Congress probes Klan finances before U S House
Congress again questions Robert M. Shelton Jr. about the United Klans of America. Investigators seek details on spending, role of his wife, Cadillac purchase, and funding sources tied to the Alabama Rescue Service front. Shelton cites amendments 73 times to refuse records and constitution questions.
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Washington
UPL
Ku Klux Klan
Robert M. Shelton Jr
Tuscaloosa
Ala
United Klans of America
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Shelton
Alabama Rescue Services
Alabama Rescue Service
Supreme Court
Ohio Democrats may seek federal ruling on remap
Democratic leaders in Ohio plan to ask federal judges this week to nullify the Ohio Apportionment Board’s district remapping. An injunction from Judge William C. Bryant halted advertising and actions for four weeks. The state argues the board, led by Gov. Saxbe and the secretary of state, has sole reapportionment power.
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Columbus
UPI
Ohio
Ohio Apportionment Board
William C. Bryant
16Th District Court of Appeals
Senate Democratic
Frank King
Toledo
Atty
William Saxbe
Apportionment Board
Saxbe
Secretary of
Bryant
Rhodesia declares unilateral independence demand
Premier Ian Smith announced Rhodesia would declare independence unilaterally unless Britain granted it immediately on Rhodesia's terms. The plan would preserve white minority rule over about four million blacks, with a 1961 constitution as the limiting condition for British approval.
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Salisbury, Rhodesia
UPD
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Britain
Harold Wilson Smith
Voters urged to consider independence in school board race
Oberlin voters are urged to consider independence and resistance amid pressure from candidates for the school board. The notice appears on page 31 while related local items cover municipal actions in Grafton and Elyria and updates on zoning and finance.
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Oberlin
Waterfowl seasons set for Oct 21 to Jan 1 with limits
Waterfowlers begin at dawn as Oct 21 opens the 1963 SESSOC season across rivers, marshes and lakes with a split schedule for ducks coots and mergansers. Goose season runs sunrise to Dec 24 and Dec 22 to Jan 1. Four duck per day limit with bag rules tightens wood ducks canvasbacks and mallards in effect amid fluctuating Flyway populations.
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Lorain County
U S Special Forces Camp and Outpost Hit in Viet Nam Attacks
Hundreds of Viet Cong guerrillas launched two major assaults in South Viet Nam, targeting a U S Special Forces camp at Pleime 200 miles north of Saigon and a government outpost near the North Viet Nam border in Quang Tri. An air counterattack saw a Canberra bomber shot down with two crewmen rescued, another helicopter downed with multiple American fatalities, and radio operator Amos G Williams praised for maintaining communications under fire.
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Saigon
UPI
U.S
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
Far North
Plei Me
van Air Force
Quang Tri
South Viet
Williams
Special Forces
New supermarket planned on Rt 57 amid midtown growth
A new Meyer Goldberg supermarket is planned for the Rt 57 corridor near Griswold Road and Turnpike Lanes as Midway Mall area expands. The project follows a remodeling program and joins other developments including a Holiday Inn expansion and new business ventures in the Lorain County area.
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Rt. 57 Turnpike Midway
Pepsi-Cola
Lorain
County Savings and Trust Co
Meyer Goldberg
Griswold Rd
Holiday Inn
Meyer
Goldberg
Nesses
Elyrian asks state probe of tax bills
Lorain County tax bill delays prompted Carl Essex of Elyria to seek a state investigation of the county auditor’s office. Essex cited late second-half real estate bills dated Oct 19 and said the school district must borrow, incurring interest of over 83,000 this year. He notes his prior board service and cites no local corrective action. Auditor Joseph Mitock explained a three month double shift to process reappraisals and address changes for 129,000 parcels plus a 22 year gap before the latest reappraisal.
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Lorain County
Midview
Carl Essex
East River Rd
Elyria
Roger Cloud
Essex
Midview District Board of Education
Joseph Mitock
Mitock
Columbus
Victim fired first in Lesh case amid Lorain trial
In the Jove triangle trial of Alexander Lesh at Lorain County Common Pleas, testimony stated that victim Norbert Thomas fired first. Witness Thomas Kerpics testified hearing one shot then several more after a pause. Defense contends the initial shot came from Thomas with a 22 calibre pistol found beneath him. Lesh maintains self defense.
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Norbert Thomas
Jove Triangle
Alexander Lesh
Lorain County
Lesh
Kerpics
Margaret Kerpics
Thomas
Karen Clair
Weather Forecast Cloudy With Showers Later Today
Increasing cloudiness fore noon followed by scattered showers this afternoon. Highs near 68 to 73. Tonight and Thursday mostly cloudy and mild with showers. Lows 53 to 64. Lake Erie winds 12 to 20 knots today and tonight. Partly cloudy with showers developing today.
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Lake Erie
Gemini 6 test to be rerun after ghost signal found
Gemini 6 engineers at Cape Kennedy plan to repeat a spacecraft rocket test needed to clear the way for launch next Monday. The test disruption occurred Tuesday when a trouble light flashed in the capsule carrying astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford during full system checks.
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Cape Kennedy
UPD
Gemini
Walter Schirra
Thomas Stafford
Johnson awaits word on leaving Bethesda Hospital
President Johnson may be cleared to leave Bethesda Hospital today after a thorough medical checkup due by noon EDT. Aides expect him to stay briefly in the executive mansion before returning to Texas for extended convalescence, with Moyers predicting a reduced workload for four to six weeks.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Executive
Texas
Bill D. Moyers
Moyers
Bethesda Hospital
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