Five Dead in Newark Apartment Mystery Slaying Case
Police found a man Elias Vargas 30 his common law wife Rosa Gonzalez 25 and three children dead in a bloodstained fourth floor Newark apartment. Vargas had throat cut while the other victims were strangled and drowned. Autopsy pending homicide possibility under review.
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Newark
N.J
Elias Vargas
Rosa Gonzalez
Elias Vargas Jr
Eriberto Rivera
Aracelis Acosta
Marguerita Rodriguez
Vargas
Gonzalez
Rivera
Trenton State Hospital
Mayor Lindsay honors white officer saved newborn
New York AP report says William West, a Black father, ignored threats from four men to skip a City Hall honor for Patrolman William Markey who resuscitated West’s newborn. West joined the ceremony, praising Markey as the lifesaver despite ongoing brutality charges and a police review panel scrutiny.
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City Hall
William West
New York City Hall
John Lindsay
Philip Markey
West
Coney Island
Brooklyn
Markey
Police Review Board
New York
John V. Lindsay
William Markey
Whiteys
Airline Strike Talks Resume After Union Drops Vote Plan
Washington AP reports airline strike talks resumed as the Machinists Union abandoned a government described pointless vote on managements latest offer. Deadlocked negotiations appeared to move slowly with limited progress after two days.
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Washington
Airlines
U S Eager To Discuss Hanoi Captives Fate
The United States plans to attend a Geneva Conference on prisoners of war under Red Cross sponsorship. North Vietnam may try captured airmen as war criminals, despite U S assurances of humane treatment. President Johnson urged round the clock talks to end the airline strike stalemate and protect wages and air traffic.
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Washington
United States
International Red Cross Committee
U.S
State Department
North Viet Nam
Hanoi
Johnson
International
Congress
W. Willard Wirtz
Legionnaires urged to be revolutionists for liberty and freedom
William E. Egan Jr. of Bronxville urged legionnaires at a state convention to be revolutionists for liberty and freedom. About 5000 legionnaires and auxiliary women gathered as the convention proceeds. James E. Heneghan of Huntington is slated for election to succeed Egan at the convention's close.
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William E. Egan Jr
Bronxville
American Legion
James E. Heneghan
Huntington
Suffolk County
Egan
Gemini 10 Returns After Seven Space Firsts
Astronauts John W. Young and Michael Collins landed safely aboard the USS Guadalcanal near Cape Canaveral after a 43rd orbit mission. The crew praised Navy recovery and noted a series of seven space firsts during the Gemini 10 flight.
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John W. Young
Michael Collins
America
Florida
Young
Collins
Navy
Air Force
Canton Island
Pacific Ocean
Globe
Earth
Gemini
John Young
Guadalcanal
Fires Rip Cleveland Negro Area for Fourth Night
Rioting across Cleveland's Negro slums continued with fires and gunfire for a fourth straight night as police and National Guardsmen battled blazes. Five wounded by police gunfire during a morning fire, two killed in the violence, and more than 30 injured as property damage spread through the area.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Michael A. Feighan
National Guard
Two More U S Jets Shot Down
Two more U S planes were shot down in North Viet Nam, bringing total U S losses in the 17 month air campaign to 300. Ground reports said renewed fighting and a U S Vietnamese operation continued near the border as Jets targeted oil depots and lines, while surface to air missiles intercepted several strikes.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
North
Insanity Plea Planned For Speck Massacre Suspect
Public defender Gerald W. Getty announced Richard Speck will plead not guilty by reason of insanity and demand a jury trial. A court hearing was adjourned to July 28 as two heart doctors evaluate Speck’s medical condition after involvement in a hospital admission and chest pains.
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Chicago
Richard Speck
Gerald W. Getty
Circuit Court
Speck
Getty
C. William Ruddell
House of Correction
Cook County Hospital
City Jail
William N. Norcross
Norcross
Daniel Ryan
Felony Division of
William Bokin
University of Iinois
St. Joseph's Hospital
Edmund Foley
University of Illinois Medical School
Columbus Hospital
Capote Warns on Crime Probe Rules Impacting Innocents
Truman Capote told a Senate subcommittee that recent Supreme Court rulings on suspect questioning threaten the innocent. He cited the Richard Speck case and said police could be afraid to ask questions, harming victims and the helpless. Alvin Dewey testified confessions might have been obtained without such limits, and Capote argued Miranda safeguards complicate police work.
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Washington
Truman Capote
Supreme Court
Richard Speck
Chicago
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Capote
Herbert Clutter
Holcomb
Kan
Richard Eugene Hickock
Perry Smith
Alvin A. Dewey
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Clutter
Hickock
Smith
Dewey
Iesearch
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Whitey
F. Bradford Morse
Massachusetts
Ogden R. Reid
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Space Twins
Cleveland Negro
Mount Sinai Hospital
Homer Croft
City Jail Hospital
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