Candy Barr Returns to Perform at Texas Prison Rodeo
Candy Barr sang three numbers at the Texas prison rodeo in Huntsville, becoming the first former inmate to perform inside the walls. About 25,000 spectators applauded as she appeared. Paroled in 1962 after a 15 year sentence for narcotics possession, the blonde former stripper was once linked to Mickey Cohen. The event honored Texas Attorney General Waggoner Carr who attended.
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Huntsville
Tex
Candy Barr
Texas
Truntsville
Candy
Mickey Cohen
Waggoner Carr
Tapeworm Defense Tells Why Verwoerd Killed in South Africa
Defense psychiatrist testified that Dimitrio Tsafendas said a tapeworm inside him changed his life and compelled him to stab Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd. Dr. Harold Cooper described Tsafendas as mentally deranged and obsessed with the parasite described as a devil or dragon.
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Cape Town
South Africa
Dimitrio Tsafendas
Hendrik Verwoerd
Tsafendas
Harold Cooper
Cooper
Tsaffendas
Bats Form Only Flying Mammals With Over A Thousand Species
The statement notes that bats are the sole flying mammals and that more than 1,000 species of bats exist globally. It emphasizes the unique flight capability among mammals and cites the large species count.
Johnson life threatened in Australia
Adelaide and Sydney papers report anonymous telephone threats against President Johnson during his Australia visit this week. Australian Security Service referred calls to police, who note such threats are common for important visitors.
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Sydney
Australia
Adelaide
Johnson
Australian Security Service
Lynda Bird Johnson Begins McCalls Magazine Job
Lynda Bird Johnson, 22, daughter of the President, starts work as a writer and consultant for McCall's magazine in New York. She will help shape a new department on young Americans attitudes, focusing on college campuses.
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New York
Big City
Lynda Bird Johnson
McCall’s Magazine
Lynda
University of Texas
McCall's
Revolutionizes Denture Wearing with ExoDENT Membrane
An artificial elastic membrane bonds dentures to gums like living tissue improving fit and bite. ExoDENT absorbs bite shock and reduces bruising while enabling chewing of steak and apples. Fixopent aids speech and is dispensed with a pinpoint pencil applicator for clean use.
Life on Mars Hopes Revived By Hydrogen Findings
U S French studies of the Martian atmosphere indicate hydrogen compounds in Mars atmosphere at high levels. Dr Lewis Kaplan of Cal Tech JPL says spectra show methane derivatives possibly present, suggesting life could be extremely primitive if it exists, though not proven. NASA and French research bodies supported the work. The nervous system’s fastest signals travel at 265 mph.
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Mars
Lewis D. Kaplan
California Institute of Technology
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Kaplan
American Chemical Society
Pierre
Janine Connes
Earth
Observatoire de Haute-Provence
U. S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
French
National Center of Scientific Research
Meudon
France
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