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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1964
Page
4
California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. dedicated a bronze plaque at Sacred Heart Church in Palm Desert in memory of the late President John F Kennedy. Kennedy worshiped there during his three visits to the Southern California desert resort.
A strong earthquake shook the Chilean city near the Peruvian border Sunday but no damage or casualties were reported. Local authorities noted the event as a se vere tremor with limited impact and no injuries were recorded.
Seven American missionaries escaped Congo violence after being besieged by armed rebels in Kwilu Province. One co worker had an arm hacked off, others reported death threats and captures. evacuees included Geraldine Springer and family, with U N helicopters aiding civilian withdrawals amid a 6000 square mile jungle region.
Deputy Ward, shielding a family in Amherst, was hit by pellet fire from Nuhn who fired from a granary. Nuhn, disarmed after a pursuit, was captured and later sent to Tiffin State Hospital for examination before facing shooting with intent to wound charges. Ward lives on Telegraph Road.
James Jenkins, 17, one of the American students linked to the flag raising riot in the Panama Canal Zone, was expected in Cambridge Ohio to finish schooling but relatives keep his whereabouts secret. His aunt Mrs. Nancy Carpenter said he was out of town and would not reveal arrival details. He had reached New Orleans by beat and was met by his grandmother, who said he hasn’t been in the papers in days.
A Saturday wounding of Sheriff’s deputy Donald Ward follows four prior attacks on area officers by mentally disturbed individuals. Last Tuesday deputy John Palermo was killed attempting to commit Elbert Rush to a mental hospital. Earlier, Amherst Police Chief Arthur Koppenhafer was stabbed during an escape from Tiffin State Hospital. In 1959 deputies faced gunfire during the siege of Richard Seekins, who killed a man and narrowly missed Sheriff Vernon Smith.
In Atlanta weekend demonstrations sparked by a United Nations subcommission report on racial strife, 84 people were charged. Comedian Dick Gregory and others were arrested as fist fights broke out between Negroes and whites and Ku Klux Klan members paraded downtown. A jail trustee suffered a broken leg during the incidents.
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