Voter Machinery Breaks Down In Alabama County
In Macon County Alabama registration boards halted voting as the panel failed to operate leaving Negro residents unable to register while white voters number about 2 700 on rolls amid a Black population of roughly 31 000. Board split and resignations left the body unable to function. Civil rights figures allege systemic discrimination and slow registration.
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Tuskegee
Ala
Macon
Tuskegee Insitute
Booker, T Washington
Joe Segiest
Humphries
Chaman
Beatles
Decra
Jeaners Sai Humphries
Severom Pro Segregation Wine Citizens Council
Registra
Carlos G Gomnullion
Te Tuskegee Cric Assa
Gamillion
Tuskegee Institute
Macon County
Grady Rogers
Two Teenagers Die In Moorefield WV Car Crash
A Moorefield crash on West Virginia 55 killed Betts Lee Thomas and left two other 16 year olds seriously injured when a car failed to negotiate a curve and rolled four times. Two other passengers escaped injury. The crash occurred around midday near Moorefield as the vehicle carried five youths all aged 16. Thomas died about an hour after the incident in Dr Maxwell’s office.
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Moorefield
W Va
West Virginia
Betts Lee Thomas
Moh Maxwell
11 Year Old Slays Family Over Spanking
In Mansfield Connecticut an 11 year old boy shot and killed his parents and an older brother after a spanking. The youth reportedly planned the triple murder for a week and used a 22 caliber rifle, with one eye impaired, after telling a neighbor of the act.
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Mansfield, Conn
Richard Curgensen
Beatrice
Richard Jr
Robert Curgensen
State Police
Harry Taylor
Taylor
Robert
Russians To Have European Cruises
Soviet communists aboard the 10 000 ton Pobeda cruise ship will tour Western European resorts this summer aboard four 25 day cruises in June July September and October. The Pobeda, once the German Magdalena, was transferred to the USSR after the war as reparations. Reservations are pouring in.
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Moscow
Ussr
Modern Pirates Steal 42 Foot Yacht In Bay
In Conowingo Maryland on April 22 a three war alert was issued for modern pirates who began by taking a rowboat and ended with a 12000 dollar yacht. State police said the rowboat was first seized before the larger theft.
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Conowingo Md
Stolen 42-Foot Yacht Sparking Thief Hunt On River
Reports say a 42-foot yacht owned by Charlestown resident Barnes was stolen from its moorings with an estimated crew of 4. Investigators suspect a towboat aided the theft and a towline was used to detach the vessel, while guards from the Coast Guard and Tidewater Fisheries Commission prepared to pursue and recover the craft along the river.
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Windsor
Castle
Coast Guard
Water Fisheries Commission
Barnes
Tukey Point
Peake Bay
Signs Blotted Out Windsor Police Action Report
Police at daybreak in Windsor England report thwarted breach attempts despite heavy precautions. The incident prompted searches and security checks as authorities tightened oversight around key sites. No injuries were reported and investigations continue.
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Windsor
England
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Hardy County
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Ruddle Kiles
Peters
WoVa
Memorial Hospital
Cumberland
Petersburg
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Keyser Wooda
Roger Keplinger
Gladys Mathias
Kiles
New York
Seagrams
Park Avenue
W. Va
Cool Bay
Stephen Lalrie
Thomas and Sons, Inc
Bulganin
Nilata Khruschev
Frederick
Ridgeville
Horst & Wagner
Clay Machinery Sales
MT. Airy
Crown
Houston
Crown Central Petroleum Corporation
Baltimore
Anzoy Real
William S. Hood
W. Patrick St
William Breyer
Breyers
Your Potomac Edison
Frederick — Taneytown
Mt. Airy — Brunswick
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