New Jersey Couple Fights State Over Foster Child Court Hearing
A 4 year old girl named Alice Marie, with an IQ of 138, faces removal from foster parents Mr. and Mrs. Richard Combs as New Jersey officials say she is too intelligent for their home. The Combs dispute the claim and plan to appeal in Superior Court in Trenton.
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Old Bridge
N. J
Richard Combs
Alice Marie
Alice
State Board of Child Welfare
Combs
Charles Conrad
Louisville
Timothy
President Eisenhower Reports On South American Jaunt
President Eisenhower, rested at Ramey Air Force Base Puerto Rico, plans a 15 minute radio TV address from Washington about his 15 500 mile tour of Brazil Argentina Chile and Uruguay. He flew from Dorado Beach to Andrews Air Force Base near Washington to deliver the speech and return home.
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Puerto Rico
Eisenhower
Washington
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Andrews Air Force Base
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Uruguay
Dorado Beach
Here
White House
Eastern Standard
U.S
Latin America
Mas
John Eisenhower
David
Barbara
Anne
Susan
Mary Dean
San Juan
U S Cuba Relations Near Showdown Over Explosion Claim
Havana reports Fidel Castro accusing U S officials of sabotage in the La Coubre disaster. The United States plans a formal protest while U S Charge d Affaires Daniel Brad dock will deliver the denial. American photographer Donald Chapman was freed after two days detention. Cuban authorities cleared him of any wrongdoing in a five minute hearing.
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United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U.S
Donald Chapman
Castro
Chapman
North Bend
Neb
Antwerp
Belgium
Nebraskan
Larry Brock
D-Neb
Montgomery Sit-ins Reach Tense Climax Amid Racial Unrest
Demonstrations over integrated lunch counters intensify across seven Southern states as NAACP leaders urge continued actions. In Montgomery an armed clash with 50 officers broke up a mass gathering at Dexer Avenue Baptist Church after a planned prayer meeting. Virginia and Florida NAACP leaders pressed for adult participation and broader boycotts while South Carolina and Tennessee groups favored talks to ease the crisis.
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Montgomery
Ala
National
Assa For the Advancement of Colored People
Virginia
Florida
South Carolina
Tennessee
State Capid
Alabama State College
Dexter Avenue Baptist Church
Richmond
Oliver W. Hill
Virginia Naacp
A. Leon Lowry
The
NAACP
Tampa
Negro Ciizens Council of
Columbia
Richland County
Pastor Uses Pulpit As Launching Pad In Orbit Capsule
The Rev. George F. Packard at St Mary's Episcopal church in Baltimore launches another space vehicle during a family service. A six foot papier mache Mercury capsule rises toward the rafters as a pulpit counter and NASA audio enhance the Lent program.
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Baltimore
George F. Packard
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Packard
Vanguard Earth
Martin Co
U.S
St. Mary's
Man escapes icy Wills Creek crash in Cambridge
A motorist slid into Wills Creek Cambridge Ohio four feet under ice a car with its headlights on was found abandoned after two hours recovery. Clyde Black thirty of Cambridge Rt 2 admitted to skidding in and swimming to shore before locating relatives and warm clothing.
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Cambridge
Ohio
Wills Creek
Highway Patrol
Clyde Black
Rt. 2
Black
Civil Rights Outlook Dim in Senate Filibuster Battle
The Senate resumes around-the-clock sessions at noon as civil rights stalemate persists after three weeks of debate. Senators Douglas Engle and others push toward a vote to shut off the filibuster, but the two-thirds threshold and Johnson’s compromise efforts keep passage unlikely this session.
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Washington
Sen
Paul H. Douglas
D-Nl
Senate
Douglas
Clair Engle
Calif
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
California youth confesses to cross country murder spree
Dennis Whitney a 17 year old from North Hollywood admitted to shooting five men and one woman during a coast to coast string of holdups. He described a sequence from February through March including killings at a Victorville Phoenix Tucson Miami Jupiter and a fatal attack on Virginia Selby in Jupiter Florida. He said he planned more and faced possible execution or life in prison.
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Miami
Fla
Dennis Whitney
Whitney
North Hollywood
Calif
Virginia Selby
Hialeah
Jack Beecher
Detective Holmes Quoted Whitney on Holdups Murder Charge
Detective Warren Holmes quoted Whitney saying he would continue robbing until caught. Whitney was charged with first degree murder in the slaying of Mrs. Selby.
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Warren Holmes
Whitney
Selby
Shoe salesman quips on fit and pain during sale
A shoe salesman teases a woman customer by suggesting starting with larger sizes and narrowing down until they reach the "stab of pain" they seek. The exchange blends humor with a sharp jab about discomfort in footwear.
All-Out Push By Kennedy In New Hampshire Primary
Kennedy campaigns hard in New Hampshire the first state primary stirring enthusiasm among Democratic voters while Nixon relies on GOP calls and radio to mobilize supporters. The result shapes momentum for the party nominating conventions and the race for the presidency. Kennedy cites Eisenhower and Kefauver as past exemplars.
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Concord
N.H
New Hampshire
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Nixon
Wesley Powel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Ten
Automobile crushed by M42 tank in Marietta Ohio
A late model car was crushed when an M42 tank from the Ohio National Guard Armory failed to stop. First Lt. Bernard Douthill, 33, said he pumped the brakes but could not halt the vehicle as it backed from the driveway. No one was injured.
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Marietta, Ohio
Ohio National Guard
Bernard Douthill
Marietta
Douthill
Cold March Continues as Snow Lingers
The official observer notes no above freezing days this month with most of the week cloudy and cold. Occasional snow is expected today through tomorrow while a warmup is forecast by Saturday, after yesterday’s high of 28 and morning low around freezing.
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