Ex-Cons Testify Powers Offered $10,000 to Kill Mossler
In Miami on the Mossler murder trial, two ex convicts testified that Melvin Lane Powers offered $10,000 to murder Jacques Mossler. One witness said the proposal occurred in the presence of Candace Mossler, while another described multiple offers and plans involving a Mexican hit and insurance proceeds.
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Miami
Fla
Melvin Lane Powers
Candace Mossler
Freddie Duhart
Houston
Tex
Edward Bart Diehl
San Francisco
Powers
Diehl
Mossler
Galveston
Messler
Duhart
Texas
Mexico
Messier
Defense
Percy Foreman
Foreman
Multinational AP Briefs From Europe Asia and Space
AP dispatches note varied topics from Tered France where ancient beach finds reveal 200000 year old fire making, to Moscow where a vendor sold 350 ice teas despite cold, to Cuttack cutting services for unpaid bills, to Vatican stamps portraying Pope Paul VI, to Japanese students high nearsighted rates, to India politics amid Air India crash fears, to Tehran lamenting Luna 9 revelations, and to Jodrell Bank resuming Luna 9 listening with no new signals as Luna 9 batteries fade.
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Jodrell Bank
England
Britain
Jodrell Bank Radio Astronomy Center
Bernard Lavell
Moscow
Earth
Baptist critic says racial issue misframed as social action
Richmond Virginia U Southern Baptist writer Will D Campbell argues in the Presbyterian Outlook the church failed on race by labeling it social action rather than evangelism. He contends the framing misleads members and obscures gospel priorities and outreach. He urges a return to evangelistic mission as the core response to racial tensions.
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Richmond, Va
Southern Baptist
Will D. Campbell
Presbyterian Outlook
Fuel Line Leaks Delay Saturn 1B Practice Countdown
Fuel line leaks forced the postponement of a Saturn 1B practice countdown at Cape Kennedy. NASA said the delay would not affect the Feb 22 launch date. The unmanned Apollo test aims to assess re entry heat and support the moon landing goal this decade.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
United States
NASA
Washington Foundry Church Rejects Spitting on Floors
In 1831 worshippers at Washington Foundry Methodist Church passed a resolution disapproving spitting tobacco juice on church floors and pulpits, reflecting strict conduct rules of early 19th century congregations.
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Washington
Washington’ S Foundry
Methodist Church
Prober Reveals Klan Leader Mobilized Men to Bomb Plant
House investigator Donald Appell said James R. Whitefield of the Bessemer Klan mobilized Klansmen to bomb and harass the Hopewell plant of W.S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co. The strike involved 20 dynamite bombings and gunshots at nonstriking workers, mainly Negroes, with the company hiring off duty sheriffs to guard the plant.
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Prober
Washington
al House
Appell
Ed Cyclops
James McCroskey
United Steelworkers Union
Mecroskey
United Brick and Clay Workers
Robert N. Washington
Steelworkers Union
McCroskey
Wilkins
Alabama
Liuzz0
Solon Charges Troops Left Out In Cold
Representative Robert G. Stephens Jr. of Georgia accused Fort Gordon troops of being housed in tents in subfreezing weather after barracks construction was halted by a military cutback. He cited the Augusta Herald estimate of about 1,000 soldiers affected and released his testimony from a closed session.
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Washington (Ap
Robert G. Stephens Jr
D—Ga
Ft. Gordon
Stephens
House
Armed Services
Augusta Herald
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Tokyo
The
Education Ministry
Japan
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Thimma Reddi
Indira Gandhi
Congress Party
Air India
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Tehran
Iran
Iranian Poets Association
Ebrahim Sahba
Norman A. Tavis
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Main & Union
Duck
Atlanta
Wendy Melton
Liuzzo
Eugene Thomas
W.C. Eaton
Whitefield
Solon
Ballou Park
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