Maugham Paternity Case Heard by French Judges
French judges heard arguments in a paternity dispute involving author W. Somerest Maugham and his alleged daughter Lady Eliza Hope. The case centers on whether Lady Hope, born before Maugham’s marriage to her mother, is the author’s legal daughter amid his reported multi million fortune. Proceedings were held behind closed doors with no date set for a ruling.
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London
California
John Hope
Lady Hope
Maugham
Alan Searle
Syrne Barnardy
Henry Welleuine
Eliza
Bloomington
Ind
Beth Hope
Nancy C. Uillingham
Thejbut Maugham
Diana University
W. Som
St. Jean
Circuit Court
Uralway
Jan
Halleck to face dove shooting trial in North Carolina
Judge John Larkins ruled Halleck and four North Carolina men must stand trial on charges of hunting doves over a baited field. The case also involves David Rose of Goldsboro and others. defense argued insufficient evidence and lack of a search warrant for the private hunting club raid. Halleck and Weant were absent for the proceedings.
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New Bern
N.C
UPD
U.S
John 0. Larkins
House
Charles Halleck
North Carolina
I Ias
David J. Rose
Guldsboro
Albert Ellis
Jacksonville
Kis
Here
Halleck
Wayne Meant
Greenstaro
James S. Lewis
Galdsboro
R. E. Pugh
B. H. Oakes
Weant
Wabash Basin Study Funds Turned Down by Corps
The Army Corps of Engineers rejected a $1 million request by the Wabash Valley Association for a comprehensive basin survey. Col. Leonard J. Goodsell said the corps can allocate only $450,000, with eight specific projects identified as feasible. Public notice will precede funding decisions next year.
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Goodsell
Patoka River
East Fork
White River
Richland Creek
White
Big Walnut Creek
Spencer Creek
Indiana
Copper Cave
Embarrass River
Wilcox Bridge
Little Wabash River
Ilinois
Smoke From Bread Triggers Fire Call in Thunderstorm
In Du Quoin Illinois a fire chief and crew responded to a blaze alarm at Eugene Lindner's home during a thunderstorm. They found smoke filling the house caused by a burned piece of bread in an electric toaster, not lightning.
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DU Quoin
UPI
Eugene Lindner
Lindner
Elevator Fall Fatality At Marhoeter Packing Co
Five workers plunged into a shaft at the Marhoeter Packing Co storage plant after an elevator floor collapsed. Larry D. Walker 24 Muncie died. four others including Alfred L Hoyt 53 Farmland and Richard Green 20 were seriously injured. Rescue workers freed them and they were taken to Ball Memorial Hospital. An investigation ordered by company vice president John G Marhoeter is underway.
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Marhoyler Packing Co
Larry D. Walker
Muncie
John G. Marhoeter
Alfred DL
Hoyt
Rt 1
Richard Green
David Harper
Richard Carmichael
Muncie the Clevelor
Jerry Troxell
Troxell
Don Spradlin
Walker
Dunes Council Sees Port Plan Failure
Save the Dunes Council criticizes the Indiana Port Commission for pursuing private capital to fund a lake harbor at Burns instead of using public funds The group claims the plan would fail taxpayers and accuses out-of-state interests of pressuring the project through private boards.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
CUPI
lSave the Dunes Council
Indiana Port Commission
Lake Michigan
Burns
Thomas E. Dustin
Welsh
Bethlehem
Midwest Steel
Indiana
U. S
Dustin
Chicago to Host Negro Progress Exposition Opening August
Mayor Daley announced Chicago will stage A Century of Negro Progress exposition starting August 16. The two and a half week event features more than 100 industrial exhibits and is produced by the American Negro Achievement Centennial Authority.
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Chicago
UPH
Richard I. Daley
American Negro Jpmmapcupation Centennial Authority
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Robert Symonds
Edge
Dr. Burkhart
Pendleton Avenue
Hollis R. Williams
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Water Pollution Control Division
Keith Krause
Herbert C. Fletcher
Interior Department
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Litchfield
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Wilton
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DuPont
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