Double Los Angeles Slayings Echo Tate Murders
A middle aged couple was stabbed to death in their Bel Air home with blood scrawls on a refrigerator door and the word war carved on the male victim. The killings echo the Sharon Tate murders with hoods and strangling cords noted by police.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sharon Tate
Leno la Bianca
Bel Air
Benedict Canyon
Jay Sebring
Silverlake
Miss Tate
Tate
Gas regulator crash triggers wide Zanesville fire danger
A car hit a gas regulator building, releasing up to 20 pounds of gas into 2400 homes over a 50 block area. Pilot lights in kitchens ignited, causing fires in about ten homes with four houses gutted and six heavily damaged. no injuries reported. driver Larry Joe Gaiters, 27, charged with reckless operation.
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Larry Joe Gaiters
Zanesville
Columbia Gas Co
North Viet Cong mass for offensive nears Saigon border
U S military briefings say North Vietnamese and Viet Cong forces mass for an offensive between Saigon and the Cambodian border. Two Marine camps near the DMZ were attacked, killing 41 Americans and wounding 170. General Abrams toured Dong Ha as 2,500 troops from the 9th VC Division moved into northern Binh Long Province.
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Saigon
UPS
U.S
Binh Long
An Loc
Quan Loi
Loc Ninh
United States
Dmz
Cambodian
Lorain swimmer 70 owes life to fast first aid
Paul Glass, 70, was rescued at Lakeview Park Beach after collapse in the surf. lifeguards Ken Washio and Joe Svosecz began resuscitation, with firemen and hospital staff continuing care en route to St Joseph Hospital where he was listed in guarded condition.
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Lorain Swimmer
Lorain
Paul Glass
Lakeview Park Beach
Miriam Snyder
Glass
East 29Th St
Ken Washio
Joe Svosecz
Meister Rd
Mem
St. Joseph Hospital
Waship
Mildred Ave
Svosecz
Rositano
Verespe
Spencer officer earns Distinguished Flying Cross
Maj. Weston T. Smith U.S. Air Force receives the Distinguishing Flying Cross for heroic defense of an allied reconnaissance patrol near Ban Me Thuot in central Vietnam. He directed strike pilots at low altitude and helped evacuate troops, saving many lives and earning the nation’s fourth highest decoration.
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Spencer
Maj
Weston T. Smith
U.S. Air Force
United States
Maj. Smith
Gordon E. Smith
Pleiku Air Base
Vietnam
Ban Me Thuot
Marsmith
Weather Outlook Cool Nights and Sunny Days Ahead
The forecast calls for a clear night with a low in the upper 50s. Tomorrow will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high near 78. Wednesday stays fair and warm as northwest winds ease, winds 6 to 12 mph shifting to light and variable. Sunset about 8 23, sunrise 6 32, high 76 by 6 pm, low 56 by 6 30 today, details on page 15.
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Toomorrow
Unidentified man killed in Wellington Township car crash
An unidentified young man died after his eastbound car left Rt. 18 struck a signpost and culvert then flipped onto its side, hitting a utility pole. He died of internal injuries at Southern Lorain County Hospital at 7:45 a.m. Authorities search for identity via license plates.
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Wellington
Lorain County Hospital
Lorain County
R. G. Thomas
Thomas
Ohio State
Rt. 18
Quarry Road
T. L. Carroll
Carroll
Avon Lake Man Nominated U S Envoy to Upper Volta
Avon Lake resident William Everett Schaufele Jr. has been nominated to be the United States ambassador to the Republic of Upper Volta in West Africa. The 45 year old diplomat and Yale and Columbia alumnus would replace Elliot P. Skinner pending Senate confirmation after Labor Day. Schaufele and his wife Heather have two sons, with Peter likely to join them in Africa if confirmed. In related moves, Robert M. Sayre, ambassador to Panama, will swap posts with Charles W. Adair Jr., ambassador to Uruguay.
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United States
Republic of Upper Volta
West Africa
William Everett Schaufele Jr
Lake Rd
White House
Elliot P. Skinner
Schaufele
Diplomatic Corps
Congress
Heather
Steven
Peter
Africa
Yale University
Schautele
Columbia University
U.S. 10Th Armored Division
Europe
Robert M. Sayre
Panama
Charles W. Adair Jr
Uruguay
Adair
Xenia
Sayre
Oregon
Slayings Kill Five at Bel Air Estate Prompt Wider Search
Police widened the hunt for a second suspect in the Sharon Tate case as a second double murder in Silverlake echoed the brutal Bel Air killings. Investigators described a possible personal motive, noted blood writing at both scenes, and pursued Garretson under polygraph scrutiny while seeking further leads.
Mother Defends Son in Tate Slayings Case
Mary Garretson, mother of 19 year old William Garretson of Lancaster, defends her son as nonviolent amid his detention for questioning in the Sharon Tate murders and four other deaths at Roman Polanski's Los Angeles home. She says he is homesick and wired with disbelief about his possible involvement. The youth had prior troubles including a minor beer-furnishing sentence and a shoplifting arrest with later dropped grand larceny charges. He reportedly met Polanski after a hitchhiking ride and worked caring for dogs.
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Tate
William E. Garretson
Garretson
Lancaster
Ohio
UPI
William Garretson
Hollywood
Sharon Tate
Miss Tate
Los Angeles
Roman Polanski
Mary Garretson
Dayton man eyes state auditor job
Shaw A. Ferguson, 41, an insurance executive and real estate developer, said he will run for state auditor in 1970. Ferguson, treasurer of the Montgomery County Democratic Executive Committee, announced at a party meeting. Active in the Democratic party since 1952, he is the first announced candidate for state office in his party.
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Dayton
Shaw A. Ferguson
Real Estas
Ferguson
Montgomery County
Democratic Executive Committee
Brain learning capacity tested described in excerpt
Biomedical scientists develop methods to enhance brain absorption and retention of knowledge. The item notes excerpts from the book The Second Genesis The Coming Control of Life. A news quiz asks true or false about Israeli plans to keep only parts of 1967 war territories.
Four-letter relic word you rarely hear anymore
A brief note highlights the old fashioned term W O R K as a four letter word now seldom used in modern speech, reflecting language shifts and nostalgia for earlier eras.
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Rosemary
Wilshire
K. J. McCauley
McCauley
la Biancas
Susan Struters
Frank
Frank Struters
Cincinnati
311Th Field Hospital
Qui Nhon
Bers
Bruno Rositano
Joseph Verespe
Major Weston T. Smith
Avon Lake
Man
Upper Volta
Foreign Service
Germany
Morocco
The
Congo
State Department
Polanski
Abigail Folger
San Francisco
Fol
Ger Coffee
Voitych Frokowsky
Steven Parent
el Monte
Barry Tarlow
Robert Helder
Heldér
Helder
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