One Days Flight May Cost Years In Prison
Charles R. Perry, 25, faces up to five extra years in federal prison for a one day flight from the federal detention center in New York. Perry was captured in Conowingo, Maryland, after escaping Saturday night with Francis Grills, 25, of Savannah, who remains missing. Postal Inspector Nes tor filed a jail break complaint against Perry. Perry could also face existing charges for burglarizing a post office in Sumiton, Alabama, and cashing 268 stolen postal money orders, carrying up to 10 years more and $6,000 in fines. warrants were issued for Grills as well for possible membership in an auto theft ring.
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New York
Charles R. Perry
Federal House of Detention
Perry
Memphis
Three Dams Proposed on Alabama River Corridor
MONTGOMERY Dec 12 Construction of three dams and power plants on the Alabama river from Mobile to Montgomery would aid navigation and industry. U S engineers mapped plans for a Jones Bluff site in Lowndes County and explored Millers Ferry and Clairborne locations. The Howell Mill shoals on the Coosa near Talladega and St Clair counties would jump start the project next, aiding flood control and power development.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama River
Mobile
Alabama
P O. Davis
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
U.S
Jones Bluff
Lowndes County
Millers Ferry
Wilcox County
Clairborne
Monroe County
Davis
Howell Mill Shoals
Coosa River
Talladega
St. Clair
Draft Board Couple Seeks Permission To Kick Lawmakers In Pants
Roosevelt County draft board chair B. R. Taylor and member Bert Floman asked Gen. Lewis Hershey if they may kick congressmen in the pants without approval. They faced suspension for opposing drafting more men unless the atom bomb is used in Korea. Gov Bonner called the move mutiny and sought resignations. Hershey set noon deadline for explanations. Asia’s population averages 77 per square mile.
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Wolfpoint
Mont
Selective Service
Roosevelt County Board
B. R. Taylor
Bert Floman
Lewis B. Hershey
Korea
John W. Bonner
Montana
Hershey
War Material Flowing From Allied Zone To Russians
Frankfurt reports strategic war materials moving from West Germany and Western allies to the Soviet bloc. Tools bearings steel tubing and raw steel are allegedly shipped via Berlin and other routes, with millions in value already believed diverted. The Allies fear Russia and its satellites benefit most while Germany lacks border policing and export controls lag.
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Black Curry
Richard K. Omalley
Frankfurt
Dec
West Germany
Farteléa
Mmussia
U. S
Viet
Russia
United Nations
Korea
Ruhr
West Berlin
Berlin
East Berlin
Netherlands
Rhine
Switzerland
Stettin
Poland
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
Allied High Commission
Germany
Railroad Yards Are Picketed in Birmingham Strike
About 130 switchmen walked off at Southern Railway Finley yards in a wildcat strike over a worker fired for refusing a duty. Yard operations disrupted but passenger service remained unaffected. Union officials declined comment as officials note the railroads are under Army control.
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Birmingham
Southern Railway
Finley
H. C. Mauney
R. W Hutto
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Mauney
Folsom Criticizes Circuit Court in Road Curb Suit
Governor James E. Folsom accuses the Montgomery circuit court of overreach in a bid to block eight Alabama highway projects funded by state money. He argued the case should stay with a state-wide court, noting opposition centers in Montgomery. The suit by W. B. Timmons seeks to prevent bid openings set for December 1 with a hearing on December 20.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
James E. Folsom
Folsom
W. B. Timmons
Birmingham
Walter B. Jones
Highway Department
Two Trainmen Die as 2 Engines Topple in Rain
In Vanceboro Maine, a double-header freight derailed after heavy rain on Maine Central rails near Lambert Lake nine miles west of Vanceboro. Engineers Joseph Doiron aged 56 and fireman C M McKay aged 50 died. a brakeman and the fireman escaped with minor injuries.
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Vanceboro
Canadian Pacific
Maine Central Railroad
Lambert Lake
Joseph Doiron
C. M. McKay
Drift wood and seaweed mislead as sea monster sightings
The National Geographic Society argues many reports of sea monsters originate from floating drift wood or masses of seaweed, not actual creatures.
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The
National Geographic Society
University aids student who offered to sell eye
A University of Alabama student facing severe financial distress offered to sell an eye in a classified ad. The university will seek extra work by dean Noble B. Hendrix after a conference with the student, who is married with three children, and officials say rising living costs and pre-existing debt strained his finances.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
University of Alabama
Noble B. Hendrix
Stu
Hendrix
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