Together in Common Tears By Lou Breuer
The Cedar Rapids juvenile court scene shows Judge James Patterson reflecting on a 15 year old boy who cried when asked if he must be disciplined. Patterson notes a rise in juvenile crime nationally and urges parental and community involvement to guide youths, citing lack of church affiliation and the need for spiritual training as factors.
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Cedar Rapids
Linn County
Patterson
Stanley Davis
City Hall
Railfan Whitaker Reaches Million Mile Train Milestone
Rogers E M Whitaker a New York City editor and lifelong railfan hit his millionth mile of train travel on October 24 while riding trains operated by New Haven and supported by the Connecticut Valley Chapter of the National Railway Historical Society. He lives in Sutton Place and remains a bachelor, joking about chasing women and trains.
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Whitaker
Connecticut Valley
National Railway Historical Society
California
Dr Philipp Thorek Speaks to Linn Medical Society
Dr Philip Thorek of Chicago, professor of surgery at Cook County, will address Linn County Medical Society at the Roosevelt hotel dinner at 6 30 p m Thursday. His talk covers Pre and Post operative care with emphasis on intestinal obstruction treatment.
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Chicago
Cook County Graduate School of Medicine
Linn County Medical Society
Roosevelt Hotel
Robert T. Tidrick
University of Iowa Medical School
Clyde B. Meffert
Cedar Rapids
Thorek
City hall ends suggestion box after day
In Buffalo on opening day the mayor moved to remove the suggestion box after nine ideas were submitted. Among the proposals were tearing down the jail opening more pool halls legalizing gambling and removing age limits on alcohol sales.
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N. Y
City Hall
Samuel Roth
News Media Get FBI Praise for Aid In Apprehension
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover credits newspapers broadcasters and the public for helping arrest 15 fugitives in 1954. He cited cases in California Washington and New Orleans where tips from readers viewers and TV sightings led to arrests within hours or days of listings. The list was created a decade earlier to aid pursuit of interstate fugitives and the media role was highlighted by Hoover in an Associated Press interview.
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Apee Hamp Chapman
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Cleveland
Ohio
Raymond Louis Menard
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Menard
John Alfred Hopkins
Nevada
Citi
Fledt Publicity and Virginia Murder Case
Publicity allegedly triggered a crime spree leading to Sterling Groom fleeing Virginia to Reno. He was captured after a newspaper notice printed his photo and details, pled guilty to murder, and was electrocuted at the Virginia state penitentiary on October 14, 1954.
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Groom
San Francisco
Sterling Groom
Virginia
Thief Returns Typewriter with Job Request Note
A Baltimore man who swiped a $450 electric typewriter left a note at an Joliet office machine firm suggesting a guard job and $2 for use of the machine. The thief claimed no one was in the office when he took the item and referenced Groom's picture on a bulletin board.
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Joliet
Ill
Baltimore
Lin
Groom
Just Routine Frederick Penney Turns 105 in Tryon NC
TRYON AP Frederick JC Penney rose early as usual and went about chores but his sisters welcomed neighbors to mark his 105th birthday. The small community gathered at his rural mailbox to note the milestone, a rare longevity among locals.
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Penney
Cecil Heardy
Edith Penney
Benton Harbor-Chamber cancels 1955 young man of the year
The Benton Harbor St Joseph Junior Chamber of Commerce canceled its plan to name a 1955 young man of the year because there were no suitable candidates.
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Benton Harbor, Mich
Benton Harbor-St. Joseph
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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