Widow and sister shot in Claremont General Hospital
In Claremont New Hampshire a wealthy widow Mrs Marnie Plummer, 69, remained critically injured after a man, Charles Johnson, 77, shot her and her sister Mrs Maggie McFadden, 72, then killed himself. Johnson, a former suitor, had recently been asked to stay away. the sisters were visiting when the attack occurred. Also noted: military figures and public notices referenced briefly in the same item.
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Claremont
Marnie Plummer
Mary Hitchcock Hospital
Hanover
Claremont General Hospital
Maggie, McFadden
Windsor
Claremont General
Charles Y. Spanos
Charles Johnson
Ascutney
Johnson
Spanos
Drive goes wrong in North Beach incident on Kearny Street
Maurine Stapler, 23, waiting in a stationary sports car, accidentally released the vehicle on Kearny Street. It rolled across three lanes crashing into a truck and taxi. A passerby slowed, another car hit a taxi door, and Stapler lost a tooth while a tow truck broke down.
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San Francisco
Maurine Stapler
Maurine
Gen Thomas D White Former Air Chief Dies at 64
Gen Thomas D White former Air Force chief of staff died Wednesday night at Walter Reed Army Medical Center at age 64 after months of leukemia treatment. A noted intelligence specialist and pilot, White retired June 30 1961 after a landmark career highlighted by Eisenhower naming him to lead the Air Force and later criticizing McNamara era defense policy.
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Walter C. Sweeney
Tactical Air Command
Pentagon
Sweeney
Homestead Air Force Base
Miami
Fla
Hey
Wheeling
W. Va
West Point
Pacific
Anne R. Sweeney
U.S. Army
Arlington
Richard B. Gayle
San Francisco
Washington
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
White
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Defense
Button Appointed in July Yet Harris Remains Judge-Elect
Washington UPI reports Rep Oren E Harris, nominated last July to a U S District Court seat in Arkansas, has not resigned. The signing of his commission and a swearing-in are disputed amid Arkansas political maneuvering ahead of the next congressional session. Harris travels to Washington and could face delays tied to a potential open election for his seat, with Gov Orval Faubus to decide.
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Washington
UPI
Oren E. Harts
Jonason
Arkansas
U.S. District Court
Senate
Harris
Key House Interstate
Freign Commerce Committee
Commission
White House
Coud
Orval Faubus
el Dorado
Ark
But Not for Long Bike Thief Slows Up Yule Tree Samaritan
Memphis story about 13 year old David Ward who bought a Christmas tree for Mrs Brady Neals with his earnings as a delivery boy. His bicycle was stolen after he returned to the home, forcing him to pause deliveries for the drug store. The boy plans to borrow a bike from a cousin until he can save for another.
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Memphis
Tenn
David Ward
Brady Neals
David
Les Caldwell
James Ward
XB70A flies 155 minutes in test flight at Edwards
Edwards Air Force Base pilots Van A Shepard and Joseph Catton flew the XB70A bomber for 155 minutes, a craft’s longest flight to date, testing stability, engine start at high speed, and power modulation.
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Edwards
Air Force
van A. Shepard
Joseph Catton
Shepard
North American Aviation Inc
Col. Catton
Hanukkah Service Performed at Chicago Church
About 150 Catholics and Jews attended a Wednesday night event at Queen of the Universe Church in Chicago. Parishioners formed a traditional menorah with eight candles as Rabbi Gershon Rosenstock and Rev. Stanley Ryzner described the ecumenical act. The service blended Old and New Testament candles and featured nuns from the parish school singing Oh Come Oh Come Emanuel. The aim was to foster love and brotherhood between the congregations.
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Chicago
Stanley Ryzner
Gershon Rosenstock
Lawn Manor
Emanuel
Gino L. di Vito
Rabbi Rosenstock
Ex-Policeman Kills Church Aide at Christmas Party
A former Pittsburgh patrolman killed the East Liberty Presbyterian Church business manager Lloyd Littrell, 75, during a Christmas party and then attempted suicide. Security guard Roland Schmuck, 39, was critically wounded but survived. Investigators said no clear motive and no eyewitnesses, with conflicts cited over Schmuck’s time-off request.
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Pittsburgh
UPI
Pitts
Ourgh
Tha
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
Regius Jones
Lloyd Littrell
David
Devy
Christian Education
Littrell
Roland Schmuck
Schmuck
Robert Gable
Shadyside Hospital
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Zoo
Snowflake
Fes
Prince Charles
Gordonstoun
Wilson
Earl Mountbatten
Imperial Staff
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Charles C. Krulak
Viet Nam
Krulak
Que Son
da Nang
1St Marines Service Battalion
William
Victor H Krulak
Fleet Marine Pacific
Honolulu
Bobby Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N-Y
Ethel
Pierre Salinger
Gen. White
Solon
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Justice Department
Columbia
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Pacific Ave
Isi Street
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Jerusalem
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Tre
John Scott
Rev. Scott
Eleoram
Sacen
Lene Beach
Celts
Cereit Yuy
Coats
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Vell
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