Gainesville Murder Probe Intensifies as Detective Probes Past
Police pursue a Gainesville murder tied to Chandler Steffens 22. Background checks target his wife Betty and former life in Cincinnati while investigators seek where the quarter inch manila rope and two inch tape came from. Autopsy points to about 1 a.m. Friday.
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Chandler Steffens
Gainesville
Steffens
Pulrcilascu
R. C. Mainey
Sarasota
University of Florida
Betty
Yale Ct
Arthur Johnson
James Adams
Chief of Police
Johnson
Det
Yale Court
Lincoln Drive
Karl Rolls
Millard White
Castro Defense Planned By Fidel Castro At OAS Meet
Fidel Castro prepared to defend his Cuban revolution at the Organization of American States foreign ministers conference in Santiago Chile. He returned to Havana after directing a counterattack against alleged mercenary invasions on the Isle of Pines and suppressing an interior uprising with about 1000 soldiers detained.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
Organization of American States Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Castro
Isle of Pines
Santiago
Chile
Raul Rao
Fulgencio Batista
Nueva Gerona
Oilman Relents On Ducal Appeal
California oilman Edwin W. Pauley agrees to a compromise on his demand for 5,000 tickets to the Democratic national convention. He will accept 3,133 seats, a proposal from Mayor Norris Poulson who cannot allocate tickets. Pauley will meet Tuesday with a mediation committee in Los Angeles after returning from Hawaii.
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California
Edwin W. Pauley
Norris Poulson
Pauley
Hawaii
Poulson
Coast Fire Encircled Near Riverside Resort
A freak fire near Lake Elsinore in Riverside County has scorched at least 1500 acres, destroyed two homes, and left more than two dozen people burned or injured. Firefighters say they have it virtually encircled and under control.
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Riverside
Calif
Lake Elsinore
Farewell to Our Town Police Chief Bob Wilson
Our Town mourns Police Chief Bob Wilson who died in the line of duty while combating crime. He led a strained, under manned department and urged equal justice for all, including the brutal murder case of Chandler Steffens. A memorial is hoped as the city seeks a successor.
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Bob Wilson
Chief Wilson
Sarasota
Public Safety
Ringling Boulevard
Wilson
Chandler Steffens
Deadline In 48 Hours Faubus Keeping Mum On Integration Move
In Little Rock Arkansas Gov Orval Faubus faces a 48 hour window to act on school integration as four high schools prepare to open with integrated classes. Faubus declines to reveal plans while NAACP attorney Wiley Branton challenges the pupil placement law in federal court.
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Little Rock
Ark
UPI
Orval Faubus
Faubus
South
Arkansas
Central High School
Hall High
Wiley Branton
NAACP
John E. Miller
Manhunt Ends As Kill Suspect Held In Jacksonville
Police arrested Harold Davis, 20, on the murder charge of Jack Norman Maury, 31, after an all night manhunt. Seven youths were also jailed on aiding and abetting charges as officers traced the escape plot through Davis's circle.
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Harold Davis
Davis
Jack Norman Maury
Double Dip In News Treats Readers This Week
The News offers a double feature this week two series begin today on two current topics. On page 3 United Press In headlining Princess Margaret as she nears 29 appears among the first of several Britain related stories.
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United Press
Britain
Princess Margaret
Million-dollar embezzlement shocks Paris as American jailed
In Paris a 33 year old American, Allen of Philadelphia, chief cashier for American Express, is jailed after a suspected embezzlement exceeding a million dollars. Italian gambler Renato Grassi, 36, also in custody as police trace funds through Swiss banks. Amex officials say insurance may cover the loss while Paris papers note the money was moved via Grassi for gambling bets.
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UPI
American Express Co
Allen
Philadelphia
Fresnes
Renato Grassi
American Express
George Shiry
Shiry
Grassi
Aurore
The
Paris Journal
San Francisco News and Call Bulletin Merge
San Francisco News and San Francisco Call Bulletin combine into a single afternoon paper to be published by a new joint venture equally owned by Scripps-Howard and Hearst Publishing. The renamed San Francisco News Call Bulletin debuts today.
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San Francisco
UPI
San Francisco News
Scripps- Howard Newsaper
Weathermen Predict Cold Front to Break Stifling Weather
Minnié Mermaid notes meteorologists warn only a cold front can push away the current heat. The analyst comments on limited options to relieve the persistent pattern.
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Minnié Mermaid
Toll at Our Lady of the Angels Fire Reaches 95
A 14 year old boy, William Eddington, died Sunday night, becoming the 95th victim from the December Our Lady of the Angels School fire. The blaze had already killed 92 students and 3 nuns, with Eddington previously hospitalized.
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Chicago
UPI
Our Lady of the Angels
William Eddington
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