Link Between Carole and Murder Plot Emerges
Los Angeles AP reports testimony from Donald Williams linking Carole Tregoff to a plot to murder Barbara Jean Finch. Prosecutors seek to tie Dr. R Bernard Finch to arranging the killing to secure his estate for a remarriage. Williams describes a “shady character” interest and possible $1,400 payoff, amid other developments and apartment-share details.
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Los Angeles
Carole Tregoff
Donald $. Williams
R. Bernard Finch
Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
West Covina
Miss Tregoff
Monterey Park
Las Vegas
Nev
Mark Stevens
Mrs. Finch
the Mirror News
Nevada branch student stayed with grandparents in Las Vegas
Miss Tregoff came to stay at his grandparents' Las Vegas home last May and June and was raised in his family's home.
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University of Nevada
Tregoff
Las Vegas
Brakes Fail On School Bus In Fatal Train Collision
In Fackler Alabama the driver of a school bus says brakes failed as a freight train hit the bus at about 55 mph. The crash killed four children and injured eight others and the driver. Charlie Beavers, 50, the driver, and three children remained in critical condition today.
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Charlie Beavers
Childen
Baby Snatching Case Nears End
Mrs Jan Kemper Stevens won custody of her 5 month old daughter Jan Clair in Kansas City after her estranged husband William J Stevens withdrew a Louisiana Supreme Court appeal. New Orleans judge granted immediate custody to the mother. Stevens plans no fight against a divorce filed Dec 30 and will relinquish jointly owned Florida property. Prosecutor Collet may drop charges against Stevens and detective Milton Thomson. Thomson aided the move to New Orleans and was charged with impersonating an officer and enticing a child away. An extradition hearing is set for Feb 4.
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Jan Kemper Stevens
Jan Clair
William
J. Stevens
Louisiana Supreme Court
John C. Boutall
New Orleans
Stevens
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Florida
Collet
Thomson
Production Of Cars Pushed Past Weekly Goal
DETROIT AP The auto industry surpassed its announced weekly goal of 168000 to 170000 units with a total of 176655 passenger cars last week and pressed toward record production. For the first 16 days this year output reached 343279 cars against 298693 in the same period in 1959. Ford Chrysler GM and American Motors stayed ahead of 1959 totals while Studebaker Packard trailed. Rambler topped 10000 with 10530 units, Falcon 10950, Corvair 8700 and Valiant 4400.
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Ford
Chrysler
General Motors
American Motors
Studebaker- Packard
Rambler
Falcon
Corvair
Valiant
Billy Graham Heads to Africa for Gospel Mission
New York AP reports evangelist Billy Graham is en route to Africa to preach Christianity. He states God loves the 200 million Africans as much as people in America Europe and Asia.
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New York
Billy Graham
Africa
God
Graham to Visit 16 African Cities in Global Tour
A blond evangelist from North Carolina plans a tour ending with 16 major city visits across Ghana Nigeria Southern Rhodesia Tanganyika Ruanda Urundi and Ethiopia. He will depart by plane on Monday and travel to diverse nations during the mission.
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Blond Evangelist
North Carolina
Graham
Ghana
Nigeria
Rhodesia
Tanganyika
Ruanda-Urundi
Ethiopia
Westbrook Pegler Files For Divorce
Westbrook J Pegler a 65 year old syndicated columnist sues his wife of eight months Pearl E Doane 47 for divorce in Tucson Arizona Superior Court alleging harassment sleep deprivation and mistreatment that affected his health They wed May 11 in New York City
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Ariz
Westbrook
J. Pegler
Pegler
Pearl E. Doane
New York City
Superior Court
Kansas Chamber assigns federal budget share to state
The Kansas Chamber of Commerce estimated Kansas would receive about 790 million dollars of the 79.8 billion dollar federal budget proposed by President Eisenhower. It also projected the state's share of the 9.5 billion dollar interest cost on the national debt at a little over 94 million dollars, roughly equal to Kansas revenue from income and sales taxes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Kansas
Eisenhower
Chamber
Ordered Acquitted In Old Murder Case
Bertha Gossett Hill, 41, was ordered acquitted Monday of murdering her husband Leroy Hill with arsenic in Rome Georgia The case began with a 1946 death sentence later overturned after retrials She spent a third of her life in jail before the acquittal and a third trial was granted based on jury affidavits The Georgia Supreme Court denied a state effort to block the retrial and the prosecutor cited missing witnesses as the reason the state could not retry her
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Bertha Gossett Hill
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