Oswald Shot at Walker in April, New Details Emerge
Washington AP report says Oswald boasted to Marina of firing at General Walker in Dallas on April 10. FBI notes link the Walker incident to the Kennedy assassination probe, with ballistic tests inconclusive and no indicated link to Jack Ruby.
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Thompson Guilty Gets Life in Wife’s Slaying
Minneapolis AP Thompson convicted of first degree murder in the bludgeon knife killing of his wife Carol nine months after their marriage, with a life prison term mandatory after 17 years. Prosecutor said the crime was murder for profit funded by life insurance and a bid for romance with a secretary.
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Jackie Kennedy Leaves White House for Georgetown Home
Neighbors watched Friday as Mrs. John F. Kennedy moved into a borrowed Georgetown house with her two children. Pamela Turnure stated the former First Lady looks forward to quiet days with family. Personal belongings including wine, toys, and pink parakeets accompanied the move.
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Patricia Lawford
Caroline Kennedy
Possible Appeal Studied In City Fireman Ruling
Bluefield plans an appeal of the Firemen Civil Service Commission ruling restoring Fireman Lindamood after a 1963 incident with Fire Chief McClure. City officials question legal right to appeal and will consult state law. If permissible and approved, case would go to Mercer County Circuit Court.
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Jim Lindamood
Randolph G. Whittle
Phil Lilly
Mercer County
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E. L. McClure
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Firemen’s Civil Service Commission
Commission
Ralph Kahir
Jobless Swell To 4 Million
About 500000 more Americans joined the unemployment rolls bringing the total to nearly 4 million for last month. A Labor Department spokesman noted other economic indicators do not signal a crisis with nonfarm employment steady at 64.5 million and overall job gains averaging about 1 million over last year.
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Labor Department
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Storekeeper Shot Twice in Pittsylvania County Slaying
In Gretna Virginia a storekeeper William David Barber 76 was ambushed and killed near his home after closing his store on Virginia 40. Police and more than 50 officers hunted four suspects in the Redeye area as Barber’s son Lovelace Barber reported the robbers stole 800 to 1500 dollars and a small mask was found in the yard.
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Pittsylvania County
Henry O. Winn
James Osborne
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Bedford County
Virginia
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Oswald's Mother Defends Lee Innocent In Kennedy Case
Mrs. Marguerite Oswald said her son Lee Harvey Oswald may have been innocently involved in Kennedys assassination due to panic. She argued he acted out of fear after being seen as a defector and might have protected himself.
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Kennedy
Texas
Lee Harvey Oswald
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White House
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Bronx
New York
Marines
Two Teen Brothers Die in West Virginia Fire
A blaze at a Rowlesburg area garage apartment along U S 50 destroyed the building and claimed two teenage lives. Philip Clark 19 and Robert Clark 15 died. their parents Ina N Clark and the father a rural mail carrier were hospitalized in satisfactory condition at Preston County Memorial Hospital. A barking dog alerted a neighbor who rescued the parents.
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Mountain State College
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Robert Clark
Rowlesburg
Ina N. Clark
Preston County Memorial Hospital
Kingwood
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Johnson Awards Medals of Freedom in White House Ceremony
President Johnson awarded the Medal of Freedom to John F. Kennedy posthumously and to Pope John XXIII, during a noon White House ceremony. The event honored Kennedy’s celebrated career and included other notable recipients such as Marian Anderson, Jean Monnet, Annie Waunaka, James Conant, and Felix Frankfurter. Johnson announced the surprise honors amid talks on NATO, nuclear forces, and military spending with aides, with Paris meetings looming for NATO ministers.
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Robert S. McNamara
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Walt W. Rostow
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Keeler Sentenced to Nine Months in Prison Over Perjury
Christine Keeler, 21, was jailed in London after pleading guilty to perjury and conspiracy to subvert justice. She faces potential early release, while co defendants Paula Hamilton Marshall and Olive Brooker received six and suspended sentences respectively. Rudolph Fenton’s case was continued.
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Christine Keeler
Paula Hamilton-Marshall
London
Old Bailey Central Criminal Court
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Christine
Paula
Aloysius Gordon
Rudolph Fenton
United Fund Falls Short of 1963 Goal by $5000
Bluefield United Fund Campaign ends with $128,825.86 raised or pledged toward a $135,000 goal. General Chairman W. J. Gillespie said additional contributions may be arranged by phoning the United Fund office, with representatives set to call for late gifts.
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Bluefield United Fund
W. J. Gillespie
Gillespie
United Fund Office
Monroe Man Killed in Hunting Accident
William Cody Schumaker Jr. of Sweet Springs was killed while deer hunting on Peter's Mountain when a rifle carried by Harold Huffman discharged. Monroe County Coroner Donald F. Shreve ruled the death accidental.
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Sweet Springs
W.va
William Cody Schumaker Jr
Schumaker
Harold Huffman
Monroe County
Donald F. Shreve
Oswald's Wife Says He Confessed to Kennedy Killing Act
Mrs Lee Harvey Oswald told federal investigators her husband admitted firing at Maj Gen Edwin Walker and claimed he may have panicked during the Kennedy assassination aftermath. Oswald's mother defending him emphasizes possible innocence.
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Edwin A. Walker
Kennedy
Oswald
Taft Bids For Seat In Senate
Republican Robert Taft Jr. announced his bid for the U.S. Senate from Ohio. He argues a Goldwater led GOP ticket could hinder his campaign and targets federal spending and foreign policy amid concerns about Communist encroachment in the Western Hemisphere and Cuba.
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Ohio
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Cleveland
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U.S. Senate
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Cincinnati
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Stephen M. Young
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Arizona
Ted W. Brown
Washington
House Rules Committee
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Cuba
Two West Virginians Die in Separate Accidents
PARKERSBURG AP Separate traffic crashes Friday night killed two people. Vance Summers, about 40, of Parkersburg, died when his car spun out on U.S. 50 and hit a tree. Ross Kinney, about 60, of Belleville, was killed while walking along W V A 2, about 12 miles south of Parkersburg, when a car involved in another collision lost control and struck him.
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Vance Summers
U.S. 50
Ross Kinney
Belleville
W. Va. 2
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