Nagged Him Then Strangled Mother in Glendale Home
A 15 year old honor student Ronald Wolff confessed to police that he killed his mother Beulah Wolff after claiming she nagged him about a burglary arrest. He previously hid an ax handle under his bed and planned to kill her on Mother's Day. The mother, 41, a Glendale author and clubwoman, was found dead in their home as the boy knelt in prayer beside the body.
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Glendale
Ronald Wolff
Los Angeles
Beulah Wolff
Ronald
E. Otto Wolff
Ye Eo
R. J. McDonald
McDonald
Conelrad Test Sent on Wires Over Broad News Circuits
A weekend test of a new national Conelrad alert system was a definite success, reported by NORAD. The test at 8:30 p.m. EST used leased circuits linking API and UPI wires to radio stations, with minor reception issues in California and fringe areas as expected.
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Colorado Springs
UPS
North American Defense Command
United Press International
Associated Press
Air Defense Command
California
Sat
SEC to Probe American Stock Exchange Behind Closed Doors
The SEC ordered a broad secret inquiry into the American Stock Exchange amid allegations two members, Jerry and Gerard Re, engaged in price rigging. The investigation, the most extensive since 1938, will consider new investor protections while testimony is taken behind closed doors.
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American Stock Exchange
Washington
Jerry
Gerard Re
Exchange
Securities' ‘and Exchange Commission
Res
Edward T. McCormick
Commission
Res. Sec
Messrs. Re
American Tire Exchange
Richard Whitney
New York Stock Exchange
Sing Sing
Mansell proposes new city job grades for police work
City Manager John R. Mansell asked the City Council to create two new positions, a correctional officer and a parking control checker, to take over duties currently handled by uniformed police. The plan would free patrolmen for other tasks and adds five other proposed upgrades including petroleum engineering roles.
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John R. Mansell
Mansell
Honor Farm
Gas Department
California Senate votes to repeal local election day liquor ban
The Senate voted 25 to 8 to repeal California prohibitions on liquor sales on local election days. Senator Hugh Burns of Fresno argues there is no justification for the ban, while retaining prohibitions for state and national elections. The bill advances to the Assembly.
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Senate
California
Hugh Burns
Fresno
Burns
Assembly
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