Teens Admit To Murdering Seven In Multistate Case
Two 18 and 19 year old youths from Florida and Texas talked with officers about a string of killings across eight victims in six states. York and Latham, held on federal vehicle theft charges, described robberies and killings from Louisiana to Colorado, with minimal remorse and reports of laughing at victims. Authorities pieced together a timeline from Baton Rouge to Jacksonville, detailing robberies and fatal shootings, while noting a surviving Louisiana victim identified York in a hospital bed.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Colorado
W. H. Terrill
George R. York
James D. Latham
Florida
Louisiana
Tennessee
Illinois
Kansas
Terrill
York
Jacksonville
Fla
Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Edward J. Guidroz
Baton Rouge
Associated Press
Althea Ottavio
Patricia Anne Hewitt
Valdosta
Aiken
S. C
John A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Transient Questioned In Slayings Near Seligman Arizona
A 34-year old transient was questioned in Tucumcari about a possible link to the Friday killings of Mr and Mrs J D Welch in a Spencer Oklahoma couple. He was arrested after attempting to sell a modified nine shot .22 pistol at a service station. No charges were filed. Police pursued his recent travel details as Arizona authorities confirmed the weapon used.
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Tucumcari
U. S. 66
Seligman
Ariz
Arizona
J. D. Welch
Spencer
Okla
Green Thumbs Get Best of Burglars
Burglars with a green thumb visited the Green Thumb Nursery at 416 E. Second St over the weekend and made off with 14 rose bushes and two trees. Police said the plants were valued at $63.
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Green Thumb
E. Second St
Two Roswell Beauties Vie In Contest
Delegates to the New Mexico Cotton Ginners Association convention in Albuquerque will pick a New Mexico Maid of Cotton from nine state beauties. Contestants include Barbara Ellen Sadler of Artesia, Teresa Chapparo of Silver City, Shelby Smith of Albuquerque, Patricia Johnson of Las Cruces, Carole Ann Binkley of Lovington, Mary Teague of Roswell, Linda Lee Allison of Roswell, Patricia Gary of Albuquerque, and Sally Lee of Alamogordo.
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Barbara Ellen Sadler
Artesia
Texas Christian University
Teresa M. Chapparo
Silver City
New Mexico Western College
Shelby J. Smith
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Patricia E. Johnson
Las Cruces
New Mexico State University
Carole Ann Binkley
Lovington
Lubbock Christian College
Mary Teague
Roswell
Linda Lee Allison
Texas Technological College
Patricia A. Gary
Sally Lee
Alamogordo
Texas Western College
Mythical Cities Formed by Girls at Girls State
In Albuquerque AP report, more than 250 girls at Girls State at the University of New Mexico will form mythical cities today to nominate candidates for city offices. UNM President Tom Popejoy welcomed them as Dr. C L Day of Lubbock Christian College plans five talks on Americanism versus Communism during the week.
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Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
UNM
Tom Popejoy
C. L. Day
Lubbock Christian College
Billfold Stolen From Home on Chisum Street
A billfold containing $25 was taken from Mrs. Alice Brady at 306 E. Chisum St over the weekend. Police said the theft was reported Sunday.
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Alice Brady
E. Chisum St
Laos Talks Resume After Brief Soviet Concession
Western nations return to the Laos East-West conference in Geneva after the Soviets join a new appeal for a cease-fire. Averell Harriman and other leaders press for effective truce and a coalition government as Pathet Lao blocks IC C access. The three princes Souvanna Phouma Souphanouvong and Boun Oum plan Zurich talks on cease-fire violations and political future.
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Geneva
Laos
International Control Commission
Cochairmen
Pathet Lao
Padong
Andrei Gromyko
America
Averell Harriman
France
Jean Chauvel
Lord Home
Reds
Zurich
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Boun Qum
Vientiane
Foreman Says Lordsburg Job Poorest in 22 Years
Waukesha Wisconsin AP A detective and two of three men being transported to the police station were shot and killed in a moving car chase. Officer George Schmidling died. James McFarland died later. Edward Parker, 29, was slain in the rear seat. James Carothers drove. all are Milwaukee residents. The suspect claimed Parker drew a weapon and shouted This is it.
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Waukesha, Wis
Waukesha
Police Star
George Schmidling
Moody Walters
Edward Parker
James McFarland
Walters
James Carothers
Milwaukee
Robert Goetzelman
Carothers
Schmidling
Parker
Page
Army rebukes Maj. Gen. Walker over pinks red charges
The Army censured Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker for calling Truman and other Democrats pinks and for claiming wide Communist influence in the U S press and broadcasting. The admonition followed an inquiry ordered by President Kennedy. Walker's assignment to command the 8th Corps was canceled and he was kept in a staff post in Heidelberg. The probe, stemmed from Overseas Weekly reports, found he made derogatory statements about prominent Americans and the media while in command of the 24th Infantry Division in Germany.
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Washington
Army
Edwin A. Walker
Harry S. Truman
U.S
Radio-Tv
Ken
Meares Verney
24Th Infantry Division
Walker
John Birch Society
Europe
Austin
Tex
United States
Elvin J. Stahl Jr
24Th Infantry
Germany
Bruce C. Clarke
Overseas Weekly
24Th Division
Birch Society
PTA
Augsburg
Truman
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dean Acheson
Edward R. Murrow
U.S. Information Agency
Walter Lippmann
Eric Sevareid
Kenned
Kennedy
24Th
Army Headquarters
Heidelberg
8Th Corps
Texas
Thomas R. Yancey
Ft. Devens
Mass
Yancey
Clarke
Dutch Electra crash near Cairo kills twenty
In Cairo, a four engine Lockheed Electra attempting to land caught fire in sand dunes. Airline sources say 20 people were killed. survivors were injured, with ten in serious condition. The aircraft carried 46 aboard from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur, with cargo including gold ingots jewelry and Swiss watches. KLM denied American involvement. chief figures gave 36 on board and 19 killed as provisional.
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Cairo
Egypt
Asia
Royal Dutch Airlines
KLM
Amsterdam
Kuala Lumpur
Malaya
Burglars Busy but Pay Is Small
Five burglaries were reported but only one place showed loss. Liquor valued at $11.48 was stolen from Old West Package Store after a window was broken with a large rock. Other breakins left no reported losses at four addresses on Hervey, Deming, and Seventh streets. The airline crash story notes two Irish nuns dead and crew losses after a Munich Rome Cairo flight.
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Old West
E. Second St
The
Home Planning Development Co
E. Hervey St
Bill Wilson
Jessie Calvin
W. Deming St
Robert J. Shaffer
Munich
Rome
Cairo
Rifaat Chafik
Tractors Group Heads To Havana
A four man American team leaves for Havana to seek a swap of 500 tractors for 1,200 Cuban invasion prisoners. The Tractors-for-Freedom Committee, led by Eleanor Roosevelt, Walter Reuther, and Milton Eisenhower, aims to finalize terms in Havana within a day.
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Washington
Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Tractors-for-Freedom Committee
Castro
Miami
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
Milton Eisenhower
Kennedy
Subcommittee Probes New Mexico Highway Failure
A New Mexico foreman testified to a House subcommittee that a 4.1 mile Lordsburg stretch on U S 78 80 was the poorest road built in 22 years. The 1958 project cost 1 146 113 with federal aid. state later bore the full cost to reconstruct about 564 826 more with federal share 35 162. Collins cited duck ponds on the surface and lack of base compaction causing settlement, noting sixteen patched holes the day before completion and mud holes covered up during construction.
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Washington
New Mexico
Lordsburg
N. M
Highway Department
Robert B. Collins
House Public Works
Jack Adams
Santa Fe
Walter May
May
Collins
Foreman
Charge Filed In Shooting Death In Clovis
Cecil Anderson 36, of Clovis faces an open murder charge after turning himself in following a shooting that killed Charles Nickerson 46 near the Plains Hotel. Autopsy found two .22 caliber bullets. one from Anderson’s gun entered the right shoulder, ricocheted and severed two arteries.
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Clovis
Cecil Anderson
Charles
Big Man
Nickerson
Anderson
Plains Hotel
Rusk criticizes Soviet Berlin plan amid U S German talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk says the United States does not agree with the Soviet proposals on Germany and Berlin. He notes discussions will involve Britain France West Germany and others as President Kennedy plans to raise the issue with Italian Premier Fanfani at the White House.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United States
Germany
Berlin
Rusk
U. S
Britain
France
West Berlin
West Germany
Kennedy
White House
Amintore Fanfani
Italy
America
North Atlantic
Moscow
U.S
Vienna
Khrushchev
East Germany
Hiler
Konrad Adenauer
Willy Brandt
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Kentucky
Army Forces In
Electra
Ernst van der Beugel
the Hague
Lobo
Lutz Bauersachs
Victoria
B.C
William H. Covington
National Security Agency
Washington, D.C
Maryland
Covington
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