Cleveland Cop Confesses Part In Thefts
In Cleveland Ohio a tearful meeting of officers wives preceded Patrolman Robert Wankowski 28 confessing his role in a burglary spree. Police chief Frank Story announced Wankowski confessed supporting Patrolman William Marlowe 40 who was caught breaking into a safe in a trap. Marlowe resigned after implicating 10 others in 16 burglaries netting 2500 dollars in 18 months. Five officers were charged Marlowe Wankowski Raymond Ollie 28 Joseph Krist 41 and Joseph Kish 35.
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Cleveland
Ohio
UPI
Marlowe
Frank Story
Robert Wankowski
Wankowski
Story
William Marlowe
Raymond Ollie
Joseph Krist
Joseph Kish
Bank Robbery Shocker Ends With Gunfire And Flight
In a tense bank robbery, a teller and customers handed over cash as two assailants demanded money. A security guard and staff fought back, disarming one robber and exchanging shots. The bandits fled after a knife threat, with police and FBI arriving as the chaos subsided.
Boston Mad Strangler Sought After New Victim
Boston police hunt a light skinned 25 year old masquerading as a house painter believed linked to a series of stranglings since June. Sophie Clark, 20, Northeastern student and hospital technician, was found strangled in a four floor apartment. clues include a painter's gear near a victim's home and a possible earlier sighting.
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Boston
UPI
Sophie Clark
Northeastern University
Richard Ford
Suffolk County Medical Examiner
Edmund L. McNamara
Miss Clark
Judge Refuses Nudists Divorces in Florida Court
In West Palm Beach a circuit judge refused a divorce for nudist couple Mary and John Dawson, citing concern for two children aged five and six and placing them in foster care. The Sunny Acres Nudist camp criticized the ruling as a misapplication of nudist beliefs and promised appeal.
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Fla
UPI
Russell O. Morrow
Mary Dawson
John
Morrow
Sunny Acres
Delray Beach
Dawson
American Nudist Association
America
Deformed Baby Trial Under Way
In Philadelphia UPI reports William S. Merrell Co and Richardson Merrell Inc faced a $2.5 million suit from Thomas D. Diamond and wife of Rydal alleging thalidomide caused their son’s birth defects. The child Thomas David Diamond, born April 1961, suffered phocomelia with armless limbs and brain injuries. lawyers note similar European cases, while the Diamonds later had a normal child.
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Philadelphia
UPI
William S. Merrell Co
Richardson Merrell, Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. District Court
Thomas D. Diamond
Rydal
Thomas David
Merrell
Europe
Richter
Man Bites Dog's Master Hospitalized After Attack
Louis Branchissi, 49, was treated at Mission Emergency Hospital after a man bit him on the face following an incident on the street. Branchissi said he warned the man not to pull his dog’s ears. the man attacked, and Branchissi slugged him as the assailant fled. Tetanus shot given.
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San Francisco
UPI
Louis Branchissi
Branchissi
Mission Emergency Hospital
Fullest Confidence as Kennedy Meets Cuba Advisors
Washington reports President Kennedy conferred with top military and diplomatic strategists on Cuba. U N Ambassador Adlai E Stevenson joined the White House session called Wednesday night to discuss ongoing Cuba talks at the United Nations in New York.
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UPI
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Cuba
U. N
Adlai E. Stevenson
White House
United Nations
New York
Kennedy backs Stevenson amid Cuban crisis reports
President Kennedy says he has the fullest confidence in Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and that Stevenson remains of inestimable value at the United Nations. The White House released a letter from Kennedy to Stevenson denying reports of dissent over a Cuban crisis article. Stevenson is due to preside at the Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation awards dinner tonight.
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Curtis E. Lemay
Scripps-Howard
Walker Stone
Salinger
Golden Quill
Pittsburgh
Defense Department
Washington
UPI
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Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Stevenson
White House
Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. Foundation
Russian IL-28 Bombers Pulled From Cuba, UPI Reports
UPI reports the Soviet Union is rapidly removing IL-28 jet bombers from Cuba with officials indicating most could be out in a few days. Washington says 42 planes were placed in Cuba and the Defense Department confirms 27 bombers have already been pulled out, signaling a shifting stance amid ongoing talks.
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UPI
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Cuba
U. S
Russia
United States
New York
Defense Department
Kennedy letter to Stevenson over Post article sparks calm note
President Kennedy sends a note to Adlai Stevenson at the United Nations expressing regret for the stir caused by a Saturday Evening Post piece. He says he values Stevenson's advice highly and admired his performance during the Cuban crisis, amid prior denials of the story’s accuracy.
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Stevenson
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Saturday Evening Post
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Charles Bartlett
Youth Admits Rape Slaying on Roof in NYC Project
A 15 year old boy confessed to raping nine year old Lour des Bass and throwing her from a 14 story housing project roof after she threatened to expose him. James Rooks was arrested 27 hours after the rooftop attack following a large police search and a resident identification.
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New York
UPI
Lourdes Bass
James Rooks
Joseph Heyen
Rooks
Heyen
Adenauer Won't Resign Amid Coalition Talks Collapse
Bonn Germany—Chancellor Konrad Adenauer refuses to quit and cancels today's coalition talks with the SPD. The Social Democrats demand an agenda covering personal and political questions and a retirement date. FDP and CDU factions press for a clear successor before the 1965 elections.
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Germany
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
Social Democratic Party
SPD
Adenauer
Christian Democratic Union
CDU
Free Democratic Party
FDP
Free Democrats
der Spiegel
Franz Josef Strauss
Strauss
Marshals Guard Hoffa At Trial
UPI reports a strengthened marshal presence surrounded the federal court trial of Teamsters President James R. Hoffa in Nashville Tennessee. A would be shooter, Warren Swanson, identified as from Washington DC, fired an air pistol injuring Hoffa slightly with two pellets. Swanson claimed a vision compelled the act and he faced contempt charges.
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Nashville, Tenn
UPI
U.S
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
William E. Miller
Hoffa
Warren Swanson
Washington, D.C
Bald Knob Slopes To Open Saturday Despite Heavy Snow
West Virginia cities like Beckley and Raleigh County endure heavy snowfall with 6 to 12 inches reported in places. Bald Knob Slopes will open Saturday and Sunday as Winterfun Inc. works to restore power and water. Flat Top records 21 degrees, Piedmont Airlines runs at half capacity, airport operations limited by low ceilings and icy runways.
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Winterfun, Inc
Beckley
Raleigh
Randolph County
West Virginia
U.S. Weather Bureau
Clear Fork
Ralph Jackson
Paul Sanna
Jackson
Appalachian Power Co
Lively
APC
W. C. McMahan
Clear Fork High
Dorothy
Board of Education
Pineknob
Ameagle
Lower White Oak
Workmen's Creek
Clear Creek
Flat Top
Snow Warning For West Virginia Brings Heavy Accumulation
Snow is expected to accumulate up to a foot in higher elevations with more than four inches in lower areas. Afternoon snow will fade to flurries tonight and Friday with temperatures in the 20s. River gauges show Greenbrier and Lake Greenbrier conditions muddy or above normal, with a new gauge reading 5.5 feet at Hinton.
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Oak Hill
Hinton
Salty Old Prospector Aims for 150th Birthday Record
Victorville California UPI reports Hubert Miller a 104 year old prospector plans to reach 150. A lifelong miner since 86 years of prospecting he retired at 91 and became a census counter at 101 traveling 1500 miles to count 50 people. He smokes two packs daily and drinks whisky, continues living alone at a motel, and even at 104 keeps a sharp memory though nearly blind.
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Victorville
Calif
UPI
Hubert T
Tecumseh
Miller
California
Death Valley
East's first wintry storm unloads heavy snow across region
United Press International reports a major early season storm hitting the East with up to a foot of snow in West Virginia and spreading from Indiana to Virginia. The system centered over Virginia to western New York, dropping four inches in western Pennsylvania and Cleveland, five inches in Akron, and snarling roads as Atlanta logged its first flakes of the season.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Indiana
Virginia
New York State
Atlanta
Middle West
Randolph County
Pennsylvania
Cleveland
Ohio
Akron
Smog Strangles London as Hospitals Brace for Victims
London faces a deadly killer smog as hospitals go on red alert with 394 bed requests in 24 hours and 66 deaths in the capital since Monday. Grounded flights and port sailings, a 500 foot thick poisonous pall, and warnings to the elderly and those with lung weakness define the crisis.
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London
UPI
Britain
Thames Estuary
Air Ministry Weather Bureau
Air Ministry
Routeman Killed In Mountain Truck Plunge
UPI reports Kenneth Shawver, 40, of Holden, Logan County, operator of a Charleston Gazette paper route, died when his delivery truck plunged about 200 feet down Buffalo Mountain. Authorities say he apparently fell asleep at the wheel.
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Delbarton
UPI
Charleston Gazette
Buffalo Mountain
Kenneth Shawver
Holden
Logan County
Polaris A-3 Failure at Cape Canaveral Ends Test Flight
A Navy test of the Polaris A-3 missile ended in failure as the rocket veered out of control and had to be destroyed. It marked the sixth consecutive accident for the A-3, the most powerful version of the submarine-launched missile, which has yet to achieve a full success.
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Cape Canaveral
UPS
Navy
Dime shrinks so small no one can stop on it anymore
A brief quirky item notes a dime has shrunk to a size that makes stopping on it nearly impossible, reflecting a humorous or satirical observation about coin size in circulation.
Nehru vows victory as Indian soldiers return home
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru visited ill and wounded Indian soldiers, 64 POWs repatriated with a dead comrade, saying India will prevail in its clash with the Chinese. China withdraws noted as India moves to sever diplomatic ties by closing two consulates in Red China and demanding similar action from Peking. In Paris, French National Assembly pledges support to De Gaulle as talks stall. Investigators probe a fogged maintenance truck theory behind Idlewild crash that killed 25, including Capt Bechtold. Petrillo loses federation election to Bernard Richards by 95 votes, while Tito and Khrushchev push talks.
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Tezpur
India
Red China
Peking
National Assembly
Charles de Gaulle
Cleveland
Today
Edward Bechtold
Idlewild
Bechtold
Chicago Federation of Musicians
James C. Petrillo
Bernard F. Richards
Tito
Nikita Khrushchev
Yuletide Tale of Marrow Bone Ridge and Comfort Village
Genie Magoon a leprechaun plays a key role in a holiday story about the poor people of Marrow Bone Ridge clashing with the rich villagers of Comfort. Danny Dugan and an old discarded lantern figure in a heartwarming Christmas entertainment tale for youngsters, presented daily.
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Genie Magoon
Danny Dugan
Marrow- Bone Ridge
Village of
Comfort
State Supreme Court Denies Bond For Roark
Rush Dean Roark age 27 of Shady Spring has been denied bond in the West Virginia Supreme Court after a Raleigh County Criminal Court jury convicted him of involuntary manslaughter in the June 16 Plumley murder. Roark was sentenced to one to five years and awaits further proceedings. Co defendant Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr. of Grandview, 23, is slated for trial in January.
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Shady Spring
West Virginia Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Charleston
Raleigh County Criminal Court
Raleigh County
Joseph Luchini
Roark
Moundsville
Wilbur Ray Plumley
Pluto
Grandview State Park
Boyd Gordon Lilly Jr
Grandview
Plumley
Lilly
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