Miami Youth Held in Extortion Plot Toward Publisher
Williams confessed to writing a two page extortion note to Knight, publisher of the Miami Herald and other papers. He was taken into custody by FBI agents after the confrontation, and a preliminary hearing is set for Monday with a possible 20 year prison term or $5,000 fine if convicted.
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Williams
Knight
Miami Herald
Chicago Daily News
Detroit Free Press
Akron Beacon-Journal
Peter Williams Sr
Miami
Dade County
Baggage Bomb Scare Delays Eastern Airlines Flight
A ticking bag found at Newark Liberty Airport delayed a Miami bound Eastern Airlines flight. Police evacuated baggage to a remote area, a sound detector singled out one bag and it was deemed harmless. The owner’s luggage would be forwarded on a later plane.
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Eastern Airlines
Newark Airport
Carl
Port of New York Authority
Newark
Woman Hurt After Stepping Between Gun and Son in Ky
In Earlington Kentucky Mrs Louise Smith 38 was wounded when she stepped in front of a pistol aimed at her son Ezra Smith Jr 20 The father Ezra Smith Sr 43 was charged with shooting to kill James Todd reported The dispute over Christmas tree ornaments led to the confrontation and the shooting occurred as the son tried to intervene The incident follows a claim by Todd that the mother stood between the father and son the gun was fired and the shot struck Mrs Smith between the eyes
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Earlington
Louise Smith
Ezra Smith Sr
James Todd
Ezra Jr
Smith
Young Smith
Todd
Zero Weather Across Midwest Holds At Zero Or Below
The Associated Press reports extreme cold dominates the Midwest with Duluth Minnesota airport at zero and International Falls at four below. Minneapolis records two above as snowfall appears in the northern Rockies and a blizzard warning is issued for North Dakota.
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Midwest
Mercury
Duluth
Minn
Airport
International Falls
Minneapolis
Rockies
Weather Bureau
North Dakota
Montana
South Dakota
Eastern Carolina Rites Mark Observance of 1st Plane Flight
In Kill Devil Hills North Carolina Rear Adm. R E Wood recalls the Wright brothers first powered flight on its 52nd anniversary at the Wright Brothers Memorial. He notes how primitive conditions were in 1903 and praises the Memorial Association for preserving memory of the event as jets fly over the monument and wreaths are laid by local officials and descendants.
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Kill Devil Hills
N.C
Orville
Wilbur
R. E. Wood
5Th Coast Guard
Norfolk
Dayton
Ohio
Wright Brothers National Memorial Monument
Wood
Virginia Beach
Hatteras
Sgubion
Kiev
Wilbur Wright
Kill Devil ‘Hill Memorial
Wright Memorial Monument
F&m
Nagsea
L. S
Baldes
Gullipher
1. E
Elizabeth City High School
Margaret A Oetheridge
John . Oe
Tactical Command
Langley
Thurmond criticizes new defense order favoring disaster area bidders
Senator Thurmond denounces a defense mobilization order that limits bids to contractors in disaster areas. He urges cancellation and argues buyers should award contracts to lowest qualified bid, regardless of location. He cites South Carolina produced items and notes potential price inflation from area restrictions.
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Washington
Thurmond
D-Sc
Arthur §. Flemming
Office of Defense Mobilization
Congress
Kentuckians defend Daniel Boone marker plan
Hendersonville North Carolina December 17 a clash over a courthouse lawn marker honoring Daniel Boone. Kentucky officials offered to move the monument to Kentucky and pay for it while Hendersonville officials questioned its historic link and safety concerns. The marker is a rough stone pyramid about five and a half feet high with a bronze tablet showing a buckskin clad rifleman and the name Daniel Boone.
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N.C
Daniel Boone
Henderson County Board of Commissioners
Daniel
Tom Rich
E. E
McBride
North Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Bayliss Hardin
Kentucky Historical Society
Wired McBride
A. W. Edwards
Edwards
Hardin
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