Defense hints another could have killed Sheppard wife
In Cleveland AP report on theSamuel H. Sheppard murder retrial jurors near completion as the defense signals a different possible killer. Bailey questions juror openness to circumstantial evidence while noting a possible alternative suspect in Marilyn Sheppard’s death.
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Cleveland, Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Sheppard
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Bailey
John T. Corrigan
Common Pleas
Francis J. Talty
Bay Village
Marilyn
Limping Waring Group Sets Houston Benefit Flight
Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians, bruised from a Pennsylvania Turnpike crash that left four troupe members and the bus driver hospitalized in fair condition, announce the show will go on. The group plans a benefit performance in Houston with Bob Hope, flying after the accident with all 33 members, including Waring, determined to perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Fred Waring
Houston
Waring
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Somerset
Bob Hope
Broadened SS Benefits May Lift Payroll Tax Rate
If Congress approves Johnsons plan to broaden Social Security benefits next year, experts say revenue would rise by increasing the payroll tax rate and by extending the wage base to 7800. The base extension would be permanent while the rate rise would be temporary, tying to benefit start dates. Details are being worked out with final decisions awaiting Congress.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
May Be Arson Fire Kills Four In Salt Lake City
An apartment blaze that investigators suspect may have been arson killed four residents, including elderly women, in a three story brick building. Eight others were hospitalized as fire crews fought the flames after 10 p.m. The custodian saw a young man flee the area earlier, and the building had suffered petty vandalism in recent weeks.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
William Kresser
Warren Chadwick
Chadwick
The Name That Counts Not The Skin in Hollywood
Politics steer stage names as strippers at a theater in Hollywood adopt names such as Patti Brown Ronnie Reagan Glanna Anderson and Roberta Finch in a campaign landscape where Gov. Edmund G. Brown runs for re election against Ronald Reagan and Lt Gov Glenn M. Anderson faces Robert Finch in a tense race.
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Hollywood
Peeler Lawford
Fran Sinatra
Samya Davis Jr
Patti Brown
Ronnie Reagan
Glanna Anderson
Roberta Finch
Edmund G. Brown
Ronald Reagan
Glenn M. Anderson
Robert Finch
Woman Shoots Cop In Argument In Canton
A Canton police officer and a 33 year old woman were shot after an argument in the officer’s apartment. Patrolman John Meyers and Donna Barboza were listed in critical condition at Canton Mercy Hospital after surgery for abdominal gunshot wounds. Police say the shooting followed a domestic dispute.
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Canton, Ohio
Canton
John F. Meyers
Donna Barboza
Canton Mercy Hospital
Frank J. Burnosky
Bell Reaches 5.5 Million Three Year Pact
The Federation of Telephone Workers says Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania reached a three year contract covering 9,500 plant and service employees and 2,500 clerical workers ending a midnight strike. The $5.5 million package raises wages, expands fringe benefits, and reclassifies some cities for wage purposes with wage talks to reopen in 18 months.
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Philadelphia
Federation of Telephone Workers
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Bell Telephone
J. C. Glendenning
Bell
Glendenning
Pittsburgh
Harrisburg
Scranton
Indiana
Sunbury
Allentown
Bethlehem
Brownsville
Lansdale
Line Lexington
North Wales
Hazleton
Area Crash Kills Youth and Injures Two
A car struck a bridge 11 miles south of Meadville on Route 285 killing 19 year old Edward Kramer of Cochranton and injuring the driver Alfred Boyles 20 and passenger Joseph Price 19 both of nearby towns. Kramer was thrown from the car and died at the scene. the others were admitted in serious condition to Meadville City Hospital.
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Meadville
Edward Kramer
Cochranton R. D
Meadville City
Alfred Boyles
Cochranton
Joseph Price
Carlton
Mercer County
Lani Bird satellite links U S with Far East
CAPE KENNEDY Fla AP a shiny new communications satellite orbits earth as Comsat plans permanent Pacific nesting to bridge North America and the Far East. The three stage delta rocket carried Lani Bird from Cape Kennedy with NASA funding of 3.57 million dollars. Early data show an initial path 200 to 23 000 miles high as officials assess whether the final station will be over the Pacific or the Atlantic.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Comsat Corp
Pacific Ocean
North America
Far East
Comsat
Atlantic
Europe
Joseph Charyk
Communications Satellite Corp
National
Ees and Space Administration
Hughes Aircraft Corp
Charyk
Pacific
Dining With The Troops at Cam Ranh Bay visit
President Johnson eats in the mess hall at Cam Ranh Bay in South Viet Nam during a surprise Vietnamese visit. He spends two hours and twenty four minutes on Vietnamese soil, with AP Wirephoto.
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Johnson
Cam Ranh Bay
South
Viet Nam
Hanoi Reds Teeter On Brink Of Flat Peace Bid Rejection
North Viet Nam described the Manila summit as a war council and nearly rejected the latest allied peace bid to end the Viet Nam war. Hanoi criticized the U S plan to withdraw foreign troops and aid after North Viet Nam withdraws. Marcos spoke of peace initiatives while allies discussed honest brokers such as Indonesia, Japan and India.
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Hanoi
Tokyo
Manila
United States
Nhan Dan
North Vietnamese Communist Party
Viet Nam
South
Peking
New China News Agency
U.S
Cairo
Philippine
Ferdinand E. Marcos
Marcos
Indonesia
Japan
India
U S Patrol Mistakenly Kills Wounds 15 In Vietnam
In Saigon a U S ambush patrol fired on civilians misidentified as Viet Cong. Eight killed and seven wounded before dawn near Saigon. The operation Allentown involved U S infantry with a Vietnamese police escort. US bombers then hit Viet Cong targets across South Viet Nam. Separately Holy Cross College in Worcester, Mass receives a 225000 grant from Research Corp with college adding 215000.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
AU. 8
U. S
Allentown
U. S. 1St Infantry Division
South
Viet Nam
Qui Nhon
North
Worcester, Mass
Holy Cross College
Research Corp
Stolen Corry Writer Behind Nationwide Check Trail
Corry police report six photostatic copies of checks signed by a 13 year old suspect tied to the September burglary at Corry Block Co. A nationwide bogus payroll trail extends from Pennsylvania towns to Arizona and beyond, with total copied checks exceeding two hundred dollars.
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Corry
Frank Carnegie
Corry Block Co
Shady Avenue
Carnegie
Camp Hill
Warrendale
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Elizebeth
NW. J
Phoenix
Ariz
New York
West
Fourth Child In Family Claimed By Fibrosis
Sterling North Dakota AP reports the Patterson family endures a long battle with cystic fibrosis as their fourth child dies Betty Ann 5? was interred after a life marked by the genetic disease. Richard 12 also suffers while siblings William 18 LeRoy 15 show signs but remain at risk.
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Sterling
N.D
William Patterson
Patterson
Betty Ann
Richard
Virginia
Judy
Donna Mae
William
le Roy
Donald and
Davis
Janice
Like Sisters Casts Fall Increase At St Mary’s
In QAR Ridge Tennessee identical twins Chris and Tina Qualantone at St Mary’s school once confounded teachers as they shared a classroom. Chris, a 10-year-old, wore a cast after a broken left arm from a fall Tina followed with a similar injury and cast on her left arm. Their Army Sgt. father Nick and mother carry on as the twins recover together.
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Qar Ridge
Tenn
Chris
Tina Qualantone
St. Mary's School
Nick Qualantone
Tina
Car Train Crash Kills Mayville Elderly Trio
Three elderly Mayville area residents died at a Pennsylvania Railroad crossing in heavy fog when their car drove onto the tracks. Bradley Shepard 86 Florence Shepard 80 and neighbor Clarence Parker 80 were killed instantly as a train en route from Oil City to Buffalo struck and dragged the car 160 feet. Police said the horn sounded but the car proceeded. the crew saw it stop and go. London singer Alma Cogan dies at 34 after a long career and high payment.
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Mayville
Bradley Shepard
Florence
Hartfield
Clarence Parker
Harold Land
Pennsy
Buffalo
Oil City
Land
L. G. Lindsey
Columbus
The Short Life of the Electric Light Bulb
A House subcommittee report mocks rapid bulb failures and planned obsolescence. It cites Edison era life spans, 25 cent bulb costs, and testimonies from General Electric Westinghouse and Sylvania about extending life at higher prices.
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General Electric
Westinghouse
Sylvania
Wis
Vance Packard
Pyramid Builders
W&s
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T. C. Montgomery
Charleroi
Pennsylvania Association of Hospital Auxiliaries
Montgomery
J. Robert Vastine
Shamokin
London
Alma Cogan
Britain
Committee On Government Operations
House of Representatives
Gasgonsberg
Edison
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