Guard admits kidnap robbery role in deadly case
A California sheriff says Quentin Guard confessed to driving the getaway car in a supermarket kidnapping that led to the death of partner Jesse Trout. Hecht, an ex-convict and alleged mastermind, was killed by police as investigators questioned him. The plan enabled about 33000 in the Christmas-week crime as Trout and Hecht lured manager Blaine Groo and his wife from home.
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Ocakland
Jesse Eugene Trout
California
Sant Quentin
Allen R. Hecht
Joith
Trout
Hecht
Los Angeles
Oakland
Hve
Blaine Groo
Fairfax
Good Year For Tax Collectors
The Justice Department tax division announced its most successful year, saving the government over 67.5 million dollars compared with 17.3 million five years earlier. Delinquent payments reached 16.3 million versus 9.1 million in 1952, and five-year savings totaled 225.2 million. The report notes tax evasion rose greatly over the past decade with 2,852 fraud convictions in the last five years, up from 2,260 in the prior twelve years.
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Washington
INS
Justice Department
Department
Treasury
Christmas Overshadows Cold War in London and Europe
Christmas eased Cold War tensions as Soviet bloc rulers loosened economic controls to appease religious sentiment. Western Europe enjoyed record Christmas shopping and festive preparations while church bells rang in the Holy Land at midnight marking the Prince of Peace.
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London
Europe
Holy Land
Prince of Peace
Oakland Bus Depot Robbed by Smooth Talking Pandit
A cunning pandit robbed Greyhound ticket agent Robert Johnson at Oakland's bus depot of $300 before dawn. He fled with two companions in a taxicab, leaving the cab driver unable to identify the trio. Johnson described the robber as showing a gun hidden in a rolled newspaper. The incident occurred just before 5 am as the bandits exited onto West Oakland Street.
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Oakland
Greyhound
Robert Johnson
Piedmont
Johnson
Two Killed In Area Holiday Car Crashes
Two people died in South Country holiday traffic incidents. Pfc. Dewie E. Killman, 19, of Tro Valley Nike base, lost control on Crow Canyon Rd near the Contra Costa line and crashed down an embankment. Maria Branca Maniz, 62, of Livermore, died at St. Paul’s Hospital after a crash involving her son-in-law John E. Silva, who survived with minor injuries. A Hayward patrolman narrowly escaped death after swerving to avoid a collision and hitting a brick wall. Additional injuries occurred when James, Murray, 50, and family members from Oakland survived after their car struck a tree near Estudillo in San Leandro and another vehicle skidded into a brick wall near a drive-in on Grand St.
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Pfc
Dewie E. Killman
Maria Branca Maniz
Hayward
Killman
Castro Valley
Nike
Crow Canyon Rd
Contra Costa County
Maniz
John
E. Silva
Maple St
Liver- More
St. Paul's Hospital
Livermore
Harrison St. Pleasanton
E . Silva
Livermiore-Pleasantights
Western Pacific
A-ang Grand St
James Vincent
Murray
Bonelli Sends Knight Card in Mexico Extradition Case
William G. Bonelli former Californian liquor czar now sought for extradition to the United States sent Governor Goodwin Knight a Christmas card ribbing his switch from reelection bid to Senate candidate. The note, airmailed from Acapulco, alluded to Bonelli’s book Billion Dollar Blackjack and questioned who next would join them as victims. U S State Department seeks Bonelli’s extradition but Mexican authorities say he disappeared from his Mexico City address and cannot be located.
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Los Angeles
INS
William G. Bonelli
Mexico
Goodwin Knight
U. S Senate
Bonelli
Knight
Goodie
Mary
Acapulco
State Department
Mexico City
30 Feared Dead In Ship Sinking Near Salvador
Rio de Janeiro reports that all 30 aboard the Brazilian coastal ship While Swan were believed killed after an explosion. The vessel, carrying aviation gasoline, sank near Salvador as most passengers, likely students, were returning home for Christmas.
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RIO. DE. Janeiro
INS
Swan
Salvador
Queen Urges Courage In Critical Moment From Christmas Broadcast
In a Christmas message from Sandringham Elizabeth II urged the Commonwealth to show special courage in history’s crisis. The queen pledged devotion and heart to the people. In Indiana a father refused hospital care for his gravely ill daughter Judy 11, despite doctor pleas. Dr. W Taylor, Wayne County health officer, said the girl shows acute appendicitis symptoms but the father’s hands are tied.
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Sandringham
England
CNS
Elizabeth
British Commonwealth
Sglhmund
Ind
Arthurs Pippin
Judy
W.taylor
Wayne County
U S Traffic Deaths Begin Steady Climb
United Press reports a rising Christmas highway death toll across states with 180 projected fatalities from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight tonight, far above the typical 80 for a nonholiday period. National Safety Council president Ned H Dearborn calls for caution and Christmas spirit on the roads amid increased traffic and holiday drinking.
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United Press
Atvchurch
Millons
Jay
Ohio
Michigan
Washington State
Colorado
Georgia
Ilinois
Kentucky
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Oregon
Texas
Wisconsin
Ned
H. Dear
National’ Safety Council
Chicago
Cv Lery Driver
Lothers
UN Chief Plans Talks With Nasser In Cairo
Dag Hammarskjo ld returned to Cairo from the Gaza Strip to confer with Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser. The U N secretary general spent Christmas Eve with UN emergency force troops and was to meet Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi before seeing Nasser on Thursday.
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Cairo
INS
Dag Hammarskjold
Gaza’ Strip
Sident
Gamal -Abdel Nasser
United Nations
Strip
Mahmoud Fawzi
Nasser
Protests nullified in Castro Valley library fight
County board rejected petitions to form a Castro Valley county service area for library tax funding. District attorney ruled petition circulation flawed. 268 signatures valid would-be 191, 6 short of needed. Board to certify area boundaries to state offices before February.
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Castro‘ Valley
County’ Board of Supervisors
Tastro
Valley Citizens” Committee
Attorhey
Jack Blue
Asst. Dist
Douglas Dunning
Francis Dunn
Cestro Valley
Castro Valley
Dunn
Earl Strathman
Dorothy Roberts
New Russian Envoy Named to United States
The Kremlin notified the State Department that Mikhail A. Menshikov, former envoy to India and minister to Nepal, will replace Georgi Zaroubin as Soviet ambassador to the United States. Zaroubin, named to Washington in 1952, is recalled as deputy foreign minister. he previously served as ambassador to Canada and Great Britain. Menshikov was ambassador to Tidia and Neval until October 1957 and has been a candidate for the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party since the 20th Congress.
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Washington
INS
Kremlin
State Department
Mikhail A. Menshi
India
Nepal
Georgi N
Zaroubin
Bassador
United States
Moscow
Canada
Great Britain
Submarine Construction Begins in Japan After War
Kobe dispatch reports Japan has started building its first postwar submarine, a 1100 ton vessel about 250 feet long and 24 feet wide. The vessel, constructed at a shipyard, represents a 37,300 06 cost and marks a significant undersea craft project for the nation.
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Kobe
Japan
Bobe-dockyard
Th Sali
Angered Husband Kills Wife and Self in Long Beach
James Manning, 43, an unemployed plasterer, killed his estranged wife Martha Manning, 36, with four bullets at their Long Beach home as the family of four children and one grandchild watched. He then shot himself, police said, after being denied permission to join the family in decorating the Christmas tree.
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Long. Beach
INS
James Manning
Manning
Martha Manning
Long Beach
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