Extradition Sought for Two in Murder Case
MORRISTON Ark AP Circuit Judge Wiley Bean signed papers Monday requesting Texas extradite Billy Frank Gross 26 and Benjamin Wingard 32 on first degree murder charges linked to the death of Frank A Birch 69 near Hattieville Gross from near Hattieville and Wingard near Pine Bluff were arrested last Wednesday in Lubbock Texas where they are held on 50000 bonds Birch was found brutally beaten and his throat cut with a hacksaw Sept 29 after two women told police witnesses to the slaying
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Valachi Calls Moretti Killing a Mercy Murder
Informer Joseph Valachi testified that Willy Moretti’s 1951 death in a New Jersey restaurant was a mercy killing ordered by Cosa Nostra leaders. He named John Roberts among the killers and said Moretti ruled a 40 to 50 man NJ gang.
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Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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Buddhists released in Viet Nam crackdown report
The Associated Press reports that 107 Buddhist monks and followers detained after the August crackdown were released Monday after nearly seven weeks in custody. The release comes as the Diem government faced further details on those still held amid mass arrests. The article notes more than 2,000 arrests were reported in August and gives no count of released detainees still in custody.
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Associated Press
Saigon
Viet Nam
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Kennedy weighs options on wheat sale to Soviet bloc
JFK faces decision on exporting U S wheat to Communist bloc countries at subsidy prices. Sen Humphrey predicted a quick sale, while advisers warn of Republican attacks in 1964. Mansfield suggests White House seek initiative from Congress and farm groups before Kennedy acts. If approved, Moscow would buy U S wheat cheaper than American consumers.
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Montana
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Tron Curtain
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Deadly Flora on Fidel Castro's Island
Havana reported rain stopped and winds abated in Oriente and Camaguey allowing relief teams to move. Relief steps intensified in Haiti where surveys show urgent needs for clothing shoes and medicine. Officials say 40 percent of Cuba devastated with huts unable to withstand the storm. Castro narrowly escaped the surf during an inspection as waves swamped his amphibious truck. government cuts hit beef vegetables and coffee. sugar crops and national backbone suffered heavy losses.
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Agrarian Reform Institute
Strikes Threaten Canadian Wheat Shipments at Key Ports
Montreal and three other Quebec ports face a 3,800 longshoremen wage strike that halts port activity as autumn shipping begins. The disruption endangers the movement of millions of bushels of Canadian wheat to Russia. In Belgrade, Skopje was hit by tremors today causing new damage but no casualties per Tanjug.
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Trois-Rivieres
Quebec City
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Russia
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Weather continues with mild temps and low change
Chicago AP reports a government surplus auction where 243 items sold for 393670 dollars, about 2.44 million less than their purchase cost. Some surplus goods had been stored at Arkansas military installations.
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Arkansas
Blass to Expand with 50,000-Square-Foot Little Rock Branch
Blass Co plans a 50,000 square foot suburban branch in the Park Plaza area of Little Rock. It marks the chain's first expansion beyond downtown, signaling growth in the Little Rock retail market.
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Blass Co
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Park Plaga
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