FBI Jails Pair For Extortion
Los Angeles FBI agents arrest Edgar Leon Williams 22 and Veronica Williams 24 for extortion tied to a threat against contractor John Thompson and his grandsons over his daughter’s murder. They mailed a dummy package and used the alias Dale Smith. both arraigned with $20,000 bail.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Edgar Leon Williams
Veronica Williams
John Thompson
Dale Smith
Norma McCauley
Bel-Air
Smith
Williams
U.S
Theodore Hocke
Williamses
Thompson
France to Send Officials for Moscow Visit in October
The French Cabinet authorized Premier Edg Faure and Foreign Minister Jaine Pinay to accept an invitation to Moscow. No date is set. a spokesman said the trip would likely occur in the first half of October.
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Moscow
Paris
Edg Faure
Jaine Pinay
Forgery Ring To Free Cons Under Probe
Louisiana penitentiary officials investigate a forged release ring that erased records and altered sentences to free convicts. Warden Maurice Sigler leads checks on past five years. seven men with gift reprieves are sought. three ring leaders and four others are in solitary confinement.
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Angola
Louisiana
Weather Story Same In Most Areas Of U S
The nation experiences continued heat with temperatures in the 90s to 100s across most regions. The Weather Bureau warns of more hot, humid days ahead and no immediate relief from a prolonged heat wave as high readings reach 110 in Bakersfield California and persist in the Dakotas and Nebraska.
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U.S
Associated Press
Weather Bureau
Bakersfield
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
Dakotas
Nebras
Mid-Continent
Central Atlantic States
Plains
Gulf
Midwest
Washington, D. C
FBI Probes Beatings at Sylacauga Plant
The FBI has opened an inquiry into alleged beatings of union organizers in Sylacauga at Avondale Mills plant on July 26. Grant Williams and L A Gossett of the Textile Workers Union say three men assaulted them during a literature distribution. They filed assault charges. three suspects face trial in Sylacauga.
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Birmingham
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Sylacauga
Grant Williams
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
L. A. Gossett
FBI
Avondale Mills
Williams
Gossett
James A. Robey
Area Men In Service Reports
Army Cpl. Roy M Casey 22 wife Annie of Cullman 7 serves in Infantry Division in Germany part of Red Diamond training with Seventh Army. He is assistant squad leader in Company F 11th Regiment entered Army April 1954 basic at Fort Jackson arrived Europe October 1954. Pfc Jerry Arnold Dement Athens native honored private in 1169th Engineer Group serves as enlisted aide to Group Commander Col. James O. Johnson and will dine at the colonel’s table. member of H S Company 1343rd Engineer Battalion Athens National Guard.
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Germany
Army
Roy M.casey
Annie
Cullman 7
Red Diamond
Seventh Army
Cpl
Case
Willie T. Casey
Cullman 5
Fort Jackson
S.C
Casey
Europe
Vinemont High School
Ft, Mcclellan
Jerry Arnold Dement
J. M. Dement
Athens
1169Th Engineer Group
James O. Johnson
C.D
1169Th
Pfc
Dement
H&s Company
1343Rd Engineer
National Guard
Waters Named Honor Private At Fort McClellan
Decatur's Pfc Bobby J Waters son of Mr and Mrs Ernest J Waters serves as enlisted aide to Col James C Johnson at Fort McClellan during summer field training. He ranks with Company A 1343rd Engineer Battalion Bat and is selected for neat appearance and military bearing. At Fort Benning WAC Pvt Addie B Glasco daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Baugh recently completed an eight week cooking course at the Third Army Food Service School.
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FT. Mcclellan
Bobby J. Waters
Ernest J. Waters
Decatur
James C. Johnson
Pfc
Waters
Fort Benning, Ga
WAC
Addie B. Glasco
W. W. Baugh
Fifth St
Third Army Food Service School
Fort Benning
Glasco
Fort Jackson
S.C
Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical College
41 Miners Feared Dead in German Ruhr Mine Blast
A fire and explosion at the Dalbusch coal mine in Gelsenkirchen Germany left 41 miners dead and 44 injured. Rescue efforts were halted as officials said 25 workers were still missing below ground and must be presumed dead. Rescue teams had recovered 16 bodies before the fire forced a stoppage.
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Gelsenkirchen
Germany
Dalbusch
Ruhr
Armed Brink's holdup ends with loot recovered and captures
Three gunmen ambushed a Brink's armored car in Buffalo. They grabbed $160,000 from six strong boxes, wounded guard Eugene Clohessy, and fled after a running gun battle. Two bandits were later captured. third escaped. Police identified Pettinato and Mazella, with Sheridan wanted.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Brink’s
Brink’s, Inc
Fort Erie
Niagara River
Canada
Eugene Clohessy
Clohessy
Anthony Pettinato
Baltimore
Sylvester Mazella
Bronx
James Sheridan
Jim Salomerio
New York City
Pettinato
Mazella
Stanley J. Klodzinski
Kenneth A. Kemp
Edward J. Thompson
Kemp
Thompson
Klodzinski
Edward Craven
Ruth
Eileen
Boston
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Alabama-Tennessee
Ardmore
Lins
Yeager
Giles
Lincoln
Lawrence
Tennessee
Madison
Limestone
Alabama
Maurice Sigler
Federal Prison System
Highway
The
Highway Patrol
Cecil Cummings
Here
Cummings
Bassee Artsa Oesits
Crete
White King Freezer
Venomacy Ac
Emmett McClary
Mgr
B.F. Goodrich
Lee St
Decatur, Ala
Belk-Nudson CO
Men
Brink
Cottons & Bayons
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