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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Jan 20, 1958

Page

20

Danville supermarket holdup ends with multiple captives

A Danville robbery left hostages as gunmen forced cash from Bolser Market. Police tracked four men including Walter Gump and Joan Diefenbaugh as they fled through fields. one suspect was shot and two families were held in their homes during a tense sequence.

Danville Sin Wynn van Duyn Gump Bolser Levin Twives Duyn Cary Diefenbaugh van Dyun Ted Bolser Frank Lev Walter Gump Muncie Ind Crawfordsville Joan Diefenbaugh Clifton Dyer Valley Station Raymond van Duyn Cump Tom Wynn

Two Thugs Grab $3400 In Vermont Drive-In Robbery

Two holdup men, one armed with a small caliber revolver, robbed the Vermont Drive-In theater near Gardena on Sunday afternoon. Deputies say they forced assistant manager Lawrence Cozzeds to hand over $3400, then took the boss to steal the employee’s car keys and escape. The suspects fled in the employee’s car.

Gardena Vermont Drive-In S. Vermont Ave Lawrence Cozzeds Sheritt

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A Polish magazine criticizes Western style beauty contests in Communist Poland saying they distract thousands of girls from work and study and breed vain hopes. It notes Western contests are market driven by supply and demand, while such a market does not exist in Poland.

Paris Poland Dookola Swiata West

Townsend Plan Ex-Officer Dies

Harrison M. Niles, 82, retired secretary of the Townsend National Insurance Plan, died Saturday in a New York hospital. The plan urged a national pension of 200 dollars a month for all citizens over 65 to be spent each month, but gained little congressional support. Survivors include two brothers, Frank E. Hiles and John Files, both of Los Angeles.

New York Harrison M. Niles Townsend National Insurance Plan Townsend Congress Frank E. Hiles John Files Los Angeles

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