Youth Admits Hoax Of Girl Kidnapping
Kenneth Charles Cody 38 of Akron admitted making up a report that three Negroes abducted his girlfriend and stole his car. He confessed after questioning at DePaul Hospital and was jailed to face a false information charge in Princess Anne County. The girl’s name he gave, Sharon Opper, was not real. Police say Cody gave several changing stories and his hearing set for Friday.
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Store owner fends off robber with bourbon bottle
Dallas resident Ralph Phillips aged 53 recounts stopping a gunman who entered his store for whisky. He struck the robber with a bourbon bottle, chased him through the floor, and pursued him a block before giving up. Phillips notes the incident behind rising robbery insurance costs.
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Sibelius to be buried with his Fourth Symphony
Jean Sibelius will be buried at his request to the tune of his Fourth Symphony. The state funeral will take place in Helsinki Cathedral on Monday with the slow movement performed. The composer died at age 92 last Friday.
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Chessman to Get Office and New Trial Concessions
The Los Angeles District Attorney will provide condemned Daryl Chessman with an office to prepare for his next legal battle after he gained a new trial concession. He returned to the courtroom nine years after his death sentence for two kidnappings involving sexual outrages. A hearing was set for November to examine the transcript and documents. He previously was at San Quentin Prison. Additional privileges include attorney and witness visits, and access to shorthand experts and investigators in the county jail and the DA’s office.
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