No Reason Given for Five Slayings in Iowa Farm Case
Gayne Gilbert Smith told Firman McBeth he did not know why he killed five members of the McBeth family and is suspected in the death of his step mother Juanita Smith. He was jailed in Sigourney as authorities said he is charged in a preliminary information with the five killings at the Martinsburg farm on May 26.
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Sigourney
Gayne Gilbert Smith
Keokuk County
Firman McBeth
Firman
Andrew McBeth
Martinsburg
Gayne
Juanita Smith
Andy McBeth
Estes
Baptist Foundation of Texas
Pecos
Texas
John
U.S
R. E. Thomason
John Cofer
Rural S.C. Boy Inherits $30 Million Fortune
Walker "Skipper" Inman Jr., a 10 year old from Brunson South Carolina, inherits more than 30 million of a 40 million estate left by his grandmother Mrs. James Duke, widow of the American Tobacco Co. founder. Probate was ordered in New York. Skipper has lived quietly with his aunt and uncle near the Georgia line since his parents’ deaths.
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Brunson
S.C
Walker
Skipper” Inman, Jr
James Duke
Duke
American Tobacco Co
New York
Skipper
Georgia
Augusta
Savannah
Hugh Lightsey
Susan Inman
Susan
The
University of South Carolina
Engineers Stick with Old Offer Amid Arbitration Debate
Flight engineers renew their offer to arbitrate economic issues with three major airlines but oppose the cockpit crew makeup dispute. Union President Brown says a 24 hour response window may trigger a strike. Kennedy accused of misunderstanding the clash over crew size and pilot posts. Skipper Lightsey, grandson of Doris Duke, is mentioned in a separate family note with no cash inheritance details.
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Washington
Kennedy
Georgetown
S.C
Skipper
Lightsey
Ronald Brown
Pan American
Eastern
Trans World Airlines
Brown
Refugees to Go to Formosa from Hong Kong
AP reporting that 200 refugees from Communist China will depart for Formosa within two weeks. The plan includes welfare official statements and family connections cited by Firman McBeth.
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Formosa
Hong Kong
China
Firman McBeth
Gayne
Marie Smith Johnson
Denver
Firman
Lawyer Plans Habeas Plea To Block Gilbert Arrest In Brazil
Rio de Janeiro AP reports attorney Jorge Chalupe Sobrinho to seek preventive writ of habeas corpus for Edward Gilbert to avoid possible arrest while on a 30 day tourist visa after unauthorized withdrawals of nearly 2 million dollars from his hardwood floor company. No charges yet. embassy has no instructions. Gilbert stays with a friend. media unable to locate him.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Jorge Chalupe
Sobrinho
Edward Gilbert
New York
Gilbert
U.S
Chalupe
Supreme Court
Methodists To Organize Cedar Rapids Church
The North Iowa Methodist Conference announced the appointment of retired Dr. H. Hughes Dill to organize a new Methodist congregation in northeast Cedar Rapids. The church, to be built at Forty second Street and Northwood Drive NE, has land purchased and the organization is expected this fall. It marks the third new Cedar Rapids Methodist congregation in 18 months.
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MT. Vernon
Cedar Rapids
North
Charles S. Hempstead
Stocks Soar in Closing Trade Rally Rallies Nasdaq Gains
In New York a late surge in the final half hour of trading propelled stocks higher and delayed the ticker tape by 22 minutes. The rally pushed major indices up as investors reacted to market optimism and closing hour momentum.
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New York
UPS
Hoover to visit Iowa on eighty eighth birthday
Former President Herbert Hoover will return to West Branch Iowa on August 10 to attend the dedication of a new library museum honoring him. The half million dollar facility near his birthplace houses papers and mementos and is managed by the General Services Administration.
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Hoover
New York City
West
General Services Administration
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N.Y
Harry S. Truman
Independence
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Abilene
Kan
Iowa
Adm
Lewis L. Strauss
Atomic Energy Commission
Hoover Birthplace Foundation
Howard Hall
Cedar Rapids
West Branch
Mississippi
Hoover Library
Stanford University
Ramp Job Is Let by Merchants National Bank Cedar Rapids
Merchants National Bank of Cedar Rapids reports contracts for a new drive through bank and parking ramp totaling about 1.8 million dollars. O F Paulson Construction Co will be general contractor with Cummings Plumbing and Heating and Petersen Electric as other Cedar Rapids firms. Equipment adds about 100 thousand dollars. construction starts soon with completion aimed for spring or summer next year. The facility sits at the northeast corner of Second Avenue and Third Street SE across from the main bank.
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Merchants National Bank of
Cedar Rapids
MNB
John T. Hamilton II
O. F. Paulson Construction Co
Cummings Plumbing and Heating Co
Petersen Electric Co
Hamilton
Second Avenue
Third Street SE
Third Street
Main Bank
Kennedy invites generous Glen Lake class to White House
President Kennedy invites the Glen Lake Community High School graduating class to the White House to honor their act of generosity. The students sacrificed a Washington trip saving 700 dollars over three years to help a cancer-stricken classmate, Duane Richardson, with medical bills. Private donors have offered 1600 dollars to restore the trip.
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Washington
Kennedy
Glen Lake Community High School
Glen Lake
Mich
White House
Duane Richardson
Sen
Hart
D-Mich
Congress
Industrial Output Sets New Record
In May industrial production rose to a new high as gains in most sectors offset a drop in steel. The Federal Reserve Board said its index for mines factories and utilities rose to 118, up one point from April, about 18 percent above 1957.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Estes Denies Hidden Assets In Swiss Banks
Billie Sol Estes testified under oath before U S creditors in Judge Thomason's court he owes 38.39 million dollars and has 20.79 million in assets, leaving 17.59 million unpaid. He invoked the Fifth Amendment six times but said he has no assets anywhere in the world including Switzerland.
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EL Paso
UPI
Billie Sol Estes
Switzerland
Estes
U.S
R. E. Thomason
Allen Poage
U. S
Poage
Lany
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