Moscow espionage trial opens for U2 pilot Powers
The Powers espionage case in Moscow begins in the Court House Hall of Columns with Francis Gary Powers, 31, the U2 pilot captured after his May 1 high altitude flight. The defense attorney is Grimov, chief prosecutor Rudenko leads the case, three judges preside without a jury, hearings run daily 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. for about three days.
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Francis Gary Powers
Moscow
Soviet Trade Union
Joseph Stalin
Military Collegium
Soviet Supreme Court
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Svardnovsk
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Barbara Powers
Milledgeville
Oliver W. Powers
Ida Powers
Norton
Powers
Jessica Hileman
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Hai’ Nich Grimov
Kremlin
Juridical Council
Legal Aid
Nuernberg
Roman A. Rudenko
Observers Named for Powers Family Legal Defense Team
U S Embassy officials and three American lawyers appointed by the Virginia Bar Association serve as legal advisers to Powers' parents and wife. They may advise but cannot participate in the trial.
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Virginia Bar Assa
Powers
Richmond lawyer Parker and Roanoke man travel with Powers party
W Parker of Richmond former state bar president and Frank W Rogers of Roanoke travel with Barbara Powers. Carl A McAfee of Norton accompanies Oliver Powers and his wife as part of a press delegation noting limited foreign correspondents and Soviet and other Communist country reporters.
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der W. Parker
Richmond
Frank W. Rogers
Roanoke
Barbara Powers
Carl A. McAfee
Norton
Oliver Powers
Soviet Union
Heroic Dog Receives Medal For Rescuing Girl In Flood
Karen McMannis 22 months old leads her German shepherd Keg through a flowered arch to his medal ceremony in a Chicago hotel. Keg won the 1960s Dog Hero of Heroes for rescuing Karen when she toppled from a bridge into a flood swollen creek last May. Karen’s father William McMannis stands nearby.
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Boreman, Mont
Keg
Chicago
Karen
William McMannis
Coonskin Library of Ames Sets Early Ohio Education
An early Ohio library tale from Ames in Athens County describes how residents bridged poverty by trapping raccoons and selling skins to fund books. Jabez True proposed the plan. Samuel Brown transported pelts to Boston. Rev. Thaddeus Harris and Rev. Manasseh Cutler chose 51 volumes for the library. Ephraim Cutler was named first librarian on December 17, 1804.
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Ohio
Jabez True
Boston
Samuel Brown
Ames
Brown
Thaddeus Harris
Manasseh Cutler
Western Library Association
Ephriam Cutler
Polio Case Reported In Spartanburg County
Spartanburg County reports its 23rd polio case of the year, the highest annual total since 1955 when the county saw 22 cases. The state health board released the figures on Wednesday.
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S.C
State Board of Health
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