No Sign Of 3 Who Fled From Alcatraz
San Francisco prison officials said erosion and age at Alcatraz Federal Prison aided three bank robbers in escaping. Warden Olin Blackwell and Bureau of Prisons aide Fred Wilkinson stated there is a remote possibility the convicts remain on the island. Names given: John Anglin, Clarence Anglin, and Frank Lee Morris. They chipped concrete with spoons to escape. authorities found no outside help indicated. The rock needs major upgrades for continued maximum security.
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Frank Morris
Alcatraz Federal Prison
San Francisco Bay
Alcatraz
San Francisco
Olin G. Blackwell
Fred T. Wilkinson
Bureau of Prisons
Washington, D.C
Wilkinson
Blackwell
John Anglin
Clarence
Frank Lee Morris
Art "Pappy" Lewis Dies At Age 51
Pittsburgh AP says Art Lewis longtime WVU coach and Steelers scout died at 7 50 p m in St Chair Memorial Hospital nine days after a heart attack at age 51 He led WVU from 1950 to 1959 posting 58 wins 38 losses 2 ties including six straight winning seasons and 44 58 during 1952 1957 He resigned in 1960 amid controversy and later joined the Steelers in public relations scouting
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Pittsburgh
Art Lewis
Pittsburgh Steelers
West Virginia University
Lewis
St. Chair Memorial Hospital
Morgantown
W.va
Middleport
Ohio
Mountaineers
WVU
West Virginia
University
Elvis J. Stahl Jr
Stahr
Western efforts to free Laos prisoners stall
Western diplomats seek release of about a half dozen American captives held by the Pathet Lao as Souphanouvong's guerrillas delay. Britain and the United States press Souphanouvong and Souvanna Phouma for action, while four Britons seized in Saravane and embassy staff await decisions amid coalition government formation in Luang Prabang.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Souphanouvong
Laos
U.S
Winthrop Brown
Souvanna Phouma
Red Prince
Lawrence R. Bailey
Laurel
Gerald M. Bider
Orville R. Ballenger
Columbus
Ohio
NBC
Grant Warkill
Shelton
Wash
John Shore
Gallaway
Tenn
John McMorrow
Brooklyn
N.Y
Colin Prentice
Anthony Bryceson
Saravane
Mervin Brown
Maj
C. Leaphard
Anffort
Luang Prabang
Boun Oum
Savang Vathana
Souvanna
Wall Street Whiz Gilbert Flees After Unauthorised Withdrawals
Edward M. Gilbert, president of E B L Bruce, fled the United States for Brazil after admitting unauthorized withdrawals totaling about 1.95 million dollars. The scheme began May 26 during the stock market plunge and continued until June 4. Gilbert, 38, arrived in Rio de Janeiro and vanished from tourist spots as investigators confirmed he left the country.
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New York
Wall Street
Edward M. Gilbert
Brazil
EB. L. Bruce
Gilbert
Rio de Janeiro
92,000 refugees travel from Algeria to France in twelve days
A government spokesman said that during the first 12 days of June about 92,000 European refugees arrived in France from Algeria.
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Algeria
France
Paris
Tunis
Fidel Castro
Cuba
John Rocca Granted Full Pardon After Miscarriage Claim
Gov Barron issued a full unconditional pardon to John Rocca an Italian immigrant freed after six years of a five to 18 year second degree murder sentence in Harrison County West Virginia. Authorities reviewed the case finding substantial doubts about his guilt and noting a miscarriage of justice.
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Charleston
Barron
West Virginia
John Rocca
Harrison County
Rocca
Italy
U.S
Mary Garden Sings In Aberdeen Hospital Ward
Opera star Mary Garden 85 sings from a hospital ward at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary after breaking both arms in a fall. The former New York Paris and Chicago trained diva performed Annie Laurie for patients nurses and doctors in a bedside concert.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Mary Garden
Royal Infirmary
Annie Laurie
Miss Garden
New York
Chicago
Paris
Opera Cornque
America
Parties Fuss Over Raising Debt Ceiling
Washington AP report on a heated House debate over raising the national debt limit from 300 to 308 billion for 12 months. Republicans press the increase while warnings of a special session and alleged industry pressure escalate tensions amid defense and job fears.
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Congress
House
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Ways and Means Committee
Kennedy
Ford
Ron Linton
Defense Department
Chrysler Corp
Wally Edwards
Michigan
Linton
Edwards
Chrysler
R. Walter Riehiman
Rn.y
US Air Force pilots sets world helicopter distance record
Capt Richard H Coan of Menasha Wisconsin flies 656.258 miles on a 25 mile closed course near Mono Lake California to surpass the Soviet 625.464 mile mark. Officials of the National Aeronautic Association monitor the flight and forward the claim to Paris for recognition.
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Mono Lake
Calif
U.S. Air Force
Soviet Union
Richard H. Coan
Menasha
Wis
Bishop
National Aeronautical Association
Coan
Federation Aeronautique Internationale
Paris
France
Highway Patrol
Kaman Aircraft Corp
Bloomfield, Conn
Firm President Denies Slendering Estes Swiss Brazil Plot
Maynard C. Wheeler president of Commercial Solvents Corp. testified before a House subcommittee that allegations by lawyer Frank Cain about plans to place Billie Sol Estes in Switzerland or Brazil are false and defamatory. Wheeler said the firm’s relation with Estes was strictly customer and supplier, with loans secured by grain payments now impounded after Estes’ collapse. He described a March breakfast at Estes’ home and rejected implied schemes of secret accounts or criminal intent.
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Washington
Commercial Solvents Corp
Texas
Billie Sol Estes
Switzerland
Brazil
Estes
Maynard C. Wheeler
New York
Frank Cain
Dallas
Wheeler
House
Pecos
House of Cards
Cain
Mercer radio announcer dies in jail in Princeton
Horace Williams known as Rusty Grim died at the Mercer County Jail in Princeton from head injuries. An autopsy cited lateral bleeding of the head. Investigators seek whether foul play or accidental cause led to death. Williams faced a drunkenness charge and had ties to Matoaka and WLOH. Funeral plans pending at Bailey Funeral Home.
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Mercer County
Horace Williams
Rusty Grim
Princeton
Robert Holroyd
Williams
Matoaka
WLOH
Holroyd
Bluefield Sanitarium
Baby Sitter Strangles 13 Month Old in Akron
In Norton Village Akron police report Rochelle Posey 20 of Barberton strangled 13 month old Michael J Magier with a silk stocking at the infant's home. Posey called police to say she had killed the child and the victim died en route to St. Thomas Hospital. Michael lived with his mother while his parents are separated.
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Akron, Ohio
Michael J. Magier
Norton Village
St. Thomas Hospital
Rochelle Posey
Barberton
Magier
Joseph Magier
Michael
Estes Refuses Some Grand Jury Questions in Texas Probe
Billie Sol Estes balked at answering about 95 questions before Robertson County grand jury in Franklin Texas The panel probes the death of Agriculture Department official Henry H Marshall who was examining Estes cotton allotments Judge John M Barron ordered review of the questions and Estes may answer some without self incrimination while others remain refused Authorities say Marshall 52 possibly died on his ranch June 3 1961 with investigations reopening after Estes affairs surfaced
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Estes
West Texas
Billie Sol Estes
John Barron
Franklin
Texas
Robertson County
Grand Jury
Henry H. Marshall
Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service
Bill Moore
Bryan
Agriculture Department
Gorree Matthews
Barron
Matthews
John Cofer
Will Wilson
Marshall
Here
Cyclist Dies in Virginia Crash as Toll Reaches 355
Covington drive-in theater operator Jack M. Ramsey, 37, was killed at 2 p.m. Wednesday in a motorcycle collision with a truck on U.S. 60-220 in Alleghany County near Covington. The 1962 highway death toll rose to 355, up from 316 a year earlier.
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Covington Drive-In
Jack M. Ramsey
Coveington
Alleghany County
Covington
Five Day Outlook Temperatures Dip Below Normal
Weather forecast shows temperatures through Monday averaging two to four degrees below normal. Lows reach about 54 in the north and 60 in the south, with highs near 80 north and 85 south. Expect cool Thursday, warming Friday weekend, and a cooler Monday. Total showers Sunday or Monday around a quarter inch.
Former WVU coach Pappy Lewis dies in Pittsburgh
Former West Virginia football coach Pappy Lewis died in Pittsburgh nine days after a heart attack. He led the Mountaineers to notable gridiron success during a decade at the helm.
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West Virginia
Pappy Lewis
Pittsburgh
Pappy
Mountaineers
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