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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1964
Page
2
Two hitchhikers in Savanna hboasted to police of killing a textile executive and taking his car to continue a five state crime spree. One suspect told detectives they would only fly once as they confessed after seven hours of questioning. The pair described armed robberies assaults and a wandering crime trail.
Roy Dale Chatterton and Woodrow Whitman boasted of thefts across Georgia Tennessee Kentucky West Virginia North Carolina. In Huntington W V a Marine sergeant tried to stop them and was wounded but survived. They kidnapped Billy A Copeland on December 15 forcing him to drive to a shack where he was bludgeoned and left for dead.
Pope Paul VI urged Congolese leaders to pursue concord and peace in a Christmas message to Bishop Vito Roberti the papal nuncio in the Congo. He asked responsible leaders to unite efforts to grant peaceful days and foster harmony among Congo's people bishops and Catholics.
In Painesville Ohio FBI fugitive Alfred Oponowicz 38 held after 16 hour manhunt. Eight grade school boys aged 8 to 12 spotted him on a railroad overpass and chased him toward police. Officers dragged him from a ditch after a gun battle near a hospital where he was wounded. Secret Service agents later shot him during arrest with Iva Marie Cook 25 of Cleveland taken for counterfeiting charges.
Russian President Anastas Mikoyan and Finnish President Urho Kekkonen met Tuesday at the presidential palace overlooking Helsinki Harbor. The Foreign Ministry described the discussions as focusing on matters of mutual interest.
Donna Axum and Michael Allen Buckley eloped to marry in Pine Bluff Arkansas while both were students at the University of Arkansas Fayetteville The couple spent their honeymoon at Buckley parents Bloomington home and plan to study and start apartments in Fayetteville They will attend the Cotton Bowl in Dallas after Christmas and New Year plans include basic household needs and future public appearances by Donna.
In Turin police arrested a 15 year old boy from southern Italy for stealing shoes in a store. He said I am not a thief I just wanted to spend Christmas with my brother who is in jail.
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