Destruction By Tornado Described In Worcester Area
Warped Worcester area scenes unfold as a tornado devastates Fayville Westboro and a veterans housing project. Rescue workers find Mrs Trioli dead in a collapsed post office. Ambulances traffic and guardsmen move through wreckage and a car sinks in Lake Quinsigamond.
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Dave Wurzel
United Press
Worcester
Mass
Newton
Fayville
James J. Trioli
Worcester Turnpike
Westboro
National Guardsmen
Lake Quinsigamond
Theft of Coat Reported at Newark Dinner
Alex Matturri reported to police that his coat was stolen during a testimonial dinner honoring two Newark police officers recently promoted to lieutenant.
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Newark
N.J
Alex Matturri
Prison cell for two in Louisburg slaying attempt
Two suspects, Jesse Thunderburt and Owen McKinnon, were sent to Central Prison in Raleigh after allegedly slugging, tying up, and robbing Mrs. L. B. Lancaster in her Louisburg home. Lancaster, 46, was hospitalized with bruises and shock after freeing herself and firing at the intruders. Thunderburt was wounded twice. McKinnon, 15, aided in the crime until the woman freed herself.
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Louisburg
N. C
Centralison
Franklin County
L. B. Lancaster
Jesse Thunderburt
Owen McKinnon
Thunderburt
C. W. Perry
Central Prison
Raleigh
Newsmen and Columnist Win Sidney Hillman Awards
Three NC based journalists and a Washington cartoonist win $500 awards from the Sidney Hillman Foundation for outstanding labor reporting and non fiction in 1952. Jay Jenkins Willard Cole and W Horace Carter cited for exposing Ku Klux Klan activity leading to 100 convictions. Herb Block wins non fiction for Herblock Book. Jonathan Daniels submits winning jury entry.
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New York
Labor
Sidney Hillman Foundation
Jay Jenkins
Raleigh
N.C
News & Observer
Willard Cole
Whiteville
W. Horace Carter
Tabor City
Tribune
Irving Fagan
Labor Press Associated
Washington, D.C
Charles W. Ervin
Associated
Advance
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, Cio
Herb Block
Post
Herblock
Beacon Press
Jonathan Daniels
The
Jenkins
Cole
Carter
Daniels
Ku Klux Klan
Sailor Testimony Highlights With She Has Bigger Boy Friend
In Buffalo a sailor testifying in an automobile accident case was asked to name the girl with him. He replied in dismissive terms that she has a bigger boy friend now, the sailor said, as counsel pressed for a woman’s identity.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Always Room For Dozen More
Albany report profiles Roscoe Lady living in a trailer with his wife four children five monkeys six dogs and 16 birds in a crowded household.
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Albany
N. Y
Roscoe Lady
Farm dispute ends in gunfire and arrest near Lancaster
A confrontation escalated as a woman fired three shots at a man injuring him in the chest and arm. The man seized the pistol, struck her, and returned fire. Neighbors alerted Sheriff Perry and officers captured McKinnon about an hour and a half later. The wounded man was found in a ditch near the Lancaster home hours later and listed in satisfactory condition at the prison hospital.
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Perry
Young McKinnon
Lancaster
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