Rushmore Kills Wife and Self in Taxi Incident
Graphic account of a fatal domestic case. Rushmore, once a top anti red writer for the New York Journal American, shot his wife during a taxi ride after a heated argument and then killed himself. Police recovered a seven inch commando knife and multiple hunting rifles in the Rushmore apartment.
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Stil Weiter
New York
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Rusimore
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Rushmore
New York Journal American
Tushmore
Ray Cohn
Charles Finn Put in Jail on Contempt
Charles Finn, 43, of the Flying Fine twins, was jailed for two days in County Jail for contempt of court. Superior Judge Bayard Rhane cited Finn for violating an injunction banning him from the tailwheel area of a World War II C46 aircraft at an Oakland airport. George E. Batchelor, president of International Airports Inc., had been in a legal dispute with Finn over ownership, and purchased the ship for $39,000 after the injunction violation.
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Los Angeles
Charles Finn
Flying Fine Twins
Bayard Rhane
Finn
Odey
Oakland
George E. Batehelor
International Airports Inc
Batehelor
East Grip Tightens as Severe Weather Terrorizes Regions
The storm lashed Florida and New York, swamping a boat off Biscayne Bay after a night in a fishing shack. In Florida a shrimp boat was rescued near the Yucatan peninsula, and wind and frost caused widespread property damage. Snow blanketed Western New York with up to 28 inches in spots, while Buffalo and suburbs endured heavy gusts, downed trees, and damaged storefronts.
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Miami
Biscayne Bay
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Sunbeam
Yucatan Peninsula
John Singleton
John Dr
Rose
Joe
New York
Buffalo
Erie County
Two Missing Boys Held in Thetts Berkeley Case
Two Orange County boys Theodore Thomas Power and Randall Bond Lynch, ages 14 and 10, confessed to burglaries in Thetts Berkeley area after fleeing from California homes. Police say they entered six houses while owners were away, stealing coins from a piggy bank, paper money, three watches, and an electric shaver. Power possessed a 38 caliber pistol at a residence on Acton Crest. The report links broader cold weather and storms across the Northeast, but focuses on the youths’ criminal admission and theft spree.
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Berkeley
Orange County
Cotana del Mar
Theodore Thomas Power
Randall Bond Lynch
California
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Clifford van Meter
Pigey Bank
Young Power
Acton Crest
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Vieira
Youth Wounded After Police Chase Ends in Crash
Los Angeles police wounded 16 year old Travis Sturges in the right leg after a late Friday midnight chase ended when a stolen car crashed into a telephone pole near the Los Angeles Coliseum. Sturges, a 6 foot 2 inch student with prior arrests for rape, burglary, and robbery, fled on foot after the crash.
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High Scader
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Los Aneles Coliseum
Sach
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No Physical Benefit From Light Exercise Says Cureton
University of Illinois professor Thomas K. Cureton told the College Physical Education Assn in Santa Monica that golf bowling dancing and similar activities do not build stronger muscles unless loads are two thirds or more of maximum. He urged easy work to stay normal in weight and recommended swimming walking uphill rowing for endurance long distance skiing and trekking as better forms of exercise.
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University of Illinois
Thomas K. Cureton
College Physical Education Assn
Physical Educa
Vanderbilt Coed Maid of Cotton winner announced
Jean Carter of Atlanta is named 1958 Maid of Cotton after a tea event with sorority sister Helen Landon, 1957 winner. Finalists included Alice Berry Condon and Ruth Bennett. 20 finalists were narrowed from over 1200 entries for the Memphis event. The new MacD will tour internationally as a cotton industry fashion ambassador.
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Report on alleged Red Army mutiny in Germany
An emigre Soviet solidarity group cites unconfirmed reports of a mutiny by Soviet troops in East Germany. They claim several officers and soldiers escaped to West Berlin and possibly West Germany, while British officials report a deserter sergeant seeking asylum. Armed troops patrolled East Berlin before withdrawal.
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Gen Lloyd E Jones Dies At 69 In Columbia
Maj General Lloyd E Jones, 69, a key figure in designing the 105 millimeter howitzer and a noted authority on artillery tactics, died Friday in Columbia. He wrote the basic Field Artillery Mathematics textbook and helped shape postwar Army field artiller y doctrine.
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Lloyd E. Jones
Nice
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Boy Admits Mother Killing After Family Row
Police questioned Bobby after a family quarrel left his mother dead from a stab wound. He gave a detailed confession claiming the murder in their car beside a water edge, later retracting parts and stating it was fantastic. Autopsy cited loss of blood as cause. time of death undetermined. The father allegedly threatened the wife, but he denied making threats. Police questioned about 80 others in the case as details remained unsettled.
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Nixon plane under fire by Senator Monroney in aviation row
Senator Monroney blasted the conversion of a Strategic Air Command KC135 jet tanker into a vice president transport as extravagant and dangerous. He questioned SAC's supply and urged Defense Secretary McElroy to authorize use of the latest jet for Nixon. A Nixon spokesman in New York said the offer stands when practical.
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Engle charges PG&E with CVP benefits in California
House Interior Chair Engle says a comptroller general audit shows PG&E gains from the Central Valley Project at government expense. He cites excessive transmission rates, free power capacity, and energy losses favoring PG&E under Reclamation Bureau contracts, demanding a reevaluation of the agreements.
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Court Limits Cabaret Tax on Private Parties in Los Angeles
U S Judge Kaufman in Los Angeles federal court narrowed cabaret taxes citing food and drink served at private parties cannot be taxed while the host group retains control of the event. Hover must pay 5000 in taxes on drinks after 10 30 pm daily. Ciros restaurant in bankruptcy limbo. Government counters sought about 75000 in cabaret taxes.
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James A. Smith
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House
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Ex Narcotic Bureau Chief Madden Dies at 60
SAN FRANCISCO Attorney Paul Madden former chief of the State Narcotics Bureau from 1939 to 1943 and later a postwar military judge in occupied Germany died in a hospital at age 60 He was a member of the State Attorney General's Citizens Advisory Committee on Crime Prevention and chaired the narcotics subcommittee He was a San Francisco native who served in the Navy in World War I and was appointed a civilian judge for the occupation in Germany after his army discharge
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State Narcotics Bureau
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