Smokey the police dog saves boy from copperhead bite
Smokey, a six year old German shepherd trained for police work, knocked down 13 year old Marie Myers near Hillsboro Missouri while leaping at a venomous copperhead. The dog bit the snake, swelling its leg. a veterinarian expects recovery and Marie’s father Deputy Sheriff William Myers plans to nurse the dog back to health.
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Smokey
Hillsboro
Marie Myers
Jefferson County
William Myers
Marie
Morse
Tennessee Williams Fears for His Life Note Found
The brother of Tennessee Williams reports a note from the playwright predicting possible violent harm. Attorney W Dakin Williams of Collinsville Illinois received the message written on New York restaurant stationery, stating, If anything of a violent nature happens to me it will not be a case of death by own action. The note mentions treachery and con men, and says Williams plans to be moved to safety if needed.
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Tennessee Williams
W. Dakin Williams
Collinsville
New York
Tre
Tom
Colorado Coed Mary Smiley crowned Miss Wool of America 1963
Mary Smiley of Englewood Colorado won the Miss Wool of America title at the San Angelo pageant in West Texas. She is a journalism and marketing major at the University of Colorado and received a 15000 wardrobe a new car and a 2000 scholarship. Runners up were Arla Jo Greene Phoenix Candi Ford Las Vegas New Mexico and Jeanne Stine St Paul Minnesota. There were sixteen other contestants including Mary Dean Indart of Fresno California.
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Mary Smiley
Englewood
Colo
West Texas
San Angelo
Arla Jo Greene
Phoenix
Candi Ford
Las Vegas
N.M
Jeanne Stine
St. Paul
Minn
University of Colorado
Thomas Smiley
Engelwood
Mery Dean Indart
Fresno
Calif
Colorado
Cantis Ford
Nml
Rockefeller Visits Humphrey Drugstore in Huron
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller visited the Humphrey drugstore in Huron D D on Thursday. He was greeted by Mrs Ralph Humphrey and a woman clerk who whispered I am the only Republican working here. Rockefeller found he was eight cents short of 21.08 and a reporter lent two dimes to cover the bill. He bought earrings for his wife and small gifts for his children as laughter filled the shop. Mrs Humphrey called the visit good for morale and noted RFK had similar campaigning there in the past.
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New York
Gav
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Humphrey Drug Store
Huron
D.D
Hubert H. Humphrey
Rockefeller
Ralph Humphrey
Happy
Nelson Jr
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
South Dakota
Author Manchester Turns in His Pistol
Author William Manchester turned a 45 caliber automatic pistol to Middletown police saying he lost two friends to assassination recently. He urged others to turn in guns to protect children and cited his war memories from Guadalcanal Okinawa and recovery after a Marine action.
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William Manchester
Middletown
Manchester
Guadalcanal
Okinawa
Doctors Warn of Walkout Over County General Hospital
Redwood City staff doctors threaten resignations if immediate hospital improvements are not approved. The county faces bond funds, accreditation probation, and ongoing debates on phasing out County General with surrounding hospitals proposed to absorb patients. Dr. Richard J. Levy cited 20 to 25 staff doctors and 75 to 100 on staff amid commitments through June 30, 1969. The board formed a study committee expected to report in three months as other panels have urged closing the facility.
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Redwood City
San Mateo County General Hospital
California
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Hospitals
Richard J. Levy
San Mateo
Levy
Accreditation Commission
County General
Palo Alto-Stanford Hospital
San Mateo County
San Mateo General
Dr. Levy
Port Bribery Trial Tells of $10,000 Loan to Two Commissioners
Catalina Terminals Chief Stillwell testified in the Los Angeles bribery case that he loaned $10,000 to former Harbor Commissioners Karl Rundberg and Robert Starr in 1966 as a business loan with no obligation of favors. He said he expected no return beyond the notes, and he did not seek security or influence from them.
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Resurrection City
Stillwell
Charles M. Stillwell
Catalina Terminals Inc
Los Angeles Superior Court
Karl L. Rundberg
Robert W
Nick) Starr
Montagna
James Grubbs
Rundberg
Stilwell
Starr
Grubbs
Harbor Commission
Commission
Steer
Resurrection City II camp on Olympia capitol grounds
Washington Indians set up Resurrection City II on a corner of the state capitol grounds in Olympia to press for land back and protest broken treaties. Janet McCloud leads a small camp of 29 nightly residents including three teepees and four tents. They cite the Medicine Creek Treaty of 1854 and a Supreme Court ruling on salmon fishing rights, while also protesting Dick Gregory’s jailing across the street.
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Washington
State Capitol
Olympia
Janet McCloud
Olympia Wash
Dick Gregory
Gregory
Card-Game Fixer Details Fortune from Rigged Games
Electronics expert George Leach testified he earned 152000 dollars from crooked gin rummy schemes at the Beverly Hills Friars Club and other venues, reporting only 5720 to the IRS. He described peep holes and electronic devices used to relay hands to confederates, with profits from 1962 and 1963 before a judge sentenced him for burglary.
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Los Angeles
UPL
George Leach
Beverly Hills Friars Club
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Las Vegas
Nev
Leach
Friars Club
Grant B. Cooper
FBI
Nevada
Flamingo Hotel
Variety Club
Maurice H. Friedman
Trinidad Hotel
Palm Springs
Daytona Beach
Fla
Twin Free After 3 Years for Slaying of Brother
Millionaire Timothy Nicholson, 25, freed on probation after three years served for manslaughter in his twin brother Todd’s 1966 death in Temple City. Judge Nt Burton Noble ordered seven years of probation as CA authorities had denied parole previously. The brothers shared a $400,000 apartment, and both belonged to the Pullman Railroad and Cudahy meat packing clans with $500,000 inheritances at 18. Nicholson inherited his brother’s share.
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Pasadena
Timothy Nicholson
Burton Noble
Nicholson
California Adult Authority
Noble
Todd
Wit
Temple City
Pullman Railroad
Cudahy Meat Packing
Timothy
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