Talkative Suspect Husky Fugitive Admits Killings
A 25 year old Illinois fugitive William T Allen escaped Feb 9 from a mental hospital transport and admitted shooting two El Segundo police officers in California and others in St Louis and Nebraska. He said he used a .22 revolver and tossed the gun into San Francisco Bay. Betty Aguilar and Peter Bologna were jailed with him for burglary investigations.
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Oakland
Calif
Illinois
el Segundo
St. Louis
Nebraska
Sixfooter
William T. Allen
Chester
Ill
Chicago
John Dailey
Lamar Dunster
Allen
California
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Betty Aguilar
Peter Bologna
Hobbs killer hunted after desert slayings of three
A gunman shot a truck driver J. D. Cantrell 27 Hobbs New Mexico and two women Mrs Barbara Edwards Lemmons 23 and Mrs Dorothy Fern Gibson 23 leaving them dead on a grassy draw. Six .22 shells were found. A possible third kidnapping attempt occurred in Tinnie. Police chased the suspect as a statewide road block formed.
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Hobbs
N.M. W
el Segundo
Calif
Oakland
Illinois
J. D. Cantrell
Carlsbad
N.M
Barbara Edwards Lemmons
Dorothy Fern Gibson
Cantrell
Tinnie
Ior
Jewell McAdoo
Lea County
U.S. 180
New Mexico
McAdoo
He Seeks More Roses After Kiss From Woman
A shy man, surprised by a kiss from a woman who hugged him after she received roses, apologizes for offending her and then declares he is going for more roses. The moment adds a light note to a routine encounter.
American Bar Association Meeting Sparks British Thirst
A London gathering of the American Bar Association fills the Savoy Hotel as delegates register. A Briton, waiting in line for drinks, asks for whisky and soda but is informed the American Bar Association venue is elsewhere, highlighting a humorous mix up.
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London
Assa
Savoy Hotel
Ohio Plans New Liquor A Stores
Ohio liquor department outlines a three tier store plan with A B and C categories. A stores offer special items imported cordials rare brandies unusual containers and special orders while B stores carry full state line and C stores serve areas with limited demand. About a dozen deluxe A stores are planned mostly in new facilities with some conversions.
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Toledo, Ohio
State Liquor Department
Robert Krupansky
Toledo Blade
Krupansky
Krupansky Sai
Detroit Trucker Faces Hole, Financial Woes Over Dream Bungalow
John Korenic, a 35 year old trucker, sank $4,000 into a bungalow that collapsed onto its basement. A wrecking crew cleared the wreck, leaving only excavation. He then bought a brick home for a new expressway route and faces a zoning hurdle as his 25 foot wide building violates a three foot from lot line rule.
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Detroit
John Korenic
Ced Tee
Ann
Korenic
Hamtramck
Two Men Tie Wedler Confession To Sam Sheppard Case
Cleveland figures Dr Samuel R Gerber and James E McArthur report that Donald Wedler 23 a Florida fugitive who claimed to have killed Marilyn Sheppard near Cleveland in July 1954 is a complete hoax The pair tested Wedler against the crime scene finding no walk front door mirror or perfume and dismissing his tale as fabrication The case now closes again per their determination
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Cleveland
Sam Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Florida
Samuel R. Gerber
Cuyahoga County
James E. McArthur
Donald Joseph Wedler
Ireland
Fla
Rodney Thursby
Volusia ‘County
Wedler
Gerber
McArthur
Gardner
Columbus
O'Neill
New York
Sheriff Thursby
Marilyn
Sheppard House
Iowa
Ernest James Kolofolias
Long Beach
Calif
Waterloo
Ilowa
Kolofolias
Sheppard Homes
William J. Corrigan
Ed Sheppard
Defendant pleads guilty in burglary case in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia a burglary suspect Harold Smith 42 denied guilt claiming a frameup from coercion. Victim Walter L. Dodson identified a belt buckle with a large D as part of the theft. Smith changed his plea to guilty and Judge James C. Crumlish gave a sentence of 7 to 15 years.
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Philadelphia
Walter L. Dodson
Harold Smith
Charles Peruto
Smith
Cecil B. Moore
Moore
James C. Crumlish
American scholar recalls Indonesia ordeal in Beirut escape bid
Lucien Ira Zamorsky a Ford Foundation fellow recounts his two month Indonesian confinement described as a military dictatorship with no real rights. He details how rebel army colonel Sumual and a Red Chinese agent orchestrated his arrest and a planned sea escape aided by an illness ruse and a cable to Ambassador John M.. The interview notes his medical practice and alleged 5 000 patients treated with 40 to 50 lives saved while in captivity.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Indonesia
U. S
Lucien Ira Zamorsky
Ford Foundation
Zamorsky
Sumual
Hhe
John M
British Delay Air Strikes in Muscat Oman Crisis
Britain delayed planned air strikes against Oman rebel forces after an ultimatum expired. RAF jets were ordered to target Nizwa area but officials said no missions had flown. London cited caution over Saudi and U.S. sensitivities while Britain backs Sultan Said Bin Taimur amid rebel advance.
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London
Britain
Persian Gulf Sultanate of Muscat
Oman
Sultan Said bin Taimur
Nizwa
Arabian Peninsula
Royal Air Force
Manama
Bahrain
Aden
Saudi Arabia
United States
Villlages
Sultanate
Imam Ghalebe Ben Ali
Cairo
Bahla
Nitwa
Mt. el Fehoud
Muscat
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
RAF
Saud
Lloyd
Middle East
U.S
Commons
Clinton Quiet After Verdict
Clinton residents react with mixed feelings after six men and one woman are convicted of criminal contempt for defying a federal desegregation order at Clinton High School. The town, once tense, remains watchful as jurors from east Tennessee are cited as unlikely to convict in later segregation cases.
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Caroline Cook
Clyde Cook
Knoxville
Tenn
G. L. Dabney
Lake City
Relman Morin Clinton
Clinton
Ku Klux
Ova D. Alston
Little
Southland Cafe
Clinton High School
Tennessee
Supreme Court
Paul Turner
William Brakebill
Lawrence Brantley
Alonzo Bullock
W. H. Till
Mary Nell Currier
East
Deep South
State
William Shaw
Louisiana
Deefense Battery
East Tennessee
Sidney Davis
Abston
Dodgers to Move from Brooklyn to Los Angeles
Flame Emil Bavasi vice president of the Brooklyn Dodgers told the Jacksonville Journal the Dodgers would relocate to Los Angeles for the 1958 season, ending their Brooklyn era and shifting major league baseball to the West Coast.
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Jacksonville
Emil Bavasi
Brooklyn Dodgers
Jacksonville Journal
Dodgers
Brooklyn
Los Angeles
Girl, 7, Found Safe After Nightlong Search
A seven year old girl missing from her East Side home was found nude and bleeding in a cabbage crate beside the old Ohio Canal in Valley View. She told police a man she knew forced her into a red and black car and threw her into the canal before she swam to safety and slept in a box. She was treated at Marymount Hospital for minor injuries.
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Cleveland
East Side
Valley View
Canal Road
Stone l Road
Hazel Winther
Marymount Hospital
173Rd Street
Hugh Avenue
Ohio Canal
Pleasant Miami Valley Weather Forecast
An official forecast calls for sunny mild weather today and Thursday with highs in the 80s. Tonight should be fair and cool with lows in the 60s. Middletown records a high of 78 yesterday at 4 30 p m and a low of 57 at 5 a m with rainfall after 8 a m totaling .19 inches.
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Lake Superior
Miami Valley
Middletown
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