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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Mar 01, 1960

Page

3

Maid's Story Hit By Finch Defense

In Los Angeles the defense in the murder trial of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff attacked maid Marie Anne Lidholm recounting seven discrepancies in her testimony on the night Barbara Jean Finch was killed. The 19 year old Swedish maid was called a loving wholesome girl by prosecutors as the defense argued she revised details under pressure and showed bias toward Mrs Finch.

Los Angeles Barbara Jean Finch Marie Anne Lidholm R. Bernard Finch Carole Tregoff Marie Anne Finch Grant B. Cooper Cooper

Sick Man Saves Girls From Lake Erie Thaw

Robert Adler, 24, home with tonsillitis in Huron, braved thin ice to rescue Lisa OConnor, 4, and her sister Carol, 7, who had plunged into Lake Erie off Chaska Beach. He crawled on his stomach, broke through, grabbed them, and then returned to bed, treating the girls for exposure and frostbite.

Sandusky, Ohio Robert Adler Chaska Beach Huron Lisa O'Connor Carol Lake Erie Adler Huron High School Lisa

Famed G Man Purvis Found Dead in Self-Inflicted Wound

Florence South Carolina AP report states Melvin Purvis, head of the FBI team that shot Dillinger, died at his home from a self-inflicted pistol shot under the jaw. Coroner says it was a personal safety related wound. Purvis, in his early life, was described as in poor health recently.

Florence S.C FBI John Dillinger Melvin Purvis William T. Eaddy Purvis

Court backs Negro vote drive in two unanimous actions

In two unanimous rulings, the Supreme Court upheld key parts of the 1957 Civil Rights Act and allowed federal injunctions to enforce voting rights. The court restored 1377 Negroes removed from Washington Parish Louisiana rolls and rejected a Georgia judge’s ruling on AG powers.

Washington South Georgia U.S Washington Parish Justice Department Department High Court Congress Brennan United States Dist T. Hoyt Davis Macon

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