Suspect Held in Halloween Death in Johnstown Area
Johnstown Pennsylvania state police said Harry Gossard 39 a former merchant marine engineer will be charged with murder in the Halloween death of six year old Karen Mauk in Conemaugh. He was arrested Sunday night in East Taylor Township and held on suspicion as investigators push for more evidence including marks near the cemetery and a discredited lie detector test. District Attorney Fred Fees noted Gossard’s unemployment and five prior offenses including sex crimes.
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Retired Ministers Wed After Long Friendship Honeymoon
In WOLCOTT Connecticut two 78 year old retired Methodist ministers Charles Huntington Pennoyer and Hannah G Coe were married at her home and began a motor honeymoon through New England and Canada. Friends since childhood they said God intended them to be together. The bride is a widowed mother of four and Pennoyer is a widower.
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Mitchell Noted to Quit as Democratic Chair by Year’s End
Washington AP Stephen A Mitchell said he plans to resign as Democratic national chairman before year end, aiming for an orderly transition after the election. He emphasized his intent to return to his family and law practice after two years away.
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Body of Brother Of Shah Is Found
Tehran AP says the Iranian court confirms Prince Ali Reza, 32, brother of the shah, was dead after his plane disappeared last week. His body was located near wreckage in mountains about 36 miles northeast of Tehran while en route from northern Iran to the capital.
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Wealth in a Flophouse: Skid Row Pensioner Dies
Chicago reports Samuel Gallo a 58 year old Skid Row resident found dead in a dim cheap room. A suitcase beneath his bed revealed a fortune including a Las Vegas bank book with 6221 deposits and bonds and stocks from Des Moines Transit Eagle Oil Devonian Gas and Oil and Brown and Bigelow. Police say death appears natural. Gallo lived there four months and paid room rent by junk sale proceeds.
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Lowan 86 Dies In Burning Delta House
Special to The Gazette. William Bowen, 86, suffocated around 10 a.m. Tuesday when grease caught fire in the small Delta home where he lived alone. The neighbor found the blaze and the Delta fire department extinguished it before the house burned completely. Bowen died of suffocation despite burns. His daughter Mrs. Charles Shelby lived next door but was away. He had lived alone since his wife’s death. Survivors include two sons Omer of What Cheer and Charles of Fort Madison, and two daughters Mrs. Shelby and Mrs. Mildred Courtney of What Cheer.
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Hope Seen for Warmer Trend in Iowa
It remains very cold in Iowa but forecasters note a slight warming trend. Temperatures rise from sub-freezing nights to around 40 by Tuesday afternoon and potential 45 by Wednesday. Lows tonight expected near 15 to 20 degrees across regions with partly cloudy skies. Cedar Rapids reported 40 degrees at 2:30 PM after a 23-degree overnight low. Monday’s high reached 33.
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Fishing Vessel Mary Ellen Missing With 25 On Board
The Mary Ellen a 135 foot fishing boat with 25 men aboard is missing in the stormy Atlantic off the North Carolina coast. A coast guard patrol boat and plane reported no trace after the vessel radioed it was shipping water 24 miles northwest of the Frying Pan lightship 60 miles southeast of Wilmington.
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Tot Is Hospitalized Again by Appetite
Iowa City reports 18 month old Donald R Murphy, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Murphy, hospitalized after drinking a half pint of kerosene found at the farm home at about 10 am. A month earlier he was treated for eight days when a peanut was removed from his lung.
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New Strike Ends On British Docks
London editors report wildcat waterfront strikers voted to return to work on Wednesday, ending a new walkout that had pulled more than five thousand longshoremen off the docks.
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Denial of Charge On Bishop Sheil Silence in McCarthy Issue
A Chicago archdiocese spokesman rejected a claim by Americans for McCarthy national chairwoman Mrs. James Thorsen that Bishop Bernard Sheil has been silenced by the Catholic Church over the McCarthy issue. Thorsen made the charge in a radio debate, but the archdiocese denied it as baseless. Sheil has criticized McCarthy publicly.
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Mitchell Blasts GOP Fakery Over Moscow Radio Ad
Democratic National Chairman Mitchell denounces a radio campaign recording as fake dramatization portraying Moscow ordering GOP defeats. He seeks congressional and FCC inquiry, says the ad from the Republican congressional campaign committee was distributed to GOP candidates, with no usage figures provided.
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Wayne and Latin Beauty Married in Kailua Ceremony
Honolulu dispatch reports film star John Wayne 46 married Pilar Pallette a few hours after finalizing divorce from Esperanza Bauer. The Monday ceremony at Kailua, once King Kamehameha III’s home, drew about 150 guests from The Sea Chase cast and crew.
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Genoa Cargo Mix Ends Port Call After Rough Seas
Genoa bound vessel commanded by Donato Sodini sailed from Taranto with 250 tons of black grapes but encountered rough seas. The same ship arrived in Genoa carrying unfermented twine, altering its cargo profile and voyage trajectory.
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Voting machine injures Democrat election judge in Indianapolis
A Democratic election judge Genevieve Holman, 45, was struck by a malfunctioning voting machine in Indianapolis. The handle snapped back, hitting her face and tearing her glasses, leaving a gash above her right eye.
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Batista Leads Cuba in Presidential Vote Showing Clear Victory
In Havana Major Gen Fulgencio Batista and supporters celebrate a strong lead as official counts show Batista ahead 106,698 to 12,950 from Monday ballots, with Grau San Martin boycotting after withdrawing Sunday night. Semi official returns cite Batista 954,857 to 135,417. Grau alleges coercion.
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Day Show Spurs Suit for $400000
Hollywood composer Hugo Friedhofer sues television star Dennis Day for 400000 alleging Day's Feb 2 TV program aired parts of the composer's private life in a derisive manner. Friedhofer seeks damages for alleged defamation and invasion of privacy.
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Boy hunter’s rifle deflects pheasant strike in mishap
Franklin, Pa. Bobby Elliott, a teenager, fired at a rabbit while hunting with friends. A pheasant darted toward him and the bird collided with his gun barrel, breaking its neck when he raised his arm to shield his face.
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Army Shifts Command Heads from Korea to Japan
The U S announces moves strengthening Far East posture. Gen Maxwell Taylor will command all U S ground forces in Japan Korea and Okinawa with the Eighth Army HQ moved to Camp Zama near Tokyo. The Ninth Corps HQ moves to Sendai Japan. 16th corps to be deactivated.
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Red Chinese Again Bomb Nationalists in Tachens
Chinese Reds launched another air attack on Nationalist held Yikiangshan and Toumen islands near the Tachens. Nationalist planes countered with raids on Red artillery batteries as battles over the Formosa area intensify.
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NBC Says Nixon Charge Baseless
NBC defense asserts it fully met obligations to both parties. President Sylvester Weaver says Nixon misinformed about the facts after Nixon complained of denied free time to respond to Adlai Stevenson. NBC offered equal time to both national committees, which both accepted last week.
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Marion Naphtha Fire Threat Spurred Hours of Work
A punctured railroad tank car carrying more than 8000 gallons of naphtha threatened a major fire in eastern Marion near the Skelgas plant. Fire crews from Marion Cedar Rapids and Milwaukee officials fought the blaze with foamite pumps and a 45 foot exhaust, finally moving the damaged car and easing the danger by 4 15 p m.
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Early Checks Hint National Voting Heavy
Early reports from Washington indicate Americans chose between Republicans and Democrats for control of the new Congress. First surveys suggested high voter turnout with heavy ballot boxes, though the impact of last minute GOTV efforts by President Eisenhower and other leaders remained uncertain. Both parties had claimed such turnout would favor their side.
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Eisenhower Sees Election Duty in Clackety Clack Remarks
President Eisenhower reflected after his radio television address that there is no sitting out of elections and that voters must participate. He warned that skipping ballots doubles the impact of those who share their beliefs.
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Polls Open Across Iowa as Voters Seek Key Races
Iowa voters crowded polling places in Cedar Rapids and across the state for an off year election. Early tallies showed heavy turnout in several east side precincts and Mt. Vernon, with thousands voting by midmorning. Secretary of State predicts 890000 total as final hours approach.
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Melvin Synihorst
Mothers Decide To Trade Babies In Clinic Mixup
In London two young mothers Vera Bowers and Sheila Read concluded the hospital had swapped their infant sons five weeks earlier. They agreed to make a 24 hour trial switch permanent.
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Von Elm Death Labeled as death by own action
Mrs. Mary von Elm, 46, wife of golfer George von Elm who beat Bobby Jones in 1926, is listed as dying by her own action. Roy A. Ford, 29, von Elm's golf protege, said he tried to stop her after she drank from an insecticide bottle as she died last Wednesday in Los Angeles.
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