Grandma Jailed For Embezzling In Butler County
Mae H. Wheeler 53, former secretary treasurer of the Butler Workingmen's Building & Loan, is jailed on 117 counts after embezzling over 430000. State Police describe a books mess with false entries and fictitious loans. Wheeler, tied to Armco Steel worker husband, had aided a growth to 13 million in shares.
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Butler, Pa
Butler County
Mae H. Wheeler
Butler Workingmen’s Building & Loan Associaoe
Wheeler
James Barger
Association
Armco Steel Co
Trujillo Heirs Pledge Cooperation With OAS Probers
The OAS mission led by Augusto Arango said Dominican President Balaguer and Foreign Minister Herrera Baez promised full cooperation. Investigators will visit political prisoners and their families as part of assessing if the regime advances democracy after Trujillo. Arango described the country as calm and orderly.
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Ciudad Trujillo
Domincan Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Organization of American States
Augusto Arango
Panama
OAS
Joaquin Balaguer
Porfirio Herrera Baez
Mace Trujillo
Negro Seeks Ole Miss Entry Questioned By Police
James Meredith, 28, a Negro from Jackson State College, was questioned by state attorneys in Meridian under federal authorization to probe his attempt to enter the all white University of Mississippi. Judge Sidney Mize scheduled a June 12 hearing and overruled a related motion.
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Meridian
Miss
James Il. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Federal
Dist
Sidney Mize
Meredith
Ole Miss
Jackson State
Mize
Biloxi
Aimilar
University of Georgia
Dugas Shands
Ed Cates
Paul R. Stockett Jr
Atty
Joe Patterson
R. Jess Brown
Vicksburg
Twist of Fate Arrests Highlight Madison Radar Case
Police in Madison Wisconsin used radar to stop several motorists including Reidar Strand whose name is pronounced raydar in a notable arrest wave. Strand is among those cited in the wave of traffic stops and radar checks reported by AP.
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Madison, Wis
Reidar Strand
Raydar
Justice Department Ready to Battle Reds Over Sign-Up
The Justice Department signals readiness to challenge the American Communist Party over compliance with a Supreme Court ruling to register as an organization controlled by the Soviet Union. Atty. Gen. Kennedy aides study last Monday's intertwined rulings upholding the Internal Security Act’s registration section and a member’s conviction. Gus Hall, the party's general secretary, says the group will not comply with the registration decision.
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Washington
Justice Department
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Department
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Gus Hall
U. S
Nine-Year-Old Survives Drain Pipe Plunge in Colorado
In Lakewood Colorado a 9 year old boy Tommy Kemp was swept feet first into a flooded drainage pipe after a rainstorm. He was carried underground across a street then down 15 feet to an opening behind a neighbor’s house and later emerged. He described keeping his eyes closed and spitting out water until reaching the surface. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles A Kemp.
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Lakewood
Colo
Denver
Tommy
Charles A. Kemp
Jobless Father Dynamites Self in Texas
An unemployed father of nine strapped dynamite around his waist and blew himself up outside his Amarillo trailer. The 60-year-old carpenter John H. Alston died, his wife and children absent. Neighbors described hearing a shot and seeing a bloody scene. his watch stopped at 7:38 p.m. A death by own action verdict was recorded.
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Amarillo
Tex
John H. Alston
al Nelson
Khrushchev Urges Nasser Toward Communism
Al Ahram reports Khrushchev urged Nasser to embrace communism during a May 3 Moscow visit by U A R National Assembly delegation. He warned of Nasser’s downfall if he rejects socialism, while Anwar El Sadat defended socialism as reactivating feudalism without erasing private enterprise.
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Cairo
al Ahram
Khrushchev
Nasser
United Arab Republic
U.A.R. National Assembly
Moscow
Communist Party
U.A.R
Assembly
Anwar el Sadat
Ike Won't Involve Himself in Choice of New Chairman
Former President Dwight Eisenhower says he will not influence or participate in selecting the new chairman of the Republican Campaign Committee for the U S House. He notes all mentioned candidates are long time personal friends and urges House Republicans to decide wisely without outside interference.
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Gettysburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Republican Campaign Committee
U.S. House of Representatives
Eisenhower
William E. Miller
R-N.y
Miller
Republican Party
William Miller
New York
House Republicans
College Mum On Brilliant Negro Applicant
Ernest Boger, 16, top Blake High School graduate, scored 492 of 495 on USF entrance exams. Officials at the all white University of South Florida declined comment on his application. Counselor Walter Turner says Boger has four other scholarship offers and wished to study chemical engineering at USF to ease family costs.
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Tampa
Fla
University of South Florida
Ernest Boger
Blake
Walter Turner
Boger
Fisk University
Nashville, Tenn
Turner
Roger
USF
Kennedy reviews Walker probe seeks possible reprimand
President Kennedy has completed review of the Army inquiry into Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker over his troops exposure to John Birch Society material in Germany. Indications point to a reprimand on Monday and Walker may seek retirement after 30 years in service.
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Washington
Kennedy
Edwin A. Walker
Germany
John Birch Society
Walker
Palm Beach
Fla
Overseas Weekly
Europe
24Th
Harry S. Truman
Dean Acheson
Eleanor Roosevelt
Army
Life Term for Slayer of Wife in Air Force Court Martial
Tech. Sgt. Cecil T. Weaver was sentenced to life in prison by an Air Force court-martial for the premeditated murder of his wife at Columbus Air Force Base. Weaver pleaded guilty as his wife sat with their 14-year-old son. prosecutors cited jealousy and an alleged affair as motives. The board imposed dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of rank and pay, and life imprisonment. He will remain at federal quarters in Aberdeen pending review by Second Air Force Headquarters.
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Columbus
Miss
Air Force
Tech
Cecil T. Weaver
Weaver
Marshall County
Tenn
Winton E. Matthews
Little Rock Air Force Base
Columbus Air Force Base
Aberdeen
Second Air Force Headquarters
Three Boys Die In Freezer Chest Tragedy
In Concord New Hampshire three children Keith Loughry six Glen four and William Anderson four perished after climbing into an unused freezer chest on the second floor porch. Officials said they were in the chest about an hour before being removed and were dead on lifting. Local family members joined a police fire and rescue search as neighbors aided in the grim work with oxygen and mouth to mouth.
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Concord
N.H
Keith Loughry
Glen
William Anderson
Loughry
Thomas Loughry
Beverly Egounis
Anderson
Harry
Andrescue
Loughrys
Thomas
Andersons
Reward Out For Three Sea Lions
A $150 reward, $10 per head, is offered for capture of three sea lions that fled the Ocean Pier in Atlantic City. The animals were among five from California arriving Wednesday as tourist attractions and slipped from a cage into the Atlantic Ocean Thursday.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Ocean Pier
California
Atlantic Ocean
Actress Joan Blondell Hospitalized in Santa Monica
Actress Joan Blondell 51 was reported resting comfortably at St. John’s Hospital after a ruptured lumbar disc led to her taking medical leave. She withdrew from the Bye Bye Birdie stage production and was expected to rejoin the cast over the weekend.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Joan Blondell
St. John’s Hospital
Miss Blondell
Industrialist Percy opts not to challenge Dirksen in GOP primary
Chicago AP Charles H. Percy industrialist and Republican leader says he will not oppose Senator Everett M. Dirksen in Illinois in the spring GOP primary. Percy, 41, chaired the 1960 Republican Platform Committee and cites not wanting to rupture the party. Dirksen, 65, has not confirmed a bid but is expected to seek re election.
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Chicago
Charles H. Percy
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Percy
Republican Platform Committee
Dirksen
House of Representatives
Senate
Cooper Leaves Bulk Of Estate To Wife
Los Angeles AP Gary Cooper left the bulk of his estate valued over 1 million dollars to his widow Veronica with lifetime support for his mother. He died of cancer May 13 and probate filings list further gifts including 10000 to the Motion Picture Relief Fund and 5000 each to brother Arthur and nephew Howard Cooper and niece Georgia Burton, plus 1000 to Our Lady of Gethsemane Abbey. His daughter Maria, 23, is also named in the will.
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Los Angeles
Gary Cooper
Veronica
Motion Picture Relief Fund
Arthur
Indio
Calif
Howard Cooper
Georgia Burton
Marion
Ohio
Our Lady of Gethsemane Abbey
Louisville
Cooper
Maria
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