Nazi camp commander gets life for eight murders
Emil Epple, former commander of the Kurovichl concentration camp in Nazi occupied Poland, was sentenced to life imprisonment in Stuttgart for the murder of eight inmates. Nine other defendants received sentences from 214 to 10 years. five were acquitted. The 15 defendants, mostly former SS officers, were charged with killing about 17 000 Jews and other forced laborers in the Lvov Galicia region.
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Emil Epple
Kurovichl
Poland
Stuttgart
Lvov
Galicia
Soviet Union
Eddie Fisher Named Honorary Chair of 1968 Bond Drive
Singer Eddie Fisher was named honorary chairman of the 1968 U.S. Savings Bond drive by the Treasury Department. He will receive a certificate of office from Treasury Secretary Henry H. Fowler on May 3 at the Pentagon. Fisher served in the Army 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War, entertaining with the Army band, and last year he performed for troops in Vietnam.
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Eddie Fisher
U.S
Treasury Department
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Pentagon
Fisher
Army
Vietnam
Vandals Lift Ruby Tombstone From Chicago Cemetery
In Chicago two teenage brothers found Jack Ruby’s 150 pound tombstone dumped in the street two miles from Westlawn Cemetery. Police said it would be returned to the cemetery where Ruby is buried after vandals carried it away Sunday from the police station rest and found property division. Ruby died of cancer in a Dallas hospital June 3, 1967, before retrial for the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Jack Ruby
Chicago
Westlawn Cemetery
Ruby
Dallas
Tee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Pope Paul VI Weeps at Brescia Group Message
Pope Paul VI wept during a blessing after Mass at St Porter's Basilica addressing pilgrims from north Italy and Brescia Roman Catholic women’s group, calling Brescia his spiritual home and highlighting his mother’s work for the same group. Julie Felix released on bail in London on drug charges and currency violations. Britain’s first Black policewoman starts work amid abuse letters while leaders of minority groups form a broad alliance to mobilize immigrants against racism.
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Pope Paul VI
S J. Porter
Italy
Diocese
Brescia
Pope Paul L.A
Julie Felix
London
Britain
Los Angeles
Switzerland
Nipger
Detroits
Jagmohan Joshi
The
Indian Workers Association
Oregon Republicans Back Reagan Despite Candidate's Absence
In Portland Oregon at least, campaign leaders Robert Hazen and Fred Van Natta drive the Oregon effort for Ronald Reagan listing their aims to win the May 28 primary. They argue Reagan offers fresh leadership and good judgment while acknowledging funds rely on local donations and television ads.
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Portland
Ore
Ronald Reagan
Robert Hazen
Oregon
California
Hazen
Citizens For Reagan
Fred van Natta
Salem
Matt
Reagan
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Edmund G. Brown
Brown
Eugene
Medford
Klamath Falls
van Natta
Topeka
Kan
Savings and Loaf
American Legion
Orepon
van Watta
Reapun
Woman, 40, Dies After Jump From Moving Car
In San Bernardino Naomi J. Billard, 40, of Rialto, was killed Sunday after she apparently jumped from a car her husband was driving. Police offered no reason for the jump.
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San Bernardino
Naomi J. Billard
Rialto
May Enter Politics Klan Chief Quits to Seek Peace
Atlanta born Calvin Craig, once a fiery Georgia Ku Klux Klan leader, announced his resignation as grand dragon effective May 1 to promote racial peace. He suggested possible political runs in Fulton County and urged interethnic conferences while denying a rift with fellow Klansmen. He joined the Klan in 1958 and built Klan ranks before shifting stance in 1968.
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Atlanta
API
Calvin Craig
Georgia
Ku Klux Klan
Craig
United
America
Fulton
Police Chief Fires 35 Independence Officers in Pay Dispute
Independence Missouri police chief George D. Owen dismissed 35 officers and two others resigned amid a wage and benefits dispute. At least four councilmembers planned to advance a new ordinance in a special meeting to raise salaries.
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Independence
Mo.p
George D. Owen
Two Americans killed in Baja coast Cessna crash
Two American fliers identified as Karl Neil Giebler and Ronald Or Brunett died from multiple head injuries when their Cessna crashed 28 miles south of Tijuana. Mexican authorities said Giebler held a Long Beach base permit. the plane was bound for Ensenada. Police found bodies and severed the aircraft in the water after witnesses spoke of a low altitude pass.
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Long Beach
Tijuana
Karl Neil Giebler
Fermer St
Downey
Ronald Or Brunett
Linde Ave
Garden Grove
Gieiac
Ensenada
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Barnard
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Lisbon
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Haven
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