War of Worlds Radio Broadcast Triggers Alarm
Buffalo police report a rush of calls from residents fearing an invasion after a radio broadcast of H. G. Wells. Despite advance billing the program prompted many to contact news media and law enforcement.
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Showery Weather Across the Carolinas This Week
Showery and unsettled conditions persist across North and South Carolina with mixed cloudiness and near seasonal highs. Expect highs from the upper 60s to mid 80s and nightly lows mainly in the 50s to 60s, with mountain showers and warmer coastal areas.
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Diggs plans New York wedding while divorce unsettled
Michigan Congressman Charles Diggs Jr faces a pending divorce from Anna Diggs Bowles with a $5,000 property settlement due before a final decree. He still plans to marry Janet Elaine Hall in Riverside Church New York, with a Saturday ceremony and hotel reception.
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Needles Reported In Halloween Candy Scare
Reports of small needles found in Halloween candy in Columbia area prompt police inquiries across Leesville Road Belevdere Dentsvile Jaggers Terrace and Drexel Lake. Sheriff Powell urges candy inspection and seeks a statewide 20 year prison term for deliberate harm to sweets.
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Girl Held Hostage in Manila Release After Nine Hours
A 14 year old American girl Susan Butler, her uncle Stewart Raab, and Filipino journalist Ruber Batungas were freed unharmed after a gunman held them captive at the Butler home in Forbes Park Manila. Police had exchanged hostages for the gunman’s lead to a nearby polo club and helicopter escape. The gunman and an accomplice initially entered to burglarize the home. Mrs Butler was shot in the hip and a maid killed.
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Stewart Raab
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Charles R. Butler
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Forbes Park
Nonexplosive Missile Destroys Tennessee Home
A 900 pound nonexplosive Walleye missile released during a routine training flight from the Atlanta Naval Air Station demolished the home of Judge James Parrott of the Tennessee Court of Appeals in Strawberry Plains. The judge's wife in law and son were in the house when the missile struck. the rest of the family attended church. Navy investigators seek why the weapon was released.
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