Quiet Neighbor Hood Massacre Remembered on 10th Anniversary
Ten years after Howard Unruh killed 13 people in Camden New Jersey he remains confined in Trenton State Hospital described as insane with dementia praecox mixed type. Neighbors recalled him as quiet and odd while authorities note his actions marked America’s worst single person mass murder.
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America
Lee Linder
Camden
N.J
East River Avenue
Howard Unruh
Unruh
Trenton
N.J.) State Hospital
Robert Wonsettlers
Wonsettler
Fred Vollmer
Howard
River Avenue
Air Control Regulation Instituted in Coastal North Carolina
Civilian pilots must clear all flights with Cherry Point Air Station to reduce collision risks after a Marine jet and civilian fish spotter collision. Col. Frazier outlined area restrictions: below 1000 feet within a Kinston to Ocracoke corridor, extending to Jacksonville and New River Inlet. About 20 civilian fish spotters affected.
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Beaufort
N.C
Cherry Point Air Station
Marine Corps
Col
F. J. Frazier
Col. Frazier
Cherry Point Tower
Kinston-Washington-Greenville
Ocracoke Island
Jacksonville-New River Inlet
Agriculture Census Takers Are Appointed
The Census Bureau named two North Carolinians as field assistants for the 1959 agriculture census. Everett L. Peterson of Clinton will direct operations in 16 southeastern counties. Coy S. Lew is Jr. of Robbins will cover 21 west central counties. They start September 21, with Peterson supervising 20 crew leaders and 294 census takers, and Lew supervising 18 crew leaders and 289 census takers.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Everett L. Peterson
Clinton
Southeastern
Coy
Lewis Jr
Robbins
West Central
Peterson
Lewis
Poets to Give Khrushchev Poem in Maryland Contest
Baltimore AP reports Maryland poets will present a prize poem to Premier Nikita Khrushchev when he arrives at Friendship International Airport on September 15. State laureate Maria Briscoe Croker and city laureate Max Rubin announced a contest inviting versifiers to contribute a 12 to 14 line piece extolling the strength and freedom of the people.
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Baltimore
Maryland
Nikita Khrushchev
Friendship International Airport
Maria Briscoe Croker
Max Rubin
Safe Trick Proves Fatal for Teen in Baltimore
Patricia Stillwell, 18, demonstrated a revolver to a friend by removing five of six bullets. She claimed she could pull the trigger five times without harm, but on the fourth attempt the gun fired. She died later at Maryland General Hospital.
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Unruh
Rose Cohen
Cohen
Minnie Cohen
Charles
Unrah
Alvin M. Day Jr
Hutton and
Day
Thomas Zegrino
Helga
Zegrino
Joseph Hamilton
Thomas Hamilton
Roxy de Marco
Engel
de Marco
Helen Matlack ‘Wilson
Emma Matlack
Little Johnny Wilson
Baltimore
Patricia ‘Stillwell
Brenda Stringer
Patricia
Maryland General Hospital
Three Men Arrested On Rape Charge In Hickory
In Hickory North Carolina three men James Walker George Baker and Whitter Mull were arrested after a 45 year old woman and her male companion Mac Setzer were attacked near the city. The victims described multiple rapes and beatings with transportation to Caldwell County where the rape occurred five times. All three face kidnapping and assault with intent to kill charges. Mill charged with rape in Catawba County and other charges in Caldwell County.
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Hickory
N.C
Catawba County
T. Dale Johnson
Anis Pitts Canipe
Mac Setzer
James Franklin Walker
George Edward Baker
Whitter Mull
Setzer
Caldwell County
Johnson
Mill
Catawba
Caldell County
Navy hurricane hunter probes storm area near Florida coast
A Navy plane from Jacksonville searched a low pressure area east of the Florida peninsula reporting no tropical storm signs and heavy thunder showers. A second Navy plane from Puerto Rico found bad weather but no storm development about 700 miles east of the Leeward Islands. Weather Bureau said conditions were calm elsewhere in the tropics with shower activity off Carolina Georgia and Florida coasts.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Weather Bureau
Jacksonville
Leeward Islands
Misami
Puerto Rico
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Ing
Camden County Court
John P. Pilarchik
Clark Hoover
Hoover
Orris Smith
James J. Hutton
Hutton
River Road
Mo Na Engs
Silberman
John P. Pilarchick
James Hutton
Maurice Cohen
Minnie Me
Alvin M.ving
Heigaegrine
Erin Matlock
Helen Wilson
John Wilson
New York
William C. Dilger
Cornell University
Ithaca
N. Y
Dilger
Pear
National Science Foundation
R. T. French Co
Eat
William Dilger
Nikita
Davis Patrol
Jack S. Davis
Perpetual
N. Mai St
High Point
Yowrevimes
Navy
High Point Coal & Oil Co
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