Limerick murder suspect held after capture by state police
Blood spattered evidence marked the Limerick double murder scene as Edward Martell and his mother were found shot in their home. State police captured Henry Louis Pete Martell, 26, at West Baldwin after an Amber alert was issued. The elder Martell and his 90 year old mother had raised Pete, and the missing car was found near the arrest site. Continued on Page Two.
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Edward Martell
Limerick
York County Sheriff's Department
Martell
Harold Nason
Henry L
Pete’ Martell
Amanda Martell
Pete
Edward
Harold R. Nason
Writers ponder bid to end Hollywood strike
The Writers Guild of America will consider offers on Thursday from seven television film companies to end a three month long writers' strike. A guild spokesman said the films account for about 10 percent of those struck, but the overtures may set a pattern for settlement with the remaining companies. The strike began January 16 and involves 3,000 writers.
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Hollywood
Writers Guild of America
Guild
Arundel Man Dies Of Shot In Home
An Arundel man, William J. Libby, 60s, was found dead at his Route 1 A home from a gunshot. Authorities weigh murder versus self-inflicted death as investigators from Biddeford, Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport, with York County officials and the medical examiner, review the scene.
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Arundel
George Cousens
William J. Libby
Libby
Biddeford
Kennebunk
Kennebunkport
York County
Methodists Face Racial Policy Tensions At General Conference
The Rev Dr Walter G Mueller warns of class lines as 800 voting delegates and 5 000 visitors gather for the quadrennial Methodist general conference in Denver. Rhee visit and Berlin summit remarks also frame the day as Eisenhower defends limits on summit talks with Khrushchev and plans a June Korea trip.
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Associated Press
Denver
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
Korea
Nikita Khrushchev
West Berlin
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Germany
Judge Letts Sidesteps Hoffa Case
U S District Judge F Dickinson Letts disqualified himself from a suit seeking Hoffa’s ouster as Teamsters Union president. He cited Hoffa’s affidavit alleging bias, sent the matter to Chief Judge David A Pine for reassignment, and said his role was limited to assessing legal sufficiency.
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Washington
U. S
F. Dickinson Letts
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Letts
Hoffa
Korean Reforms Pledged by Acting President in Seoul
South Korea's acting president pledged political reforms after the civil uprising that toppled Syngman Rhee. He vowed to tackle waste and mismanagement in the U.S. Korean aid program as Huh Chung was named foreign minister and took over powers of the presidency.
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Seoul
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
U.S
Kennedy and Nixon Lead in Primary Returns Amid Write-Ins
The Associated Press reports Kennedy dominated Pennsylvania and Massachusetts with write-in totals, while Nixon, the lone Republican on the ballot, cleared significant votes. In Pennsylvania Kennedy led Democratic write-ins with 150,412. Nixon won 864,120 Republican votes, edging Eisenhower’s 1952 tally. Massachusetts echoed Kennedy strength with 72,464 write-ins, Stevenson second in both states, Rockefeller far behind Nixon in Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Stevenson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Stuart
Symington
Missouri
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Rockefeller
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Newspapers Reach Record Daily U S Sales
New York AP reports demand for newspapers has reached an all time peak with 58 million copies sold daily in the United States. D Tennant Bryan ANPA president cites growth in news media variety and rejects merger claims as depleting demand. He notes government secrecy debates in Congress persist.
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United States
D. Tennant Bryan
American
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