Lie test backs Pitts truth on buried loot claim
State Penitentiary convict Robert James Pitts passed a lie detector test, indicating he was truthful about burying $10,000 from the 1949 Walsh Ladd hold-up under a Charlotte home eight years ago. Officers preserved a search yet found no cash. authorities suspect the money was moved.
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Columbia
State Penitentiary
Robert James Pitts
Charlotte
N.C
J. P. Strew
State Law Enforcement Division
Pitts
South Carolina
Frank Littlejohn
Littlejohn
Walsh Ladd
Fairfield County
Harry Russell
Peggy King
Union City
N.J
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Boy Claims Race Paper Just A Joke
Chicago report says George Lichner an 18 year old Kelly High School student faced supervision by a court officer for one year after a pre segregation petition circulated Sept 14 was ruled a joke by his mother. The petition led to a disorderly conduct charge and Lichner was placed in Boys Court Oct 11. He attends regular classes and ROTC was dropped after three years due to lack of advancement.
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Chicago
George Lichner
Lichner
Kelly High School
George
Sansone
Kelly
Church rails at secrecy over Gaither report in Durham
Sen. Frank Church criticizes the Eisenhower administration for withholding the Gaither report. He says the public is entitled to know the committee's recommendations on rockets and missiles and compares the stance to Russian roulette with the nation’s safety in a perilous world. Church speaks at the North Carolina Young Democrats convention.
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Durham
N.C
Frank Church
Idaho
Gaither
Gaither Committee
Sen. Church
North Carolina
Church
Two Killed Three Hurt In Crash In Florida
Two cars collided on U S 17 near Jacksonville killing Les Lester Gwin Tisdale twenty seven and Frank Gene Hodges sixteen both of Green Cove Springs Florida. Injured are James H Demasters thirty one his wife Lucille thirty two and her daughter Rita Limberger seven all in fair condition. Demasters car was northbound in the left lane and rescuers freed him after more than 160 minutes.
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Jacksonville
Fla
U.S.17
Mount Airy C
Les Lester Gwin Tisdale
Frank Gene Hodges
Green Cove Springs
James H. Demasters
Lucille
Rita Limberger
A. J. King
Florida Highway Patrol
Demasters
King
Wetzel Brothers’ divergent fates shock Mississippi
In Parchman Mississippi William Wetzel, awaiting execution for a 1953 inmate murder, learns his brother Frank received a life sentence for killing a North Carolina highway patrolman. Frank’s mercy recommendation spared the death penalty. he faces a separate murder trial for a Nov 5 patrolman shooting. William’s appeals failed before both state and federal high courts.
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Rockingham
N.C
Frank
William
Mississippi
State Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Ten U S backed gambling spots in Cuba listed in DICE table
A report identifies Vegas Nevada among ten major Cuban gambling venues operated or backed by Americans, as shown in an AP Wirephoto.
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Vegas
Nev
Cuba
Hotel Nationale de Cuba
Havana
Wilbur Clark
Las
School Suit Seeks Class Integration
A group of Negro parents filed a federal suit in Atlanta seeking immediate integration of the city’s public schools. The action names Atlanta School Superintendent Ira Jarrell and nine board members as defendants and cites delays in implementing Supreme Court rulings from 1954 and 1955.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
Thurgood Marshall
The
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Constance Baker Motley
Marshall
New York
E. E. Moore Jr
Ira Jarrell
Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
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Renee Ed
Wetzel
DeWitt Holton
Serta
Sia
Journal of the American Medical Association
S. Main St
DeWitt Holton Furniture Co
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