Woman Aide In Robbery Try Captured In Cleveland
Alma Helen Stevens 26, the undercover accomplice in a bank holdup that ended with the robber’s suicide, was arrested in an East Side rooming house after a tip about a loud argument. She said she was forced to stay in Cleveland since the Sept 23 attempt and had slept under a bridge during the escape. Stevens formerly used several names and has a son living with her mother.
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Cleveland
Alma Helen Stevens
Herbert Fox
Fox
Frank W. Story
Stevens
Abilene
Kan
Alma Malone
Billy Jean Carroll
Salina
Kaw
World Council of Churches backs birth control methods
A 22 member committee in Geneva endorsed all birth control methods to curb global population growth, opposing Roman Catholic doctrine while doctors and sociologists framed the recommendation. In Stockholm, Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic faced U S embassy objections but audiences applauded Shostakovich Fifth Symphony.
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Geneva
Planned Parenthood
World Council of Churches
Stockholm
Sweden
Leonard Bernstein
New York Philharmonic
Dmitri Shosyskevich
U. S
Two Is a Team Opposed by Klan in Alabama
The Alabama Ku Klux Klan plans to remove the children's book Two Is a Team from libraries, calling it preintegration propaganda and among about a dozen titles to challenge after Rabbits' Wedding removal. The Beim book depicts white and Negro children as playmates and visiting each other’s homes.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama Ku Klux Klan
Bobby Shelton
Klan
Lorraine
Jerrold Beim
Soviet composer work cited in touring program
The text notes a Soviet composer's work from a touring orchestra's program, previously unfavorably received by the Philadelphia Symphony two years earlier. It also covers Lao charges of North Vietnamese aid to Pathet Lao rebels and Khrushchev's Irkutsk flight after Peiping visit with Tass reporting an upcoming public speech.
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Philadelphia Symphony
Vientiane
Laos
U. N
Luang Prabang
North Viet Nam
Tokyo
New York
Security Council
Moscow
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Irkutsk
Siberia
Peiping
Tass
Siberian
Vladivostok
Nine Kansas inmates receive clemency from Gov Docking
Gov George Docking granted sentence commutations to nine inmates at the Kansas penitentiary. Fifty six other clemency applications were denied or carried over. Recipients include Oscar Bethea Atchison County Edward Eugene Kirkpatrick Butler County Jerry Olds Cowley County Edward Hershell Prior Cowley County Norman J Sabol Dickinson County and Francis P Sanders Ellis County with commuted terms ranging from short reductions to multi year adjustments.
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Topeka
Kansas Penitentiary
George Docking
Oscar Bethea
Atchison County
Edward Eugene _ Kirkpatrick
Butler County
National Day of Prayer Urges Thanks for Providence
President Eisenhower calls Americans to join in prayer on National Day of Prayer 1959. He asks the nation to give thanks for providence guiding the growth and promise of the land.
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Washington
America
Eisenhower
Family Grows by Four In 10 Month Period
In SOUTH CHARLESTON West Virginia AP report Betty Sue Ep lin 17 gave birth to Brenda Sue last December 28. Ten months later she is mother of four children. Her husband is a golf course caddy and now their family expands with the birth of triplets six weeks premature on Monday.
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South Charleston
W. Va
Betty Sue Eplin
Brenda Sue
Sophs Travel Rockets Here For Non League Showdowns
Chanute Blue Comets sophomores travel to St Patrick's Parsons tonight while Royse Junior High hosts Fort Scott in non league action tomorrow. St Patrick's belongs to Mineral Belt League and game time is 7:30. Royster Rockets play their first game of the year at 7 at Royster Stadium with plans to avenge last year's loss to Fort Scott.
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Chanute Blue Comets
St. Patrick’s
Parsons
Roy‘ster
Fort Scott Junior High
Altamont
Independence
St. Patrick's
Royster Rockets
Coffeyville
Royster Stadium
Royster
Rockets
Fort Scott
Russell Anderson
Tom Goodwin
Bob Nelson
Keith Cochran
Mike Upton
Jim Rubow
Bill Dean
Leonard Ander
Royster Football Starts Lineup Averages 175 Lbs
The starting line averages 175 pounds with right guard Rus Anderson at 140 and right tackle Gary Eastburn at 270. Backfield averages 158 pounds, featuring Russell Anderson and Eastburn as returning lettermen. Next action is the rescheduled Coffeyville game on Oct 19 followed by Iola at home Oct 22 in league play.
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Son
Rus ‘Sell Anderson
Gary Eastburn
Ricky Fitch
Richard Thompson
Tom McKenzie
Tom Goodwin
Russell Anderson
Eastburn
Goodwin
McKenzie
Royster
Coffeyville
Iola
Young Joplin Mother Faces Murder Charge
In Joplin Missouri an 18 year old mother of two, Shirley Shonk, is tried on a first degree murder charge for the April 11 shooting of her husband, Robert Shonk, 29. Defense claims self defense, while the state argues premeditation after she obtained a .22 rifle from her parents. She remains free on a five thousand dollar bond.
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Joplin, Mo
Joplin
Shirley Shonk
Robert Shonk
Shonk
Husbands Discussed Friendship Ends Two Waitresses
In San Francisco a pair of waitresses who were close friends for years had their friendship end after a discussion about their husbands. The case spots tensions at work and highlights strains among coworkers in service roles.
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San Francisco
Two Women Share Same Husband Receive Annulments
Dorothy Mallett Lemming and Ola Fay Lemming were each granted annulments at a Superior Court hearing before Judge William F. Traverson on Tuesday. Both women revealed they were married to the same man, prompting the court action.
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Dorothy Mallett Lemming
Ola Fay Lemming
Superior Court
William F. Traverson
Miss Universe Contest Slated for Miami Beach in 1960
Miami Beach will host the 1960 Miss Universe contest with eliminations starting July 4 and finals set for July 9 to be televised nationally. Miss Columbia won the 1959 Miss Universe title in Long Beach California.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Miss Columbia
Long Beach
California
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