Texan admits strangling 18-year-old in Indianapolis hotel
Victor Lively a short stocky Texan confessed to deputies that he choked Dorothy Poore to death in a Claypool Hotel room after an alcohol fueled dispute. He said he killed her with a 32 caliber pistol and later hid the body in a dresser drawer. The body was found last Sunday in Clinton Ind. after Miss Poore a high school graduate was reported missing. Lively claimed another woman named Ruth was present earlier and he was arrested after deputies spotted him on a highway.
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ST. Louis
Victor Lively
Indianapolis
Lively
Dorothy Poore
Clinton
Ind
Poore
Claypool
Jack O'Shea
Miss Poore
Ruth
Robert E. Wilkerson
Carroll Rowland
Wilkerson
Victor Hale Lively
Plane Slains Peak Crash Kills Six in Tennessee
A twin engine plane from Pontiac Michigan crashed on Brayton Mountain near Pikeville during a storm, killing at least six. The Civil Aeronautics Authority said the DeHavilland Cove was en route to Miami from Pontiac, with tentative identifications including pilot Gordon Wyrick and several Michigan residents. Log shows climb to 13,000 feet to clear clouds and descent to 12,000 feet.
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Pikeville, Tenn
Pontiac
Mich
Brayton Mountain
Here
Civil Aeronautics’ Authority
Chattanooga
DeHaviland Cove
Miami
Sawyers Funeral Home
Dayton
Tenn
Sawyers
Gordon Wyrick
Gordon Flying Service
Lawrence Durham
Lawrence Springs
W. E. Anthony
Benton Harbor
Florence Brown
Lawrenc Springs
Laurel Brown
Gordon Paxson
Fantine
Tampa
What Behind United Fuel Gas Co rate appeal
The Gazette questions a proposed 57 percent rate increase for United Fuel Gas Co amid rising costs. The lead editorial examines whether the hike is justified and whether many customers would face higher than stated percentages. The piece appears in the Inside Today section with other features and notices.
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United Fuel Gas Co
Gazette
Senate Debates Atomic Energy Bill With No End in Sight
Senate enters fourth day of near nonstop debate on the Atomic Energy Bill with no plan to act or curtail discussion. House advances a bill while Republicans fail to end the prolonged power struggle. U.S. political friction persists in Washington amid procedural stalemate.
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Washington
INS
Senate
House
Eisenhower
Atomic Enery Commission
AEC
Renee Greyees
ADC
W. Sterling Cole
R-N
Joint Atomic Energy Com
East Berlin airs voice of spy master defection claim
The East Berlin radio broadcast a voice identified as John declaring he defected to the Reds to aid German reunification. West Berlin and Bonn officials questioned the claim while U.S. and British observers weighed implications for intelligence operations amid the ongoing atomic energy bill debates in Washington.
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East Berlin
Berlin
Cotal
Otto Tohn
West Germany
FBI
East Germany
John’s
Reds
John
West Berlin
Britain
United States
U.S
East Ber Jmont
Mit Brats
Aimee
Bonn
Althout
Imain
Sriet
Hevan Republican
No Clues In $5,000 Jewel Robbery At St Albans Home
St Albans police seek help from Charleston authorities to trace missing jewelry from the home of Mrs Mary McNealy of Third Ave St Albans. The theft, connected to her late mother estate, includes a $1400 diamond engagement ring and several other rings, watches and cash totaling about $5000. The family was away at Ringling Brothers circus when the crime occurred.
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St. Albans
Charleston
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Mary McNealy
Third Ave. St. Albans
Carey Denounces Vote Buying in Clean Election Plea
Sheriff Al Carey told Charleston Civitan Club Republicans will not buy votes in the Aug 3 primary and urged Democrats to join in a clean honest election. He recalled 1952 election irregularities, noted all 307 precincts will use voting machines to prevent fraud, and urged careful appointment of election workers while critiquing tax forms as outdated.
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A. J. Carey
Civitan Club
Kanawha County
Gazette
Mary Chilton Chapman
the Gazette
al Carey
Carey
Charleston Civitan Club
Hoyers
Kanawha
SDP
Statehouse
West Virginia
Puzzle Contest Sees 16033 Entries With $125 Prize
There were 16 033 entries in this week's crossword puzzle contest but no winner of the $100 prize. Look for Sunday's Gazette for two new brain-twisters and a $25 top-up bringing the total prize to $125.
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Gazette
British Plane Crash Blamed on Red Guns
Hong Kong authorities investigate a British Skymaster crash in the South China Sea with nine feared dead after reports the four engine aircraft was shot down by anti-aircraft fire from Communist held Hainan Island. Survivors rescued by a U.S. Navy aircraft are being questioned as a full inquiry proceeds.
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Hong Kong
South China Sea
Hainan Island
Redheld
U.S
Hainan
China
Diver Camps On Ocean Floor For 24 Hours
Ed Fisher a 26 year old New York native set a world endurance record by free diving to the ocean floor off Key Largo and staying 24 hours and two minutes. He surfaced at 3 10 p m with blue wrinkled skin and a throbbing head but no lasting harm.
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Miami
Fla
Ed Fisher
Key Large
Fisher
New York
Armas to Be Asked to Free Refugees
Santiago July 23 The Foreign Ministry said tonight that President Carlos Castral Armas may be urged to grant safe conduct permits to all political refugees in various embassies in Guatemala City. The number of refugees in embassies is reported to exceed 500.
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Santiago
Chile
Foreign Ministry
God Araelayen
Aes
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala City
Doomsday Set For Loveless To Be Executed Oct 28
Melvin Loveless, 31, Charleston, was sentenced to death again for the 1953 fatal apartment robbery tied to United Mine Workers official Sarah Reed. Judge C C Chambers set October 28 for execution unless Gov. Marland intervenes as he did previously. Loveless made no reply when asked if he wished to speak. Prosecutors say the robbery yielded $2600 instead of expected gambling receipts. Two Loveless attorneys argued court errors but were overruled.
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Logan
Melvin Loveless
William C. Marland
Supreme Court
Loveless
Sarah Reed
United Mine Workers
Harry Capehart
Welch
D. Jackson Savage
Charleston
Dulles demands new Soviet attitude before talks
Secretary of State Dulles rejects Moscow bids for talks on atomic weapons, Germany, Korea and Europe. He warns Russia must show good faith and change its basic attitude before any East West discussions. He promises rapid steps to build an anticommunist Southeast Asia alliance to curb aggression.
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Washington
Dulles
Russia
Moscow
Germany
Korea
Europe
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Viet Nam
Southwest Pacific
Walter B. Smith
Geneva
Smith
U.S
Munich
United States
Kremlin
West Virginia secures bonds for park development program
State plans a 1.8 million dollar revenue bond issue to fund park projects including a new Blackwater Falls park in Tucker County. Other work adds a 40 room lodge at Cacapon State Park and cabins at Lost River Watoga and Tygart Lake. Butler Brothers Inc will manage the projects as the commission expands to meet demand for cabins. The bond repayment will come from facility income, marking a first for the state.
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Neil Boggs
the Gazette
West Virginia
Carl J. Johnson
Johnson
Blackwater Falls
Tucker County
Cacapon State Park
Lost River
Watoga
Tygart Lake
Butler Brothers, Inc
St. Paul, Minn
Commission
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Slains Peak
Inez Robb
Gop
Wteawin
UTA
Alulusg
Wees
Sheriff Carey
Charles W. Bush
Washington, D. C
Young Bush
T. Perry Lippitt
Earl Warren
Armas
Tittle
Bobby Woods
Columbus
Ohio
Bobby
Freida
Robert
Congress
Minneapolis
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