Boiling Point Highlights Odd Beliefs And Facts
Hal Boyle surveys quirky beliefs and trivia from mail anecdotes to tax jokes. He riffs on hypnosis rates, wind clues from cows, Tibetan tongue wagging, historical tax costs, and quotes on forethought, ending with a nudge toward happiness for 1960.
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Man 77 Tells Why He Killed NY Priest
BUFFALO charged with first degree murder in the slaying of a Roman Catholic priest allegedly in a plot to aid a woman who feared the priest. Alfonso Catalano 17, a retired aborti, reportedly received communion from Rev. Virdent Belle, assistant pastor at Holy Cross Church, hours before the priest was found slain New Year’s Day in a parish garage. Police said a note painted on sheet metal referred to “the long man” and that authorities recovered metal strips and a .32 caliber cartridge in Catalano’s apartment, with the revolver gun missing.
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Alfonso Catalano
Vaborti
Virdent
Belle
Holy Cross
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Paris
Mai
Catalano
Father Belle
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Belté
Invaders From Honduras Reported Near Nicaragua Border
Nicaraguan guards pursue a new band of invaders from neighboring Honduras near Santa Clara. Exiled Nicaraguans opposed to President Somoza reportedly met in Tegucigalpa. The invasion crossed the frontier Saturday night. two civilians allegedly shot.
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al Guard
Honduras
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Tais
Tegucigalpa
Santa Clara
Prince Requests Bighorn Hunt for Museum Display
Prince Abdorezza Pahlavi of Tran asked the Idaho Fish and Game Commission for permission to hunt bighorn sheep next fall. The commission let him hunt during the regular season but refused any five sheep at varying ages for growth display, noting no exceptions to rules.
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Abdorezza Pahlavi
Tran
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Ross Leonard
Fishing Vessel Seaship Towed Ashore in Rough Seas
A crippled 76 foot fishing vessel was towed into Atlantic City by a Coast Guard tow due to rough winds and seas. All four crew members were reported in good condition after the scallop dragger began taking on water and one diesel engine failed, prompting distress calls Sunday night.
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Eisenhower to visit Argentina in late February
President Eisenhower is slated for a two day stay in Buenos Aires around February 24 or 25 during a four nation Latin American tour. He met with Argentine leaders and Washington confirms the trip amid Sao Paulo and Brasilia plans. Details remain unofficial as vacationing president aides hedge on confirmation.
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Rio
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Somehower
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Armistead Selden Jr
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House Inter-American Affairs
Cuban Paper Attacks Mosmer On Monroe Doctrine Plan
A Havana based semi-official paper condemns Rep. Craig Mosmer and Snsgleat Yahkee for urging U S reaffirmation of the Monroe Doctrine. It warns that such moves would invite intervention and labeling Communism as supporting imperialism in Latin America.
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Craig Hosmer
Pair in Air Crash Waited For Rescuers
In Ogden Utah AP Robert E Anderson 6 a former sailor survived a crash of his light plane on New Year s Eve at Porcupine Mountain 45 miles northeast of Ogden He will remain in a hospital for several days with a leg injury Delbert L Gheen of Sans Joost Calif escaped injury They built a fire and waited with the wreckage until rescuers arrived Saturday The men had some food in the plane The two had recently discharged sailors were en route to California Anderson had been visiting his parents in Almend Wisconsin
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Utah
Robert, E. Anderson
Anderson
Sunnyvale
Calif
Porcupine Mountain
Here
Delbert L. ‘Gheen
Réwniers
Salloxs
California
Almend
Wis
Kidnaping Ex Con Surrenders After Oakland Standoff
A San Quentin parolee Bert J. Witt, 27, disarmed Oakland Officer Claude Hardy and held him hostage after a confrontation near Alameda. Witt demanded freedom and radioed for help. a safe containing 10,000 in checks and cash from a liquor store was found in Witt’s abandoned car. Diane Morgan, 18, arrested as an accomplice.
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San Quentin
Bert J. Witt
Alameda
Higgit
Diane Morgan
Oakland Prirolman
Claude Hardy
Witt
Hardy
Trun
Will
Wilt
Migs Morgiut
Divorce Decrees Surpass Thousand Daily In U S
In the United States last year more than 1000 divorce decrees were granted each day, reflecting a high rate of formal separations across counties and courts nationwide. The figure highlights the scale of dissolutions within the civil system and suggests continuing social and legal implications for families.
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Ex-Con Tells Murder Of Farm Family
An ex convict claims four members of the Clutter family were killed last November near Garden City Kansas. He says he and another robber killed them to avoid witnesses. authorities confirm the admission was tape recorded and signed. The case links to Perry Edward Smith and Richard Hickock, with other details about suspects and investigations.
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Richard Huggne Hickock
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Edward Smith
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Hlickock
Herbert Clutter
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Clutter
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Vicious Dogs Shot by Cop in Police Station District
AP report states a police officer killed two of three vicious dogs that menaced residents for minutes Sunday after they attacked a janitor near the police station. The third dog fled. its origins were unknown. The janitor played dead to escape injury.
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Gerald Fraushér
Faldne
Labor Leader Bevan’s Condition Still Unchanged
London reports Aneurin Bevan 62 deputy Labour leader remains unchanged at the hospital after major abdominal surgery last week. He underwent a preoperative procedure and is under care of medical staff awaiting further updates on his recovery.
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Cardigan council halts housing project over starling bites
UPI reports Cardigan city council delays construction of public housing after starlings bite through new party windows. In Ipswich Nicholas Steel-Jessop, 20, explains he pedaled 85 miles to London on a bicycle after being jilted, hoping to prove himself. A London laundry adds a sign promising seven days of operation in the new year. Charles Grant Gordon comments on whiskey consumption, noting a tenth of the world’s whiskey is drunk near New York.
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UPI
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Charles Grant Gordon
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Ipswich
Eng
Nicholas Steel-Jessop
Mass Cuban Trial Postponed
In Havana AP reports a military tribunal postpones the start of the mass trial of 190 Cubans charged with conspiring against Fidel Castro's government. A tribunal secretary says a new rial date will be announced later this week while prosecutor Armando de la Torre continues reviewing the case.
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Fidel Castro
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Kennedy Humphrey Wisconsin Duel Dominates News
Kennedy and Humphrey engage in a Wisconsin primary duel as Kennedy signals plans to enter several primaries while ruling out a vice presidential bid. Humphrey says he will campaign in Wisconsin on January 17 and pursue county by county efforts.
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Hedde
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Adlai B. Stevenson
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Senate
Ship Wreck Survivors On Island
Singapore AP reports Indonesian air force says 30 crewmen from the 7,202 ton freighter that foundered near the South China Sea were rescued by search craft after abandoning the vessel on New Year's Eve. Names and roles of several survivors are listed, including Petrone, Vineyard, Mitchell, Frangos, and Baitsen among others.
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Caprvivors
Pinipore
South China
Sea
Peter F. Petrone
Abbey
Weboat
Petrone
Co . Vineyard Jr
Johnt Frangos
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Jamies C. Mitchell
Gatysburg
Paul C. Baitsen
San Francisco
Ers R. Hayes
Seatife
Radio oHicer
Exuls Everett
Wash
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