American counterintelligence agent commits suicide in Berlin
An American counterintelligence captain who was a friend of missing West German security chief Otto John killed himself in his Berlin billet. He died after being found mortally wounded near the American Army Hospital. U S authorities denied disloyalty rumors and ordered a full inquiry. The agent had known Dr John for some time and died the day after John's disappearance in the Soviet sector became public.
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U. S
Associated Press
Berlin
Otto John
John
Federal Office For Protection of the Constitution
Blind Broom Makers Strike Now Settled
PITTSBURGH The strike by blind broom makers and the Pennsylvania Association for the Blind ended after a five month dispute. State Labor Mediator J Edward Waldron said a settlement was reached but gave no details. The shop plans to reopen soon as 42 workers had picketed, and wages had been cut to 8 rents a dozen since March.
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Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania Association For the Blind
J. Edward Waldron
Waldron
Association
Ex Ambassdor Ruth Rohde Dies At 68 In Denmark
Ruth Bryan Rohde, 68, former U S minister to Denmark and daughter of William Jennings Bryan, died after a heart ailment in Copenhagen. Her career included Congress service, lecturing, writing, war nursing, and university teaching, marking a milestone for women in diplomacy.
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Denmark
Associated Press
Copenhagen
Ruth Bryan Rohde
America
Rohde
William Jennings Bryan
U. S
Frederik
U.S
Roosevelt
Congress
Alexandra Kollontrag
Norway
Medical expert links bullets to teen’s shirts in Coffin trial
Dr. Jean Marie Roussel testified in the Wilbert Coffin murder case that a sweatshirt and two other shirts tied to 17 year old Richard Lindsey of Hollidaysburg were pierced by a bullet. Lindsey disappeared last June while hunting with his father Eugene and Albert Claar. their skeletal remains were found in the Gaspe bush the following July after being gnawed by bears.
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Associated Press Peace
Que
Richard Lindsey
Hollidaysburg
Jean Marie Roussel
Montreal
Wilbert Coffin
Coffin
Gaspe Peninsula
Lindsey
Gaspe Bush
Eugene
Albert Claar
Roussel
Skeleton evidence links rifle death to three garments
The testimony describes lead traces around holes in three garments and a near instantaneous death by a bullet. The witness believes the victim was shot with a rifle, the bullet piercing the upper left lung and heart. Evidence includes photographs of the three skeletons and boxes dated July 25 containing remains later identified as Richard Lindsey and Claar.
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Roussel
Richard Lindsey
Claar
Harmon to head Air Force Academy
Lt Gen Hubert R Harmon of Chester Pennsylvania will be the first superintendent of the new Air Force Academy to open its temporary barracks at Lowry Field Denver next year Talbott announced after approval by President Eisenhower Harmon 62 graduated from West Point in 1915 he commanded the 13th Air Force in the Pacific during World War II and later led the 6th Air Force in the Caribbean area
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Washington
Hubert R. Harmon
Chester
Air Force Academy
Lowry Field
Denver
Air Force
Talbott
Eisenhower
Harmon
West Point
Military Academy
13Th Air Force
Pacific
6Th Air Force
Caribbean
GSA to Act Quickly on Two Major State Projects
Governor John Fine announced after a closed session that the General State Authority will move promptly on two key builds: a $8 million state office complex in Philadelphia and an $18 million mental hospital in Delaware County. Senator John H. Dent reported the board split into camps over pushing new projects versus finishing current ones.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
John
Fine
General State Authority
Bat
GSA
Philadel
Philadelphia state office building site talks and hospital note
The GSA board chaired by Fine authorized staff to negotiate a site purchase at Broad and Spring Garden for a state office building in Philadelphia. No site discussion occurred for a Delaware County mental hospital. Residents await a court ruling on a suit to block the county project. Breeding experiments from 1864 aimed at Rhode Island Red development. the Rhode Island Red Club of America formed in 1893.
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Dent
Fine
GSA
Broad and
Spring Garden Streets
Philadelphia
Warren H. Holmes
Pew
Delaware County
Rhode Island
Red Det
Red Club of America
Revision of State's Juvenile Code Urged by Police
Philadelphia reports that the Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association opened its annual convention criticizing juvenile crime and parental pampering. Frank A. Sweeney urged newspapers to publish names of juvenile offenders, warning secrecy may deter delinquency. Chief John M. Vatahovich said a committee will review amendments for the 1967 Legislature.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Chiefs of Police Association
POPA
Frank A. Sweeney
Jenkintown
Sweeney
John M. Vatahovich
Freeland
Association
Requiem Mass for Mrs Mary Jones Dugan Held
The Requiem Mass for Mrs Mary Jones Dugan was held after a prayer service at Bracken Funeral Home. The 9:30 Mass at St Elizabeths Church was celebrated by Rev John DeSanti. Bearers included Paul Weber Charles Bracken Frank Grice Jr Francis Blair George Sloan Jr and Clark Lord. Burial followed in St Thomas Cemetery with many relatives and friends attending. Guatemala City was founded in 1527.
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Bracken
St. Elizabeth's Church
John DeSanti
Paul Weber
Charles Bracken
Frank Grice Jr
Francis Blair
George Sloan Jr
Clark Lord
St. ‘Thomas’ Cemetery
J. Harold Dugan
Ann Reeder
Raleigh
Mary Jones
Irene Stretton
Corbin Daul
Buffalo
Earl Toohey
Detroit
Edward Gable
Hilton, N
Bruce Banks
Union City
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