Ex-Grave Digger Confesses to 53 Slaying in Detroit
Police say Richard Ballingall a 34 year old former grave digger admitted orally and in a formal statement Sunday to beating and dragging Joann Gillespie an 18 year old junior college coed to an alley near her home where her mutilated body was found January 3 1953 Ballingall a convicted sex offender also confessed to the death of Cecilia Stewart 40 who was found dead in a room she shared with a man described as her common law husband Prosecutor Gerald K O'Brien questioned him for eight hours and voiced uncertainty about the confession Inspector Edward Reilly termed the confession very good but cautioned on its accuracy.
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Joann Gillespie
Edward Reilly
Richard Ballingall
Reilly
Ballingall
Cecilia
Sis) Stewart
Stewart
Gerald K. O'Brien
O’brien
Phenix City trial delayed by absence of witnesses
In Birmingham Alabama Special Judge J Russell McElroy postponed the murder trial of Arch Ferrell and Albert Fuller due to missing witnesses for both sides. Ferrell 87 and Fuller 85 are charged with first degree murder in the slaying of anti vice crusader A L Patterson. Also mentioned is former Attorney General Sir Garrett under murder indictment. Patterson's son John Patterson now Alabama attorney general attended but will not participate in the trials.
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Ala
Arch Ferrell
Albert Fuller
A. L. Patterson
J. Russell McElroy
Ferrell
Phenix City
Fuller
McElroy
Alabama
Sir Garrett
Galveston
Tex
Associated Press
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Jefferson
Ierret
John
Young Patterson
Cecil Deasom
Ferrall
Garrett
Ferrer
Man Shoots Self at End of Barbecue
Altadena based insurance broker Joe Allen Susong aged 53 shot himself after telling his brother to act as administrator of his new will. Susong was found in the backyard after walking there following a family barbecue and was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
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Susong
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Joe
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Doe
Joe Susong
Army in Maneuvers on Fort Hood Grounds
Fort Hood Texas reports a 17 day training exercise in its second day involving A 5 and aggressor armies. It began Sunday with elements of the 1st Armored Division Combat Command C driving across Cowhouse Creek in the northwest sector of Fort Hood. The exercise is conducted entirely on Fort Hood land under the supervision of the commanding general Continental Army Command.
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Tex
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Combat Command
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Fort Hood Reservation
Continental Army Command
Salk Seeks 10000 Volunteers for Polio Vaccine Tests
Dr Jonas E Salk requests 10000 grade school volunteers to test optimal dose and inoculation spacing at 28 Allegheny County elementary schools. Blood test precedes injections with two shots scheduled weeks apart. Parents must give written permission.
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Jonas E. Salk
Salk
Allegheny
University of Pittsburgh
National Foundation For
Allegheny County Board of Education
Ciildren
Man Rescues Boy From Pool Bottom In Riverside Yard
Gardener Oren Landis found Bradley Reaume unconscious at the bottom of a pool in the yard of Mr and Mrs Wallace Beaume in Riverside. Landis waded in with clothes on, grabbed the boy, and, weighted by the wet garments, walked to shallow water where he brought him to safety. The boy recovered.
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Landis
Wallace Beaume
Tom
Oren Landis
Bradley Reaume
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