Fictitious firm tied to Belmont Shore Bank loan swindle
Grand Jury charges Bitar & Co as a sham importer of spices used to launder funds from the Bank of Belmont Shore. James H. Nicholson and J. Flagg Ragen face 70 counts including embezzlement and conspiracy. Indictment details loans, false deposits, and forged entries dating back to 1951.
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Bryan Jonson
Bitar & Co
Bank of
Belmont Shore
U. S
Biter
TAF
James H. Nicholson
J. Flagg Ragen
Belanong Shore
Nicholson
U. S. District Court
Ragan
Regulus III Launched From Truck In Mojave Desert Test
The Regulus III missile, launched Thursday from a truck in the Mojave Desert, traveled about 750 miles before plunging into the Atomic Energy Commission impact areas near Tonopah Nevada. A Pacific Missile Range spokesman said it was a tactical version with a 1300 mph top speed and was destroyed on impact after the kill. A prior Regulus II was recovered after landing gear enabled reuse. Separately, Los Angeles divorce news reported Emine V Johnson, 28, winning a divorce from Glenn, 36, citing noise from a guitar in the home as a factor.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Mojave Desert
Tne
Navy
Atomic Energy Commission
Tomopah
Nev
Pacific Missile Range
Point Mugu
King County
Gittar
Los Angeles
Emine V. Johnson
Glenn
Poisoned Display Fruit Loot In Christmas Theft
Mrs Lyn Weaver 27 a Darwney housewife was arrested on burglary charges after leading deputies to her car with 88 dollars worth of stolen items from four Lakewood Center stores. The display fruit had poisonous preservatives, preventing rotting, and the theft was witnessed by store detective John Hendren.
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Lyn Weaver
Darwney
Citizen
John Hendren
Hendren
Across the Nation Confession Is Believed Hoax
A Virginia convict’s confession of murdering Albert Patterson in 1954 is disputed as a hoax by Alabama Attorney General-elect Joh Patterson. Investigations were ordered, with two assistant AGs sent to the Virginia Penitentiary to examine the claim as officials acknowledge possible leads about the weapon tied to Phenix City murder.
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Montgomery
Ala
Joh Patterson
Virginia
Albert Patterson
Governoreich
Patterson
Virginia State
Richmond
Calvin W. Pruitt
Alabama
Phenix City
Murder sleuths seek help in Hazell Gane case
Tromicide investigators Thursday urged any citizen to provide a clue in the killing of Hazell Gane. Chief Gane of the homicide bureau and Det. Inspector Harry Finch disclosed the probe targets a 43 year old seamstress slain between 10 and 11 p.m. Monday December 1 at 23 Elm Avenue. Autopsy placed death at 11 p.m. Investigators plan rapid scientific tests at city crime labs using barbecue forks as part of the inquiry.
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Hazell
Gane
Harry &. Finch
Sail
Elm Avé
Mare
Therr
Finch
Fitch Aid
Jim Thiele
Bob Shaw
Laoratory and
Police Department
Weallerman Faces Censorship and Outcry Over Core Rass
The Weallerman rants about a censored controversial core rass cut by the Main Of Bee. He blasts the Front Office for restraint while lamenting cre a hy Live.peak pressure and trepidation amid alleged discretion and timid leadership.
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the Weallerman
Corerass
Judge Delays Janice Taylor Wedding Over Fines
Buena Park resident Janice Diwie Taylor facing a 1610 fine for driving without a license and causing damage to three parked cars, plus unrelated tickets. Judge DeVries jailed her to serve 203 days, delaying her marriage plans to Hicky Aquary as she cannot pay. She pleaded unemployment and said she had spent 800 on damages already.
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Ruit Smoot
Tor
Janice Diwie Taylor
Miss Taylor
Buena Park
Hicky
Aquary
Martin DeVries
E. 2Nd St
DeVries
Fireman Killed in Rug Blaze in West Hollywood
In a two alarm fire late Thursday night at a Tug Company building West Hollywood two city firefighters were called to the scene. Fireman James Hassan 27 died on arrival at Citizens Emergency Hospital and colleague Gerald Balin was severely burned. County firefighters quelled the blaze with losses estimated over 50 000 and the cause was not yet determined.
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West Hollywood
UPI
James Hassan
Gerald Balin
Citizens Emergency Hospital
I County
Owen iConhy
Widow Loses Billfold With Over 100 Saved Dollars
83 year old Mrs Annie Wright, living at 3 Home St, lost a billfold containing more than 100 saved dollars while walking to mail letters near List St and Long Beach Blvd. She reported the loss hours later. authorities had found no trace among collected mail.
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Annie Wright
Home St
List Sh
Long Beach Blvd
U S Census Estimates Population Rise to 175 Million
The Census Bureau reports the U S population at 175 196 000 as of November 1 rising 2 854 000 or 1 7 percent from the previous year. The figure reflects continued growth across the nation.
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U.S
Washington
Census Bureau
Cohen's Women Expenses Probed in Tax Inquiry
U S Attorney seeks to uncover Mickey Cohen's income sources by examining his spending on women. Grand jury heard from Josephine Todaro and Sue Young about dates and payments while Cohen was reportedly short on cash. TV producer Elnore Churchin said she loaned him money and lost $22,001 in a tropical-plane venture. The probe aims to determine Cohen's earnings and any tax obligations.
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Los Angeles
U. S
Josephine Todaro
Mensmen
Arifress
Cohen
Sue Young
Mickey
Uss Young
Chicago
Artes
Elnore Churchin
TV Prodiucer
Waters
Badger-Game Plotters Get Ito 10 Years
A woman Virginia Meferren and two men were sentenced to 1 to 10 years in prison for trying to trap Oakland minister Rev. Ronald Adams in a sex plot. Judge James Agee denied probation as Meferren cried and Adams resigned as pastor of Oakland’s First Baptist Church.
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Oakland
Virginia Meferren
Ronald K. ‘Adams
James R. Agee
McFerren
Ronald
Ronald Lawrence
Agee
Wefhrren
Adams
Spothe
Fist Baptist Church
Wudelph Red-Nosed Reindeer Tops Page A-18 News
In a bold page A-18 item readers see Wudelph as a standout feature, described with vivid detail and strong local impact. The report highlights why readers consider this the lead story, underscoring its prominence on the page.
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Wudelph Tha Red-Nosed Reindeer
I9sb
Kasem Recount Confirms Victory In 2A District
In Los Angeles, Democrat George Kasem remained the winner of the 2A congressional race after four vote recounts completed late Thursday. Registrar Benjamin Hite reported Kasem with 135,010 votes to Republican Proncott O. Lieborg’s 134,408.
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Los Angeles
CNS
George Kusero
Registrar of
Benjamin Is. Hite
Kasem
Repubican
Proncott O. Lieborg
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N. J
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United States
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J. Paul Walsh
Vanguard
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Walter Reed Medical Center
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Cape Canaveral
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Presque Isle
Maine
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Janice Taylor
Federal Grand Jury
Mickey Cohen
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