Comic Book Lesson in Murder Ends Boy's Life
In Johnstown Pennsylvania a 14-year-old Richard Watkins killed himself after reading a comic page titled A Lesson in Murder. Coroner says he was experimenting with hanging when he slipped and died. His mother asked for time to think over the incident. In Alabama a 13-year-old Jimmy Glasgow died after being dragged by a runaway mule.
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Wick
Elvis Watkins
Goveckar
Phil Campbell
Ala
Jimmy Glasgow
Willard Glasgow
Fate in Wife's Hands Decision on Beating Case
Nashville judge leaves outcome to Mrs. Joseph Hendricks after jurors convict her husband, 42, of assault for beating their 3 year old son Joseph Hendricks Jr. The court had fixed 11 months and 29 days in the county workhouse, with Judge Hart noting concern for the family finances.
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Nashville
Tenn
Chester K. Hart
Joseph Hendricks
Hendricks
Joseph Hendricks Jr
Hart
Unemployed bus driver kills two children
In Tallahassee police say Tommy Wall stabbed his children Gloria Jean 7 and Kenneth 3 to death then surrendered from Leon County jail. He telephoned his wife to report the murders, in a despondent state after losing work.
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Tallahassee
Fla
John Palazzo
Palazzo
Tommy Wall
Leon County
Gloria Jean
Kenneth
Navy lists 28 missing after Kearsarge launch swamping
Norfolk Va June 2 The Navy announced 28 sailors and Marines believed lost after a Liberty launch capsized near the aircraft carrier Kearsarge dumping about 90 men into choppy waters Forty-five were rescued and three swam to shore, leaving 68 accounted for. The task force delayed departure by 10 hours due to the tragedy.
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Huntington Park
Calif
Norfolk
Kearsarge
Hampton Roads
Navy
Associated Press
Mediterranean
Norfolk Naval Operating Base
James T. Walton
Springfield, Mo
Smiley
Baby to Fly for Mayo Clinic Operation
A month old Betty Radford will be airlifted from Los Angeles to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester Minnesota for an operation to treat a digestive tract obstruction once deemed fatal. An Army medical team accompanies the child and her parents on the flight as a civic committee funded the treatment with about $1000.
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Los Angeles
Betty Radford
San Gabrie
Minnesota
Betty
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Marvin P. Radford
Radfords
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