Harsh Trial Amnesia Hint in Johnson County Case
Lloyd Lee Harsh 18, a high school football star, faces murder and assault charges in Kansas. Final arguments loom after a day of testimony on whether he feigned amnesia. Psychiatrist Dr. William V. McEnelly said officers’ interviews could prove if memory loss affected the shooting on March 2 near a camp fire. Harsh said his recall came slowly. deputy Dobson testified he admitted returning to the site and firing. The defense noted prior statements and questioned timing of his memory.
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Olathe
Kan
Lloyd Lee Harsh
Johnson County
Marsh
Donna Busby
Thomas Thorp
Endicott
Neb
William V. McEnelly
Harsh
W. C. Jones
Dobson
Miss Busby
Thorp
Workman Electrocuted Loading Oil Rig
A Pratt man, Clifford L. Lees, 25, was killed when a 7,200-volt line was touched while an oil rig was being winched onto a truck northeast of Hays Kansas. Lees was an employee of a Pratt trucking firm.
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Hays, Kan
Clifford L. Lees
Pratt
Lees
Hays
Beirne Re elected CWA President Amid Hoffa Picketing
Joseph A. Beirne was re elected president of the Communications Workers of America as Teamsters supporters picketed outside CWA headquarters in Kansas City. Beirne defeated Wayne K Hazen 226373 to 39969 and said Hoffa is raiding the union. Five former CWA officials dismissed after a failed Teamsters bid may appeal on Friday.
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Kansas City
Joseph A. Beirne
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters
Communications Workers of America
CWA
Teamsters Union
Beirne
Wayne K. Hazen
Jacksonville
Fla
J. M. Massey
John C. Crull
Ray Hackney
W. A. Smallwood
Hoffa
Western Electric Equipment
Union
International
Steel Wages Near Accord
The Iron Age reports a near agreement on a steel industry wage settlement with an extended vacation plan linked to a 1962 pact granting 13 weeks of vacation every five years for 15-year veterans. Talks, via a joint management union human relations committee, have been slow as the process uses exploratory rules and lacks final details.
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New York
The
Iron Age
Steel Industry
United Steelworkers Union
Grand Jury Asked To Probe Picketing
Kansas City Kansas AP A federal grand jury was urged to probe picketing of a U S District Court session by Negro integrationists Judge Athur J Stanley warned a law against influencing a judge may have been violated by the picketing The court where 39 Negro men women and children picketed May 11 faced placards accusing delay in a segregation suit filed by parents of 15 Negro children against the Board of Education
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Kansas City
Kan
U.S
Athur J. Stanley
Board of Education
White Enrolls At Negro School In Huntsville
In Huntsville Alabama a white student enrolled at a Negro school under a court order while two Black students registered at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. Robert Mickel a 29 year old chemistry teacher from Utica Nebraska signed up for summer classes at Alabama A M under NSF grant.
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Huntsville
Ala
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Robert Mickel
Utica
Neb
Alabama A&m
National Science Foundation
Sentence in Kansas City family slaying handed to Von Wedel
KANSAS CITY AP Curt Otto Von Wedel 40 was sentenced to five years in prison for the death of his wife but is paroled for 10 years if he undergoes psychiatric treatment. He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after the sole witness, the victim’s son, declined to testify. Mrs Audrey Von Wedel was shot during a March 12 1962 family argument.
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von Wedel
Audrey von Wedel
Tornado Damage Hits Athol Kansas Area
A tornado struck Athol Kansas Tuesday night damaging several houses and other buildings in the north-central community. There were no injuries reported.
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Athol
Kan
Kansas
Suspect Disappears Bond Forfeited In Kansas Larceny Case
Hutchinson Kansas AP report says David Lacy 27 of Kansas City failed to appear for arraignment last Tuesday and a warrant was issued for his arrest. Lacy was free on 2500 bond which was ordered forfeited. Bound over for trial in district court were Kenneth Whitmore of Kansas City and others in the larceny case.
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Hutchinson
Kan
David Lacy
Lacy
Kansas City
Kenneth Whitmore
Four Denver residents charged in Hutchinson shoplifting
Oklahoma City and Brenda Collins and Ella Williams, both of Denver, are among four charged with shoplifting eight men's suits from Hutchinson stores. The defendants face arrest warrants and potential charges in Reno County.
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Oklahoma City
Brenda Collins
Ella Williams
Denver
Hutchinson
Pomona man killed when train hits truck
Henry Oscar Cain, 80, of Pomona Kansas, died Tuesday when a train collided broadside with his truck about a mile south of Pomona.
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Pomona, Kan
Henry Oscar Cain
Pomona
Kan
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