Two Teens Slain and Girl Missing Near Fort Worth
Police pressed a search for a 16 year old girl friend after two teenage cousins were found shot to death and stuffed in a car trunk near Fort Worth. Investigators said the girl may have been raped and killed. Roy Green and Kenneth McDuff, both from the Marlin area, were charged with sexually motivated slayings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Asst. Dist
Grady Hight
Central Texas
Hight
Roy Green
Kenneth McDuff
Marlin
Lawyer Drops Contempt Motion in Jail Dispute
Springfield AP A defense attorney in the murder trial of four Menard prisoners withdrew a contempt motion against police personnel at the city jail. Three defense lawyers said they were detained about 20 minutes after meeting inmates slated to testify. the issue involved a note to the inmates. Judge Creel Douglass had urged dismissal of the motion.
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Springfield
Menard
Springfield City
Stateville
Earl S. Henricks Jr
Murphysboro
Creel Douglass
Dad Delivers Baby Before Help Comes
Joel Penrod phoned Carbondale firefighters early today and delivered his wife's first child before they arrived. Firemen Robert Biggs and Glenn Stearns helped transport mother and newborn girl to Holden Hospital in good condition. The family resides in a trailer court in Lake Heights east of Carbondale.
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Joel Penrod
Carbondale
Robert Biggs
Glenn Stearns
Penrod
Holden Hospital
Lake Heights
Clay Draft Exemption Hearing Set for August 23
Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay will have a hearing in Louisville on August 23 to decide his bid for exemption from military service as a conscientious objector, according to the Justice Department.
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Washington
Cassius Clay
Louisville
Justice Department
Trustee candidates named by Peoria GOP for UI trustees
Republican candidates for University of Illinois trustees were nominated at the Peoria convention Saturday. The slate includes Donald R. Grimes of Evanston Ralph C. Hahn of Springfield and Dr. James A. Weatherly of Murphysboro for the November election.
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University of Illinois
Donald R. Grimes
Evanston
Ralph C. Hahn
Springfield
James A. Weatherly
Murphysboro
Encircled Troops Call For Fire In Central Highlands
American forces in the Central Highlands regain contact with North Vietnamese regulars during the massive Allied sweep named Operation Paul Revere. The engagement follows reports of encircled troops seeking support as the operation presses forward.
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Saigon
Central Highlands
Javits challenges war aims and illusions in Viet Nam speech
Sen. Jacob K. Javits blasted U S policy as evasive about quick victory in Viet Nam and urged clear objectives and restrained use of force. He warned against illusions of peace talks and urged backing a strong elected South Vietnamese government. Meanwhile U S air and ground operations in Ia Drang and near Phuoc Vinh saw multiple combats and heavy losses, with 326 planes shot down in the North.
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New York
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Johnson
U. S
Viet Nam
Javits
Saigon
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Phuoc Vinh
South Viet Nam
U.S
North Viet Nam
North
Air Force
Radio
Hanoi
Johnsons Honeymoon Unrecognized on Jet to Nassau
Pat and Luci Johnson honeymooning couple rode a Pan American jet from New York to Nassau with six other couples. They stayed at Capri Corn villa, near Lyford Cay, after a Kennedy departure preceded by Secret Service protection. The Nu Gent wore first class seats, dined on steak, and planned a weeklong stay with potential Eleuthera Island visit.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Patrick
Luci Johnson Nugent
Mrs. Frisbee
New York
Kennedy Airport
Luci Johnson
Secret Service
Pat
Luci
Kennedy
Rebekah Harkness-Kean
Nugents
Larry Buczkowski
Pittsburgh
Buczkowskis
Nugent
Capri
Corn
New Providence Island
Lyford Cay
White House
Austin
Tex
Eleuthera Island
Eleuthera
New Providence
Open Housing Protest Parades Through White Chicago District
About 1,500 civil rights demonstrators marched through an all white Northwest Side area as 2,000 residents jeered and hurled rocks and firecrackers. Police protected the integrated group as 21 hecklers were arrested and many injured in the four mile walk led by Al Raby James Bevel and Jesse Jackson. King did not march Sunday.
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Chicago
Cragin
God
George C. Wallace
Alabama
National States Rights Party
al Raby
Coordinating Council of Community Organizations
James Bevel
Jesse Jackson
Martin Luther King Jr
King
Bosch Aides Held Freed in Dominican Arrests
The secretary-general and seven leaders of the Dominican Revolutionary party headed by ex-president Juan Bosch were arrested by air force officers and released today. No reason for the arrests was given, a party spokesman said.
All-American Sniper Whitman Had Gambling and Bad Checks
The University of Texas sniper Charles J Whitman described as an all American boy reportedly gambled with criminals poached deer wrote bad checks beat his wife loaned money for profit and sought to import pornography He told friends about losses in a high stakes poker game and used two bad checks including one on his mother's account Police found a $125 check on Whitman's account and he bought ammunition with a check that would have bounced An autopsy labeled him an anti social psychopath masking hostility with cheerfulness.
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Martin Waldron
New York Times
Austin
Tex
Charles J. Whitman
University of Texas
Whitman
Carole Barnfield
Marine Corps
Coleman de Chenar
Fiery Crash Of Airliner Kills 42 In Nebraska
A Braniff International Airways jet crashed near Falls City Nebraska killing all 42 aboard. Two cockpit and air recorder devices were recovered and may reveal cockpit talk and flight data from the final 30 minutes. Civil Aeronautics Board investigators expect days to analyze the recordings.
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Falls City
Neb
Braniff International Airways
Here
Ed Slattery
Civil Aeronautics Board
Slattery
Washington
Antone Schawang
Bank Robber Kills Witness in Dallas Hold Up
A gunman in a northwest Dallas bank robbery at Inwood National Bank shot and killed Herman Nachman, 43, an employee of Miracle Ford Co., as Nachman and two others attempted to overpower the robber. Nachman was shot in the back during the struggle as the bandit scooped up the money. Witnesses noted the robber’s initials tattooed as J B on one arm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas, Tex
Inwood National Bank
Dallas
Herman Nachman
Miracle Ford Co
Nachman
Negotiators Resume Talks Amid Airline Strike Standstill
The Labor Department called both union and management reps to resume negotiations in the month-old strike by 35,000 machinists. Five major airlines and the striking union had not met since the July 31 rejection of a White House contract proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Congress
White House
Tennessee Guards Killed in Truck Crash near Chuckey
Eight Tennessee National Guardsmen died when their five ton Army truck failed brakes, struck a car, and overturned near Chuckey. Eight guardsmen and four civilians were injured as state military officials opened an investigation.
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Chuckey, Tenn
Tennessee National Guard
Weather outlook with scattered showers and mild temperature shift
Rain and scattered thundershowers move into the area tonight with little temperature change. Partly cloudy and cool Tuesday with a low in the mid to upper 60s and a high in the lower 80s. Wednesday looks clear to partly cloudy and cool.
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Penred
Lana
Texas
Robert Brand
Alvarado
Mark Dunnam
Tarzana
Calif
Brand
U.S. 81
Clay
Peoria
U.S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Ia Drang
Bosch
Sniper
Tennessee Guards
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