Finch Tells High School Story Trial Resumes Monday
In a dramatic courtroom scene Dr. R Bernard Finch described his wife Barbara Jean Finch's death as an accident during a struggle over a pistol in the West Covina garage. He and partner Carole Trego face first degree murder charges in the July 18 1958 shooting linked to a divorce and estate dispute. The jury has two days to deliberate.
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Dr. R. Bernard Finch
Dr. Finch
Fisch
Carole Trego
Finch
Barbara Jean
Barbara
Airliner Crash Kills 59 Near Cochabamba Bolivia
An airliner operated by Lloyd Aereo Boliviano crashed shortly after takeoff near Cochabamba Bolivia killing 59 people Friday. The flight was en route to La Paz about 150 miles northwest of the crash site, AP reports with wirephoto map.
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Cochabamba
Bolivia
Lloyd Aereo Boliviano
la Paz
Bolivia crash claims 59 dead with lone survivor dies
All eight passengers perished in the Bolivian airliner disaster near Cochabamba in the Andes. The lone survivor Jenny Escobar, a two year old, died after rescue. U S consulate identified three Americans among victims including John Manning of Delta Exploration Co. The DC4 exploded in a lagoon after takeoff from Cochabamba.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Jenny Escobar
Cochabamba
Lloyd Aereo Boliviana
Andes
U. S
John Manning
Manning
Delta Exploration Co
Jackson
Miss
Ruston
John and Jarek Reynolds
Dieth Klein
J Gerardo Halken Jager
Cochabama
Game Switched 20 Miles At Half Time
Grant high school faced Cedar Springs in a basketball game that moved from Grant gym to Cedar Springs 20 miles away due to moisture and crowd size. Cedar Springs led 38 to 28 at halftime and finished with a 72 to 0 victory as many spectators followed.
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Grant Im
Grant
Cedar Springs
Flint Union 10 Vote on Settlement
United Auto Workers Local 659 at Flint meets to vote on a Chevrolet settlement ending a national strike that affected plants nationwide. Plant manager Grosvenor Swift expects normal operations Monday. E. 8. Patterson says bargaining team will urge acceptance. about 10,000 workers were involved in the dispute over production standards. Chevrolet reports changes in crankshaft grinding and work standards for fewer than 20 men. The terms remain undisclosed.
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Flint
United Auto Workers
Chevrolet
General Motors
UAW
Grosvenor Swift
Patterson
Plane Crash Kills Three In San Francisco Wreck
SAN FRANCISCO. A light plane crashed into a eucalyptus tree last night, killing pilot Anthony Kirsimagi, 27, of Santa Clara, and John Drew, 24, of Redwood City. A third man, Joseph Pardo, about 24, of Redwood City, died after eight hours trapped in the wreckage 40 feet above ground. Firemen freed him only after emergency efforts and the body was removed from the tangled metal.
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San Francisco
Joseph Pardo
Redwood City
Anthony Kirsimagi
Santa Clara
John Drew
Cheaters Punished At Lake Shore High School
Four basketball players were dropped from sports for a year and a student was barred from activities after a cheating scandal at Lake Shore High School in St. Clair Shores. Principal Robert Reid said stolen test materials with a master key led to zeros on final exams. Several students apologized to the body at yesterday’s assembly.
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Detroit
Suburban
Lake Shore High School
Robert G. Reid
St. Clair Shores
Reid
Farmers Week at Michigan State draws 60000 attendees
East Lansing reports a record Farmers Week with about 50 900 visitors viewing farm exhibits and listening to talks. Top Michigan farmers were honored at a closing banquet for feats in crop yield, dairy sales, egg sales, piglets weaned and lambs raised, with Eli Wykamp also cited for general labor efficiency. In a separate incident, in Brookville Indiana a Franklin County man killed his wife and son then himself in a morning shooting.
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East Lansing
Michigan State University
Michigan
Victor Clement
Lenawee County
Paul Anibal
Shiawassee County
Maurice John
Isabella County
Robert Baccus
Houghton County
Maurice Pancake
Kalamalooo
Gerald Starling
Clinton County
Ottawa County
Eli Wykamp
Brookville
Ind
Franklin County
Vester Gesell
Marie
Frost Posts Weight Limits On Five Lenawee Roads
Lenawee county road commission posted weight limits on five double seal coat roads due to frost damage from mild wet weather. Roads include Lenawee Hills Highway, Spielman Road, Gady Road east of M-52, Sutton Road from M-52 to Occidental Highway, and Carleton Road from Sand Creek Highway to Ogden Highway. Limits set at 11 700 pounds per single axle and 16 000 pounds per tandem axle.
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Lenawee
County Road Commission
Lenawee Hills
Spielman
Gady Road
Sutton Road
Occidental Highway
Carleton
Sand Creek Highway
Ogden Highway
Flu-like Illness Sweeps Michigan Says Health Chief
Lansing health official Dr. F S Leeder warns a hard to shake flu grips Michigan this winter with absenteeism rising in Detroit Saginaw Genesee and Charlevoix Petoskey areas. Coxsackie viruses linked to persistent cough and stiff neck with children often first affected. No vaccine exists and best defense is staying in good physical condition and sensible clothing as weather swings complicate the spread.
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Lansing
Michigan
F. S. Leeder
State Health Department
Disease Control Division
Leeder
Detroit
Saginaw
Genesee
Charlevoix
Petoskey
Coxsackie
N. Y
Toledo Police Smash Drug Ring in Major Busts
In 20 raids last night and today 32 Toledo police arrested 17 men and 15 women led by Police Chief Anthony A. Bosch who said the action broke the back of the narcotics traffic. Detective Lieutenants Harold Fauble and Charles Stewart led the investigation aided by Paul Thompson. Lucas County Prosecutor Harry Friberg funded $2,200 for agents purchases as the operation spread.
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Toledo
Anthony A. Bosch
Bosch
Harold Fauble
Charles Stewart
Paul Thompson
Lucas County
Harry Friberg
Two Airmen Die as T33 Crashes Into Denver Homes
A T33 jet trainer plunged into a residential area near Lowry Air Force Base, killing two airmen and damaging two homes. A housekeeper escaped a blazing residence where a woman, Anne Marie Schoen, 41, was in the basement. the $35,000 brick trilevel home was destroyed while its owner and his two children were away.
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Denver
Lowry Air Force Base
Anne Marie Schoen
Arguments Delayed in Communist Case Hearings
Washington The Supreme Court postponed until October 10 arguments on three major cases involving Communism. Justice Clark opposed the delay and said it defers decisions on the Smith Act and the Internal Security Act of 1950, affecting cases against the Communist party and two Smith Act membership convictions of Junius Irving Seales and John Francis Noto.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Clark
Communist Party
Russia
Junius Irving Seales
John Francis
Noto
Don Brown Named Racing Steward for Michigan Harness Tracks
Don W Brown of Adrian has been named state steward for harness racing by Racing Commissioner James H Inglis. He will serve at Detroit Race Course Hazel Park Track and Northville Downs. Brown 56 is a Michigan official since 1950s and succeeds John E Ducharme retiring to manage his farm. He began as a patrol judge at Northville and has served as a judge at all three Detroit tracks.
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Detroit
H . Ron W. Brown
Adrian
James H. Inglis
Brown
Detroit Race Course
Hazel Park Track
Northville Downs
Inglis
John Broderick
Layie M. German
Northville
Michigan
John E. Ducharme
Spencer
Iowa
Tecumseh
Rep Emil Peltz Dies At Lansing
Rep Emil A Peltz 58 veteran Republican lawmaker from Rogers City died in Lansing after a fatal heart attack suffered in a hotel room. He collapsed shortly after noon and died four hours later in Edward W Sparrow hospital as his wife Adelia rushed to his bedside by private plane. Other lawmakers who died in the current legislature were Reps Charlene White Fred Dingman Detroit Democrats and Glenn Hunsberger Grand Rapids Republican.
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Lansing
Emil A. Peltz
Rogers City
Peltz
Edward W. Sparrow Hospital
Adelia
Charlene White
Fred Dingman
Buf
Detroit Democrats
Glenn Hunsberger
Grand Rapids
Gunfire disrupts Mikoyan visit at Cuban shrine
Soviet Deputy Premier Mikoyan faced gunfire that disrupted the Havana opening of the Russian cultural exposition amid anti-Communist student protests near Jose Marti statue. He remained calm and continued with ceremonies, later wreathing the Marti statue before touring the exposition.
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Anastas Mikoyan
Fidel Castro
Havana
Mikoyan
Corteos
Havanaa
Castro
Kremlin
Russia
Jose Marti
Marti
Palace of Fine Arts
Sales tax funds returned to units in 1953 fourth quarter
County Treasurer Willis L. Moore announced the 1953 fourth quarter sales tax diversion fund payments totaling $130,853. Checks were mailed to cities villages and townships including Adrian Hudson Morenci Tecumseh Addison Blissfield Britton Cement City Clayton Clinton Deerfield and Oisted with township shares listed for Adrian Blissfield Cambridge Clinton Deerfield Dover Fairfield Franklin Hudson Morenci Madison Medina Ogden Palmyra Raisin Ridgeway Riga Rollin Rome Seneca Tecumseh and Woodstock. Payments equal $2.03 per person based on 1950 census.
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Willis L. Moore
Adrian
Hudson
Morenci
Tecumseh
Addison
Blissfield
Britwn
Cement City
Clayton
Clinton
Deerfield
Ousted
Townships
Cambridge
Dover
Fairfield
Frantlin
Madison
Medina
Ogden
Palmyra
Raisin
Ridgeway
Riga
Rollin
Rome
Seneca
Woodstock
Mail carrier bitten by terrier in Mount Clemens
Detroit report details Lorne Winbigler and his mail route disrupted when a terrier named Tinker attacked through a door slot. The 23 year old was treated with a tetanus shot at a hospital and resumed his rounds wearing gloves.
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Detroit
Lorne Winbigler
Mount Clemens
Winbigler
Tinker
Windigler
Bingo the Monkey Rescued After Long Tree Watch
In Pontiac a ring tail monkey named Bingo escaped from a car door and climbed a tree, resisting firemen for an hour and a half before Patrolman George Scheuren coaxed him down. Bingo belongs to 11 year old Patrick Kelley. sister Sandra, 18, says the family raised ten Kelley children and plans to keep Bingo safe. The Kelleys also own two dogs a parakeet a cat and are awaiting kittens.
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Pontiac
Bingo
George Scheurern
Schéuern
Sandra Kelley
Patrick
Kelley
Sandra
Scheuern
Promoter Wanted in Grand Rapids Gambling Crackdown
Grand Rapids police broadcast a pickup order for sports promoter Ted Rasberry in a gambling crackdown. Rasberry, 49, is wanted on conspiracy to violate gambling laws and to possess gambling equipment as seven raids target a numbers ring with an $800,000 annual business.
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Grand Rapids
Ted Rasberry
Robert Anderson
Rasberry
U S Frozen in Second Missile Spot for 2 Years
Lt Gen Bernard A Schriever told the House Space Committee the United States is locked into the missile count for the next two years with production delayed two years. He warned Russia will likely hold missile superiority next year, though overall deterrence remains not only missiles. Schriever and Gen Power urged funds to keep many armed bombers active.
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Washington
United States
Air Force
Bernard A. Schriever
Research and Development Command
Schriever
House Space Committee
Russia
McLouth Steel Strike Ends With New Detroit Pact
Detroit area McLouth Steel plants end a day old strike as workers vote 2 to 1 for a new contract. About 1,200 of 4,200 production staff backed the agreement, with 6 of 9 bargaining delegates opposing. The pact expires June 0, 1962, preserving economic gains won by USW across major steel firms.
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Detroit
McLouth Steel Corp
Detroit Area
McLouth
Adolph Schwartz
United Steel Workers
Schwartz
Gibraltar
Trenton
USW
News Analyst Tells Teachers U S Is Losing To Russia
NBC analyst Richard Applegate told 500 Lenawee County teachers that America risks losing the next war, tracing the Cold War to Communist aims and urging pupils to understand democracy beyond wealth and economics. He cited Asia Africa and Latin headlines to illustrate global stakes.
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U.S
Russia
Richard Applegate
NBC News
Lenawee County
America
Britain
France
Applegate
Mr. Applegate
Japan
South
Korea
Indonesia
Little Rock
State Department
Asia
Africa
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