Official Kills Maniac and Frees Family
In Louisville, a three hour siege ended when Guy C. Shearer, chairman of Kentucky's Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, shot Thomas Fay Redfern after Redfern held Shearer’s wife and three children hostage. Police and a psychiatrist aided the standoff. Redfern died from a heart wound. Redfern had a prior arrest in Shearer’s youth as a probation officer. Her Forbes family context noted but incomplete in report.
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Louisville
Guy C. Shearer
Kentucky State Alcoholic ‘Beverage Control Hoard
Thomas Fay Redfern
S. Spafford Ackerly
Shearer
Frankfort
Redfern
Dr. Ackerly
Hedfern
Apyeu
Merkouris
Forbes
Thomas
Hollywood
Bert Forbes
Lanman
Charles
Sally
Kidnap Case Officer Won't Testify on Greenlease Ransom
U S District Judge George H Moore ruled Louis Shoulders former St Louis police lieutenant need not answer grand jury questions about the missing half of the 600000 Greenlease ransom money He may be immune from self incrimination and was ordered back to the federal medical center in Springfield Missouri where he serves a three year term Shoulders and ex patrolman Limer Dolan were convicted of lying before a Kansas City grand jury about handling the ransom filled suitcases.
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ST. Louis
UPA
Louis Shoulders
U. S
George H. Moore
Shoulders
John Hager
Beef
Joseph Costello
Costello
Hager
Carl Austin Hall
Little Baby Greenlease
Moore
Federal Medical Center
Springfield
Limer Dolan
Kansas City
Hall
Slayer of ex wife to die in Sept in Los Angeles
James Merkouris, 40, was sentenced to die in the San Quentin gas chamber for the September 20 murder of his former wife Despine Forbes. Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke denied a new trial and withheld execution date pending appeals.
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Los Angeles
James Merkouris
San Quentin
Despine Forbes
Charles W. Fricke
Merkouris
Prmanel
AEC to Post New Uranium Map in Bakersfield Friday
William Bowes, chief of the Atomic Energy Commission, said a new uranium map will be posted in Bakersfield on Friday in the Haberfeld Building basement. The map covers a wider area beyond Kern County and uses scintillation equipment, with a prior California map released on March 15 signaling a mineral rush.
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San Luis Obispo
Bowes
William Bowes
Atomic Energy Commission
Haberfeldefice
AEC
Bakersfield
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Fleischmann
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Nstilling Corporation
Peekskill
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Ted Lal
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