Four fire victims recovered from Roger Blough disaster
Rescue crews recovered the bodies of four missing men from the 20 million dollar ore carrier Roger Blough after a 54 hour operation. Victims were Leonard Moore Clyde Berdue John Alexander and George Adams all from nearby towns. A faulty gasket in a fuel line ignited by a spark led to the blaze, with deaths not resulting from burns.
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Lorain
Roger Blough
American Ship Building Co. Board
George M. Steinbrenner III
Leonard C. Moore
Barbara St
Elyria
Clyde R. Berdue
Darrow Road
Vermilion
John D. Alexander
S. Central Dr
George FE. Adams
East 28Th St
Burdue
Alexander
Adams
Moore
Steinbrenner
John Kenney
American Ship Building Co
Lorain Yards
Weather and shipyard tragedy details unfold in Lorain
Variable cloudiness with a risk of thundershowers in the afternoon and evening. Highs in the mid 80s to mid 90s. At Lorain, a shipyard disaster overran barriers, four men died in a submerged hull area, and a large rescue operation with 100 firefighters and workers followed. Autopsy planned. officials shield families from viewing.
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Lake Erie
Steinbrenner
Joseph G. Step
St. Peter Church
Lorain
Colorado Avenue
Ellsberg to surrender amid no-bail release rejection
Boston reports the Justice Department rejected an offer for Ellisberg to surrender with no bail and said the hunt for Daniel Ellsberg would continue. Ellsberg planned to surrender to U S Attorney Herbert Travers in Boston at 10 A M EDT to face charges of illegally possessing and failing to return top secret Vietnam War study documents.
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Boston
UPI
Justice Department
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Ellsberg
U.S
Herbert Travers
Elisberg
United States
U. S
Venetta S. Tassooulos
Los Angeles
Department
Washington
Leonard D. Boudin
Harvard Law School
Benjamin Spock
Dr. Ellsberg
Dr. Elisberg
Boudin
Admiral Sharp urges release of Pentagon Vietnam studies
SAN DIEGO CALIF. UPI Former commander of U S forces in the Pacific Admiral U S Grant Sharp calls for declassification of Pentagon Vietnam documents. He says declassification would aid history and that some material should be released with exceptions. Sharp, 65, remains a Teledyne-Ryan consultant and defends his raid and bombing recommendations which Johnson and Nixon overruled.
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San Diego
Calif
UPI
U.S
Pacific
Pentagon
Vietnam
Adm
Grant Sharp
Sharp
Teledyne - Ryan Aeronautical Corp
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
Johnson
Nixon
Hanoi
Ohio couple slips up on Nebraska marriage rule
An unnamed Ohio couple bought a marriage license in Bellevue and wed in Omaha before a new Aug. law aimed at binding a license to its county. The error was found but the couple, who left for their honeymoon June 12, remain unfound.
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Omaha
Neb
Ohio
Nebraska
Bellevue
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Lorain Fire Department
Fantasy of
Earth
Jerry Drake
Kenney
Skyhawk Sport
Carol
Harvard Law
Charles R. Nelson
Supreme Court
Oalvete
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