Vietnam Huey cobra pilot Douglas Warren first combat flyer
The Chroncle Telegram reports that DOUG WARREN was the first reporter to fly a combat mission in Vietnam aboard a Huey Cobra helicopter. His eyewitness account appears on page WELLINGTON trains and contributions survey for sesquicentennial on page 39. Other briefs note Milan Vocational Education hires first teachers on page 22 and Avon library relocation due to space and safety on page 28.
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Doug Warren
the Chronicle Telegram
Vietnam
Cobra Helicopter
Wellington
Milan — Erie-Huron-Ottawa
Vocational Education School Board
Avon — Council
Lorain Library
Avon Branch
Intent to kill charges face d in shooting at L and M Bar
Three suspects face charges of shooting with intent to kill after a Tuesday hold up attempt at the L and M Bar on Lake Avenue. Bartender Michael Oleksa was critically wounded. two men and a woman were wounded and hospitalized.
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Lake Avenue
Henry Zieba
Lorain County
Michael J Oleksa
Idlewood Dr
Elyna Memorial Hospital
Lewis
Perkins
Oleksa
Ex-area GI killed in Vietnam
Ed Edsel Eddleman, 21, of 215 Dion Ave Simpsonville SC, a former Grafton resident, was killed in action Sunday in Vietnam where he had served since November with the 101st Airborne Division. He had lived with his family in Grafton about 12 years, attended Midview High School, and finished his senior year in South Carolina. Surviving are his parents, Mr and Mrs Harvey Edidle of Simpsonville, three brothers and two sisters.
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Edsel Eddleman
Dion Ave
Simpsonville
Grafton
Vietnam
101St Airborne Division
Eddleman
Alton Dr
Midview High School
South Carolina
Harvey Edidle
Paris eyed as potential site for initial peace talks
UPI reports Washington proposed a third party mechanism to choose a mutually acceptable site for initial peace talks with Hanoi amid pressure over Paris as a possible venue. Hanoi and Thant hinted Paris or Warsaw as likely possibilities while Geneva and Paris had been mentioned earlier. US officials urged caution amid stalled negotiations and possible bombing halts if talks proceed.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Laos
Vietiane
U.S
William H. Sullivan
Sullivan
Paris
Thant
Warsaw
Parts
Geneva
Johnson
Panhandle
Johnson Administration
Strike Keeps 1 000 at Bendix Off Jobs
An apparent wildcat strike at Bendix Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co halted production at the Cleveland Street plant and left about 1,000 union workers idle. UAW Local 371 seeks permission from the international union to strike over roughly 100 unsettled grievances while the company asks a federal court to speed its suit alleging union violation of contract by moving up the cancellation date.
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Robert Drachenberg
Grafton
Bendix-Westinghouse Automotive Air Brake Co
Cleveland Street
Elyria
C-T
United Auto Workers Local 371
International Uaw
Rick J O'Malley
Region Two
UAW
Bendix-Westinghouse
Cleveland
UAW Bendin- Westinghouse
Baltimore hitchhiker Kennedy freed in King assassination case
Daniel D Kennedy, a bearded hitchhiker from Baltimore, was released after police questioned him about the Martin Luther King Jr assassination. He was arrested in a cafe in Caborca Sonora and later freed with no formal charges reported.
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Hermosillo
Mexico
UPI
Daniel D Kennedy
Baltimore
Marin Luther King Jr
Kennedy
Caborca
Nogales
Sonora
Washington
FBI
Ray
Fies
San Carlos
Daniel David Kennedy
East 3Th St
la Roberto Fletcher
Weather Briefing From Lake Erie Area Weather
Variable cloudiness and wind with scattered showers or snow flurries today. Clearing and cold tonight with scattered frost and freeze. Fair and warmer tomorrow. Sunset 7 18 PM, sunrise 5 22 AM. High 50 degrees at 2 15 PM yesterday. Low 33 degrees at am today. Details on page nine.
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Lake Erie
Ohio orders halt to store promotions ruled lottery now
Ohio Attorney General Saxbe and Liquor Director Cook reacted to a court ruling that some merchandising giveaway games violate lottery laws. They urged oil companies and liquor permit premises to stop illegal promotions by May 1 or risk permits and enforcement action. The Franklin County court found Kroger Race to Riches, Atlantic & Pacific Bonus Bingo, and Pepsi prize bottle caps contests legal under state laws, but liquor laws bar gambling devices in beverage sales.
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Columbus
UPS
Ohio
Willam B. Saxbe
Donald D Cook
Saxbe
Cook
Liquor Department
Franklin County Common Pleas Court
Leonard A. Stern
Peps Cola
Stern
May to September Marriage Joke
A lighthearted quip notes that an old joke about May to September marriages suggests a union between a young woman and an older man now seems to end in five months.
Allies sweep Reds infiltration route in A Shau Valley
UPI reports Allied and South Vietnamese forces push through the A Shau Valley along North Vietnam's main infiltration route. Paratroopers seized 330 pounds of TNT and 10 North Vietnamese trucks in a week. US casualties totaled 287 dead, 1,458 wounded, with 390 South Vietnamese deaths and 1,899 Communist deaths. Jets and ground forces activity continued around Saigon as pilots targeted southern supply lines. Annamaria Mussolini, daughter of Benito Mussolini, died in Rome at age 38 from cardiorespiratory collapse.
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Saigon
UPI
A Shau
Thei
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Laos
Hue
U S
U.S
Rome
Annamaria Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Drunk Driving Tackled by New State Law
Police rank drinker high on list of highway hazards. The state of Ohio passed a new law requiring sobriety tests for drivers arrested on suspicion of DWI with automatic six month license suspension for refusal. Lorain County reports show drinking drivers as a leading cause of accidents in 1967. Elyria police report 57 DWI arrests in 1967, 41 charged so far in 1968, with only 12 involved in accidents. Court sentences vary by day, highlighting uneven enforcement.
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Loram County
Elyna Polce Department
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Brownhelm
Sum of the People
Robert Perkins
Lodi St
Joseph Lewis
Longson Ave
Karen Johnson
Third St
Perking
Zieba
John Gallagher
Louis Belcheff
By Stewart Hensley
United Nations
Bendix
Detroit
Pat
Fumil
Gon
Kroger
Atlantic & Pacific
Air Force
Tulane Victory
Mussolini
Italy
Oto
Elyna Police
DWI
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