Devoted Mother Memoir as FBI Counterspy Revealed
Carol Foster a Nashua New Hampshire wife and mother testified to House investigators that she worked for the Communist party for 11 years while secretly aiding the FBI. She described serving as a counterspy and exposing local communists including minister Rev Albert D Orlando and others. Foster said she joined to protect her sons and expressed remorse for revealing personal details under pressure. Her husband William accompanied her to the hearing.
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Carol Foster
Communist Party
Moscow
Cornellia
Herj
Severa
New Hampshire
Albert D'Orlando
Wilton
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William
NEXT DOOR Where'd He Come From
A Ventura mother awoke to find her three year old Keith missing after a mumps illness, triggering a frantic call to police. Nearby, Keith was found sleeping beside Danny Curtis, five, who also had mumps. The Curtis child had been asleep in the neighbor's bed, while Keith wandered in during the night.
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John A. Besand
Keith
Robert Curtis
Mrs. Curtis
Danny
Curtis
Prank Victim Not Charged After Carbon Tetra Chloride Incident
In Inglewood the district attorney declined to file a complaint against Robert Harold Alexander for giving his friend carbon tetra chloride as a prank, finding insufficient evidence of intent to poison. The victim Michael Dean Balles, 19, drank two gulps and is reported to be recovering, with tissue damage assessments pending for about 10 days.
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Inglewood
CNS
District Attorney's Office
Benjamin A. Vega
Robert Harold Alexander
Lennox
Michael Dean Balles
House Group Gets Pay Bill
Washington House committee to consider Senate-passed measures on pensions for former Presidents and pay raises for civil service employees. Pension plan would grant former Presidents $25,000 yearly plus a rent free office and government staff. widows receive $10,900. Pay raise would boost classified staff pay by 7.4 percent.
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Washington
House Fost
Civil Service Committee
Senate
Fresno State Student Finds Nothing in Hidden Cache
Fresno State College student Melkoniann claimed a trunk discovery of a map said to show where $20,000 was hidden in 1929 but found only empty space. He said he followed directions from a Fresno Bee map printed Wednesday, origins traced to a Philadelphia typewriter roller.
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Fresno State College
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Fresno Bee
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