Man Pleads Guilty in Slayings Of Two Fredericksburg Officers
Bruce Walter Leikett 26 of Detroit pleaded guilty in Fredericksburg to murder in the deaths of Patrolman William F. Mines and Sgt. Roy G. Wright. The former death sentence was overturned after a court error. Leikett stated he understood possible penalties and acted voluntarily.
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Fredericksburg
Bruce Walter Leikett
Leikett
Detroit
Roy G. Wright
Leskett
William F. Mines
Wright
Mines
Fred
Ericksburg
S. Bernard Coleman
Coleman
Sgt. Wright
Ohio Hits Halfway Mark in Interstate Work in 1964
Ohio reached 51 percent completion on its 1 322 mile interstate system with 670 miles done and 597 contracts totaling 329 million for 1964. Officials said bond-funded projects started after voters approved a 500 million highway bond last May and plan to push to 400 million in contracts next year.
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Columbus
Ohio
Highway Department
C. H. Makeever
WV Traffic Deaths Reach 458 This Year
State Police at Charleston reported that 458 people have died on West Virginia highways year to date, up from 432 on the same date last year.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Virginia Murders In Campbell Hopewell and Fort Eustis
Five people die in three Virginia incidents. In Campbell County near Lynch Station a woman, her sister, and a neighbor are killed in a double murder and possible suicide by a deputy sheriff. In Hopewell Naomi Fulcher Long is strangled in her apartment and found after a radio was heard. At Fort Eustis PFC Dennis Coon is shot, and PFC Joseph Hartley is jailed for murder in a separate post incident.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Campbell County
Hopewell
Ft. Eustis
William Mattox
Elsie Wilkerson
Richard Thomas Keesee
A. O. Miles
Keesee
Wade H. Hutzel
Joseph R. Hartley
Richmond
Hartley
Military Post
PFC
Dennis R. Coon
Coon
E. R. Marrin
Richmond Polic
Army
124Th Transportation Co
Three Charged in Spanishburg Burglary Case
Three persons charged in the burglary of Alfred R Beggs residence in Spanishburg on December 22. Sebert Sisk 18 Matoaka charged with burglary while James Tilly 36 and Anderson Thornton 27 both of Matoaka charged with aiding and abetting burglary. All arraigned before Squire Jim Belcher Princeton held on 1000 bond each for grand jury action. Guns spotlights and equipment valued at about 200 missing with some spotlights recovered.
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Alfred R. Beggs
Spanishburg
Sebert Sisk
Matoaka
James Tilly
Anderson Thornton
W. A. Johnston
Squire Jim Belcher
Princeton
Johnson
New IRS district director named for Parkersburg
Hugh D. Jones will become the new district director of the U S Internal Revenue Service in Parkersburg on Wednesday, succeeding Nathaniel Looker. Jones previously served as assistant IRS director at Indianapolis before his assignment. The Parkersburg district covers all of West Virginia.
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Parkersburg
Hugh D. Jones
U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Nathaniel Looker
Jones
IRS
Indianapolis, Inc
West Virginia
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