Volunteers Refuse to Quit Hunt for Missing Jimmie Franck
Winthrop volunteers resumed the search for 4 year old Jimmie Franck after a Friday night halt. Hundreds gathered at the Winthrop school for a fourth day of searching the Franck farm area, with the sheriff receiving tips from across the nation. The boy disappeared Tuesday near his home as authorities comb the farm, cistern, and surrounding fields despite snow and cold.
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Fugitives Seized After Fatal Flight in Missouri
Two of a California trio were captured after a wild chase that left FBI and local officers in pursuit. One deputy sheriff was killed and another officer wounded during gunfire as the fugitives fled from Cape Girardeau.
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California
Cape Girardeau
Calvin Johnson
Missouri
Sammy Tucker
Here
FBI
Tucker
San Luis Obispo
Calif
Douglas Thompson
Johnson
Thompson
Elizabeth Taylor Recovers From Pneumonia Setback
London AP reports actress Elizabeth Taylor suffered a slight setback in recovery from double pneumonia. A friend said the complication was not serious enough to place her back on the danger list.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Feed Grains Bill Approved by Senate
The Senate approved a stopgap emergency feed grains program 52 to 26 after hours of debate. The one year measure aims to curb corn and other feed grain production and dispose of part of the $4 billion in government held stocks. The bill heads to a Senate-House compromise before final approval for the President.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Birthday trip near birthplace marks 105th for Perry Brooks
Oxford Maryland AP reports Perry Brooks celebrated his birthday on a trip near the one room cabin where he was born 105 years ago, marking a full century plus five years of life in the same region.
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Oxford, Md
Perry Brooks
Iowa Republicans Seek Nixon as Speaker for Dinner
Iowa Republicans discussed wooing Richard Nixon for their April 21 fund raising dinner in Des Moines with possible date changes to May to fit his schedule. Linn county leaders, campus Young Republican figures, and state committee officials spoke about conservatism on campuses and the upcoming Iowa College Young Republican state meeting in Cedar Rapids. A screening of The Wisconsin Story exposed AFL CIO backing of Senator Proxmire.
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Iowa
Tryline
Richard Nixon
Linn County
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Roosevelt Hotel
George Nagle
Iowa City
Des Moines
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Arthur Kudart
Craig Beck
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Young Republicans
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Trio Condemned In War Slayings
In Tallinn a Soviet court sentenced three wartime police officials to death for mass murders of Soviet citizens in Nazi extermination camps.
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Tallin
Estonia
Data Boost Eyed by White House Official
Pierre Salinger, the White House press secretary, says he will examine government information practices to increase the flow of information. This move signals a push for transparency and improved public access across federal agencies.
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Washington (Ap
Pierre Salinger
White House
Blind Couple and Dozen Children Escape Blaze
A blind couple and their 12 children escaped a pre-dawn Detroit fire. Father William Joyce, an assistant county prosecutor, helped seven daughters to safety from a second floor as smoke filled the home. The couple's guide dog died. all hospitalized members were treated for smoke inhalation. Neighbors sheltered the non hospitalized children.
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Detroit
William Joyce
Joyce
Suzana Ladas
Margaret
Student Admits Fires at Queens Rabbinical Seminary
A Queens rabbinical seminary student admitted setting five fires at the school. Police said he did it in anger toward school authorities.
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New York
Queens Rabbinical Seminary
Kite Causes Air Traffic Mixup Over San Jose Airport
A large red kite with a white tail at about 500 feet over San Jose Municipal Airport forced a dozen airliners and private planes to change landing patterns. Pilots alerted the tower, which notified police. It took 25 minutes to locate the kite flyer before the kite was hauled down.
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San Jose
Calif
Wolf Reported Appointed as ICA Consultant
Former Rep. Wolf of Iowa 35 was reported to be named a special consultant to the ICA director. No ICA confirmation yet. Wolf, defeated by James Bramwell, served one term, with a role focused on Latin American affairs and a salary around 18000 dollars annually.
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Washington
Wolf
Iowa
International Cooperation Administration
ICA
James E. Bramwell
House
India Boosts Its Force for Congo
New Delhi announced it would send a full brigade about 5000 troops to the Congo to fight for the United Nations is existence. Earlier in the week India pledged battalion strength units totaling about 3000. Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon said India opposes Soviet moves to remove Dag Hammarskjold and to reorganize the UN secretariat.
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India
Congo
Iof
U.N
V. K.krishna Menon
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Secretariat
Boy, 7, Talks Daddy Out of Death Plunge
Boston AP report of a 7 story roof incident where William Carley 34, unemployed with a back injury, considered suicide. His son Billy 7 and priest Rev James Rogers urged him to seek prayer and come down. Father embraced son and stepped back from the edge, entering their third floor apartment.
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Boston
William Carley
Carley
Billy
James Rogers
St. Christopher’s Catholic Church
Boy Trapped In Freezer In Chicago
Johnny Cleary four was trapped in a home freezer for more than an hour before his father found him Friday night in the basement. He was half conscious and moaning as doctors reported a 95 degree temperature and a fair condition after warming.
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Chicago
Johnny Cleary
Johnny
Cleary
Death Decreed for American in Cuba
Havana reports Major William Morgan of Toledo Ohio who renounced U.S. citizenship to fight for Fidel Castro has been sentenced to death as a traitor to Castro according to the government press.
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Havana
UPI
William Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
U.S
Fidel Castro
Castro
Man finds Brink's bag of cash on street in Los Angeles
A jobless Los Angeles man named Douglas Johnson found a Brink's armored truck cash bag containing 240000 dollars that fell onto a street. He turned the bag over to the FBI saying he could not live with himself if he kept the money as his family faced needs and he sought employment to support his three children. He and his wife Helen planned to drive to a new location on Friday after a period of unemployment.
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Brink's Inc
FBI
Douglas Johnson
Helen
Joseph Shell
Nixon
Shell
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Senate
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
California
Bag of cash falls from truck on city street
A delivery truck from United California bank to the Federal Reserve bank dropped a sealed bag containing 240 000 in tens and twenties. Mrs Johnson and a former Chicago officer alerted the FBI after discovering the bag, while neighbors watched police and agents swarm the route.
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Federal Reserve Bank
Robert Downs
FBI
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David Taylor
Chicago
Nixon urges talent search as party backs new faces
Richard Nixon told California Republicans he will not run for governor next year and urged a statewide talent search for new faces. He emphasized building a permanent party organization, enlisting volunteers, and targeting younger voters while cautioning that retreating on Brown could weaken efforts.
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Richard Nixon
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