Torture Murder Suspect Caught in Times Square
Stephen Zachary Weinstein, 29, charged with a brutal Philadelphia murder, was captured in Times Square after police say he lured University of Pennsylvania students to a waterfront tobacco shop, drugged and tortured them, then attempted an escape when a traffic officer approached.
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New York
Stephen Zachary Weinstein
Philadelphia
Times Square
Weinstein
University of Pennsylvania
Eddy Sherman
Neil T. Ridge
Broadway
44Th St
Tate
Weinstein Tobacco Shop
Specter
Stephen Weinstein
Specters
Sentinel System Aims to Stop Soviet Missiles
The Sentinel antimissile system planned for a Chinese nuclear threat may intercept orbital warheads. DOD confirms capability questions but keeps details secret with readiness slated for three to four years while Soviet orbital bombs could be ready next year. The piece links defense plans to Philadelphia mayoral politics and a separate murder case involving Steven Weinstein.
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Fred S. Hoffman
Washington (Ap
Russia
Local answers column handles consumer questions
Readers seek help on delayed merchandise refunds and contest validity. Herters Inc of Waseca MN blames a backlog and shell manufacturing issues for missing order. A funeral question finds no burial time limit but notes odor risks with embalmed corpses. A Prescott publication delay is attributed to staff changes but yearbooks will be sent. A Miami Beach vacation contest requires a $10 registration fee and remains valid for two years.
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Sam Prescott
Spencer International Press
Encyclopedia International
Decatur
Miami Beach
Don Brown
Hartselle
A Few Good Usedom and Other Appliances
Classified ad notes Robinson Warehouse Die 353-2370 offering various appliances under a few good goods theme.
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Robinson Warehouse
Von Braun's Rocket Wagon Sparks Mighty Saturn 5
The article profiles Wernher von Braun, recalling a boyhood rocket wagon on Embassy Row Berlin, leading to his role directing the Marshall Space Flight Center. It notes Saturn 5 ready on a Florida pad and the U S Soviet race to land on the lunar surface by 1970.
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von Braun
Mighty Saturn
William. J. Cromie
Embassy
Berlin
America
Wernher von Braun
Marshall Space Flight Center
Huntsville
Florida
U. S
Von Braun and the Saturn 5 rise from V-2 roots to Cape Kennedy
A profile of Wernher von Braun traces his ascent from Berlin aristocrat to leading American rocket designer. The piece notes his role in the V-2, his surrender, the Sputnik era, and the first Saturn 5 ignition at Cape Kennedy, observed from his Huntsville aerie.
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Antebellum
Berlin
Hitler
Moscow
Cape Kennedy
von Braun
Aérie
Huntsville
America
U. S
Germany
Five Hours In Cavern Near Flint Ends Safe
A group of nine boys were trapped for nearly five hours in a cavern near Flint, then found safe. Local authorities and rescuers coordinated quickly as the youths were located and escorted to safety.
Five Morgan County boys rescued from Anvil Cave near Flint
Five Morgan County High School students spent nearly five hours lost in Anvil Cave a mile west of U S 31 near Flint before rescuers reached them. Mothers alerted authorities after 2 p m departure. search involved Hartselle National Guard and Huntsville Grotto experts with generator lights and a field camp.
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Anvil Cave
U.S. 31
Flint
Jimmy Nix
Ronnie Johnson
Charles Blackwood
Ronnie Brooks
Jerry Hall
Morgan County High School
Hartselle
Bombers Strike Near Con Thien in New Raids
U S B 52 bombers conducted four raids late Saturday into Sunday focusing near Con Thien just below the DMZ. Other planes hit a Haiphong railroad yard and bridge and attacked a coastal defense site northeast. At Loc Ninh mortars fired with no casualties reported. Ground action near Dak To left 12 enemy dead with U S forces suffering unspecified casualties.
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Edwin Q. White
Associated Press
Saigon
Con Thien
Demilitarized Zone
Haiphong
Loc Ninh
U.S
4Th Infantry
Feared Dead In Plane Crash In Surrey England
A Iberia Caravelle jetliner crashed near Fernhurst in Surrey during a misty evening. All 30 passengers and seven crew were killed. Two identified victims were Americans Mr Mendel and Mr Perkins. no other U.S. passengers listed. The plane was nearing London Airport when it disappeared.
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Haslemere
England
Mendel
Perkins
Iberia Air Lines
London
Fernhurst
Surrey
One Killed As Plane Breaks Hong Kong Harbor
A Convair 880 operated by Cathay Pacific Airways crashed into Hong Kong harbor on takeoff from Kai Tak, killing one woman and injuring about 30 with 60 rescued. The four engine jet carried 127 aboard and was bound for Saigon. Rescue operations continued.
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Hong Kong
Hong Konng Harbor
Cathay Pacific Airways
Saigon
Freezing Temperatures Cast Decatur In Cold Wave
A cold Arctic air mass grips the state with freezing lows around 24 degrees and a 55 degree high in Decatur today. Cloudy skies, dry spell holds, and milder temperatures are forecast to return tomorrow with lows near 31 and no rain expected for several days.
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Decatur
Push-Ups Help Cover A Story
DAILY staff writer Faye Blair joined the search for five missing boys in a cave and filed an eyewitness report as one of the first on scene. The piece notes the surprising role of a reporter aiding the rescue effort.
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DAILY
Faye Blair
Man Builds Fitness Habit For Tough Night Hike
A narrator recalls deciding months ago to exercise daily with push ups and sit ups to spur his son to train. The routine helps during a perilous mile and a half hike through dark, rocky terrain with flickering lanterns and unstable footing. Blair is blinded by rolling light and uneven ground as limbs and boulders threaten.
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Blair
McKeithen Wins Landslide In Louisiana Primary
Gov. John McKeithen won a landslide Democratic primary victory in Louisiana on Saturday night sealing his re election amid no Republican challenger. The Southern moderate led in the dense New Orleans metropolitan area and was assured of a second term with the Feb 6 general election uncontested.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
New Orleans
John McKeithen
McKeithen
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Herters_Inc
Waseca, Minn
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Herte?s Inc
Washington, D.C
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Brooks
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Charles Black
Wood
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Moore
Rescue Pictures
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Johnson
Blackwood
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