Mansfield Mayor Involved in Fatal Shooting by Town Secretary
In Mansfield Texas, Mayor Roland Turck, 53, faced a threat from town secretary J D Hayes, 55, who shot at him then killed himself. Turck fled as Hayes fired, later found dead with a six foot distance between revolver and body. The mayor said the audit provoked the threat and Hayes warned of killing him. Turck escaped with a broken left thumb.
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Mansfield
Tex
Roland Turck
J.D. Hayes
Hayes
Turek
Justice of the Peace
New Jersey Teens Elope to Mexico for Witnessless Weddings
Sixteen and seventeen year olds Curtis Winston and Charlotte Cooke with David Bruen and Cynthia Roberts drove from Madison, New Jersey, to Elkton Maryland, then to Mexico, to marry after finding no local notaries. The couples traveled through Oxford North Carolina and Houston before arriving in Laredo and wed in Nuevo Laredo across the border.
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Laredo
Tex
New Jersey
Mexico
Madison
N. J
Curtis Winston
Charlotte Cooke
David Bruen
Cynthia Roberts
Charlotte
Plainfield
New York City
David
Cynthia
Maryland
Curtis
Elkton
Oxford
N. C
Houston
Nuevo Laredo
Masters to Attend Field Conference
G. B. Masters, manager of The Life Insurance Company of Virginia’s local district office, attends a two day field managers conference in Richmond. Managers from twenty district offices in Virginia and Tennessee meet company executives for the session. Raymond R. McCann presides over the conference and a new family plan of life insurance is introduced.
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G. B. Masters
Life Insurance Company of Virginia
Richmond
Virginia
Tennessee
Raymond R. McCann
Life of Virginia
Night of Horror Described After Picking Up Hitchhiker
A Kansas City driver reports a horrifying ride after picking up a hitchhiker, James Richard Esson, a 35 year old fugitive Ohio killer. Airman Carl Wagner and his pregnant wife Molly were pistol whipped and kept in a car trunk near Kingdom City Missouri before police intervened and freed them.
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Kansas City
Lloyd L. Reavis
John Davis
Davis
James Richard Esson
Ohio
Carl A. Wagner
Molly
Salina
Kan
Kingdom City
St. Louis
Esson
Wagner
Wasp Stings Blamed For One Death and Critical Illnesses
In the Mississippi River area, wasp stings have caused one death and three critical illnesses in the past month. Victims include Ray J. Hill near Cape Girardeau who died after a lip sting, Frank Stoffregen who collapsed after a shoulder sting, Wallace Dodd stung in Anna, and Patricia Brock stung in Jackson, with a St. Louis doctor noting reactions can worsen after successive stings.
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Cape Girardeau
Wallace Dodd
Anna
Patricia Brock
Jackson
Ray J. Hill
Hill
St. Louis
Prison break survivor and expectant mother tale from Ohio incident
Wagner at Schilling Air Force Base near Salina treated for a head wound with 15 stitches and his wife treated for shock and cuts. Both released. Mrs Wagner expects a baby in 52 months. Esson escaped May 26 1956 from London Ohio prison farm where he was serving a life term for a holdup murder.
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Wagner
Schilling Air Force Base
Salina
Secretary Found Mentally Unable To Stand Trial
Edith Louise Hough a 41 year old secretary has been found mentally incompetent to stand trial for the Memorial Day slaying of a Voice of America Russian translator Zurab Abdusheli. Dr Addison M Duval at St Elizabeths Hospital reports she has been under observation 60 days and will be committed there until competency is regained. The two were formerly engaged and the shooting happened two weeks after Abdusheli married another woman.
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Washington
Edith Louise Hough
Voice of America
Addison M. Duval
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Miss Hough
Zurab Abdusheli
Abdusheli
Curfew Ordinance May Be Amended
Cobburn Virginia town considers amendments to a night curfew for those 18 and under adopted by the council. The measure, to start Friday, was delayed for talks with groups. Curfew is 9 30 p m weekdays and 10 p m Saturdays amid mixed local opinion.
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Cobburn
James Lord
Parent-teacher Association of Fi
Alabama Governor Takes Action Against Night Rider Terror
Montgomery Alabama Governor James E Folsom orders State Public Safety to aid local officers in ending night riding terrorism across the state. He directs mobilization of resources to confront Klan related violence and restore public safety.
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Montgomery
Ala
James E. Folsom
State Department of Public Safety
Officials to Meet Town Council Over Ordinance Penalties
City officials and council members plan a conference this week to discuss the ordinance approved by the council that imposes a fine up to 500 dollars and a possible jail sentence for violations.
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Cials
Alabama official orders aid against Klan demonstrations
Governor Folsom instructed Safe ty Director Bill Lyerly to assist in actions against Klan demonstrations. Reports say six Negroes were beaten by Klansmen in Maplesville and four in Evergreen on August 8. Folsom urged regular state investigator reports on night riding activities to protect all residents from hoodlumism.
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Folsom
Bill Lyerly
Maplesville
Ala
James Brock
Conecuh County
Evergreen
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N.J
Miller’s
N. Loudoun St
Christiani Bros. Circus
Lucio Christiani
Corky
Hortons
Molden
U. S. 11
Conrad Hoover
Southern States Cooperative
Cooperative Service
Southern States
Cooperative Service Agency
Wasp
E. Piccadilly St
Alabama
Ku Klux Klan
Lyerly
Winchester Public Schools
Virginia Avenue
Cork Street
John Kerr School
Gerrard Street
Quarles
Gerrard
Quarles School
White
Loudoun Street
Valley Avenue
Handley School
General Office
Douglas School
Handley Or Douglas High Schools
Handley Or Douglas High School
Garland R. Quarles
Supt. of Schools
Ford
Thunderbird
U.S. A
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