The Hunting Trip Plot Ends In Tragic Betrayal
Charlie Demarest engineers his wife Elsie to poison herself by mailing potassium cyanide envelopes as part of a planned hunting trip alibi. He schemes to be away 800 miles while Elsie dies slowly, leaving no blame on him. The tale sketches a calculating killer’s thoughts and a doomed marriage.
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Charlie Demarest
Elsie
Charlie
Janice Burlingame
Washington Avenue
Janice
Mr. Demarest
Lse
Convict On Trial For Murder In Virginia Case
The 30 year old Spartanburg inmate Allen Carroll Pruitt pleads innocent to murder in the January stabbings of Dr. James Vanneter and Hugh L. Johnson at the State Penitentiary. Richmond Circuit Court enters day two with a 39 jurors pool and about 15 witnesses expected from both sides.
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Richmond, Va
Spartanburg
S.C. Formur
Richmond Circuit Court
Allen Carroll Pruitt
James Vanneter
Hugh L. Johnson
State Penitentiary
E. W. Hening Jr
Eight Peace Corps Trainees Found After Mountain Search
Eight trainees aged 21 to 28 in nine weeks of Chile training were found in the Manzano Mountains after five days with rain and subfreezing temperatures. They walked to a ranch house, waited for help, and were taken to Albuquerque to resume training.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Peace Corps
Manzano Mountains
New Mexico
David Benedetti
Peace Corps Center
University of New Mexico
Benedetti
Chile
Jane Whitmore
Manhasset
N.Y
Mike Mitchell
Bronx
Tom Pleasantville
Sue Selbin
St. Paul
Minn
Bill Pastreich
New York
Miss Whitmore
Fegens
Eagle Cuts Electricity
A brief AP dispatch from Ely Nevada reports a cut in electricity affecting city services and residents. Details are scarce in the fragment, noting only a local power disruption and its immediate impact on daily activities.
Three Men Held After Greensboro Bank Robbery
Police detain Eugene Diggs Leroy Diggs and Ronald Felder in a bold daylight holdup at the American Federal Savings and Loan Association in Greensboro. About $7 218 stolen with all but $2 recovered. bonds set at 525 00 each. getaway car rented in New York. No injuries reported.
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Greensboro
U.S
Wayne Everhart
Guilford
Eugene Diggs
Leroy Diggs
FBI
Felder
New York City
Rose
Gardner Says U S Not Producing Needed Leaders
AP Education Writer G. K. Hodenfield reports Secretary of Welfare John W. Gardner argues the United States lacks a pipeline of national leaders. He cites an anti leadership mindset in academia and says leadership is scattered across many fields rather than held by a single establishment.
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G. K. Hodenfield
Washington (Ap
John W
Gardner
United States
Bbig
Motel Owner Sues Union Officials in Albemarle
Dewey Sides of the Sunset Motel sues three Textile Workers Union organizers from Greensboro and Decatur for 251000 in Stanly County Superior Court. He alleges they tied up motel telephone circuits during the Collins and Aikman strike, seeking 1000 actual damages and 250000 punitive damages. The TWUA is named for conducting union business, while the organizers deny using phones to direct the strike. The strike-related trespassing trio were convicted and fined 500 each, with notices of appeal filed.
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Albemarle
N.C
Dewey Sides
Sunset
Collins and Aikman
Stanly County Superior Court
John Kissick
Scott Hoyman
Greensboro
Michael Botel‘ho
Decatur
Textile Workers Union ‘of America
Sides
TWUA
Superior Court
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English Motor Company
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High Point
N. C
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Carnegie Corp
Gardner Sai
the Midtown Restaurant
Center Theatre
Timmy and
Helen
U. S
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