Wealthy Denver family killed in four hour home siege
In Greenwood Village near Denver, 45 year old Merrill Knight, his 43 year old wife Hugina and 15 year old daughter Karen were slain during a four hour shooting spree by 28 year old David Early who had just been released from Leavenworth. Knight’s 18 year old son Kenneth escaped unharmed. Early, captured by neighbors, was jailed for murder as DA Barney O Kane said charges would be filed. Early claimed kinship to Knight and had a documented criminal history.
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Frank Pliman
Denver
David Barry
Merrill Knight
Greenwood Village
Knight
Denver Bar Association
Hugina
Karen
Early
Kenneth Knight
Leavenworth
Barney O’kane
Ionghand
O'Kane
Knight Konlight
Dexter
University of Iowa
Trenver University
Iowa
E. C. Knight
Marshalltown
Hugh Knight
Shelby
Mothe
Soviet Says No to Allied Summit Bid
Washington reports that Russia rejected a Western push for immediate joint ambassadorial talks with Gromyko on summit issues. Ambassadors Thompson Dejean Reilly delivered the reply. May Day holidays and a forthcoming state visit to Cairo push talks into mid May.
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Washington
CAP
State Department
Russia
Department
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Thompson
Gromyko
Great Britain
France
Britain
Patrick Reilly
Maurice Dejean
Gromyke
Nasser of Reypt
Runaway Car Slams Burlington Store Killing One Injuring Five
A car lost control on a Burlington hill and rammed a store front, killing Dorothea Kurrle Brooks and injuring five others including her husband Russell Brooks and three pedestrians, two of whom were sisters. The accident happened Friday evening near Louth's Kiddie Korner.
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Burlington
Dorothea Kurrle Brooks
Stronghurst
Russell Brooks
Ollie Wells
Igo
Arthur Petmeyer
Ruth Connelly
Helen
Helen Connelly
Mercy Hospital
Brooks
Bad Spellers Not All in Contestants
In Baltimore AP report a spelling bee suffered a list error with at least four misspelled words. Stephen Nichols correctly spelled ophthalmologist but was initially docked for a mistaken word from the faulty list, later reinstated and won the county title.
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Baltimore
Stephen Nichols
Loveless criticizes Defense Department for inconsistencies
Gov. Herschel Loveless told a Cedar Rapids audience that the Defense Department has been inconsistent in handling reserve matters and has failed to cooperate with state governments. He urged alignment with the militia concept and argued changes to the army reserve and national guard require congressional and state approval. He warned reductions could hurt small communities and reserve funding.
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Cedar Rapids
Department of Defense
Herschel Loveless
Iowa Reserve Officers Association
Iowa
Army Reserve
National Guard
Congress
Defense Department
Loveless
Andhej
Loveless to Substitute for Morse at Cedar Rapids Dinner
Gov Herschel C Loveless will substitute for Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon as main speaker at the Sen Wolf campaign dinner in Cedar Rapids tonight Morse cites a Washington session as imperative to attend The $10-a-plate dinner at 6 30 p m in the Roosevelt hotel will proceed as planned Loveless will address national issues on foreign and domestic policy per Robert Wilson the event chairman
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Cedar Rapids
Herschel C. Loveless
Wayne Morse
Oregon
Sen Wolf
Suc
Morse
Robert Wilson
Centar Rapids
Washington
Egis Talian
Roosevelt
Loveless
Wilson
Stritch Stricken: Cardinal Faces Possible Surgery
AP reports Samuel Cardinal Stritch, archbishop of Chicago, rushed to a surgeon's clinic with a right arm ailment. Doctors fear gangrene and possible amputation. American surgeons may be summoned for any required operation as Stritch arrived in Rome to assume his Vatican post.
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Rame
Samuel Cardinal
Chicago
Vatican
Sourse
Rome
Congregation For Propagation of the Faith
Officials Join Hunt for Robbers Of Illinois Bank
JOY INDIANA AP Two youthful gunmen robbed the Jay State Bank of about 2600 to 3000 Saturday. Local officers in Iowa Illinois and Missouri launched a search. Cashier R Lewis said one robber pistol whipped Assistant Cashier Warry Swanson after he finished waiting. Swanson and bookkeeper Patsy Munger son were forced into another room with Allen Garner then moved to a basement furnace room and locked in. Authorities believe the suspects were driving a 1957 green and white Chevrolet. Muscatine county set a roadblock at Iowa 92 and New Boston road.
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Joy
Jay State ‘Bank
Iowa
Ulinois
Missouri
Mussaline
R. ©. Lewis
Warry Swanson
Swanson
Patsy Mungerson
Lucky Judge Dismisses Negligent Collision Charges
Municipal Judge M C Lewis testified I saw the accident and dismissed charges against Henry Bailey 34 in Negra for negligent collision and drunk striving. The judge ruled the other driver was at fault for not yielding the right of way. The other driver, a white man, was not arrested as officers search for a witness.
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Not Springs
Ark
M. Co. Lewis
Henry Bailey
Negra
Walks Off with Secrets To Show Up Security System
A 24 year old Library of Luneless technician claims he stole 456 secret scientific documents from the Armed Services Technical Information Agency at the library to expose weak security. He says he reported the act to Robert Cutler, Eisenhower aide, and an investigation is underway. Dukeminier faces FBI charges for unlawfully entering a military reservation and related actions.
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Washington
Juin Dukersinier
Armed Services Technical Information Agency
National Security Council
Robert Cutler
Eisenhower
Cutler
Coil
Woodrow Bunlop
ASTA
Tinkeminier
Air Force Missile Test Center
Cape Camnaveral
Tion
Dukeminier
Army Engineers
ASTIA
Althrapy
Military
Arlington
Dusemimer
FBI
U.S
Tito Urges Kremlin To Ease Stand
Yugoslav president Tito urged Moscow to resolve differences with Yugoslavia more comradely to avoid a repeat of past actions that harmed international communism. At the closing of the Yugoslav Communist congress, delegates endorsed Tito’s independent path and called for improved relations within the Communist bloc while maintaining nonalignment.
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Tito
Kremlin
Eugene Levin
Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Yugoslav Communist Congress
International Workers’ Movement
Comrmensism
Moscow
Congress
Russia
Alexander Rankovic
Crash kills husband wife injured in Pound Ridge collision
A car crash in Pound Ridge New York killed Edward Perry 41 of Stanford Connecticut and injured Dorothy Perry 37. The collision occurred Saturday on a local street and involved the couple's vehicle. A New York lawyer named was identified among those involved.
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Pound Ridge
N.Y
Edward Perry
Stanford, Conn
J New York Lawyer
Derarthy
Missing Cake in Cupboard Sparks Quiet Home Lesson
In a light exchange from a household scene, Jimmy admits he failed to notice a second cake in a dark kitchen. Chuckle Mather humorously remarks about lack of cake previously. Jimmy guesses darkness blinded him to the other cake.
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Mather
Jimmy
Eisenhower Defends Defense Plan After McElroy Testimony
President Eisenhower, angered by reports on Secretary McElroy's testimony, telephoned in Washington to reiterate there can be no compromise on the essentials of the modernization program. Press secretary Hagerty said the President was concerned about implications of news coverage, not the testimony itself.
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Augusta
Gia
Ato
Eisenhower
James C. Hager
Fise
Lee
Washington
Ties
Hagerty
Exenhower
Secretary of Defense
Fixenhower
Frandstine
McElroy
Stagerty
Mekkos
Meklroy
Heil
Mass parachute jump canceled by dangerous winds
Fort Campbell Kentucky soldiers of the 61st airborne division postponed a planned parachute drop due to forecasted freak winds Saturday. Public officials cited winds similar to a deadly incident on Wednesday that killed five paratroopers and injured 155. Major General Westmoreland had planned to leap alone minutes before the test to gauge weather dangers.
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Fort Campbell
INS
61St Airborne Division
Wooc
Westmorerland
Dozen Sentenced In Czech Court
Vienna AP report says one man received the death penalty and twelve others were sentenced to prison terms in a Czech court. The group, alleged to be Slovak Hlinka guards, faced treason murder and complicity charges tied to wartime actions and Slovak citizens.
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Czech
Vienna
Privsl Pal Urota
Czechoslovakia
Hlinka Caurel
Prague
Woman Driver Half-Point Shy
Robert Martin a University of Iowa freshman from Vila Park Illinois defended the honor of men drivers in a meet by beating U S women drivers by half a point. Teanna Mace a US sophomore scored $21 as the test included a written exam and driving an obstacle course. Bob Walfe 19 of Iowa City scored 397 points to place third in a field of 20 competitors.
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Owa City
Robert Martin
University of Iewa
Vila Park
U S
Priday
Tows City
Tian Towa
Bob Walfe
Towa City
Knowland Presses Labor Provisions In Welfare Bill Fight
Senator Knowland battles to graft broad labor provisions into a welfare and pension fund bill. His amendments, including secret ballots for union officers and recall votes, failed amid Democratic opposition and GOP splits. A second story notes Wilson Spicer’s burglary convictions in Los Angeles, with his claim about money and tension.
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Joe Hall
Washington
Knowland
R-Caliz
Dastine
Koowland
Senate
Jdue
Elli
Iowa
Hickenlooper
Martin
Los Angeles
Wilson Spicer
Sears Braday
Pheoadang Ok Ritiy
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