Couple charged in Snohomish kidnaping case linked to ransom plot
Everett report: George Edward Collins Jr and Katherine Myers were charged with first degree kidnaping after an 8-year-old boy foiled a $10,000 ransom plan. The arrest followed his return to grateful parents Ed and Lee Crary and was tied to a non crossing state line scheme.
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Everett
Wash
Lee Crary
George Edward Collins Jr
Collins
Katherine Myers
Snohomish County Superior Court
Thomas Stiger
Myers
FBI
Puget Sound City
Seattle
Ed Crary
Edmonds-Lynnwood
Lee
Bridgeport Weather Forecast and Tides
Official weather summary for Bridgeport and vicinity notes mostly sunny today with little temperature change and a high near 66. Tonight will be clear and cold with frost possible and a low around 25 to 30. Sunday outlook is fair and somewhat warmer with detailed tide times and astronomical data included.
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Ou: & Weather Bureau
Bridgeport
Vicinity
Soviet Defector in Frankfurt Hospital Suspected Poisoning
Nikolai Khokhlov, a 34 year old Soviet defector and former secret police officer, lies critically ill from arsenic poisoning in a Frankfurt hospital. U S authorities arrange transfer to a U S Army hospital for safety and verify his American citizenship papers.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U. S
Nikolai Khokhlov
U. S. Army
Khokhlov
Who
Isid Bare
Soc
Selectmen Set to Register Voters Before City Election
The board of Selectmen will hold eight voter registration sessions at City Hall from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. today and next Monday ahead of the November 5 city election. Aimed at qualifying new voters, the sessions will occur in the third floor offices amid security measures amid reports of espionage activity connected to the Kremlin threat.
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Board of Selectmen
Man
Common Council
United States
NTS
Hafele
Frankfurt
AU. S
Kremlin
Integration proceeds as Little Rock's Central High calms
Nine Negro students enter a third day of classes at Central High while white hostility remains. Federal troops guard the campus as crowds of whites gather, attendance climbs, and Faubus accuses Eisenhower of a police state while describing Little Rock as occupied territory. Frost and rain affect crops across New York and the Midwest.
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Little Rock High
Little Rock
Ark
Central High School
Eisenhower
Arkansas National Guard
Ohio
Rochester
Ronantate
N. Y
Pittsburgh
New York
Faubus
America
Frosty start as mercury dips across Bridgeport area
Jack Frost moved through the Bridgeport region with 35 degrees in the North End, 35 in Fairfield, and 34 in Westport early today. The Weather Bureau logged 37 degrees in Stratford yesterday as brisk northwest winds near 50 mph swept the New England coast, suppressing daytime temperatures from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic.
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Jack Frost
Bridgeport
Fairfield
Westport
U. S. Weather Bureau
Stratford
New England
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Escaped Injury In Bay Area Plane Mishaps
two landing mishaps in the San Francisco Bay area today left 63 aboard unhurt. A Trans World Airlines plane from Denver rolled 200 feet off the runway into a muddy field at Oakland airport. A private twin from Reno belly landed on Brewer Island. six passengers were rescued by a coast guard helicopter and the sheriff removed the pilot and co pilot.
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San Francisco
San Francisco Bay Area
Trans World Airlines
Denver
Slane
Reno
Nev
Brewer
Bay
Coast Guard
Medford Mother-Driven Car Kills Daughter
Medford Massachusetts police report a fatal death when Dorothy Chadbourne II was struck by a car driven by her mother Esther Chadbourne. The 50 year old widow was taking driving lessons from her brother Clarence Platt of Tampa, Florida, when the accident occurred. The mother sobbed I knew it was my little girl and said she tried to stop but could not.
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Medford
Mass
Dorothy Chadbourne, II
Esther V. Chadbourne
Clarence Platt
Tampa
Turkish envoy warns Syria arms buildup threatens peace
Turkish Ambassador Seyfullah Esin told the UN that Turkey faces security risks from arms shipments to Syria and urged calm measures at home. He accused the Soviet Union of propaganda and noted a long northern frontier with the USSR. Soviet and U S positions on Middle East arms and four power hands off talks were discussed.
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United N&‘Sons
N. Y
Seyfullah Esin
Syria
Esin
Turkey
General Assembly
Soviet Union
V. V. Kuznetsov
United States
Britain
France
Middle East
Kuznetsov
Salah Bitar
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Bitar
U. S
Dulles
Assembly
V. F. Kotov
Asif Bizry
Homs
West Point
Kotov
Three Women Injured in Stratford Car Trailer Crash
Three Lordship women were injured when their car crossed the path of a trailer truck at Hard's corner Stratford. Mrs Jane Gerrity 35 admitted to Bridgeport hospital with head and back injuries. Mrs Eileen Swaller 32 treated for forehead and hand cuts. Mrs Burt St Clair 43 treated for facial cuts and limb injuries. Driver Janet Bautz 43 refused treatment. Truck driver Charles Tromm 31 and relief driver Francis Briggs 32, Everett Pa, injured. Police investigating improper turn and possible Syria context appears unrelated.
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Lordship
Hard's Corner
Stratford
Jane Gerrity
Spruce Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Eileen Swaller
Hartland Street
Burt St. Clair
Janet Bautz
Laurel Street
Hart
Charles Tromm
Everett
Francis Briggs
Car Crash at Hard's Corner Leaves Auto Total Loss
Mr. Tromm said he drove east on Stratford Avenue toward Hard's Corner when Mrs Bautz's car from the opposite direction began a turn onto Main Street. He attempted to swerve but could not avoid a collision, resulting in a total loss to the other vehicle.
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Mr. Tromm
Stratford Avenue
Hard’s Corner
Danbury Fair Opens With Wide Range of Daily Attractions
The Great Danbury Fair begins daily 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. with Farm and Home exhibits, rides, oxen shows, and a Big Top of fashion displays. About 200000 expected. Governor Ribicoff to attend on State Day while Empire Theater News highlights tie-ins with regional visitors.
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England Village
Constantine Brown
Bundesen
Eevee
England
Abraham Ribicoff
Treaaeen
Empire Theater News
Women's News
New York State
Blaze Destroys Ox Ridge Hunt Club Stables
A noon fire at the Ox Ridge Hunt Club in Darien destroyed about 90 percent of the main stables housing some 70 horses. Firefighting volunteers from Darien, Noroton and Noroton Heights fought the blaze as horses were led to safety and moved to pasture and to Fairfield Hunt Club.
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Darien
Ox Ridge
Frank Drobinski
Drobinski
Graham
Fairfield Hunt Club
Supreme Court Sets October Hearing on Hartford Judgeships
The Connecticut Supreme Court scheduled a second hearing for October 10 at 10 a.m. on the Hartford Meriden and Manchester minor court judgeship dispute. The action questions Gov Ribicoff authority to appoint interim successors when the General Assembly does not act on confirmations. Opposition briefs are filed, with both sides conceding authority under Section 92 for interim vacancies.
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Hartford
State Supreme Court of Errors
Meriden
Manchester
Ribicoff
Supreme Court
General Assembly
Montana Postmaster Elected National League Leader
Lowell K. Galbreth 46 of Garneill Montana was elected president of the National League of Postmasters at its weeklong convention in Louisville Kentucky. He has served as postmaster for eight and a half years and was formerly the league's vice president, succeeding Robert E. Ward of Schitticoth.
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Prescott Bush
Bush
Home Builders Association of
Fairfield County
Stratfield Hotel
Federal Reserve Board
Connecticut
Louisville
Montana
Lowell K. Galbreth
National League of Postmasters
Galbreth
Garneill
Mont
League
Robert E. Ward
State Probes Major Outbreak of Flu in Hartford School
Connecticut investigates first major suspected Asian flu outbreak at Hamilton Street Voluntown Central School where 50 of 170 pupils became ill. Illness reported as upper respiratory infection with chills fever headache and abdominal pains leading to several days closed. No serious complications noted and recovery underway per Dr. Barrett and Dr. Hart.
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Hartford
Connecticut
State Health Department
Voluntown
Frederick C. Barrett
Woluntown
James C. Hart
Bureau of Preventable Diseases
Teamsters Halt Election Challenge By Judge Order
A federal judge issued a temporary injunction blocking the Teamsters union officers election set for Miami Beach. The move targets delegates deemed improperly chosen amid Hoffa’s bid for president and Beck’s pending Senate investigations. appeals were filed to the DC Circuit Court.
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Washington
Teamsters
F. Dickinson Letts
Dave Beck
James R. Hoffa
Beck
Hoffa
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Miami Beach
Fla
Letts
Midwest
Senate
Miami
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Teamster
Judge Letts
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