Federal agents shot at airport at Kennedy
Two federal agents seeking to question a young man at Kennedy International Airport were shot and wounded. The suspect, Robert J. Dobbelaer, 25, of Valley Cottage, fled onto the rain soaked field. a sky marshal and a customs agent were wounded when the man snatched a gun. Police and Port Authority officers chased him onto the field where he was captured as shots were fired. An X ray found a spiral notebook in a briefcase, not an explosive. The incident occurred as he boarded a Pan American flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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New York
Kennedy International Airport
Sky Marshal
Robert J. Dobbelaer
Valley Cottage
Anthony Petrucci Jr
Bloomfield
Gerald T. McCarthy
Commack
N.Y
Tn Peninsula
General Hospital
Queens
Pan American World Airways
San Juan
Puerto Rico
New York Port Authority
Polish Ship Hit in Haiphong Bombardment Deepens Vietnam War
U S forces pressed the Hanoi Haiphong assault with heavy B52 strikes and hundreds of fighter bombers. A Polish cargo ship Joseph Conrad was reported damaged in Haiphong harbor with three sailors killed, while U S losses rose to multiple aircraft and crews missing or captured amid the second night of the attack.
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George Esper
Saigon
United States
Hanoi-Haiphong
North Vietnam
U.S
Warsaw
Haiphong Harbor
Air Force
Hanoi
U.S. Command
Goldsborough
Joseph Conrad
Poland
Ocean Lines
Hamptrong
Hanoi - Haiphong
China
Pope denounces renewed U S bombing of North Vietnam
Pope Paul VI voiced doleful upset at renewed heavy bombing in North Vietnam during his weekly audience in St. Peter's. Denmark Sweden China and the Soviet bloc condemned the action while Denmark warned Washington of protests and peace hopes tied to Christmas were dashed by the escalation.
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Associated Press
Paul VI
U.S
North Vietnam
St. Peter's Basilica
Vietnam
Denmark
United States
Anker Joergensen
Washington
Krister Wickman
China
Marion man sentenced to 54 to 108 years in kidnapping murder
William R. Gonder, 48, bricklayer from Olney, was sentenced in Marion circuit court to 54 to 108 years for kidnapping and murder of 8 year old Dorothy Kay Kavanaugh. Four counts of aggravated kidnapping, murder, and indecent liberties with a child carry 50 to 100 year terms. all sentences run concurrently with additional 4 to 8 year term for concealment of a homicidal death. Parole eligibility after about 12 years. The victim was found buried near Princeton Indiana after disappearing June 26. autopsy showed rape and throat slashing.
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By OF. Walley
William R. Gonder
Marion
Lawrenceville
Gonder
Olney
William Eovaldi
Eovaldi
Mittimus
Lawrence
Williamson County
Menard
Dorothy Kay Ka
Vanaugh
Princeton
Ind
Gander
James Zagel
Criminal Justice Division
Illinois Attorney General's Office
Richard Speck
Speck
Chicago
Zagel
Epvaidi
Hoveldt
Michigan
Kenneth Kavanaugh
John Coleman
Johnston City
Spacemen head home after Apollo 17's fiery reentry
Apollo 17 crew Eugene Cernan Ronald Evans and Harrison Schmitt rode the America home after a dramatic worldwide return in space history. They landed aboard the carrier with a parachute fall and were whisked to recovery for initial medical checks. Dr Charles LaPinta said they look fine as longer physics exams are scheduled before Ellington arrival around 8 a m Thursday.
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Vern Hoagland
Uss Ticonderoga
Moos
Eugene 4
Gernan
Ronald
Evans
Harrison H. Schmitt
America
Charles K. LaPinta
Ellington
Charges Dropped In Slaying Case In Southern Illinois
Two Chicago men, Garland Jackson and Kenneth Stevens, both 21, were released from Franklin County jail after a Franklin County judge found no probable cause for murder charges tied to the May 3 killing of SIU student Michael Gerchenson. Witness testimony linked three Chicago suspects to the crime, while the men released had previously faced murder charges since October. Other involved defendants remained in Chicago custody. the case spanned Franklin County and Chicago investigations with ties to a larger group alleged in earlier killings.
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John Trimble
Chicago
Southern
Illinois University
SIU
Garland Jackson
Kenneth Stevens
Franklin County
Benton
Michael Gerchenson
Stu
Highland Park
Gerchenson
Loren Lewis
Lewis
Brand
Rendall
Quindry
Fairfield
Jackson
Stevens
William Jackson
Mr. Gerchenson
Edward Moran
Michael Clark
Reuben “Benny” Taylor
Gerberson
Illinois
Cook County
Carbondale
Taylor
Marion inmates host to youngsters for Yale party
Inmates at Marion Federal Penitentiary opened the prison doors to 44 children from Bowen Children's Center, with inmates donating 1000 to fund gifts. Jaycees led a two month drive as Santa, played by an inmate from Kentucky, distributed presents while Bing Crosby crooned.
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Bowen Children’s Center
Marion
United States
Marion Federal Penitentiary
Alcatraz
Harrisburg
The
Jaycees
Santa
Mac
Kentucky
Bing Crosby
Nixon Undergoes Two Hour Health Checkup
President Nixon completed a two hour physical at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland. Doctors reported all results normal but noted the President lacks adequate exercise with a slight drop in blood pressure from last year.
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Washington
Nixon
Air Force
Walter Ru Ykach
National Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Weather outlook with cloudy skies and light rain
A forecast notes cloudy tonight with a five percent rain chance and a low near 40. Thursday should be partly to mostly cloudy with highs around the mid 30s. Friday and Saturday stay cloudy and mild with Saturday bringing a new rain chance. Sunday turns colder.
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Haiphong
Pope
Heinhua
Soviet Union
Leonid Brezhnev
Nikolai V. Podgornny
Alexei N. Kosygin
Vietcone
Provisional Revolutionary Government
William Gonder
Sheriff Russell Oxford
Ed Greer
Earth
Space Agency
By Dennis Montgomery Marion
Jeff
Abe
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