Dead Convict Wins Pardon From Brown
Sacramento governor Brown granted 39 Christmas pardons and commutations including a posthumous pardon to Conrad Becker 1941 who died stopping a prison escape during a church choir visit Three inmates held seven choir members hostage four hours Becker was killed Also commuted were Victor S Swanson to time served and Harry Gold Alfred Harrison Zilla Hashaway Johnson Thad Richmond Charles Moe George W Smith among others Pardons went to Long Beach area cases including Helen Maureen 67 and Arthur E Moran 44 details of prior offenses noted
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Brown
Folsom
Conrad Becker
Rony
Becker
Victor S. Swanson
San Francisco
Operating Engineers Union
Zilla Hashaway Johnson
Oakland
Los Angeles
Thad
Lake
Richmond
Monterey County
Charles Edward Moe
Flint
Mich
George W. Smith
Long Beach Area
Torrance
William K. Strang
Superior
Wis
Helen M. Maureen
Long Beach
McGrean
Arthur E Moran
Fugitive From FBI Top 10 Captured in Champaign Arrest
John Lee Taylor, 29, added to the FBI Top 10 list a week ago for assault rape and robbery of a schoolteacher in Champaign. He was arrested Thursday at the home of a girlfriend.
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Vencago
FBI
Champaign
John Lee Taylor
Jet Fighter Crashes Near Portland Homes
A National Guard jet dived into a suburban Portland area Thursday night narrowly missing two houses and a school. The two crew parachuted to safety seconds before impact. Wreckage and explosions damaged three houses and Prescott Grade School. Only minor injuries were reported among a firefighter and a woman.
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Portland
Ore
A/ National Guard
Prescott
N Y Refuses Estes Case Extradition Ruling
New York State Supreme Court Justice Sidney A Fine discharged Maynard C Wheeler of Commercial Solvents Corp ruling no extradition to Texas in the Billie Sol Estes fertilizer price fixing case. He noted no Texas presence or acts in the alleged conspiracy and granted habeas corpus.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Sidney A. Fine
Maynard C. Wheeler
Texas
Connecion
Billie Sol Estes
Fine
Wheeler
Commercial Solvents Corp
Estes
Amarillo
Tex
Ike Made Chairman of Freedoms Group
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower was named chairman of the board of the Freedoms Foundation at a meeting at its national headquarters in Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The nonprofit organization honors individuals schools and organizations for work on behalf of freedom and the American way of life.
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Valley Forge
UPI
Dwight B. Eisenhower
Freedoms Foundation
The
Freedom
California Education Bill Triples in Decade
A San Francisco report surveys California's rapid education growth with 4.5 million in basic schooling and over 5 million including colleges, noting enrollments more than many states. It traces rising costs from 1950 to 1963, projects future public school enrollment near 5.1 million, and discusses funding options, double sessions, and proposals for junior colleges amid a statewide tax debate.
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California
San Francisco
Johnny and Mary
California Bankers ‘Association
State Department of Education
State Department of Finance
Department’ of Education
United
Californa
Goodwin J. Knight
California Taxpayers Association
Ex Hughes Exec Sued for 40 Million Libel in LA
Los Angeles reports ex Litton Industries chair Charles B D Thornton filed a 40 million libel suit. He accuses retired Hughes Tool Co executive Noah Dietrich of making false claims in 1956 about offering 5 million to influence Howard Hughes to sell his aircraft firm. Defendants include Emmett Steele Jarold Rhoden John Joes. The Dietrich deposition occurred November 29 amid a Litton stock dispute.
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Hughes Exec
Los Angeles
Theyo Hoard
Litton Industries
Hughes Tool Co
Noah Dietrich
Charles BD. Thornton
Dietrich
Thornton
Ffer
Howard Hughes
Emmett T. Steele
Litton
Jarold Rhoden
John Joes
Steele
New York Police and Fire Employees Get Pay Hike
New York City policemen and firemen won a $31 million annual salary and fringe benefits boost. The package includes a $300 yearly pay rise, retroactive to last July, plus a reduced 40 hour work week from 42 hours starting January 1 and two additional paid holidays, bringing total holidays to eight per year.
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New. York
Board of Estimate
Contempt Charge Delayed by Tardy Mail in Meredith Case
The Justice Department delays civil contempt proceedings against Mississippi Governor Ross Barnett and Gov. Paul Johnson due to late mail of a brief. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court previously found both officials guilty for blocking James Meredith’s enrollment at the University of Mississippi last September.
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Barnett
Johnson
U. S. Sth
Court of Appeals
James Meredith
New Orleanside University
U.S
Meredith
Iust
AF Plane Commander Dies in Okinawa Crash
An Air Force KC-50 tanker crash in Okinawa killed Lt. Gordon Py Dar-2 Ms, the plane's commander, who died 15 hours after the crash. The sole survivor, Lt. Luther J, was waved off by the control tower. Wives and families of the victims are named, including Patricia in Japan and Nancy in McKinley, Texas, with multiple relatives abroad.
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Naha
Okinawa
Springfield
Mass
Air Force
Gordon
Fing
Patricia
Japan
Luther J
Wan
Nancy
McKinley
Tex
Wallie M
William
Albert
Amerson Ave
Compton
Calif
John
Richmond
Nawans
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