Ten-Year-Old Boy Confesses Shooting Denver Housewife
In Englewood Colorado a 10 year old boy Kerry Casey confessed to police after being brought to the county jail that he shot 32 year old Shirley Orlofsky who refused to drop her purse. The boy said I didnt mean to hurt her and claimed he was imitating TV. Mrs Orlofsky remained in Fair condition with a bullet wound to the left shoulder. No charges were filed.
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Shirley Orlofsky
Englewood
Calif
Bill Maraggos
Arapahoe County
Colo
Casey
Maraggos
Hypnotism Helps Big Business in Kroger Purchase
In Cincinnati AP report Kroger Co executives used hypnosis to locate a missing stock certificate worth about 100000 that blocked Kroger’s Dallas chain purchase. Hypnotist Franz Polgar assisted Dallas trader Jack Evans who, in a trance, said the certificate lay wrapped around his will in a safety deposit box. The discovery allowed the sale to go through and saved Evans from paying 3500 in indemnity.
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Cincinnati
Kroger Co
Dallas, Tex
Kroger
Texas
Jacob Davis
Jack Evans
Wyatt Food Stores
Dallas
Evans
Franz Polgar
Greensboro Voters Face Fluoridation Decision
Greensboro city council voted to place the fluoride issue on the November 4 general election after defeating a motion to delay. Attorneys warned a writ of prohibition would seek Supreme Court relief to halt or delay voting pending appeal. The decision was unanimous despite expressed concerns.
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Greensboro
Supreme Court
Roncalli Defender Of Morals
Vatican City reports Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli as a jovial yet firm moral leader who becomes Venice patriarch and later Pope John XXIII. Known for public morals advocacy he closed churches to tourists in shorts and opposed gambling while emphasizing obedience and peace.
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Vatican City
Venice
Angelo Giuseppe Cardinal Roncalli
Canal City
Adriatic
John XXIII
Italy
Lido
Pius XII
Firemen Pension Act Question in State Supreme Court
The North Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments on whether the 1957 Firemen's Pension Fund Act is constitutional. Insurance companies challenged the act as discriminatory taxation while firemen receive pensions, with the case arguing over state and federal constitutional compliance.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Superior Court
Heman Clark
Charles F. Gold
W. T. Joyner Jr
Russian Author Turns Down Literature Prize
Rescuers finished removing the last of 13 bodies from the Burton mine blast near Summersville West Virginia. Four miners who escaped were hospitalized. among the dead were workers from Craigsville and Summersville with others burned. The disaster followed a separate deadly blast in Bishop Virginia.
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Summersville
W. Va
West Virginia
Bishop, Va
Pocahontas Fuel Co
Virginia-West Virginia
Burton
Oglebay-Norton Co
Here
Richwood
Curtin Mountain
Gauley
Nichollas
Artie Humphreys
Craigsville
Paul Davis
William Tucker
Persinger
Okey Donaldson
Jiggling Package Disarmed at San Francisco Airport
A buzzing eight inch package at San Francisco International Airport prompted an Army demolition officer to respond from The Presidio. Officers identified the addressee as Mrs. Lulu Hale of San Diego, then discovered the device was a battery powered facial vibrator.
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San Francisco
San Francisco International Airport
Presidio
Lulu Hale
San Diego
H. C. Lee
General Delivery
Army
Military Adenovirus Type 4 Fools Civilians. Hits Recruits Hard
Dr Harold Ginsberg of Western Reserve University reports that adenovirus Type 4 causes severe cold like illness almost exclusively in military recruits. Among 23 known adenoviruses Types 3 and 8 affect civilians mainly children. Researchers seek why Type 4 and 7 favor military camps to illuminate virus origins and spread.
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Frank Carey
Associated Press
ST. Louis
American Public Health Assn
Harold S. Ginsberg
Western Reserve University Medical School
Ginsberg
Escapee from San Quentin to Surrender After Two Years
Gerald E. Baucum, 29, a San Quentin escapee who fled Happy Camp in 1956, plans to surrender today in Butte Montana. He has been living as John Frank Kelly, married with a child on the way, and says he wants to live honestly.
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SAN Francisco
San Quentin
San Francisco Chronicle
Gerald E. Baucum
John Frank Kelly
Butte
Mont
Baucum
Little Hope Seen For Arms Talks
U S officials saw little hope for early agreement between the Soviet Union and Western powers on disarmament in the nuclear age. Dulles warned Soviet leaders may feel behind the United States in nuclear capability. Two negotiations loom: Friday Geneva talks on a nuclear test ban with a verification system, and ten days later expert panels to study preventing surprise attacks and inspection schemes.
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Washington
U. S
Soviet Union
Dulles
United States
Britain
Geneva
Eisenhower Laughs at Shriner Dinner in New York
President Eisenhower burst into laughter while listening to comedian Herb Shriner at the National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame dinner in the Hotel Astor New York last night. He received the foundation’s first gold medal award and then returned to Washington after the event.
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Eisenhower
Herb Shriner
National Football Foundation
Hall of Fame
New York
Hotel Astor
Foundation
Washington
Water Supply Legislation is Sought
Winston Salem report notes Piedmont officials seek state action to back a Yadkin River dam project with federal flood control and water supply funds. Lawmakers would authorize funding or referendums and coordinate support from Neuse and Cape Fear basins for similar projects statewide.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
General Assembly
North Carolina
Piedmont
Neuse
Cape Fear
Thief May Be In Music Business
Police search for a thief who may be connected to the music world after breaking into Charles Donnell’s car in Middletown. Suspect stole a bass drum snare drum toms public address system and all of Donnell’s sheet music.
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Middletown, Conn
Charles Donnell
Donnell
Pasternak Refuses Nobel Prize for Literature
Stockholm report says Boris Pasternak declined the Nobel Prize in Literature citing the society he lives in. He sent a cable to Anders Oesterling saying he must say no thanks to the undeserved prize. Soviet press condemns the author and calls for refusal of the cash prize.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Boris Pasternak
Pasternak
Anders Oesterling
Royal Swedish Academy
Oestering
Doctor Zhivago
Pravda
Communist Party
Zhivago
P. A. Cherenkov
I. M. Frank
Igor E. Tam
Atomic Testers Open Busy Day With Little Bang
ATOMIC TEST SITE Nev AP detonation of a small atomic weapon kicked off what could be the busiest day in 13 years of tests. The first of five tests scheduled today lit up the dark desert sky shortly before dawn as part of a speeded up effort to beat a Friday test deadline.
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Atomic Test Site
Nev
Pope John XXIII appeals for peace from Vatican
Pope John XXIII used the Sistine Chapel to urge world rulers to convert weapons into tools for progress and seek peace. He called for religious freedom, warned that peace must come from within, and signaled a dynamic, soon-to-be crowned papacy.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Pius XII
Sistine Chapel
Top Designer Saint Laurent Says Men Don't Matter to Fashion
Yves Saint Laurent, Dior successor, tells AP in New York he does not care if men dislike fashions. He prioritizes women's wear and mystery in design, revealing outfits above the belt. He has no hobbies beyond fashion, dedicating himself to carrying Dior's tradition.
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New York
Yves Saint- Laurent
Christian Dior
Saint-Laurent
Dior
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