Panhandler Joe Morris Dies Rich After Loneliness
Joe Morris, 90, known as a quiet panhandler who frequented Pershing Square and the downtown area, died alone in General Hospital on July 20. Authorities estimate his estate at over 50000 with GM stock and government bonds traced. niece Jean Morris of Chicago is named, with more heirs to be announced after probate. McMullen, a Lockheed guard who helped him, recalls a man who avoided begging and spoke readily on many topics.
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Joe Lewis
Los Angeles
Joe Morris
Morris
Pershing Square
Public Library
Joe
Morrison McMullen
Lockheed Aircraft
2Nd and
Alameda Streets
McMullen
General Hospital
General Motors
Gondolas in Venice Divided Over Motor Additions
Venice officials vow motorboat limits after gondoliers hang motors on classic gondolas to protest modernization. City promises speed restrictions and license caps to protect traditional craft.
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Venice
Italy
Canal City
Divorcee Slain In Miami Bar Shook by Serial Barber Incident
In Miami Beach a 22 year old auto salesman Dean Victor Schrick shot Lillian Locklair 22 then fired on others. Police ordered him to drop the gun and he killed himself with a self-inflicted shot after declaring his love for Lilly.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Dean Victor Schrick
Charleston
S. C
Lillian Locklair
Schrick
Art Pinder
Dean
Lilly
Masked bandit slain by woman in Hartsville hold up
Mose Miller a 22 year old parolee suspected of earlier holdups was shot by a store owner’s sister during a night confrontation at Lemmons Grocery in Hartsville. Miller later died after confessing to prior robberies. A second resident reported a separate robbery nearby weeks earlier with $1500 taken.
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Hartsville
S.C
Mose Miller
Darlington County
Grover Bryant Jr
Miller
State Penitentiary
Afillaw
Anthan Sanle
Lemmons
John A. Lemmons
Lillian Kassab
Woodrow Outlaw
Philadelphia couple license in exchange for Picasso painting
Edward Sneed and Ethel Kansas, both of Philadelphia, obtained a marriage license on Friday at the Marriage License Bureau. They presented a two by three foot reproduction of Picasso's The Lovers to brighten the bureau. The bureau also received a proposal offering free plastic slipcovers if a loveseat were installed in the office.
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Philadelphia
Edward Sneed
Ethel Kansas
Baby Sitter Held After Three Deaths In Arms
Dubuque Iowa police held Mary Kathryn Madigan 29 after she admitted holding three children in her arms until they died. The medical examiner cited natural causes for two while one suffered possible suffocation. A homicide filing was planned.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Mary Kathryn Madigan
Gail Nemmers
Byrne O'Brien
Wayne Nemmers
Karen
Michael Fitzpatrick
Russell Fitzpatrick
Miss Madigan
Dubuque County
Robert Oeth
Percy Lucas
Nemmers
Gail
Karen Nemmers
Fitzpatrick
Lucas
Striking Miners Riot In France
In Nancy French striking miners overturned and burned cars and threw objects at police and mine offices. They invaded the coal mine offices where two cave accidents had killed nine workers this week. Office workers hid under tables as rocks and tomatoes flew inside. The strikers demanded the mine director resign, safer conditions, and shorter hours.
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Nancy
France
Eisenhower Drops In To Watch Bridge Tourney
Former president Dwight D. Eisenhower visited the knock out Masters of Four Championship at a Washington hotel, kibitzing for over an hour with Alvin Landy and players. He drew cheers, autographs, and laughter as he observed the round and then departed by taxi.
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Adren Cooper Washington
Lady Godiva
American Bridge League
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Alvin Landy
New York
League
Landy
Alfred M. Gruenther
Allied Forces
Europe
American Red Cross
Gruenther
Sandy
Gettysburg
Charles Goren
Goren
British Repulse Whale Invasion
Gillan Cove residents fought off 50 whales washing ashore on a Cornwall coast beach. Villagers used oars and paddles to repel the beasts as they returned repeatedly seeking refuge from killer sharks, and local boats helped keep the beaches clear.
Inman Fire Triggers Poison Smog Evacuations
An explosion at the California Chemical Co plant near Inman South Carolina sent a toxic smog over the town prompting partial evacuations. 50 to 75 residents sought examinations for nausea dizziness and abdominal pains with six hospitalized in Spartanburg. Authorities warned residents to wash exposed clothing and discard unclean food as the deadly cloud drifted away.
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INMAN
S.C
Spartanburg
General Hospital
Civil Defense
California Chemical Co
Extremists Tap Algerian Radio in De Gaulle Attack
An underground right wing group hijacked Radio Algiers during a midday broadcast to denounce De Gaulle and praise a secret army. The hoax, lasting about 30 minutes, suggested the station was seized though no militants appeared. Leaders linked to the OAS were reportedly at large in Algeria.
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Algiers
Radio
Charles de Gaulle
Paul Gardy
de Gaulle
Algeria
France
Gardy
Oran
Henri de Pouilly
Paris
Raoul Salan
Edmond Jouhaud
Air Force
Secret Army Organization
Flash Floods Follow Rain In Southern California
Lightning fires and flash floods forced evacuations in southern California. The storm caused heavy downpours near El Cajon San Diego and San Bernardino Counties with three feet of water on highways. No casualties reported.
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Associated Press
California
el Cajon
San Diego
San Bernardino
Angeles National Forest
Los Angeles
Middle Atlantic
South Carolina
Dakotas
Texas
Arkansas
Tennessee
Southwest
Weather Bureau
Montgomery to bequeath WWII surrender paper to regiment
Field Marshal Viscount Montgomery announced in Warwick that he will leave the German surrender document from World War II to the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in his will as the new regiment museum opens.
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Warwick
England
Viscount Montgomery
Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Montgomery
Kennedy Chats With Blonde During Jersey Flight Stop
President Kennedy greeted passengers in Hyannis Port on a flight from Washington. Louisa Hackett, 4, shyly spoke after the President left, saying she liked that President. Mrs. David Hackett, and the Hackett children Louisa and Robert, were aboard.
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Hyannis Port
Mass
Kennedy
Louisa Hackett
David Hackett
Louisa
Robert
Washington
Seven Bodies Recovered After Lake Lucerne Bus Tragedy
Seven bodies were recovered today from the bus that plunged into Lake Lucerne killing sixteen American tourists. Eight others remain missing with little hope of recovery. A salvage squad raised the bus after days of work and divers retrieved six more bodies from the wreck. Twenty-two people survived the disaster.
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Switzerland
Lake Lucerne
Hergiswil
Hergiswill
Sunday Enterprise Features Tomorrow
Thomasville's City Memorial Hospital faces crowded beds and tight workspaces. Bonnie Moore reports on the hospital's staffing and space challenges in The Sunday Enterprise.
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Sunday Enterprise
Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Bonnie Moore
The
Thomasville Hospital
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Hankinson
Inman Mills
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OAS
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