Prominent Socialite Murdered in Charleston Home
Mrs Juliet Staunton Clark a 59 year old society woman and principal owner of the Charleston Daily Mail was found bludgeoned to death at her home. Dr Walter Putschar chief pathologist said she died from multiple skull fractures and hemorrhages from blows to the head. She was found in a pool of blood on the living room rug as servants arrived to begin their day.
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Charleston
Juliet Staunton Clark
Charleston Daily Mail
Walter Putschar
Charleston General Hospital
Clark
Reward Offered in Charleston Slaying Case
Charleston Daily Mail offers 2500 dollars for arrest and conviction of the slayers of its principal stockholder Mrs Walter E Clark found clubbed to death at her Staunton Road home in South Hills Charleston. Publisher F M Staunton, brother of the victim, signs the notice in Sunday edition.
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Charleston
Charleston Daily Mail
Walter E. Clark
Mail
F. M. Staunton
Staunton
Clark
Staunton Road
South Hills
Charleston social leader murdered in daylight home ambush
Mrs. Clark prominent in Charleston's Junior League was found dead in her South Hills living room. Police ruled it murder after an autopsy planned later that day. No weapon found. signs of ransacking noted. Grandson Arch J Alexander III slept nearby as investigators examined the scene and identified no immediate motive.
Quick-Thinking Youth Foils Abduction Near Chicago
In Chicago on a Saturday early incident police credit a fast moving person with averting a kidnapping. He and a female concert singer were in a car when Richard Beasley attempted to abduct them with a pistol. Beasley surrendered after a police chase and a shotgun was drawn by a second officer. The would be kidnapper is an ex convict sought for six holdups. The targeted pair included Heaton Sykes of Chicago and Elkhorn Wisconsin and Miss Carol Planvondon, a Chicago socialite and concert singer.
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Chicago
Heaton Sykes
Elkhorn
Wis
Carol Planvondon
Richard Beasley
Sykes
Aubrey Sykes
Sykes Sheet Metal Co
Miss Plamondon
Alfred
Indiana Steel Products Co
Beasley
Rizer
Charles Siedliecki
France Strikes Keep France Bogged Down
Paris reports show France still bogged down by strikes for the 17th day affecting railroads post offices coal mines gas plants arsenals steel mills and public transport. Government and CGT unions clash over firing strikers as millions remain idle amid a wary economic outlook.
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France
Paris
Joseph Lanier
Emile Hughes
Air France
General Labor Federation
CGT
Hughes
Five Percenter Freed In Own Custody In Jersey City
Henry Grunewald known as the Dutchman from the Washington five percenter inquiry slipped from Jersey City last night free on a disorderly persons charge. He and Mrs. Ann Anderson 46 were paroled in their own recognizance by Magistrate Michael F. Riley. A hearing was set for Sept. 8 after an Aug. 31 date was moved.
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Jersey City
N. J
Henry ‘the Dutchman
Jersey City Medical Center
Grunewald
Ann Anderson
Peter Smith
Anderson
New York
Marathon death by own action Threat Still On
A Navy veteran Sidney Herman, 23, stood on a Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital ledge for hours threatening to jump. Firemen attempted nets and a concealed 35 by 25 foot net on the 15th floor, with climbers ready, as rescue teams sought to halt the planned self harm amid blinding floodlights and anxious onlookers.
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New York
Sidney Herman
Fort Hamilton Veterans Hospital
Herman
Harvey Kay
Curtain Chaos: Behind the Curtain Feature Preview
The Bluefield Daily Telegraph announces a Spotlight feature by George W. Herald beginning tomorrow morning. It will report from reliable sources on conditions behind the Iron Curtain including Poland East Germany Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania and offer allied intelligence interpretation.
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Bluefield
Daily Telegraph
George W. Herald
Poland
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Rumania
Telegraph
Free Nations to Hold Effective Vetoes in Korean Conference
United States, South Korea, North Korea and Communist China will hold effective vetoes in the Korean peace conference, Pearson said in a radio interview. He warned that unless all four reach full agreement the conference cannot succeed, with the Assembly planning to open the talks before Oct. 28.
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A. I. Goldberg
United Nations
N. Y
Lester B. Pearson
W U. N. Assembly
United States
South Korea
North Korea
China
General Assembly
Pearson
Assembly
Italian Premier Wins Confidence
Giuseppe Pella, elevated from peasant origins to Italian premier, won a Senate confidence vote 140 to 86 and seeks rapid budget action and urgent-bills passage. He urged cross‑party unity to avert chaos, with monarchist support and Communist opposition shaping expectations.
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Rome
Giuseppe Pella
Senate
Chamber of Deputies
Pella
Alcide de Gasperi
de Gasperi
Italy
International A Control Prospects Dim Amid Unyielding Reds
The State Department says prospects for international control of atomic energy are dim due to Russia’s uncompromising stance. Still, the United States favors global controls and will cooperate with the United Nations on any effective plan. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith disclosed this after confirming Russia’s hydrogen device test. He urged more exchange of atomic information with allies, while cautioning that broad data sharing should not reveal classified material. England leads among non Iron Curtain nations in atomic power development, with Canada France the Netherlands and Norway pursuing atomic energy toward power rather than weapons.
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State Department
Russia
United States
Wiley
Smith
U. S
U.S
England
Canada
France
Netherlands
Norway
Germany
Britain
Henry E. Clifford
Staten Island
N. Y
William F. Dean
Dean
24Th Infantry Division
Clifford
U. N
Thief Uses Long Pole To Snatch Pocketbook
In Roanoke Virginia on August 22 Miss Rose Murray awoke to see a long pole reach through her bedroom window and pull away her black leather shoulder purse containing 35 dollars. She turned on the light as the pole and purse vanished. The incident is blamed on a thief.
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Roanoke
Rose Murray
Last US Ship Leaves Ionian Quake Area
The last United States 6th Fleet vessel left the Ionian earthquake area today as civilian representatives of American missions remained to assist Greece with reconstruction efforts and long term planning.
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Ionian
Athens
Greece
United States 6Th Fleet
Stassen cites hydrogen bomb risk for free world security
Denver August conference with Eisenhower highlights faster U S arms deliveries abroad. Stassen reports 2 363 billion dollars of military equipment sent Jan through Jun, notes Korea relief progress, and future job gains projected. President fields questions on France Italy and policy, and names Beaulac ambassador to Chile.
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Denver
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Russia
Stassen
U. S
United States
Foreign Operations Administration
White House
Philip Young
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Young
Lowry Air Force Base
Cherry Hills Country Club
Study Commission
Gabriel Hauge
Paris
Willard L. Beaulac
Pawtucket
R. I
Chile
Senate
Congress
United States and Britain Split Over Red Issue At Big Four
Aug 22 report shows Britain backing discussion with Russia on Germany and the United States opposing such a broad round table. France leans toward the US stance. The split mirrors divergent Korea and U N stance, with Dulles set to study Germany notes.
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Washington
United States
Britain
Russia
Germany
France
Paris
Moscow
London
Korea
U.N. Assembly
U. N
India
Formosa
Red China
Dulles
Commies Return 150 Americans in Korea Exchange
At Panmunjom the Communists released 150 Americans and 250 South Koreans on the 19th day of Operation Big Switch. The U N count shows 1,709 Americans repatriated with 1,604 still to go, amid weather and other delays.
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Panmunjom
U. S
U. N. Command
Suspect In Killing Of Priest and Turnpike Slayings Arrested
FBI agents seized William Townsend 23 sought for the killing of a Kansas City Catholic priest and as a suspect in a Pennsylvania Turnpike slaying. Townsend escaped Pendleton Indiana prison where he served 2 to 21 years for rape and is connected to his father Rev Shelby Townsend in Logansport. The priest Rev Robert A Hodges was found shot near Kansas City Missouri last month.
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Logansport
Ind
FBI
Kansas City
Missouri State Highway Patrol
Young Townsend
Robert A. Hodges
Little Blue River
Kansas
Aly
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