FBI Man Stain By Fugitive In Manhunt Trap
A major Connecticut manhunt ended when fugitive Francis Kolakowski shot FBI Agent Richard Horan during a cellar raid and apparently killed himself as police used tear gas. Kolakowski, 42, faced a $66,750 payroll robbery and his wife’s murder. the chase included state and federal agents through Suffield and Windsor locations.
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Suffield
Conn
Connecticut
FBI
Francis Kolakowski
Hartford
Richard Horan
Kolakowski
Wanda Slater
Wanda
Seffield
Slater
State
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Horan
Ben Schemeters
Philip Schwartz
Frank
Sutula
Schemeters
Schwartz
Helen
Mercer and Dunbar
Harsford
Windsor
Hadeen
Annex Lines Win Approval for Hayward Annexation
Alameda County Boundaries Commission approves boundaries for 96 acre annexation southwest of Hayward Airport owned by David D Bohannon Organization. City council likely to set hearing date at Tuesday meeting. Property lies north of Russell City Road and west of Southern Pacific tracks. Bohannon firm plans industrial development.
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Hayward
David D. Bohannon
Alameda County Boundaries Commission
Russell City Rd
Southern
Boharinan
Good Friday observances across area shorten business hours
Tomorrow marks Good Friday, a solemn Christian holiday. Most area merchants and many government agencies will close between noon and 3 pm for church devotionals, with services outlined for Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, San Leandro, and Fremont.
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Hayward
Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
San Leandro
Fremont Arcs
Air Force Cuts B-52 Bomber Output to 15 a Month
The Air Force will reduce B-52 production from 20 to 15 planes per month delaying the 500-plane nuclear bomber fleet by about six months. The move aims to enable development of a more advanced version while preserving the total procurement at 603 aircraft. Boeing Airplane Co. supplies the planes at about ten million dollars each.
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Washington
Ins
Alix
Air Force
America
Boejing Aircraf Co
Former Turncoat Marines Girl, 17
ST. LOUIS reports Allie Pate a 26yearold former turncoat Marine of the Korean War has announced his marriage to a 17yearold schoolgirl. Pate returned to his parents farm near Carbondale Illinois last December after three years in Red China.
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ST. Louis
Allie Pate
Pate
Carbondale
Ill
Red China
Wife Attacked Near Her Home in Hayward Incident
Mrs Florence Van Dusan a 24 year old Hayward wife was attacked outside her Grove Way home early this morning by a blonde six foot attacker wielding a wrench as she attempted to lock her car after a movie. Deputies describe the suspect as 25, slender, wearing slacks and a leather jacket.
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Hayward
Florence T. van Dusan
Grove Way
Sheriff's Deputies
Freak Storm Ravages Bay Area Leaving One Dead
A freak storm battered the Bay Area injuring one man, blowing down radio towers at KRE and KSAY, uprooting trees, and flooding sites in Alameda and Hayward. Redwood City worker Robert Johnson, 34, was electrocuted by a live wire. Weather officials forecast clearing skies after brief but violent rain.
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Oakland
ALLY
See
Alameda County
San Leanor
Hayward
Foothill Blvd
Robert Johnson
Redwood City
KRE
Bay
KSAY
Bay Bridge Toll Plaza
Alameda
Cutter Laboratories Chemical
Beygan
San Francisco International
Labor Probe Perjury Seen in Scranton Hearings
The Senate labor violence inquiry into Scranton Pa. concluded with Chairman John L. McClellan declaring that perjury appears evident after three local Teamsters Local 229 officials denied accusations of terror and election rigging. The officials named were John Durkin Robert Malloy and Joseph McHugh.
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Washington
INS
Senate
Scranton
John L. McClellan
Arkansas Democrat
Scranton Teamsters
John Durkin
Teamsters Local 229
Pennsylvania Federation of Labor
Scranton Central Labor Union
Robert Malloy
Joseph McHugh
All Cars But One Finish Long Run
Sun Valley reports 23 of 24 entrants in the Mobiles economy run completed the 1.568 mile Los Angeles to Sun Valley with the last car finishing at 11 05 a.m. The field faced snow and rain flurries on the final leg of the four day event as cars reached Sun Valley in cold drizzle. When leaving Ogden Utah early today the Chrysler family of automobiles led all classes including low price and upper medium.
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Sun Valley
Los Angeles-to
Ogden
Utah
Chrysler
Automobbiles
Five Drown In Plunge Of Auto
Five young men drowned when their car left a 60 foot embankment at Glasgow and shot 150 feet into the Missouri River. Police investigated the fatal plunge as a high speed accident with rescue attempts failing. Names and exact ages were not reported in the transmission from Glasgow, Missouri.
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Glasgow
INS
Missouri River
Tracks of Snowman Found in Nepal Expedition
Texas oilman Tom Slick reports three sets of mysterious tracks in the Himalayas near Katmandu. An Australian reporter and an Indian zoologist found hairs in the prints and will dispatch them for testing to seek clues about the Yeti. Slick plans a full-scale hunt this fall with the Nepal trek as a prelude.
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Katmandu
Nepal
INS
Texas
Tom Slick
Himalayas
Slick
Lost Scouts Found Safe After Weather Stranding
Four patrols of Boy Scouts totaling 74 youths and leaders were found safe by a mounted sheriff’s posse in Lancaster California after spending a night in bad weather during a five day 50 mile hike in the Angeles National Forest. The group failed to rendezvous at Verdugo Pine Camp and had started out dawn yesterday in snowy windy conditions.
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Lancaster
Calif
Angeles National Forest
Verdugo Pine
Big Pines
Eggs Bought With Gold Pieces In Beziers Incident
In Beziers France a woman and another reportedly bought eggs using gold pieces yesterday. A poultry merchant says a woman purchased two dozen eggs, paid with two gold pieces worth about $10 each, and disappeared into the crowd. The story notes the gold pieces resembled Ford currency.
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Beziers
France
Ponce
Ford
AWOL Sailor questioned in hit run death case
A 35-year-old AWOL Treasure Island sailor, a suspect in the Sunday night hit and run death of Lloyd Stephens, 62, in San Francisco, was questioned in San Leandro and released to naval authorities. Police noted his car damaged, but detectives said it isn’t the killer’s vehicle.
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Treasure Islands
Lloyd V. Stephens
San Francisco
San Leandro
B.S. Caldwell
Caldwell
Treasure Island
Steve Lagomersino
Stephens
Mission Sts
Capt
Lazosmarsing
Berkeley
Bay Meadows
Reno
Bay Area
Alameda
California
Jail Term To GI Deserter Deserter Convicted In Poitiers Desertion Case
Poitiers France A ten officer U S Army court martial sentenced Pvt Vito Sala 31 of Brooklyn to five years at hard labor and a dishonorable discharge for desertion Sala claimed amnesia from a Heilbronn battle 12 years earlier and said he vanished to start a new life in Germany as John Turee He later joined the foreign legion fought in Indochina and earned a decoration His wife now lives in Schenectady New York.
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Poitiers
France
INS
Vito Sala
Brooklyn
No.s
Sala
Heilbronn
U.S
Germany
John Turee
Sata
Foreign Legion
Indochine
Schenecetady, N.Y
Bohlen Ends Moscow Assignment En Route to Washington
Ambassador Charles E. Bohlen ended a four year posting in the Soviet Union as he left Moscow by plane for Berlin on the way to Washington. The career diplomat and Russia expert has just been named ambassador to the Philippines.
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Moscow
INS
Charles E
Chip) Bohlen
Soviet Union
Berlin
Washington
Russia
Philippines
Jordan Grip By Monarch Tightens Up
King Hussein strengthens hold on Jordan with Iraqi and Saudi troop concentration near the border and a U S aid pledge. He sacks Maj Gen Ali Abu Nuwar, replacing him with Maj Gen Ali Hayyari. Beirut sources say Hussein delivered a personal ultimatum to Syrian reinforcements to leave or be driven out. Syrians withdrew after the ultimatum.
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United Press
Hussein
Jordan
U.S
Ali Abu Nuwar
Syria
Ali Hayyari
Béirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Egypt
Suleiman Naussi
Lorenzo's Vote Boundaries Set for June Incorporation
County supervisors set official boundaries for the June 25 San Lorenzo incorporation election and opened the five City Council filing period. The vote hinges on incorporation approval and includes 24 poll places across 6.8 square miles with about 27,021 residents and 9,007 registered voters.
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San Lorenzo
Oro Loma Sanutary District
Cop Electrocuted By Television Set in Bakersfield
Bakersfield report says California Highway Patrolman John L. Kegg was electrocuted while working on a television set at home. His body was found shortly before midnight. He had repaired TV sets as a hobby and served with the patrol since 1951.
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Bakersfield
John L. Kerg
California
Keggs
Kegg
Special Prison For One Convict In Queensland
Queensland government plans a Palm Island facility to house a single prisoner. The 28 year old murderer, found to suffer from leprosy, would occupy the isolated unit off Townsville.
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Brisbane
Australia
Queensland
Palm Island
Townville
Opens Path To Congress For Slash In Budget
Washington reports President Eisenhower asked Congress to cut requests by 1.858 billion dollars, but warned substantial reductions in the 1958 budget cannot occur without revising laws forcing specific spending. He proposed trimming obligational authority for 1952 to 73.6 billion, and said long-term tax cuts depend on continued growth and debt reduction.
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Hisenhower
Congress
Sam Rayburn
Tex
Eisenhower
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