Psychiatrists grapple with mass killers Speck and Whitman
The piece surveys psychiatrists on motives and mental states of mass killers Richard Speck and Charles Whitman. It contrasts Speck as a sociopath but legally sane, Whitman as psychotic yet sane options exist. It notes past cases like Starkweather Unruh and Penny Bjorkland, and calls for treatment over punishment and broader mental health safeguards.
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Richard Speck
Walter Bromberg
Jack Ruby
Speck
Dallas
Tex
Whitman
Maurice D. Heatly
Donald Kenetic
National Association For Mental Health
Penny Bjorkland
Daly City
Calif
August Norry
Ins
Mapleton schools keep cafeteria prices for new year
Mapleton district sets lunch costs unchanged from last year with 25 cents for grades 1-4 30 cents for 5-8 35 cents for high school students and 40 cents for adults. School begins September 6 with buses arriving around 8 am and 3:30 pm dismissal at Mapleton High School.
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NOVA
Mapleton
G. G. Leatherman
Mapleton High School
Nankin School
Polk
Ruggles - Troy
Patrolman sued over riot incident
Cleveland police officer Robert Borsuk filed a malice and unlawful arrest suit against Henry Towns after a roadblock shooting near the Howgh area. Towns was cleared by the county grand jury. the case claims Towns caused mental anguish and public ridicule by the alleged actions during the incident that wounded four people in Towns car, including his family.
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Cleveland (Ap
Towns
Cleveland
Henry
East Hough
Robert
Borsuk
Cuyahoga County
Grand Jury
Howgh
Diana
Emanuel
Christopher
Ernest Williams
Udall Rejects Redwood Park Threat to Mill Co
Interior Secretary Stewart Udall says the argument that a proposed Redwoods National Park would force Miller Redwood Co out of business is unfounded. In a Crescent City letter released Friday, Udall described logger claims as weak and threadbare, noting the company would face no automatic closure from conservation action.
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Washington
UPI
Stewart L Udall
Redwoods National Park
Calfornia
Miller Redwood Co
Udall
Crescent City
Calif
Kent Branch Accepting Applications at Elyria Kent State
The Elyria branch of Kent State University invites freshmen and transfer applicants with a Sept. 1 closing date. Regular registration is Sept. 8. The site is at Elyria High School and eligible veterans may enroll under the GI Bill with benefits totaling up to 36 months. The Ridgeville women’s club plans its first meeting at Edwin Hogstrom’s home on Case Road with a luncheon and a yearlong membership drive month in October.
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Elyria
Kent State University
Elyria High School
Orth Ridgeville Women’s Club
Edwin Hogstrom
Case Rd
Marine Private First Class Williams completes Pendleton refresher
Marine Private First Class Jerome Williams son of Mrs Ruth Ross Lorain has finished a 15 day refresher training cycle with the Staging Battalion at Camp Pendleton stressing small unit tactics scouting patrolling and land navigation. Cadet Gustav R Apai II son of Lt Col and Mrs G R Apai has earned an ROTC financial assistance scholarship at the University of Colorado receiving tuition books fees and a $50 monthly allowance for his junior and senior years.
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Jerome Williams
Ruth Ross
Crehore St
Lorain
Marine Corps Base
Camp Pendleton
Calif
Gustav R Apai II
G. R. Apai
North Long Circle
Reserve Officers Training Corps
University of Colorado
University
Grafton Man Files Damage Suit Over Traffic Injuries
Grafton resident Max Joppeck of 959 Capel Rd sues Lorain County Common Pleas Court for 35000 in damages from injuries his wife suffered in a traffic collision. The petition cites the accident involving a car operated by the defendant and a four foot thermometer reportedly stolen from Spokane City Hall.
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Max Joppeck
Capel Rd
Grafton
Lorain County Common Pleas Court
Spokane
Wash
John D
Springer
Howe St
Chestnut Ridge
Rt 37
Ernie Richard
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Wambly
Charles Whitman
Austin
Charles Starkweather
Lincoln
Neb
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Starkweather
Lucien Leger
Bois de Verrieres
Paris
Leger
Howard Unruh
Camden
Unruh
New Jersey State Hospital
Trenton
C. A. Dwyer
Houston
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Ramiro Martinez
Austin, Tex
Lower Manhattan
City Hall Plaza
Vernel
Martinez
City Hall
New York Police Department
Ohio
Saigon
Newark
Riche
Hong Kong
A. Fleitz
China
Mans
Regaiac
Spitzer Hardware
Wain Street
Kent
Ridgeville Club
Lakewood Academic Center
Franklin and Gunts Road
HELM
Alyria
Etsy
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