Slayer Loses Bid To Halt Own Execution
WARREN The convicted slayer of 13 year old Centralia girl Mary Jane Benfield, Frank Earl Leake, captured in Russell on January 28, 1962, has lost another round in his bid to avoid death. Columbia Court reaffirmed its ruling that Senk received a fair trial. Judge C. W. Kreisher said Leake’s confession in the July 11, 1961 slaying was not coerced. Leake appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which sent the case back to the State Supreme Court for reconsideration based on a different ruling about voluntary confessions. If the confession stands, the conviction and sentence will stand. Leake, a salesman, was arrested entering a roadside telephone booth to answer a planted call from his company’s home office. He was captured six months after the killing following a statewide manhunt. Police said the Warren County arrest followed Harrisburg warrants charging him with two morals offenses. His confession came after several hours of questioning.
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Russell
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Supreme Court
New York
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Warren County
Harrisburg
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No Fury Like A Woman Scorned
Nigerian student Henry Osahon, 27, at Liverpool University insulted female students in the campus newspaper. Six coeds confronted him on campus yesterday, pulled off his pants, dragged him to a pond and threw him in. He admitted he deserved it.
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Nigeria
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Rebels recapture Punia as clashes widen across capitals
Rebels regain Punia south of Stanleyville after government forces retreated. Protests flare in Cairo Nairobi and Prague as embassies are attacked and stoned. Reports say 38 white hostages killed at Stanleyville and 21 killed at Paulis before Belgian troops retook the city.
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Punia
Cairo
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U.S
Nairobi
Kenya
Prague
Moise Tshombe
Congo
Paulis
Studded Tires Ruled Legal in Pennsylvania
Atty General Walter E Alessandroni ruled that carbide studded tires are legal in Pennsylvania. The opinion to Secretary of Revenue Theodore B Smith Jr states the 1927 prohibition on tires with studs does not apply to modern carbide studs. He cites safety on icy roads and minimal highway damage as reasons for the ruling.
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Walter E. Alessandroni
Pennsylvania
Alessandroni
Theodore B. Smith Jr
State Secretary of Revenue
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