British rower completes 6000 mile Atlantic voyage to Miami
Sidney Genders, 51, finished a 166 day Atlantic row from Penzance to Miami in a 19 foot 9 inch boat. He stopped in Las Palmas and Antigua, averaged 56 miles daily last leg, lost 20 gallons water, and faced a 90 day visiting permit on arrival. He said the trip proved that one is not washed up at 50 and disclosed his Birmingham construction business and family details.
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Miami
England
U.S
Sidney Genders
Genders
Atlantic
U.S. Customs and Immigration
Penzance
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Antigua
British West Indies
Birmingham
Man charged in slugging Oberlin police sergeant
Arlington Lee Joseph, 21, of East Lorain Street, is held on 10000 bond on an assault with intent to kill charge after slugging Oberlin Police Sgt. Eugene Barlow with a pop bottle May 9. Arraignment was postponed to allow counsel. Joseph pleaded indigence for a court appointed attorney. Police said Barlow was struck in a parking lot at 141 South Main Street, Ferber and two youths injured, with others treated for injuries.
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Oberlin
Eugene Barlow
Arlington
Lee Joseph
East Lorain St
David R. Goldthorpe
Joseph
Willie Ellington
Allen Memorial Hospital
Ferber
Navy Jet Crashes Into Homes Killing Four
A Navy F9 Cougar trainer crashed in a West Side San Antonio residential area after engine failure during an instrument approach to Kelly AFB. Four people died two aboard the jet and two on the ground. Injuries affected about a dozen others. Names identified: Lt. Wesley B. Duerr and Lt. John B. Weller. Both based at Chase Field Beeville Texas.
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San Antonio. Tex
Navy
Kelly Air Force Base
Wesley B. Duerr
Camp Springs
John B. Weller
Convent
Chase Field
Beeville
Smittle warns Elyria schools near bankruptcy without kindergarten aid
Elyria superintendent Dr. George B. Smittle told 175 parents last night the district is near bankruptcy after the 7.5 mill operating levy failed. A community committee argues funds exist through state and federal sources to restore kindergarten, but Smittle warns the $168,138 from House Bill 1023 is not guaranteed and would not cover teachers salaries.
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Elyria
George B. Smittle
Elyria Schools
Sear’s
Midway Mall
Elyria Board of Education
Kenneth Waltz
Oakwood
Smittle
Reds strike inside North Vietnam and Cambodian fighting flares
A U S Navy A7 Corsair bombed an antiaircraft site deep inside North Vietnam breaking a monthlong DMZ lull. Communist forces attacked Kompong Speu near Phnom Penh and Oudong, with Cambodian troops countering and sustaining casualties. In Saigon, battles left Americans killed or wounded and Viet Cong hit Cau Ke district. B52 missions targeted Da Nang area as fighting persisted across the region.
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Saigon
Kompong Speu
Phnom Penh
U.S
Laos
South Vietnam
1St Air Cavalry Division
199Th Light Infantry
101St Airborne Division
Hue
Cau Ke
Cambodia
Highlands
da Nang
Camia
Lorain Wife Slain. Husband to Be Questioned
Ruth Smath, 37, died at St Joseph Hospital from a stomach gunshot wound after being found in a parking lot near 210 West 16th Street. Her common law husband Roy Hisle, 38, was to appear at the station with counsel. authorities traced the couple from a 9 33 p m ride to 26th Street and Broadway. Carter Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Lorain
Ruth Smath
Reid Ave
St Joseph Hospital
West 16Th St
John Malinovsky
Roy Hisle
Jonn
Otero Hisse
26Th Street
Broadway
Linda Hisse
Hisle
Carter Funeral Home
Devlin loses appeal and must go to prison
Belfast Appeal Court orders Bernadette Devlin to serve a six month sentence for incitement to riot and rioting. Her bid to appeal to the House of Lords is denied and a warrant for arrest is issued. Devlin, 23, the youngest MP, was jailed after street fighting last December in Londonderry.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Miss. Devlin
House of Commons
House of Lords
Britain
Londonderry
Lord McDermott
Lords
London
Miss Devlin
Weather outlook with scattered showers and mild temps
Rain showers possible this afternoon and evening with highs in the 70s. Tonight partly cloudy with lows in the 30s. Tomorrow will be fair and mild in the 70s, with Sunday warmer. Precipitation chance 3 percent today and tonight. Sunrise tomorrow at 3 34. Highs around 70s and a 34 degree low earlier. Roling and Food Market listing ends with stray line.
Syria and Israel clash in major air and ground combat
Syria and Israel engage in large scale fighting for the third day with Syria claiming six Israeli jets downed and Israel admitting one jet loss. Syria says its MIGs and ground fire downed several planes while tanks crossed the Golan cease fire line. Egyptian President Nasser rejects the U S peace plan as Israeli ambassadorship review proceeds. The Israeli military targets Qatana Kiswah and Seijen bases in retalia tion, as both sides sustain heavy casualties and claims of successes.
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Israel
Syria
Damascus
Golan Heights
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.S
Middle East
Washington
Jerusalem
Davar
Qatana
Kiswah
Seijen
Isra
Fear of frameup grips three US writers seized by Reds
Three American writers were seized and taken blindfolded to a Cambodian village school where they were guarded and questioned. They described periods of uncertainty and rough handling but later received meals and basic care while awaiting a resolution.
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U.S
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Donald Klaas
Huron Metropolise Housing Authority
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