Seattle Urban League chief Edwin Pratt shot dead at home
Edwin Pratt 38 executive director of the Seattle Urban League was fatally shot when opening his North Seattle door. Neighbors and officials describe two youths fleeing after a rifle was seen. Pratt previously served in Cleveland and Kansas City and led Seattle league since 1961. Governor Evans called his death a great loss.
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Seattle
Edwin T. Pratt
The
Seattle Urban League
North
Benjamin Weeks
Urban League Board of Directors
Pratt
Betty
Don Anderson
Cleveland
Kansas City
Seattle League
Atlanta University
Dan Evans
Search resumes for second boy in Waverly pond drownings
In Waverly Ohio dragging operations were to resume for the body of Gary 14 as earlier Ricky 9 was recovered from the farm pond east of town. The brothers, sons of Roy and Mrs Follis, disappeared while visiting an aunt.
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Waverly
Ohio
Here
Ricky Follis
Gary
Roy Follis
Rt. 1
Pueblo skipper testifies on gun adequacy before voyage
In a closed Navy court of inquiry, Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher testifies that Admiral Frank L. Johnson inspected the USS Pueblo two days before its North Korea voyage. Bucher recalls Johnson’s praise yet notes concerns over guns and readiness, including a lack of salida firepower and disagreements about mounting weapons.
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Coronado
Calif
North Korea
Frank L. Johnson
Forrest A. Pease
Navy
U.S
Japan
Johnson
13Th Naval District
Seattle
Wash
Pease
Thomas L. Dwyer
Lloyd M. Bucher
Yokosuka
Bucher
Adm. Johnson
Ctpa
William Newsome
Adm
Marshall W. White
High Wire Act Nearly Fatal To Four at Shrine Circus
Four Wal lenda Family performers were in a pyramid when a supporting brace broke causing the main wire to shake. They retreated to safety and ended the act during a Shrine Circus show in Madison Wisconsin. Two company members previously died and another was paralyzed seven years earlier in Detroit.
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Madison, Wis
Wallenda
Detroit
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Bucher’s CO
Middletown
Shell Heating Oil
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Middletown Ice & Coal Co
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Central Ave
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Fieldcrest
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Madison Junior High
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