Humor And Heartbreak In Crime News Of 1957
A 1957 crime roundup mixes humor with heartbreak. Stories include a New York bookkeeper arrested for embezzlement after bumping his boss on boarding for Florida, a Lansing department store detec tive catching a shoplifter, a Toledo agency reporting stolen paychecks, and a Detroit man losing all five tires during a roadside nap. A New Jersey intruder dined and dressed in a home, a New Brunswick burglar left a polite note, and a check passer used 350 aliases to move half a million dollars in fake paper with a guide titled How to Use Your Imagination and Make Money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Florida
Lansing
Mich
Lve
Toledo
Ohio
Detroit
William P. Brown
Brown
Francis Harman
Ewing Township
N. J
Harmans
Harman
New Brunswick
Cleveland
Candle in the Window Symbol of Christ's Light
The piece urges maintaining the Christmas to New Year candle custom as a beacon of spiritual guidance. It describes the candle’s glow surpassing urban lights and guiding wanderers toward peace, emphasizing an inner light in Christ followers.
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Christ
Tough ordeal for space crews may favor semi screwballs
Dr Donald M Michael argues long space flights require unusual mindsets and training. Eskimos or Buddhist monks could be good crewmen due to patience and low time orientation, while schizophrenia or hermit traits risk social support needs. Scott Crossfield eyed to pilot the X15 near Sputnik track next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Donald M. Michael
Stamford Conn
American Assn
Advancement of
Science
Michael
Dunlap and Associates, Inc
Scott Crossfield
Popular Mechanics
Crossfield
Sputnick
Truman urges patching rifts as work against totalitarianism
Former President Harry S. Truman during a New York visit told reporters the priority is uniting with friends to counter totalitarianism. He criticized Soviet deals, praised James Killian as a capable missile program head, and warned school integration will bring trouble that education can solve.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
Truman
James R. Killian
Potsdam
Middle East
Slaying of Miami student tied to red haired hitchhiker
Robert Winston Lee 24 a Miami engineer student was found shot to death beside his auto on a rural Everglades road near Jomo City. Investigators tracing a red haired woman seen in the car and noting mistletoe earrings and high heel prints. Police say Lee often picked up hitchhikers and had been returning from Belle Glade to visit fiancée Susan Forsee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Miami
Robert Winston Lee
Asheville
N.C
Everglades
Belle Glade
Vern Clark
Clark
Jomo City
U.S. 27
Lee
Ben Grigsby
Susan Forsee
Florida State University
Miss Forsee
Robert Crecelius
Borhood
Gibson
Bell
Sarracini
Manhattan
Mayor Says Town Will Carry On After Fire
In Springhill Nova Scotia a wind driven fire destroyed much of the main street hitting the business district hard. Mayor Ralph Gilroy pledged they will carry on and seek government aid immediately. He warned few buildings will be rebuilt estimating losses at least one million dollars and noting 20 percent of tax revenue came from those businesses. He added he is the 13th mayor and that everything that could happen has already.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springhill
N.S
Nova Scotia
Ralph Gilroy
Gilroy
Babson Answers Vital Questions On Business 1958
Business expert Roger W Babson composes the 1958 forecast covering Ike health Cold War growth of Russia and the economy. The Sun Day Enterprise will publish his detailed outlook with a local High Point report and a broader national business forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Roger W
Babson
Enterprise
High Point
Five GOP Senators Exit Reduces Odds of Senate Hold
Five Republican incumbents Jenner H. Alexander Smith Knowland Payne and Martin announce retirement fueling fears for GOP control. Democrats now favored to gain in next year’s elections as New Jersey California and Pennsylvania tilt toward tossup races. Maine’s Payne may reconsider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
GOP
Jenner
Indiana
H. Alexander Smith
New Jersey
Knowland
California
Payne
Maine
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Senate
Edmund
Muskie
Harold W. Handley
Goodwin J. Knight
Caliornia
Expert Recasts Evolution Linking Man to Seaweed
Indianapolis biologist Lawrence S. Dillon argues that humans evolved from brown seaweed. He declares all life stems from one plant kingdom, with blue green algae as the simplest form and plants at the root of life, describing a single-kingdom view supported by cell-structure studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lawrence S. Dillon
Texas A&m College
D. Dillon
American Assny For the Advancement of Science
Earth
Dr. Dillon
Officials Get More Time For Dallas Desegregation
The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court ruling and gave Dallas schools more time to desegregate. It remanded for a full hearing to assess progress before any new deadline, leaving active orders paused and citing prior mandates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
5Th
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dallas
Tex
Willam Atwell
Appeals Court
Richard Rives
District Court
Sionte
Atwell
Dallas School Board
Sth Circuit Court of Appeals
Judge Atwell
Egypt Proposes Asian African Common Market to Counter Europe
Egypt suggested forming a common market by African and Asian nations to counter the European common market set by France West Germany Italy Belgium the Netherlands and Luxembourg. The Afri can-Asian People's Conference economic committee opened with calls for a Soviet economic report to be debated later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egypt
Russia
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Hillary 280 Miles From South Pole
Sir Edmund Hillary's party is 280 miles from the South Pole and may reach the U S station by New Year's. The five member team logged 40 miles in the night but faced soft snow. Hillary denied any race with the Commonwealth expedition heading from the opposite direction.
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Auckland
N.Z
Ross Sea
Sir Edmund Hillary
South Pole
U.S
A. S. Helm
New Zealand
Hillary
Helm
Antarctica
Killers Fleeing South After Restaurant Slayings
Two men armed with a sawed off shotgun killed restaurant owner George P. Kaldes and musician Kenneth Fisher in Washington D C early today. Bernard Mainer was wounded as the pair, ejected after a whisky binge, returned and opened fire before abducting a couple and fleeing south toward Richmond Virginia. A soldier named Larry Monteith was later kidnapped and released near the Richmond bus terminal. Police issued lookout notices for Henry Clay Overton and a younger man identified as Wayne. Kaldes had ejected the suspects over a $20 bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Richmond
Ninth Street
George P. Kaldes
Kenneth Fisher
Bernard J. Mainer
Kaldes
Larry Monteith
Ft. Myers
Monteith
Henry Clay Overton
Wayne
Broadway actor dies in street brawl near 64th Street
Gerald Sarracini, a Broadway actor, died from a brain concussion after a Christmas Eve beating outside a Manhattan tavern. Monroe Gibson, 26, charged with homicide, allegedly struck Sarracini with a single punch and was involved in a subsequent clash with ex-boxer Tommy Bell. Sarracini's understudy will assume his role in Romanoff and Juliet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerald Sarracini
Monroe Gibson
Sarracini
Broadway
64Th Street
Bell
Gibson
Neigh
Rino Ganio
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