State Develops Case Against Pretty Slayer
Kansas City dispatch details Sharon Kinne, 21, as the alleged killer of Patricia Jones, wife of Walter Jones, with evidence tying Kinne to dates with the slain woman’s husband and a later meeting. Testimony cites Kinne’s admission of dates, a trip to Everett, a confrontation about pregnancy, and the discovery of Patricia Jones’s body after Baldizs and Kinne toured country roads. The article notes the broader context of the case and associated testimonies.
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Kansas City
Sharon Kinne
Brownette
Walter Jones
Internal Revenue
Nesbitt
John Baldizs
Patricia Jones
Baldizs
Red China
Communist China
Lumumba Group Blamed for Plot Against Kasavubu
AP dispatch from Leopoldville reports the government saying Lumumba faction allied with Mobutu followers plotted to strike next Wednesday. Plot alleged to include poisoning or kidney damage. authorities claim it has been smashed though unrest continues with arrests, strikes, and street beatings as the Congo government negotiates with the Stanleyville rebel regime over Parliament convening protections.
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Leopoldville
Foreign Ministry
Jozeph Mobuty
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Ka
Savubu
Lumumba
Congo
Mobutu
Civil
Harer
Laszlo Marothy
Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga
Warring Lao Princes Seek National Union Government
In Zurich Gen Phoumi Nosavan said the three rival Lao princes Boun Oum Souphanoung and Souphanouvong have agreed to form a government of national union. They aim to select a single delegation for the Geneva talks and to push the Laos cease fire neutrality and national reconciliation amid ongoing jungle fighting.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
Boun Qumn
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao i
National Union
Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Widow Lived On 25 Per Month Receives 60
Augusta Maine AP reports an 88 year old woman claims to be the only living granddaughter of a Revolutionary War soldier and receives a $60 monthly state pension. She supports herself with farm labor and occasional goods, refusing old age assistance to avoid liens on her property. Her story contrasts with Mrs Katie Libby of Charleston who has lived on 25 since 1957 after mortgage concerns.
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Augusta
Maine
Katie Libby
Charleston
Libby
King’s Ferry
Lowell
Acres
Mace-3 Launched From Cape Canaveral
AP reports a successful Air Force launch of a Mace B guided missile on a 1000 mile Atlantic range. In Washington, McGovern announced U S daily food aid for 300000 school children in Madras India for one year. Private housing starts rose 8 percent in May to an annual rate of 1,208,000 homes.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Washington
George McGovern
Food For Peace
United States
Madras
India
Plane crashes in pasture near Monroe County town
A single engine airplane crashed in a horse pasture near CANADENSIS Monroe County Friday night. Pilot John A. Sutter of Brooklyn and his wife walked away uninjured after fuel pump trouble forced an emergency landing. A wheel or part of the landing gear caught a fence, causing the crash while they were en route to Mount Pocono for vacation.
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Canadensis
Monroe County
John A. Sutter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mount Pocono
Baby Strangles In Crib Incident In Pittsburgh
Seven teen month old Cheryl Rene Bion da of Pittsburgh’s Lawrenceville section died Friday after wedging her neck between the crib top rung and a mantel ledge in a tragic accident.
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Pittsburgh
Cheryl Rene Bionda
Lawenceville
Freedom Riders clashes across Florida and Mississippi
Police report 17 arrests for breach of the peace at multiple Florida sites as hunger strikes and protests continue. In Tallahassee 10 clergymen were jailed for defying dispersal orders while Ocala and St Petersburg incidents drew minor confrontations. In Jackson Mississippi five testers faced charges after failing to move on at a bus stop, with broader coverage of leadership talks in Washington between King Kennedy and Rockefeller aiming to halt demonstrations.
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Florida
Mississippi
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Tallahassee
Talahassee
Ocala
St. Petersburg
Jacksonville
Charles Hunter
Freedom Riders
Farris Bryant
Tampa
Gainesville
Jackson
Miss
Nashville
Tenn
Freedom Albany
King
Bell Plans Spending on Bell Telephone Improvements
An engineering expert from Bell Telephone Co of Pennsylvania testified at a Public Utility Commission hearing that Bell plans about 572.4 million dollars in improvements and construction over five years. The company expects annual spending around 120.4 million in 1961 and 1946, and about 110.5 million in 1963 1964 and 1983. The PUC began the hearing after Bell refused a voluntary rate reduction for 2.577 million customers, with Bell arguing rates are not excessive and citing planned expenditures to justify current rates. The hearing resumes in Philadelphia next month.
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Pittsburgh
Bell Telephone Co
Pennsylvania
Pealer Rossman
Public Utility Commission
Bell
Rossman
PUC
Altyrving Sepal
Philadelphia
Rassman
Bell Telephone
Alain
Philladelphia
Unions Seek 1 295 000 In Damages In Tugboat Strike
Six companies including Pennsylvania Railroad and Union Oceanic seek 1 295 000 dollars from maritime unions claiming losses from a six month tugboat strike that disrupted New York Philadelphia and other ports. Lawsuits accuse unions of violating Taft Hartley Act by picketing an ore ship during the dispute.
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Philadelphia
New York
Pennsylvania Railroad
Navious Corp
Nassau
British West Indies
Universe Tank Ships Inc
Hamiltton
Bermuda
Curtis Bay Towing Co
P. F. Martin Inc
Train Kills 3 Persons in Detroit Collision Tragedy
DETROIT AP A freight train struck a stalled station wagon at a crossing killing Lois Jane Zatek 34 and her children John 3 and Joan 6. The mother, driver new to licensing, tried to restart the car as bells and gates were down. A second child Richard 2 survived with critical injuries. Duane Schwalm the engineer could not stop the 8 car freight before the impact.
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Detroit
Lois Jane Zatek
Nankin Township
Chesapeake & Ohio
Zatek
Duane Schwalm
Saginaw
Mich
Richard
John
Cathy
Zack
Robards Back With No Lauren Bacall in NYC Visit
New York AP Ja son Robards Jr. returns to the United States with Lauren Bacall absent. A Vienna marriage license was denied because Bacall could not show a death certificate for Humphrey Bogart and Robards lacked proof of his Mexican divorce from Rachel. Robards said Bacall remained in Paris for her hair and would join him soon. He declared his love and said the future would unfold.
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New York
Jason Robards Jr
United States
Lauren Bacall
Vienna
Miss Bacall Coidn
Humphrey Bogart
Robards
Rachel
Miss Bacall
Paris
Lauren
Jason
Expressway Roosevelt Expressway usage tops expectations
Philadelphia AP reports the Roosevelt Expressway attracts over 70,000 cars weekly, roughly double the forecasted traffic since opening last month, signaling heavier than anticipated demand on the new superhighway.
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Philadelphia
Memphis hires first Negro bus driver in city history
In Memphis Tennessee the city owned transit system hired John L Smith 29 the first Black bus driver in the citys history He will train three days before starting on an official route The Memphis Transit Authority notes the move as eliminating discrimination as part of a broader effort amid a period of unrest with a pay scale of 219 an hour
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Memphis, Tenn
Memphis
Carl Carson
Memphis Transit Authority
John L. Smith
Algiers
Carson
Wlans
Fires Rage Across West Amid Heat Wave Conditions
Summer heat kept fire danger high across the West with extreme readings in Pasco and Walla Walla while Northern California enjoyed cooling sea breezes. In Arizona and California crews battled large blazes aided by rain and shifting winds as a San Leandro tanker pilot died.
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Associated Press
California
Washington
Pasco
Walla Walla
Spokane
Seattle
Ohio River Valley
Florida
Texas Gulf Land
Oklahoma
Austin
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Plains States
Middle
North Atlantic
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