Feather Gets 15 Years For 2nd Degree Murder
Frederick Keith Feather Jr., 31, received a 15 year sentence for the slaying of his wife Betty Jo Coxe Feather, 28, in January after an 11 to 1 juror verdict of second degree murder following a two day trial marked by unfaithfulness allegations.
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Elliott Marshall
Frederick Keith Feather, Jr
Betty Jo Coxe Feather
Feather
Aprenee
Commonwealth
Marshall
Edwin M. Nikirk
Richard Zimmerman
Henry Whiting
Nikirk
Zimmerman
Frederick
Whiting
Maryland
Bid to Buy Bibles for High Court Justices Defeated
The House rejected Rep. James A. Haley’s amendment to a Justice Department appropriation bill to purchase Bibles for Supreme Court justices. The proposal failed 66 to 47 after Haley pressed the vote despite opposition from floor manager Rep. John J. Rooney. The brief debate did not mention the court’s ruling on school prayer.
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Supreme Court
Obe Down Crier and Golf Club Note
Obe Down Crier ED COMER shows Millwood Golf Club mastery while Winoie fires three nine hole rounds with a 44 4444 score pattern. Snakes at the Braithwaite home near Nain include a 54 inch black snake killed by Gary Felt and a copperhead removed by Edgar Marple from a wren house. seven snakes have been killed on porches and in the yard.
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ED Comer
Millwood Golf Club
Braithwaite
Nain
Gary Feltfer
Court Order Bars March on City Hall
A federal judge in Columbus issued a temporary injunction barring Negro organizations and individuals from planning or engaging in demonstrations or boycotts in Albany Georgia. The order, cited as a 14th Amendment based move, followed talks between Mayor Kelley and city officials as King led a planned march on City Hall amid segregation protests. A July 30 hearing will decide if the injunction becomes permanent.
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Albany, Ga
Asa D. Kelley Jr
Georgia
Martin Luther King Jr
J. Robert Elliott
U.S. District Court
Columbus
Kelley
Grady Rawls
Elliott
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The
Albany Movement
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Congress of Racial Equality
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
Albany
City Hall
Amateur Radio Operators Set 12th Hamfest Here
The Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club holds its 12th Hamfest August 4 5 with a banquet opening program at 6 30 p m at Lee Jackson restaurant Col Guy M Blencoe will be the keynote speaker Sunday features include a free armory event auction swap session equipment displays MARS members meet rigs on air for directions on 29.2 MC and 3835 KC open to all radio enthusiasts families and friends.
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Shenandoah Valley Amateur Radio Club
Guy M. Blencoe
McLean
U. S. Signal Corps
Lee-Jackson
Hamfest
P. O
Winchester
National Guard
MARS
Military Affiliate Radio Service
Second Army Mars
Ritter
Bloodhound Takes Over London Bus
A bloodhound stowed away on a double decker in Stourbridge Worcestershire and seized control of the bus. After a three hour chase by police and bus staff, the dog was lassoed and taken to the dog pound.
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London
Stourbridge
Worcestershire
Fred Gould
Gould
Fred
Sam Bloomer
Royal Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To
Seven Die In Head-On Wisconsin Auto Crash
In Shawano Wisconsin a two car head-on collision on a country road killed seven people early today. Victims include Walter Grimm 48 and his wife 44 John Koepke 51 and his wife 46 Oscar Mehlberg 52 and his wife 43 and Dilton Pingel 23 all from the Marion area. The crash occurred near a steep hill five miles from the victims' homes. The collision was reported at 3 36 A M with watches of two women stopping at 1 15. The couples were trapped in their wrecked car while the other driver's passenger was thrown partly out.
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Shawano
Wis
Wisconsin
Shawano County
Sheriff's Office
Walter Grimm
John Koepke
Oscar Mehlberg
Marion
Shawano- Waupaca
Dilton Pingel
Woman Driver Slugs Pedestrian in Nice Intersection
Marcel Gruat, 70, was struck by a sports car driven by a young woman in Nice. After the collision he shouted at the driver, who halted, reversed, got out, and struck him on the head with a high-heeled shoe. He was taken unconscious to a hospital with a serious head injury.
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Nice
France
Marcel Gruat
Riviera
Gruat
Grant
Winchester Days Sales Launch Next Thursday
The Winchester Retail Merchants Assn announces a three day Winchester Days open season on summer bargains beginning next Thursday. Forty three merchants and auto dealers participate with plans for a special prize series for shoppers. Shoppers come from surrounding Virginia counties and West Virginia counties to enjoy the event.
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Winchester
Winchester Retail Merchants, Assn
Estes Granaries Shortage Sparks Senate Probe Demand
Republicans press for wider Senate investigation into 68 000 bushels of government grain reportedly missing from Billie Sol Estes warehouses. Senate subcommittee member Mundt cited shortages and urged thorough inquiry as Williams charged a larger pattern of Estes deals in grain storage contracts and federal aid programs.
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Washington
Billie Sol Estes
Senate
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
GOP
Agriculture Department
Estes
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
House
Pecos
Tex
John J. Williams
R-Del
Comptroller General’s Office
Coleman D. McSpaddedn
Williams
Sen. Williams
McSpadden
Billy Sol Is Indicted on 4 Theft Counts
PECOS Tex AP County grand jurors filed four new indictments against farm promoter Billie Sol Estes for swindling theft embezzlement and theft by bailee in fertilizer tank deals. The cases substitute for eight dismissed indictments and involve chattel mortgage and lease purchase contracts with Peeds farmers W Travis Lattner Jr Barton D Cramer and T J Wilson. Estes' father and brother posted 20000 bond for him, replacing a 22500 bond.
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Pecos
Tex
Billie Sol Estes
Estes
John L. Estes
Clyde
John L
Joint Chiefs Post Will Go to Taylor
President Kennedy announced that General Maxwell D. Taylor will replace General Lyman Lemnitzer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff this fall. Lemnitzer will become U.S. commander in chief in Europe and likely NATO supreme commander after his term ends September 30.
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Washington
Maxwell D. Taylor
Pentagon
Eisenhower
White House
Kennedy
Taylor
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lemnitzer
U.S
Europe
NATO
JCS
Lauris Norstad
Hyannis Port
Mass
George H. Decker
Army
Decker
Earle G. Wheeler
Wheeler
Norstad
Venus Space Probe Delayed Twenty Four Hours
The United States postponed the Mariner I Venus mission for 24 hours after a stray radio signal in the Atlas Agena B rocket. Officials said the issue is minor and could be fixed for a Sunday morning launch. the craft will study Venus from up to 10,000 miles during a 224 million mile flight toward a rendezvous in December.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Venus
Laos Accord Amid East West Tensions Near Neutrality Pact
In Geneva the East West conference backed a treaty aiming to ensure Laos neutrality and unity in a single armed force. Dean Rusk warned the Communists to observe the agreement while stressing nonrecognition of all signers and urging coalition unity. Chen Yi and Ung Van Khiem condemned U S involvement. Andrei Gromyko praised the accord as easing Southeast Asia tensions. Canadian Foreign Secretary
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Geneva
Laos
United States
Red China
U.S
Dean Rusk
Souvanna Phouma
Rusk
North Vietnam
Chen Yi
Chen
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Southeast Asia
North Viet Nam
Ung van Khiem
Andrei A. Gromyko
Vu van Mau
Laog
Daring Stock Theft Rivals Brinks Robbery Feats
New York prosecutors describe a $1.3 million stock theft at Bache & Co as highly audacious. The investigation led to the arrest of Gordon Tallman, a 30 year old inside clerk, and accomplices including Robert Dodge and others tied to the cache hidden in a lot and later recovered by the FBI in Newark and New Jersey.
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Brinks
New York
Wall Street
Boston
FBI
Mr. X
Torney
Dist
Frank S. Hogan
Gordon A. Tallman
Bache & Co
Tallman
Bache
Hogan
Robert J. Dodge
Upper Manhattan
Dodge
Newark
John Lombardozzi
Joseph G. Martinelli
Lombardozzi
Brooklyn
Martinelli
Jersey City
Bronx
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Crisman Rug & Furniture Cleaners
Groes
George B. Ritter
Thomas Strickler
Front Royal
Winchester Dry Cleaners
S. Braddock St
Seattle World's Fair
Mr. Softee
Bloodhound
London Bus
Loudoun
Fauquier, Warren, Clarke
Shenandoah Counties
Virginia
Hampshire, Morgan, Berkeley and
Jefferson Counties
West Virginia
Red China Exchange
Estes Granaries
Billy Sol
Joint Chiefs
Leinitzer
Lyman Lemnitzer
Dezvous
Mariner I
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