Irene Maxcy
Odell
Firestone
Mary
Alice Firestone
West Palm Beach
Wircuit
James Knott
Mrs. Firestone
Dr. Freud
France Nears Brink of Total Paralysis
France faces widespread unrest as De Gaulle meetings with ministers fail to quell protests. Mendes-France calls for end to the regime while unions avoid a general strike. Students push for reform, with exam boycotts as a focal issue. Page 2: FRANCE.
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France
Louis Nevin
Associated Press
Georges Gorse
Pierre
de Gaulle
Mendes-France
Georges Pompidou
National Assembly
Indochina
Young Kennedy Injures Wrist at New Jersey Pony Show
John F Kennedy Jr aged seven was treated at Morristown Memorial Hospital after fracturing his left wrist in a fall from a pony at a weekend Peapack retreat. He arrived with his mother Jacqueline Kennedy and a Secret Service agent and was released with a cast about an hour later.
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Morristown
John F. Kennedy, Jr
Peapack
John
Caroline
Mt. Vernon
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Jacqueline Kennedy
Secret Service
John-John
Blessing of the Fleet observed by Destin harbor fleet
The Destin fishing fleet will be blessed on Ascension Day at St Andrew's By-the-Sea Episcopal Church Destin. The 4 PM service features Rev Mathews Weller and a procession to the dockside prayers. Fifty boats will honor the rite with benediction as captains sail by for blessings and a fish fry follows on the beach. Public invited. dinner tickets 50 cents.
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Cod
St. Andrew's By-the-Sea Episcopal Church
Destin
Matthews Weller
St. Andrews
John Flynn
Graceville
Chipley
Robert Cowling
Pensacola
Edward Harrison
St. Simon's On
Fort Walton Beach
United States
Father Strong
Florida
St. Andrew's
William Frank Davis
David G. Marler
Cecil Woodward
Police Smash Area Theft Ring Across Three States
An Okaloosa County Florida theft ring spanning Pensacola to Columbus Georgia was busted in cooperation with Alabama agencies. One man, Ted J Fortune of New Brockton Alabama, was arrested on larceny charges with a $2500 bond. Investigators recovered 15 motorcycles, one tractor, welding gear, paint compressors and tools tied to burglaries since October 1967.
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Pensacola
Columbus
Okaloosa County
Alabama
Driscoll Oglesby
Cecil Donaldson
Ted J. Fortune
New Brockton
Crestview
Fortune
Oglesby
Florida
Georgia
Donaldson
Directory changes take effect at 12 01 am in 1968 Fort Walton
Telephone numbers in Fort Walton Beach area updated with the new 1968 directories. Fort Walton Beach Hospital now uses 243 7611. Yellow Pages list no county ambulances. call area hospitals to request service. Niceville Vaparaiso 78 4131, Okaloosa Memorial 682 2724, Fort Walton Beach Hospital numbers provided.
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Fort Walton Beach
Fort Walton Beach Hospital
Okaloosa County
Niceville Vaparaiso
Okaloosa Memorial
Parlay over Vietnam talks tests patience in Paris
In Paris this week the United States and North Vietnam resume peace talks with three sessions totaling about 10 hours and little progress. Hanoi clings to a bed rock demand that bombing end before moves toward negotiation. U.S. negotiator W. Averell Harriman pursues a calm, firm stance as both sides measure each other’s endurance.
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William L. Ryan
Paris
Vietnam
North Vietnam
United States
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Viet Cong Shells Saigon on Hoa Chi Minh Birthday
Viet Cong rockets attacked Saigon on Hoa Chi Minh's 78th birthday, killing 11 South Vietnamese and wounding 51, most civilians. About 150 homes burned when twenty 100 pound missiles hit, with casualties including three policemen and one U.S. soldier. The attack began at 11 am and lasted 45 minutes, with shells landing near the U.S. Embassy and Independence Palace but causing no major damage.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
Hoa Chi Minh
U.S
Independence Palace
South Vietnam
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Faircloth
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Earl Faircloth
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Beach
Marianna
Quincy
Apalachicola
Hoover
Headley
Miami
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Miami Herald
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Herald
House Committee On Appropriations
Salisbury
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Spiro T. Agnew
George M. Gelston
Alfred T. Truitt Jr
Jerry ¢. Mason
Daniel Kenneth Henry
Centreville
Chestertown
Denton
Agnew
National Guard
Jerry C. Mason
Mason
Realtor
Fort Walon Beach
Foley
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hudson River
Johnson
America
Renault Automobile
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Pdn-Upi Telephoto
Nigweras
Sharp
Young Kennedy
H. D. Tilman
Coffee County
H. A. King
Russell County
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Valparaiso
Ring
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Namese
W. Averell Harriman
Playtex
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Pete Earley
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