Ruby's Trial Opens as Jury Selection Begins
In Dallas Jack Ruby's murder trial opened with a motion for acquittal denied by Judge Joe B Brown. Ruby's defense cited a January psychiatric report alleging brain damage, while the prosecutor questioned the procedure. A 900-person jury pool qualified 12 jurors for the panel as Ruby, 52, sat with his attorneys during the proceedings.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Joe B. Brown
Melvin Belli
Joe Tonnhill
Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Tonahill
James Bowie
Brown
Texas
Oswald
Crisis in Cyprus Reaches U N For Fast Action
Washington reports under secretary Ball told President Johnson a Cyprus settlement is essential to world peace. Britain strengthens Cyprus forces as UN debates, Makarios warns of danger of greater fighting and foreign intervention. Troop reinforcement and private arms smuggling add to the volatile scene.
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Washington
George W. Ball
Johnson
Cyprus
Nicosia
Britain
United Nations
Makarios
United Nations Security Council
Council
Turkey
Greece
U. N
London
George Ball
U. S
Sinatra Jr Ends Testimony in Kidnap Trial
Frank Sinatra Jr is due to wind up his witness stand in the federal kidnaping trial of three men in Los Angeles. He testified about the Dec 8 Lake Tahoe motel room entry and identified defendant Barry Worthington Keenan as the car abductor. The defense seeks to keep him on call for possible recall as argument over standby status looms.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Frank Sinatra Jr
Tommy Dorsey
Sinatra
Gladys Towles Root
John William Irwin
U.S
William E. East
Thomas R. Sheridan
Sheridan
Barry Worthington Keenan
Lake Tahoe
Irwin
Joseph Clyde Amsler
Head on Crash Fatal to Driver in Elkhart County
Kenneth Carl Egolf 51 of Elkhart was killed when his car collided head on with another while attempting to pass on a Mishawaka street. His car spun into a garage after the crash. The other driver, Mrs. Clara K LeValley 66 of Mishawaka, was injured and hospitalized.
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Elkhart
Ind
Elkhart County
Mishawaka
Kenneth Carl Egolf
Clara K. LeValley
Weather map highlights regional temperatures and river level
The U S Weather Bureau notes river stage at 14 feet and yesterday's high 39 and low 18 with no precipitation. Forecast for Terre Haute and Indiana skies turn partly cloudy and warmer tonight with a chance of rain or snow by late Tuesday. Illinois sees light snow late tonight ending noon Tuesday with little temperature change.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Unexpected Storm Leaves 13 Dead Across New England
A Northeast storm dropped up to 18 inches of snow and 92 mph winds. Four women drowned in Passamaquoddy Bay after their car slid off U S 1 in Robbinston Maine. Nine others, six in Massachusetts and three in Connecticut, died of heart attacks or storm fatigue while shoveling. Snow totals reached 18 inches in Plymouth New Hampshire and 14 in Lebanon New Hampshire. Several towns faced icy highways and blizzard conditions.
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New England
Truro
Cape Cod
Maine
Passamaquoddy Bay
Robbinston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Plymouth
N. H
Lebanon
Worcester
Bedford
Mass
Freighter Hits Oil Rig in Gulf Collision
The 475-foot Ecuadorian freighter Cuidad de Guayaquil collided with an oil rig about 75 miles southwest of Morgan City. The vessel was taking on water but not in immediate danger, and no injuries were reported. The rig was unmanned. the freighter was en route from Houston to New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Morgan City
Cuidad de Guayaquil
OAS Ends Inquiry in Panama Crisis Talks
The OAS peace team wrapped its investigative phase in Panama City and heads to Washington to report on clashes that killed 21 Panamanians and 4 U S soldiers. Officials hope for a settlement formula as U S and Panamanian leaders await the five nation findings amid renewed diplomacy.
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Panama City
WPI
Organization of American States
OAS
U. S.-Panama
Washington
U. S
Juan Plate
Edwin M. Martin
Specal State Department
Panama
Roberto Chiari
Galleo Solis
Plate
Johnson
St. Louis
United States
Dean Rusk
Latin America
Panama Canal
Canal Zone
Crossing Crash Takes Four Lives in Elgin Oklahoma
Four Oklahoma teenagers died in a Sunday car train collision in Elgin. Victims are Robert Huitt 17 and Willie Jay Jr. 17 of Sterling and Myrio Schroeder 16 and Marie Nance 16 of Elgin. Police investigated the downtown crash.
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Elgin
Okla
Oklahoma
Robert William Huitt
Willie Lee Jay Jr
Sterling
Myriio Schroeder
Marie Nance
Ruby goes to trial for Oswald murder in Dallas
AP dispatch reports Jack Ruby stands trial in Dallas charged with murder with malice in the slaying of Lee Harvey Oswald. Other items note Saigon theater bombing killing three Americans and injuring 51, Cyprus crisis at the UN, missile reliability testimony, tax cut talks, and winter storm impacts in Indiana.
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Ruby
Melvin Belli
Jack Ruby
Joe Tonnhill
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Dallas
Saigon
Cyprus
U. N. Security Council
United States
Britain
Hoffa Defense Witness Denies Fixing Charge
West Virginia businessman Nicholas J. Tweel testified he did not discuss Hoffa's 1962 trial jury with government witness Edward Partin. Tweel, Hoffa co defendant, offered a different account from Partin's, who testified previously for the prosecution.
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Hoffa
Chattanooga
Tenn
West Virginia
James R. Hoffa
Nicholas J. Tweel
Huntington
W. Va
Teamsters
Nashville
Nashville. Tweet
Edward G. Partin
Baton Rouge
Partin
Tweel
Suspect Held In Bombing Of Americans In Saigon
Saigon police held a wounded ricksha driver as a prime suspect in the bombing of a U. S. movie theater. Three Americans died and 51 were wounded, including women and children. Nine Vietnamese were hurt. one dead American was a military policeman. A Marine captain was crushed while aiding patrons. Continued on page 9.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ricksha
U. S
Marine Corps
Ameri
Metropolitan Museum of Art Largest in Western Hemisphere
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is described as the largest museum of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, housing about 365,000 works of art per the World Almanac.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
Weston Firm To Be Honored At Salute Dinner In Terre Haute
More than 300 people will attend the eighth annual community salute dinner sponsored by the Advertising Club of Terre Haute and the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce. Weston Paper and Manufacturing Co and its Wabash Fibre Box Division will receive the tribute with Norbert G. Rennicke delivering the keynote address. The event features the Silver Medal for local advertising contributions and a Madrigal Singers program.
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Marshall T. Hubbard
Weston Paper and Manufacturing Company
Marge Godfrey
Advertising Club of
Terre Haute
Weston
Ad Club
Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce
Martin
Fibre Box Association
Weston Paper
The
Madrigal Singers of
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Jean Lowry
Supreme Court Defines Apportionment Across the Nation
The Supreme Court ruled that equal representation for equal numbers of people is the constitutional goal for the House. Justice Black said federal courts may review districting in a Georgia districting case, while Justice Harlan dissented, warning the decision jeopardizes many House seats.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. House of Representatives
Georgia
Justice Black
Black
House of Representatives
Harlan
Supreme Court of the United States
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