Speck Boasts of Escape Possibilities During Trial
Richard Speck, convicted slayer of eight nurses, boasted he could have escaped repeatedly while on trial in Peoria Ill Sources in Peoria report he could have grabbed a pistol the guards kept holstered but chose not to act Warden Johnson later questioned him about the UPI report and his statements.
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Speck
Peoria
Chicago
UPI
Richard Speck
Ill
Jack Johnson
Cook County
United Press International
Johnson
Willard Koeppel
Koeppel
Peoria County
Nolan Macklin
Macklin
Sheriff’s Office
Dario Lolli
Peoria County Sheriff’s Office
Lolli
Surveyor To Make Moon Landing Today
Surveyor 3 speeds toward a 4 04 p m Pacific landing in the Ocean of Storms with a camera and digging device to test moon crust. Officials say the craft will slow for a 360 mph descent and softly land to begin live TV transmission of surface sampling before 1970 manned missions.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Caltech
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
JPL
Moon
Lunar
Surveyor 3
Senate Will Not Rush Dodd Judgment
Washington (UPI) Republican leader Everett M Dirksen said the Senate will not rush to judgment on Tomas J Dodd amid misconduct charges. Ethics chair Stennis indicated the panel will likely recommend censure or condemnation, with a report completed after more staff work and closed-door deliberations.
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Senate
Dodd
Dirksen
Washington
UPI
Everett M. Dirksen
Tomas J. Dodd
John C. Stennis
Ethics Committee
Stennis
Investigators Hear More From Apollo Capsule Builders
Washington reports that North American Aviation will be recalled before a House subcommittee to answer questions on a confidential Phillips report. Webb summarized NASA findings from December 1965 to April 1966, citing slippages, shortcomings, and rising costs by the prime contractor for the Apollo capsule and the second stage.
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Washington
API
North American Aviation
Phillips
House
Space
Space Agency
James E. Webb
Webb
North American
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
UPI
Air Force
Samuel C. Phillips
Twe
Phillips Group
Publishers Charged With Price Fixing On Children's Books
The Justice Department charged 18 publishers for price fixing in library editions of children's books, with Random House Inc named as the largest single defendant. The suits seek injunctions to stop alleged collusion that deprived buyers of competition benefits.
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Chicago
UPI
Justice Department
Abraham L. Marovitz
Random House Inc
New York City
Golden Press Inc
Poughkeepsie
N.Y
Children’s Press Inc
Franklin Watts Inc
Harper & Row Publishers Inc
Grosset & Dunlap Inc
G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Henry, Walck Inc
Dodd, Mead & Co. Inc
Viking Press Inc
Charles Scribner’s Sons
MacMillan Co
Thomas Y. Crowell Co
William Morrow & Co
Holt Rinehart & Winston Inc
E.P. Dutton Co
Bobbs-Merrill Co
Indianapolis
Little, Brown & Co
Boston
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Connecticut
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Nichals
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Hatter
Ikneo
Dupont
Lingerie Department
Gladstone Shoes
Noveck - Shultz Inc
Main St
Ivory
Arctic
London
Adams Clothes Shop
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