Coed testifies she begged and wept during assault case
In Tallahassee Florida a 19 year old Florida A and M freshman coed testified she begged four white youths to release her as they allegedly raped her after abducting her at gunpoint on May 2. She described being blindfolded and moved to a car with the license plate removed. Defense argued consent possible. state pressed for truth.
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Tallahassee
Fla
William D. Hopkins
Florida
South
Coed
Hopkins
Willion T. Collinsworth
Gunter Toney
Toney
Collinsworth
Florida A&m University
W. May Walker
National Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Charles W. Bevis
Florida State Conservation
William T. Collinsworth
David E. Beagles
Ollie Stoutamire
Patrick G. Scarborough
Air Force
J. P. Rowe
Craig Austin Puckett Jr
Nathaniel W. Ward Jr
Howard R. Mendon
Edward L. Koch
Florida State University
Rufus Graddy
Aubrey C. Willis
James W. Griffith Jr
A. H. King
Horace Raymond Brown
Roy Underwood
L. D. Singleton
Douglas School Graduates 17 Get Honors
Douglas School awarded diplomas to 17 graduates led by valedictorian Ann Ransom. Jack Brown received two scholarships to Johnson C. Smith University and St. Paul’s College. Judith Gaither and Joseph Nickens delivered orations. Marshall Nickens spoke as well. Garland R. Quarles and Effie Davis facilitated awards. Nine alumni from the Class of 1949 attended the reunion as Kirk N. Gaskins introduced them. the glee club performed several spirituals.
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Jack Brown
Salutatonian
Johnson C. Smith University
St. Paul's College
St. Paul’s
Judith Gaither
Marshall Nickens
Ann Ransom
Joseph Nickens
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester School
Effie Davis
Kirk N. Gaskins
Douglas
Ezekiel
Rebels Face Surrender Battle Near Managua
Rebels near Managua refuse safe conduct from the Nicaraguan government after 16 of 45 holdouts choose to flee into the mountains. Gen. Anastasio Somoza predicts surrender today as troops report insurgents exhausted, hungry, and disorganized. Newsmen Mario Biasetti and Rogelio Caparros observed the group about 100 miles east of Managua amid dwindling supplies and ongoing clashes.
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Nicaragua
Agua
Costa Rica
Anastasio Somoza
Somoza
Luis Somoza
Somozas
Honduras
Boco
Managua
Mario Biasetti
Columbia Broadcasting System
Rogelio Caparros
Havana
Bohemia
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
Port Commerce Generates More Virginia Taxes
A State Ports Authority report estimates waterborne commerce paid the state and localities $18,243,653 in income and business taxes in 1957, a 19.7 percent rise from 1956. Port commerce wages totaled about $209,682,386, up 15.7 percent from the prior year.
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Richmond
State Ports Authority
Fifth columnists march to mountains in Nicaragua revolt
Chamorro and 15 others including Luis Gonzaga Cardenal formed a fifth column and moved into the mountains. The rest raised a white flag on a long pole. Father Federico Arguello, a young priest and chaplain, was sent to negotiate surrender terms with the National Guard. He said the rebels would surrender if their lives were spared and they could leave the country.
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Chamorro
Luis Gonzaga Cardenal
Federico Arguello
National Guard
Nicaragua
Guard
Client Arrives Through Window At Pettler Office
Sherman Oaks California AP report says attorney Lynn R. Pettler held a grand opening for his new office when a former client, Clara B. Fiske, drove a station wagon into the window after the throttle stuck. No injuries. damages estimated at 900 dollars.
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Sherman Oaks
Calif
Lynn R. Pettler
Clara B. Fiske
Pettler
Chute Saves Navy Pilot in Chesapeake Bay Crash
Lt (jg) Geremy D. Taylor parachuted safely from a Skyhawk yesterday before the aircraft crashed in Chesapeake Bay near Smith Island. He was picked up by a helicopter and flown to Patuxent River Naval Hospital for a physical exam. He is with Fighter Squadron 21 at Oceana NAS and lives in Baltimore. Naval spokesmen said the cause remains under investigation.
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Norfolk
Geremy D. Taylor
Chesapeake Bay
Smith Island
Taylor
Patuxent River
Naval Hospital
Oceana, Va
Naval Air Station
Baltimore
Captain and Crew Rescued From Sinking Freighter
Halifax AP report says the pps gp and seven crew members of the British freighter Claudette V were rescued after the ship began to sink 40 miles south of Newfoundland. A Royal Canadian Air Force spokesman said the last report indicated the vessel was afloat and the rescue ship Fauvette was attempting salvage.
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Halifax
Pps Gp
Newfoundland
Royal Canadian Air Force
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