Arrest Made in $1.5 Million Mail Truck Robbery
Boston report details a 1962 heist in Plymouth and Weymouth where a gang led by Thomas R. Richards and including John J. Kelley and Patricia Diaferro stole more than $1.5 million in cash from a mail truck en route to the Federal Reserve Bank. Arrests and indictments followed years later, with bail set for the suspects and safety concerns cited as postal workers’ lives were endangered.
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Boston
Thomas R. Richards
Weymouth
New England Power Co
John J. Kelley
Watertown
Patricia Diaferio
Richards
U.S
F. Lee Bailey
Francis H. Farrell
Dixaferro
Joseph Bailliro
Coniig«ion
Post
Kelley
Post Office
Cape Cod
Plymouth
Marvell Group Seeks Dismissal of School Suit
LITTLE ROCK AP The Marvell School District asked federal court to dismiss a suit by Earlis Jackson seeking to block a new school on Tate High School grounds. The district argues plaintiffs are not proper parties and the claim lacks jurisdiction, as it operates under a desegregation plan approved last year.
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Little Rock
Marvell
Federal District Court
W. M. Tate
Earlis Jackson
United States Eighth Court of Appeals
Altheimer
Eight Circuit
Jackson
Oren Harris
el Dorado
Tate
The Negro Community By Ester Hicks and Events
The Union Mission met at Haynes Chapel Baptist Church with Haynes Chapel New Bethel and Pilgrim Rest in attendance. Rev Shep Jackson preached and offerings totaled $15.00, with next meeting at Pilgrim Rest on Patmos Road October 28 29. Mins erva Snowden was guest, Sis Callie Walker president. Mrs Mrytle Primus, Mrs Pearline Flenery and Denise visited Houston Astrodome to see Pirates vs Astros game and toured the zoo.
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Union Mission
Haynes Chapel Baptist Church
Haynes Chapel
New Bethel
Pilgrim Rest
Shep Jackson
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church
Patmos Road
Minserva Snowden
Sis
Callie Walker
Mos Zell Frierson
Mrytle Primus
Pearline Flenery
Denise
Astrodome
Houston
Texas
Pirates
Astros
Zoo
Black revolution banner voiced by Floyd McKissick
Floyd McKissick, national director of the Congress of Racial Equality, called the civil rights era passe and predicted this summer's racial unrest could be history making as the start of a black revolution. He urged Black separatists to pursue Africa based communities, demanded reparations, and transfer of ghetto business and public facilities to Negro control. He urged release and dismissal of political prisoners and warned of nationwide violence if America ignores its duties to Black citizens.
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New York
Congress of Racial Equality
Floyd McKissick
McKissick
Doe
Africa
McKiesick
Vietnam
America
Diving Champ Relies on Concentration
Lestey Bush, the Olympic and Pan-Am platform diving champion, calms nerves by treating the event as fun. The 19 year old Indiana University student from Princeton, N J, scored 41 00 points to win the event at Paneal pool, beating Beverly Boys for silver. Peterson of Arizona tears after missing final dives. Bush plans to retire after the 1968 Olympics and favors the high board over the springboard.
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Will Grimsley
Winnipeg
Canada
Lestey Bush
Indiana University
Princeton
Lesley
Beverly Boys
Ann Peterson
Phoenix
Miss Peterson
Mexico City
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Fisher Body
General Motors
Rephan
Bermuda
Jamiia
Rephans
Marvell Group
Ester Hicks
Phaedrus
WOPE
ARK
Kroehler
Edi
East Second Street
Hope
Sealy
LA Z-Boy
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