Votes Sold To Highest Bidder In Missouri Grand Jury Report
Carroll County grand jury reports vote buying is widespread with voters openly selling their ballots. Indictments issued including Jack Mathis for a $5 vote sale. others unnamed. Jury urges uniformed poll officers and witness immunity to curb fraud. investigation continues from 1962 hearings through 1963 elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Grand Jury
Carrollton
Carroll County
Arthur W. Rogers
Jack Mathis
Marvin Lentz
Mathis
Kansas City
Rogers
Carrollton City
Envoy Nes Named No 2 in Saigon Embassy
President Johnson selected 46-year-old David G. Nes to be deputy chief of mission in South Vietnam under Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge. Nes, a Princeton and Harvard alum, served with Merrill's Marauders in World War II and has held postings including Tripoli and Rabat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
David G. Nes
South Viet Nam
Henry Cabot Lodge
Foreign Service
Nes
William C. Trueheart
Lodge
Richard M. Nixon
Saigon
John F. Kennedy
York
Princeton
Harvard
Merrill's Marauders
Burma
Asgowaris
Tripoli
Rabat
Morocco
Oxnard Council Rejects Barking Dog Ordinance
Oxnard city council on Wednesday rejected a proposed ordinance that would have made owning a dog that barks unreasonably a misdemeanor. Councilmen called the measure unworkable and discriminatory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxnard
Calif
House Pushes Plan to Mint Kennedy Fifty-Cent Coin
The House Banking and Currency Committee set a quick path to consideration of a Johnson proposal to place President Kennedy on new 50 cent pieces. Chairman Patman called a closed session to discuss and likely vote, with Senate action undetermined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
House Banking and Currency Committee
Kennedy
Wright Patman
Dtex
Johnson
Checkout Counter Love Leads To Mate's Death
In Bartow Florida a supermarket cashier and her ex convict boyfriend were charged with first degree murder in the rifle killing of Earl R. Martin. The couple allegedly plotted the murder to be free to pursue each other. Police said Mrs Shirley Ann Martin 27 admitted the plot after intense questioning. The body was found Dec 1 in a phosphate pit near the home. Martin had reportedly gone to test a new rifle and did not return. The two planned to meet in Columbia South Carolina after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel Lawrence Wilson
Earl R. Martin
J. E. Dereus
Wilson
Columbia
Spellman Goes to South Pole for Christmas Mass
Cardinal Francis Spellman, archbishop of New York and military vicar, will celebrate midnight Mass at Amundsen-Scott South Pole station on Christmas Eve. He then holds Christmas services at McMurdo Sound and Byrd station, crossing the International Date Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
New Zealand
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York
South Pole
Cardinal Spellman
United States
US Navy
Amundsen - Scott South Pole Station
McMurdo Sound
McMurdo
Byrd Station
Lottery petition pioneer makes headlines in California
Victor E. Scalora, 55, an East Pasadena shoe repairman, has drawn attention again after previously appearing in headlines tied to a different lottery. The UPI report notes his early involvement and unusual public profile as California debates a state lottery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasadena
Calif
UPI
California
Victor E. Scalora
East Pasadena
United States
Also Mentioned on This Page
Oklahoma State Tech
Okmulgee
Edward Hoyle
Bradley
Bryant Truitt Foster
Lawton
Vernon J. Riggle
Ringling
Wayne E. Lynch
Frederick
M. & D. Finance CO
E Avenue
House
Senate
Leonor K. Sullivan
Capitol
House Rules Committee
Mexico
el Paso
Tex
State Department
Edwin M. Martin
Rio Grande
U.S
Jecov
C Avenue
Bartow
Fla
Spellman
Wrest
Th & Bave
City of
City Hall
City of Lawton
R. M. Dodson
Road Builders
Mickey Mouse
Ferris
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!