Runaway teen confesses to Pendergast family slayings
Clarence Rawlings reports in El Cajon that Carl Eder, an 11 year old runaway from New York, confessed to the brutal killings of Lois Pendergast and her children after claiming a screaming child provoked the crime. He said Diane’s screams triggered the murder spree and he fired the gun in the kitchen after the mother demanded a doctor.
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EL Cajon
UPI
Carl Eder
Thomas Pendergast
Eder
Mission Beach
San Diego
Diane
Joseph O'Connors
Ironsdequoit
N.Y
Pendergast
O’connars
Lon Cloud Seven
Ebek
John Donohue
Lois Pendergast
Bboy
O'Connors
Train Hits School Bus. 20 Children Injured in Michigan
A freight train plowed into a stalled school bus crossing near Bridgeport, Michigan, injuring about 20 children including one with a skull fracture. The engine braked but momentum carried the 41-car train into the bus, stopping six car lengths past the crossing. The bus carried 48 youngsters. about half escaped before impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saginaw
Mich
Bridgeport
Chesapeake and Ohio
Charles O. McKendree
Fire Strikes in New Direction Near Trabuco Canyon
Determined firefighters fought a massive brush fire near Trabuco Canyon and San Juan Capistrano. The Cleveland National Forest blaze spread 12 miles from its origin, scorching 38 000 acres and nearing Bell Canyon before winds subsided. A 50‑volunteer task force moved toward the rugged area to reach the flame front as authorities reported progress on the south front.
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Trabuco Canyon
Trabuco Village
Cleveland National Forest
San Juan Capistrano Mission
San Juan Hot Springs
Bell Canyon
Extradition of William Bonelli to Be Refused by Mexico
Mexico City sources report a Mexican federal court favored denying William G. Bonelli extradition to California on bribery charges. The case centered on alleged bribes from 1952 to 1953 and statutes of limitation, with Bonelli in Mexico awaiting formal decision and potential lifting of provisional arrest.
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William Bonelli
Mexico
Mexico City
Gonzalo Baranda
Bonelli
William G. Bonelli
California
Riverside
Manray County Grand Jury
Miguel
Threelico
Lavelle Buente
Califort
Nla
Meo Independent notes on Danny Flores and a fire tragedy
An item mentions Danny Flores once nicknamed Mr. Tequila and his past interest in religious songs. A delayed alarm and a wrong address disrupted coverage of a Chicago school fire tragedy, referenced on page B5 with an advertisement note.
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Danny Flores
Mr. Tequila
Chicago
Smogless Jail Appeal Wins by Duke Collins
A man named Duke Collins sought a smog free county jail in a San Fernando facility after a drunk charge. The judge sentenced him to 30 days in the valley jail to avoid downtown smog.
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Los Angeles
Duke Collins
San Fernando
Collins
Valley
One Out of Four 17-Year-Old Boys Arrested in 1957
Sacramento report shows 35.7 percent of 17 year olds arrested in 1957, with Human G. Stark of the California Youth Authority warning parents to monitor teens closely during the peak delinquency period after Christmas until May. Ronald Beattie credited for data. He notes fewer opportunities and increased supervision reduce trouble later.
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Sacramento
California
G. Stark
California Youth Authority
Ronald Beattie
Static
Tician
Gtn
Stark
Morse caretaker says he praised Ike and got the ax
Eugene Ore. caretaker D F Pickert, 66, says he was fired by Sen. Wayne Morse for praising President Eisenhower and being a Republican. Morse disputes part of the claim, noting the firing stemmed from loyalty to friendship after a campaign incident at Morse's farm.
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Sen. Morse
Ike
Eugene
Ore
D. F. Pickett
Risenhower
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Washington
D. C
Morse
Fickert
Pick
Ert
Friend
Wayne
Eisenhower
Pickert
Two die in Harbor Freeway crash near Slauson Ave
Oscar Guerrero, 32, was burned to death when his sports car crashed and tumbled off the Harbor Freeway embankment near Slauson Avenue in Los Angeles. Passenger Joe Mejin, 26, suffered burns and broken ribs in the collision, reported by UPI.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Oscar Guerrero
Joe Mejin
Guerrero
Harbor
Slauson Ave
Governor Loveless Reports Cold City Trips
Towa Governor Herschel C. Loveless, fresh from stops in Europe and the Middle East, recounted travel woes in major cities, noting extreme cold during New York and Chicago taxi rides that stretched his patience and time.
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Des Moines
Towa
UPI
Herschel C. Loveless
England
France
Italy
Israel
New York
Chicago
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Trabuco
Chuck Sundquist
Aircraft Associates
Clarence Rawlings
Hart
Rogers Bays Village
Las Vegas
Nev
Roy Rogers
Rogers
Las Vegas Strip
A. Rogers
Disneyland
Florida
Miami
Edmund G.brown
Cecil F. Poole
San Francisco
Newark
N¢ McKinley Elementary
Republan
White House
Paula
Jan Faucett
Grand Rapids, Mich
Stuart Taucett
Philosopher
Tra Jhuco Canyon
Meo Independent
Carleder
Tie
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