Rooster Oath Trial Spurs Charleston Courtroom Oddity
In Charleston a Cornish rooster served as an oath prop for Chu Key Soon in the Court of Common Pleas, as lawyers argued Confucian belief exempts him from Bible swearing. Judge Ness refused to allow a ceremonial animal or Buddha incense, joking about Confucian rites and a broken statue.
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Charleston
S.C
Chu Key Soon
Court of Common Pleas
Julius B. Ness
Soon
Chinaman
Spencer Replies To Gov Keyser Policy Defense in Vermont
Democratic State Chairman John M. Spencer attacked Gov. Keyser’s rationale for appointing Republican Earle Bishop to the West Rutland seat, arguing the move was a patronage decision and noting Sutkowski’s replacement of James Gilfeather as postmaster. Spencer emphasized a partisan motive amid a Democratic stronghold area.
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Cuttingsville
Keyser
General Assembly
John M. Spencer
Earle Bishop
Charles Sutkowski
West Rutland
Sutkowski
Bishop
Spencer
James Gilfeather
Income Tax Return Falls From Mailbox Into Storm Sewer
In Lexington Kentucky R W Richmond tried to drop his income tax return at a curbside post office box but missed. The envelope rolled into a street grate and disappeared into a storm sewer. firefighters recovered it after a brief search.
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Lexington
R. W. Richmond
Summer TV Looms Ahead With Horribles
New York AP reports television shifts to summer mood with repeats tests and cynicism in programming. The piece notes re runs of popular episodes dominate the season while violence concerns grow and Lucy Ball Vivian Vance plan a return in a new fall series on CBS ABC My Three Sons shifts cast and Desi Arnaz unlikely as love lead.
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Lucille Ball
Vivian Vance
Lucy
William Frawley
Vivian
Fred MacMurray
ABC
Desi Arnaz
CBS
Two Fishermen Rescued After Boat Capsize Near St Albans
In St Albans Vermont two fishermen Louis Hemingway 49 and Clovis Gagner 31 were rescued after their flat bottom boat capsized in Black Creek. They clung to a tree for about 45 minutes until responders arrived following cries for help heard by a local resident.
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ST. Albans
St. Albans Bay
Louis Hemingway
Clovis Gagner
Black Creek
Hemingway
Gagner
Visit to Russia Traveler's Must But Trips Must Still Be Arranged
Moscow guide outlines Intourist tours with first class options at 15 dollars daily. It details Moscow sights from the Kremlin to the Bolshoi and Tretyakov Gallery, and notes cautions on nightlife and cuisine. It also mentions Leningrad Hermitage and other destinations like Kiev and Sevastour.
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Russia
Moscow
UPI
Nikita Khrushchev
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Latin America
India
China
Stalin
Intourist
Lexington Avenue
New York
Cosmos Travel Bureau
West 45Th Street
New York City
Tsars Winter Palace
Black Sea
Kiev
Ukraine
Volgograd
Stalingrad
Dow Reports Dow Chemical Nine Month Income At $44 Million
Dow Chemical Company reported nine months ending February 28 1962 net income of 44 125 018 or 1 52 a share on sales of 650 357 179. For the prior year period net income was 46 026 857 or 1 60 a share on sales of 604 804 306.
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Midland
Mich
Dow Chemical Company Today
R. B. Bennett
Two New Hampshire Lakes Face Ice Out by May 14
Sunapee and Winnipesaukee shores draw sportsmen as ice-out forecasts set. State records show Sunapee last confirmed 1869 and Winnipesaukee 1887 as winter thaws approach by mid May.
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Concord
N. H
New Hampshire
Sunapee
Winnipesaukee
State of
Lake Sunapee
Big W
Pollution Threatens Canada's Lakes and Rivers
Brandon Man AP report says Canada's lakes and rivers face heavy pollution from waste dumping by people and industries. Resources Minister Walter Dinsdale notes fish have died in some cases.
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Brandon
Man
Canada
Walter Dinsdale
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