Police press manhunt for slayer of modeling student in New Orleans
Police pursue a suspect described as a Negro who killed Donna Trussell on her bedroom floor. The 16 year old cousin of 1940 Miss America Lynda Mead was slain as she prepared to return to New York. Evidence includes a nude body found, multiple stab wounds, and a possible bicycle escape with clothing bundle observed by a nearby witness.
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New Orleans
Donna Trussell
Lynda Lee Mead
New York
Tuesaday
Miss Trussili
Lynn Bulliard
Miss Trussell
Veteran Grady Official Grady Official Quits
Frank Proctor, after seven terms totaling 28 years as Grady County Tax Commissioner, retires with his wife after a brief extension to manage the license tag rush. Early Gandy elected to succeed him. Proctor plans fishing and retirement at Lake Seminole and has long been active in Cairo Kiwanis and First Baptist Church.
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Cairot
Frank Proctor
Grady County
Procter
Gandy
Tool Or
Proctor
Lake
Seminole
Cairo Kiwanis Club
First Baptist Church
Negro Deaths and Funeral Notices
Obituary notices for Charlie Cone age 78 of Midway Deaths for Katie Lee Henderson Simon Johnson 73 and Tenry Henderson with relatives listed Funeral arrangements by Groom's Funeral Here and other area services including Mrs Lillie Collins and Mrs Laie Rip Atkin Collins with interments in Midway Magnolia Everglades and Dead ton cemeteries respectively.
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Charlie Cone
Midway
Groom's Funeral Home
F. D. Martin
Midway Cemetery
Katie Lee Henderson
Archbold Memorial Hospital
Clifford Temple C. M. FE
I. A. Hammonds
Magnolia Cemetery
Tenry
Jack Henderson
Simon Johnson
Gence
Montielo Road
Lillie Collins
Laie Riuft? Atkinon Collins
Wal Grove Menary Cie. Inter.cent
Evergresa
Deadton
U.S. Weighs Laos Action as Kennedy Era Nears
Washington officials signaled readiness to act if needed in Laos while pursuing a political solution. They cited Soviet and North Vietnamese airlifts and paratroop movements feeding rebels around Vang Vieng near Vientiane, ahead of the Kennedy transition.
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Washington
United States
Laos
State Department
de Hveriegs
Vang Vieng
Vientiane
Unions Fight Back Of Strike See Brussels Break
Brussels reports a stubborn strike backing by unions as Belgian government efforts appear to fracture the walkout. Officials fear continued disruption as workers press for concessions while negotiations drag on.
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Brussels
Rainfall excess highlights year 1960 in Cairo
Grady records show Cairo 1960 total rainfall 58.09 inches with a 7.38 inch excess driven by February and September surpluses and June August moderation. November drought was the driest since 1933, while December’s 2.40 inches trimmed the shortfall.
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Cairo
Kennedy to keep Norstad as NATO supreme commander
President elect John F Kennedy is expected to retain General Lauris Norstad as supreme Allied commander of NATO forces in Europe. Police broke up rowdy demonstrations with bayonets as stores in Liege and Namur remained shut and transport was near standstill.
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Liege
Namur
New Year Births Are Old Hat in Kentucky
Mrs Ollie Dunn of Lee City and Mrs Silas Haddix Jr of Campton had babies on New Year Day. Dunn also has a 2 year old and Haddix a 6 year old, both children born on New Year’s Day.
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Ollie Dunn
Lee City
Silas Haddix Jr
Campton
Dunn
Haddix
Public Hearing Set for Crash in New York
The Civil Aeronautics Board opens a major public hearing today into the worst commercial aviation disaster, the December 16 collision over New York that killed 136. About 600-700 spectators and witnesses gather at the Hotel St George as a United Airlines DC8 and a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation collide near LaGuardia and Staten Island.
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New York
Shocklyn
Civil Aeronautics Board
Hotel St. George
United Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Iciewild
Chiato
la Guardia
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
Rockefeller Proposes Spending Increase for New York Budget
Governor Rockefeller urges a 10 percent personal income tax cut and a budget near 25 billion dollars aimed at education and social programs. He touts a plan to fund added education and elderly care while signaling his 1962 re election bid.
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Albany
Nyap
Giov Nelson A. Rockefeller
Sidwavys
Rockefeler
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Glasgow
Scotland
Louisiana
Myron Weysham
Homicide Division
Grady Official
Tre
A J. Atkinson
Frank Delaney
Frank DeLane
Pebole Jull Plantation
Bacio Fiue al Dlome
Fale
Hudson
Atbodias Vic
U.S
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Grady
Dence
Antwerp
Belgium
Soignies
Charleroi
Chung-Hua
Formosa
Norstad
Campton, Ky
Staten Island
Brook i
Die G
Rockefeller
York
Eoffier
Heavyweight Birdseye
Philippines
Dacron
Belkhudson’s
Assort
Ton
Attrac
Yasement
the Sea
Loor
Cone
Milla
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