Hartford City Principal Kills Two Teachers Then Himself
Hartford City Indiana principal Leonard Redden 44 killed two teachers Harriet Robson 52 and Minnie McFerren 62 in his classroom before shooting himself in a nearby woods. His wife Hazel cited gossip-mad rumors as his motive, saying he believed himself the victim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford City
Ind
Leonard C. Redden
Redden
Harriet Robson
Minnie McFerren
Hazel
Miss Robson
Indiana
Leonard Redden
Muncie
Candidate Withdraws Over Filing Fee Refusal
Corpus Christi Texas AP Attorney Roy Scott withdrew from the Democratic bid for the Legislature after a Republican friend would not lend him $75 for the filing fee. Scott said he filed Monday and will vote Republican in November. He noted filing fees are not due at filing. He added he would do nothing if elected due to Austin costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corpus Christi, Tex
Roy Scott
Scott
Austin
French Senate to approve free hand in Algeria unrest
The French Senate is set to approve a government bill granting De Gaulle broad special powers to quell the Algiers settlers revolt. The National Assembly backed it 449 to 79 and decrees would be valid for a year pending parliamentary ratification by April 1, 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Algiers
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
Senate
de Gaulle
Warmup Expected as Wind Shifts Over Miami Valley
The forecast calls for a quick warmup with a shifting wind this evening as warm moist air moves into the Miami Valley. Today will be partly cloudy and windy with a high near 40. Tonight a fair but cooler night with a low around 28. Thursday looks cloudy and warmer with scattered rain possible and a high near 46. In Middletown, the official high Wednesday reached 34 by 4 p.m. and the low fell to 20 by 6 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Valley
Middletown
Reds Plan Conference In Kremlin
MOSCOW AP Members of the Warsaw Pact will hold a summit in the Kremlin on Thursday. They may announce cuts in armed forces and Khrushchev could signal phased Soviet troop withdrawals from East Europe shaping dependence on Soviet rocket and nuclear strength. Party and government chiefs plus foreign and defense ministers attend after meetings on agricultural issues. Red China reportedly not participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
NATO
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Amd
Star of the Sea fishing vessel abandoned near New Bedford
Seven crew members were rescued from the burning 87 foot Star of the Sea off New Bedford about 20 miles offshore. The Boston owned and Dorchester captained vessel was Kevin Cleary, 61.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bedford
Mass
Boston
Kevin, Cleary
Dorchester
Chuckle: Temptation Says No Once a Week
A light humor item notes the joke that the average man resists temptation only once per week. It plays on the idea of steady self denial with a punning twist.
Girl Found With Negro Boy Friend In Times Square
Dorothy Lebohner 18 and Warren Sutton 21 were found arm in arm in a Times Square movie house after Lebohner disappeared from a Florida trip with her parents. Sutton, a former Alfred University basketball star, had dated Lebohner since high school amid an interracial campus romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Lebohner
Warren Sutton
Alfred University
Times Square
Miss Lebohner
New York
Florida
Biltmore
Haward WK. Leponner. Lebohner
Alfred, N.Y
Sutton
M Miss Lebonner
Newark
N.J
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lebohners
Lebohner
Note Found After Morning Search for Stamp Leads to Mystery
The next morning a fragmentary note reads I might as the writer hints at an upstairs downstairs search and a stamp hunt, suggesting an unresolved moment or clue in a domestic scene. The incomplete quotation implies a personal note left behind in ordinary surroundings.
Wrong Day To Tinker With Auto
Albert Spears a 42 year old Springfield man was injured when his car fell on him after a faulty clutch caused him to jack the vehicle at the curb. A hit and run driver struck the car pinning Spears briefly before police and the emergency squad arrived. He was taken to the hospital with back and knee pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield, Ohio
Albert Spears
Springfield
Spears
Fire Division
Emergency squad rushes driver to hospital after incident
Police followed the accident scene with traffic officers preparing a ticket for Spears. Spears is set to appear in Municipal Court Saturday to answer the charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spears
Israel Syria Tense as Both Expect Attack
In Jerusalem a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Syrian soldiers hold fortified positions in the Tawafik area defying a U.N. withdrawal request. U.N. urged removal of Syrian units from a demilitarized zone near the Sea of Galilee amid sporadic firing. Reports claim Israeli and U.A.R. forces concentrate along fronts. cease-fire holds tenuously with scattered mortar fire. U.N. Emergency Force patrols the frontier since 1956 with daily communications between Maj. Gen. Von Horn and Dag Hammarskjold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Tawafik
United Nations
Raymond Pirlot
Mixed Armistice Commission
Naa Gemangead
U. N
Sea of Galilee
David Ben-Gurion
Syria
Egypt
United Arab Republic
Akram Deery
U.A.R
Damascus
Demilitarized Zone
U.N
Carl €. von Horn
U.N. Truce Supervision Organization
Palestine
Dag Hammarskjold
Israel Withdrawal Demand in Tawafik Tel Kazier Area
Reports indicate Israel seeks withdrawal from the Tawafik Tel Kazier area, framing it as a security measure amid regional tensions. Ukrainian and regional sources note international mediation efforts ongoing to resolve the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Tawafik-Tel Kazier
Sky Spy Satellites Seen as Early Warning Tool
Air Force leaders urged rapid development of spy in the sky satellites for early warning reconnaissance and communications. Lt. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever and Gen. Thomas S. Power testified before Senate committees, warning the Soviet Union could stage a surprise long-range missile attack within a few years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Soviet Union
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force Research
Schriever
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
Senate Space and Preparedness Committees
Thomas D. White
Power
Airborne alert seen as safeguard against Soviet missiles
Both officials argued that maintaining a substantial portion of the Strategic Air Command on airborne alert with nuclear bombs ready is the safest method to counter Soviet threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strategic Air Command
Bevan Improves in London After Major Operation
Doctors report Aneurin Bevan aged 62 is making continued progress in his recovery from a major abdominal operation on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aneurin Bevan
Syrian Israeli frontier violence sparks renewed firing
Reports from Damascus cite U A R outposts firing on a five man Israeli patrol as both sides exchange machine gun and rifle fire along the Syrian Israeli border. In Washington President Eisenhower backs sharing atomic information with trusted allies and deems U S missile progress gratifying while opposing a constant bomber alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Damascus
United Arab Republic
U.A.R
Washington
Eisenhower
America
Flint UAW Strike Shuts Chevrolet Plant
Ten thousand United Auto Workers walkout blocks Chevrolet's Flint plant over claimed crankshaft department speedup. UAW Local 659 authorized the strike on December 18 and filed a five day notice last Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flint, Mich
United Auto Workers
Chevrolet
UAW
Professor Ejected for Seating With Students in Georgia House
At the Georgia House of Representatives a white Morehouse College history professor, Dr. Ovid Futch, and two students were escorted from a roped-off Negro seating area after sitting together. Doorkeeper J R Smith warned of force if they did not leave and accused them of violating segregation laws. The incident drew cheers from lawmakers and featured abusive language claims outside the Capitol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capitol
Ovid Futch
Morehead College
Atlanta
William Andrews
Alton Hornsby
Georgia Statehouse
Georgia
Georgia House of Representatives
Morehouse College of Atlanta
J. R. Smith
Futch
Smith
Florida
Emory
Conscience Overcame Bank Robber in Bellflower Case
Bellflower California AP reports Joe Shellnut age 30 surrendered after confessing a bank robbery in which he took 4100 and mailed the money back. James Johnson 31 who talked about the plan with Shellnut was arrested at Shellnut's home. Both men booked on suspicion of robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bellflower
Calif
Joe Shellnut
James Johnson
Shellnut
Johnson
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Christian Church
Richard Monroe
Redsden
McFerren
Robson
By Harvey Hudson
Reds
Red China
Peiping
Pravda
Izvestia
Trud
Rae
Sky Spy
Bevan
U.S
Dr. Crane
Society
Soibietencaniine
Valley News
Ccesss
Shelmut
First Western Bank
Jack
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!