Fuchs to win freedom after serving nine years
Klaus Fuchs, the German born spy who passed Western atomic secrets to the Soviet Union, is expected to be released early next month after earning remission on a 14 year sentence. Home Secretary Butler will outline next steps to Parliament as Fuchs faces possible deportation or relocation to East Germany.
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Klaus Fuchs
Soviet Union
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
Fuchs
London
Old Bailey
East
Threats Force Cancellation of Weekiwachee Camp
Leesburg pastor Rev Terrell K Kirk says threats of violence if Negroes attend led to canceling two Weekiwachee camps for Presbyterian boys near Brooksville Hernando County. The presbytery of St Johns, including Sebring Sanford Deland Daytona Beach Orlando churches, halted operations June 2 and vows to ensure unimpeded camp program next year.
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Leesburg, Filia
Weekiwachee
Terrell K. Kirk
Leesburg Presbyterian Church
Hernando County
Kirk
Brooksville
Gulf of Mexico
Tampa
St. Johns
Florida
Sebring
Sanford
Deland
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Washington Shores
Presbytery
Hardy 2 Hike 2300 Miles Into Mexico
Two Californians, Bill Tynan and Bill Bates of Los Angeles, walked 2300 miles to Mexico City starting Oct 18, 1958, after seven months on the road. They survived with $400, fed by locals, slept in jails, and learned Spanish, noting Indians aided their journey while some feared danger. They plan no more long walks soon.
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Mexico City
Bill Tynan
Bill Bates
Los Angeles
Fidel Castro
Tynan
Walt Disney Studios
Sinaloa de Leyva
Sinaloa
Bates
Douglas Aircraft
Sierra Madre
Mexico
Mojave Desert
First Presbyterian Church Opens Airconditioned Sanctuary
Marlin Texas AP reports the First Presbyterian Church held its first service in a newly air conditioned sanctuary with cushioned pews. The Rev. H. B. Streater delivered a sermon titled Dont be too comfortable.
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Marlin, Tex
First Presbyterian Church
H. B. Streater
Giant turbine runner routed through eight states
A giant hydro turbine runner built in Newport News Virginia for Niagara Falls New York had to be moved along eight states with two states crossed twice due to railroad rights of way obstructions. The 18 foot high and eight foot wide piece rode a special flat car.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Starkweather Dad Seeks Halt to Execution
Lincoln AP Charles Starkweather, 20, faces a Friday execution date after 10 lives taken in a 1958 rampage. His father Guy Starkweather seeks a writ of habeas corpus from Lancaster District Court to delay and has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, though officials say not yet sufficient for review. The killer claims proper representation could have earned life. In December 1957 he shot a filling station attendant. the 1958 case involved the Jensen murder in Benni, Nebraska. Providence AP Brown University classics chair Herbert N. Couch, 59, died Saturday after a prior heart attack.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Guy Starkweather
Lancaster District Court
Starkweather
Robert Jensen
Benni
Providence, Rul
Herbert N. Couch
Brown University
Love Triangle Case Opens in Cincinnati Court
Edythe Klumpe, 41, a part time home economics teacher and car‑boarding home operator, faces murder charges in Hamilton County Court. The state alleges she killed Louis Bergen after he refused to divorce his wife, with the body later burned near Lake Cowan. Defense cites lack of coroner findings and questions where the crime occurred, while a 75 member jury pool begins selection.
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Cincinnati
Hamilton County
Edythe Klumpe
Lake Cowan
Clinton County
C. Watson
Defene
William F. Hopkins
Hopkins
Neighbors Lured Into Woods and Killed
Macon Missouri AP reports farmer Mike Kordash 70 lured three neighbors into timber near eight miles southeast of Macon killed two of them Despondent after wife’s death he shot at Forrest Vansickle 70 who fled protected by a near miss then killed Charles Hermis 55 before shooting himself The attackers method involved feigned cow search and a .82 caliber revolver authorities said the remaining neighbor escaped unharmed
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Macon
Claude Bloomberg
Mike Kordash
Kordash
Claude Inman
Charles Hermis
Macta
Inman
Forrest Vansickle
Vansickle
Little Liz What Gives Congressmen The Idea
A humorous column questions why lawmakers assume family loyalty implies broad support. It satirizes political dynasties and the perception of elections extending to relatives, suggesting a light critique of campaigning and public interest.
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Wakefield
England
East Germany
Emil Fuchs
Leipzig University
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Leipzig
Order of the Fatherland
Hardy
Clayton F. Meyer
Dial
Erate
Clayton F. Meyer Insurance
Sterling Theatre
State Farm Fire & Casualty CO. Home Office
Bloomington, Ill
Janet Marks
Methodist Church
New Ulm
Minn
Douglas K. Marks
Delbert Oswald
Miss Marks
AP Photofax
Long Way
Newport News, Va
Sheriff Bloomberg
Denver Orbin
Sikle
Hermis
Little Liz
Bridge Street
Dal An
Wash & Wear
Penney
Arnel
Acrilan
Swacron
Gordon
Penney’s
Orson
THE
Maytag CO
Maytag
Cyt
Brave Inc
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