Liberace Brothers Court Drama Over Toupee Trial
Chicago dispatch reports George Liberace, brother of pianist Liberace, facing charges after a February night club incident in which he and four others allegedly slugged a man and fled with the victim’s toupee. The high-strung violinist testified as a key witness as Judge Niemeyer set a new trial date for Thursday amid tensions in court.
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Chicago
George Lib
New York
Erace
Curly
Lee Liberace
Liberace
Niedemmeyer
Grover C. Niemeyer
Transcript Trial Plea on Confidential Fails
A mistrial in the Confidential libel case ends with a move to retry, after Judge Walker rejects a plan to use the first trial transcript. A hung jury last Oct. 1 prompted a Nov. 20 retrial date for Confidential and Whisper magazines, Publishers' Distributing Corp. and related parties. Attorney General Edmund G. Brown urged a transcript-based reconsideration while seeking dismissal of other defendants including Robert Harrison.
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Los Angeles
Harrison
Brown
Walker
Edmund G. Brown
Arthurjed
Crowley
Herbert V. ‘Walker
Distributing Corp
Fred
Marjorie Meade
Hollywood Research, Inc
Mercies
Robert Harrison
Abuses Laid to Doctors in Aid Program
In California, officials accuse doctors and some patients of abusing a public relief medical aid program. Deputy director C. A. Herbage says costs for tranquilizers vitamins and cleansing tissues rose two to three times, with physicians writing prescriptions for ordinary items to avoid patient payments.
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San Francisco
Hunter Found Dead of Gunshot Wound in Colorado Ranch
Eugene Howard Evertly, 22, of Brighton, was found dead from a gunshot on a ranch near Meeker Colorado on Tuesday. Sheriff Russell Harp identified the victim and said an extensive investigation is underway. Officials say the shooting was accidental and not from the deceased’s firearm.
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Meeker
Colo
Eugene Howard Evertly
Brighton
Hunter
Here
Russell Harp
Warp
Byerly
Asia Flu Inroads Hit Special Schools Nationwide
Unsited Press reports Asia flu spreads in institutions for the mentally retarded with new deaths and rising case counts. At Dixon I a school, two more deaths raised total to nine and 70 inmates diagnosed. Pennhurst near Philadelphia adds a 12th death. California facility reports nine inmate deaths. Southern Colony Training School sees flu in 14 cottages, including a fatal case of a one year old.
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Dixon, I
Pennhurst School
Philadelphia
California
Southern Colony Training School
Union Drove
Wis
Shoy
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