Darrington Town Relies on One Blind Doctor
In Darrington Washington a town of about 1070 has only one practicing physician, 80 year old blind Dr Norwood Clayton Riddle. He jokes he has not died yet and plans to keep working despite losing his sight. Residents must travel 30 miles to a hospital for many needs. He arrived from Niagara Falls New York in 1929 and stayed after deciding small mountain town life suited him.
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Darrington
Wash
UPI
Norwood Clayton Riddle
Riddle
Niagara Falls
Kent State Disorder Prosecution Team Formed
Ohio Attorney General William J Brown announced a new team of prosecutors to handle Kent State University disorders cases from last May. The five members will report their status within two to three weeks and work as a unit without a designated leader.
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Columbus
Ohio
Kent State University
Ohio Atty
William J. Brown
John F Hayward
Lucas County
James Primm
Lisbon
Robert Alexander
Dayton
Jack Alton
Perry Dickingson
Kent
Ohio National Guardsmen
U.S District Court
Cleveland
Kent State
Taft Assails Gilligan On Revenue Sharing Plan
Ohio Senator Robert Taft Jr accuses Governor John Gilligan of failing to study Nixon's federal revenue sharing proposal. Taft argues local governments in Ohio would receive 68 percent of the dollars under the plan and says the governor did not do his homework.
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Cadiz
Ohio
Robert Taft Jr
John J Gilligan
Nixon
Taft
Newborn boy found in jet trash can
An airline cleaner on a Trans World Airlines jet found a newborn baby boy in a washroom trash container during a refueling stop in Honolulu. The mother, Thai passenger Vanna Scrcomalsit, reportedly gave birth midflight from Los Angeles to Honolulu and discarded the infant, later stated to be in Guam hospital and doing fine. The plane continued to Bangkok with the mother aboard as police investigated the incident.
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Honolulu
UPIT
Richard Suzuki
Trans World Airlines
Suzuki
Bangkok
Los Angeles
Far East
Vanna
Guam
TWA
Ahe
Arsonists Burn Draft Board Files in Bucks County
Arsonists broke into a draft board building in Bristol Pennsylvania, dumped records on the floor and set fire to about half of Bucks County's Selective Service files, police said. Police Chief Vincent Fargalli called it arson without question.
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Draft Board
Bristol
UPI
Bucks County
Selective Service
Vincent Faragalli
UAW Ratifies Champion Contract Across Six Cities
The United Auto Workers ratified a three year contract covering Champion Spark Plug plants in six locations including Detroit Toledo and Cambridge Ohio. The vote aligned with the union and management agreement detailing terms for the new labor period.
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UAW
Champion
Detroit
UPI
United
Auto Workers
Toledo
Cambridge
Ohio
This thief no match for victim
DETROIT police arrest a gunman after a holdup attempt on Harry Hill a homicide bureau detective sergeant. The suspect fled when Hill drew his police revolver and a brief exchange of shots followed with no injuries.
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Detroit
VPI
Harry Hill
Hill
Homicide Bureau
Militant rabbi Kahane arrested near United Nations
Rabbi Meier Kahane, leader of the militant Jewish Defense League, is accused of harassing a Soviet official outside the U.N. building. The arrest followed league protests over mistreatment of Jewish citizens in the Soviet Union. Kahane was ordered to appear in court March 3.
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New York
Meier Kahane
Militant
Jewish Defense League
U.N
League
Soviet Union
Kahane
Vladimir Fedorov
U S Admiral Begins Indonesian Pacific Visit
Admiral John S. McCain commander in the Pacific arrives in Jakarta from Kuala Lumpur for a three day visit to inspect West Java military facilities and meet Deputy Commander Gen Maraden Pangabean.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
John S. McCain
U S
Pacific
Kuala Lumpur
West Java
McCain
Maraden Pangabean
Colonel receives three year jail term in Viet pot case
A US Air Force colonel with 28 years service, Col. Gerald V Kehrli, was found guilty on seven marijuana charges at a general court martial in Saigon. He received three years in prison and a $15,000 fine, with acquittal on one count. The court noted he could retire with pension after the verdicts and pending automatic review.
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Saigon
Gerald V Kehrli
Air Force
Kehrti
Lucius D. Clay Jr
Ith Air Force
Court of Military Review
Washington
Clay
Kehrli
Vietnam
Tan Son Nhut Air Base
Ike overruled Italy peace surrender plan in WWII debates
Secret wartime documents released by the State Department show President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill overruled General Eisenhower who proposed Italy be promised a peace with honor for surrender. The papers include Roosevelt comments on de Gaulle and tank policy and Stimson criticizing British D-Day support. Bunker returns to Saigon after talks in Paris and Washington.
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Washington
Franklin D Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Italy
State Department
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Churchill
de Gaulle
Madagascar
France
Algiers
W. Averell Harriman
Stimson
Saigon
Ellsworth Bunker
Paris
Nepal
Nixon
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Washington Town
Brown
Gilligan
Harrison County
Lincoln Day
Appalachian Regional Commission
U.S
Army
Peter C. Jackson
Chicago
Jackson
Col. Kehrli
Portland
Ore
Willmar
Minn
Ike
Sugar
Zouled
Coca-Cola Company
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