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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1958
Page
5
A bandit described as in his late twenties, heavy, blond with blue eyes robs the Pacific Coast Highway service station at 1732 Wy to fund Christmas shopping. He threatens staff at gunpoint, escapes with about $3,000 to $4,000 in bills from the store and storeroom. Deputies investigate the motel-style hold up.
A grey haired man held up East Fort Worth State Bank near closing time and fled with 2280 dollars. A radio patrolman nabbed him 80 minutes later and recovered the loot. Police traced a pink Mercury seen at a rooming house linked to the suspect, J I Henson, 50, of Sapulpa Oklahoma.
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A balloon with four aboard landed near Pedernales in eastern Venezuela after a drift from the Canary Islands. The Communications Ministry said a search was under way but darkness halted efforts. the Civil Aeronautics Authority did not confirm the landing. All occupants, including a woman, were later reported safe on the Venezuelan coast.
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