Key Witness In Hoffa Probe Shot In Shoulder
Mary Ann Gordon Francis, 27, a government witness in Hoffa related cases, was wounded in the shoulder in Chattanooga. Edwin H. Pullom, 38, was arrested for felonious assault after she identified him as her attacker. Francis also testified in the Essex jury tampering matter and faces new trial motions while Hoffa serves an eight year term.
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Chattanooga
Mrs. Francis
Pullom
Mrs.Francis
Patricia Ann Essex
Hoffa
The
Teamsters
1000 More Patrolmen Needed Says Howland
North Carolina Motor Vehicle Commissioner Ralph Howland calls for 1,000 additional state highway patrolmen to cut traffic deaths. He favors including tires and exhausts in the inspection program and proposes tax, confiscation for drunk driving, faster highway engineering, and better school driver education.
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Howland
Raleigh
North Carolina
Ralph Howland
General Assembly
A. Pilston Godwin
Superior Court
Motor Vehicles Department
Lves
Katharine Houghton Debuts as Hepburn Star in Dinner Film
Katharine Houghton 22 makes her screen debut alongside aunt Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier in Guess Who's Coming for Dinner. Hepburn, reflecting on Spencer Tracy, calls him an artist with emotional balance and jokes he was a baked potato while she is a dessert with ice cream and whipped cream.
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New York
Katharine Houghton
Miss Houghton
Katharine Hepburn
Sidney Poitier
Spencer Tracy
Miss Hepburn
Tracy
Spencer
Americans Change Attitude Toward Funerals
A nationwide survey by funeral directors shows Americans shifting toward simpler nonreligious and cheaper funerals, especially in large East and West coast cities. Rural areas favor traditional funerals with public viewing, religious services, and public burial.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Middle West
South
Mother shoots and kills holdup man in Pittsburgh store
Frances Albrecht, 47, wielding a hidden pistol, fired at two bandits in her Garfield grocery. One robber, Edward Miles, 18, was killed. bystander and son minor injuries reported. The other suspect fled. starter pistol blanks discovered. No charges filed.
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Pittsburgh
Frances Albrecht
Edward Miles
William Holden Convicted of Manslaughter in Italy
American actor William Holden was found guilty of manslaughter over a 1966 Italian auto crash that killed an Italian motorist. The Lucca court sentenced him to eight months in jail suspended and barred him from driving in Italy for eight months.
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Lucca
Italy
William Holden
Holden
Crash Probe Finds No Blame In Piedmont Collision
NTSB released a summary of its Asheville hearing on the July 19 in-flight collision near Hendersonville North Carolina in which 82 died. The board said blame was not assigned and noted possible avoidance if crews had kept a closer lookout.
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Washington
Piedmont
Hendersonville
N. C
National Transportation Safety Board
Asheville
N.C
NTSB
Safety Board
Charlotte
Ralph E. Reynolds
Trial Site Moved in Bias Conspiracy Case to Salisbury
Federal Judge Edwin M. Stanley moved the trial of 12 men charged with conspiring to intimidate Rowan and Cabarrus County citizens from Greensboro to Salisbury. One defendant pled guilty. eight seeks return of seized guns and records. 100 jurors will be summoned with two alternates.
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Greensboro
Edwin M. Stanley
Rowan and
Cabarrus County
Salisbury
Robert Philmore Hill
Stanley
U.S. Dist. Atty
William H. Murdock
Car Crash In Italy Involves Giorgio Valerio Novelli
On July 26, 1966 the car of 42 year old Giorgio Valerio Novelli was involved in a collision on the road between Florence and Pias. Holden was unhurt.
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Giorgio Valerio Novelli
Florence
Pias
Holden
GI Deserters Sell Marijuana in Saigon Black Market
SAIGON AP a U S military police source says deserting servicemen in Vietnam range from 40 to 100 at a time. Some trade marijuana and counterfeit PX ration cards while others live off earnings with prostitutes. MPs identify absentees at post exchanges and most deserters face court martial or stockade time.
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Saigon
U.S
Vietnam
Cholon Saigon
Pop Saigon
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Dacron & Kapok
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