Suspects Held In Detroit Slaying Of Local Women
Detroit police questioned three suspects and searched for a fourth in the murder of two Monroe women, Vera Carroll and Katherine Wyatt, found in a Detroit apartment with bags over their heads. Gas was on and wounds suggest strangling or throat cutting. a ransacked apartment and missing money point to robbery as motive. Both victims were 1968 Carroll High School graduates and daughters of local residents.
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Detroit
News-Star
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Monroe
Vera Laverne Carroll
Katherine Wyatt
Miss Carroll
Calvin C. Carroll
City faces gas costs rise and revenue loss on power plant sale
The City warns that selling electricity will reduce funds for services as gas prices jump from eight cents to 36 cents per thousand cubic feet. The Citizens’ Committee study suggests a minimum 36 cent rate, cutting Utilities Commission profit by over one million dollars annually and shrinking the City’s General Fund. City Council urges citizens of Monroe to decide the path forward.
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Citizens’ Committee
Utilities Commission
Monroe
Egypt Plans $13.8 Billion Push to Double Income
Cairo authorities unveiled a decade long program to spend 13.8 billion dollars on economic development aiming to double Egypt’s income. The plan targets growth sectors and job creation within the national economy.
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Cairo
Egypt
Retroactive Pay Hike Okayed For Rail Signalmen
The Pay Board approved retroactive payment of a wage settlement for the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen. It grants a 9 percent raise due Oct 1, a 2.9 percent raise due Oct 1 and a 2.6 percent hike due Jan 1, with final three stepups needing advance approval. The ruling puts about 10 000 signalmen on equal footing with other rail unions under the Railway Labor Act.
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Washington
Pay Board
Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen
Signalmen’s Union
Séuanly
America
East German Border to Fortify with 5000 Land Mines
West Germany police say East Germany plans to place a record 5000 land mines in three rows along a 750 mile stretch of the Communist border near Coburg Germany. The move signals a major effort to tighten the border with West Germany during tensions of the period.
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Coburg
Germany
West Germany
Big Charge List Is Nolle Pressed In District Court
Judge Fred Pudickar Jr nolle pressed 123 charges in Fourth Judicial District Court and sentenced Elbert Junior Jones to three years on each of two counts of simple burglary. Assistant DA Gilbert T Brown said many cases were part of routine clearing, with witnesses absent, property recovered, or evidence unsatisfactory.
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Fred Pudickar Jr. Nolle
Fourth Judicial District Court
Elbert Junior Jones
Larsen St
Ruston
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Gilbert T. Brown
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