Three Convicts Escape Alcatraz By Hidden Vent Inmates Vanish From The Rock
Three inmates led by Frank Lee Morris escaped Alcatraz Island by digging through plaster walls with spoons and using a vent to reach a service shaft, then a drainage pipe and a roof exit. The escape prompted a broad FBI led search across northern California with officials unsure if any survived.
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Shot Oil Executive Succumbs
New York oil company executive Gay 45 died after a bullet wound inflicted by the brother of his spinster secretary with whom he had been dating. The secretary Mary Mullally 43 testified the relationship was platonic. Gay died Tuesday at Beekman Downtown Hospital hours after the shooting. his wife Berta 45 from Inhom had been legally separated.
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Long Island
Air Crash Linked To A Small Bolt Mystery
Washington reports the FAA linked the New York Boeing 707 crash in Jamaica Bay to an aging cutter pin and a tiny bolt from a complex rackler mechanism. Ninety five people died after takeoff from Idlewild March 1 as warnings went to airlines and military services about the danger. Flight data suggested a rudder boost system malfunction, with wreckage at the bay bottom.
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Bus Brake Test Slated In Tragedy
KEARNY New Jersey AP reports a final brake system test for a bus involved in a fatal crash that killed three state troopers on the Turnpike. The article also recounts a family feud over a sister's relationship and a brother's disapproval amid a murder confession.
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New Jersey
Johnston Triumph in South Carolina Senate Primary
US Senator Olin D Johnston won the Democratic nomination in a landslide, defeating Governor Ernest Hollings as voters faced a clear choice on federal legislation. Johnston led with 175,073 votes to 89,487, with results from 1,469 of 1,604 precincts. He will face Republican W. D. Workman Jr. in November. The primary also featured Donald Russell winning the governorship nomination amid a four-way contest and incumbents McMillan and Ashmore securing renomination in their districts.
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Hastings
W. D. Workman Jr
Donald Russell
Spartanburgh
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Albert Watson
Russell
Hishman
Frank Owens
Apl-Clu Committee On Political Education
Workman
John L. McMillan
Robert T. Ashmore
L. Mendel Rivers
William Jennings Bryan Dorn
Robert W. Hemphill
Defense contracts sought for Camden shipyard decline
Trenton lawmakers urged to press for a larger share of defense work for Camden’s shrinking shipyard industry. At the United Nations, African and Asian delegates pushed a resolution urging Britain to convene a conference to draft new constitutions for Southern Rhodesia, amid a General Assembly debate over the white-ruled territory. The nonaligned group aimed to finish the draft before Thursday’s assembly session. The assembly voted 62 to 26 with 15 abstentions on debating Britain’s constitutional plans. The United States joined Britain in opposing the debate.
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Rhodesian Resolution Prepared in Bus Crash Case
Magistrate Saul G. Schuster questioned the cause of a bus crash as the Civil Aeronautics Board continues an inquiry into a New York incident. Raymond E. Peters pleaded innocent to charges alleging brake failure during the collision, amid broader investigations of airliner safety and regulatory responses.
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Saul G. Schuster
Raymond E. Peters
Easton
Pat Paters
Ipatitte Air Wancine
United Nations loan hearing amid bridge accident case
A United Nations related case involves a potential two million dollar loan tied to a vehicle incident. A $5,000 bond was posted pending a municipal court hearing Friday as police investigated the accident on a bridge north of the Passaic River. The patrol car followed a disabled dump truck when it halted on the bridge, with warnings about dangerous bridge conditions noted by Schuster.
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McCormack Faces Dueling Kennedy Campaign Pressures
House Speaker John W. McCormack shifts into Massachusetts primary campaigning, risking a clash with the Kennedy camp. He may cut Kennedy legislation or oppose a floor showdown if Congress winds up early, while his nephew Edward J. McCormack Jr. runs against Robert Kennedy in September.
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Judge Indicted in Tax Case in Texas
El Paso County Judge Woodrow Bean was indicted by a federal grand jury for willful failure to file income tax returns covering 1938 through 1960. Bean, defeated June 2 in a Democratic nomination runoff for congressman at large, claimed income tax unconstitutionality and said withheld amounts likely covered his liability. If convicted, he could face up to one year in prison and up to $10,000 in fines on five counts. Treasury official William E. Fowler noted no record of Bean filing a tax return for ten years.
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Girl Drowns Near Ligonier Quarry
Mary Webb aged 16 from Johnstown drowned Tuesday while swimming with friends at a stone quarry in Somerset County about seven miles east of Ligonier.
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Ligonier, Pa
Mary Webb
Johnstown
Somerset County
Ligonier
Missing 8 year old Ann Marie Burr case still a mystery
In Tacoma Washington the 1961 disappearance of 8 year old Ann Marie Burr remains unsolved after more than nine months. Her parents Donald and Beverly Burr recall the morning of Aug 30 1961 and describe a locked home with an open window and no sign of their daughter. Reward money totaling 5000 dollars remains offered. Investigators questioned over 1400 people in the first 12 days as reports from Canada and Mexico surface without confirmation. The Burr family appeals for help and safety for their remaining children as they endure the ongoing uncertainty.
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Drost
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