Police Seek Youths For Abduction In Houston Park
A 27-year-old woman, abducted from Immaculate Conception Church steps, was assaulted by four youths in a park and left unclothed with a prayer book. Police recovered a stolen car used in the crime. a 14-year-old led investigators to three suspects. The victim remains hospitalized as searches continue.
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Houston
Tex
Immaculate Conception Church
Baytown
H.G. Melder
Melder
Insurance Company
Stevenson Sails on World Tour from San Francisco
Adlai E. Stevenson began a four month world tour aboard the President Wilson in San Francisco after a wage dispute was settled, greeting about 500 California Democrats. He heads to Honolulu then Tokyo for stops in Japan Korea Formosa India the Middle East Europe and Great Britain.
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San Francisco
Calif
Adlai E. Stevenson
Honolulu
President Wilson
Wilson
President Lines
CIO
Stevenson
California
Illinois
Eisenhower
Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Formosa
India
Middle East
Europe
Great Britain
Meany Calls For Ten Changes To Taft Hartley Law
AFL Chief George Meany urged Congress to rewrite Taft Hartley with ten amendments, condemning the 80 day injunction and closed shop ban while seeking non Communist oath repeal. He warned the law hampers basic rights for 8 million workers and urged a bipartisan labor policy.
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Washington
Llp
AFL
George Meany
Congress
House Labor Committee
CIO
Walter Reuther
Meany
United States
Murderer Added to List Of Wanted Men
David Dallas Taylor, a 26 year old convict with four escapes, is named on the FBI ten most wanted list. He killed a prison guard in 1948 and escaped from Walker County Jail. He later committed robberies, forged checks, and fled across several states before last being tracked in Chicago in 1953.
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Washington
David Dallas Taylor
FBI
Taylor
Alabama
Walker County
Jasper
Ala
Atmore
Charles J. Raymond
Indianapolis
Draper
Speigner
Chicago
Birmingham
Charles Patrick Shue
Lyons
Iil
Navy Surplus Uniform Fails to Impress CHICAGO
Roy Lee Bundy, 25, of Huntington Virginia, pleaded guilty in federal court after posing as a sailor to date a Chicago Wave. He bought an old style naval uniform but was challenged by shore patrolmen who questioned his Navy status. Judge Labay gave him one day, deeming it served, and joked about joining the shrimp fleet where bell bottom trousers alone would be acceptable.
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Chicago
Roy Lee Bundy
Huntington
Navy
Bundy
USO
United States Navy
Walter J. Labay
Alaska
Legislators Hold Up Bill For Added Police Powers
Charleston County legislators paused passage of a bill to give county council new police powers after a meeting with council members. The debate split opinions over abolishing the current force and transferring control to the sheriff or council. Rep. Arthur Ravenel attacked the police commission amid questions about coverups, payoffs, and ties to lawyers and wrecking services.
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Charleston
S. C
Charleston County
Arthur Ravenel
Ravenel
Venel
Policeman Appeals Dismissal After Off Duty Shooting
An Asheville officer who wounded T. W. Simpson plans to appeal his dismissal claiming the Feb. 21 shooting occurred during horseplay without malice. Joe Cooper says the revolver snapping was a misunderstanding and he shot during an off duty incident.
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Asheville
Joe Cooper
T. W. Simpson
Lamar Gudger
Cooper
Asheville Civil Service Commission
Georgia Literature Commission reads list of potentially risqué material
Georgia's new three man literature commission opened with a 2 p.m. public hearing to review what constitutes obscene or offensive reading matter. Chairman James Wesberry said all items including Ulysses and Marilyn Monroe nude calendars would be considered. News dealers warned of possible impact while library director John Settlemayer warned the bill could trigger a legal fight.
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Atlanta
Georgia
James Wesberry
James Joyce
Ulysses
Marilyn Monroe
Commission
Thevis
John Settlemayer
Film Makers Face Political Pressure as Arrests Rise
In El Paso Rosaura Revueltas a 42 year old Mexican actress leads a film still in production amid communist accusations. Immigrant hearings are delayed while her lawyer seeks a writ of habeas corpus. A mob in Central New Mexico chased the camera crew from the street and unions wrestle with support.
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Rosaura Sere
Immigra— Service
Central
N. M
Hollywood
Screen Actors Guild
Mexican Actors Guild
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Ben Margolis
Miss Revueltas
U. S. Immigration Service
East Berlin
Bradley Outlines four Korea options from withdrawal to atomic action
General Omar N. Bradley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, described four United Nations Korea options in a Palm Beach talk. The choices range from UN troop withdrawal to maintaining pressure, to expanding military measures, and possibly using atomic weapons to force a decision, risking all-out war with Communist China.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United Nations
Korea
China
Bradley
Wife Takes Toupee In Divorce Case
CHICAGO Mrs. Helen Lucas 31 filed for divorce after she swiped her husband's toupee to prevent him from going out on dates with another woman. She testified the husband beat her when she refused to reveal the hiding place.
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Mate
William H. Pelham
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Chicago
Helen Lucas
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H. S. Vance
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