Ex-Con Confesses Clutter Family Murders Solved
LAS VEGAS AP Ex convict Richard Hickock says four members of the Clutter family were killed last November to prevent witnesses from testifying. Hickock, 28, of Edgerton Kansas, signed a Sunday night statement that authorities say implicates Perry Smith, 31, of Las Vegas. Smith, questioned separately, would not confirm participation.
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Richard Eugene Hickock
Las Vegas
Holcolm
Kan
Hickock
Clarence E. Dunce
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
B. J. Handlen
Nev
Clutter
Edgerton
Perry Edward Smith
Smith
Mothers Day week proposal sparks SAPS movement
A Chicago feminist group, the Society for the Appreciation and Preservation of Spouses, advocates a National Spouse Week in February to honor wives. SAPS founder Margaret Jane Fink, 31, says husbands should share chores all week. The group, about 30 members in the Chicago area and Wisconsin, aims to have husbands perform all chores from diaper changes to breakfast in bed for seven days.
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Chicago
SAPS
Society For the
T Saps
Margaret Jane Fink
Mrs. Fink
Chicago Area
Wisconsin
Mama
Mavis Agerhelm
Racine Wis
Cincinnati Man Killed Crossing Highway Near Knoxville
Ralph Carson, 78, of Cincinnati, was struck and killed by a car while crossing U S 2 near Knoxville Tennessee. He had spent the night in a motel close to the scene.
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Knoxville
Family slain at Kansas home in Garden City area
The bodies of Herbert Clutter, 48, Bonnie 45, Nancy Mae 16 and Ken 15 were found in their Garden City area residence on the morning of November 15. Clutter had his throat cut and all four were bound gagged and shot. They wore pajamas except Ken who wore blue jeans and a T shirt.
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Herbert Clutter
Bonnie
Nancy Mae
Ken‘yon
Garden City
Kan
Clutter
Clutter homicide suspects Hickock and Smith in court notes
Kansas authorities say Hickock and Smith planned a Clutter household robbery. Hickock fainted in a hallway after describing how Clutter's throat was cut and how the others were shot one by one. Both waived extr. jurisdiction as the case unfolds.
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Hickock
Clutter
Smith
Kansas
KBI
Kansas Agents Question Hickock and Smith in Garden City Lead
KBI agents questioned Hickock and Smith in Las Vegas after a former Clutter employee reported seeing them in Garden City. An unnamed witness described as the star witness required protection. Smith and Hickockk were released on parole from Kansas prisons in July and August, respectively, and both faced bad check charges in December.
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KBI
Las Vegas
Hickock
Smith
Clutter
Garden City
Kansas
Hicklosk
Chuckle: All Work and No Play Makes Jack a Taxpayer
A lighthearted quip notes that constant labor without leisure turns Jack into a big taxpayer. The pun links work ethic to financial burden, reflecting a civic humor tone.
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Jack
Frequent Checkups Eyed For Everyone
A University of Pennsylvania doctors study of 1 513 executives over nine years shows 40 percent had undiagnosed diseases and half of these could have caused death or disability if untreated. They warn high latent disease prevalence may be even greater in the general population.
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Philadelphia
University of Pennsylvania Diagnostic Clinic
Journal of the American Medical Assa
Holiday Road Toll Soars During Three Day New Year
The Associated Press notes a grim three day New Year toll with highway deaths rising beyond 320 initial estimates. Fatalities in fires and miscellaneous accidents also climb, aiming to top the 364 road toll from 1955 56 while overall figures may stay under the 513 four day 1955 56 record.
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National Safety Council
Associated Press
Ohio
Priest Murder Case Tied to Rivalry Claim
In Buffalo New York a 77 year old Alfonso Catalano is charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Roman Catholic priest Vincent Belle 38 found in his parish garage New Year’s Day. Police say Catalano believed a woman favored the priest and accused Belle of improper conduct while a threatening note linked to the case was found earlier. The weapon remains missing.
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Buffalo
N.Y
Alfonso Catalano
Vincent Belle
Holy Cross Church
Catalano
Father Belle
Frank Felicetta
Ship Wreck Survivors Reach Land
The captain and six crewmen in a lifeboat from the American freighter Valley Forge reached a nearby island 50 miles south of Singapore, after 30 other crewmen were rescued earlier. The 7,202 ton ship foundered on a reef New Year's Eve amid a South China Sea gale. survivors include Capt. Peter F. Petrone and crewmen Carl B. Vineyard Jr., John M. Frangos, James C. Mitchell, Paul O. Hansen, Kenneth R. Hayes, and Edmund W. Crull.
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Valley Forge
South China Sea
Peter F. Petrone
Absecon
N.J
Petrone
Carl B. Vineyard Jr
Waveland
Miss
John M. Frangos
Brooklyn
N.Y
James C. Mitchell
Gettysburg
Paul O. Hansen
San Francisco
Kenneth R. Hayes
Seattle
Edmund W. Crull
Everett
Wash
Vallely Forge Carries Wheat From Portland to India
The Vallely Forge loaded a cargo of wheat in Portland Oregon bound for India. The voyage details indicate a trade shipment moving from the Pacific Northwest to South Asia.
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Vallely
Portland, Ore
India
Cold stretch grips Miami Valley into Tuesday
A high pressure system keeps the Miami Valley cold through Tuesday with partly cloudy skies. Today highs near 30 and overnight low around 12 degrees, with a 28 degree high Tuesday and light snow possible by evening. In Middletown yesterday the official high reached 38 at 2 30 p m and the morning low was 24 at 8 a m.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Sniper Floyd Hargrove to be Arraigned in Mentor Killing
Floyd E. Hargrove faced municipal court arraignment today on a first degree murder charge for the Christmas Eve shooting of Charles R. Clark. Hargrove admitted firing through a kitchen window though no weapon had been recovered amid conflicting details from his statement.
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Painesville, Ohio
Floyd E. Hargrove
Hargrove
Charles R. Clark
Clarks
Mentor
Parolee in custody over Oakland hostage incident
Bert J. Witt a 27 year old San Quentin parolee disarmed an Oakland police officer and held him hostage Saturday night in Oakland California. Witt surrendered in Alameda after telephoning police claiming he was mentally ill and now faces kidnapping and burglary charges.
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Oakland
Calif
San Quentin
Bert J. Witt
Alameda
Woman and officer uncover car with heavy safe
The girlfriend Diane Morgan, 18, had been arrested as an accomplice earlier. Oakland Patrolman Claude Hardy stopped Witt shortly after daylight Saturday to warn him both rear tires of his car were dangerously low. Then Hardy spotted a heavy safe in the car's trunk.
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Diane Morgan
Oakland
Claude Hardy
Witt
Hardy
Ex-convict Disarms Man Then Surrenders After Car Pursuit
The assailant slugged and disarmed a man, the girl fled in Witt’s car, and the ex convict threatened to kill Hardy over the radio. After a lengthy standoff in a patrol car, Hardy was released unharmed. Police later found a stolen safe with 100000 dollars in checks and cash in Witt’s abandoned car registered to Miss Morgan.
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Witt
Hardy
Oakland
Miss Morgan
Jealous love motive tied to Toledo murder confession
Hargrove, 35, a delivery driver and gospel worker, was linked to the Clark shooting after a love affair with Mrs. Clark. Clark, Sunday School superintendent, was hit in the temple by a rifle slug. Authorities said Hargrove confessed, recanted, and confessed again after new testing. motive centered on marriage plans with Mrs. Clark.
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Hargrove
Clark
Lois
William B. Evans
Clarks
Rochester
N.Y
Toledo
Ito
Mentor
Frank D Hathy
Rifle Purchase Ties to Slaying in Rural Area
Investigators traced a .22 bolt action rifle used in a fatal shooting to a hardware store in iChardon. A Dec 23 card filled out in handwriting identified as Hargrove. a fictitious name was signed. Hargrove admitted buying the rifle and showed where he test fired it into a tele phone pole. The slug from the pole and the Clark body bullet came from the same gun.
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iChardon
Hargrove
Air Corps
Clark
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Divorce Report Details Strained Nine Year Marriage
Mrs. Hargrove, 32, says her husband visited her Euclid home after his release on Tuesday. She recalls a tense reunion with their five children, describing their nine year marriage as strained as he moved through several religious beliefs.
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Hargrove
Euclid
Cleveland
Hargroves
Bevan Unchanged After Major Abdominal Operation
London AP reports Aneurin Bevan 62 deputy leader of the Labour party remains unchanged in condition at the hospital after a major abdominal operation last week.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Labor Party
Nixon Acts as Mediator in Eight Month Steel Dispute Ended
Secretary of Labor James P. Mitchell announced that the United Steelworkers Union and the steel industry voluntarily accepted terms recommended by Mitchell and Vice President Nixon after a 22 hour session in Washington. Union chief David J. McDonald and industry negotiator R. Conrad Cooper said the settlement ends the nationwide steel strike fear ahead of the Taft Hartley injunction expiration on January 26.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
United Steelworkers Union
Richard M. Nixon
Mitchell
David J. McDonald
Nsw
R. Conrad Cooper
Nixon
Eisenhower
McDonald
Cooper
Cooper Endorses Settlement Aimed at Union-Co. Cooperation
Cooper says the recommended settlement goes beyond prior offers and represents a compromise. He urges union officers and steelworkers to unite with management to boost efficiency and cut waste to accelerate needed economic progress.
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Cooper
Nixon aids steel wage talks in crucial settlement efforts
Labor Secretary Mitchell and Treasury Secretary Cooper describe progress in steel labor talks led by Vice President Nixon. They say his role, leadership, and prestige helped shape a settlement after private meetings with eight or ten talks at Nixon's home and with heads of 11 major steel companies. Terms withheld to allow the Wage Policy Committee time to consider.
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Nixon
Mitchell
Eisenhower
New York
California
Steel labor pact nears with 39 cent raise for 30 months
An AP source says the Washington agreement provides a 39 cent hourly raise over 30 months. Work rules issues are shelved for practical purposes and will go to a committee for study, with a steel price increase likely after the settlement.
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Pittsburgh
Associated Press
Washington
New York
Steel labor talks near completion amid stalemate concerns
McDonald praised Eisenhower Nixon and Mitchell for their efforts during the stalemate. Cooper, head of industry negotiations, supported the praise and declined to discuss whether steel prices would rise as part of the settlement. Most details had been settled hours earlier.
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McDonald
Eisenhower
Nixon
Mitchell
Cooper
Settlement Talks Stir As Labor Talks Advance
Mitchell and Cooper met at McDonald’s hotel room to discuss a trial canl. A government official said an agreement might be reached within an hour. Iron Age in New York reported a 30 month deal totaling about 41 cents an hour with a 4 cent per hour cost of living increase.
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Mitchell
Cooper
McDonald's
New York
Iron Age
Camus Dies In Auto Crash And Bank Heist Suspect Shot
AP reports Albert Camus 47 a Nobel Prize winner for literature in 1957 died in an automobile crash. In Hamilton a bank bandit at Plaza Branch First National Bank was shot trying to flee a roadblock on Route 128. The wounded suspect Pleas Turner 40 of Hamilton treated at General Hospital Cincinnati with the theft pegged at 2250. The same bank had been robbed of 25955 in March 1959 by Frank Lorenz later captured in Mexico.
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Hamilton
Plaza
First National Bank
Miamitown
Hamilton County
General Hospital
Cincinnati
Pleas Turner
Carlton Dr
Lcot
Frank Lorenz
Mexico
Church Leader Criticizes Steady Dating Among Youth
Salt Lake City AP David O McKay president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints warns in a televised talk to church youth that early steady dating is risky. He argues it fosters familiarity ownership and premature expectations that can fuel juvenile delinquency as youths press toward rash commitments.
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Utah
David O. McKay
Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
McKay
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