Missing New Jersey Socialite Tells Tale of Terror
Miss Jacqueline Gay Hart 21 daughter of Colgate-Palmolive executive, tells police she was seized after landing at the airport and held for two days. She said she was gagged, bound, blindfolded and fed only candy bars, while a second man rode in the car before she was released and cried for her father in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacqueline Gay Hart
Colgate-Palmolive Co
Jack Blakeslee
Miss Hart
Gay Hart
New Jersey
James Meskell
Blakeslee
Clammy Weather Triggers Heat Toll Across Maine
Fog and humidity turned Maine into a muggy scene as two drownings and a heart attack death tied to the heat occurred. Residents and visitors fled to lakes and beaches while a pea soup fog snarled coastal traffic. Highs reached the 90s inland and upper 80s to low 90s in the south. Port land read 79 on the Temperature Humidity Index.
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Associated Press
Maine
Mercury
Caribou
Presque Isle
Weather Bureau
Portland
Shubenacadie
N. S
Narragaugus River
Maine GI's Court martial Might Be Closed Today
The court martial of Army Pvt. Gordon Thompson Jr. at Fort Sill may end today after only a few witnesses testified. Thompson, 19, from Stockton Springs Maine, is charged with killing Sp4 C John A Norris at Fort Monmouth New Jersey on February 20. The prosecution rested after testimony from Norris' mother and Thompson's father. An Army psychiatrist testified Thompson acted from fear and that Norris allegedly threatened him with a gun while they discussed a car deal. Thompson was driving the car when arrested after a traffic accident near Chickasha Okla en route to Fort Sill. Bloody clothes tied to Norris were found near the wreck and Norris’ body was later found in a field near Stockton Springs.
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Stockton
Maine
John A. Norris
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Thompson
Norris
Gordon C. Thompson
Stockton Springs
Elizabeth Kinlaw
St. Pauls
Tompson
Pvt
William F. Pipes
Chickasha
Okla
Ft. Sill
Doctor Has 92 Cancer Operations
A renowned physician, Dr Grubbe, underwent three hours of surgery at Jedish Covenant hospital after surgeon removed the index and little fingers of his right hand and excised a lemon sized cancer mass from under his right arm. He previously lost his left hand and much of his jaw and nose in prior operations from X ray burns suffered in 1895 during experiments. He is credited with pioneering X ray cancer treatments.
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Jedish Covenant Hospital
Grubbe
Nixon And Khrushchev Stage Rough And Tumble Debate
A Toronto boy, Larry Pucknell, feared exposed to rabies after handling a raccoon, was found safe at Ogunquit with doctors planning tests. Police relayed the alert from a radio report to his parents, and Maine health officials urged precaution as Larry and his family traveled with the impression of danger. The tangled dispatch also notes Maine rail hopes and a public safety broadcast as authorities search for the raccoon involved.
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Nixon
Khrushchev
Toronto Bay
York
Ogunquit
Larry Pucknell
Toronto
York Hospital
Alexander Magocsi
Magocsi
Fenn Pucknell
David Davidson
Portland
Maine Centre] Railroad Co
Maine
Portlland Mygiwanis and Lions Clubs
Spencer Miller
Maine Central
Raccoon
Bangor& Aroostook
Larry
Doctor notes boy not bitten but at risk if wounds exist
Dr Davidson states the boy was not bitten but could be infected if he had any open wounds at exposure. Dr ae reports an exam showing no sign of such injuries.
Democrat Group To Take Ballot For 1960 Nominees
Franklin County Democratic Committee members will vote on Aug. 9 in secret at the Chesterville camp hosted by State Rep. Sidney D. Maxwell. Members may specify first second or no choice for the presidential nomination.
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Franklin County
Democratic Committee
Dean S. Stevens
Chesterville
Sidney D. Maxwell
North Jay
Subdivision Names Prompt Odd Nickname on City Plan Commission
Dallas officials puzzled as Chairman Edmund J. Kahn called a proposed subdivision Cigarette Heights while listing streets Kool Pall Mall Farma Raleigh Camel and Chel. The odd moniker emerged from the street names shown on the plan, clarifying the mix of names in the project.
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Dallas
Tex
City Plan Commission
Edmund J. Kahn
Cigarette Heights
Kool, Pall Mall
Farma
Raleigh
Camel and
Chel
Textile Workers Union Men Sentenced In NC Vio lent Strike Case
Eight Textile Workers Union members were sentenced to prison for conspiring to dynamite a North Carolina cotton mill complex. Leader Boyd Payton, 51, received 6 to 10 years. aides and other defendants got 6 to 10, 5 to 7, or 2 to 3 years. The case followed a strike that began November 17 at the Harriet-Henderson mills.
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Henderson
N.C
Textile Workers Union
Boyd Payton
Carolinas
Harriet-Henderson
Superior Court
Raymond Mallard
Payton
Millard
North Carolina
Lawrence Gore
Charles Auslander
Spray
South Henderson
Warren Walker
Robert Edward Abott
Calvin Ray Pegram
Johnny Martin
Malcolm Harrell
Union and Company
Nixon Khrushchev clash at Moscow exhibit tour debate
In Moscow Nixon and Khrushchev exchanged barbed remarks during an unscripted public debate at the American exhibit in Sokólniki Park. Nixon warned a Geneva failure would harm peace while Khrushchev accused him of threats as cameras rolled and spectators watched the running exchange.
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Moscow
U. S
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita Khrushchev
Nixon
Sokolniki Park
Khrushchev
Beers OK But Not Nuts In St. Louis On Sunday
ST. JOSEPH Mo AP A new city ordinance liberalizes an old blue law allowing limited Sunday business. Exemptions include hospitals hotels service stations drug stores with limits groceries dairy produce and soft drinks. theaters and restaurants open. No tobacco matches or oil filters. 3.2 percent beer allowed with food service required.
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St. Louis
ST. Joseph
Northwest
Missouri
Fred E. Schoenlaub
Arundel Opera Theater Nets Keeps Growing Talent
In Kennebunkport the Arundel Opera Theater with its Academy of Performing Arts draws a summer audience with English translations of grand opera and current musicals. The company is student run, stages six to eight shows a season, and pays royalties while expanding its modern facilities. Five technicians were fired for insubordination, but the troupe remains solvent with a largely student workforce handling productions, box office, and maintenance at the colonial mansion base.
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Kennebunkport
New England
Boynton and Haithwaite
Arundel Opera Theater
Academy of Performing and Related Arts
Arundel
Theater World
Morse Haithwaite
del Opera Theater
Castro Plays Pitch For Land Reform Rally In Cuba
Fidel Castro plans to pitch part of a five inning game between his soldiers and police to raise funds for agrarian reform. Army chief Camilo Ci Enfuegos will oppose him. both are right handed. The event ties to the 26th of July movement anniversary with half a million peasants expected in Plaza Civica to support Castro and likely affirm his as Cuba's premier.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Camilio de Cienfuegos
Movemnt
Plaza Civica
Cuba
Camiio de Cien
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