Gis Stand and Fight 103 Man US Unit Ambushed
In a northern coast ambush 103 US soldiers faced a three to one trap. Col. Louis Gelling described the resistance as unwavering as 16 Americans died 56 wounded and seven missing. North Vietnamese forces and aircraft traded near a helicopter wreck while a lone warrant officer reached safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene V. Risher
Saigon
UPI
Col
Louis Gelling
U.S
Gelling
196Th Light Infantry
William Hall
Carlisle
Hall
New Medicare provision extends hospitalization coverage
The index notes a new Medicare provision extending hospitalization coverage to 69 days. Details are given in the fourth installment of the series on the new Social Security law on page 19.
Toll collectors' story told on page WL
A feature explores the toll collectors behind the tolls, examining the people and pressures shaping the familiar hand that reaches for money across the turnpike system. The piece profiles workers, duties, and the daily realities of collecting fees.
Campus climate headlines rise on American colleges
An Oberlin College context frames a broader campus climate discussion as Mrs. Robert K. Carr analyzes enduring student problems updated for contemporary times. Her article appears on page W2 in the university section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Carr
Oberlin College
Blaiberg Heart Transplant Patient Shows Normal Function
Cape Town doctors reported Philip Blaiberg's new heart is functioning normally with no irregularities on ECG. Dr Christian Barnard said Blaiberg is cheerful and could return home within three weeks, while noting his older patient Louis Washkansky died of pneumonia 18 days after his operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
UPI
Philip Blaiberg
Christian Barnard
Clive Haupt
Barnard
Blaiberg
Groote Schuur
Haupt
Washkansky
Elyria, Lorain clash ends in 62 60 score
Elyria drops Buckeye Conference lead with a 62 60 loss to Lorain. Elyria Catholic overwhelms Parma Byzantine 70 46. Details appear on pages 13 and 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elyria
Buckeye
Lorain
Elyria Catholic
Parma Byzantine
Federal grant funds Lorain County planning work
U S Department of Housing and Urban Development approved a 3342 federal planning grant for use by the Lorain County Regional Planning Commission. Planning Director Richard McGinnis said the grant covers expenses for address coding for the 1970 census and its computer application. In Logan Ohio firefighters battled a 100000 blaze at the Ambrose Hotel and brought it under control around 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Department of Housing and Urban Development
Lorain County
Logan
Ohio
Ambrose
Golf and Taxes Parody In Market Ad
A quirky compare pits golf against taxes as drive to the green ends in the hole. The note references BLACK ANGUS Ground Chuck 53c 15 and locates Meyer Goldberg's Supermarket on Route 57 across from Midway Mall.
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Meyer Goldbergs
Midway Mall
New trial denied for youth facing death sentence
Fred Esherick Jr., 16, was denied a new trial by Lake County Common Pleas Court Judge John F. Clair Jr. He will be sentenced to death in the electric chair on Monday after a May 5 slaying of his stepfather. The jury did not recommend mercy, making the death penalty mandatory. attorneys planned further appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
UPI
Fred Esherick Jr
Lake County Common Pleas Court
John F. Clair Jr
Esherick
Plan to create county crisis-control unit scrapped
Lorain County Sheriff Vernon M. Smith said plans for a countywide crisis control organization drawn from civil officials police fire and public utilities were abandoned amid minority suspicions it aimed to control racial strife The idea followed rumors of an armed insurrection and a Cleveland based eclipse prediction by Fred Evans and two early meetings were held before May with no riot materializing The unit is not being reconsidered at present.
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Lorain County
Vernon M. Smith
Cleveland
Fred Evans
Smith
Indictment Targets Leadership of Draft Resistance
Five prominent antiwar figures including Benjamin Spock Willam Sloane Coffin Jr Marcus Raskin Michael Ferber and Mitchell Goodman were indicted by a federal grand jury in Boston on charges of conspiring to encourage violations of the draft laws. The case signals a tougher stance on draft resisters with further charges possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
UPI
Benjamin Spock
Yale University
Willam Sloane Coffin Jr
Draft Resistance
Washington
Spock
Coffin
Marcus Raskin
Institute For Policy Studies
Michael Ferber
Harvard University
Mitchell Goodman
New York City
Temple
Maine
Paul Markham
U.S
Justice Department
Snow and cold snap hits with possible snow squalls
A winter weather update notes mostly cloudy skies with strong winds and much colder temperatures tonight and Sunday. Snow flurries and possible snow squalls are forecast with low temperatures from zero to 6 above and sunset at 5 12 while sunrise is at 7 53.
Punitive draft order challenged by ACLU suit
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit in Detroit against the draft system and General Lewis Hershey charging the Selective Service Director with overstepping powers. The action argues Hershey’s directive to local boards to reclassify protesters against the Vietnam war is unconstitutional.
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B Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
Justice Department
Detroit
UPS
The
American Civil Liberties Union
Lewis Hershey
ACLU
Siamese twins separated in Johannesburg operation
Surgeons at Johannesburg's Children’s Hospital successfully separated head joined Siamese twins Shirley and Catherine O’Hare born October 7 in Benoni. If both survive it would mark the first known successful head-joined separation, according to hospital officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannesburg
South Africa
Children’s Hospital
Ronald O’hare
Benoni
Shirley
Catherine
Avon Lake Water Outage Stuns Avon Lake and Sheffield Lake
More than 20000 people faced a waterless morning as ice blocked the Avon Lake intake. Superintendent Robert Underhill said pumps were brought online to provide a trickle and two imp pumps operated by noon. Fire protection was at risk and residents were urged to conserve water and avoid hot water tanks. Local aid and restored phone service followed as towers ran dry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avon Lake
Sheffield Lake
Robert Underhill
Underhill
Chronicle- Telegram
Avon
Freezing Weather to Hit County Into Weekend
Cold conditions persist as wind chills keep ice skates ready and ski wax in demand. The Weather Bureau predicts a rise to the low 20s then a fall, with clouds and snow flurries into the weekend. An Arctic outbreak blankets much of the nation with icing as low temperatures fall toward -35 in Minnesota and 17 below in Minneapolis St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S Weather Bureau
Cleveland Hopkins
Kansas
Tennessee
North Dakota
Minnesota
International Falls
Minn
Minneapolis-St Paul
Illinois
Kentucky
Nickel mailing ends tonight
Final chance to mail letters at the present nickel per piece rate. Americans race to beat the extra cent per letter as a one cent stamp shortage creates delays at Winter Haven Florida post office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Poznanski
Winter Haven
Fla
Ohio Assembly to consider laws for curbing riots
Ohio lawmakers prepare a package aimed at riots in big cities with provisions to trespass on damaged property, empower mayors to close businesses and impose curfews, expand Highway Patrol jurisdiction, extend mutual aid, and raise police training hours. The House Judiciary Committee finished a final draft after hearings in major cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Assembly
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio General Assembly
House
Judiciary Committee
Robert E Levitt
R-91
Stark
Sihanouk Says Cambodia Stuck Between Cold War Pressures
Cambodian chief of state Prince Norodom Sihanouk said conflicting American and Communist pressures will curb his neutrality and limit his freedom of action ahead of talks with US envoy Chester Bowles. He added he cannot act as intermediary in the US Viet Cong North Vietnam conflict or agree to pursuit into Cambodia or prisoner exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phnom Penh
Cambodia
UPI
Norodom Sihanouk
Chester W Bowles
Sihanouk
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