Tear gas curbs Yale jail riot in Columbus Indiana
A Christmas morning jail brawl in Bartholomew County, Columbus, led to few injuries and property damage as deputies used tear gas to quell prisoners Alvin Burton William Eldridge and Bill Gates. Burton and Eldridge were moved to Pendleton. Gates was already in custody on other charges.
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Columbus
Ind
Bartholomew County
Earl Hogan
Alvin Burton
Franklin
William Eldridge
Bill Gates
Burton
Eldridge
Foreery
Gates
Sheriff's
Buck Hyden
Hyden
Carl Roach
State Reformatory
Pendleton
Mad Bomber Hunted After New York Library Bomb Find
Police renewed a 16 year manhunt after a bomb found in a Wind Street and Fifth Avenue library phone booth. The delayed blast device, set in a sock, was discarded into Bryant Park and a 42nd Street shutdown followed. No deaths, several injuries, bombs placed since 1940 across terminals theaters and Rockefeller Center.
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New York
Wind Street
Fifth Avenue
Library
David Cruzi
Bryant Park
42Nd Street
Rockefeller Center
Brooklyn Paramount Theater
Der. 3
Greenhouse Kitchen Redesign Featured in Better Homes and Gardens
January issue of Better Homes and Gardens showcases a Greenhouse kitchen where herbs and flowers grow year round. The design emphasizes airy light, a large food preparation peninsula, dining area, barbecue space, laundry center, and ample storage.
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Homes & Gardens
Stratford Couple's Son Cited For Work as NSA Unit Chief
Lt. Col. George T. Grable, son of Stratford residents, received the commendation ribbon for distinguished service with the National Security Agency Industrial Engineering section as chief. A math major at Oberlin and Alabama, he earned pilot wings in 1943 and credited with sinking 25 ships. He later advanced management systems for a Fort Meade facility and now serves at Patrick Air Force Base.
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U. 5
Air Force
George T. Grottie
Olga
Michael Chubirke
Wigwam Jane
Stratford
Donald N. Yates
National Security Agency
George T. Grable
Michael Chubirko
Wigwam Lane
Austria-Hungary
Oberlin College
U. S. Coast Guards Academy
Southeast
Florida
North Carolina
Selfridgefield
Col. Grattle
Wright-Patterson Afb
Dayton
Ohio
Air Force Institute of Technology
University of Alabama
Washington, D. C
Fort Meade
Patrick Apb
Air Force Missile Test Center
Crazed killer of 3 men felled by own gun in spree
In Oklahoma a drink crazed killer shot three men during a Christmas spree. James Leroy Neal died after his own gun fired during a 100 mile chase following the killings of Scott Smith and Francis Elmenhorst and Bernesten near a farm west of El Reno. Mrs Smith survived.
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EL Reno
Okla
James Leroy Neal
Here
Francis Elmenhorst
Bernesten
Glenn Bernesten
Tulsa
Neal
Scott Smith
Hinton
Smith
Elmenhorst
Pinky A s Yule Wish Not Relayed to Santa
County jailers found a handwritten plea outside a cell asking Santa for a hack saw blade and rope strong enough to hold Pinky A. and his partner. The note mentions a single minor caper and requests no gifts for the pro officer at Christmas.
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Pinky A
Santa
Seattle
Santa Claus
W A Dwiggins Dies Type Designer at 76
W A Dwiggins 76, renowned type designer and typography consultant, died at his Hingham home after a stroke. He created the Metra series the first type faces designed for newspaper headlines, winning the AIGA gold medal in 1929. Born in Martinsville, he studied art in Chicago with Frederick Gowdy.
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Hingham, Mass
William Addison Dwiggins
Dwiggins
Metra
American Institute of Graphic Arts
Marinsville
Chicago
Frederick Gowdy
Gowdy
Dwiggins linked to Linotype firm. crash kills two near Pasadena
Pasadena crash on the Angeles Crest highway left Kenneth McRae 35 and his son Bruce 8 dead when their car struck a rock and plunged from a mountain road. Kenneth’s parents were injured. Dwiggins, longtime designer with Morganthaler Linotype, died in the crash involving his self carved winged automobile. Funeral set for Thursday at Old Ship Church in Hingham.
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Dwiggins
Pasadena
Calif
Jurine
California Highway Patrols
Kenneth McRae
Bruce
Palmdale
Richard McRae
Martha McRae
Fred Below
Elsie
Minneapolis
Minn
Below
del Parker
Parker
Angeles Crest Highway
Society of Printers
Boston
Double Crown Club
London
England
Mabel
Old Ship Church
Hingham
Figurine Stolen From State Capitol Display
In Lansing on Christmas morning the Christ Child figurine from the manger scene on the State Capitol steps disappeared. Phil Pittenger of the Lansing Junior Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the display, said the figurine would be replaced and expressed hope for a happier Christmas for the finder.
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Lansing
Mich
State Capitol
Phil Pittenger
French Provincial dining set and tables on sale
Reg. prices list a 44 inch round extension table with 52 inch base and four side chairs plus two arm chairs, now 565 from 725. A 42 inch round extension table with four matching dinette chairs shown in mahogany or cherry, now 119.95 from 159. Parquet top blond tables priced at 29.95 from 49.95.
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Mira Mira
Wes Bi
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John W. Kershaw
Sherwood Place
F. W. Brooks & Co
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Santa Clau
Xmoss
Santa Pinky A
W. A. Dwiggins
Morganthaler Linotype Company
L Boy
POL
Pennsylvania House
Sealy Consensy
Lawson
ALL Heywood Wakefield
Ashcraft
Drexel
Colonial Provincial
Pullman
Salem
Daystrom
Weiman
Milford
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