Inmate Guilty Plea Faces Coercion Ruling
Federal ruling finds coercion possible in the guilty plea of inmate Lillibridge in a 1960 Missouri Penitentiary escape case. The case links to Parrish and Strobel affected by a hostage incident and a highway escape on Highway 54 near Jefferson City. Judge Riley’s status and a new trial order shape ongoing proceedings as the defendants face multiple counts.
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Tudge
James T. Riley
Riley
Lillibridge
Parrish
Byron J .Kinder
Missouri Supreme Court
Sam Blair
Lilliss
Hadbridge
Jefferson City
Circuit Court
Volun
State High Court
George Adams
Kinder
Fed
Nash
Illibridge
Attort
Ney
Cullen Coil
Retrial verdict frees inmate from murder sentence
In Easton Pennsylvania John Wallis, freed after a judge directed a verdict of acquittal in a retrial, had served 18 years of a life sentence for the 1949 strangulation of Bertha Reppert in Northampton. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court had ordered retrial after an inadmissible confession. A highway patrol officer testified about the abandoned prison vehicle as arguments were heard.
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Easton
Fife
Anday
John Wallis
Pennsylvania
Wallis
Bertha Reppert
Northampton
Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Eb, A
Bud) Jones
Clinton Budd Pabner
Law- Sommerers Farm
Viet Nam capitulation near Saigon marked by diversions
Surrender near the palace followed loudspeaker broadcasts by South Vietnamese Marines surrounding holdouts north of Saigon. Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Minh, new Saigon governor, warned of possible Viet Cong infantry attacks and a predicted rocket shelling this week. Minh cited two motives for the Viet Cong push: infrastructure and creating population anxiety. Reports of enemy air activity at the DMZ varied, with US radar detecting unidentified aircraft.
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Gia Din Dinh
Pargoda
South
Vietnam
Saigon
Nguyen van Minh
Ina
Minh
Mekong Delta
Demilitarized Zone
U.S
Dmz
Supreme Court bans housing bias in far sweeping ruling
Supreme Court broadens civil rights reach by banning racial discrimination in private housing actions and by striking down Alabama provisions. The decision, 5-4 with Justice Stewart dissenting, ties private acts to the 1866 Civil War era protections while narrowing limits on welfare and copyright exemptions for CATV systems.
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Warren
Alabama
Afan Washington
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Supreme Cort
California
Johnson
Marshall
Congress
Stewart
Earl Warren
Hugo L
William O. Douglas
Wil
Antenna
Anjliam J. Brennan Jr
Abe Fortas
Amendland Thurgood Marshall
CATV
United States Soviet Union and Britain back non nuclear states
At the United Nations the Soviet Union United States and Britain pledged to aid nonnuclear countries that sign the treaty to check the spread of nuclear weapons. Canada Denmark Paraguay Hungary and Senegal were expected to react favorably to the pledges. Strong entities include United States Soviet Union Britain Canada Denmark Paraguay Hungary Senegal and United Nations. The pledge aims to deter nuclear threats and promote nonproliferation.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Ion
Yatfy
Security Council
Canada
Denmark
Paraguay
Hungary
Senegal
Soviet marshal visits Czechs amid Prague liberalization
Soviet Marshal Ivan Yakubovsky arrived in Czechoslovakia to supervise maneuvers by Warsaw Pact forces. He downplayed aims of the exercise, saying it involves only commanders and staff, not large troop movements. Thousands of Soviet and Polish soldiers are reportedly present nearby, drawing cautious reaction to the timing during liberalization.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Ivan I. Yakubovsky
Rude Pravo
Soviet Union
Hungary
Poland
East Germany
Miliry
Survey on gunshot deaths in the United States
The Associated Press conducts a nationwide survey on gunfire deaths including homicides, personal crisis incidents, and presidential deaths. Beginning Monday at 12:01 am, the count ends Sunday, June 23, with eight homicides and one self-inflicted death reported so far.
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United States
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Associated Press
Suit winners uncertain about house purchase
Joseph Lee Jones and his wife say they were denied a home in St. Louis County in 1964 due to racial discrimination. They filed suit under an 1866 law banning sale or rental discrimination. judge says a related 1964 Supreme Court ruling could affect the case. The couple now considers a different subdivision as they await a decision and price changes.
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ST. Louis
Joseph Lee Dones
U.S. air-Louis
Barbara Ta
Veterans Administration
Paddock Hills
Jones
Florissant
Open housing policy tied to U.S. air defense incident fallout
The report ties a Sparrow air-to-air missile misfire near North Vietnam to broader issues, including open housing polices cited by Alfred H. Mayer’s firm from 1964 to 1967. It notes Mayer’s claim the firm would reinstate “open housing” under constant guard at Wandsworth Prison amid extradition discussions with Britain and the United States, with legal constraints under the 1931 treaty and Missouri prison terms.
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Canberra
United States
U.S
Alfred H. Mayer
Paddock Hills
America
Vinh
Dmz
MI6
Johnson
North Vietnnam
18Th Parallel
North Vietnam
Mayer
Wandsworth
Scotland Yards
London
County line school split prompts attorney general opinion
The opinion says county superintendents may assign pupils across county lines when a district straddles Henry and Pettis counties. Pettis County students can be assigned to a Green Ridge area school in Windsor R-1, with appeals to the state board. The memo also notes principals cannot expel or suspend students without a hearing.
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Board of Education
Henry County
Norman H.stendent
John C. Ryan
Sedalia
Green Ridge
Windsor
R-1
Pettis County
Anderson
Pettis
Henry
State
Carl D. Gunn
Cass County
Fulton Man Bagby’s Fine Trimmed On Auto Charge
A Fulton resident Raymond Eugene Bagby, 56, cleared in Cole County Magistrate Court of a Callaway County change of venue auto charge. He was found guilty of letting Lena Mae Smith drive his car without a license. Sentenced to a year in jail and a $500 fine. Smith fined $10 and placed on one-year probation. Prosecution noted audits of county officers may occur. Bagby’s peace disturbance case and jail escape charges remain pending in adjacent counties.
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Lillibridge
Parrish
Cecil C. Lillibridge
Lilliimerer Farm
Ap Bridge
Coles of
Supreme Court
Cole County
Riley
ST. Louis
France
Brazil
Algeria
India
Pakic
Taxian
Callaway County
Raymond Eugene Bagby
Bagby
Lena Mae Smith
Fulton
Callaway
Hugh P. Williamson
Jrané
Miss Smith
Robert P. Warden
Jasper County
Grant
Cole
Anderson
Thomas Vetter
O. Lee Munger Bank
Issy Fine
Greene County
Jack Yocom
Audraine
French strikers return to work after settlement
Thousands resume work led by 65,000 Renault employees who voted to accept a settlement. About 10,000 at Sav dem truck plant in Lyon and 31,100 shipyard workers in St Nazaire, Bordeaux, and La Seyne left still out. Government radio and TV strike leaders reject Guena’s proposals for news independence. Premier Pompidou to defend record in broadcast. Sorbonne occupation draws fresh condemnation.
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Paris
Tary
Guena
Commission of Notables
National Assembly
Brown Shoes to build plant at Houston Missouri
Brown Shoe Co of St Louis announced plans to construct a new manufacturing plant near Houston Missouri about 150 miles southwest of St Louis. The facility aims to produce juvenile footwear and could turn out up to 6000 pairs daily. Construction to begin after design work is completed, with completion hoped for in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Brown Shoe Co
University of Paris
Houston
T. R. Volenetz
Arts
Mines visited by committee on Missouri mining sites
A special House Senate committee left Jefferson City by bus to tour strip mines and clay pits in northeastern Missouri. The tour included the Peabody Coal Co Mark Twain mine near Columbia and the Warrison Walker refractory plant at Fulton as part of an effort to draft mine safety and reclamation legislation.
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House-Senate
Jefferson City
Missouri
Peabody Coal Co
Mark Twain
Columbia
Iser
A. P. Green
Mexico
Warrison-Walker
Fulton
William F
Duck
Casey D
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Navy
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19Th Circuit Court
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Parsons
FE. E. Strobel
Strobel
Mra. Strobel
Fortas
Russia
Czechs
Auto Part
Ray
Donald WL. Manford
Kansas City
Paul J. Simon
Boone County
Tator
Yves Guena
Georges Pompidou
Sorbonne
Brown Shoes
Ninsi
Eriers & Degreters
Ray Goswick
Harvey
Midwest Auto Stores
W. McCarty
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