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Jack the Ripper fears rise and a Kennedy bill
Washington notes Kennedy signed a law creating a District of Columbia general sessions court with poena power inside 100 miles, later reduced to 25, error on the desk could force a new bill after Congress convenes. Charlestown reports a spate of murders in Kentucky with three Louisville women found dead, linked by police but not yet proven. Anita Christine Barmore, 21, found mutilated near Jeffersonville. Nancy Webb, 21, and Julia Ann Dawson, 22, previously slain. all connected to Louisville area.
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