Two Chicago Officers Killed by Sniper in Cabrini Homes
Two white Chicago police sergeants were shot dead by a sniper while talking with neighborhood youths at the Cabrini Homes housing project on the North Side. Officers described the attack as a firefight as they attempted to reach the wounded men.
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Chicago
Proram
James Severin
Anthony Rizzato
Cabrini Homes
Police Department
Edward Kijowski
Henrotin Hospital
Doctor faces drug counts against Elyria physician
Elyria police hold Dr Epitacio A Catalan on four charges of obtaining narcotics by fraud and misrepresentation based on Dayton warrants. He is to be arraigned in Dayton Municipal Court. Catalan, who has offices on Abbe Road North, was arrested in Elyria yesterday and faces claims of obtaining Demerol in May and June. A prior Lorain County acquittal is noted.
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Epitacio A. Catalan
Elyria
Elyria City
Dayton
Elyria Department
Catalan
White Oak Dr
Abbe Rd
Montgomery County
Lorain County Common Pleas
Odor control plans eyed for Miller Ditch area south of Elyria
Lorain County officials tour Miller Ditch near Fuller Road to curb foul odors from a dry gulch that sometimes carries sewage from local homes. An immediate fix may enclose about 30 feet of ditch with tile while a long term solution envisions a sanitary sewer system for the area. Authorities and residents attended the inspection led by Commissioners Pincura Keron and Ritenauer with engineers and health officials.
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Miller Ditch
Fuller Road
Elyria
Lorain County
Fred M. Ritenauer
Ludwig M. Pincura
Jeresmo J. Keron
Jerry Coleman
Fuller Rd
John Klein
Weather Forecast Mixed Showers Then Sunny Break
Weather shows showers followed by mostly sunny skies and a shift to partly cloudy conditions tonight and tomorrow. Highs reach 80 to 85 with lower 60s for overnight lows and a 30 to 40 percent chance of precipitation. Sunset today is 8 54 p m and sunrise tomorrow at 6 09 am.
Judge orders retrial for four freed in Mall bank theft
Lorain County Common Pleas Judge LeRoy F. Kelly ruled the four men indicted for the Aug. 16 1968 theft of 93000 from the Midway Mall bank must stand trial in Ohio court despite federal acquittal. The defendants Coates Grisham Diorio and Drago posed as Brink's guards to collect the cash. Bond statuses vary with Drago still at large. Trial set tentatively for Aug 24.
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Kelly
Lorain County
Midway Mall
Ohio
County Common Pleas
LeRoy F. Kelly
Lorain County Savings and Trust Bank
Brink
Grisham
Coates
Diorio
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Drago
Henry Pastron
Allies Push Deep Near Laos in Major Vietnam Drive
An 8,000 strong allied force with 1,500 Marines and B52 raids advances to destroy North Vietnamese base camps in the northern South Vietnam near the Laos border. The offensive targets staging areas and war stockpiles while widening toward Laos with artillery close to the frontier and an airstrip at Kham Duc.
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Saigon
U.S
South Vietnam
U.S. Bhs
Laos
Kham Duck
da Nang
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Kham Duc
Final Miss Ohio judging at Cedar Point
Four nervous contestants compete for Miss Ohio honors at Cedar Point. Kendra Kessler Miss Bowling Green won the swimsuit prize and Grace Bird Miss Northeastern Ohio won the talent award in preliminaries. Debbie Zahorec Miss Lorain County performed in talent, Grace Bird played horn and sang, while Kendra performed an original piece. The finals air on WJW Channel 8 at 9 30 p m.
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Cedar Point
Kendra Kessler
Bowling Green
Grace Bird
Northeastern Ohio
Alent
Vicky Smith
Miami Valley
Ann Andrews
Ohio
Ann
Grace
Vicky
Kendra
Debbie Zahorec
Lorain County
Cabot, Pa
Richard Strauss
Bizet
Fremont
Cleveland
Debbie
Edward Zahorec
Wjw-Tv
Wellington school board member dies at game
Ralph William Brown a Wellington school board member and longtime baseball coach died from a heart attack during a Little League game at Wellington Athletic Field. The 42 year old veteran lived at 133 Fourth Street Wellington and was pronounced dead at Southern Lorain County Hospital at 7 20 p m He had served on the Wellington school board since January and coached the Cardinals for six years with prior World War II military service.
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Wellington
Ralph William Brown
Southern Lorain County Hospital
Brown
Fourth St
Cardinals
Elyria Memorial Hospital Expansion Scores Setback
Elyria Memorial Hospital plans a 121 bed, 9 million dollar expansion without Hill Burton funds after the Metropolitan Health Planning Corp rejects the project. The group cites a county bed surplus as the reason, approving other area expansions in Ashtabula and Bay View. Hospital official James C. Brown says the expansion will proceed regardless of Hill Burton funding.
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Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Planning Corporation
Ashtabula
Bay View
Bailey
Elyria
Brown
Lorain
Bus Crash Driver With Bad Record Faces Indefinite License Revocation
A New Jersey bus operator involved in a deadly crash near Allentown has a long history of license suspensions and arrests. Hubert Daye, 44, of Montclair, was identified among the injured amid investigations. authorities ordered his license revoked indefinitely. The incident left seven children dead and 52 injured on U.S. 22 as rain slicked conditions contributed to the crash.
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Allentown
New Jersey
U.S
Charles Mellen
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Essex County
N.J
Hubert Daye
Montclair
Daye
Maye
Ronald M. Heymann
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Dennis Kendrick
Sgt Severin
UPI
Douglas D. Smith
Ohio Board of Pharmacy
Leroy Kelly
Charles Cole
Black River
Cole
Pincura
Harvey M. Holcomb
Charles Waryn
Arnold Koepp
Marion G. Fisher
Claude Krueck
UA Ta
Obrehive
Trick
Donald J. Coates
Brook Park
Charles F. Gris
Ham
Warren
Joseph Diorio
Youngstown
Joseph Drago
Beauty
Mt. Union College
Alliance
Elyria Municipal Court
Wen
Elyria Hospital
Walter K. Bailey
Ning Groups Board
Broce Brown
Ripweos
Harhavp
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