First Vote Frees Mrs Woodward in Slaying Case
Nassau county grand jury found Mrs William Woodward Jr blameless on the first ballot after nine and a half hours of testimony from 31 witnesses. The jurors indicated the decision Friday night was by a lopsided margin, with at least 12 jurors agreeing. The once beautiful Mrs Woodward described how she shot her husband on the morning of Oct 30 believing he was a prowler. One juror said the panel was annoyed by any doubt this was an accident and that she remains miserable despite being free.
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Mineola
N.Y
INS
William Woodward, Jr
Nassau County
Woodward
Anna R. Warner
Slain Man Identified As Bank Cashier in Minnesota
CLEAR LAKE Minn The body of Kenneth Lindbergh a 44 year old bank cashier found shot in a snowy pasture near Clear Lake was identified by Sheriff Rambeck and Police Chief Cummings Lindbergh disappeared Nov 12 from Thief River Falls after talking with a stranger and taking 14000 in traveler checks and 1750 in coins Investigators believe a time device foiled a plan to force a vault The case also references the Woodward homicide inquiry and related testimony and immunity grants
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Clear Lake
Minn
Here
Kenneth Lindbergh
Arthur Rambeck
Elton Cummings
Thief River Falls
Lindbergh
Northern State Bank
Gordon Tesch
Chester Goenner
Sherburne County
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Detroit
Chicago
Mostly Cloudy With Snow Flurries Then Cold Turn
Mostly cloudy tonight with occasional snow flurries and a turning colder. Winds shift to northerly, remain strong and windy. Sunday stays cold with a high near 28 degrees and a low around 22 degrees.
Ransom Note Suspected Hoax In Missing Boy Case
The father of 3 year old Stephen Damman says a ransom note demanding 3000 dollars for the boy’s return is likely a hoax. Police, who have not disclosed details, say it is one of several notes received since Stephen vanished October 31 while his mother waited outside a supermarket. No leads or trace have emerged after extensive searches.
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East Meadow
N.Y
Stephen Damman
Air Force
Jerry Damman
Stephen
Dammans
Newton
Damman
Bank of Germantown Robbed by Two Masked Gunmen
In Maysville Kentucky two masked gunmen robbed the Bank of Germantown Saturday forcing three women employees into the vault and taking about ten thousand dollars. Local authorities investigated and no injuries were reported.
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Maysville, Ky
Bank of
Germantown
Russia reports most powerful test explosion
Moscow reports a hydrogen bomb test described by officials as the most powerful explosion carried out to date. A Tass statement said the test was of a new type of atomic and thermonuclear weapons and occurred at great height, with scientists’ calculations fully justified.
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Moscow
Mns
Russia
Ilyichev
Tass
Khrushchev Declares Soviet nuke surge equals one megaton
Khrushchev states the latest Soviet atomic test is equal to one million tons of TNT and vows the USSR will not be first to use such power. He calls the explosion unprecedented and hopes bombs never strike cities while warning about war nerves. The AEC notes U.S. megaton-scale H-bomb lead.
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Bangalore
India
INS
Russia
Communist Party
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Krushchev
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
U. S
Khruschev
AEC
U.S
Help Offered to Youth Held as Slayer of Their Child
CHICAGO AP Aunts Mr and Mrs Dominick Manzo say they will aid Clarence Baugh the 17 year old accused of killing Mary Manzo eight. The body was found July 7 under a South Side viaduct. Police say Baugh confessed and reenacted the slaying. A psychologist calls him a mental detective.
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Chicago
Dominick Manzo
Clarence Baugh
Mary Manzo
Baugh
Samuel Papanek
Manzo
Melvin Baugh
Rescue of Kis a II Crew HaiI the Coast
The Kis a II, a Liberian freighter with 21 crewmen, was wrecked off Cape Breton island. Rescuers battled snow and high seas to reach the men, hoisted them in a bootswain’s chair below a Canadian navy helicopter as cliffs rose 1,000 feet above the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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Halifax
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Six-Month Term For Firecrackers Conviction in Munich
Pvt. Wolfgang Kuhn of Omaha was convicted by a U S army court martial of unlawfully exploding firecrackers. He received six months hard labor and a $330 fine. Two Germans reported minor injuries from the October blast.
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Munich
Wolfgang Kuhn
Omaha
Oxford Youth 19 Critically Hurt in Hunting Accident
Kenneth Cellman, 19, of Oxford, was in critical condition at University Hospitals after a shotgun wound in a hunting accident on his parents farm five miles south of Oxford. He was with Dean and Leo Vanourney when the blast injured his left hand and face, causing facial injuries, eye damage, paralysis on the left side, and a left nostril fracture. The incident occurred about 2:30 p.m. Friday. he initially went to Mercy hospital before transfer.
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Iowa City
Kenneth Cellman
John Cellman
Oxford
University Hospitals
Cellman
Dean
Leo Vanourney
Mercy Hospital
Prosecutor Accused of Conspiracy in Iowa Case
Franklin County Attorney Keith J. Stinson was charged with conspiracy for allegedly aiding George B. Dewey in swindling widow Grace Potter Miller of 75000 and a 320 acre farm. Dewey previously faced charges. Miller described him as likable and invested funds in Daytona Beach motels.
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Eldora
Franklin County
Keith J. Stinson
Stinson
Paul Hodgson
Hardin County
H. C.nichol
George B. Dewey
Grace Potter Miller
Ackley
Dewey
Service Station Hold Up Suspects To Be Questioned
Cedar Rapids detectives plan to question two Cedar Rapids youths arrested in Des Moines after a series of armed robberies tied to a bandit who targeted gas stations. The men, 23 and 15, reportedly led Cedar Rapids and Des Moines stations to similar methods, with a white cloth masking the face and a pocketed gun. They deny involvement but are held for further questioning, including a Friday Ottumwa incident and a July Midway tavern theft.
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Cedar Rapids News
Cedar Rapids
Des Moines
John Kuba
Javenue
Shell Station
Ottumwa
Kuba
Midway Tavern
Ninth Avenue SE
Eisenhower backs bipartisanship in foreign policy
President Eisenhower, via a spokesman, urged continued nonpartisan U S foreign policy regardless of the 1956 election outcome. Senator George D Ga chairing the foreign relations committee issued the appeal, which the White House said the President had read and approved.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Murray Snyder
White House
Sen
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
New York Herald Tribune
Snyder
Sen. George
Snyjder
$6,000 Given for Bereaved Woman
CHICAGO AP A woman mourned by the loss of her family will receive over $6,000 next week from sympathizers. Most of the money for Eleanor Schuessler was raised in a 12 hour fund drive Wednesday conducted by Sidney Smith in his restaurant. Schuessler's two sons were found slain Oct 18 and her husband died a month later of a heart attack. Smith's fund drive allocated all money spent and contributed by his customers during the half day period.
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Chicago
Eleanor Schuessler
Sidney Smith
Bing Alters Plan After Protests
HOLLYWOOD AP Bing Crosby canceled a special Notre Dame football team showing of Guys and Dolls due to Catholic protests. He had a yearly practice of treating the team to a movie when visiting Southern California. The bishops condemned laxity, prompting Crosby to host a Paramount Studio showing of The Court Jester starring Danny Kaye instead.
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Bing Crosby
Notre Dame
Guys and Dolls
Crosby
Southern
California
Vu.s
E Pictures
Paramount Studio
Danny Kaye
Woman says she would not call police over abuse
Ofelia Castanon de Juarez told police she would not have phoned them about her husband’s beating, though his mother and brother assisted. The report notes the family dynamics during the incident in Mexico City.
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Mexico City
Ofelia Castanon de Juarez
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