Oklahoma Justices Indicted In Bribery Case
Oklahoma City AP reports one current and one former Oklahoma Supreme Court justice and a former city mayor indicted by a county grand jury. Justice N B Johnson, former Justice Earl Welch, and attorney C A Cargill Sr pleaded innocent and were released on bond. Indictments allege bribes to influence court decisions. Johnson and Welch faced impeachment votes, Welch recently convicted of tax evasion, and Cargill indicted for perjury in federal case.
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Mostly fair and warmer in most of Arizona
Weather summary notes warmer temperatures and fair skies across much of Arizona with relative humidity remaining moderate. Forecast calls for continued dry conditions and light winds, with minimal chances of isolated showers in exposed eastern districts.
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CalmClassical Music Charms Gunman During Bank Kidnapping
In Chattanooga a family remained serene as a gunman held them for three hours at their new home. James P. Davis Jr. robbed a Hamilton National Bank branch and fled 200 miles through Georgia. Dr. Robert Demos disarmed him near Rome, throwing the gun away and ensuring the suspect was captured. The family’s calmness inspired by music and refreshments is recounted by Robert Demos Jr. and his father. Davis faces bank robbery and kidnapping charges with bond set at $100,000.
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Klan Probe Moves Toward House Vote
President Johnson urges a House Un American Activities Committee formal probe into the Ku Klux Klan with preparations under way. Alabama prosecutors seek first degree murder indictments for four Klansmen tied to the ambush slaying of Viola Liuzzo, while FBI agents watch a Selma to Montgomery march with National Guard and Army troops on duty.
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Bitter Cold Snaps Midwest. 92-Year Chicago Record Falls
Bitter cold across the Midwest shattered records with Chicago dropping to 13 above, surpassing a 92-year high. Madison, Rockford, and Lansing posted subzero or near-zero readings, while Grand Rapids hit zero. Snow and rain spread from Minnesota to California coasts, and Western floods receded in North Carolina as the cold front shifted east.
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Judge bars mother from umpiring Little League games
In Los Angeles a superior court judge ruled that Mrs. Almedia Ducker must stop trying to umpire her sons' Van Nuys Little League games. The judge allowed Robbie, 10, and Steve, 8, to participate but ordered Ducker to refrain from calling balls and strikes from the stands, citing affidavits branding her a nuisance and her disruption of play.
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Harriman Returns From Brussels Talks on Congo and Vietnam
U S ambassador at large W Averell Harriman flew back to New York via London after meetings in Brussels with Belgian Foreign Minister Paul Henri Spaak on issues in the Congo and Vietnam.
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Creighton Boy Wins Marbles Tourney in University Park
Creighton School seventh-grader Mike Edwards, 12, won the 18th Valley of the Sun Marbles Tournament sponsored by The Phoenix Gazette, earning a bike. Ruben Mendoza, Pete Ortiz, and eight other youths from local schools earned prizes and certificates.
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Palmdale
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March Protests in Selma Over Alabama Slaying
About 200 white and Black demonstrators led by a Canadian minister marched to the Dallas County courthouse in Selma to protest the slaying of Viola Liuzzo after the Montgomery march. U.S. District Judge Daniel H. Thomas approved the route. roughly 125 marchers were Black.
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Crash Kills 22 in Pakistan Air Force Report
A Pakistan International Airlines plane crashed in rugged mountains near the Afghanistan frontier killing 22 of 26 aboard. Rescue and military authorities reported the fatalities and began inquiries into the incident.
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Slain Woman Viola Liuzzo Remembered In Detroit
Thousands of mourners and sympathy messages flow to the Liuzzo family after Viola Liuzzo, a 39 year old civil rights worker from Detroit, is killed in Alabama while aiding the Selma to Montgomery march. Her body returns to Detroit as officials and the Teamsters react.
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Lowndesboro
Ala
Detroit
Troit
Wayne State University
Anthony James Liuzzo
Hearted
Liuzzo
Teamsters Union Shock
Alabama
Explosion damages U S LST at Da Nang pier
In Saigon a massive 500 pound blast likely from Viet Cong frogmen ripped holes in the hull of an American LST docked at a Da Nang commercial pier. One Japanese crewman lightly injured, official said the ship remained afloat though heavily damaged.
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