Parents blame police over Houston mass murder victims
Houston parents of missing youths assail police handling as 23 mass grave victims are identified. Walter Scott says his son Mark disappeared in 1972. others, including Charles Cobble and Martin Jones, remain missing amid warnings of limited resources and slow investigations.
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Walter Scott
Mark
Mexico
Scott
Nark
Merman Short
Mark Scott
Austin
Tex
St Vear
Selma Winkle
Malley
Mrs. Winkle
Verne Cobble
Charles
Marty Ray Jones
Cobble
Rogers
Cobbles
Rowers
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Armed Services
Dorothy Hillicrest
David
Curious crowds descend on site of 17 bodies found
Police probe into a spree of homosexual killings draws crowds to a Southwest Houston boat storage yard. Seventeen of 23 victims were unearthed as onlookers crowd the fenced yard despite No Trespassing signs and gate security. Residents call the scene a grim curiosity.
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Tex
Elvine McFadin
Otho Evans
Mayme E. Meynier
Sammy Feeman
Grain Shortage Costs Americans
Washington reports show record crops yet to meet demand with grain shortages driving higher prices. Wheat futures topped 4 dollars per bushel as bread prices rose 3 to 4 cents. beef remained scarce in parts. U.S. and international forecasts predict continued high prices and a broad impact on food costs for Americans.
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United States
Soviet Union
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Commerce Department
Richard Bell
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Mississippi Weekend Drownings, Crashes Claim Twelve
The Associated Press reports twelve deaths in Mississippi over the weekend from drownings, auto accidents, a home electrocution, and a small plane crash possibly caused by lightning. Victims include Lt. Martin P. Berry, Steve Pettijohn and wife Anna, Jane Ellen Powers, three Georgia youths, and Mary L. Graham.
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Martin P. Berry
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Navy
Steve Pettijohn
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Neb
Jane Ellen Powers
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Mobile
Ala
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Georgia
Waveland
Jimmy Spratling
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Theresa Williams
Mary L. Graham
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