Powell Won't Fight Seat Contempt Conviction Fallout
Rep. Adam Clayton Powell says he will not contest any House decision to bar him from seating in January. He faces possible jail terms for civil and criminal contempt tied to a $164,000 libel judgment and failed court appearances. Powell is vacationing in the Bahamas as legal and political actions continue in New York and Washington.
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House of Representatives
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Convicts gagged in court during Allegheny prison break trial
In a five week Allegheny County trial, three Western State inmates Maberry Codispodi and Laynes were convicted of attempting an escape. Judge Albert Fick ordered Maberry and Codispodi gagged and bound in straitjackets after they disrupted proceedings. Laynes shouted threats and faced a separate outburst. Sentencing set for Monday.
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Richard Maberry
Dominic Codispodi
Herbert F. Laynes
Albert A. Fick
Mayberry
Godispodi
Fick
Laynes
Lagnes
Codispodi
Western State
Pope to Visit Flooded Florence for Christmas Mass
Pope Paul VI will travel to flood stricken Florence on Christmas Eve to celebrate midnight Mass in the damaged Santa Maria del Fiore Cathedral after driving there the day before. The visit, described as private, aims to comfort Florentines amid Arno flood damage to the famous cathedral.
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Vatican
Sistine Chapel
Florentine
Arno
Santa Maria Delle Fiore
Italy
Police Hunt for Davenport Woman's Rapist
Davenport police seek a young man with a gun who abducted a 17%-year-old housewife in a downtown parking lot after Christmas shopping. The attacker bound her with stockings, drove to Credit Island for the rape, took $45, ordered her to undress, then returned to the city and she was taken to a medical clinic for confirmation of rape.
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Davenport
Iowa
Credit Island
Pack Mules and Copters Aid Stranded Tule Indians
Food and medicine were flown and carried by pack mules to about 200 Tule Indians stranded by flooding in the Sierra foothills near Porterville California. A six year old boy Marcus Hunter died of exposure. Twenty five people suffered dysentery and aid teams sought typhoid vaccines and more supplies as roads bridges and lines were ruined.
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Calif
Sierra
California
Marcus Hunter
Tulare County
Lowell Chamberlen
Dorothy Jones
Chamberlen
Central America
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