No Motive They Just Set Her Afire in Roxbury
Evelyn Wagler a 24 year old Chicago native arrived last weekend to seek work and lived in Roxbury Boston. She walked Blue Hill Avenue at dusk to gas up her stalled car and was attacked by six black youths who forced her to set herself on fire with gasoline. She died hours later at Boston City Hospital. Police say no motive or robbery or sexual assault is evident and no arrests have been made.
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Columbia Arrests Kansas Escapee
Police arrested Freddie Eugene Ball after a high speed chase on Interstate 70 in Columbia. He is a Kansas Penitentiary escapee being held for Kansas authorities, having escaped from Lansing prison months earlier where he served time for burglary.
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France Won't Share Costs Of US Troops in Europe
AP report from Brussels details France boycotting NATO cost discussions for keeping 250000 US troops in Europe. French absence cited as withdrawal from integrated commands and no foreign troops on French soil, with one diplomat suggesting cost concerns. Senate support signals concern over how costs are shared amid Gaulle’s 1987 NATO exit. Also from Missouri: two drown in Bear Lake near Chillicothe, Mrs Lawson and Mr Riddle responding to a bridge fall.
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Congress Plans Two Week Senate Recess in November
Senate Democratic leaders say a two week recess planned for later this month will not delay adjournment and the session target is moved to mid November. House defense appropriations work delays push the schedule while conference committees seek essential funding bills before adjournment.
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