Inmates Climb Water Tower Protest At Western State
Eleven convicts remain on a 100 foot water tower at Western State Penitentiary in a hunger and thirst protest over alleged brutality. Two surrendered on Wednesday, including James J. Pletcher who needed hospital care, and Alfred Nardi Jr. The other inmates, led by Robert Payne, continue under the sun as officials await their descent and deny cruel treatment claims.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
Robert Payne
Payne
Mess Hall
James J. Pletcher
Pletcher
Alfred Nardi Jr
Weather forecast warns of heat and weekend showers
The forecast calls for fair skies and hot breezes through Friday with growing clouds and humidity. Showers are expected over the weekend. Tonight will be fair with a 63 degree low, Friday’s high about 92, and yesterday’s high reached 91 while the overnight low was 62.
Glass milk kind word heals ouchie
In Miami, a car hit a boy on a bicycle prompting a sheriff response. A crowd formed and traffic backed up. An ambulance attendant treated the damaged bicycle and sought the victim. Chris Schofield, 60, emerged claiming milk from a lady inside healed his scratch. the scene dispersed.
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Miami
Fla
Dade County
Life Sentence Awaiting Soblen Arrest in Tel Aviv
Dr Robert A Soblen, a bail jumping fugitive to serve a life term for Soviet spying, was arrested in Tel Aviv and ordered held for formal charges within ten days. He arrived from New York via Paris using a Canadian passport in his late brother’s name and faced possible illegal entry charges.
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Eric Gottgetreu
Tel Aviv
Israel
Robert A. Soblen
United States
Soblen
New York
Paris
Beras Soble
U.S
Robert Mr. Morgenthau
Morgenthau
Uled
Idlewild
Washington
FBI
State Department
Soviet Union
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. Supreme Court
Testimony In Estes Case Triggers Freeman Defense
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman defended handling of the Billie Sol Estes affair before the Senate investigation, acknowledging errors and taking responsibility. He rejected claims of improper gifts and said no current department employee benefited. Freeman outlined a 50 page statement noting Estes should not have received additional cotton allotments and that Estes’ National Cotton Advisory Committee appointment was a mistake. He credited Undersecretary Murphy with acting in good faith on the appointment despite ongoing legal questions over allotments.
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Washington (Ap
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Billie Sol Estes
Freeman
Senate
Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Pecos
Tex
McClellan
Department of Agriculture
National Cotton Advisory Committee
Charles 8. Murphy
Department
Murphy
Churchill Falls Thigh Broken In Monaco Fall
AP report says Sir Winston Churchill fell at the Hotel de Paris in Monte Carlo injuring his left femur near the hip joint. Doctors planned X rays and possible travel to London once studied, with Lady Churchill traveling to join him.
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Monte Carlo
Winston Churchill
Monaco
Britain
the Sun
Churchill
Chartwell
Chatelain
London
Col de Femur
Winston
Hotel de Paris
Anthony Montague Browne
Macmillan
Change of venue granted for Billie Sol Estes case
District Judge J H Starley ruled Estes could not receive a fair trial in Pecos and will transfer the case to Tyler Texas, about 529 miles east. Trial date not set pending formal order, with jury selection in progress and defense arguing pretrial publicity influenced veniremen.
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Pecos
Tex
J. H. Starley
Billie Sol Estes
Tyler
Otis T. Dunagan
Starley
John Cofer
Estes
Veniremen
Conrad Hilton Buys Leaning Tower of Pisa Tiltin Hilton
Rumor claims Conrad Hilton purchased the Leaning Tower of Pisa and plans remodeling and redecorating to open it as the Tiltin Hilton. The tale frames a bold, period style corporate whimsy with a capitalizing name play.
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Conrad Hilton
Pisa
Merger Of Lutherans Due Today
DETROIT AP The largest merger in American Lutheran history takes place in Detroit as four Lutheran denominations unite to form The Lutheran Church In America. Thousands attend at Cobo Hall including 2,500 delegates. Leaders hail the union as epochal and long prayed-for with members totaling about 3.5 million in 6,125 congregations.
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Detroit
America
Franklin Clark Fry
New York
Cobo
P. C. Bersell
Minneapolis
New United Church
Lutheran Church In America
Ex Manager Cochrane Dies at 58 in Illinois Hospital
DETROIT AP Gordon Stanley Cochrane former Detroit Tigers manager and Hall of Fame member died at a Lake Forest Illinois hospital at age 58. A club official said word of his death was received and a spokesman noted he had been in and out of hospital care several times in the past year. The cause of death was not yet determined.
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Detroit
Gordon Stanley
Mickey) Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Lake Forest
Ill
Cochrane
Doris Day's Father Sues For Divorce in Cincinnati
William J. Kappelhoff, Doris Day's father, files for divorce in Domestic Relations Court after a yearlong marriage to Lavenia B. Kappelhoff. He accuses her of gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty in Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
William J. Kappelhoff
Kappelhoff
Doris Day
Lavenia B. Kappelhoff
Ohio Spends $84.9 Million on Old Age Pension Program
Ohio Auditor James A. Rhodes reported that $84,972,627 was spent on the old age pension program in the 1962 fiscal year. The total includes June payments of $7,140,243 and marks a $3,708,599 increase or 4.5 percent from the 1961 fiscal year’s $81,264,028.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
GI Tells Of Red Torture During Viet Cong Captivity
Saigon AP reports Specialist 4 George F. Fryett Jr. of Long Beach California, freed by guerrillas, described 35 hour forced marches with arms bound and a rope around his neck, being exhibited in villages for six months, reading Communist propaganda aloud at gunpoint. He weighed 26 pounds less than at capture on Christmas Eve and denies cooperation with the Viet Cong.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
George F. Fryett Jr
Long Beach
Calif
Fryett
U. S
No Secrets Revealed by Prisoner at News Conference
U S authorities concluded that he disclosed no secrets to his Communist captors and did not denounce the United States in statements. He denied knowledge of a letter said to be written to his family criticizing U S support for the South Vietnamese government. Fryett noted his sandals deteriorated from water exposure and marching and that his feet were badly blistered.
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U.S
United States
Fryett
Calm Returns to Oran After Terrorist Attacks
Paris dispatch reports calm in Oran Algeria as European terrorists halt violence after a spate of bombings and shootings. The army says no violence since Wednesday afternoon and calls on Europeans to return to aid rebuilding before the self rule referendum.
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Algiers
Oran
Secret Army Organization
Algeria
Bone
Jean-Jacques Susini
Susini
Secret Army
Paul Gardy
Spain
Tombstones Mistaken for Trombone Sale In Concord
A Concord classified ad offered two tombstones for sale at 60 dollars each, but the line was a typographical error. Mrs. D J Faggart said she meant selling two trombones and still received many replies, though she did not have the tombstones to sell.
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Concord
N.C
Concord Tribune
D. J. Faggart
Kennedy Says Prayer Ban Law and Leadership
President Kennedy called the Supreme Court school prayer decision the law of the land and urged support even among those who disagree. He avoided personal opinion on amendments, defended the decision’s constitutional principle, and warned about responses to Chiang Kai-shek and Formosa. He spoke on trade, taxes, medical care, education and the farm bill, stressing the importance of a workable majority in November.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Kennedy
Congress
New York
U.S
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
United States
House
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