Second Will Names Fiancee Legal Row Over Big Estate Looms
CHICAGO June 23 A bitter three week legal battle loomed over the Montgomery Ward heir Thorne Thorne 20 found dead in his Gold Coast home as two wills collide One leaves his mother all and the other leaves half to his 18 year old fiancee Maureen Ragen of Chicago Probate court lawyers for the mother and Maureen’s mother contest the second will Investigators found a white nylon girdle faded embroidery in Thorne’s room along with two suitcases of winter clothing and a coat and a pair of water skis He may have been a narcotic addict nine needle marks and two hypodermic needles were found awaiting chemical tests to determine death cause
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Montgomery Ward
Thorne
Gold Coast
Tad
Walter E. McCarron
Andu
Maureen Ragen
Mora
Mar
FBI
Maureen
James Ragen
Detroit Milkman Guilty of Slaying Steel Exec in Love Murder
Detroit milkman John P. Lange was found guilty of first degree murder in the slaying of steel executive Joan W. Mattson, Lange’s rival for the affections of a married drug store waitress. A life sentence is mandatory in Michigan. Lange, 52, listened impassively to the verdict and declared himself innocent, saying he had been framed.
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INS
Milzman
John P. Lange
Steel
Joan W. Mattson
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Lange
Recorder's Court
Tokyo
Peiping
State Supremes
Chekiang
Formosa
Shanghai
Mattson
Atlas Steel Corp
Milkman
Russian Chess Experts Near Victory Over Yanks
New York June 23 The Russian chess team holds a near victory with a 15 to 1 lead in the 32 game tournament as the fourth round begins. Americans must sweep the round and finish a prior unfinished game to halt the invaders. Key matchups center on Samuel Reshevsky and Vassily Smyslov amid strong showings by young American players including Larry Evans.
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Toledo
Gazette
Rex Morgan
American Medical Association
San Francisco
Dr. Morgan
Edward McCormick
AMA
UP Telephoto
New York
America
U. S
Samuel Reshevsky
Vassily Smyslov
Larry Evans
Mark Taimonov
St Louis Plans Fall Integration for City Schools
St Louis Board of Education adopts a three step plan to end segregation starting September 1954 with merger of two teachers colleges and handicapped schools. Full integration by September 1955 includes high schools by February 1955 and grade schools at fall term 1955. Baltimore eyed similar action.
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Board of Education
Baltimore
Jury Visits Boundary Dispute Scene On Bridge Road
Circuit Court jurors in a boundary line case examined the hillside strip fronting Bridge Rd. former Gov Homer A Holt sues Mr and Mrs Charles G Anderson of 374 Noyes Ave. Holt accuses the defendants of withholding the property. Each side presented engineers and maps. Trial continues today.
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Bridge Rd
Homer A. Holt
Charles G. Anderson
Noyes Ave
EL Holt
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Bugsy) Siegel
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