Seaman Delays Florida Trip Over Suspect in Sheppard Case
A merchant seaman, Ernest J. Kolofolias, halted plans to fly to Florida to confront Donald Wedler, the Florida convict who alleges he might have killed Marilyn Sheppard in Cleveland in 1954. Kolofolias says Wedler is a suspicious driver who gave him a ride near the murder scene about 24 hours after the slaying, and he still identifies Wedler from photos.
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Deland, Fla
Marilyn Sheppard
Donald J. Wedler
Florida
Mrs. Sheppard
Cleveland
Ernest J. Kolofolias
Waterloo
Iowa
Wedler
Dawson Oppenheimer
United Press
Deland
Donald Welder
Volusia County
Rodney Thursby
Weather shifts ease heat and boost pool attendance
A cooler mass of air reduces extreme heat from prior days, bringing relief at night and drawing large crowds to swimming pools. YM and YW camps operate with varied programs for children while nearby towns like Rochester install spray nozzles as part of summer activities.
Daily Weather Report Shows Clear Chilly Night and Mild Thursday
The forecast calls for a clear, chilly night with Thursday turning fair and mild. Daytime high 75 to 80, tonight’s low 40s east to low 50s west. 24 hour period ending 7 am shows max 77, min 48, precipitation .06 inches, river stage 5.5 feet. A year ago the date saw max 82, min 61, no rain, river stage 8.9 feet.
North Carolina Cities Move To Admit Negro Pupils
North Carolina’s three largest cities Charlotte Winston-Salem and Greensboro agreed to admit Negro students in the fall breaking the color line in public schools. The joint meeting approved 11 of 55 Negro applications to enter previously all white schools amid no integrated schools currently in the state.
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Charlotte
N.C
INS
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
New Orleans
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
William H. Atwell
Dallas
Tex
Dade
Miami County
Fla
Extradite Pair Held For Ohio Murder
Two young ex convicts charged in the murder of Amish farmer Paul Coblenz will be extradited to Millersburg Ohio. Michael G. Dumoulin 20 of Shreve Ohio and Cleo Eugene Peters 19 of Muscatine Iowa face first degree murder warrants issued by Holmes County Ohio authorities. The slaying occurred last Thursday at Coblenz home near Mount Hope Ohio after two intruders terrorized his wife Dora. A Lacon constable was wounded when suspects were found matching the victim description along with a cottage shooting on the Illinois River in Illinois.
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Lacon, Ill
Millersburg
Ohio
Michael G. Dumoulin
Shreve
Cleo Eugene Peters
Muscatine
Iowa
Harry Weiss
Holmes County
Dumoulin
Peters
Paul Coblenz
Mount Hope
Coblenz
Dora
James Evans
Marshall County
Flood Casualties In China May Reach Thousands
Radio Peiping reported more than two million people joined rescue efforts in Shantung and East Henan as floods from the Yi Shu Wen and Szi rivers covered 11,400 square miles and killed at least 557. Observers warned victims could rise into the thousands.
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Tokyo
Shantung
Henan
China
Radio
Peiping
Shu
Wen
Szi
Dallas Desegregation Ordered With All Deliberate Speed
The Fifth U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals ordered Dallas public schools desegregated with all deliberate speed and allowed a court test of integration later after studying 12 key questions. The ruling upheld a challenge by 28 Negro children and parents who sought admission to white schools. The decision also opened the way for Miami and noted North Carolina cities agreeing to admit Negro applicants under a state pupil placement law.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Dallas
Tex
Miami
North Carolina
U. S. District Court of Texas
U. S. District Court of Florida
Dade County
Charlotte
Winston - Salem
Greensboro
N. C
Soviet Naval Craft Appear In Far East
Tokyo reports Japanese defense officials are alarmed by two Russian destroyers and a tanker appearing in Far Eastern waters. The ships may be a demonstration of power or a move to bolster the Soviet Union’s Far East naval force after Vladivostok Bay was closed to foreign shipping and aircraft.
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Tokyo
Japanese Defense Board
Far Eastern
Vladivostok Bay
Vladivostok
Soviet Union
Far East
Defense Board
Seven Guilty In Segregation Case
Knoxvill e jury convicts seven of eleven defendants in Clinton high school desegregation case. Kasper and six co-defendants found guilty of violating a federal injunction. sentence withheld pending new trial motion.
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Knoxville
Tenn
INS
John Kasper
Clinton
Clinton (Tenn
Supreme Court
Robert L Dobbs
Memphis
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
South
Kepler ninth nuclear device fired at test site
The Atomic Energy Commission detonated Kepler the ninth device of its summer tests atop a 500 foot tower at 4 50 am Pacific. The yield exceeded 10000 tons of TNT and shattered the tower as 700 military observers watched from about 3000 yards. News crews learned of the test as countdowns began and observers in California saw the flash.
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Nev
Kepler
Atomic Energy Commission
P.d.t
AEC
Ground Zero
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Navy Bomber Crashes Killing Ten Off Barber Point
HONOLULU UP A Navy Neptune patrol bomber crashed near Barber's Point during a routine flight killing 10 crewmen. The jet seen by a witness stalled and plunged about 1 000 feet into the water. Navy divers recovered four bodies as rescue ended.
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Honolulu
Barber's Point
Navy
Italy
Italian Alps
Turin
Big Narcotics Smuggling Ring Believed Smashed
Miami customs agents say they smashed one of the largest international heroin rings in the United States after seizing $700000 worth of heroin from a French freighter. Thirty five agents, some undercover as dock workers, arrested four men with nine and a half pounds of heroin strapped to their bodies during a raid on the Marseille Mon. The operation followed a six month surveillance as the ship traveled between ports in the southeast U S and Europe. Agents continued a full ship search.
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Miami
United States
Marseille
Europe
Setback Seen On Civil Rights Bill Amid Clinton Case Verdict
The Clinton Tennessee school integration case verdict strengthens calls to strip sweeping injunctive powers from the attorney general as the Senate moves to vote on a jury trial amendment. Supporters predict Senate approval while opponents expect defeat and push for further changes.
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Dayton Moore
United Press
Washington
Dixie Fees
Clinton, Tenn
Senate
Eisenhower
Brownell plugs total international court system for disputes
U S Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr at the American Bar Association gathering in London urged a comprehensive international court system that would compel all nations to settle disputes. He argued it would reduce nuclear war risk and proposed Britain and the United States lead in its establishment at Westminster Hall during the Europe-based convention.
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William Sexton
United Press
London
U. S
Britain
Westminster Hall
Brownell
United States
Disarmament Talks May Shift To New York
U S officials welcomed reports that the Soviet Union favors moving the current five power disarmament talks to New York. They warned a venue change alone won’t yield a deal unless Moscow shows genuine willingness to bargain seriously. Continued on page 2 column 3.
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New York
Don Dixon Washington
INS
U. S
Soviet Union
London
Turnpike Conspiracy Trial Heads for Dauphin Jury
The Pennsylvania Turnpike conspiracy trial was set to reach a seven men five women jury in Dauphin County. Judge Homer L. Kreider planned a lengthy morning session to read his charge and explain the law after forty trial days and nearly two million words of testimony for nine defendants accused of a multi million dollar swindle.
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Harrisburg
Dauphin County
Homer L. Kreider
Deaths and notices from area region listings
Death record notices list Charles B. Rice 92 of New Wilmington and Robert Leon McConaghy 44 at 330 E North St along with Mary Hill Bishop 55 of Los Angeles and Mrs Thomas Hollinback 79 of Ellwood City as included in a regional obituary notice.
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Charles B. Rice
New Wilmington
Mary Hill Bishop
Los Angeles
Calif
Robert Leon McConaghy
E. North St
Thomas Hollinback
Ellwood City
Route 18 Closure Sets Traffic Routes For Work
Pennsylvania announces Route 18 south of New Castle to Moravia will close July 29 to permit a 1.186 million relocation and rebuilding project. Two temporary routes will serve cars and trucks, with car traffic via Route 168 and Moravia Street and trucks via Routes 351 and 551, with an optional longer truck route via Route 88.
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Pennsylvania Department of Highways
New Castle
Moravia
Frank Mashuda Co. Associates
Evans City
Highway Department
West Pittsburg Rd
Moravia St
Mahoning Ave
West Pittsburg
Enon Valley
Mt. Jackson Rd
Darlington
Ellwood
New Castle Rd
State Highway Department
State Highways Department
Burglars Loot Gas Station and Loans Office
City police investigated two burglaries and one attempted burglary last night. A resident on 117 Willard Ave reported a tampered door but no entry. At Moravia Street a gas station and a Thrift Loan Co. suffered burglaries. cash hid in the station remained intact, while a filing cabinet was opened but no entry found.
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Henry Hamilton
Willard Ave
Moravia St
East St
Jack Cole
Thrift Loan Co
Manhunt Under Way In New Mexico For Madman Killer
Authorities cordon a 100 mile square area around Tinnie New Mexico in pursuit of a suspect linked to three deaths. Postmistress Virginia Guest 40 reported the man entered the post office asked for lodging attempted to cash a money order she fired at him as he fled. Victims include trucker Cantrell 26 found shot five times near Carlsbad and two Hobbs divorcees Barbara Lemmons and Dorothy Gibson both 23 killed with .22 slugs. Continued on Page 2.
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United Press
Carlsbad
N. M
J. D. Cantrell
Barbara Lemmons
Dorothy Gobson
Hobbs
Cantrell
Here
Virginia Guest
Dorothy Gibson
N.M
American Bar Association Meets In London
In London 4000 plus judges and lawyers from the United States attended the ABA's 80th convention at Westminster Hall. Chief Justice Earl Warren and Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr spoke, Warren calling Americans pilgrims to a legal shrine and Brownell praising global legal collaboration as the prize of success.
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London
INL
United States
American Bar Association
Earl Warren
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Westminster Hall
Brownell
Classified Page Listing From The PSDS Section
The notice compiles radio television listings and social society entries with an obituary reference and theater notices. It includes stock and editorial mentions and provides contact lines in the News Phones want ads section.
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Society
Ross Word
Ellwood
July Heat Bids Adieu as Cool Front Arrives
An observer notes a cold front moving in from the north bringing cooler nights after torrid heat. The July author complains lightly but welcomes the change, saying it feels chilly and warrants an extra blanket.
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JS Para
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Rochester
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Kasper
Lawrence J. Brantley
Wiliam J. Brakebill
Alonzo Bullock
Clyde Cook
Mary Nell Currier
William H. Till
Clifford Carter
Edward Henson Nelson
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Raymond Wood
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