Notable Mass Killings Shape Crime Lore Across History
A survey of infamous slayings from 1888 London to 1960s Nebraska links major cases to legends and popular culture. notable examples include Jack the Ripper, Charles Starkweather with Carol Fugate, the Clutter family murders, Lizzie Borden, and the Camden nurse killings, illustrating enduring mythmaking around mass violence.
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London
Jack the Ripper
the Ripper
White Chapel
Charles Starkweather
Carol Ann Fugate
Miss Fugate
Nebraska
Wyoming
Starkweather
New York
Jose Antono Suarez
Brooklyn
Suarez
Brigitte Liked Las Vegas Newsmen
Brigitte and Gunther eloped in Las Vegas after a private Las Vegas wedding at Coulthard home. The couple praised Las Vegas reporters while noting press coverage, and Brigitte clutched her wedding bouquet chrysanthemum as they flew back toward the West Coast after a brief stay.
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Brigitte
Las Vegas
Alamo Airways
Gunther
West Germany
Riviera
Switzerland
Paris
Berlin
Las
Vegas
Europe
Hollywood
Los Angeles
West Coast
Police Brutality Debate From Philadelphia FOP Leader
Harrington, president of the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, argues that police brutality is defense of authority not bloodshed and claims modern critics attack manners not violence. He touts 16 million city contacts since 1957 with 723 brutality complaints, and opposes civilian review boards as unsafe and biased against officers.
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Rochester
Philadelphia
Harrington
Fraternal Order of Police
FOP
Virgil Penn
William Penn
CORE
NAACP
Civil Liberties People
Civilian Review Board
Supreme Court
Bardot and Sachs Wed in Las Vegas Wedding
Brigitte Bardot and Gunther Sachs wed in a Las Vegas ceremony performed by Dist. Judge Mowbray attended by ten guests including the Coulthard family. The couple, honeymooning in Tahiti after a 24 hour stay in Beverly Hills, met last month in St. Tropez and traveled by Lear Jet from France.
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Coulthard
Dist
Mowbray
Sachs
Munich
Lausanne
Switzerland
St. Tropez
France
Brigitte
Gunther
Las Vegas Strip
Los Angeles
Beverly Hills
Tahiti
Miss Bardot
Roger Vadim
Jacques Charrier
Anne Marie
Soroya
Shah Reza
Capucine
Brigitte Bardot
Las Vegas
Slaughter of Nurses Stirs Chicago Mystery Case
Investigators pursue motive after eight nurses killed in a Chicago duplex. Miss Amurao described hostages held in one room before slain in separate areas. robber motive suspected though sex motive cited by Flanagan. Witnesses described a tall white killer who said I need money to get to New Orleans.
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Chicago
Howard Unruh
Camden
N. J
Ing
Flanagan
Miss Amurao
New Orleans
Jone
FBI
Miss Anurao
Delta Airlines
Employes
Clark Street
Otto Kreuzer
Seattle
Wash
UPI
Lisa Wick
Lonnie Trumbull
Miss Wick
Miss Trumbull
Joyce Bowe
Portland
Ore
United Air Lines
Airline Strike Talks Stalled Over Key Disagreement
Washington negotiators recessed talks on the seven day airline strike after a serious disagreement stalled progress. Officials did not identify the issues but warned the strike could extend into next week as IAM members halt operations across Eastern United, United, Trans World, National and Northwest Airlines.
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James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
IAM
Eastern
United
Trans World
National
Northwest Airlines
U. S
Ed Wynn leaves estate to son Keenan Wynn in will
The late comedian Ed Wynn left the bulk of his 290000 estate to his son actor Keenan Wynn. Wynn died June 19 of cancer at age 79 and his son is the sole legal heir. Most of the estate goes into a trust to provide at least 1000 dollars monthly to Keenan, with 5000 dollars each to five grandchildren and a thousand dollars to Keenan’s wife Sharley.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Ed Wynn
Keenan Wynn
Superior
Wynn
Keenan
Sharley
Legionnaires Steal Bastille Day Show In Paris Parade
The French Foreign Legion returned from disgrace to lead Bastille Day reviews on the Champs Elysées. Crowds cheered as three companies marched in khaki uniforms with red epaulettes and white kepis while President de Gaulle saluted 10,000 soldiers.
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Paris
UPI
French Foreign Legion
la Legion
Champs Elysees
Charles de Gaulle
France
Legionnaires
de Gaulle
Bastille
Israeli jets strike Syrian diversion project amid border clash
Israeli jets attacked Syrian engineers diverting Jordan River waters near Al Magor as Syrian MIG interceptors clashed with Israeli planes. Rabin warned of further retaliation after Syria reported losses, including a downed MIG and destroyed equipment. Damascus claimed casualties and downed pilots, which Israel disputed.
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Tel Aviv
UPI
Jordan River
Itzhak Rabin
Rabin
Damascus
al Magor
Sea of Galilee
Levi Eshkol
Jordan
House OKs Foreign Aid Measure With Two Year Schedule
The House approved President Johnson's 3.3 billion foreign aid program after a near‑tie vote to cut the authorization to one year failed. The bill, sent to the Senate 237 to 146, would extend aid for two years with 2.4 billion for economic aid and the rest for military assistance.
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Washington
UPI
House
Johnson
Senate
Alliance For Progress
Riots Rage Through Chicago West Side for Third Day
Rioters clash with police across three west side neighborhoods as officers extend shifts to 12 hours. Six adults and youths are wounded by gunfire and bricks while 39 people are arrested amid fires, looting, and Molotov cocktails.
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West Side
Chicago
P. W. Wilson
Roosevelt Road
Fillmore Street
West Madison Street
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Unruh
New Jersey
Boston
Clutters
Garden City
Kansas
Truman Capote
Richard E. Hickock
Perry E. Smith
Herbert Clutter
Tims
Lizzie Borden
Fall River
Mass
Massachusetts
Billy
Daddy
Vanguard of
Bardot
Playboy
Philippines
Indiana
Goliia Davy
Dyer
Ind
Mary Ann Jordan
Susan Farris
Patricia Matusek
Pamela Wilkening
Lansing
Ill
Nina Schmale
Wheaton
Valentina Pasion
Merlita Gargullo
White House
Joseph W. Ramsey
Newmen
William J. Curtin
International Association of Machinists
San
Legionnaitres
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