Prison Guardship Convicts Escape Try
Three convicts armed with zip guns and bombs took two guards hostage in a failed attempt to escape Western State Penitentiary. Police used tear gas. the men surrendered after 90 minutes. Two officers were held briefly. no one was killed. Identified escapees were Richard Mayberry, Dominick Codispopi, and Herbert Langes.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Western State Penitentiary
James Maroney
Maroney
John F. Walz
Joseph Ferrara
Richard Mayberry
Philadelphia
Dominick Codispopi
Herbert Langes
Lancaster County
Vermont Girl, 3, Spends Chilly Night in Woods
Allison Averitt, a Lyndonville Vermont three year old, wandered from a Dolly Copp Campground campsite and spent a night in the White Mountains. National Guardsmen and bloodhounds searched, finding her about 200 yards from her disappear point in near freezing weather. She was treated at St Louis Hospital in Gorham for scratches and mosquito bites. She said she walked until she got tired and waited for her parents to find her.
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Gorham
N.H
UPI
White Mountains
Allison Averitt
William Averitt
Lyndonville
Dolly Copp
National
St. Louis Hospital
Mommy
Daddy
Witnesses Threatened as Klan Probers Seek Testimony
Congressional investigators probing Ku Klux Klan activities report witnesses are being discouraged by threats of violence and economic social reprisals. The House Un American Activities Committee staff interview Klansmen victims and law officials across southern states as closed hearings approach. Some potential sources fear physical harm and social or financial retaliation if they cooperate. Public hearings timing depends on private meeting findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Committee On UN- American Activities
KKK
Kennedy Visits Crash Site with Cane Years Later
Sen Edward M Kennedy accompanied by his wife Joan revisits the Berkshire apple orchard where he crashed on June 19 1964. He walks with a cane and recalls the tragedy while visiting Cooley Dickinson Hospital to thank staff. The visit coincides with establishing the Edward S Moss Memorial Fund for the hospital school of nursing.
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Southampton
Mass
UPI
Berkshire Hills
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Joan
Walter Bashista
Kennedy
Edward S. Moss
Andover
Edwin J. Zim
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston
Thomas F. Corriden
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Vermont
Woods
Economy Auto Stores Inc
Dial
Silvio Ballarin
University of Pisa
Pisa
San Leaning
Calif
Betty Cogle
Mrs. Cole
B.C
Snoopy
By Charles M. Schulz
THE
Blondie
Steve Canyon
Johnny Hart
Yee
By Chie Young
Dagwood
Milton Caniff
Cheetah
Heart of
Juliet Jones
Isolde
Perdita Rune
Sian Drak
Grant
Lee
Appomattox
Idaho
Alexander Graham Bell
Pearl Harbor
Smokey
ABC
Ted Kennedy
Cane
Chicago
American Hospital Association
Kennedys
Joan Kennedy
Perle Mesta
Walker
Williamstown
Haynes
Kane, Inc
Main St
Bennington
Stavens & Frost, Inc
Bondville, Vt
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