Supreme Court Upholds Change of Venue Ruling
Indiana Supreme Court affirms lower court power to grant a change of venue in a capital murder case. The ruling involves Emmett O Hashfield charged in the 1960 Boonville death of 11 year old Avril Terry and whether venue can be moved beyond adjoining counties to the most convenient county. The decision focuses on trial court discretion and does not settle limits of venue distance.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Emmett 0
Hashfield
Avril Terry
Boonville
Warrick County
Fred L. Mack
High Court
Francis Knowles
Warrick
Monroe
Bloomington
Mack
Indiana
Knowles
Supreme Court
Mock
Terry
Ohio River
Diefenbaker Attacks US as Canada Campaign Builds
Prime Minister John Diefenbaker denounced American influence at a Guelph rally as Canada faces a key election. He defended the dollar devaluation to 92.5 cents U.S. and argued Ottawa must put Canadian interests first amid Liberal critiques led by Lester Pearson.
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Ottawa
wPh
John Diefenbaker
United States
Canada
Diefenbaker
Guelph
Ont
U.S
Liberal Party
Lester B. Pearson
Carmel Residents Stage Demonstration at Drive-In Opening
A Carmel group noisy demonstration tried to disrupt a grand opening. They used spotlights, loud hi fi systems, and fired shotguns while protestors targeted cars outside the theater. Manager Edward Campbell warned legal action could follow but hoped to endure the disturbance.
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Carmel
Ind
UPI
Lney
Edward Campbell
Makeshift sick room drink cup from gin jar cover
A New York tip suggests using an empty pint gin jar with a drilled cover as a spill proof cup for juice or medicine. Partially fill the jar with liquid, insert a straw, then reattach the cover to prevent spills.
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New York
Explosion Levels Rural Home in Haro'd Anthony Family
In Muncie Indiana a gas furnace in a new rural scheme home owned by Haro'd Anthony 27 exploded during breakfast in an attached garage. His wife Mary 28 was knocked from a stool and later complained of back injuries. Anthony had minor burns. Six Yorktown Volunteer Fire Department units responded.
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Muncie
Ind
Haro'd
Anthony
Mary
Yorktown
Attacks Destroy Public Property in Algiers Escalate
OAS attacks on Algiers target public and private buildings with fire and explosives as Europeans flee to France. Moslem leaders threaten to strip European land holdings and displace all Europeans if demands are not met. Reports of massacres lack official confirmation. Oil and gas infrastructure feared as exodus grows.
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Algiers
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Algeria
Bab-el-Oued
Sahara Region Cooperation Office
el Biar
Algerian Press Service
French Foreign Legionnaires
Sidi Bel Abbes
France
Marseilles
Tunis
Christian Home Plans Completed for Greencastle Retirement Living
Demolition of the current buildings on the Greencastle Christian Home site is finished and plans are set for a 60 apartment non profit, non denominational retirement facility near DePauw University. The project targets seniors 62 and older with social and private living spaces in Greencastle Indiana.
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Greencastle Christian Home
Greencastle
Roy OO. West
DePauw University
East Washington Street
Indiana
Ellis H. Bell
West Market Street
Indianapolis
Financier Flies To Brazil With Company Funds
New York Edward Gilbert a Wall Street financier fled to Brazil amid an investigation into his withdrawal of 1.953 million dollars from E. L. Bruce Co. He resigned as Bruce president after a board clash and flew to Rio de Janeiro on a Varig Airlines 7:30 p.m. flight. SEC and the stock exchange froze Bruce stock as prosecutors probe the transfer and possible restitution.
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New York
Upi
Brazil
Edward Gilbert
Wall Street
E. L. Bruce Co., Inc
Varig Airlines
Rio de Janeiro
Bruce Board of Directors
Varig
Gilbert
Rio
Lowell Birrell
E. L. Bruce Jr
Bruce
Securities and Exchange Commission
American Stock Exchange
SEC
The
Exchange
Dist. Atty
Frank S. Hogan
U. S
Manhattan
Idlewild
45 East Germans Make Mass Escape
In Berlin, authorities reported that about 45 East German refugees fled to West Berlin over the weekend. Twenty five were said to reach the West in a mass escape, while sixteen crawled through a 20 inch tunnel with a baby hidden in a wash basin.
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Berlin
UPII
West Berlin
Three Bank Robbers Escape From Alcatraz
Prison officials still search for three missing men believed to have escaped from Alcatraz, possibly aided by outside help. The trio allegedly dug through walls with spoons and created plaster heads to aid an escape, with ongoing land sea and air searches around the federal prison.
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San
Helr
Flag Day Observed by Elks Lodge No. 866
Elks Lodge No. 866 held a formal Flag Day observance today with a dedication ceremony. A new forty foot flag pole was installed in front of the lodge by a committee led by Charles Hazelrigg and others, and officers and members gathered as the flag was raised. The flag will fly daily.
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Elks Lodge No
Charles Hazelrigg
Jeff Rollison
Bill Foglesong
Winston Murdock
Maurice Dye
Ray Singer
Harold Humphreys
Marion Bales
Jerry Wright
GOP to Press Spending Cuts in Future Senate Bills
Senate Republicans vow to amend future appropriations to trim costs after failing to cut a 48.4 billion defense bill. Leader Everett Dirksen attacks rising deficits and proposes targeted cuts, including a 320 million RS70 fighter funding drop, with the bill headed to conference to align House and Senate versions.
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GOP
Washington
Iuph
Senate
Indianapolis Mayor Boswell Joins Senate Bid
Indianapolis Mayor Charles Boswell said he will pay his 2500 filing fee today as he enters the Democratic senatorial race against Birch Bayh. He criticized the party bosses and pledged a determined campaign despite Bayh winning district endorsements and Governor Welsh backing.
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Indianapolis
Charles Boswell
Birch Bayh
Boswell
Bayh
Welsh
Senate
Committee Seeks More Information On Estes Deal
House subcommittee recalls Maynard C. Wheeler of Commercial Solvents Corp to testify on its financial ties with Billy Sol Estes. Wheeler says relations were customer supplier only and disputes discussions of foreign operations. The panel may hear Dallas lawyer Frank Cain and probes into Ag Department influence and large post office money orders tied to Estes.
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Washington
Trl
House
Maynard C. Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Billie Sol Estes
Dallas
Frank Cain
Texas Court of Inquiry
Wheeler and
Estes
Wheeler
L. H. Fountain
DN. C
Cain
Subcommittee
Agriculture Department
Department
James Naughton
Pecos
Tex
Democratic Party
Naughton
Munich requests gun details in Shibe murder case
Munich authorities seek pistol records from Indiana State Police tied to the November death of Gerald Shibe 54 Bakalar Air Force Blue engineer. Robert A. Jones 18 accused killer previously said he obtained the firearm in Germany while in the Army. Jones faces murder trial July 24 in Chattanooga for killing cab driver John Womiick 28. Edward Jones 22 also charged locally.
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Seymour
Ind
ph—Batistics
Gerald Shibe
Bakalar Air Force
Indiana
Munich
Germany
Robert A. Jones
Shibe
Jones
Harry McMillin
Chattanooga
Tenn
John Womiick
Edward
Estes Testimony Sheds Light On Federal Official Death
Franklin Texas. Frank Estes testified before a state grand jury probing the death of Henry H. Marshall a federal agriculture official. He invoked the fifth amendment many times but provided some new leads as the panel weighs murder or suicide from a 1961 farm death near Franklin.
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Billie Sol Estes
West Texas
Franklin
Texas
John Cofer
Estes
Agriculture Department
Henry H. Marshall
Tex
Billie Sol‘ Estes
Marshall
Bryan Russ
Russ
Dist
John Barron
Grand Jury
Iis
Justice of the Peace
Group Seeks Ways To Prevent Strike Against Airlines
Negotiators from FETA and officials from Eastern TWA and Pan Am meet with Labor Secretary Goldberg to avert a possible strike that could idle about 54,000 airline workers and ground 488 planes over jet crew size three vs four. No agreement on wages hours or crew qualifications. job security remains a key issue.
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Washington
Flight Engineers International Association
FETA
Eastern Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Pan American World Airways
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
TWA
Striks
Airlines
Pan American
Atlantic
FEIA
Indiana Democrat urges overhaul of voting registration laws
Richmond Indiana Democrat Reg. Rep. John E. Mitchell, a 10th District congressional candidate, told the Democrat State Platform Committee that Indiana registration laws must be overhauled. He compared difficulty in registering to buying a hunting license and urged simpler procedures to boost voter turnout.
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Richmond
Ind
Wupi
John E. Mitchell
Democratic
Indiana
Mitchell
Democrat State Platform Committee
Jury finds Irvin guilty ends death penalty bid
Sullivan Indiana jury convicts Irvin of first degree murder in a December 1954 gun hold up killing ending years on death row. Judge Lowdermilk imposes life in prison with a stated plan to transfer to Indiana State Prison in Michigan City Friday. Irvin had faced multiple murder indictments across Indiana and Kentucky and indicated possible appeals. Sheriff says transfer will occur Friday.
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Joe Lowdermilk
Irvin
Harold Conner
Indiana
Michigan City
Sullivan
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Evansville
Indiana State Prison
Sullivan Circuit Court
W. Wesley Kerr
Gibson County
Princeton
Tceday
Posey County
Henderson, Ky
Ohio River
Kerr
U.S. Supreme Court
Gibson
Kentucky
Vanderburgh
O. H. Roberts Jr
Richard Givan
Roberts
Attempt to Seal Escape Hatches On Berlin Border
Berlin reports strengthened East West border fortifications to seal escape hatches after waves of tunnel escapes. East German guards built trench bunkers with firing slits and sandbag barricades along the wall while West Berlin youths aimed to swim a border canal near the Brandenburg Gate. Refugees receive threatening postcards as tension and arrests rise.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Brandenburg Gate
East Berlin
Marienfelde
Guerillas Kill American Soldier in Viet Nam Clash
Guerrillas killed an American Army sergeant and wounded two others in a clash near the Laotian border 375 miles north of Saigon. Two battalions of South Vietnamese troops attacked communist positions north of Bien Hoa as U S helicopters airlifted 800 South Vietnamese soldiers into a jungle clearing. The body of the slain sergeant was flown to Saigon.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Here
U.S
Bien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Washington
Pentagon
North Viet Nam
United States
8Th U.S. Army Field Hospital
Nhatrang
Rotary Ann Meeting Set at Municipal Golf Course Clubhouse
The Rotary club schedules its annual Rotary Ann gathering at the clubhouse of the municipal golf course at six tonight. The event gathers club members for an evening program and social in the local community.
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Rotary Club
Rotary Ann
Municipal Golf Course
Train Bus Travel Excise Tax Lifted
The Senate Finance Committee voted to eliminate the 10 percent federal excise tax on train and bus travel, effective July 1 if Congress approves. The House passed bill extends other excise taxes and the 52 percent corporate earnings tax. other levies on cars, cigarettes, beer, liquor, and auto parts continue. The change would accelerate the tax cut by six months and is estimated to forego $58 million in revenue.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Scouts Plan Campout At Humphreys Park
Boy Scout Troop No. 50 will meet at Humphreys park at 7:00 Friday night to travel to the camp for an overnight campout. Pup tents, transportation, and meals are arranged. Scouts should bring a knife ax pruning saw rake and a canteen of water.
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Boy Scouts of
Humphreys Park
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