Warrant Officer Sentenced to Death for Wife's Slaying
Bernard J. O'Brien, a U S Army warrant officer attached to the Navy Medical Training Center in Degerndorf, Bavaria, was sentenced to death by a U S Army court martial for murdering his wife Dorothy by striking her with a shovel and then driving the body in a car into a tree in May. He confessed to striking her and to staging the accident to conceal the crime.
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Munich
Germany
Fuse
Bernard J. O'Brien
San Antonio
Tex
Dorothy
A. U. S. Army
Raymond McNing
O'Brien
U.S. Navy
Degerndorf
Bavaria
Bad Aibling
Bill to shield Korean veterans from recall to service
The Senate Armed Services committee approved a bill to protect veterans who served in Korea from recall except in war or when no qualified reservists are available. The measure would require reservist consent and let the secretary of defense designate who served in the Korean fighting zone during hostilities.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Senate
House
Congress
Russell B Long
Dlas
Secretary ‘of Defense
Four Die and 22 Hurt in Mexican Train Wreck
Railroad officials report four people killed and 22 injured when a mixed train derailed and toppled into a dam about 30 miles south of Tampico. The deceased include two middle aged men and two children.
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Tampico
Mex
Here
Youth Believes Razor Blades Aimed For Stomach Trouble
CHICAGO June 19 19R William Hinkle 19 was hospitalized after an overdose of razor blades He reportedly swallowed 30 blades Doctors at Cook County Hospital x rayed his stomach and found some blades but could not give an exact count Hinkle refused to explain his motive His father a carpenter in Carbondale Indiana said the youth had run away from home Tuesday
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Chicago
William Hinkle
Cook County Hospital
Yuikie
Hinkie
Carbondale
Runaway Youth Pedals 62 Miles Back Home
In Tulsa on June 20 Kenneth Monette, 14, of Muskogee, rode his bicycle about 62 miles to return home after running away. Officers found him asleep on boxes. parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Monette of Muskogee were notified. He had previously run away, and the father urged him to simply start cycling home when ready.
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Tulsa
Kenneth Monette
Muskogee
U.S. Cost of Living Rises in May Prompting Wage Hikes
Washington reports the consumer price index rose two tenths of a percent in mid May, nearing the January peak. The rise triggers a two cent per hour wage boost for 1.3 million railroad workers and at least one cent hourly gains for 116,000 aviation, oil, textile, and aircraft workers as costs climb due to higher food, rent, and goods and services costs.
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Washington
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
Congressmen Invited On Steamship Junket
United States Lines plans a lavish junket for congressmen and officials aboard the new United States liner Hyatt. Some lawmakers declined the invitation saying it would be unethical. The government plans a 43 million dollar subsidy for the luxury vessel and Comptroller General Lindsay C. Warren seeks to block the deal, claiming taxpayers are being rooked.
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Washington
United States Lines
Steamship Co
United States
Newport News
New York
Lindsay C. Warren
Beaumont salesman arrested for DWI near Shell refinery
Harris county deputies detained Shirley Buckcockrell driving near the Shell refinery on LaPorte road in Houston and charged him with driving while intoxicated. He argued Beaumont city limits blocked arrest, but officers said the city lines ended down the road. A historical note mentions Gloucester’s 1713 first American schooner.
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Houston
Harris County
Shirley Buck -Cockrell
Beaumont
Shell
LaPorte
Cockrell
George Hilton
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