Sawmill Worker Confesses Rape and Murder Near Rome
Police report Willie Grady Cochran a 37 year old sawmill worker confessed to kidnapping raping and strangling Patricia Ann Cook five miles south of Cartersville Georgia. He described luring the girl from her home and concealing her body in a quilt tied with baling wire and dumped near a bridge. The case sparked a large manhunt with deputies National Guardsmen and rescue squads aiding the investigation.
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Roamte
Patricia Ann Cook
Tocseth
Willie Grady Cochran
Alton White
Floyd County
Cochran
Smith Trarton
Fire Department
Cartersville
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Rome
Buford Ingle
22Nd Infantry
Horton
Joe Adams
Cartersville-to-Taylorsville
Coorcia
Dallas
Adams
Bartow County
Meteor shower lights up eastern North America in 883
In the November 13 883 event observers across eastern North America reported a dazzling meteor shower. About 200000 shooting stars were seen from a single location between midnight and dawn, marking a remarkable sky display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Minister Admits BC Lobster Industry Faces Tough Odds
Ottawa reports Canadian Fisheries Minister James Sinclair conceded in the House of Commons that British Columbia waters are unlikely to sustain a thriving lobster export. He noted transplant attempts from Atlantic populations and the high predation by crabs as lobsters mature, making mating in BC difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
James Sinclair
House of Commons
British Columbia
Sinclair
Pacific
Nebr Insurance Executive Named Jaycees President
Hugh McKenna, a 38 year old Omaha insurance executive, was elected president of the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce on the third ballot in Atlanta. He defeated Madwin H. May Jr. of Hartford and benefited from swing by Southern delegates. final tally 1,430 to 1,397 with 16 vice presidents named including William Wolfe, Alike Maloney and Howard Ford.
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Atlanta
Hugh McKenna
Omaha
Neb
U. S
Richardson
Texas
Alabama
McKenna
Man
Jaycees
William B. Wolfe
Memphis
Tenn
Maloney
Fort Smith
Ark
Howard D. Ford
Midlland
Tex
Deaths in Monroe Area Mrs Mandy J Smith and John Bennett
Funeral services were held for Mandy Josephine Smith a former Monroe resident in Hixson Brothers Funeral Home with burial in Greenwood Cemetery Ruston. She left four daughters and siblings listed. John Bennett of West Monroe died at 3505 Cypress Street. Funeral arrangements by Peters Funeral Home Monroe.
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Mandy Josephine Smith
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Fuenersl
Gr. W. Pomeroy
First Methodist Church
Lee Joiner
Southside Methodist Church
Patterment
Creenwood Cemetery
Ruston
Mis
Smith
Miami
Fla
Sue Mabry
Wista Boyce
Alps
Ruth MeInvaie
Ites Parner
San Francisco
Coli
Paul St. John
Beaumont
Tex
Airs
Lo R. Carver
Florence St. John
Ald. Reaves
Livingston
Ter
John Bennett
Joan Hichard Bennets
Cypress Street
West Monroe
West Mioncoe
Piast
Beneser
Lau Hters
Klod. Gorman
Alexandria
Phoriee Kelly
Detroit
Mich
J. O. Beaunett
Choudrant
George Bennet
Reds Hold Cards On Talks Over Germany Position
Senate sources say Senator Mansfield asserts the Soviet Union controls leverage for next month's West Germany discussions at Geneva. He accuses U.S. policy of overstating ties between West Germany and Western Europe and warns Moscow may push to redraw borders and trade terms.
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Washington
Sen
Mansfield
D-Mont
Soviet Union
Germany
West Germany
Western Europe
Russia
Konrad Adenauer
East Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Sudetenland
V.o M. Molotov
San Francisco
United States
Europe
Africa
Geneva
Molotova
Senate
Knowland
California
Far East
China
Pacific
German priest in hospital after Hiroshima blast
Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, a German naturalized Japanese priest who survived the Hiroshima atom bomb experience, is in critical condition in Nishinomiya hospital as white blood cell count drops to half of normal, signaling possible radiation illness.
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Nishinomiya
Japan
Japan News
Wilhelm Kleinsorge
Jenna Hershey
Hiroshima
Kleinsorge
Maher Rites Held for Prominent Ascension Parisher
Funeral services were scheduled for 3 p.m. today for John Nicholas Maher 64 a member of a politically prominent Ascension parish family and assistant postmaster at Modesto who died yesterday after a lengthy illness. He also operated a merchandise business at Modesie.
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John Maher
Donaldsonville
John Nicholas Maher
Ascension Parish
Modesto
Maher
Modesie
Red Cross Volunteers Near Two Million As Talks On Formosa
Knowland says China may use the release of four U.S. airmen to leverage bargaining with the United States on Formosa and Far Eastern issues. The Red Cross reports nearly two million volunteers ready for relief work amid ongoing tensions.
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The
American Red Cross
Knowland
China
U.S
Formosa
Field Day Showcases Negro County Agents Across Parishes
Visitors toured demonstrations of peaches watermelons corn and cotton and sweet potatoes with agents from Ouachita Webster Catahoula Franklin Morehouse and Claiborne parishes. The program included a home making film an Ouachita 4-H quartet and a talk by M J Clark with remarks by Ralph S Woodward.
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Wesley Crawford
Franklin Parish
Northeast Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station
Calhoun
Louisiana
R. J. Courtney
State Agriculture Service
Bill Anderson
Henry Bonner
Ouachita Parish
R. L. Payne
Richwood
Arthur Britton
Willie Sensley
D. C. Mitchel
Catahoula Parish
Eugene Martin
Central High School
M. J. Clark
Southern University
Ralph S. Woodward
Parishes
Ouachita, Webster, Catahoula
Franklin, Morehouse
Claiborne
Niece of Mrs. Allen Ritter Dies From Polio
Mrs. Allen Ritter learns her niece Mrs. June Cole of Memphis Tennessee died after a three day illness from polio. Cole leaves a husband and a three year old son. Ritter travels to Memphis after receiving the news Friday morning.
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Allen Ritter
College Avenue
June Cole
Memphis
Tenn
Ritter
Soldiers graduate stevedoring and subsistence courses
In Fort Eustis Virginia Pvt Ar len R Irvin son of K B Irvin of Jonesboro recently graduated from the Transportation School stevedoring course. Pvt Irvin learned to load unload cargo and maintain freight records. In Fort Lee Virginia Army Sgt Moses E Turner son of Mrs Alice L Turner of Sterlington graduated from the subsistence supply supervision course at the Quartermaster School. He completed the eight week course training in supervision of receipt storage issue and sale of subsistence supplies.
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Fort Eustis
Arlen R. Irvin
K. B. Irvin
Jonesboro
Transportation Schools
Fort Lee, Va
Army
Moses E. Turner
Alice L. Turner
Sterlington
Quartermaster School
Fort Lee
Lottery Conviction Report From New Orleans Court
Judge J Bernard Cocke found Lena Vernaci and Harold F Mills guilty of gambling by conducting and assisting in conducting a lottery. Sentencing set for July 22. John Carlice, earlier found guilty of operating a race horse handbook, was sentenced to 60 days in jail and a 300 dollar fine or 60 more days if the fine is unpaid.
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New Orleans
J. Bernard Cocke
Lena Vernaci
Harold F. Mills
Cocke
John Carlice
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R. G. Taylor
Agr
Jonesboro Rd
W. Monroe
Charles Koontz
Chas
Paul’ Methodist Church
Chas Koontz Fund
Koontz
H. W. McSherry
Ben Oliphint
New York
McSherry
Park Avenue
Orelle Place
John Fogleman
VOGUE
Nebr. Insurance
Mandy J. Smith
Montana Solon
Rowland Evans JR
Hartz Mountain
Cage
BAYON
Plisse 2
ST. Styles
Desiard
Ture Service
Irvin
N. L. Moncrief, B. Sc
D .D
Harrison
Reader's Digest
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Reader’s Digest
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