GIs Don Wigs Over Whitewalls
In COLORADO SPRINGS hundreds of Ft Carson soldiers buy wigs to hide close GI haircuts known as whitewalls ordered by Maj Gen Bernard W Rogers. Wig shop owners say locals see wigs as a cover to avoid exposing their military status. Off post, soldiers reportedly wear wigs to blend in.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Ft. Carson
Bernard W. Rogers
Sth
Frances Lacey
Wig
Mike Seaton
Bob Greenberg
Flair Beauty
Greenberg
Governor Bucks Forced Busing Ruling
Florida Governor Claude Kirk issued an executive order forbidding forced busing in Volusia and Manatee counties to meet federal desegregation orders. Volusia faces a Monday deadline. Manatee has an April 6 deadline. The order threatens executive action, fines, or jail for noncompliance while leaving penalties undefined.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Claude Kirk
Florida
Volusia County
Daytona Beach
Kirk
Manatee County
Bradenton
Volusia
Manatee
Jack Davidson
Gerald Mager
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Charles Scott
U.S. District Court
Raymond Retiree Walter Casler to retire from Associated Spring
Walter Casler of Corry RD 2 will retire from Associated Spring Corp effective tomorrow. He joined March 7, 1934, worked in several plant areas, primarily Automatics, serving as foreman from April 1939 to May 1956, then became night superintendent.
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Walter Casler
Corry
Raymond
Associated Spring Corp
Fire damages Columbia sound stage hit by blaze
In Burbank California a fire gutted an old Columbia Studios sound stage used for classic films and TV sets including Lost Horizon High Noon Cat Ballou and Blondie. Damage is estimated at 92 million with parts of the Lost Horizon set also used for The Flying Nun. Cast members from Here Come the Brides including Robert Brown and Joan Blondell were filming nearby when the fire began.
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Burbank
Cali
Columbia Studios
Cat Ballou
Robert Brown
Joan Blondell
Five Thousand Purged From Erie County Vote List
Erie County Voter Registration Office will notify more than five thousand voters they may lose their right to vote in the spring primary. Director Shirley Colvin says 5,293 people are slated for purge due to two years with no voting in primaries or general elections. Notices go out with return postcards to be signed within ten days. purge breakdown includes 2,480 Republicans 2,746 Democrats and 67 independents. 2,668 purges in Erie, 2,625 in the county. Final day to register for the spring primary is March 30.
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Orie
Erie County
Shirley Colvin
Colvin
Erie
Hanisek May Head County GOP Unit
Erie County Sheriff Andrew J. Hanisek says he will accept the Republican County Chairman nomination if no opposition emerges but prefers Eugene B. Karnes for the post. The chairmanship race is heating up as Mor timer E. Graham declines re election while Mack Scoenberg weighs a bid amid party tension. Karnes says he wants the chair but can’t confirm candidacy at present.
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Erie
Erie County
Andrew J. Hanisek
Hanisek
Eugene B. Karnes
Mortimer E. Graham
Mack Scoenberg
Graham
Shoenberg
Old Guard
GOP
Karnes
Court reverses 20 year old felony murder ruling
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday reversed a 20 year old felony murder interpretation in a 6-1 decision, granting James Smith a new trial. The ruling limits murder charges to felons who personally commit the fatal act, referencing the 1949 Almeida case and a 1948 armed robbery that left an off duty officer dead. Chief Justice John C. Bell Jr. led the decision.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
State High Court
James Smith
Smith
State Supreme Court
David Almeda
Almeida
John C. Bell. Jr
Seek Rapist Of Waterford Girl In Area
Police in the Tristate area pursue four suspects in connection with the rape of a year old Waterford Township girl on January 22. A composite sketch depicts a 20 year old dark haired man about 5 8 with a bump on his head. The attacker forced a pair from a parked car and struck the man before assaulting the girl. Investigators note the suspect may have driven an early model light green Chevrolet with a left rear light out. In Erie, Gifford Smith, 24, was arrested for obstructing justice after allegedly sheltering a wounded rape suspect. he pleaded not guilty and a preliminary hearing was set for February 12. Jamieson, 25, of the Richford Hotel, escaped from police and was shot. he was found later at Smiths home.
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Tristate
Waterford Township
Erie
Gifford Smith
Smith
Justice of the Peace
James Hosin
Hogirt
Joseph Jamieson
Richford
Jamieson
Dissent Rejects Pro Criminal Opinion in Felony Murder Doctrine
Justice Priday dissented from the majority, condemning a pro criminal stance as disastrous to society and arguing that the court’s opinion effectively sabotaged the felony murder doctrine. The ruling faced sharp criticism for altering established legal standards and its potential societal impact.
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Priday
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