Trial of Florida doctor opens in New Jersey murder case
Dr. Carl Coppolino faces trial in Monmouth County for strangling retired Army Lt. Col. William Farber, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty and alleging an affair with Coppolino’s wife as motive. Bailey leads defense. Keuper handles the state case as jury selection begins.
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Freehold
N.J
Carl Coppolino
Florida
Coppolino
William E. Farber
Monmouth County Superior Court
Elvin R. Simmill
Cappolino
F. Lee Bailey
Samuel H. Sheppard
Vincent J. Keuper
Monmouth County
Keuper
Bailey
Sarasota
Fla
Carmela
IBEW Members Ratify FT Wayne Terre Haute Contract
Members of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ratified a new contract proposal at General Telephone Co affecting about 600 workers in Local 723 Fort Wayne and Local 897 Terre Haute. The vote and contract details were not disclosed.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
General Telephone Co
Terre Haute
Guard Injured in Oregon Jail Break Incident
In Multnomah County at Rocky Butte Jail Oregon inmates stabbed a guard and took two others hostage before four prisoners surrendered after two hours in an isolation corridor. The stabbed guard is recovering and others were released unharmed. Authorities puzzled by sudden surrender with the final solid steel door unreachable from inside.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomay County
Rocky Butte
Donald Clark
William
Forsythe Aides Prisoner Escape Attempt Aided by Cell Access
Forsythe, 51, unlocked a third floor cell to escort a prisoner to the dispensary. The inmate pressed a scissors blade to Forsythe's side, seized his keys and freed several others.
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Forsythe
Heiress Hutton Leaves for Mexican Divorce En Route to New York
Seriously ill Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton travels from Tangier to New York to pursue a Mexican divorce after reportedly settling over 3 million dollars with her seventh husband Prince Raymond Doan Vinh Champasak.
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Paris
Woolworth
Barbara Hutton
Raymond Doan Vinh Na Champassak
New York
Miss Hutton
Prince
Mexico
Sahara Desert
Tangier
Tragedy on Pelican Lake Drowns Five Family Members
In Orr Minnesota dark waters claim five lives after an ice fishing trip. Father Philip Dosch 33 and his four children Anthony 5 Jennifer 9 Lisa 7 Laura 6 were returning on a snowmobile and sled when they splashed into open water. Ice was thin and a 200 foot stretch proved treacherous. The bodies were not found until the next day. Dosch was a remedial reading teacher at International Falls Junior High. Deputy Tony Stater led the search with a warden using car headlights to illuminate the lake at dawn. A gasoline can surfaced about 150 feet from shore confirming the tragedy.
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Orr, Minn
Pelican Lake
Philip Dosch
Anthony
Jennifer
Lisa
Laura
International Falls
Dosch
Roberta
Catherine
Andrew
Orr
Tony Stater
Stater
Drug Charge Against SNCC Leader's Wife in Chicago
Chicago police filed charges of illegal drug possession against Carol Sharp 33 wife of Monroe Sharp SNCC Chicago director after a raid on her apartment described as a freedom center at 4165 Ellis Ave. She faced counts of marijuana barbiturates and amphetamines with she claimed the marijuana was planted to discredit SNCC and the needle was used by her daughter in a rat experiment.
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Chicago
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
Carol Sharp
Monroe Sharp
SNCC
Sharp
South Side
Ellis Ave
Pajama-clad executive found dead in Chicago driveway
Louis Hyland Erickson, 61, president of Borg-Erickson Corp., was found Sunday in a Lake Shore Drive driveway 13 stories below his balcony. A garage attendant discovered the body at 1300 Lake Shore Drive. a French door to the balcony was found open. Charlotte Erickson, 53, learned of the death when police woke her.
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Chicago
Lake Shore Drive
Louis Hyland Erickson
Borg-Erickson Corp
Charlotte
Tragic Drowning Rescue Finds Four Children and Father
A body from one child surfaced and the other three children and the father were recovered from the water indicating a multiple drowning incident. Local authorities continue to investigate the event and identify the victims.
Morrison High School bond issue passes for expansion
Morrison voters approved a 1.2 million bond over the weekend to finance an addition to Morrison High School. The measure carried 969 to 802 and funds a new wing with 19 classrooms a music room a cafeteria a 700 seat auditorium and a swimming pool.
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Morrison High School
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UFE& Casualty
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