Death fuels will fight over Montgomery Ward Thorne estate
Chicago coroner hears witnesses in the inquest into Montgomery Ward Thorne’s death. His fiancee Maureen Regan testified about a changed will naming her executor and heiress to half the fortune. Police found drugs paraphernalia at his Gold Coast apartment and the coroner noted needle marks. The estate was valued around 2.6 million dollars, with prior wills naming his mother and other relatives.
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Maureen Regan
Thorne
Miss Pagen
Phorne
Ms. Stough
Jay Stough
Cliss Ragen
Bliss Ragen
Raymond J. Curran
Walter T. McCarran
Young Thorne
Miss Ragen
Aleen
William Cobb
Montgomery Ward and Company
Lute Thorne
Linder
Carol McDougal Lind
McCarron
Suz Anne Rooks
Inquiring Reporter Asks: What Sport Captures You Most
Peggy McCarthy records responses from Marie Autey and students like John Daily Richard Valentino Anna Marie Rossi and Dolores Bonn on why baseball or badminton interest them. They cite fun training teamwork and watching World Series as reasons.
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Anna Marie Rossi
Tully St
Dan
Juss Dolores Bonn
W. Corning Ar
Stennis
Raiders Seize Gambling Equipment in Phenix City Raids
Heavy armed teams confiscated twenty two slot machines and twenty two pinball tables in three raids on a Phenix City area town site and a warehouse outside town. Owners charged with illegal possession bonds set at five hundred to two thousand dollars as violence briefly flared during one raid and a photographer’s camera was damaged. The operation followed governors warnings against vice with broader moves as investigators pursue links to the Patterson killing and vote fraud probes in Birmingham.
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Phenix City
Ala
Raigina
Premix
Ell “Rea
Awbrey
Cook
Ralph Mathews
A. L. Patterson
Birmingham
Patterson
Alta
King
Alabama
Victims of Auto Crash Identified Near Duanesburg
State police identified three people killed in a crash near Duanesburg in Schenectady County. Harry Payne 45 and Mildred Payne 44 of Unadilla Otsego County and Lesse Spangenburg 41 formerly of Susquehanna Pennsylvania were charred beyond recognition for hours. The car ran about 170 feet along Route 20 before hitting a tree and burning. Dr Roland L Faulkner said all three were likely asleep and ruled the deaths accidental.
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Duanesburg
Schenectady
Harry Payne
Mildred
Unadilla
Otsego County
Lesse Spangenburg
Susquehanna
Roland L. Faulkner
Schenectady County
Jury Probes 600 Vote Gap in Jefferson Primary Runoff
Grand jury investigates a 600 vote discrepancy in the Jefferson County Alabama Democratic primary runoff between Lecarte of Gadson and Patterson. Patterson planned to testify before the jury but was fatally shot hours later in Phenix City while three men remained in jail for questioning with no charges filed yet.
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Jefferson County
Birm-ingham
Lecarte
Gadson
Patterson
Birmingham
Phenix City
Sherif
Mathews
GE Workers Vote On Union June 30
In Schenectady, the National Labor Relations Board set June 30 for a union election to decide which of two rival unions will represent about 660 General Electric Co workers. Local 303 CIO IUE and Local 301 CIO IUE factions contested, following leadership defections last year.
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Schenectady
National Labor Relations Board
Tuvor
General Electric Co
Leon Novak
CLO
International Union of Electrical Workers
NLRB
United Electtrical Workers Union
Campaign Notes Reveal Small Personal Expense in Gray County Race
In Pampa Texas a county judge candidate L. P. Fort lists on his campaign expense account a miscellaneous item of three dollars and fifty cents described as new soles and heels for shoes. The sidewalk campaign is described as grassroots.
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Pampa
Tex
Gray County
L. P. Fort
Vacation Ahead For Ex Premier Nahas Wife Cleared to Leave
Egypt’s government eased a travel restriction on Zeinab El Wasi wife of ex premier Nahas allowing her to leave Cairo. She had resisted and attempted to drive toward Alexandria, but was stopped by police, later returning to the Cairo villa with her husband and their 75 year old spouse.
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Caieq
Egypt
Atusta‘aha el
Nahas
Nakas
Zeinab EL
Wasi
Cairo
Peliabie
Zeinab
Alexandria
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Tangle
Chicago
Peggy McCarthy
S. Sabine Est
Marie Auteey
Carbon St
John Daily
N. Salina St
Chiefs
Richard Valentino
Basin St
Joe DiMaggio
Mickey Mantie
Fineline
Frank Says
Cor. S. Salina
E. Jefferson Sts
James ST. Eastwood
Auburn
Fatton
Osweeo
Tuca
Ithaca
Rome
Waterlown
KODAK
Hendricksork
S. “Warren St
Onondaga Hotel
Cal
G.E
Laundry Stores, Inc
Erie Blvd
W. Onondaga St
W. Genesee St
Central
New York
P. Cc. A
Wallace Street
Syracuse, N.Y
Kate Kat
Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester 4, N.Y
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