Mates Murders Charged to Ex Cop and Girlfriend
Police linked former officer Perveler and his girlfriend to a string of alleged crimes. After a volatile history with his first wife Lela, including a double indemnity policy and two fatal or near fatal incidents, investigators gathered new evidence in February 1967. Cromwell, tied to a separate killing and sizeable life insurance payouts, also faced scrutiny as detectives pressed for murder complaints from the district attorney. A bar patron quipped of a kidnapping sting as police moved forward.
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Torsancs
Perveler
Lela
Cromwell
Burbank
Cheryl
Sunland
Los Angeles Man Opens Talk On JFK Plot
Loren E Hall of Los Angeles says his memory is jogged and he will cooperate with District Attorney James Garr ison. He recalls meetings discussing a plan to assassinate President Kennedy and names Edgar Bradley as involved. Hall says he survived three attempts on his life including a needle with hepatitis germ and two vehicle incidents.
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L.A
JFK
Anna
New Orleans
Kennedy
Dist
Atty
James Garrison
Loren E. Hall
Los Angeles
Hall
Edgar E. Bradley
Garrison
Los Angeles Area
Draft Fee Center Set
NEW YORK (UPS) An international center to counsel young men on how to avoid the draft is being established here by women peace advocates led by actress Viveca Lindfors. The center will be a Women Strike for Peace headquarters and an international information clearing house on the draft with a monthly newsletter. It will also provide immigration information to youths seeking to leave the country to avoid the draft.
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New York
UPS
Viveca Lindfors
Slaying Suspect Nabbed After Harbor City Killing
Coy Lee Hall, a 36 year old ex convict, was captured Wednesday night while hitchhiking on the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades area. He is suspected in the shooting death of Berdell O. Herrmann, a Harbor City ship yard worker, and was treated for a head wound before being jailed on murder charges. A bar patron, Robert Schuster, was wounded. Hall has a long arrest record for robbery and burglary and has served time at San Quentin. Officers earlier scoured Harbor Division corridors for him after the Tuesday night shooting at the Jaguar Bar in Wilmington where Herrmann was slain.
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Wilmington
Harbor City
Coy Lee Hall
West Los Angeles
Pacific Palisades
Central Receiving Hospital
General Hospital
Berdell O. Herrmann
ISI7
Anaheim
St. Harbor City
Herrmann
Robert Schuster
Papeete St
Hall
San Quentin
Harbor Division
Savage Battle Rages in Northeast Vietnam Four Days In
In Vietnam, heavy fighting continued for a fourth day near Dong Ha and Hue as Allied forces report 1,139 enemy deaths and rising casualties for U S and South Vietnamese troops. Marines assault bunkers amid airstrikes while a major rout of prisoners, including female nurses, hints at planned occupation shifts.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Hua
Dong Ha
U.S
Dong Ha 5
3Rd Marine Division
Vietnams
Hue
A Shau
North Vietnam
Robert E. Cushman
Transplant Under Way at Stanford
Massive internal bleeding on January 21 marked a high risk transplant at Stanford. Surgeon SHUMWAY called it a clinical trial and planned another attempt with a suitable donor and recipient. A recent outcome followed the death of the seventh recipient in Paris as a heart transplant faced embolism risks.
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Shumway
Clovis Rablain
Paris
Roblain
Bell System strike ends as wage deal set for 3 years
Pacific Telephone workers in Northern California Nevada strike continues over wages and disparity. New contract raises wages and benefits 19 percent over three years retroactive to April 16 in some regions with costs estimated at 50.7 million through 1970. AT&T says rates may rise to cover higher costs.
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Pacific Telephone
California
Nevada
CWA
New York
American Telephone & Telegrahp Co
Benn
Gilmer
At&t
Pacific Telephone Co
Bell System
Federation of Women Telephone Workers
Southland
Communications Workers of America
Weatern Electric Co
Souther
Beirne
Marathon
H Eee
All A Student Scholarship Winners Highlight Cleveland Seniors
An 18 year old Cleveland High School senior died of cancer in March yet is among National Merit Scholars announced today. Theodore Huechel, valedictorian at John Adams High School, was described as a student expected to do marvelous things. He won a four year University of Chicago scholarship and planned to start in the fall.
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Cleveland
Straighta
Greater Cleveland High School
Theodore Huechel
John Adama High School
Theodore
University of Chicago
Ask Jailers Ouster Roils Coos County Jail
Coos County Commissioner faces call from Dist Atty Robert Brasch to fire all but two jailers at the Coos County jail. The DA alleged prisoners roamed the streets to shop or seek jobs, prompting the demand for removals and reform.
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Coquille
Ore
Robert Brasch
Coos County
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Chery
Kristina Cromwell
Downty
Cheryl Perveler
Carport
Marlin Cromwell
By Mary Neiswender
Paul Perveler
Viet
Stanford
Samese
A-1
Bell Telephone System
Style Manor
Bond’s
Lakewood Blivd
Lakewood Center
Anaheln
Santer & Hentington Brech
Centi
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