Moonshiners clash as agents swarm Cocke County Tennessee
Moonshiners fired on state and federal agents in Cocke County 43 miles east of Knoxville prompting a mass crackdown. Agents destroyed 40 stills and dumped 12 500 gallons of mash while eight bullet holes marred a revenue car. Sheriff Kin Holt notes the code of the hills has been broken as revenuers move in with vengeance.
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Moon
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North Carolina
Plea For Barnett Rejected
A federal appeals court reviewed the criminal contempt case against Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Lt. Gov. Paul B Johnson Jr. after rejecting a bid to make the state a party. The court indicated Barnett and Johnson must answer for blocking James Meredith's enrollment at the University of Mississippi, with motions still under consideration and no timetable set for a ruling.
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Paul B Johnson Jr
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
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Johnson
Meredith
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Old Goat Peeped at Queene Queenie
In Hastings Minnesota a neighbor’s roaming goat peeped through a window and caused Queenie a German shepherd to react. Travis Sparkman filed in Dakota County District Court seeking damages but Sommers agreed to pay 300 dollars to settle out of court.
Bomb Blast Destroys Truck at Dayton Hardware Site
A home made bomb ripped the cab of a tractor-trailer at a Dayton construction site Friday night. About 75 bystanders observed the explosion at the $215,000 project being built by ER Miller Construction with several subcontractors.
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ER. Miller Construction
Stees May Learn His Fate Today
Athens AP Gene Isaac Stees former education instructor at Ohio University may learn today whether he must pay with his life for the slaying of his pregnant wife. An all male jury deliberated nearly seven hours after closing arguments. Steel, 31, faces six possible verdicts including first degree murder with death penalty, and other options include second degree murder, manslaughter, acquittal, or insanity. Prosecutor Homer Gall contended the murder was planned.
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Ohio University
John Bolen
Steel
Bolen
Joseph Vanity
Helen
Homer G. Gall
Greek village wiped out by landslide in central Greece
In Mirofillon Greece a massive landslide buried most of a village after residents fled with their livestock. The disaster leaves about 800 people homeless and is the third such tragedy Greece has suffered this winter.
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Mirofillon
Greece
Cold Wave Sweeps Northeast and Midwest Snow Hits Vast Region
A brutal Arctic air mass swept the Northeast as bitter winds sent temps to 18 below in Burlington and 28 below atop Mt. Washington. New York and Boston set record lows while the Midwest saw 1 to 2 inches of snow with subzero readings in Michigan and Minnesota. The cold front extended from Nebraska to the Mississippi Valley, with scattered flurries down to Arkansas and South all while power outages briefly affected Syracuse as lines snapped under the chill.
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Infant Starved Woman Held on Manslaughter Charge
Cleveland AP report states 19 year old Artha Turpin is charged with manslaughter after her six month old son Allen was found dead from malnutrition. Cuyahoga County coroner Dr. Samuel Gerber ruled death a result of malnutrition in the infant found in his crib Wednesday.
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Samuel Gerber
Cuyahoga County
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One Hour Talk Fails to End New York News Strike
In New York, publishers and printers met for over four hours across bargaining tables trying to end the 64 day strike by the city’s nine major newspapers. Talks stretched into late night with little comment from spokesmen. Elmer Brown of the International Typographical Union voiced cautious optimism about a possible settlement before Sunday.
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Afl-Cio International Typographical Union
Colorado Springs
Colo
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Banks Indicted As Rate-Fixers
MINNEAPOLIS AP The federal government brings a double barreled action against 20 Minnesota banking firms under Sherman Antitrust law. Indictments name 18 banks a holding company and a clearing house for conspiring to fix loan terms rates and relations with correspondent banks. Officials deny charges as civil suits to halt rate fixing follow.
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Minnesota
J. H. Colman
First Bank Stock Corp
Cuban Deal Legality Questioned in Miami Aide Battle
Federal Judge Emnett C Choate questioned the legality of ransom payments to Fidel Castro as he weighed jurisdiction to rule on Douglas Voorhees petition to halt 53 million in goods sent as payment for 1,113 Cuba invasion prisoners freed last December. He noted possible Logan Act violations and raised whether the executive branch can fund such payments. If lacking jurisdiction, he said he could refer the matter to a grand jury.
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Lon Vorhees
Filt
Cuba
Castro
Voorhees
Citiiens
Publicity Man Igor Cassini Indicted for Nonregistration
Igor Cassini known as Cholly Knickerbocker was indicted on four counts for failing to register as a publicity agent for the Trujillo regime. The Justice Department says he shared about $200,000 to spread political propaganda to aid the Dominican government. Also named was attorney R Paul Englander. Cassini defends himself as wrongly charged.
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Debonair
Igor Cassini
Justice Department
United States
Cassini
Trujillo
R. Paul Englander
New York
Park Avenue
Martial & Co
Louis Nizer
Today's Chuckle: The Parking Meter Bet
A witty note explains a parking meter as an automatic device that bets a dollar against your nickel you cannot get change back before the red flag pops up.
Congress Scorecard Still Blank as 88th Congress Opens
Washington AP The 88th Congress marks one month with no scorecard entries and no early bills. A Lincoln holiday reduces next week to two meeting days per chamber. Senate weighs filibuster policy while House passes two bills aiding veterans and scouts. President Kennedy has sent eight messages outlining a two year program.
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Publicity crackdown in Sheppard parole case in Ohio
Ohio prison officials halt sensationalism as Dr. Sam Sheppard serves his term. State corrections commissioner Maury C. Koblentz warns that further publicity could harm Sheppard and the parole system. A parole hearing and reports of a German divorcee planning marriage prompted the move after Gov Rhodes refused to commute the sentence, making parole unlikely before 1965.
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Ohio
Sam Sheppard
Cleveland
Maury C. Koblentz
State Commissioner of Corrections
Sheppard
Koblentz
Ariane Tebbenjojhanns
James A. Rhodes
Port Clinton deaths linked to faulty floor heater
PORT CLINTON Ohio AP Dr C R Wood Ottawa County coroner says a defective floor heater caused the asphyxiation deaths of two people found in an apartment above the Port Inn Barbara Boling 21 of Oak Harbor and Jack Herod 38 of Port Clinton were found Friday.
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Ohio
C. R. Wood
Ottawa C
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Barbara Boling
Oak Harbor
Jack Herod
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