Finch Prosecution In Final Stages
AP report from Los Angeles on the Finch murder trial as the prosecution nears completion. Key witness says he was hired to kill Barbara Finch, with evidence alleged against Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregofft. Defense questions Cody’s motives while handwriting expert suggests possible signature forgery by Finch. Trial observed with tense courtroom reactions as final arguments loom next week.
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Patrick McNulty
Los Angeles
Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregofft
Jack Cody
Cody
West Covina
Donn E. Mire
Mire
Barbara Finch
Barbara Graham
California
Miss Tregoff
Rexford Eagan
Counsel Stable
Atty
Fred Whichello
Housewife Smuggled Blades To Prisoners
A 17 year old Roanoke housewife Judith Arlene Hodges admitted hiding four hacksaw blades in a hamburger bag to pass to Charles Yank Stewart and other inmates at the City Jail. She received $5 from the prisoners and $23 later, was held on $1,500 bail after a hearing. Stewart, part of an Ivy Bluff Prison escape gang, was recaptured in Virginia and faces interstate transport charges.
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Roanoke
Stewart
Eye
FBI
Judith Arlene Hodges
Rt. 1
Salem
Charles
Yank) Stewart
North Carolina
Ivy Bluff
Virginia
U.S. Department of Justice
Hewlett Bows Out Of Race For Governor
Raleigh report says Addison Hewlett Wilmington lawyer 47 withdrew from the Democratic gubernatorial race citing lack of funding. Terry Sanford Fayetteville lawyer and unannounced candidate invited Hewlett supporters to back him. Larkins Jr John D of Trenton already in the race. Edwin Gill weighing a bid. Hewlett noted potential Senate plans if money had appeared. Sanford set February 4 to announce his candidacy.
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Raleigh
Addison Hewlett
Wilmington
Terry Sanford
Fayetteville
Winston-Salem
Hewlett
Sanford
John D. Larkins Jr
Trenton
Edwin Gill
U.S. Senate
B. Everett Jordan
Morganton to house new state mental training school
The North Carolina State Hospitals Board of Control approved a ten million dollar training school for mentally retarded children to be built in Morganton near Broughton State Hospital. Salisbury and Asheville groups bid, Rowan County offered land, Salisbury city would fund water and sewer lines, and Asheville urged Moore General Hospital as site before its VA administration closure.
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Raleigh
Morganton
Broughton State Hospital
State Hospitals Board of Control
John W. Umstead
Chapel Hill
Salisbury
Asheville
Rowan County
Moore General Hospital
Veterans Administration
Young bank robber hunted after Greenville heist
South Carolina police hunted a young black bandit and two accomplices who robbed the Pendleton Street Branch of the South Carolina National Bank in Greenville, stealing about 21 thousand dollars. The trio fled in a stolen taxicab then a green 1955 Mercury with out of state plates, abandoning the cab along the way. The man, late 20s, 5 feet 9 inches, 160 pounds, pointed a silver revolver at teller Evelyn Wood and demanded large bills. a wastebasket signal activated by Beatrice Hemphill alerted staff to call police.
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Greenville
South Carolina
Pendleton Street
South Carolina National Bank
Troy Eichelberg
Evelyn Wood
Dental Insurance Plans Growing Too
Dental insurance plans are expanding slowly though far fewer enrollments than medical plans. Most enrollments are group based via work or unions, with premiums by individual couple or family. Coverage often excludes some major procedures and pre existing costs, but plans help budget routine care and promote regular checkups.
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Donald J. Rogers
Herald Tribune News Service
New York
Fine Ordered Refunded To Farmer
Federal judge orders the refund of 1366.81 dollars to farmer T. J. White of Saltillo Tennessee after ruling cattle grazing on Soil Bank land was due to an emergency. White placed 40 cattle in the field after lightning toppled a fence while repairing it.
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Memphis
Case to be Heard Over Greensboro Pool Sale Dispute
The Fourth Circuit in Richmond heard arguments on a suit by African Americans claiming Greensboro’s Lindley Park pool was sold for $85,000 to avoid integration. The sale to Greensboro Pool Corp was alleged to be for whites only, following a city decision amid federal scrutiny.
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Richmond
Fourth Circuit Court of Ap
Greensboro
Lindley Park
North Carolina
Middle District
Edwin M. Stanley
Greensboro Pool Corp
Mack
Ancient Bergama library tale linked to Mark Antony
In Bergama Turkey an ancient acropolis once housed a great library. Legend says Mark Antony dismantled about 200000 volumes and sent them as a gift to Cleopatra. The item notes Roger Davis a Syracuse football team left guard who raises dogs for field trials.
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Bergama
Turkey
Mark Antony
Cleopatra
Roger Davis
Syracuse
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