Defense Lawyer Blames Self For Loss Of Case
Alabama's attorney general said a Ku Klux Klan member will be retried after a mistrial in the first degree murder case of Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr. The jury deadlocked 10-2 for conviction, with two jurors voting for acquittal. The state court judge declared a mistrial after 24 hours and 6 minutes. Federal indictments against three Klansmen remain pending, with no trial date set.
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Rex Thomas Haynevili
Ala
Alabarma
Richmond Flowers
Tias
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Fauileld
Finnerg
Agai
Kia
Viola
Detroit
Mich
Upsunst
Fu- Kene Thomas
Willian Orville Euton
Bessome
Flowers
Wilkins
FBI
Klan
Gary Thomas Rowe
Selms
Moatgomery
Rowe
Thomas
Haton
Acquillal
Dan Lee
Fort Deposit
Billy K. Cheather
Cheatham
White Citizens Council
Chealha
Leg
Rene
Hooded Order
Lee
Wihkle Su
Matt H. Murphy Jr
Birmingham
Edmund Sallce
Fuarhy Lelohatehie
Jackpot Puzzle Promises $350 Prize Tomorrow
A garbled notice describes a contest with a $350 prize tied to a never-solved puzzle. It says no winner this week as entrants failed to submit a correct solution and that the jackpot grows to $380 next week with details in Sundays Gazelle. It urges readers to buy the paper and submit a correct choice to receive the prize.
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Dudarwords
Gazelle
Phils
Seamen Missing After Cedarville Collision In Mackinac Straits
Rescuers scoured the fog shrouded Straits of Mackinac for seven missing Cedarville crew members after the limestone carrier Cedarville collided with the Tap dalsfjord. Three sailors are confirmed dead. survivors treated in Cheboygan, Coast Guard to open inquiry at Sault Ste Marie.
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Mackinaw City
Mich
Straits of Mackinac
Michigan
Nicholas Lentini
Cheboygan Community Hospital
U.S. Steel Corp
Cedarville
Coast Guard
Saultste. Marie
Here
Teenager killed as boat plunges over dam near Mount Holly
Mount Holly authorities report 18 year old Danny LaTour of Charlotte died by drowning when a fiberglass boat with two youths aboard plunged over a concrete dam at Mountain Island Power Plant. Survivor Daniel Ray Brown, 14, was rescued with injuries after the craft hit rocks and flipped, with investigators noting a high speed run and a destroyed boat.
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Tom McIntyre
Staterporter
Mount Holly
Charlotte
Mountain Island
Danny LeTow
Crandon Dr
Daniel Ray Brown
Crandon
Bill McLean
Sime
LaTour
Mt. Holly Life Saying
Ray Macaw
McLean
Brown
Albert Weaver
Caruthers
Mt. Holly
Metor
Umda
Alex Williams
Fasfon Baral
Gam
Tad Plat
Huy
Fot
Auying
Danny
Tesene
Sealad Mt
Arawa
Bernad Dennis LaTour
Williams Abou
Campius
Daniel Brown
Hwy. 16 Bridge
Danny LaTour
Chartitte Louis Dusth
Twisters Struck Minneapolis Suburbs In Devastating Outbreak
In a severe tornado outbreak near Minneapolis, 33 people died and 400 were injured as about six twisters ripped through 24 locations across the west, north, and suburbs. Richard A. Tyson survived. his wife and young son were not among the dead. Tyson described trailers and houses lifted as the storm roared, likening the chaos to the Fourth of July.
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Minneapolis
Bey
Trevar
Richard A. Tyson
Tysone Staller
Fridley Terrace
Planes Drop 230 Tons Of Bombs In Viet Nam
Air Force and Navy planes carried out five raids against North Viet Nam targets, dropping over 230 tons of bombs. The largest strike used 40 Skyhawks from carriers Taral Sea and Midway, hitting Vinh air field about 160 miles south of Hanoi. A Marine was killed as Viet Cong guerrillas fired on hamlets outside Da Rang air base. In central Viet Nam, a Special Forces man was killed and two Americans wounded in separate incidents. Marines then engaged at Le My village complex, with one marine scout killed and several Viet Cong killed or driven off.
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Viet Nam
United Shiles Navy
Taral Sea
Midway
Twe
Vinh
Hanoi
Hee Vietnam
Ge Air Force
Dong Hui Air Field
U.S
da Rang
Kan
Centraliet Nam
le My
Marie
Ashley's Greenies Rally In Ninth Sparks Conference Win
Ricky Parks delivered a ninth inning single to push Ashley's Greenies toward a 2 to 1 victory over North Rebels in a Western Conference contest. Dickie Giles pitched a no hitter through seven and held the Rebels scoreless in the finale.
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Ricky Parks
Ashley
Greenies
North
Rebels
Ricky
Dickie Giles
Child Dies Of Meningitis In Charlotte
In Charlotte a nine year old girl, Corelia Ann Phifer Douglas, died from spinal meningitis at Memorial Hospital. The illness began Tuesday and she died Wednesday. Principal Mrs. Rnwal ei Wyatt of Alay James Elementary School said panic spread near the neighborhood while officials reassured the public and issued sulfa drugs to those in contact with the patient.
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Charlotte
N.C. Ary
Corelia Ann Phifer Douglas
Storm Strikes Brevard Elementary. Fourth Grader Dead
A fourth grade girl, Kathy Tracy, was killed by lightning at Brevard Elementary School playground as a thunderstorm moved through Brevard NC. Officials said the bolt struck about an hour before the storm, striking while she played with two classmates.
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Brevard. NC
Brevard
Seloeot
Kathy Tracy
Wayne Fredy
Fountain Town
Marine Killed Near Da Nang in VIETNAM Village
In central Viet Nam a Marine was killed when a Viet Cong ambush hit a six man Marine group led by a lieutenant colonel in Le My village near Da Nang. Eight Viet Cong fighters reportedly engaged the unit for about 15 minutes before heavy fire. Marines later conducted searches and patrols in the Red Beach Two area as part of ongoing operations.
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Taitti
le Mytre
da Nang
Sali An
le My Village
Red Beach Two
Toree
Johnson backs Atlantic partnership with or without France
President Johnson told Charles de Gaulle the United States would press ahead with an Atlantic partnership despite France’s stance. He outlined six urgent aims for Europe, including tighter East-West ties, economic integration, aid to developing nations, and strengthened collective defense, warning that inaction could fuel unrest at home.
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Washington
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
United States
France
Alouf Ce
Tobinson
Ame
Europe
Johaisngiso
Evooee
de Gaulle
Avithout
Americary
Jotutson
Atlantic
Anita
Fourlite
Tifth
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Collie Wilkins JR
Alabama
Chaviille
Tyson
Twister T
Nials
Eke Alan
Anaris
Vivent Saldivar
Champi Selion
Andy Dear
Abby Astro Girine
Redes Mavien Classalle
Lewa
Giles
Storm
Girl
Malcolm W. Arowne
Saigon
U.S. Army
Weld Partnership
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