Missing Georgia bank employee found in Florida
Det. Sgt. J. R. Howington said 28 year old Francis Phillip Douglas Jr. was located in Jacksonville Beach Florida and was unharmed. He noted a man at the Fulton County airport reported a woman matching her description asking about a charter flight. Douglas had left his car at a car storage lot at the Atlanta airport.
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Decatur
de Kalb
J. R. Howington
Francis Phillip Douglas Jr
Jacksonville Beach
Fla
Howington
Jacksonville
Fulton County
Douglas
Florida
Atlanta
Posthumous Medal Honors Smedley Father for Marine Son
Albany Georgia’s Russell E Smedley receives a posthumous Medal of Honor for his son Corporal Larry E Smedley who died near Da Nang in 1967 while leading a six man patrol. The award comes from President Nixon as Smedley and two other Marine families are honored. Rhodesia votes on constitutional changes to entrench white rule with lines forming at polling places and a white electorate of 90 000 expected to turnout.
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Washington (Ap
Russel E. Smedley
Albany
Smedley
Nixon
Cpl
Larry E. Smedley
Mary E. Willis
Orlando
Fla
da Nang
Salisbury, Rhodesia
Ireland election yields slim Fianna Fail majority
Dublin AP reports Fianna Fail led by Prime Minister Jack Lynch appears to hold 66 of 143 seats with 17 undecided. Fine Gael and Labor hold 44 and 16 seats respectively as Ireland heads toward forming a government.
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Dublin
Jack Lynch
Fianna Fail
Ireland
Lynch
Soldiers of Destiny
Fine Gael—Irish Party
Left Labor Party
Berserk Student Posts on Bridge Before Shooting Self
A 22 year old student Robert Michniak climbed nearly 100 feet atop a downtown bridge in Pittsburgh and fired 45 rounds over more than an hour while police and spectators watched. He then shot himself in the head and was taken to Allegheny General Hospital in serious condition after brain surgery. His mother watched the incident on television from Bethesda Ohio.
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Pittsburgh
Robert Michniak
Michniak
Allegheny River
Allegheny General Hospital
Arvella Michniak
Bethesda
Ohio
Air Force
Humor From An Army Morning Salute Gaffe
A janitor explains why being 16 minutes late drew a stern reaction. The manager asks what soldiers did when late as a child and the janitor replies that in the army they stood, saluted, and said Good Morning Colonel.
U S Forces Repel Big Viet Cong Attack Near Tay Ninh
U S positions near Tay Ninh City face a major assault as more than 500 North Vietnamese troops storm a base 15 miles north. U S and Vietnamese casualties rise with 7 Americans killed and 18 wounded, while Hanoi losses climb. B52 strikes target reserves north of Firebase Ike.
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Saigon
U.S
Tay Ninh City
Tay Ninh
Ike
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Seven U S Tuna Boats Seized by Ecuador in Dispute
In Washington reports say seven U S fishing vessels were seized by Ecuador with one fired upon. No injuries. The incident follows Latin American disputes over offshore territorial limits, with the United States citing a three mile limit and Peru Ecuador seeking broader claims.
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U. S
Ecuador
San Diego
Calif
American Tunaboat Association
U.S
Ecuador’s
Peru
United States
Nixon says RFK ordered King wiretap
President Nixon stated he personally verified that Robert F. Kennedy as attorney general authorized FBI wiretapping of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He supported Hoover against claims Kennedy originated the surveillance while Kennedy’s successors disputed the accusation.
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Dr. King
Nixon
Robert K. Walker
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Robert F. Kennedy
FBI
Martin Luther King Jr
J. Edgar Hoover
Kennedy
Hoover
Meat Prices Driving Cartersville Grocer Out of Business
Clyde Charles a Cartersville Georgia grocer of 15 years says rising meat prices cost him 200 to 300 dollars weekly threatening closure He laments public shift to vegetables and plans to press national leaders to act Congressman John W Davis D Ga has pushed Congress to investigate the issue
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Clyde Charles
Cartersville
Charles
John W. Davis
D-Ga
Congress
Consume Affairs
Area Deaths: Fred A. Alligood and Mrs. Bernice Blackman
Obituary notice listing Fred A. Alligood and Mrs. Bernice Blackman among area deaths, with brief identifications and affiliations pending full details.
Americus Police Capture Escapees From Public Works Camp
Americus officers stormed a motel room to flush out two Florida inmates Albert Battle and Charles Williams aged 22 and 21. The pair overpowered a guard, forced a trailer park resident to drive them, then drove downtown before abandoning the car.
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Americus, Ga
Public Works Camp
Albert Willard Battle
Charles Williams
Delray Beach
Fla
Sumter County
Americus
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