Estranged Husband Shoots Wife and Kills Himself
In Conway South Carolina a 24 year old mother of two was shot by her estranged husband in Collins Department store. J D Johnson 27 ice cream truck driver entered the store shot her in the arm and back then killed himself as police closed in. The wife had a 50 50 chance to recover officials said.
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Conway
S. C
J. D. Johnson
Collins’ Department
Ernestine Richardson Johnson
Johnson
Walter Winchell Filmed by United Press in July
The article notes Walter Winchell being filmed by the United Press in July for the New York Daily Mirror, highlighting a media event tied to his presence and exposure in press circles.
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United Press
Winchell
New York Daily Mirror
From Washington to July 1 1954 payoff for steel strike
The text outlines how basic steel workers would earn five dollars weekly for 13 weeks from March 1 to June 2, totaling sixty five dollars, reducing strike pay losses from five hundred seventy six to five hundred eleven dollars. It explains makeup time at five dollars weekly could extend about 102 weeks, about two years, with faster recovery for overtime workers.
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Basic
Ancient Cave Wall Drawings Found in Tarn River Grotto
Four young amateur archaeologists discovered outlines of a bison and a horse chiseled into a cave wall in GRAUSHET near the Tarn River. The carvings are said to date about 25,000 years before Christ, placing them among early paleolithic artworks.
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Graushet
France
Christ
Tarn River
North Carolina Border Belt leaf sales open strongly
Opening day sales across eight North Carolina Border Belt flue cured markets show improved quality and firmer demand. Average prices run about 49 to 54 dollars per hundredweight, with practical top around 70 to 71 dollars, while bulk leaf trades largely between 40 and 69 dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Border Belt
U. S
N. C
Departments of Agriculture
South Carolina
High Price Levels Steady in Georgia Tobacco Trade
Georgia tobacco markets held steady with prices near Friday levels across warehouse floors. The U S Department of Agriculture cited gains of 1 to 3 dollars per hundred pounds for top leaf and nondescript grades, while season totals reached 88 621 705 pounds at 52 15 per hundred. Stabilization Corporation receipts stood at 4 593 029 pounds.
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Valdosta
Georgia - Florida
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tobacco Stabilization Corporation
U. S
Red Cross Seeks 100 Graduate Nurses for Polio Areas
The Red Cross issued an urgent appeal for at least 100 graduate nurses to serve in Midwest and Eastern states hit by polio outbreaks. Miss Ann Magnussen, national director of nursing services, said the emergency need hasn’t been so great since 1949 when polio epidemics affected several states.
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Washington
Red Cross
Ann Magnussen
Red Cross Nursing Services
Good-bye cruel world tag found among wreckage of bus crash
A flame blackened metal tag inscribed Good-bye cruel world was found among the wreckage of two Greyhound buses that crashed head-on south of Waco Texas. The disaster killed 28 people. The tag belonged to Charles E Moncrief of Midland Texas who survived with minor injuries.
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Waco
Tex
Greyhound
Cruel World
Pfe
Charles E. Moncrief
Midland
Screen characters and clues tie to actor careers
A word puzzle touches on a screen character actor and a host of cross clues. Items include references to a demigod, a clown role, and a variety of nouns from fashion to biology, all set in a mosaic of crosswords.
Hoax claim ties Medal of Honor winner to fake jump
A Virginia woman admitted last week that a reported sixth floor death attempt was staged to gain publicity for Maynard H. Smith, the Medal of Honor recipient. Smith and Roland Bennett face charges for filing false reports to police.
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Washington
Ernestine Lucille Whomble
Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith
Ld War Iti
Virginia
Clark King
Smith
Roland Bennett
Bennett
Snuffy
English Channel
King
Smith and Bermett
Whomble
Bad Eye Zalutsky Added to FBI List
The FBI added Leonard Joseph Bad Eye Zalutsky to its ten most wanted list. He is a 37 year old, half blind murderer serving a life sentence for killing a Miami police officer. He escaped Raiford prison in 1951 using lighted gasoline bombs and abducted the dentist’s wife during the breakout.
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Washington
FBI Today
Leonard Joseph
Zalutsky
Miami
Fila
Raiford
Fla
George Arthur Heroux
Heroux
FBI
Gerhard Arthur Puff
New York
Girl Regains Sight After 17 Years of Blindness
WALNEY England UP reports Joan Hornby regained her sight after 17 1 2 years of blindness during a bath accident. She described objects as frightening and meals as revolting. Doctors cite the bath incident as the possible trigger for the vision return.
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Walney
Eng
Joan Hornby
Joan
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