Girard given suspended sentence in Japan killing case
In Maebashi Japan US soldier Girard received a three year suspended sentence after being convicted in a case tied to the death of a 46 year old woman. Judge Yuzo Ka noted the defendant’s “childish whim” and required good behavior for four years as the appeal window opened.
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USA
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SU. S. Armay
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S. Girard
Yuzo Kawoman
Budy
Noka Sakai
Ace
Ottawa
Weather Rampage Kills 14 Injures 50 Across Midcontinent
Severe storms across the midcontinent and south cause at least 14 deaths and over 50 injuries. Tornadoes in Alabama, floods in Kentucky and Missouri, and widespread snow threaten for days. National Guardsmen assist evacuations as power and transport disruptions mount.
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Missouri
Mississippi
Midwest
Wilmington
Japan
Kansas
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Iowa
Cloud County
Brazil
Oil Strike On Prison Farm At City Pea Patch No 1
An oil well called City Pea Patch No 1 flowed Monday at 7 barrels per hour on the City Prison Farm in Houston. The discovery, made at the Trice’s No 1 City Prison Farm well in the southern 330 acre area, is expected to have little effect on the lives of prisoners. Trice's Production Co. operates the well.
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Houston
UFI
Trice
Trice’s Production Co
Murder Plot by Victim to Benefit Family
Los Angeles Superior Court complaint by Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Co alleges Max Shayne a 48 year old money lender known as The Money Man plotted his own murder to enable his family to collect 250000 in policy proceeds. Police say Shayne was found murdered and robbed. Earl Matlock 45 a laborer is charged with the crime and admits involvement claiming self defense after a struggle.
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Los Angeles
Beneficial Standard Life Insurance Co
Max Shayne
Shayne
Earl F. Matlock
Matlock
State rests case in Beck Jr grand larceny trial
The prosecution rested its case Monday in the grand larceny trial of Dave Beck Jr, son of the outgoing Teamsters Union president. The case proceeded in Seattle with the defense likely to present its evidence next.
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Seattle
Dave Beck Jr
Teamsters Union
FBI identifies 18 crash victims in Pan American airliner disaster
FBI technicians matched fingerprints to identify 18 of the 19 recovered bodies from the November 8 sea crash of Pan American Airways luxury flight from San Francisco to Honolulu. Identified were Capt Gorton Brown pilot Eugene Crosthwaite purser Yvonne Alexander stewardess Mrs Tomilson Boyd and others including Anne Clack Scott age 6 Thomas McGrail William Deck Philip Sullivan Lt Cmdr Gordon Kale Edward Ellis William Hagan Robert Halliday Mrs LaMaison, Toyoe Tanaka, and Mr and Mrs Alexander with Judy. Coroner’s staff said the last unidentified victim was a woman possibly Oriental and fingerprints aided the process.
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Pan American Airways
San Francisco
Honolulu
Gorton FH. Brown
Falo Alto
Eugene ©. Crosthwaite
Felton
Calif
Yvonne Alexander
Tomilson Boyd
Baltimore
Philip Sullivan
Arlington
U.S. State Dept
Gordon RK
Cale
USN
Edward Ellis
Hillsboro
William Hagan
Louisville
Robert Halliday
Sylvania
New South Wales
Australia
Robert LaMaison
New York
Toyoe Tanaka
Tokyo
Robert Alexander
Judy
Los Altos
Calit Alexander
Bakers threaten new union if ousted
A rebel faction of the Bakery Workers Union warned on Monday it will form a new union if the 160,000 member group is expelled from the AFL-CIO. The union was suspended Friday for refusing to remove president James G. Cross amid accusations of misusing funds, as a self-styled integrity committee approved the boycott resolution.
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Washington
Afl-Cio
James G. Cross
Right to Work Emerges as Key California Campaign Issue
Daily evidence shows Right to Work already shaping campaigning in California with the law set to dominate assembly senatorial and gubernatorial contests next year. In the 64th Assembly special election it stands as the main issue with leading candidates staking positions.
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California
Assembly
Tossing Weather Musings From a Local Weatherman
A fragmented note shows a weatherman riffing on tossing ideas about the day. The speaker questions methods to forecast and describe the atmosphere, joking about experiments and stray phrases.
Knowland Defends Rights to Work Amid CIO Attack
In Long Beach the California Industrial Union Council staged a rally denouncing Senator Knowland over a right to work bill they say would outlaw the union shop. Governor candidate and leaders criticized Knowland while Controller Robert Kirkwood offered sparse comment, noting a primary contest and political contradictions, with continued coverage promised.
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Edmund G.pat. Brown
Long Beach
William F. Knowland
Knowland
California Industrial Union Council
Lafayette Hotel
CIO
California
Robert Kirkwood
U.S. Senate
Kirkwood
Alan Cranston
Cole
NATO Studies Forces Merger
Western military experts discuss a U S backed plan for partial merger of NATO allies armed forces. The proposal aims to create joint forces across army navy and air units to save money and boost interdependence while preserving sovereignty. Negotiations pivot on internal unification and unified equipment and missiles.
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NATO
Ain
Paris
Eisenhower
Britain
United States
de Jforce
Ex Missile Czar Attacks Secrecy Policy
Trevor Gardner, former Air Force missiles czar, told the Moss subcommittee that Eisenhower hid missile details from the public. He said secrecy would speed development and criticized Pentagon rules hindering progress while officials noted plans to allow press coverage of missile firings at Cape Canaveral and the first space satellite launch. Gardner also led Hyton Manufacturing and revealed prior attempts by Keyes to push classification.
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Trevor Gardner
Air Force Missiles
Eisenhower
Moss Subcommittee
Defense
Murray Snyder
Gardner
Defense Department
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Pasadena
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Keyes
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Russia
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Dem-Calif
Ing
Adm
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