Get Life For Georgia Murders
In Conyers Georgia a 16 year old youth received a life sentence after a gangland style killing that also led to life terms for his brother and a 14 year old girl. A 12 man jury deliberated two hours before convicting Richard Earl Byrd of murder in the December 27 shotgun slaying of Wayne Henderson.
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Conyers
Dorothy Sue Bradford
Wayne Henderson
Tommy
James Michael Flanagan
Byrds
Henderson
Byrd
Hendersons
Flanagan
Escaped mental patient on FBI list caught in Salina
Watson Young Jr., on the FBI Ten Most Wanted list for two Indiana murders, surrendered to Salina police after speeding through town in a stolen ambulance. He admitted the Dec 13 killings of Hannsel and Mary Alice Gupton and the later rape of an Indianapolis housewife. The former embalmer, who escaped from a Lakeland mental institution in 1961, had prior confinements across several states.
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Salina
Kan
UPI
Indiana
Watson Young Jr
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Young
H. R. Salmans
Hannsel E. Gupton
Mary Alice
Indianapolis
Ind
Salmans
FBI
Hannsel
Funeral Home
Lakeland
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
Ohio
Missouri
Washington, D.C
Retraining Experiment Stated In 3 WV Counties
Charleston UPI reports a retraining pilot will start in McDowell Cabell and Kanawha Counties to add mathematics science and social studies to skill courses for adults The program aims to improve citizenry and work skills and is separate from the 1962 job training pilot.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
McDowell
Cabell
Kanawha
S. D. McMillen
McMillen
Turnpike Revenue Jumps 10 Per Cent
Charleston reports a 10 percent increase in West Virginia Turnpike revenue for January, 1962, with tolls rising from 249,111 to 271,666 and a net gain of 21,601 over January 1961. Traffic totaled 129,456 vehicles on the Charleston Princeton toll read last month.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Notable Deaths Across Cities Reported By UPI
James L Kilpatrick 86 former president of New York Telephone Co died Tuesday. M G Jimmy McCain 68 former Cot ton States Baseball League president died Sunday. funeral held Tuesday in Clarksdale Miss. Walter T Scott 61 pioneer Corpus Christi family father of Houston Oiler Jack Scott died Tuesday. Gordon G Starr 66 Athens College registrar and associate professor funeral Thursday after death Monday.
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UPI
James L Kilpatrick
New York Telephone Co
Clarksdale, Miss
M.G
Jimmy McCain
Cotton States Baseball League
McCain
Corpus Christi, Tex
Athens
Ala
Gordon G. Starr
Athens College
Starr
Saints named Valentine celebrated today
The article notes many Christian saints share the name Valentine with two renowned martyrs, a Roman priest and a bishop of Terni, whose feast days are observed today.
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Valentine
Valentinus
Terni
New NATO Rifle M-14 to Replace Caliber D U Weapons
The Army's M-14 rifle, designed to share ammunition with NATO forces, is showcased in photographs and described as gradually replacing all caliber dU rifles and carbines used by U.S. infantrymen.
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NATO
Arme
U.S
Army
Flu cases surge in West Virginia weekly totals
The State Health Department reported 6 141 new influenza cases last week, lifting the year total to 14 912. Upshur County led with 1 534 new cases, followed by Mason 695 Harrison 600 Cabell 510 and Marshall 430. Public Service Commission weighing Mountaineer Air Service Inc taxi operation from Kanawha Airport. State Beer Commission places three Williamson firms on 20 day probation for selling beer to unlicensed establishments. Paul P Pankovich dies in fall at Sewell Coal Co mine near Mabie Randolph County. three other miners escape.
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Charleston
UPI
State Health Department
West Virginia
Upshur County
Mason
Harrison
Cabell
Marshall
State Beer Commission
Sanitary Bottling Co
Mingo Bottling Co
Mingo Wholesale Co
Slate Kills Elkins
Paul P. Pankovich
Valley Bend
Sewell Coal Co
Mabie
Randolph County
Pankovich
Myrrh Used With Food to Boost Milk in China
Britannica notes that myrrh, given by the Magi to the Infant Jesus, is reportedly mixed with cattle feed in China to raise milk quantity and quality. The claim reflects traditional or purported practices noted in the encyclopedia.
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Jesus
China
Encyclopedia Britannica
Elizabeth Queen of Bohemia Death Notice
Elizabeth, queen of Bohemia, died on February 13, 1662, in a historic royal succession note.
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Elizabeth
Queen of
Bohemia
Fire at Tennessee fairgrounds kills 46 horses
Knoxv ille fire at the fairgrounds destroys a large stable. Forty six horses die or are burned including many animals. Chain grocer and stable owner Walker, a city councilman, contends with the flames and estimates losses above 520,000, though his riding gelding Buckshot survives badly burned.
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Knoxville
Tenn
UPI
Airgrounds
Chain Grocer
Walker
Monster Snout Distinguishes Male Sea Elephant
A field note describes a male sea elephant with a distinctive oversized snout that sets it apart from females and other males. The feature is cited as a key identifier in observational accounts of the species.
Virginia Approves 2 Branch Colleges
The State Council on Higher Education backed two year branch colleges in Martinsville and the Wytheville Galax area pending funding. A VA Board of Visitors plan for a Martinsville branch would proceed if funds are allocated, with a Wytheville Galax VTU branch also approved. An UVa extension center for Maison Culpepper area was approved too.
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Richmond, Va
UPI
State Council On Higher Education
Martinsville
Wytheville-Galax
University of Virginia Board of Visitors
General Assembly
Wytheville - Galax
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
University of Virginia
Maison-Culpepper
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