Acquitted Of Staying Attempt Acquitted Of Staying Attempt
PORT ORCHARD Washington AP Dr Robert E Boehme 42 physician surgeon was acquitted Friday of charges that he tried to kill his wife by injecting poison into her arm The jury of 11 men and one woman deliberated eight hours finding Boehme not guilty of first degree assault The case stemmed from jealousy claims by the other woman The Boehmes described a calm trial day with routine activities post verdict
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Port Orchard
Wash
Robert E. Boehme
Puget Sound
Boehme
Dorothy
Boehmes
Weather County Forecast Clears Warm through Sunday
The forecast calls for clear to partly cloudy skies and warm conditions through Sunday with a few afternoon and evening thunder storms. High Sunday in the 80s, low tonight 65 to 70.
Rain delays Marines as Harkins inspects Thai defense
Gen. Paul D. Harkins toured U.S. Marine positions near Udon Thailand and along the Laos border praising their readiness while heavy monsoon rain floods camps. He eyed a move to higher ground near Nong Lanan as plans for redeployment remain fluid with mid June return unsure. He examined Air Force jets at Ta Khli Phitsanuloke and met Thai commanders before visiting the northeast Mekong border region amid tensions with Laos.
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Udon
Thailand
Paul D. Harkins
U.S
Laos
Bangkok
Air Force
6010Th Tactical Group
Ta Khli
Phitsanuloke
Praphan
3Rd Army
Samran Patakayul
Mekong
Nikita Khrushchev
Trainmen To Ask 25-Cent Pay Hike
The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen announced a 25-cent hourly pay increase and a carrier paid health and welfare plan as core demands to be presented to railroads. The request exceeds the presidential board’s May 3 recommendation by about 15 cents an hour and covers about 450,000 employees. Also sought is a reduction in dining car steward hours from 205 to 180 per month with overtime for excess time, along with proportional increases in other pay scales, differentials, and allowances. The health plan would provide life insurance and survivor benefits pegged to yearly earnings with a $5,000 minimum.
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Cleveland (Ap
The
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Brotherhood
BRT
Hoffa Indicted in $1 Million Illegal Collection Case
Federal jury in Nashville indicts Teamsters President James R. Hoffa on two counts for violating Taft Hartley law and unauthorized $1 million collection via a Nashville auto transport firm. If convicted, he faces up to one year in prison and $10,000 fines on each count. Obvious related actions include a separate Orlando mail fraud matter tied to teamster funds.
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Nashville, Tenn
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Nashville
Washington
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
McClellan
Hoffa
Orlando
Fla
Bird Nest Wins Five Dollar Tip Contest
The Herald announces a $5 weekly tip prize for photogenic local happenings. Floyd A. Jacob wins for a robin on a porch nest. other tipsters include Mayda Gates and Mrs. Claude S. Turner among several residents. Readers are urged to report unusual events for future chances.
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Herald
Floyd A. Jacob
N. Cherry
Mayda Gates
N. Oak
Claude S. Turner
Ottawa Rfd
Richard Dunn
Wellsville
Ray Detwiler
Rantoul
Wilma Schouten
N. Poplar
C. K. Rich
Michigan Valley
Willard Wallace
N. Main
George Kyle
Ottawa
Congratulations Though My Boy Grayson Graduation Gaffe Reveals Poison Ivy
Dr J Lowell Lusby Kentucky Christian College president congratulates 28 graduates in Grayson ending with honoring student James Comstock who receives his diploma but notes he has poison ivy. The moment adds a comic twist to the ceremony.
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Grayson, Ky
J. Lowell Lusby
Kentucky Christian College
James Comstock
Lusby
Kennedy orders more U S food sent to drought struck Brazil
President Kennedy announced a stepped up aid program delivering 6000 tons of corn to northeast Brazil with emergency status, plus 300 tons of dry milk, 4000 tons of beans from Baltimore and 6000 tons of beans in 2000 ton lots. He offered future shipments of corn, wheat, vegetable oils and dried milk and hinted at a food airlift if needed. The Kennedys plan a summer visit to Brazil.
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New York
Kennedy
Brazil
Baltimore
United States
Repeal Cat Tax Delights Kansas City Voters
Kansas City city council voted unanimously to repeal a recently imposed $3 tax on cats. Protests gathered at City Hall as Mayor H. Roe Bartle expressed relief, noting threats to dump pets in his office amid the reversal.
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Kansas City
City Hall
H. Roe Bartle
Capture Escaper Who Shot Sheriff
A Garnett youth 18 who fled Osawatomie state hospital shot Coffey County Sheriff Don Hermreck. Jerry Jasper was captured near Hamilton Greenwood County after a chase from Burlington taking a 1955 Ford station wagon. Sheriff Lafe Allen was wounded in the arm and continued the pursuit.
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Garnett
Osawatomie
Coffey County
Hamilton
Greenwood County
Jerry Jasper
Burlington
Jasper
Virginia
Sidney Jasper
State Hospital
Don Hermreck
Hermreck
Lafe Allen
Allen
Sheriff's Office
US 75
Mother throws two children to their deaths at Statler Hilton
In Boston a Worcester woman, Ann Peters about 30, killed her two children Norman seven and Marguerite three by throwing them from a ninth floor room of the Statler Hilton late Friday. The children died on Columbus Avenue rear of the hotel within minutes. The husband Theodore a truck driver was en route from Worcester after the tragedy. Police planned to hold Mrs Peters for observation with no charges yet filed.
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Boston
Statler Hilton
Ann Peters
Worcester
Norman
Marguerite
Columbus Avenue
Peterses
Theodore
Lili Damita Marries Fort Dodge businessman Loomis
Former French actress Lili Damita aged 53 wed Fort Dodge businessman Allen R. Loomis aged 52 on Friday. The ceremony took place in Fort Dodge, details indicate a private wedding with a notable cross international pairing.
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Fort Dodge, Iowa
Lili Damita
Fort Dodge
Allen R. Loomis
Poland and Brazil Expand Trade Ties to Seventy Million
In Warsaw AP dispatch, Communist Poland and Brazil agreed to lift two way trade from 28 million dollars last year to 70 million annually. The pact remains short of the 120 million goal set in their 1960 trade agreement.
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Warsaw
Poland
Brazil
Tony's Too GIs Camp Out for Rain Forecast
The note says GIs camping nearby in hopes of rain. It mentions Tony's Too as the locale context and describes a fringe plan to wait for rainfall. No dates or further details are provided.
False confession in Ashland couple slaying questioned
Kentucky State Police said a man’s confession to the March double murder in Ashland is likely a hoax after detectives from Carthage Missouri interviewed Billy Jack Greer and failed lie detector tests. Greer and accomplice Tommy Joe Waddle face burglary and larceny charges in Carthage.
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Frankfort
Ashland
Kentucky
Carthage
Charles Young
Billy Jack Greer
Ironton
Ohio
Missouri
Donald Howard
Lane
Greer
Tommy Joe Waddle
Joplin
Traffic Toll Topeka Kansas 1962 May 28 Summary
Traffic death log from Topeka covers 24 hours to 9 am Saturday May 28 1962. Comparable 1961 period shows 183 deaths. Data reflects statewide AP summary of highway fatalities and trends.
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Topeka
Kansas
Archbishop Ramsey backs total disarmament against nuclear arms
Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Michael Ramsey urged abolition or drastic reduction of all weapons not just nuclear. He argued one sided disarmament risks subjugation and warned deterrence alone cannot prevent war, urging total disarmament and a better way of life to defeat communism.
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Canterbury
England
Michael Ramsey
Britain
America
Russia
Richardson Seeks Re-Election In Franklin County Race
Earl Richardson 54 of 426 Beech filed for re-election as Franklin County first district commissioner on the Democrat ticket. He is a farmer serving his first term. Also filing on the ticket is Peter K. Papps, incumbent constable, per county records.
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Earl Richardson
Beech
Franklin County
Richardson
Peter K. Papps
Sparks seeks Third District nomination for U S Congressman
Billy S Sparks a 38 year old Mission lawyer announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for U S Congressman from Kansas Third District The office is held by Republican Robert Ellsworth who has not stated plans for re election Sparks has 12 years legal practice is with Linde Thompson Van Dyke Fairchild Langworthy and is ABA Banking and Business Law member He is Harvard College class of 1947 and Harvard Law School 1949 He attended MIT as a meteorology student and was commissioned in the Army Air Corps serving in India and Burma in World War II He ran as Democratic candidate for Johnson County state representative in 1956 He is married to Dorothy and they have three children Stephen 8 Susan 4 and John 1
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Billy S. Sparks
U. S
Kansas
Robert Ellsworth
Lawrence
Sparks
Linde, Thompson, van Dyke, Fairchild and Langworthy
Kansas City
Corporation Banking and Business Law
American Bar Association
Harvard College
Harvard Law School
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S. Army Air Corps
India
Burma
Johnson County
Dorothy
Stephen
Susan
John
Quite An Experience MEMPHIS hospital joke
A Memphis AP report recalls a jubilant hospital corridor moment after a patient under anesthesia misfires words. A wobbling man, after being heavily sedated, bumped into a morse and apologized with I’ve been heavily seducted line.
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Memphis Tenn
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