Judge fines two drivers in Marion circuit court
Judge Stewart Cluster fined two drivers in Marion circuit court. Paul C. Clark, 56, Thompsonville, paid 240 dollars for three charges including driving while license revoked and wrong lane. Paul E. Smith, 29, Pittsburg, was fined 105 dollars for driving while license revoked.
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Stewart Cluster
Marion
Paul C. Clark
Thompsonville
Clark
Charles Pritchard
Johnston City
Corinth
Paul E. Smith
Pittsburg
Westmoreland’s brother-in-law killed in Vietnam helicopter crash
Lt Col Frederick Van Deusen, 37, brother-in-law of Gen William Westmoreland, was killed when his UH 1E helicopter was shot down in the Mekong Delta. The craft crashed into the Vai Co River near Saigon after reporting being fired upon from the river bank. Three aboard died, four are missing and presumed dead. Van Deusen had recently taken command of the 2nd Battalion, 47th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 9th Division.
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Saigon
Frederick van Deusen
U. S. Army
William C. Westmoreland
Mekong Delta
van Deusen
Westmoreland
Washington
U. S
Vietnam
Katherine
Fayetteville
N. C
UHIE
Delta
Vai Co Rive River
47Th Regiment
9Th Division
Marion Twins Receive Reward for Honesty
Twin Marion boys Mike and Steve Cooksey found a $6,322 check near the post office and returned it to a supermarket operator. The check, made payable to the state Department of Revenue, earned them a reward from the finder.
City educator aids HEW in evaluating grants
Ronald W. Stadt of Southern Illinois University returned from Washington D C after serving in an advisory capacity to the Department of Health Education and Welfare. He helped evaluate college and university requests for grants under the Educational Personnel Development Act.
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Ronald W. Stadt
Southern Illinois University
Department of Technical and Industrial Education
Washington, D.C
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Alabama Lawyer Sees Ray in London Jail
Alabama attorney Arthur J. Hanes spent about an hour with James Earl Ray at Wandsworth Prison. Ray, who faces trial for the King assassination, appeared in good health and mood. Hanes noted Ray showed no signs of insanity, though innocence could be argued on sane grounds.
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Alabama
Arthur J. Hanes
Wandsworth
James Earl Ray
Tennessee
Martin Luther King Jr
Hanes
London
Ray
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