Chicago man held in 10 year old Roberta Rinearson case
Police report that Herlindo Arias Perez a 31 year old Chicago laborer of Mexican origin admitted in vague terms to involvement in the rape strangling of 10 year old Roberta Rinearson. He was detained after being found roaming Hammond roads and later questioned about citizenship. He reportedly blurted I choked that girl. A handkerchief with initial P was a key clue.
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Chicago
Roberta Rinearson
Herlindo Arias Perez
Hammond
Perez
Governor's Wife Delivers Newspapers in Little Rock
Arkansas Democrat subscribers in a residential area received their papers from Mrs. Ben Laney wife of Governor. Her son Phillip normally delivers the route but chose to duck hunt with his father and brothers so she stepped in. A city circulation spokesman said she was a good carrier and only three complaints were logged compared to eight to ten with a substitute carrier.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Democrat
Ben Laney
Arkansas
Laney
Phillip
Truck Hits Bridge Kills One Hurts Two
A pickup truck crashed into a concrete abutment on Wichita Falls outskirts killing Corporal Ronald L. Gibbons 2 Chambersburg Pa and injuring two girls while another soldier passenger escaped injury. The airman died on arrival at the hospital Monday night.
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Wichita Falls
Ronald L. Gibbons
Chambersburg
Sheppard Field
Navy Demonstrates Auto Pilot for Precise Flight Landing
The Navy unveiled an experimental angle of attack auto-pilot that automatically flies and lands aircraft with greater precision than a human pilot. Built under Navy contract by Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator, the system adjusts power to maintain the pilot selected wing angle, promising stall resistance as development continues with the bureau of aeronautics.
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Washington
Navy
Minneapolis-Honeywell Regulator Company
Minneapolis
Reindeer Native to Northern Europe and Asia
The reindeer is native to northern Europe and Asia where it has long been domesticated especially in Russia and Lapland.
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Europe
Asia
Russia
Lapland
Atom Blindness May Be Cured
Berkeley December 21. UC physicist Dr. Lloyd Smith 26 seeks cataract operation after exposure to neutrons at University of Illinois cyclotron caused near blindness in one eye and severe loss in the other. He notes later shielding and safer procedures at UC cyclotron.
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Berkeley, Cal
INS
University of California
Lloyd Smith
University of Ilinois
Coast Guard hunts for SOS source near Cuba
The Coast Guard pressed a search Tuesday for the source of a mysterious SOS signal that triggered a Sunday night chase for a stricken vessel found sinking near Cuba.
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Miami
INS
Coast Guard
Cuba
Corporal testifies Ybarbo threatened him in court
US Army Corporal Morris Burr testified that Sergeant John Ybarbo accused him of sleeping with Mrs. Ybarbo and threatened to shoot him. Burr said Ybarbo loaded a pistol but then shot himself, and Burr took the gun. He also described Ybarbo as a household tyrant who beat his wife and left marks. The trial resumes with defense and prosecution review of testimony.
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Marburg
Germany
Morris Burr
John Ybarbo
Wilma
Billie) Ybarbo
Burr
Ybarbo
Malden
Mass
Goliad
Texas
Ybarbos
Aged Couple Wed To Dodge Loneliness
In Waco on December 21, Mrs. Sarah E. Braun aged 89 became the bride of B. J. Blakely aged 90. Both have large families, seven and six children respectively. Blakely proposed after Sarah spoke of loneliness, she agreed after a second proposal.
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Waco
Cupid
Sarah E. Braun
B. J. Blakely
Blakely
Sarah
Centenarian Crochets Gifts for Birthday in Clinton
Mrs. Sarah Slavens of Clinton prepared for Christmas by crocheting 40 dailies as presents for friends and relatives. She distributed the presents Monday at an open house celebration of her 100th birthday.
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Clinton, Mo
Sarah Slavens
Clinton
New Secret Fuel Could Power Moon Rocket
Dr. H. L. Johnston of Ohio State University says liquid hydrogen fuel may propel rockets to the moon if a ship capable of the trip is built. He notes cost and safety limit practical use, with the Air Force funding the work and a hypothetical ship not designed for human transport.
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Columbus
Ohio
H. L. Johnston
Ohio State University
Johnston
Moon
US Air Force
Air Force
Taxes Charged On Television Admission Tax
Chicago reports that television's rise as mass entertainment brings admission tax rules. Kentucky first to apply an admission tax on night clubs using TV with minimum charges, taxing 25 percent of the total charge. Pennsylvania upholds liquor control act under amusement permit for taverns using television to draw trade.
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Chicago
Municipal Finance Officers Association
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Kentucky Revenue Department
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Elkhart
WFL
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Plete
Stromberg-Carlson
Zenith
Motorola
Recordio
American - Statesman
Pag
Santa
Savage Md
Santa Heim
Santa Claus
Harry Heim
Corporal
Court Ybarbo
Ellison
Leatwyler
Aucton
Holmes & Edwards
William Rogers & Eos
Community Plate
Ess
Gruens
Benrus
Elgins
Ronson
Seth Thomas
Sunbeam
Schaefer
Austin
Universal Waffle Irons
Parker
Remington, Schick, Sunbeam
Congress
Austin, Texas
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