Bloomfield Township Sniper Case Shocks Suburb
Douglas Cooper Godfrey a 15 year old Bloomfield Township student confessed to shooting his mother and two other sniper incidents to create fear in the Detroit suburb. He said his mother was strict and wanted him home. The family story includes a father who backs his son and a plan for a sanity hearing.
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David W. Chute
Pontiac
Mich
UPI
Douglas Cooper Godfrey
Detroit
Bloomfield Township
Mary Godfrey
Bloomfield Hills High School
Young Godfrey
Oakland County
Donald Godfrey
Godfrey
Oakland
George Taylor
Taylor
Donald E. Adams
Third gunman surrenders in Boston murder case
Salva Ballito age 26 of Roslindale Mass surrendered in West New York New Jersey without a struggle in an apartment on 1564th St He faced a charge of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder The arrest follows a Boston Roxbury fatal shooting during a gun battle with police Also in custody were Rocco Balliro and Albert Ciocco both held on double murder charges with hearings set for Feb 11
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New York
N.J
UPI
FBI
Boston
R. W. Bachman
Newark
Salvatore Ballito
Roslindale
Mass
Joseph Balliro
Balliro
U.S
M. Lester Lynch
Jersey City
Ballito
Rocco
Albert Ciocco
Toby Z. Wagner
Boson
Roxbury
Elwood S. McKenney
West Virginia Infant Death Rate Drops 29 Percent
West Virginia reports a 29.4 percent decline in infant mortality from 1950 to 1960, with 1960 rate at 25.5 per 1000 live births. Hospital deliveries rose from 65.2 percent in 1950 to 96.8 percent in 1961, aided by education, better care, antibiotics, and federal funds to maternal and child health programs.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Health Department
Department
Arizona
New Mexico
N. H. Dyer
Dyer
Automobile Sales Set Records in January Across Top Brands
Detroit dispatch reports Chevrolet and Ford led the surge with record January sales. Chevrolet moved 202,422 vehicles and Ford 143,450, both surpassing prior marks. American Motors Corp posted 31,980 units, up 18 percent, Chrysler-Plymouth delivered 38,980, up 20 percent, and Dodge sold 25,299, the strongest January total since 1950, signaling a robust auto market entering the year.
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Detroit
APS
Chevrolet
Ford
American Motors Corp
Chrysler-Plymouth
Dodge
West Virginia House and Senate Bills Listed
A roster of proposed bills includes H B 319 prohibiting certain accident and health policy cancellations and H B 320 banning trading stamps. H B 321 would abolish the State Board of School Finance, H B 322 allows carrying .22 pistols for hunters, H B 323 lets the natural resources director condemn private land for forest access, and H B 325 would end the diploma privilege for WVU Law graduates. Also listed are H B 327 tax exemptions for newspapers, H B 328 setting a single start date for schools, and H B 330 directing county clerks on marriage license forms. Senate measures include S B 186 authorizing mental health and elderly facilities, S B 187–189 permit county courts to impose fees, issue revenue bonds for jails, and S B 199 191 authorize revenue bonds for city and county jails and overdraft carryover. S B 193–195 address voter registration optionality, general relief funding, and per-person state mental hospital costs.
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Craig
D-Lewis
Given
D-Webster
Myles
D-Fayette
Singleton
D-Monongalia
Seibert
Ohio
State Board
Brotherton
D-Kanawha
Sencie
Carrigan
R-Marshall
Martin
D-Berkeley
Carrigan and Martin
How They Voted Democrats and Republicans in Legislative Balloting
The record lists Democrats voting for and against numerous names in Lincoln and Wyoming districts, with one Democrat Absent Ford. Republicans split with fifteen for and nine against, detailing names like Arbogast Ashley Buck Casto Deem and others. The closing phrase urges safe driving: Drive safely arrive safely. Chains are your link to safety.
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Arbogast
Ashley
Buck
Casto
Creel
Deem
Giffin
Holderby
Jones
Kiester
Liller
Michael
Michels
Ours
Poling
Calendine
Carey
Haden
Sammons
Seibert
Simonton
Weaver
Workman
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Neville ST
Beckley
W. VA
House
Senate
Anderson
Anvil
Belcher
Lincoln
Wyoming
Blankenship
Bowman
Christian
McDowell
Mercer
Corder
Crandall
Davidson
Edgar
England
Frazer
Gentile
Hawse
Hill
Havermale
Kelley
Kidd
Mace
Marstiller
Mathis
Mathey
McCoy
Mills
Moyers
Nuzum
Ross
Schupbach
Shriver
Slonaker
Steptoe
Sawyers
Vickers
Watson
White
Withrow
Wooten
Sledder
Portland, Conn
Thomas Harrison
Assist
Italy
St. Francis
Mutual OF
Omaha
Woodlawn Ave
Charlie
Doan
Borden Tee
Model
Montgomery Ward
Signawme
Monige
Wards
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