Queen Elizabeth II Delays Birth Amid Prolonged Medical Consultation
Buckingham Palace doctors stay with the Queen as obstetrician John H. Peel and three colleagues attend the birth situation. By 4:15 p.m. all doctors are back, with Prince Philip joking about the Queen's absence due to labor. The expected baby had not arrived by late afternoon.
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London
Elizabeth II
Buckingham Palace
John H. Peel
Peel
Prince Philip
John Weir
Lord Evans
Vernon Hall
Evans
Weir
Hall
Court Frees Dave Beck of Taking Bribe
Federal Judge Sidney Sugarman dismissed a Taft Hartley Law indictment accusing former Teamsters Union president Dave Beck and truck officials of paying $200 000 to an individual in 1954. He ruled the payments were a loan repaid in installments and not a Taft Hartley violation. Indictments against Fruehauf Trailer Co Roy Fruehauf Associated Transport Inc Burge Seymour Brown Equipment were also dismissed.
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New York
UPI
Teamsters Union
Dave Bet
Fruehauf Trailer ,Co
Detroit
Sidney Sugarman
Sugarman
Fruehauf Trailer Co
Roy Fruehauf
Associated Transport Inc
Burge Seymour
Brown Equipment and Manufacturing Co
Associated
Pleads Guilty to Oil Fraud In Texas Firm Case
William J. McCarthy pleaded guilty to 50 counts of oil stock fraud after halting the trial of 10 defendants and two companies linked to Adams Oil Co. He is the brother of Glenn McCarthy and made the plea before Judge Lloyd F. MacMahon as jurors were out for lunch.
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New York
UPI
William J. McCarthy
Texas-Adams Oil Co
McCarthy
Magnolia Blvd
van Nuys
Calif
Texas
Glenn McCarthy
Lilovd F. MacMahon
Rules Unit Agrees to Rights Bill Action
Washington reports the House Rules Committee voted 7 to 4 to advance a civil rights bill for House consideration next month ending a deadlock from August approval by the Judiciary Committee. The action clears the path for floor debate on the controversial measure.
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Rules Unit
Rights Bill
Washington
House Rules Committee
House
Judiciary Committee
Sparkling Rites Open Olympics
The VIII Winter Olympics opened at Squaw Valley California with a 1 30 p m ceremony led by Vice President Nixon in the presence of 850 athletes from 30 nations. Andrea Mead Lawrence lit the torch, Carol Heiss took the oath, and competition starts tomorrow with events in cross country skiing downhill and figure skating as the games run to February 28.
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Squaw Valley
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Sierra Mountains
Little Papoose Peak
Andrea Mead Lawrence
Carol Heiss
Winter Olympics Action Opens at Squaw Valley
Competition in the Winter Olympics begins at Squaw Valley following today's opening ceremonies. Page 18.
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Squaw Valley
Finch Defense Rests in Murder Trial
The Finch murder case moves to prosecution rebuttal after the defense rests. Three Minneapolis veterans testified they would believe John Patrick Cody, a convicted conman paid by Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff to kill Mrs. Finch, while five detectives testified they would not. Marie Anne Lidholm testified about the garage assault and the doctor's claim he acted to protect himself against an armed maid.
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Finch
Minneapolis
Barbara Jean Finch
John Patrick Cody
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Cody
Marie Anne Lidholm
Dr. Finch
Carole
Mrs. Finch
Miss Lidholm
U S Flier Dies in Cuba Blast
UPI reports two killed when a small plane exploded and crashed near Perico in Matanzas Province as they allegedly prepared to fire bomb a sugar plantation. One victim identified as an American named Robert Kelly or Kerry. the other unnamed. Embassy consular officials began identification and repatriation steps.
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Havana
Cuba
UPI
Matanzas
Perico
Robert Kelly
Kerry
U.S
Hugh Kessler
Jof Kin
Showers Possible Tonight In Los Angeles Basin
The U S Weather Bureau reported a 60 percent chance of light showers in the Los Angeles basin late today and tonight It will be partly cloudy and cooler tomorrow with increasing winds Strong gusts caused dust in deserts and snow in the mountains today Winds up to 35 mph expected to continue through tomorrow Rain reached Monterey Sacramento and the central Sierra Squaw Valley saw 6 inches of new snow as the Winter Olympics opened Temperatures were cooler with most areas in the 60s and low 70s Pasadena reached a high of 75 yesterday and today’s low was 42.
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Los Angeles Basin
U.S
Monterey
Sacramento
Central
Sierra
Squaw Valley
Pasadena
Port quarantine on 8894 tons Soviet wheat in Kobe
Kobe port officials ordered 8 894 tons of Soviet wheat quarantined after inspectors found worm infestation. The shipment prompted a halt as authorities assess contamination levels and possible disposal or treatment options.
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Kobe
Japan
Kpi
Brown Aide Hails Top State Budget
California finance director spoke in Los Angeles praising Governor Brown's budget and a broad management plan. John E. Carr urged against cuts, advocating a program balancing tax reduction with efficient state government and credit health. The plan includes school funding, pay raises for civil servants, and a mental hygiene program.
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Brown
California
Los Angeles
John E. Carr
Carr
Latin America Trade Pact Set to Cut Barriers
In Montevideo seven of twenty Latin nations will sign a pact calling for elimination of trade barriers as a step toward a common market. Argentina Brazil Chile Mexico Paraguay Peru Uruguay lead the charter for a Latin American free trade association. Bolivia will not sign due to reservations about the text.
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Uruguay
UPI
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Mexico
Paraguay
Peru
Free Trade Association
Bolivia
Attorneys Seek Execution Stay In Chessman Case
Daryl Chessman’s attorneys petitioned the California Supreme Court for a 10 day stay to file psychiatrist affidavits and seek clemency as his execution nears. The court's 4 to 3 refusal to recommend clemency leaves Gov. Brown with no power to commute under the constitution.
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San Quentin
UPI
Daryl Chessman
California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Chessman
George T. Davis
A. L. Wirin
Gov. Brown
Chessman Execution Plan Told
San Quentin prison officials planned Daryl Chessman’s last hours to be quiet and routine, aiming to make the execution as undramatic as possible.
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San Quentin
UPI
Daryl Chessman
Vatican Press Backs Chessman Mercy Plea
L Osservatore Romano in Vatican City urged mercy for Daryl Chessman facing Friday execution in San Quentin. The paper said Chessman has suffered 12 years and framed the case as a humane issue, not a judicial one.
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Vatican City
P— L'Osservatore Romano
Daryl Chessman
San Quentin
Vatican
Medaris Urges Single Space Agency Under Pentagon
Former Army missile chief Maj. Gen. John B. Medaris told the House Space Committee that splitting space work between the Defense Department and NASA is illogical and incorrect. He called for a single agency under Pentagon control and urged rapid Nike Zeus anti missile production to ensure early defense and space parity with the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Army
Ballistic Missile Agency
John B. Medaris
House Space Committee
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Medaris
Space
Pentagon
United States
Pasadena Quaker group to hold all night vigil for Chessman
The Friends Service Committee plans an all night vigil on the steps of the State Building in Los Angeles tonight for clemency for convict Daryl Chessman. Hal Stallings said the group will begin at midnight and run until 10 30 a m Friday.
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Pasadena
State Building
Los Angeles
Daryl Chessman
Hal Stallings
Friends Service Committee
Last Hours Outlined for Death Row Inmate Chessman
Warden Achuff details a planned routine for condemned prisoner Earl Chessman on the eve of his scheduled execution. Chessman will move from death row to the death cell, receive a final meal, potentially meet other inmates, and be visited by guards and wardens before entering the gas chamber at 10 am. If carried out, a cyanide injection will end the sentence around 10:10 am.
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Supreme Court
Davis
Chessman
San Quentin Gas Chamber
Rosalie Asher
W. D. Achuff
Death Row
San Quentin
Fred Dickson
Achoff
Dickson
Thief Robs Embassy Theater In Cleveland
The FBI was inside the Embassy Theater in Cleveland when a robber outside stole $130 from cashier Miss Donna Ries 19. The screening was of The FBI Story.
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Ohio
FBI
Embassy
Donna Ries
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