Tape Recording At Trial Details May 1 Hays Killing
The transcript covers Billy Don Franklin Boulden’s murder trial opening with a police tape played at the scene of Loyd Hays’s May 1 death. State Investigator Lt. E. B. Watts and Capt. John Williams guide Boulden through the events, describing the confrontation, shooting with a .22 automatic, knife use, and movements around a mud hole and creek as the defense recalls each moment.
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Billy Don Franklin Boulden
Loyd Hays
Boulden
E. B. Watts
John Williams
Watts
Williams
Hays
Mr. Hays
Defendant
Why Do Spinning Tops Fascinate People
A 1964 school science piece explains gyroscopic force using spinning tops and related motions. It notes tops as ancient toys found worldwide from Greece to Japan and describes precession and stabilization principles with simple demonstrations.
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Bone
Greece
Japan
China
Fun Time The Chuckle Box
A playful exchange between Mary and her son about a sweater hole. The boy quips that some people have four eyes, two in front and two in the back, highlighting a silly school remark.
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Mary
June
Why We Say It Pitched Battle Origins Traced
A riddle-filled feature explains the term pitched battle as an old phrase from battles fought on ground pitched or chosen in advance. The item lists wordplay answers and announces Barbara Thompkins of Washington, D. C. as today’s winner.
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Watts
Williams
Gosh
Defendant
Barbara Thompkins
Washington, D. C
Red light assault in Coral Gables shocks driver
John Tracy told police he was stopped at a red light when a man jumped from a car behind him and slapped his face after tailing him for several miles in Coral Gables Florida. The incident prompted police to launch an investigation.
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Williams
Coral Gables
Fla
John Tracy
Aman
Tracy
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