Beating described in Clinton school integration case
Federal prosecutors call Rev. Paul Turner as key witness in the Clinton anti integration trial. Turner testifies he escorted Negro students to the Dec 4 school and was attacked after leaving the grounds. Defense fights to limit injunctive scope while jurors hear details of the beating amid broader civil rights case.
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Knoxville
Clinton
John Kasper
South
Turner
J. Benjamin Simmons
Washington
Kasper
U.S. Dist
Robert L. Taylor
Cook
Lie Test Planned For Wedler In Sheppard Case
A lie detector expert from California is en route to Deland Florida to test Donald J Wedler who confessed to a crime resembling Mrs Samuel Sheppards slaying in Cleveland in July 1954 Sheriff Rodney Thursby approved the test after a request from the Court of Last Resort led by Erle Stanley Gardner The group offered to send Alex Gregory to verify Wedlers statement authorities remain skeptical due to discrepancies between Wedlers account and the known facts from Cleveland
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Donald J. Wedler
Marilyn Sheppard
Cleveland
Rodney Thursby
Court of Last Resort
Hollywood
Calif
Herman Lewis
Erle Stanley Gardner
Alex Gregory
Wedler
Cleve
Sheppard
Shepd
Fish line through window lands man in hot water
James Scruggs aged 45 was charged after authorities say he cast a fishing line through a home window and pulled in white shirts. The incident occurred in San Antonio Texas and led to legal action.
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San Antonio
Tex
James Scruggs
Hero Deputy Becomes Heel to Nab Bank Robbery Gang
William A. Buyers, 27, Buffalo deputy sheriff and FBI undercover operative, posed as a disgruntled cop and would be bank robber for a year to infiltrate and dismantle a bandit gang led by Frank R. Coppola of Niagara Falls. Coppola, 24, was convicted last week in a $52,529 branch bank holdup and sentenced to 20 years. Buyers balanced undercover work with his sheriff duties and Canisius College studies while protecting his wife Donna Cutta, whom he married Feb 1, 1956. His tip led to the gang’s Jan 11 interception en route to a tavern hold-up.
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Buffalo
N.Y
William A. Buyers
FBI
Buffalo Evening News
Buyers
Frank R. Coppola
Niagara Falls
Donna Cutta
Coppola
Canisius College
Gow
Aoe
1000 Miles An Hour New Speed King Victory
Maj John Glenn Jr a Navy pilot and Marine major set a trans continental speed record racing from Los Alamitos Calif to Floyd Bennett Field Brooklyn in 3 hours 23 minutes and 6.4 seconds averaging 726 mph with a top speed over 1000 mph. Glenn praised the flight as a fun experience and said he may try it again tomorrow.
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New York
Maj
John Glenn Jr
Washington, D.C
Navy
Sonia Om As
Glenn
Los Alamitos
Calif
Naval Air Station
Brooklyn
Floyd Bennett Field
Air Force
Ann
David
Lyn
Dave
Glenn Glenn
New Concord, Ohio
Weather outlook with warm, humid days and possible showers
The forecast calls for continued cloudy warm and humid weather with a high near 90 and low around 70. A few scattered showers may drift over the Miami Valley through Thursday as Middletown records a high of 87 at 4:30 PM and a 61 degree low this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Today's Chuckle The Toughest Part Of Saving For Rainy Days
A light humor note on the paradox of planning for rain when sunny spells tempt to spend. The quip plays on the delay between weather and thrift, noting the challenge of choosing a clear day to stash money or plans.
Bakers Union President Refuses Lie Test in Senate Probe
Washington Bakers Union president James G. Cross declined a lie detector test amid denial of beating a union official's wife and husband in a San Francisco hotel room. Cross's lawyer urged the committee not to trust lie detectors, while testimony claimed Cross kept 7500 in a union bank account and questioned a secret contract with Zion Industries.
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Washington
Bakers Union
James G. Cross
San Francisco
Cross
Abraham Harris
Senate Rackets Investigating
Illinois
George Kopecky
Zion Industries
Zion
Ill
Martin Philipsborn Sr
Martin Jr
Eisenhower Rules Out Using Troops to Enforce Segregation
President Eisenhower said he cannot imagine enforcing school desegregation with troops and urged four civil rights objectives for any Senate bill. He backed voting rights enforcement and a civil rights division, while opposing injunctive action to enforce desegregation without local requests. Senate Republicans met in a closed session as debate loomed, with Dixie forces aiming to modify or block the administration bill, threatening a filibuster unless 64 votes approve it.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Civil Rights Investigating Commission
Justice Department
Sens. Anderson
D-Nm
Aiken
RVI
Eisenhoweron
White House
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Potter
R-Mich
House
Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Portable TV set deemed deadly after expert tests
Chicago area incident where a 6 year old boy was electrocuted by an 18 inch portable GE television. Dr. Eric Gross tested the top plate and found sufficient electricity to kill a person. Coroner Walter McCarron ordered tests ahead of a jury probe. GE called the event an unfortunate incident and affirmed safety standards compliance.
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Howard Erenstein Jr
Young Erenstein
Erenstein
Skokie
General Electric Co
Syracuse
N.Y
General Electric
Mert Jones
Eisenhower Skeptical On Russian Meeting And NATO Stockpile
President Eisenhower said a Zhukov-Wilson meeting might prove useful amid Kremlin shakeups and foreign policy shifts. He supported NATO stockpile ideas, denied disarmament links to force cuts, and defended status of forces treaties defending overseas troops.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Marshal Zhukov
Wilson
Kremlin
Zhukov
Berlin
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Pentagon
U. S
United States
Congress
Army
William S. Girard
Girard
Hazards Of Modern Life at Rutgers Library Wall
Jay C. Van Nuys an architect suffered minor hand cuts walking through an apparently invisible plate glass wall in Rutgers University's ultramodern library in New Brunswick New Jersey He is the second person in three months to miss seeing the wall after a young lady previously sustained minor cuts.
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New Brunswick
N. J
Jay C. van Nuys
Rutgers University
van Nuys
Paint Brush War Fought To A Draw In Livermore
In Livermore California six women members of the Livermore Art Assn. redecorated a rented wall with a desert scene of yucca plants cacti and prickly pears. President Dr James Paul Wesley a physicist criticized the design and joined by Ray Gighofer the men redecorated. The ladies washed off the brown paint and restored the desert mural leading the president to resign.
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Livermore
Calif
Livermore Art Assn
Association
James Paul Wesley
Ray Gighofer
Han
Alice Corbett
Depressed Youth Rescued From Water Tower Standoff
CHICAGO AP A 20 year old auto mechanic threatened to jump from a 75 foot water tower after a breakup. Firemen Edward Welz and Joseph Saladino persuaded him to climb down after a fourth ascent. They overpowered him and delivered him to psychiatric care. His mother said he had been upset and ill.
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Chicago
Parad
Bing
James Vincent
Sher and Peachin, Inc
Vincent
Desecend
Edward Welz
Joseph Saladino
Psychopathic Hospital
Lillian
Seven Hungarians Die Hardline Death Sentences Cut
In Budapest the People’s Supreme Court reduced death sentences for seven defendants convicted of hanging policemen during last fall’s anti-Russian revolt. Seven others had their sentences confirmed. The 21 defendants, tried in May, faced Life terms and prison increases, with one teen girl’s sentence cut to 15 years. Clemency pleas were pending as the court prepared to refer decisions to the Presidential Council.
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Budapest
Hungary
People’s Supreme Court
Iona Pinczel
Miskolc
Foe- Utea
Laszlo G. Toth
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