Hoover Urges Maximum Penalties for Bank Robbers Now
FBI Director J Edgar Hoover calls for stiffer laws as bank crimes surge beyond the gangster era. He notes 1960 may see record violations after 764 robberies in 1959 and describes the mix of experienced, minor, and amateur offenders fueling the trend.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
Hoover
Savings and Loans
John) Dillinger
Education Week Is Declared Observed Nationwide
Washington AP says the 39th annual American Education Week begins Sunday. Commissioner Lawrence G Derthick notes Americans will learn what schools and colleges are doing for students during the week. He cites growth in enrollment and expenditures since 1920 across secondary and higher education.
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Washington
Lawrence G. Derthick
Commissioner of Education
Derthick
Ameri
Singer Dorothy Kirsten Douses Palos Verdes Fire
AP reports singer Dorothy Kirsten donned a fireman role to help fight a brush fire in Palos Verdes Estates. The blaze burned about 50 acres and threatened homes on Palos Verdes Drive West before containment. The incident followed another Malibu Canyon fire that day, scorched about 100 acres.
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Los Angeles
Dorothy Kirsten
Palos Verdes Estates
Palos Verdes Drive
Kirsten
Palos Verdes Peninsula
Los Angeles County
Malibu Canyon
Shelf items rise from thousands to eight thousand
A typical supermarket shelves hold 6 000 to 8 000 items versus about 1 000 in earlier stores, reflecting broader assortments and deeper product ranges.
Lake Is Searched For Body
More than 100 skin divers searched a mile of Lake Michigan near Oak Street Beach for Judge W Lynn Parkinson missing since October. The six hour dive found no trace of the U S Circuit Court of Appeals jurist. authorities believe he drowned.
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Chicago
Lake Michigan
W. Lynn Parkinson
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Parkinson
Oak Street Beach
Frank Sain
Judge Parkinson
Coast Guard
U.S. ‘Circuit Court of Appeals
Douglas Park
Reds Talk Peace During Big Parade
In Moscow on the 42nd anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, Khrushchev and leaders watched a two hour parade that mixed military display with civilian processions. Marshal Malinovsky praised disarmament talks and Khrushchev's U.S. visit, while pledging readiness to defend the Soviet Union. About 10,000 guests attended under gray skies as youth groups unveiled banners and space rocket models.
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Nikolai Lenin
Moscow
Red Square
Nikita Khrushchev
Lenin
Stalin
Khrushchev
Rodion Malinovsky
Malinovsky
Mier
United States
Soviet Union
Broad Square
Nun Mary Corita Debuts Work in New York Gallery
Sister Mary Corita, art professor at Immaculate Heart College Los Angeles, shows serigraphs at Morris Gallery Greenwich Village. Exhibition runs through Nov 28 as she plans a two month Europe trip.
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Sister Mary Corita
Immaculate Heart College
Los Angeles
Morris Gallery
Waverly Place
Greenwich Village
Sister Corita
New York
Europe
Sister Magdalen Mary
Extension College
Soviet Cultural Exchanges Seen as Propaganda Offensive
The Senate Internal Security subcommittee said Soviet cultural exchanges are a propaganda weapon reflecting wider intelligence aims. It warned that all Soviet cultural visitors are screened and observed for Western sympathies and may covertly gather information. The report calls such delegations a phase of Soviet psychological warfare aimed at misleadi ng Americans about pacific aims and could presage a military attack.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Kremlin
Subcommittee
Nikita Khrushchev
Dancing At Home Stirs Fuss In Round Rock Texas
A Baptist children's home board replaced seven of its 21 members over allowing teens to attend a school dance. Louis M. Henna, ousted member who helped integrate the home, says the action reflected internal conditions and prejudiced views on dancing. The home serves 140 children attending local public schools.
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Round Rock
Tex
Baptist Children's Home Board
Carroll
Convention
Louis M. Henna
Elecison
Henna
Dense Fog Halts British Air Travel and Roads
Dense fog halted Britain air service with London and Gatwick groundings and incoming planes diverted. Road traffic stopped in many areas and at least four people died in separate accidents. Fourteen injured after a London electric train collision.
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London
Gatwick
Britain
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