Hunted Slayer Kills Himself as Police Close In
In southeastern Ohio near Athens a gunman identified as Rudy Zamora 20 shot six family members and wounded others at a farm home before dying by suicide during a police siege. The Wildman and Pierce families suffered multiple fatalities including W M Wildman 57 Mildred 60 Eugene 14 Geneva Pierce 26 and two young Pierce children ages 2 and 3. The attack followed a dispute over money owed for work and Zamora’s motive remains under investigation by deputies and state police.
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Athens
Ohio
Rudy Zamora
Zamora
Setho
Here
Patricia Wildevades
Glenn McDaniel
Pierce
Sac Day
Wildman
W. M. Wildman
Mildred
Eugene
Geneva Pierce
Dean
David Pierce
Strike Bound Freight Blasted With Dynamite
A Florida east coast Railway freight train derailed after two dynamite blasts near New Smyrna Beach. FBI investigated as officials reported two explosions damaging a diesel locomotive fuel lines and a 14 car derailment. Four youths had earlier found 45 sticks of dynamite wired to a train and dismantled it before detonation.
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Florida East Coast Railway
FEC
W. L Thornton
FBI
New Smyrna Beach
Virginia Officials Face Highway Contract Charges
Henderson accuses lawmakers of conflicts in right of way work with Virginia highway projects. Atty Gen Button defends ethics as Gov Harrison calls critics unconflicted. Documentation shows many lawmakers on state highway work rosters and Democratic loyalty claims persist.
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Henderson
GOP
Virginia
J. Livingstone Dillon
Pearlsburg
Robert Y. Button
McLean
Recommenda
Washington
Way Department
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
General Assembly
Highway Department
Harrison
Virginia Senate
Assembly
Button
Culpeper
AFL-CIO White Collar Bid Encounters Resistance
Washington report notes AFL-CIO bid to organize 14 million white collar workers faces pushback centered on snob appeal. Labor Review criticizes past union missteps and late efforts, citing literature that backfired by comparing clerks to janitors and highlighting shifting office automation.
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Afl-Cio
Washington
Plana
Labor Department
Labor Review
Albert A. Blum
Labor
Blum
U.S. Grants Asylum To Soviet Defector
The United States will grant asylum to Yuri I. Nosenko, a Soviet secret police defector connected to the Geneva disarmament talks. State Department officials disclosed that Nosenko is in Washington, with his exact location kept secret, while Moscow and Bern confirmed interviews. The case heightens Cold War tensions as Gromyko protested U.S. handling, and U.S. officials offered no timing on public appearance.
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Washington
U.S
Yuri I
Nosenko
State Department
Geneva
America
Richard I. Phillips
Andrei A. Gromyko
Foy D. Kohler
Moscow
Gromyko
United States
Phillips
Soviet Union
KGB
Ruby Trial Open Today as Jury Selection Begins
In Dallas, prosecutors and defense start selecting 12 impartial jurors from 900 county residents for Jack Ruby’s murder trial. Melvin Belli warns prejudice may force hundreds of jurors to be rejected daily, while Henry Wade asserts a fair jury exists in Dallas. The judge will weigh moving the trial and delays remain possible.
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Ruby
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Dallas County
Melvin Belli
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Belli
Henry Wade
Seven, Get Jail And Fines in Assault Case
Clarke County men were found guilty of assault in a Front Royal incident near Berryville on December 7. Each received 30 days in jail and $100 fines by Judge Harold Potts. An eighth man, William Carter, was cleared. the defendants faced officers L M Bauserman P W Foster H K Malborn and Roy Breeden.
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BERR
Clarke County
Front Royal
Harold Potts
William Carter
Mt. Falls
Augustus L. Jarmans
Augustus Junior
Atty
Edward McWilliams
Frederick County
Jack B Myers
John W. Myers
Wayne G. Carter
John E. Leake
Melvin Lee Leake
Roger L. Miller
George W
Rt. 340
West Virginia Line
Berryville
Jarmans
Orchard Inn
West Virginia
Winchester Memorial Hospital
Carol Welch
Blanche Yost
Winchester
Carter
L. M. Bauserman
P. W. Foster
H. K. Malborn
Roy Breeden
Martinsburg Considers Vending Machine Tax to Raise Revenue
City officials in Martinsburg weigh a general vending machine tax to boost town coffers. The council instructed the finance and ordinance panels to draft a proposal, noting a $5 amusement machine fee exists but no broad vending tax.
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Martinsburg—City Oil
National Airlines Flight Suspension Across 40 Cities
National Airlines halted flights to 40 cities in 15 states amid a clerical and reservations workers strike. Secretary Willard Wirtz urged immediate mediation with a goal of binding arbitration if no agreement in five days. Union officials did not comment. The strike affects 1,800 workers with picket lines forming at midnight.
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Miami
Fla
National Airlines
Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
The
ALEA
Comp
Snow and Winds Sweep Central Plains to Midwest
A snowstorm and strong north winds moved from the Rocky Mountains into the Central Plains and Midwest. Nebraska towns like North Platte Grand Island and Burwell reported up to five inches of snow with blowing drifts reducing visibility. Iowa Missouri and New Mexico also experienced snowfall and high winds that closed roads and created near zero visibility.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountains
Central Plains
Midwest
Nebraska
Kansas
North Platte
Neb
Grand Island
Burwell
Hill City
Kan
Iowa
Missouri
Gulf Coast
New Mexico
Raton
Clayton
Des Moines
N.M
Motions Studied In Hoffa Trial
A federal judge will decide over the weekend whether James R. Hoffa must defend himself on three or four charges alleging jury fixing in his 1962 conspiracy trial. After the government said key testimony was blocked, the judge considered acquittal or dismissal motions and planned a Monday ruling to allow the defense to open its case.
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Chattanooga
Berryville Man Killed in Loudoun County Car Crash
A Berryville man died when his 1957 sedan left Rt. 7 near Blue Mountain and plunged 25 feet down an embankment into a tree. Hanline, widow Jessie Jenkins Hanline and three children survive. He was employed by a Purcellville auto dealer and born in Parsons West Virginia. Surviving family includes Wes Hanline June Heflin and Jesse W Hanline in Germany.
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McNeal
Frederic County
Wes Hanline
Berryville
June Heflin
Washington, D. C
Jesse W. Hanline
Germany
A. K. Hanline
Khrushchev Pushes Fertilizer Drive to Solve Soviet Farm Woes
Moscow AP reports Premier Khrushchev led six days of plenary talks with Central Committee members and rural officials on improving harvests through intensive fertilizer use and irrigation. Agriculture Minister Volovchenko proposed legal accountability for cropland misuse as wind erosion threatens virgin lands while windfalls from shift to Kazakhstan raise concerns.
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Moscow
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
Soviet Union
Ivan Volovchenko
Kazakhstan
Russia
Ukraine
Greek Turkish Cyprus crisis escalates with Turkish troop moves
U S Undersecretary Ball urged Greece to back a Cyprus peace plan and an international police force free of U N control. British Prime Minister Douglas-Home convened top ministers while Turkish plans intensify fear of invasion. In Cyprus fighting claimed three Turkish Cypriots and one Greek in Polis and Paphos.
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Athens
U.S
George W. Ball
Cyprus
Greece
Ca Er
John Paraskevopoulos
Ball
Paraskevophilos
Ameri
U.N
London
Alec Douglas-Home
Cevdet Sunay
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Balt
Ankara
Makarios
Seu
NATO
Washington
Polis
Paphos- Ktima
Strongbox cash stolen from Lee-Jackson Restaurant
A thief removed a strongbox containing about 75 dollars from the Lee Jackson Restaurant on Millwood Ave. The theft occurred last night or early today. Deputy Sheriff Merlian Marshall reported no signs of forcible entry. Marvin Bucher discovered the loss when opening the restaurant for business.
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Lee-Jackson
Millwood Ave
Merlian Marshall
Marvin B. Bucher
Cubs infielder Ken Hubbs dies in Utah Lake plane crash
Chicago Cubs infielder Ken Hubbs and a friend were found dead in a small plane wreck near Provo Utah Lake. The crash occurred today, and the Utah County sheriff reported the fatalities.
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Provo
Utah
Chicago Cubs
Ken Hubbs
Utah Lake
Sheriff's Office
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