Oklahoma ex-con admits setting New London school blast
An Oklahoma City man, William Easter Benson, 41, confessed to police that he caused the New London Texas school explosion on March 15, 1977 that killed 282 students and 14 teachers. Detectives say Benson, with a long crime record, claimed motive was anger at the school. He was arrested after an armed robbery and identified by witnesses.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
New London
Tex
J. G. Purser
Jack Ryan
Harold Devine
William Easter Benson
Benson
Cnde
Juvenile Charged in Skating Rink Assault Case
Robert Schneider a 17 year old Omaha youth admitted his name was Schneider instead of Cummings during an Iowa case after an altercation at the Roller Palace skating rink. He faces assault with intent to do great bodily harm charges and is held on $1000 bond in Cass county jail. the case was moved from justice of the peace court to juvenile court.
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Lyle Brillhart
Roller Palace
Robert Schneider
Omaha
James Cummings
Ken Jones
Schneider
Cummings
Iowa
Justice of the Peace Court
Cass County
Skat
Weather Outlook With Showers Across Regions
The forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms Tuesday night with lows in the Us. Partly cloudy conditions prevail in the far west. On Wednesday expect more showers and thunderstorms across the east and central areas with cooler southeast and extreme east, and a mild amount of precipitation in mid Ma.
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Ceoler
Mid
Second Man In Space Shot Set For Wednesday
The article notes delays to the second man in space mission with NASA delaying Grissom’s liftoff to Wednesday at 6 a.m. EST due to weather and high clouds. It also covers the House Rules Committee vote to table federal school aid proposals, threatening three school bills and leaving revival unlikely this session.
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Washington
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
D-Va
William Colmer
D-Miss
Arsa
House Education and Labor Committee
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Rules Committee
Air Force
Virgil I. Grissom
Grissom
National Aeronautics Space Administration
Caribbean
NASA
Navy
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Building ceiling collapse injures 22 at UI Chicago campus
Twenty two people suffer minor injuries when a section of false ceiling collapses in the second floor cafeteria of the Chicago Dinius Union building on the University of Illinois Chicago campus. About sixty five students were in the dining area when the roof section fell. Investigators had not yet determined a cause.
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Chicago
Earl of Kimberley hurt carrying bride on return from honeymoon
The 37 year old Earl of Kimberley said he injured his back after carrying his bride Margaret Simons over the threshold. The couple married ten days ago and returned from a honeymoon in the south of France to London on Monday. He revealed a slipped disc and that he consulted his osteopath.
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London
Earl of Kimberly
Lord Kimberley
Margaret Simons
France
Army Gas Warheads Reported in Soviet Berlin Ring
The report says Soviet and East German forces ring Berlin with 67,500 troops and 1,200 tanks within a 30 mile girdle. It notes West Berlin police, U.S. forces, and a new Army regulation describing missiles that could deliver chemical agents, including nerve gases, to support battle zones.
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John
Koehler
Bonn
Germany
Berlin
Castine
Spt
Washington
Army
Encino Boy Charged After Lab Fire Killing Child
In Encino California six youths playing soldiers in dusk hills misidentified a figure as a coyote and fired a .22 rifle. James Johnson, 14, was shot and killed. The shooter, a local teen named Winward, was booked on suspicion of murder after insisting the target was a coyote.
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Encino
Calif
Cee
Foothill
Recei Deen
Investi
Winward
James Johnson
Labor Peace Reaches Community in Ste Genevieve
In Ste Genevieve Missouri Local 400 of the United Glass and Ceramic Workers Union wins bargaining rights at the Mississippi plant after a strike begun May 27. Non union workers faced stone and egg attacks and a bus was chased before highway patrol intervened. The contract protects rehiring and full seniority for striking workers in a union shop.
White House Receives Rare Iowa Desk for Collection
Dr and Mrs Maurice Noun of Des Moines Iowa loan a rare mahogany desk to the White House Fine Arts Committee in memory of Flora Dunlap first president of the Iowa League of Women Voters. Pamela Tunure notes ten desks exist with similar Baltimore made pieces in major museums.
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Washington
White House
Pamela Tunure
John F. Kennedy
Baltimore
Maurice Noun
Des Moines
Iowa
Fine Arts Committee
Flora Dunlap
Iowa League of Women Voters
Tunure
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
Baltimore Museum
Winterthur-Dupont Museum
Wilmingtom
Del
Rome Designer Debuts Christmas Tree Cape by Bales Tra
Rome designer Renato Bales offers a lavish Christmas tree cape with a fur collar and seven expanding tiers of marabou for evening wear. The extravagant piece showcases bold craftsmanship and holiday showmanship.
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Rome
Renato Balestra
County Board Buys 36 Voting Machines for 1962
The Caes county board approved purchasing 36 voting machines from Automatic Voting Company of Jamestown N Y at 1722 each. Total cost around 965 000 paid over three years with expected savings 4 000 to 5 000 per election. Machines cut need for election judges and clerks. Delivery expected before April 1. Thirty seven Iowa counties use voting machines. Pottawattamie Crawford and Shelby counties in the area still use none. First Iowa machines bought in 1908. Thirty five machines to be used across 22 precincts with one reserve. The board also set August 17 1962 at 10 a m for a budget hearing. tentative tax raise 818 561, likely reduced after valuation. Last year’s levy was 780 273.
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Caes County Board of Supervisors
Automatic Voting Machine Company
Jamestown N. Y
Iowa
Pottawattamie
Crawford
Shelby
Will File Charges Against Driver In Fatal Accident
Rock Island Illinois AP reports charges of reckless homicide or manslaughter were expected against Larry Mitchell 25 of Rock Island for a two car crash that fatally injured 12 year old Edward Appelquist. Mitchell's wife told police she and her husband had been arguing and were married a week.
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Rock Island, Ill
Larry Mitchell
Rock Island
Mitchell
Rodney Appelquist
Appelquist
Edward
Six European nations discuss politics in Bonn meeting
In Bonn, government heads from France Italy Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg and West Germany met to weigh political cooperation within the Common Market. They considered regular summits to discuss non economic matters along with European defense including the Berlin crisis and ties to Africa and Latin America.
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Bonn
Germany
France
Charles de Gaulle
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Africa
Latin America
Kennedy to Lead Military Review on Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy called meetings of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the National Security Council to assess military capability amid Soviet Berlin threats. Britain and France joined the U.S. in warning Moscow it risks world peace, offering negotiated settlement and renewed talks on German self-determination.
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Washington
Kennedy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
National Security Council
Pentagon
White House
Berlin
Russia
Pierre Salinger
Capitol Hill
Sen
Robertson
D-Va
Senate Defense Appropriations Committee
Congress
United States
Britain
France
Soviet Union
West Berlin
U.S
Moscow
London
Paris
Pri
Driver Killed in Car Crash Near Maquoketa
Sheridan Dale Clark 20 of Maquoketa died Monday night when his car left a Highway 64 curve four miles east of Maquoketa. Passenger Edward N. Smith 21 of West Carthage New York was ejected and treated in a Maquoketa hospital where his condition was listed as fairly good.
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Maquoketa
Sheridan Dale Clark
Here
Highway Patrol
Clark
Edward N. Smith
West Carthage
N.Y
Smith
Prison escapees recaptured on county road near Montrose
Richard Brawdy 28 and Joseph Martin Jr 29 escaped from the Iowa penitentiary honor farm near Montrose Sunday and were caught last night on a county road between Crotos and Belfast about 20 miles from the farm. Brawdy formerly of Bridgewater was sentenced in July 1960 from Atlantic for breaking into the Massena drug store and the Massena elevator.
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Richard Brawdy
Joseph Martin, Jr
Iowa
Montrose
Crotos
Belfast
Brawdy
Bridgewater
Atlantic
Massena
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Daredevil
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Maid of Mist
Niagra Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
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