Police Save Slayer From Angry Crowd In Virginia siege
In Appomattox County Virginia police captured gunman Frank Mayberry after a 90 minute siege at his home. Mayberry killed his brother in law Jack Tucker and Dr. David A Christian III before being wounded and moved to Richmond penitentiary hospital.
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Appomatox
Dr. Christian
David T. Robertson
Frank Mayberry
Robertson
Mayberry
Richmond
Penitentiary
Jack Tucker
Evergreen
Tucker
David A. Christian III
Walter Conner
M. A. Stanley
Anglican Bishop Calls Adam and Eve Story a Myth
Southwell England AP Bishop F R Parry of Southwell says the Adam and Eve Bible story is a myth and not a historic event. He argues it conveys a permanent moral truth about human nature and urges Christians to speak frankly to avoid defending indefensible positions.
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Southwell
England
F. R. Parry
Four Children Die In Cottage Fire in Wellston
In Wellston Ohio a three room cottage burned Friday night killing four Brown children ages 2 4 6 months and 4 years Efforts of a 4 year old Delmus Brown to save siblings failed his body was found with the others The parents Frank 47 and Maxine 28 were injured two other children Gary Lee 3 Bobby 6 also burned Connie Lou 8 escaped unharmed Fire started near a coal stove and the family survived with three children injured.
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Wellston
Ohio
Frank Brown
Maxine
Galliopolis
Delmus Brown
Edward
Joseph Ray
Sharon Kay
Gary Lee
Bobby
Connie Lou
Easter Seals Campaign Under Linn County Leadership
Harley Riedel will chair the 1955 Easter seal sale in Linn County. The Linn County Society for Crippled Children and Adults sponsors, led by president A. T. Pleune. Proceeds fund the YMCA Easter Seal Rehabilitation Center aiding crippled children regardless of handicap and supplement operating expenses with volunteers running the project.
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Harley Riedel
Linn County
Linn County Society For
A. T. Pleune
YMCA
Pleune
Grandmother and Father Save Two Tots from Fire
In Cleveland a 48 year old grandmother Lillian Cochrane carried an 11 month old grandson from a burning home after a cigarette ignited a sofa. The father Thomas Urban tossed the 5 year old Donald to safety. Urban and the grandmother were treated. damages were about 2500 dollars.
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Cleveland
Lillian Cochrane
Thomas Urban
Tommy
Donald
Urban
City Hospital
Honest Cop Hunts Honest Motorist
Salt Lake City AP report says police officer Ed Myers spent 18 months seeking the driver who left a note offering $5 for a dent, insisting the dent was pre existing and that he has advertised for the responsible motorist.
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Salt Lake City
Ed Myers
Myers
Dent
Hawkeye Polled Shorthorns Sell For 241 Dollar Average
Forty-two head of registered Polled Shorthorn cattle sold for an average of 241.50 Saturday in the Hawkeye Downs Polled Shorthorn show and sale at Hawkeye Downs Cedar Rapids. Bulls averaged 274 and females 215. Champion bull brought 415 sold to Arthur Hexmeier. Reserve bull 315 to Dale L. Scott. Top bull 350 to Richard Lee Meyer. Top female sold for 265 to O C Davis. Champion female 210 to Floyd Anthony. reserve 245 to Robert McKinley. William Anderson judged the show and J E Halsey auctioned the sale. Ringmasters Roy Wagner and Harvey Neitderhisar. Earl Girton sale manager and Keith Noll clerked.
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Hawkeye Downs
Cedar Rapids
L. C. Bolson
Decorah
Arthur Hexmeier
Bellevue
Earl Girton
Floyd Anthony
Chelsea
A. G. Chester
General Hart Commands Forty at Fort Hood
Fort Hood report shows General Hart, a sergeant first class from Tampa Florida, commanding only 40 men. The officer's correct surname matches Hart and his rank aligns with Army leadership at the post.
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Fort Hood, Tex
Hart
Fort Hood
Ilass
Tampa
Fla
Daughter Buys Native Tract of Negro Educator
Booker T Washington's birthplace tract in Rocky Mount Virginia was sold for 16000 dollars by auction with proceeds largely from friends of memorial founder S J Phillips. Portia Washington Pittman confirmed the contribution while two adjacent tracts were offered to cover 140000 dollars in memorial debt.
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Rocky Mount
Booker T. Washington
Portia Washington Pittman
Washington
S. J. Phillips
Birthplace
Memorial
Posey Plybon
West Side
Memorial plans framed as open to the American people
Mrs. Pittman described the highway memorial ambitions as vague yet prioritizing public access, saying they want to offer it to the American people first. The statement signals a broad, inclusive future for the memorial project.
New System Aims TV Delivery To Remote Areas
AT&T has developed an off the air method to send network programs to remote television stations at lower costs. The company calls it a major step toward solving the problem of distributing network programs to smaller communities outside the main television arteries.
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Washington
American Telephone & Aoeie Co
At&t
Limited 1900 Auto Output Highlights Tiny Production
The article notes only 4192 automobiles were built in 1900, a figure far below modern daily production by a major manufacturer. This contrast underscores the era’s small scale and evolving car industry.
Atomic Explosion Again Postponed
The next atomic explosion in the 1955 test series was postponed by the Atomic Energy Commission due to forecasts of bad weather. A weather meeting decided adverse winds would continue through Monday, delaying the big shot or a smaller blast to before dawn Monday.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Gas sends fifteen dancers to hospital in Coventry
Fifteen members of the Sad ders Wells Theater Ballet Co. were rushed to a hospital after carbon monoxide poisoning. Dancers rehearsing in a drafty room with a coke stove released fumes. four were kept overnight, others released after treatment.
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Wolverhampton
England
Sadders Wells Theater Ballet Co
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