Mountaineer Kills Four Passersby Then Falls to Police
In southwestern Pennsylvania a sharpshooter from a mountain area killed four people and wounded five others before dying from heavy machine gun fire. Police and state troopers with an army tank fired on Daniel Raymond, 42, after he barricaded himself in his Chalk Hill home and firebombed the building. The incident began when Raymond, a pipe line worker, opened fire from a second story window on a rural road, targeting vehicles for nine hours. Among the dead are Mary Frances Sissler, 61, and Edna Maes, 53, both of Ohiopyle, and William Burd, 59, of Farmington. wounded include Harry Cromwell, 31, and Lawrence Swenglish, 28, plus Carlos Maust and two Maust children. Raymond used a Winchester rifle with telescope sights and a magnum rifle with pellet charge.
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Uniontown
Daniel Raymond
Chalk Hill
Raymond
Pennsylvania
Mary Frances Sissler
Edna Maes
Ohiopyle
Willam Burd
Highways Department
Farmington
May Maust
Harry Cromwell
Lawrence Swenglish
Haddonville
Carlos Maust
Aust
Maust
Mary
Eddie
Man Follows Aim To Help Mankind In Law’s Toils
DETROIT A man shot into a Michigan bank branch. Teller Catherine Fisch, 20, said he told her his name was Kirk May Hardy I Want $3,000. Hardy, 32, claimed he wanted to help his poor fellow men. He was booked for investigation of attempted unarmed robbery but police may release him as no threat was made.
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Detroit
Michigan
Catherine Fisch
Kirk May Hardy
Fischer
Howard Cochran
Hardy
Hutchinson Seeks Second GOP Post In Michigan Race
Senator Edward Hutchinson announced a bid for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor, setting up a contest with George Sallade and Clarence Reid as Beadle steps aside. Hutchinson, 45, vows a vigorous statewide campaign after the legislature adjourns in mid April. Paul Bagwell remains the lone gubernatorial prospect so far for 1954-55.
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Lansing
Edward Hutchinson
Senate
GOP
Frank D. Beadle
St. Clair
Hutchinson
George W. Sallade
Ann Arbor
House
Clarence A. Reid
Sallade
Paul D. Bagwell
Michigan State University
Adrian Police Seek $100 Monthly Salary Increase
Adrian police officers request a $100 per month wage boost, arguing current $4,800 base after three years does not cover living costs. They say the $6,000 yearly pay would reduce need for outside work and improve performance. Chief A M Andrews will refer the letter to the city administrator for recommendation and possible appearance before the city commission during budget hearings.
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A. M. Andrews
Wallace Ottinger
Adrien Police Benefit Association
Ottinger
Andrews
Revco Open House Attracts 1000 Guests And Expands Plant
Revco Inc. in Deerfield reports over 1 500 advance reservations for an open house this Friday and Sunday. Friday features special guests from Revco dealers, distributors, industry leaders, and civic figures with 275 from this group booked. Sunday tours run 1 to p m for employees and families plus local officials. The event marks the opening of a 300 by 30 foot addition to the plant that adds upgraded capacity for manufacturing built in refrigerators and deep freezers. Plant employs 369 people, many from Lenawee County. Harold A. Fye is general chairman with a team directing invitations, publicity, exhibits, tours, and refreshments.
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Revco Inc
Deerfield
Revco
Lenawee County
Harold A. Fye
Robert C. Camburn
H. C. Beresford
Howard D. White
James R. Jenkins
R. W. Willey
Jon Carr
Ethel A. McMahon
Gilbert Chatwin
Richard Davis
Hoyt Emerson
Arthur Schneider
Archie Stevens
Demand for Hearing in Traffic Death Case
Cecil Rhoden, 23, of Tecumseh, demanded examination on a common law murder charge tied to a hit and run that killed 22 year old Harald Moore near Napoleon. Rhoden and Lewis Partee, 35, Tecumseh, were arrested after detector tests in East Lansing indicated both claimed the other drove the car on M 50. Partee was driving when the vehicle struck Kurtz, Moore died, and both men were taken to Jackson police. The hearing before Justice Gordon Britten is set for March 10 at 9 30 a.m. Bond of 2500 was not posted. Rhoden remains in Jackson County jail.
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Jackson
Cecil Rhoden
Tecumseh
Gordon Britten
Rhoden
Jackson County
Brooklyn
Clinton State
Lysle G. Hall,Jr
East Lansing
Lewis Partee
Hall
Virgil Kurtz
Michigan Center
Harald E]i Moore
Napoleon
Doctors say drug industry duped by promotional tactics
Washington reports former research director Dr. Has kell J Weinstein says physicians are seduced by marketing and misled about new drugs. He cites peer critique by Dr. Martin A Seidell and warns patients face insufficiently evaluated and potentially hazardous medicines.
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Washington
Haskell J. Weinstein
Sach
Charles Pfizer and Co
Martin A. Seidell
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Seidell
Weinstein
Naval Bandsmen Die In Rio Air Crash
A U S Navy C54 carrying 30 bandsmen and crew collided with a Brazilian Real DC3 over Guanabara Bay near Rio de Janeiro. At least 40 deaths were reported, with 23 Navy band members aboard and the director Cmdr Charles Brendler absent. Eisenhower was en route to Brazil for a goodwill visit when the crash occurred, prompting condolences from Secretary of State Christian Herter.
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Rio de Janeiro
Navy
Guanabara Bay
Eisenhower
Rio
Kubitschek
Buenos Aires
Azo
South America
South Atlantic
Macon
Charles R. Brendler
Christian Herter
Foreign Office
Sao Paulo
Bay of
Eisenhower Visits Sao Paulo Amid Rainy Welcome
Half a million Brazilians cheered Dwight Eisenhower in Sao Paulo as rain drenched streets and confetti filled the scene. He praised free enterprise and pledged U.S. support for Brazil’s development, noting that opportunity without discrimination drives democracy and productivity.
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Ihe
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Presrione
Eisenhower
Hisenhower
Teamsters Indicted for Illegal Political Contributions
Harold J. Gibbons a top Teamsters aide and five officials were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of illegal political contributions under the Taft-Hartley act. The 1956 and 1958 scheme allegedly paid 250 to 5000 dollars to campaigns of U S senators and representatives including Hennings Morse Roosevelt Reuss and candidates in Missouri and Oregon and California.
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ST. Louis iI
Harold J. Gibbons
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
James Hoffa
Teamster
Thomas C. Hennings
D-Mo
Wayne Morse
Ore
James Roosevelt
D-Calif
Henry Reuss
D-Wis
James L. Sullivan
Robert C. Dowd
St. Louis
Bid for Freedom: Lenawee Convict Surrenders in Lansing
Richard Meinicke 28 of Addison, who escaped from Lenawee Prison in October, surrendered in Lansing after five months of freedom on Florida fishing boats. He claimed a bum rap and detailed alleged coercion by detective witnesses. His case involved a concealed weapon arrest with co-defendant Gardner, and he said Gov Williams would judge Michigan’s justice.
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Richard “Hubert Meinicke
Addison
Southern Michigan
Lansing
Lenawee
Rex Martin
Meiliese
Norma’ Jega
Gus Harrison
State Corrections Department
Florida
Meinicke
Lansing State Journal
Meilicke
Arnold C. Gardner
Detroit
Jackson
Leslie Wykes
Slight Decline Reported In Living Costs
In January prices for clothing eggs and most meats edged down, yielding a slight dip in the government living cost index for the second straight month. The index stood at 125.4 for the 1947-49 base, its lowest since September yet 2.3 percent above a year earlier. Spendable earnings for factory workers remained at a record high despite a 0.5 percent Social Security tax rise, averaging 82.33 dollars weekly for a family of four and 74.74 for a single worker, up about 4.5 percent from twelve months earlier.
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Washington
Labor Department
Adrian College Defeats Hillsdale in Overtime
Adrian College beat Hillsdale 104 99 in overtime in a feature of local sports coverage. The report notes the win as part of Adrian College athletics with emphasis on overtime drama and standings implications.
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Hudson Citizens
Adrian College
Siena Heights
Porter
Washington
Hillsdale
US cuts overseas trade gap nearly in half
The United States reports a nearly 50 percent reduction in the overseas trade deficit, easing fears of a draining of gold reserves totaling about 19% billion dollars. Officials credit a surge in American exports and stronger foreign markets, signaling a potential turning point in limiting the import spend versus earnings abroad.
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Washington
United States
Coministration
Franco 10 Run for Senate Scat
John R. Franco of Michigan, a former Democratic state chairman, announces a bid for the Senate on a platform to abolish the U.S. income tax. He plans to oppose Sen. Pat McNamara in Michigan's August Democratic primary, per Detroit reporting.
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Washington
John R. Franco
Michigan
Senate
U.S
Franco
Detroit
Producrs
Pat McNamara
Mid
Atomic Sub Ends Trip To Pole
The sub is headed for a sunny homecoming in Hawaii after surfacing near the southern edge of the polar ice cap off St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, following a month under the ice. The vessel submerged Jan. 25 during the polar visit.
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Washington
Hawaii
North Pole
St. Lawrence Island
Alaska
Wife Denies Plot to Kill Husband in Detroit Slaying
A fiveday old case unfolds as Nelle Lassiter and Gordon Watson face first degree murder and conspiracy charges in Parvin Lassiter’s April death. Watson, held on a fugitive warrant, awaits extradition to Michigan. Mrs Lassiter’s arraignment set for March 4 with no bail.
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Nellie Lassiter
Detroit
Parvin
Bil) Lassiter
Gordon Watson
Lassiter
Nelle Lassiter
Bill) Lagsister
Los Angeles
Gordon Wat
Michigan
Watson
Michilan
Royal Oak
Dearborn Township
John L. Mokersky
Egypt Moves Units Toward Gaza and Sinai Fronts
Israeli sources report strong Egyptian troop movements into the Gaza Strip and Sinai with heavy armor and artillery. An Israeli spokesman avoided confirmation while noting close monitoring as reports place forces near the Negev and at border points with the United Arab Republic.
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Tel
Aviv
Israeliz
Gaza Strip
Israel
United Arab Republic
Kusseima
Negev Desert
Egypt
Sinai Peninsula
Beirut
Sinai Desert
Negev
Damascus
U.A.R
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Winter Storms Sweep Southwest With Heavy Snow and Ice
Snow and sleet cripple the southwest as wintry weather spreads from Arkansas to Texas and New Mexico. The storm brings up to seven inches of snow in the Texas panhandle and widespread power outages, school closures, and traffic accidents across a broad swath from Illinois to Kentucky and Missouri.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Mississippi
Texas
South Plains
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Texarkana
Ark
The
Weather Bureau
Missouri
Kentucky
Louisiana
Tennessee
Ilinois
Indiana
el Paso
Louisiana State Line
Panhandle
Houston
Gulf Coast
Lubbock
Former Baptist pastor Morris Coers dies in Covington
The Rev. Morris Coers, 49, longtime pastor and famed radio personality across Kentucky and southern Ohio, died Wed in Covington likely of a heart attack. He led Adrian First Baptist in 1941-42, served with the Red Cross in WWII, later pastored Immanuel Baptist Covington, and created the Garden of Hope on a hill overlooking the Ohio River. He is survived by his wife Vernice and son Dfichsel. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Covington
Morris Coers
First Baptist Church
Adrian
Coers
Kentucky
Ohio
Adrian Baptist Church
Red Cross
North Africa
Italy
Immanuel Baptist Church
Shelbyville
Bluffton
Ind
Jackson
Mich
Rosy Land
Ohio River
Vernice
Dfichsel
Some Democratic Senators Still Confused On Defense Is Report
Washington UI Some Senate Democrats say they remain confused after five hours of closed door testimony by Allen Dulles on U.S.-Soviet missile strength. Dulles, CIA director, faced lawmakers again as Republicans said confusion was cleared. Senator Lyndon B. Johnson noted new material may aid study, while Saltonstall and Case argued Dulles clarified or never caused confusion.
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Washington UI
Senate
Allen W. Dulles
Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Yesrday
Senate Space and Preparedness Committees
Democratc
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dex
Johnson
Sens
Leverett Saltonstall
Rmass
Clifford P. Case
Saltonstall
Case
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