Solo Plane Crash Survivor Describes Her 36 Hour Ordeal
Judy Diehl 17 from Cozad Nebraska recalls a 36 hour ordeal after a small executive plane crash in Nebraska sand hills. Her father Merritt Diehl 45 and pilot Milo German 55 died. Judy and her mother Carolyn 45 were injured. She survived by rationing a banana and grape juice, using rainwater, and signaling rescuers with her mother’s scarf.
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Nebraska Sand Hills
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Judy
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Girl Today
New York Journal-American
Merritt Diehl
Carolyn
Nebraska
Ohio Officials Set Wedler Quiz On Sheppard Case
Three Cuyahoga County officials arrived in Deland to question Florida convict Donald Wedler about a confession tied to the Marilyn Sheppard slaying. Coroner Gerber and aides will judge Wedler’s statements and consider a psychiatric exam while Erle Stanley Gardner withdraws from the Court of Last Resort amid Ohio Governor ONeill’s scheduling uncertainties.
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Cuyahoga County
Cleveland
Florida
Marilyn Sheppard
Samuel R. Gerber
Donald Joseph Wedler
Erle Stanley Gardner
Court of Last Resort
Wedler
Gardner
Weather wording debate in Sarasota over thundershowers
Minie Mermaid fuses local wit with weather talk noting the weather bureau and critics clash on term usage. Sarasota forecast calls for partly cloudy days with scattered thundershowers, highs near 90 to 95, gentle to moderate variable winds and morning readings showing temperature around 85.
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Weather Bureau
Minnie Mermaid
Sarasota
Reward Notice Seeks Gettis A. Lee whereabouts
A $1 000 reward is offered for information on Gettis A Lee's location or fate. The plea asks whether he is alive or dead and requests contact with Mrs Elizabeth Lee of Parrish for tips or details.
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Gettis Lee
Elizabeth Lee
Parrish
Duane Garrison Meets England's Queen Mother
Duane Garrison, 21, of New York and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.P. Kimball Jr., was among 56 American students presented to Queen Mother Elizabeth in London. A Winant Volunteer, Garrison helped welfare work in London's East Side and at All Hallows Church By-The-Tower, rebuilt after World War II. Her sister Genie Garrison, 18, a University of Florida sophomore, plans to join next year.
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Vassar
C.P. Kimball Jr
Beach Rd
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London
Duane
U.S
John G. Winant
East Side
All Hallow
Church By-The-Tower
Philip Clayton
Genie Garrison
University of Florida
Winant Volunteers
Holt Trial Witnesses Take Stand
The prosecution began presenting witnesses in the Holt impeachment trial in Tallahassee as House managers subpoena 53 witnesses and seek a two to four week duration. Efforts to streamline the trial included time saving stipulations for document introduction, with daily sessions set to speed proceedings amid questions of further procedural simplifications.
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Thomas D. Beasley
Walton County
Miami
George E
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House of Representatives
Verle A. Pope
St. Augustine
Ready In September Industrial Park Plans Underway
Smally Wellford Scott and Associates plan a 200 acre industrial park east of Highway 301 with a master plan showing roads buildings drainage and utilities. Cost estimates and a market analysis will accompany the plan along with landscaping and community benefits.
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Smally, Wellford, Scott and Associates Inc
B. V. Scott
Industrial Council
Scott
Eisenhower Takes Hands Off Fight Over Section 3
President Eisenhower offers no open effort to preserve Section 3 in the civil rights bill. Senate leaders expect a close vote on eliminating the injunction provision with weeks of debate likely before adjournment aimed for mid August. Humphprey blasts GOP delays while Bricker and Aiken push for a vote, others warn the delay hurts passage.
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White House
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California
Knowland
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D-Minn
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Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
H. Alexander Smith
Joseph
Clark
Aiken
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Meany Says UTW Officials Ran Whitewash Charges
Senate rackets probes hear Union attorney Joseph Jacobs questioned as part of a widening inquiry into the United Textile Workers finances. Anthony Valente and Lloyd Klewert dispute wrongdoing, with Klewert admitting $57,000 in part payments for houses but claiming legitimacy. Meany promises fresh charges and notes earlier reports were padded and false.
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George Meany
United Textile Workers
Senate
Joseph Jacobs
Atlanta
Robert F. Kennedy
Jacobs
UTW
Anthony Valente
Lloyd Klewert
Meany
AFL
Afl-Cio
Klewert
Valente
Kennedy
Lawyers Wrangle Del Proceedings Race Trial Deliberations
In Knoxville Tennessee a U S District Court jury began deliberations at 10 21 a m EST on the fate of 11 Clinton segregation case defendants after a lawyers wrangle over the judges charge The judge described the minister Turner s actions as a well intentioned act for integration The defense objected to the description and to questions about Turner s rights The judge then outlined the Clinton trial origins dating to 1950 and the three government charges against the Tennessee defendants and Kasper the segregationist organizer The jurors were excused before deliberations began and told the case does not hinge on the right or wrong of integration
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Tenn
U.S. District Court
U.S
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Taylor
William Shaw
Louisiana
John C. Crawford Jr
Shaw
Crawford
Tennessee
John Kasper
Leaflet Drop Set British Scare Attack In Oman
British warplanes staged a three stage show of force against rebels in Muscat and Oman dropping leaflets and warning of further strikes if fighting continues. RAF jets prepared to strike rebel supply lines, with Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd stating no British troops were present.
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Persian Gulf
Muscat
Oman
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Arabian Peninsula
Selwyn Lloyd
House of Commons
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