Last of Thio Taken After Crime Cash
Three heavily armed Chicago youths broke from a Hillsboro county jail Friday night, seized three cars and four hostages. Two escapees were captured near Indianapolis, and Norman Kelly was arrested there after a tip. Hostages released unharmed. charges included armed robbery and auto theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Ill
Chicago
Indianapolis
Norman Kelly
Indiana
Kelly
Don Fogler
Selma Richter
William Horton
Pana
Warner Yates
Raymond Schneider
Dave Wisdom
Illinois
Wisdom
Horton
Bainbridge
Ind
Robert Stout
Robert Dodson
Miss Richter
Scout Killed By Lightning in Catholic Scout Retreat
A bolt struck a large tree at a Catholic Scout retreat in the Valley Forge council area, killing 11 year old Joseph Simpson of Upper Darby and injuring 22 others including a Scoutmaster. Most injuries were burns or shock from the blast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Media
Valley Forge Council
Joseph Simpson
Upper Darby
Weather outlook: partly cloudy with showers tonight and Sunday
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with scattered showers tonight and Sunday. Warm and humid conditions continue with a low near 70 tonight and a high around 90 on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Des Moines
Chaplin Owes Million Tax, U S Asserts
Los Angeles AP Former Screen Comic Charlie Chaplin now living in Switzerland owes the United States about 1.1 million dollars in back taxes and interest, an IRS officer said. A Los Angeles staffer will travel to Lausanne to detail the claim and depose Chaplin as to 1953 profits, stock sales, studio sales and dividends. Chaplin, British-born and never naturalized, left the U S in 1952 amid moral turpitude and Communist sympathy charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charlie Chaplin
Switzerland
U. S
Internal Revenue Service
Lausanne
Chaplin
U.S
Great Britain
Chaplin Studios, Inc
Celebrated Films, Inc
Marine Recruit Ends Life Honor Note Clears Instructors
An 18 year old Marine recruit Pvt John Wright hanged himself at the San Diego training depot. A note cleared drill instructors of blame and stated his love for the Marines and for his girlfriend. Wright, son of Hazel Burbank of near Missouri Valley Iowa, had shown leadership promise and had been a squad leader. He had been at the depot since June 4 and wrote that he had known for years he was not good to the world and lacked the guts the Marines need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
Marine Corps
Pvt
John Wright
Hazel Burbank
Missouri Valley, Ta
Rainfall varies across Iowa with spotty showers
Iowa rainfall on Friday was uneven with areas like Cedar Rapids reporting near zero inches while nearby districts received significant rain. Cities including Iowa City Mt Vernon Sigourney Montezuma Newton North English and Ottumwa logged varying amounts from as high as an inch and more to traces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa News
Municipal Airport
Cedar River
Iowa City
Mt. Vernon
Sigourney
Newton
North English
Ottumwa
Press criticism shapes Iowa Democrat women meeting
Florence Kerr of the Democratic national headquarters tells Iowa Democratic women they cannot rely on the press for national news and urges informed political engagement. The All State meeting in Des Moines featured candidates Evans Loveless Wolf and Democratic leaders stressing active campaigning and voter turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Florence Kerr
Democratic National
Washington, D.C
Newsweekilies
Time
Newsweek
Kerr
Time Magazine
News of the World
Sunday
New York Times
Iowa Federation of Women's Democratic Clubs
Roosevelt Hotel
R. M
Spike” Evans
Arnolds Park
U.S
Herjeckee C. Loveless
Ottumwa
Leonard G. Wolf
Elkader
Stevenson Tops Democratic Poll With Cedar Rapids Women
Adlai Stevenson leads a Cedar Rapids meeting where 95 Democratic women voted 55 percent for Stevenson. Governor Harriman trailed with 33 percent, Kefauver 10 percent, and Symington 2 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Cedar Rapids
Stevenson
Harriman
New York
Kefauver
Symington
Missouri
Man Identified by Fingerprints After Memory Loss
A 29 year old man in Nashville asked detectives to help him learn his identity. Police confirmed via fingerprints that he is James Ivey, 29, wanted in Huntsville Alabama in a $1500 robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
James Ivey
Huntsville
Ala
Czech Reds Oust Stalin Supporters
In Vienna Czech Communist leaders ousted three Stalinist officials including Minister for Light Industry Alois Malek and Minister for Culture Vadislav Stoll. The culture and education ministries merged under the education minister. Prosecutor General Vaclav Ales was dismissed and replaced by Justice Minister Jan Bartusak. Vratislav Krutina named secretary general of the party central committee. The shakeup targets diehard Stalinists and trims government agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Czechoslovakia
Viliam Beony
Prague Radio
Communist Committee
Prague
Alois Malek
Vadislav Stoll
Vaclav Ales
Jan Bartusak
Ales
Rudolf Slansky
William Oatis
Bulgaria
Stoll
Stalin
Vratislav Krutina
Party
Haying Accident Kills 48 Year Old Farmer Near Belle Plaine
Earl Leimberer 48 of Keystone was killed while helping to put up hay on the Lorenz Peterson farm four miles northeast of Belle Plaine. A rope lifting hay slipped and a pulley struck him. He is survived by his wife and two children Danny and Leone. Funeral is Monday at 2 p.m. at First Lutheran in Belle Plaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Bandy
Fogler
Irving
Hillsboro
Shelbyville
Keystone
Earl Leimberer
Lorenz Peterson
Belle Plaine
Benton County
Sheriff's Office
Leimberer
Danny
Leone
First Lutheran Church
Felimet Funeral Home
H Bomb Test Missed Target by Four Miles Says Quarles
Air Secretary Quarles states the B 52 dropped H bomb at Pacific proving grounds missed target by about four miles due to human error. He notes aircraft and equipment functioned correctly and the miss did not threaten experiment success. Witnesses stood 40 miles from target as precaution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Quarles
Pacific Proving Grounds
H Bomb Drop Near Target Miss Confirmed by Air Force
Brig. Gen. Robert L. Scott Jr. said the Bikini drop May 23 used a memory switch not turned off, causing a yawing attitude. He described the weapon as the first hydrogen bomb dropped from the air and noted the bomb hit near the target but could have destroyed nothing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Air Force
Robert L. Scott, Jr
Air Force Director of Information
San Francisco Chronicle
Bikini
Scott
Chowchilla
California
Washington
Four Teenagers Give Statements On Culver Breakin
Four Meriden youths held in Cedar Rapids break in implicate themselves after statements to police. The Culver Tire Company at 424 Eighth Avenue SE reported theft May 22 to 23, with a plastic clock radio a peanut vending machine and cash taken. Suspects include Charles LaHaye 19 Vincent Grall 18 Arthur Wumbach 19 and John Saczarri 16. Extradition talks proceed as Linn County seeks charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Rapids
Meriden
Conn
Culver Tire Company
Eighth Avenue SE
John Kuba
Kuba
Linn
Areharles LaHaye
Vincent Grall
Arthur Wumbach
John Saczarri
Culver
Lost Bridegroom Ends Night of Missing Directions
Bronson La Moure, 44, left his bride of three days in a motel in Bay City and went shopping. After sixteen hours of wandering he was found by police in Jacksonville, Florida, three miles away from the motel and heading in the wrong direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay City
Mich
INS
Eisenhower Eats Soft Food as Convalescence Advances
President Eisenhower, hospitalized since June 8 after abdominal surgery, ate four ounces of cooked cereal with a little sugar and milk in the morning. White House officials said more soft foods would be added, and he later watched the National Open on TV as he continued recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf
Steverson
Kefauver
Eisenhower
California
Indiana
Jake More
Harlan
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Safety Aid Seen By Wrap Around Windshield
Dr. George Watkins of Libbey-Owens Ford defended wrap-around windshields saying their wider vision improves highway safety. He noted curved glass bends light but helps drivers spot distant pedestrians or cars at the road edges, countering an ophthalmologist’s critique of the design as a hazard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo, Ohio
George Watkins
Libbey-Owens Ford
Watkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ike
Thio
Stout
Dodson
Schneider
Yates
Europe
U. S. Tax Court
Associated Press
Adenauer
Consolidated Tribe of American Indians
Milwaukee
Morris Wheelock
Germany
Lufthansa
Russ Wiley
Evans
Federal Reserve Board
Washington Post
Senate
Loveless
Republican Party
Czech
Rochester
N. Y
Labout
Today's Index
Daily Record
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!