Man Confesses Killing Grimes Sisters in 1958
Alfred Smith Lasings, 34, from Jamestown Kentucky, confessed to abducting molesting and killing Barbara 15 and Patricia 14 Grimes in Chicago after meeting them at a theater. He described taking them to a country road, removing their clothes and leaving them to die in a snow bank, saying he had visions of the girls since. He had just finished 60 days on a drunkenness charge and faces release when he confessed to investigators and reporters.
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Los Angeles
Grimes
Chicago
Barbara
Patricia Grimes
Alfred Smith Lasingss
Lawless
Jamestown
Patricia
Pnd
Chica
Weather Summary for Bridgeport and Vicinity
Increasing cloudiness today with snow or rain developing late today or tonight. High today 35 to 40, low tonight near 30, Sunday clearing and windy with colder temperatures. Published for Saturday, December 29, noting sunrise at 7:18 a.m. and sunset at 4:52 p.m.
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UA Wester Boreas
Bridgeport
BAS Gm
Sikorsky Pact Five Ratified By Teamster Unit
Sikorsky Aircraft workers at Local 1150 vote four to one to approve a three year contract covering wage increases from 18 to 33 cents hourly, enhanced vacations, and stronger fringe benefits. The deal, blessed by Teamsters national leadership, includes improved insurance and a new grievance procedure.
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Teamster
Sikorsky Aircraft
Atala
Fred J. Roberto
Teamsters Joint Council 65
Underwood-Commeyer
Broad Street
Klein Memorial
Robertoeid
Sikorsky
Teamsters
National Labor Relations Board
Joseph Scott
Hoffa
Holla
Stratford
Starce
Roberto
Teamster Local 101
Bridgeport
Williams Ends Howland Duties Resignation
Joseph Williams, vice president and general manager of Howland Dry Goods, announced his resignation yesterday. He plans a brief vacation before revealing his new association and will be replaced by Gavin M. Semple, assistant general merchandise manager at Genung's, who returns to Howland's as general manager from Mount Vernon, New York.
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Joseph Williams
Howland Dry Goods Company
Williams
Howland's
Federated
AMC
Vic
Bridgeport
Rotary Club
Howland
Genungs, Inc
Gavin M. Semple
Fairfield
Debris Found From Missing Sea Plane Near San Diego
Navy planes patrolling the Pacific located debris about 275 miles southwest of San Diego, identified as wreckage from the missing seaplane and its 13 crew members. Local search efforts continue as officials confirm the discovery.
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San Tego
Calif
Pacific Ocean
San Diego
Navy
Blizzard Sweeps Montana and California Sees Cold Snap
Blizzard swept into Montana from the north with driving snow and roaring winds. Up to a foot of snow fell in western Montana with 12 inch highs near Missouri and Kalispell, as far as Missoula to Great Falls. Temperatures plunged about 20 degrees in two hours in Cut Bank and Havre. California saw freezing levels return with lows around 25 to 21 above in scattered LA Riverside and Tulare areas. Coast Guard aided two ships stuck in the Great Lakes and Lake Erie. Cold remained sharp in northern regions while most the nation stayed cool to mild.
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Helena
Mont
Pec
Montana
Essex
Missouri
Kallispell
Missoula
Great Falls
Lewistown
Livingston
Cut Bank
Havre
North Dakota
Nevada
Utah
Colorado
California
Los Angeles
Riverside
San Bernardino
Tulare
Martha E. Allen
Lake Mie
Canada
Mich
McNamara
Lake Erie
Detroit River
Coast Guard
Eagle
Cole
Delta
Wah
Long Rock
Wis
Moting
Kennedy aims to make Welfare bills palatable to opposition
Secretary Celebrezze said the Kennedy administration is refining the health, education and welfare bills to be more acceptable to critics while preserving the underlying philosophy. The President and Mrs. Kennedy plan a Miami trip for the Orange Bowl ceremony honoring Bay of Pigs survivors. The budget for Health, Education and Welfare will rise due to built in programs and rising costs, with Congress set to convene January 9.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Kennedy
Miami
Pierre Salinger
White House
Nike
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Congress
Celebrenze
City buses to display lights for New Year safety drive
Bridgeport’s four major bus firms join a Police Department safety program during the New Year holiday period. The CR and L company Bridgeport Auto Transit Gray Line and Chestnut Hill Bus will have headlights on during daylight Monday to remind the public to drive carefully. Patrolman Robert Studley said the bus lights are a word of caution for all drivers and walkers on city streets.
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Bridgeport
Police Department
Robert Studley
CR and L Company
Bridgeport Auto Transit Company
Gray Line Company
Chestnut Hill Bus Company
Stndley
Castro Cancels Offer to Free More Cubans
Miami dispatch reports over 1 000 members of the Bay of Pigs invasion brigade will parade for President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy in Miami. The 1 113 survivors, released from Castro’s jails after 20 months, will be greeted by crowds and attend a brief ceremony at the Orange Bowl. Other details note the Kennedy visit, bilingual remarks, and planned TV coverage.
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Miami
Kennedys
Orange Bowl
Fla
Bay of Pips
Kennedy
Castro
Cuba
Havana
Cuban Families Committee
Kenaéidly
Pali Beach
Sel
Ivasion
Enrique Ruiz- Wiliems
Palm Beach
Manuel Artime
Artime
Milan
Air Force
Athem
Robert King
Ismael Lupa
Five Dead In Maryland Store Collapse During Construction
A basement wall at a suburban Maryland department store site collapsed, killing at least five workers and injuring several others. Foreman Thomas Shanelbrook and the crew were placing tie rods when a 20 foot high embankment failed, sending earth and timber into the concrete form. Fire sparks from a torch and a blaze at the Hippodrome theater, nearby, added to damage as crews fought the fire and investigated the cave-in and casualties.
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Washington
Maryland
St. Klein Co
Belay Plaza
University of Maryland
Thomas Shanebrock
Shanebrook
Lye
Chris Sandburg
Prince Gearers Minty
Ther Day Bank
Stratford Avenae
Sylvester E. Jennings Isrid
Battony
Asst
Paul Smitkowski
MD. Nusaenfeld
Levin Real Estate Company
Northwood Road
Fairfield
Nussenfeld
Chernauskas Named as Circuit Judge
Argentine hoax sparks confusion around claimed quintuplets birth in Cordoba as Joseph Chernauskas of Ansonia is named to the Fifth Circuit. Reports spread fast, hospitals and papers paused, but authorities and doctors debunk the tale by noon.
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Chernauskas
Hartford
Joseph
Cherenauskas
Ansonia
Cormoba
Argentina
Ans
Innocent Saint's
Frelay
Latin America
Dempsey
Tel
Chatnauskas
North America
Vayline
Ile
Hong
Leon E. McCarthy
Alsalthig City
Burton H. Fer
Han
Colby Callene
Boston University
Hetala
Mayo Sanatorium
Old Municipal Court
Cordoba
Voice
Jacoby
Joe
Nangatuck Valley
Wem
Radio
Griffin Hospital
Derby
Beter
Sport
Pampas
Buenos Aires
Mayo Clinic
Manuela Quintana Olmerdo
Simbolar
Olmedo
Hess
Boy Hurt In Blast Of Homemade Rocket
In New Britain on December 28 an improvised rocket exploded in a basement at 14 Grandview Street. Two teenagers were present. one was injured and described as critically hurt.
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New Britain
Grandview St
Study Aims To End Dock Strike Standstill
New York. Dec 78 AP. Both sides agreed to study manpower issues in the water front strike and Secretary of Labor W Willard Wirtz said the central issues remain wages fringe benefits and contract length. The move follows six days of halting Atlantic and Gulf Coast port work affecting Maine to Texas. Wirtz opened a new peace push meeting with New York Shipping Association and planned talks with the striking International Longshoremen's Association officials.
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New York
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Maine
Texas
New York Shipping Association
Normav
International Taneshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
UN forces face Katanga fire amid Elisabethville clashes
Katanga police ignored cease fire orders and attacked United Nations troops around Elisabethville with machine guns and mortars. Reports say firing intensified as UN forces returned fire. Wounded include seven UN soldiers and eight civilians. Red Cross notes Katanga police went "mad." UN captured a police HQ and cleared roadblocks, signaling possible use of force as Tshombe seeks to regain central control.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Katanga
United Nations
Elisabethville
Red Cross
Moise ‘Tshombe
Watanga
Elisabellville
Karavia
O 0
G. C. Senn
International Red Cross
Elisabeth Ville
Union Minier
Sean
Robert Gardiner
UN Congo
Tshombe
Belgium
Africa
Northern
Rhodesia
Tshontbe
New York
London
Tsnombe
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U.S
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Greenbell
Lea
RISE
Mati
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