Lorain Wins 7.5 Million Renewal Grant for Urban Project
US Rep. Charles A. Mosher and HUD announced a 7.5 million federal grant to Lorain for a 106 million urban renewal project in the A Area bounded by Globe Ave East 36th Street Fulton Road and East 28th Street. Walter Benedict said five month start and a total 10.6 million program cost with 471 families to be relocated and 351300 federal funds set aside for that purpose.
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LORAIN
south Lorain
Charles A. Mosher
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Loraine
Walter Benedict
Benedict
Globe Ave
East 36th St
Fulton Rd
East 28th St
Mosher
Oakwood Park
Viet Cong Kidnaps South Vietnam Delegate Ho Le
Saigon reports the Viet Cong abducted Tran Thi Ho Le an 18 year old former Viet Cong squad leader who defected to South Vietnam. She was part of the Paris talks delegation and disappeared within two days of government plans to send her. Ho Le previously led mortar attacks and later spoke for anti Communist causes.
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SAIGON
UPI
Viet Cong
South Vietnam
Paris
Saigon Daily News
Tran Thi Ho Le
United States
North Vietnam
Ho Le
Flu Epidemic Expected to Peak in January
Health officials warn of a three month nationwide Hong Kong Flu siege with the peak planned for mid January and fading by late February. The NCDC reports about 70 pneumonia influenza deaths in the week ending December 7 across 122 cities as schools close early for holidays.
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ATLANTA
UPI
East
Midwest
National Communicable Disease Center
NCDC
Laird Hopes Vietnam War Ends Before Budget Next Year
Secretary designate Melvin Laird said he hopes the Vietnam War will be over by the time he drafts a new defense budget late next year. He spoke after a two hour meeting with Defense Chief Clark Clifford and a Pentagon news conference. He pledged careful spending amid looming decisions.
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WASHINGTON
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Pentagon
Clark M . Clifford
Clifford
Paris
Hanoi
Colder Weather Forecast With Low Temperatures Ahead
The forecast calls for continued cold with tonight’s lows around 15 degrees and tomorrow’s highs not exceeding 28 degrees. Sunset is 4 50 p.m tonight and sunrise tomorrow at 7 47 a.m. High at 11 a.m. yesterday and a low of 2 degrees recorded at 4 45 a.m. today. Details page 18.
Combat Flares Around Saigon as Key Battles Persist
American and guerrilla forces clash near Saigon while Communist units strike Laos and Thailand. Guerrilla ambushes sink two U.S. sailors and wound 14, as the 25th Infantry posts near Saigon suffer six killed and 14 wounded. West of Saigon bombers unload nearly 3 million pounds of explosives on insurgent positions to blunt a rising threat to the capital.
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SAIGON
UPI
Laos
Thailand
South Vietnam
U.S. Navy
U.S. Army
25th Infantry Division
Home Swift Home sign on trailer sparks family note
Unclear OCR text shows a doorstep sign reading Home Swift Home and a fragment mentioning LORDAT FAMILY EPRECTAL and Dumplings Veen children, implying a humorous or personal item in a domestic setting.
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Home
Swift Home
LORDAT
Vietnam talks stall over conference table shape
U S negotiators in Paris redrew seating plans for expanded Vietnam War talks seeking four delegations while appearing as two. North Vietnam rejected all three US proposals and warned of no immediate meetings amid a two versus four sided dispute.
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PARIS
UPI
U.S
Brazil moves to crush opposition with sweeping powers
The military regime of President Arthur da Costa e Silva imposed a new institutional act dissolving constitutional limits. It suspends habeas corpus for crimes against national security and allows stripping political rights, while ordering arrests of former president Juscelino Kubitscheck and other opposition figures as censors seize media offices.
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RIO DE JANEIRO
Arthur da Costa e Silva
Congress
Jusceling Kubitscheck
Senate
OSVALDO PERALVA
Correio da Manha
Rio
Helio Fernandez
Helio Navarro
Sao Paulo
Costa e Silva
Rand cancer vaccine fraud charges hit Rand Development
A federal grand jury indicted James H. Rand III and Rand Development on six counts for promoting an experimental cancer vaccine. The charges include three counts of mail fraud and three counts of stock manipulation tied to loans and misleading reports to inflate stock value. The case cites a master scheme to defraud Franklin National Bank and stockholders, with vaccine testing and regulatory violations alleged.
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Rand
CLEVELAND, Ohio
James H. Rand III
Rand Development Corp
Franklin National Bank of New York
Rand Development
Florida
Franklin National Bank
Universal Fiberglass Corp
Two Harbors
Minn
grand
Universal Fiberglass
Rand laboratories
Cleveland
U. S
James C. Connell
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Personal Crisis Toll Far Outpaces Traffic Deaths
Coroner Paul J. Kopsch reports 26 suicide deaths this year in Lorain County, one third of the 78 road fatalities so far in 1968. Police Reporter Gary Krino outlines the factors, timing, and detection of personal crisis tendencies in this revealing account.
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LORAIN COUNTY
Paul J. Kopsch
Gary Krino
Better Health Deaths Births Elyria Churches Entertainment
Local brief compiles health notes and church events with community notices and upcoming calendar items. Contains snippets on sports, television features, and birthday acknowledgments from Elyria area outlets.
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Elyria
Santa and the Hippies
Presidents on bridge declare new border by dynamite
President Johnson and President Diaz Ordaz detonated a dynamite charge on a bridge between the United States and Mexico. The blast diverted the Rio Grande and formed a new southern border as a peaceful gesture to settle a century old dispute.
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EL PASO
Tex
Johnson
Mexico
Gustavo Diaz Ordaz
Rio Grande
United States
Wintery blast heads to Midwest and Great Lakes
United Press International reports a Friday blizzard leaving up to 14 inches of snow in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Ice, snow and extreme cold disrupt utilities, travel, and schools from Illinois to Michigan as Duluth endures 14 inches and 7 below zero conditions.
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Great Lakes
South Dakota
Lake Mille Lacs
Minnesota
Iowa
Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Duluth
Minn
Marquette
upper
Michi-gan
Pacific Coast
International Falls
Illinois
Ohio
Pennsylvania
New York
Computer center contract awarded to Honeywell Inc
Lorain court records show Honeywell Inc of Wellesley Mass awarded a county computer center lease. The rental amount begins December, with installation set and Richard Gladish estimating annual operating costs near 67 000 dollars. Savings from staff reductions and fee based services are expected to offset the computer department costs. The center was recommended by the County Data Processing Committee led by Thompson Keys and Mitock.
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LORAIN
Courts
stoners
Honeywell Inc Wellesley
Mass
Richard Gladish
nangle
ybt
Sycanis
Schoals
J. Norman Thompson
J Grant Keys
Joseph J. Mitock
Longevity cat leaves Fields $15000 after death
William J. Fields, a 79 year old retiree in Chicago, inherits $15 000 from the estate of Flat Nose a wealthy long lived cat who died prompting a final pet caretaker to note I have lost a child. The fortune stems from Margaret Montgomery who left Fields rent free living and $15 000 after all cats died.
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CHICAGO
UPI
William J. Fields
Flat Nose
Fields
Margaret Montgomery
Miss Montgomery
Philadelphia
Tye
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