Murder Suspect From Indiana Held in Arizona Case
Cozzie Merrill Jones 44 of West Terre Haute is held in Tempe Arizona for a kidnap murder and is suspected in the shooting death of Carl Quast 62 near Phoenix. He was convicted in Indiana for a 1941 murder of Edith Barton and escaped Michigan City in 1959.
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West Terre Haute
Cozzie Merrill Jones
Michigan City
Tempe
Ariz
Jones
Edith Idell Barton
South Third Street
Sugar Creek
Carl Quast
Phoenix
Bill Patterson
Bayh Promises To Support Hood Projects In Indiana
Sen elect Birch Bayh Jr will back flood control and water resources work by assigning a staff member to federal duties. He met with the Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission which approved plans for Eagle Creek Reservoir dam Indianapolis floodway near Petersburg White River plant elderly housing near Jeffersonville Clarksville dam Springs Valley dam French Lick Evansville flood wall Wabash River site West Lafayette and calls for immediate reactivation of the Cal Sag barge channel Gary to Lake Calumet.
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Indianapolis
Birch E. Bayh Jr
D-Ind
Indiana
Bayh
Col
James L. Lewis
Army District
Louisville
Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission
Army
Eagle Creek
White River
Petersburg
Jeffersonville
Clarksville
Springs Valley District
French Lick
Evansville
Wabash River
West Lafayette
Gary
Lake Calumet
CAP Hunts Missing Hoosier Pilot
The Civil Air Patrol launched an all-out search for Donald R. Miller, 38, of Elkhart Indiana, after he disappeared while flying from Atlanta to Knoxville. Weather hindered CAP flights over North Georgia and East Tennessee as search efforts focused along U S 4 to Cartersville and then 411 toward Knoxville.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Civil Air Patrol
Indiana
Atlanta
Knoxville
CAP
North Georgia
East Tennessee
Donald R. Miller
Elkhart
Ind
U. S
Cartersville
Miller
Four valuable race horses die in fire near Columbus
Four race horses valued at more than $15,000 were killed when a van carrying them to Florida for the track season caught fire near Columbus, Mississippi. The animals were from Mikel Farms in Carlock Illinois, authorities said.
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Columbus
Miss
Florida
Mikel Farms
Carlock
Ill
Grocer Robbed of $9,000 by Three Bandits in Evansville
Evansville grocer Joseph Rupp, 55, was robbed Friday night of $9,000 by three men who fled in a car with a Kentucky license plate. Rupp, returning from the bank, was knocked down in the Royal Food Market lot. two bags with money were taken while a third containing $1,000 in change was discarded. One assailant pointed a gun and another struck him with a blackjack when he showed his ID.
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Evansville
Ind
Joseph Rupp
Kentucky
Rupp
Royal Food Market
Charles Laughton Remains in Serious Condition
Hollywood December reports show Cancer-stricken actor Charles Laughton 63 remains in serious condition under sedation at home after recent hospital release. His physician confirms ongoing chemical treatment and critical status.
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Hollywood
Charles Laughton
Stores Extend Evening Hours Through Christmas
Most Terre Haute shops plan longer evening hours through December to help shoppers. Local merchants say extended schedules run daily until Christmas, with many stores staying open late on weekends and weekdays.
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Terre Haute
Body sighting dims hopes in Carmichaels mine disaster
Rescuers spotted a body in the Robena No. 3 mine near Carmichaels Pennsylvania as carbon monoxide hindered recovery of 37 trapped workers. A US Steel spokesman placed the body about 4000 feet from the blast area while crews pressed on. State official Lewis Evans cautioned that answers may come in about 36 hours if progress continues.
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Carmichaels
Robena No. 3
Frost Run
Ar Caprvolve Liuulpuuay
U. S. Steel Co
Lewis Evans
Christmas Baskets for Needy Donors Sought
Cash donations to Tribune- Star Fund will fund Christmas baskets for needy families in the city and Vigo County. Mail to Tribune- Star Fund at 721 Wabash Avenue or apply for baskets through Mrs. Mary Smith at 912 Chestnut Street by December 14.
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the Tribune- Star
Wabash Avenue
Tribune- Star Fund
City
Vigo County
Mary Smith
Christmas Clearing House
Chestnut Street
London Clears Skies After Five Day Smog Blanket
London awoke to clear skies breaking a five day smog that killed 106 and sent more than 1,000 to hospitals with chest and heart ailments. The four day pall cost up to 20 million pounds, with British European Airways losing over 160000 pounds as 300 flights were canceled.
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London
Lloyd’s
Scotland Yard
Proprietor Kills Restaurant Patron in Indianapolis
In Indianapolis a patron who walked out without paying 2.75 was shot by the restaurant proprietor LeRoy McCloud 27 died at hospital Joseph Henderson 27 was arrested for assault with intent to kill after claiming self defense police found no gun on the victim Henderson followed McCloud then fired a warning shot and later fired again when threatened by the man
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Indianapolis
LeRoy McCloud
Joseph Henderson
Henderson
McCloud
Newburgh City Manager Arrested on Bribery Charge
Newburgh New York city manager Joseph McD Mitchell was arrested in Newburgh on bribery charges. He allegedly sought $20000 from Monticello twin brothers to rezone their property. Lawrence J DeMasi Jr of Lyndhurst New Jersey was named as the go between in the case.
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Joseph Mitchell
Newburgh
N. Y
Lawrence J. Demasi Jr
Elizabeth Street
New York
Mitchell
Monticello
Demasi
Lyndhurst
N. J
Joseph McD
Manhattan
Hogan
NOW YOU KNOW By United Press International
The grouse partridge and pheasant are protected from hunting in England on Sunday and Christmas Day by law. It is illegal to kill these game birds on these days.
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United Press International
England
Death Probe In Boston Area Follows Series of Slayings
Margaret Cadigan 17, a drum majorette and runner up in a Catholic Youth Organization queen contest, was found dead in her Winthrop home with a blood stained knife nearby and signs of possible strangulation or drowning. Police call the death homicide and await a medical examiner’s verdict.
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Boston
Winthrop
Greater Boston
Margaret Cadigan
Perrone
Miss Cadigan
Hashfield Loses Bid For New Trial In Indiana
Emmett O Hashfield, 55, a Boonville trinket maker, has lost a bid for a new trial. Monroe Circuit Judge Nat A Hill rejected a rehearing and ordered a trial transcript for appeal. The court reappointed Ferdinand Samper as pauper attorney and named Jack Broadfield as friend of the court. Hashfield was convicted Nov 2 for the dismemberment killing of Avril Honey Terry, 11, in August 1960.
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Bloomington
Ind
Emmett O. Hashfield
Indiana
Supreme Court
Monroe
Nat A. Hill
Boonville
Ferdinand Samper
Indianapolis
Jack Broadfield
Samper
Hashfield
Avril
Honey) Terry
Weather Map Local Conditions For Terre Haute Area
A cloudy to snowy weekend forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity with light snow flurries today and tonight. Temperatures range from a low in the lower 20s to a high in the upper 20s, with northwesterly winds 15 to 22 mph. Illinois also turns colder with more snow flurries and morning 6 am reading 29 and 2 pm 42.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Storm Strands Thousands in Two State Area
Northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania faced one of the worst snowstorms in years. At least 38 deaths were linked to heart attacks while shoveling or traffic crashes, with 16 in Ohio. Up to 27 inches of snow and 20 foot drifts stranded motorists, truckers, and bus riders. Red Cross shelters and farmhouses offered refuge while crews dug out, as 5,000 vehicles stalled on a 10-mile Ohio stretch and 2,000 on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Red Cross
U. S. 21
Akron
Cleveland
Anders Anderesen
Bath
Ohio Highway Patrol
Brecksville
Four Dover children die in pre dawn house fire north of South Bend
Four Dover children aged up to nine were killed when a two story farm house along Ironwood Road northeast of the Indiana Michigan line burned in the pre dawn fire. Sheriff deputies rescued Mr and Mrs Dover and five other children who fled in night clothes into below freezing air. Fire officials believe a coal heating stove on the first floor sparked the blaze.
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South Bend
Ind
Here
Sheriff’s Deputies
James Dover
Dover
Ironwood Road
Indiana-Michigan State Line
Pope predicts year end for Vatican council during first phase
Pope John XXIII, frail but hopeful, closed the council's first phase in St. Peter's Basilica with an optimistic aim to finish within a year. He urged unity and spoke of a nine month recess to resume Sept. 8, 1963, the centenary year of the Council of Trent. The 81 year old pontiff addressed 2,200 council fathers.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Council of Trent
Two Nations Carry Nuclear Test at Nevada Site
The United States and Great Britain conducted the second underground test of a British nuclear device at the Nevada test site. The low yield explosion was equivalent to under 20,000 tons of TNT, following a previous test on March 1.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Nevada
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