Ex-Convict Admits He Killed Pastor
Ex-convict Lynn E. Houck 28 admitted slaying Rev. Roy Decker 72 at a Brooklyn Michigan farmhouse. He said a struggle occurred after the minister entered with a hammer, then tied the priest and placed him on a bed before a fire started. Houck claimed no memory of striking with the hammer or pouring fuel oil.
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Jackson
Mich
UPI
Lynn E. Houck
Brooklyn
Houck
Roy Decker
Decker
Southern Michigan
Olice
Mr. Decker
Parks Board Seeks Udall Aid for State Park Lands
Arizona Parks Board responds to criticism by Secretary Udall over federal land sales for recreation. Director Dennis McCarthy cites limited staff and ongoing land inventories by BLM to evaluate and classify lands. He says the board will seek Udall’s help to obtain a descriptive list of lands available to the state for park use.
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Phoenix
Arizona Parks Board
Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Udall
Dennis McCarthy
Bureau of Land Management
McCarthy
Jersey Fire Kills Three Little Girls
Three sisters aged 5, 4, and 13 months died in a Jersey City basement fire that trapped them in a bedroom. Their mother, 26, was rescued in critical condition and taken to North Hudson Hospital. Firemen ruled the cause undetermined, the blaze started in a living room sofa and was put out in about 10 minutes. The father was at work when the fire occurred.
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West New York
N.J
North Hudson Hospital
Janet Prior
Kathleen
Jacqueline
David
Kennedy Plans Modernized Farm Program For 1960s
President Kennedy, with Secretary Freeman and advisers at Palm Beach, outlines a modernized farm plan to boost incomes. The program aims to balance abundance, will be featured in a agriculture message to Congress and the State of the Union. Freeman said broad approval exists and economists’ ideas were considered, while Heller and Sorenson joined the sessions. The White House timeline for reports remains undecided as Kennedy handles Congress and civil rights progress, with his father’s hospital visit noted and Caroline Kennedy visiting.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Kennedy
Orville L. Freeman
White House
Freeman
Congress
Washington
Palm Beach
Air Force
Secretary of Agriculture
Kennedy’ Council of Economic
Walter W. Heller
Heller
Theodore Sorenson
Atty
St Mary's Hospital
West Palm Beach
Joseph P. Kennedy
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Jersey
Robert F. Kennedy
Pneumoni
Caroline Kennedy
Ann Gargan
AG Kal
Rubin
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Hollywood
Camera Dept
Sera
Br Cn Ie Hawkeye
HPI Movie Maker's Workshop
RCA Clock Radio
Mill House
Wel
Westinghouse Deluxe
Westingho
Westinghouse
Manning Bowman
Regina
Free Children’s Theatre
Radio
Kenmore
Dinette
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