Lucas found guilty of second degree murder in mother killing
A circuit court jury convicted 23 year old Henry Les Lucas, Virginia laborer and ex convict, of second degree murder in the stabbing death of his 74 year old mother Viola Lucas in Blacksburg. A pre sentence investigation will follow before Judge Rex Martin determines punishment. Lucas showed no emotion during trial and pled lack of memory about the fatal night.
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Henry Les Lucas
Lucas
Atorney Clyne W. Dorst Sr
Baker & Dorst
Lfe
Opal Jennines
Viola Lucas
Mois
Kenneth B. Glaser Jr
Virginia
Ohio State
Toledo
Blacksburg
Richmond State Penitentiary
Ohio
Rex Martin
Léenawee County
Dan
Suffers Burns In Explosion At Macon Highway Home
Tecumseh resident Baker W. Conard Baker, 22, of Macon Highway, suffered second degree burns to the face and hands when a bottled gas water heater exploded at 3:55 p.m. Wednesday. Firemen report minor damage and say Baker was attempting to repair the gas line when the heater blew up. He was taken to Herrick Hospital for treatment.
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Vecumsen
Conard W. Baker
Macon Highway
Blizzard Hits North Michigan Storm Paralyzes Upper Peninsula
The Associated Press reports a heavy snowstorm in upper Michigan with winds and five inches of new snow. Alger and Marquette counties saw up to ten inches while travel elsewhere in the Upper Peninsula remained hazardous. Southern Lower Peninsula roads were mostly clear with slippery spots around Saginaw Bay and Lake Michigan northward. Temperatures will plunge tonight across the state into single digits.
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Upper Michigan
State Highway Department
Upper Peninsula
Schoolcrraft
Delta
Alger
Marquette
Lower Peninsula
Saginaw Bay-Thimb
Lake Michigan
Holland
Highway Department
Osceola
Mason
Missaukee
Cheboygan
Presque Isle
Lower Michigan
Democrats Press Bond Issue On Ballot To Block Tax Raise
In Lansing Democrats secretly mapped a November bond vote for state parks and construction, tying it to a college and health project package. GOP leaders rejected the plan, saying no plan to pay debt exists and vowing to petition the sales tax increase.
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Lansing
Williams
Joseph J. Kowalski
GOP
Rep
Allison Green
R-Kingston
Republican Party
Michigan
Assn
House
Senate
House Committee On Revision and Amendment of the Constitution
Govans
Itl
Ways and Means
Elkins
W. Va
Lan Air Force
Civil Air Patrol
Sons
George M. Montgomery
Detroit
Building Authority
Green
Wiliam Copeland
D-Wyandotte
Senate To Get Rights Bill
Washington reports the House passed a five point civil rights bill by 311 to 109 and sent it to the Senate. The measure would appoint court referees to certify eligibility of qualified Negroes and supervise voting rights in cases of discrimination. Southern opposition delays the final decision as the bill faces Senate scrutiny.
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Washington
House
Senate
Macmillan To Visit U S For Talks With Eisenhower
Britain Prime Minister Macmillan travels to Washington for talks with President Eisenhower over Russia's nuclear test ban proposal and related issues. White House notes the meeting coordinates U S and British positions while Geneva talks continue. Macmillan arrives Saturday. first talks set for Monday.
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Washington
Britain
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Russia
White House
U. S
Geneva
F P A dies at 78 famed columnist and poet
Franklin Pierce Adams known as F P A died last night at 78 after years in a nursing home. The Chicago born writer rose to fame with witty columns and light verse and appeared on radio's Information Please. He penned This Little World and the famed baseball verse Tinker to Evers to Chance. He is survived by his second wife Esther Sayles Root Adams, three sons Timothy Anthony and Jonathan and a daughter Persephone Adams.
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New York
Franklin Pierce Adams
FPA
Adams
Chicago Cubs
Tinker
Evers
Chasce
Esther Sayles Root Adams
Timothy
The
San Francisco Examiner
Anthony
Weston, Conn
Jonathan
New Canaan
Conn
Persephone Adams
Wilsons
Chicago
University of Michigan
Chicago Journal
Stephenson in Home Inspection Opens Doors Sunday
The Charlotte Stephenson Home for the Aged in the former Bixby Hospital on Locust Street will host a final inspection this week led by E C DeMeritt, with Mayor Roy McPhail to cut the ribbon at a 3 p.m. opening ceremony Sunday. Seven or eight residents are set to move in next week, with space for 50 as trustees finalize plans.
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Charlotte Stephenson
Bixby Hospital
Locust Street
E. C. DeMeritt
Board of Tastems
DeMeritt
Roy McPhail
All Pen House
Abram Stephenson
Edward P. Fisher
Harold RB
Molt
M. Donald Swenk
Roswell Burr
Arthur Clift
Howell
Fay Bryce
Detroit
Adrian
Girls Training School
S. Kresge Co
Henry Ford Hospital
Bagwell Denies Using Plant Closing as Political Football
Lansing Republican chief Paul Bagwell said the Bridgeport Brass Co closing in Adrian was not used for politics. He urged an impartial committee to study why the Michigan plant closed, noting defense work loss and seeking new non-defense jobs to replace the 100,000 yearly target. The Adrian Chamber of Commerce rejected any attempt to politicize the closure.
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Roy McPhail
Paul Bagwell
Lansing
Michigan
Bridgeport Brass Co
Bedford
Partinl Committee
Bridgeport
Adrian Chamber of Commerce
Adrian
Hoover Bar and Bearing plant tours attract California industrialist
Chamber officials toured the Hoover Bar and Bearing Co plant Wednesday with a California industrialist, who seemed pleased but made no commitment. The California firm was told the Industrial Development Committee would assist if needed and would employ about 175 people. A Detroit firm interested in Bridgeport Brass Co will visit Adrian Saturday for a conference and plant tour with Chamber officials. Chamber directors approved an appreciation banquet for Bridgeport officials after Easter, planning to invite the governor and state officials.
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Chamber
Hoover Bar & Bearing Co
California
John O’brien
Hoover
Industrial Development Committee
Detroit
Bridgeport Brass Co
Adrian
Bridgeport
Preliminary talks open with Kewaunee workers union
Preliminary contract negotiations began this week between Kewaunee Manufacturing and its factory employees as the current labor contract nears expiry April 30. Workers are represented by Local 2037 of the AFL Carpenters and Joiners.
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Kewaunee Manufacturing Company
Uocal 2037
AFL Carpenters and
Anion
Embattled convict talks with prison officials in siege
Nashville Tenn i Rob ert Rivera one of two hardened convicts held about 14 hostages in the state penitentiary since yesterday afternoon came out at 12 20 p m CST today The other convict Raymond Farra remained inside with the hostages Rivera was brought out by Clifton Dutton acting for fellow inmates The convict went back to the hostage room after receiving a paper from Charles Moss executive editor of the Nashville Banner Rivera told officials he believed he could talk Farra into coming out Authorities outside said the convicts tentatively agreed for release of 15 to 17 hostages with no reprisals solitary confinement or loss of good behavior time for the convicts The statement noted will require immediate surrender and publication in Nashville newspapers Illness prompted one hostage release and other prisoners pounded bars as no meals arrived Moonlight fires were set but caused no damage
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Nashville, Tenn. i
Robert Rivera
State Penitentiary
Raymond Farra
Rivera
Clifton Dutton
Charles Moss
The
Nashville Banner
Cotton
Farra
Prisor
Farya
Tennessee
Nashville
Tecumseh Youth Heads to Brazil on Official Visit
Sixteen year old Arthur J. Collingsworth of Tecumseh leaves Friday from Detroit for Brazil as an official guest of the government. He will travel by air to New York and on to Rio de Janeiro where he will be interviewed on a Rio television station and hopes to meet President Kubitschek. The trip honors his two year effort promoting inter American understanding through lectures films and literature.
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Tecumseh
Arthur J. Collingsworth
Hecumseh
Ari
Nevi Collingsworth
West Brown Street
Brazil
Tecumseh High School
Detroit
Islewild
New York
South America
Rio
Arthur
Brasilia
Kubitschek
Burreau
U.S. State Department
Brazilian Trade Bureau
Called For Whole Fleet To Remove 100 Dogs
ST LOUIS the Animal Protective Association mobilized its entire truck fleet to remove more than 100 dogs from the home of Lula Hoover a 76 year old woman in Pagedale police were alerted as barking and yelping filled the house Ms Hoover was taken to hospital and APA drivers ferried the dogs to the shelter excessive barking prompted the emergency response
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ST. Louis
Animal Protective Assn
Pagedale
Lula Hoover
Miss Hoover
APA
Khrushchev Pushes Moscow Paris Axis to Rival France West Germany
Premier Khrushchev urged a Moscow Paris axis to counter the growing alliance between France and West Germany. He argued France and the Soviet Union together could sustain peace in Europe in response to a toast by Premier Michel Debre at Hotel Matignon.
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Maris
Khrushchev
Moscow-Paris
France
West Germany
Soviet Union
Michel Debre
Matignon
Debre
New Deal In Power Strike Ends 24 Day UWA Walkout
Consumers Power Co. offers a two year package totaling 24.54 cents an hour for 5,600 striking Utity Workers of America in Michigan. Union aims to present the offer to the state council. first year 3 percent raise and 4.73 cents in changes plus benefits, second year 9 cents extra. Job security and outside contractor concerns key in talks.
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Jackson 3
Consumers Power Co
Utity Workers of America
State Council
The
Utility Workers Union
H. Stanley Richmond
Consumers
UWA
Missed $100 in ransacking Route 4 Adrian home
Blissfield state police report thieves ransacked a residence on Route 4 Adrian, leaving drawers pulled and contents scattered. A bank book with $100 inside was found discarded near the house, along with four cans of lima fish and various candy bars. Detectives recovered the bank book and papers. Also, Michigan hunters request federal aid to probe a duck kill oil spill on the lower Detroit river, estimating 3,000 ducks killed.
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Adrian
Blissfield
Jbank
Lansing
Michigan
Istate Conservation Departments and
Water Resources Commission
Detroit River
Secretary of Interior
US rejects red claim Berlin part of East Germany
The United States today rejected Russia's assertion that Berlin belongs to East Germany. The State Department released English and Russian documents showing Berlin was designated as a separate area to be jointly contained. Signed in London on Sept 12, 1944, the papers aimed to confirm Allied rights to keep West Berlin until a full German peace treaty is signed. Khrushchev's rhetoric argued Western troops’ presence supports making West Berlin a free, demilitarized city.
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Washington
Russia
Berlin
East Germany
State Department
London
West Berlin
Germany
Moscow
Khrushchev
New Adrian City Directory Lists Over 15 500 Names
R L Polk & Company Detroit publishes the Adrian directory listing 15 582 names in city and rural routes. The book notes married couples count as one entry and minors are omitted with special features including owner rented status and telephone listings. Adrian’s political naming section highlights Johnsons Kennedys Nixons Humphreys Isenhower and Rockey among others. Newaygo county tops petitions for Governor Hare with 100 signatures from 20 counties required.
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New Adving
R. L. Polk & Company of
Detroit
Adrian
Adrian Rallcall
Rowena
Aaron
Douglas G. Zumstein
Walter J.zouk
Johnsons
Kennedy's
Nixons
Humphreys
Isenhower
Rockey
Newaygo
Lansing
James M. Hare Joy
Tepart
Newaygo County
Hare
Cuba Claims Guantanamo Base Falls Under Cuban Law
Havana declares the U S Naval Base at Guantanamo a foreign business on Cuban soil and subject to Cuban legislation. Augusto Martinez Sanchez says base workers must be listed in a labor census and Cuba could press if conflict over status arises. The base, under a 1934 treaty, employs about 3,000 Cubans and contributes 7 million dollars in payroll and 2.5 million in purchases to the Cuban economy.
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Cuba
U.S. Naval Base At
Guantanamo
Havana
Fidel Uistro
U.S
Augusto Martinez Sanchez
Martinez
Navy
U.S. Civil Service
Federico Figueras Larrazabel
Ad Talso
Larrazahel
United States
Facos
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Bulon
Bulletin
F.P.A
Stephenson
Bagwell
UNION
MULL
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