Pruitt Murder Case Linked to Nuclear Lab Keys
In Kenneth Q. Hay's 1963 mystery, Matt Bacon handles a key trail after Dr. Pruitt’s lab murder raises questions about missing keys and maintenance access. Security staff, suspicious colleagues, and a whispered plant stoolie network color a tense scene set in a large brain factory’s appliance division.
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Mall Bacon
Pruitt
Stroup
Matt
Jack
Matt Jack
Fred Bernard
Bernard
Clemson Integrates Peacefully as First Negro Student Enrolls
Clemson College began integration with Harvey B. Gantt, the first Black student, enrolling after a one day orientation. Public relations chief Joe Sherman said campus security would be increased, while highway patrol kept out unauthorized visitors. Gantt described his first full day as uneventful and hopeful. Governor Russell requested a million dollars from the legislature.
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Clemson
5.C
Clemsson College
South Carolina
Joe Sherman
Harvey B. Gantt
Gantt
Iowa State University
Donald Russell
Wife Slaying in Plea for Freedom
Ohio parole officials heard a plea for freedom for convicted wife slayer Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard as they consider reducing his second degree murder sentence to manslaughter. A German divorcee Ariane Tebbenjohans testified about interest and meetings with Sheppard while he serves at Marion prison teaching medical classes.
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Columbus
Ohio
Samuel H. Sheppard
Igov
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Bay Village
Marilyn
Sheppard
Ariane Tebbenjohans
Dusseldorf
West Germany
Correction
Maury C. Koblentz
F. Lee Bailey
Boston
Mass
Marion Correctional Institution
Missionary Band Boat Halted by Coast Guard Action
Los Angeles AP reports the Coast Guard halted a missionary band plan to sail to Haiti declaring its 101 foot home made vessel unseaworthy. Leader Rev Howard A Smith 51 and nine adults and three children plan appeal to higher Coast Guard authorities.
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Coast Guard
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Smith
Europe Faces Deep Winter With Snow and Loss
Southern and Eastern Europe endured more snow and cold winds as at least 430 people are reported dead in Europe’s harshest winter in decades. Italy’s Apennines saw village isolation while Capri reported snow for the first time in ten years. Greece and Yugoslavia also reported new snow as Britain thawed and Thames ice threatened shipping along the South Coast.
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Britain
Protect Teachers' Pay Tied to Act 231 Repeal Stand
Little Rock AP Orval E Faubus insisted Tuesday the legislature must shield teacher salaries before accepting repeal of Act 231 which funds tuition grants to private schools. He did not specify which private schools or mention segregation. Faubus warned against raises in public school aid without guarantees to classrooms, bus drivers, gymnasiums, and staff.
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Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas House
Faubus
Thestate
Three Charged With Stealing Calf in Arkansas
Prosecutor Jeff Mobley filed charges against Herman Stone, 50, Clarence Stone, 49, and Billy Buegene Price, 23, for theft of two calves owned by Winthrop Rockefeller. One Santa Gertrudis calf valued at $1,000 was killed. a Hereford calf survived after being shot, according to Conway County Sheriff Marlin Hawkins.
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Morriston, Ark
Jeff Mobley
Winthrop Rockefeller
Santa Gertrudis
Conway County
Marlin Hawkins
Vane
Mobley
Herman Stone
Clarence Stone
Billy Bue
Gene Price
Arkansas lawmakers weigh moderate insurance investment plan
Moderate legislators in Little Rock favored a weaker measure to require insurers to invest Arkansas reserves at least 50 percent in state business. Proponents argue it could boost capital for Arkansas, while critics warn it might backfire by provoking retaliatory moves from insurers and harming out‑of‑state business. Rep. Jack Oakes backs the 50 percent approach. Sen. J. Lee Bearden pushes a stricter 75 percent requirement.
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Little Rock
Iap
Arkansas
Senate
J. Lee Bearden
Leachville
Bearden
Pase Sete Een
Woodruff County
Jack Oakes
Oakes
Cleveland County
Ray Monday
Perry County
Paul Vanjot Dalsem
Texas
Mardy Croxton
Benton County
Taard County
John Miller
Senate to Probe 4 Fort Worth TFX Contract
Senate investigating team led by Jer ome Adlerman opens probe into the multi billion dollar TFX fighter plane contract awarded to General Dynamics. Sen. John L. McClellan heads the subcommittee with Henry Jackson and others expressing dissatisfaction with the choice. Investigators plan to gather facts for a study of the award.
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Fort Worth
General Dynamics
Pay Increase for Labor Head Refused
In Little Rock the Legislative Joint Budget Committee did not act on Gov. Faubus’s request to raise Labor Commissioner Clarence R Thornbrough’s salary from 8400 to 9000 a year. A motion to reopen Labor Department budgets failed. The council criticized Thornbrough for speeches against the height to work law. Faubus also sought an increase for assistant labor commissioner Bill Laney from 7500 to 8000, but that request was sent for further study.
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Legislative Joint Budget Committee
Orval E. Faubus
Clarence R. Thornbrough
Labor Department
Legislative Council
Budget Committee
Thornbrough
Faubus
Bill Laney
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