Singer Dean Torrence denies aiding Sinatra Jr kidnapping plot
Dean Torrence testifies he knew of the plan in October and received about $25,000 from Barry Keenan but says he returned the money and did not help finance the abduction. He admits making up stories while propped by the prosecution as the trial hinges on Keenan Amsler and Irwin. The judge warns of past perjury in the case.
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Los Angeles
Dean Torrence
Frank Sinatra Jr
Thomas R. Sheridan
John Irwin
Sinatra Jr
Lake Tahoe
Sinatra
Torrence
Barry Keenan
Sheridan
Keenan
Third juror chosen in Jack Ruby trial in Dallas
A working mother of six, Mildred McCollum, was named the third juror in Jack Ruby’s murder trial as the Texas Supreme Court refused to bar television viewers from the Oswald slaying case. The defense’s bid to bar TV witnesses failed 9-0, and 61 jurors have been examined for the case.
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Dallas
Tex
Jack Ruby
Texas Supreme Court
Lee Harvey Oswald
Mildred McCollum
Ruby
Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Joe B. Brown
Brown
McCollum
British Dominate Acting Nominations For Oscars
The 38th Academy Awards see a large British presence with nearly half the acting nominations. Tom Jones leads with 10 nominations, Cleopatra follows with 9, and How the West Was Won with 8. Best Picture nominees include Tom Jones Cleopatra America America Lilies of the Field.
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Hollywood
Tom Jones
Diane Cilesto
Edith Evans
Joyce Redman
Margaret Rutherford
Auschwitz Testimony Reveals Mothers Die With Children
In Frankfurt a former Auschwitz prisoner testifies at Germanys largest war crimes trial about mothers who chose death with their infants over separation and work. He recalls July 1944 when SS guards ordered the women to the gas chambers after clinging to their children.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Auschwitz
Otto Wolken
Wolken
Pair Injured In Buchanan County Wreck
Two Vansant men were admitted to Bluefield Sanitarium after a Sunday night crash near Lemaster six miles south of Grundy Virginia. Clarence Looney age 19 was listed in critical condition and Charlie B Elswick aged 22 in serious condition. Both had extensive head injuries when the pickup they rode in went through a guard rail into a creek. Two other passengers escaped injury. State trooper N W Dowdy investigated.
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Vansant
Bluefield
Lemaster
Grundy
Clarence Looney
Charlie B. Elswick
Grundy County
Sheriff's Deputies
Virginia
N. W. Dowdy
Gunshot Fatal At Abingdon
In Abingdon Virginia Maggie Crosswhite a 25 year old mother of three died from a gunshot wound she sustained at her Mosby Street home Her husband Ray Crosswhite Jr 24 a Bristol Memorial Hospital worker faced a felonious shooting charge with a 2500 bond A preliminary hearing is scheduled for March 20 in Washington County court
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Abingdon
Maggie Crosswhite
Johnston Memorial Hospital
Mosby Street
Ray Crosswhite Jr
Bristol Memorial Hospital
Crosswhite
Night Spot Burns Near Pinnacle Rock
Fire early Monday destroyed Lloyd's Parkway a night club on Route 52 near Pinnacle Rock. Damage estimated over 25000 dollars. Owner Gina Gabrowski said insurance would offset some losses. Frank Kuffner operator said he closed the building before 11 p m Sunday. Bluewell Volunteer Fire Department extinguished the blaze.
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Lloyd's Parkway
Route 52
Pinnacle Rock
Gina Gabrowski
Bluewell
Pete's Drive-In
Frank Kuffner
Bluewell Volunteer Fire Department
Virginia Senators Sink Club Liquor Bill Amid Debate
In Richmond, the Senate General Laws Committee killed the Newport News proposed club liquor bill after about ten speakers, with opposition from the State ABC Board. The measure would let private clubs stock liquor, capping one quart per member per 24 hours, while a House bid to widen daylight saving time failed.
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Richmond
Newport News
Virginia
Senate
Memorage Control Board
Senate General Laws Committee
General Assembly
del. Lewis A. McMurran Jr
House
McMurran
ABC
ABC Board
Portsmouth Hastings Court
Hampton
Fairfax Prince William Alexandria
Radford Council Weighs Dog Licensing Quandary
Radford Virginia officials consider a paradox in dog rules after police chief notes that state rabies vaccination age and city licensing requirements clash. Mayor Sam Mattox and councilors refer the issue to the city attorney for study.
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Radford
No-Man's Land
Sam Mattox
Bill Lorton
Hoffa Aides Contest Key Parlin Testimony In Trial
Hoffa defense challenged the government's chief witness claim of Partin being in Hoffa's inner circle during the Nashville Nashville jury fixing case. The defense wrapped up loose ends and prepared for Hoffa to testify likely Tuesday. Witnesses including Steinberg Wesmey testified Partin visited Hoffa rarely and acted as a doorman during the 1962 trial.
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Chattanooga, Tenn
James R. Hoffa
Hoffa
Teamster Aa Wessdell
James Haggerty
Edward Grady Partin
Baton Rouge
Nashville
Partin
Lawrence N. Steinberg
Toledo, Ohio
Teamsters
Gayle Wesmey
Teamsters International
Bus crash on rural hill avoids embankment fall
In Wheeling Ohio County a school bus with 65 children collided with a second bus carrying 45 after brakes failed. Driver Charles Bebout said he rammed the other bus to prevent a plunge off the embankment. no serious injuries reported. He noted 27 years of accident-free service.
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Wheeling
Here
Charles Bebout
Bebout
Mozart
Ohio County
Virginian Died Of Bullet Wound
Autopsy shows James Albert Dalton 36 of Barron Springs died from a head bullet wound. His body pulled from Claytor Lake near Lighthouse Bridge after two Black brothers, Lewis Walter Redd 23, were charged with murder and linked to an earlier station robbery.
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Pulaski
James Albert Dalton
Barron Springs
Claytor Lake
Dalton
Lighthouse Bridge
Lewis Walter Redd
Roscoe
Smoke) Price
Boy survives 30 hours in rugged Prescott mountains
In Arizona Dennis Hargus, 9, was found unharmed near Maverick Ridge after spending about 30 hours alone in cold, pine-covered terrain. He told rescuers I sure am tired. He had left the YMCA camp Sunday in search of deep snow and slept in a crude shelter as temperatures dropped to 13 degrees.
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Prescott, Ariz
Mile High
Prescott
Dennis Hargus
William Hargus
Mesa, Aziz
YMCA
Jack Orr
Virgil Maxwell
Maverick Ridge
Ivan Murray
Evening Courier
Orr
Mohave County
Floyd Disney
West Virginia extended forecast cool through Saturday
The forecast calls for low temperatures 8 to 10 degrees below normal with lows of 23 in the north and 29 in the south and highs of 46 in the north and 51 in the south. Colder Tuesday, warmer Wednesday, colder Thursday, and continued cold Friday and Saturday. Rain or snow on Wednesday totals about a half inch.
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West
Railroads set to institute fireman job cuts next Monday
Washington AP reports railroads plan to implement arbitration rulings that may eliminate 32 000 firemen on diesel freight and yard engines as clock winds down on a congressional strike ban. Crews outside engines also under review with wage and holiday issues unresolved.
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Washington
J. E. Wolfe
National Railway Labor Conference
Congress
Supreme Court
Wolfe
Arbitration Board
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Houston
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Richard Harris
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Gass
Buchanan
Radford Council
Virginian
Abby
Princeton
Classified Society
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Epping
N.H
John Pennington
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