Gunman Robs Great Lakes Bank At Naval Training Center
Northern Illinois authorities and the FBI hunted a lone gunman who held up a Great Lakes Naval Training Center branch of Citizens National Bank, escaping with 8650 in cash after striking two employees and a sailor. He fled before gates could close, leaving about 23000 in currency and 18000 in coins. The center houses about 20000 trainees with recruit activity ongoing. The suspect is described as a 6-foot dark-complexioned white man wearing a blue-checkered shirt and blue trousers.
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Great Lakes, Lll
Illinois
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Lake County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Citizens National Bank of Waukegan
Donald Noren
Zion
Dora Phelps
Waukegan
Papers Readied For Rail Merger
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways prepare articles of incorporation to form a new company named Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines Inc in Dover Delaware. The merger would absorb the two carriers and their subsidiaries including the Chicago Burlington & Quincy Railroad and the Spokane Portland & Seattle Railway.
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Chicago
Great Northern and Northern Pacific Railways
Great Northern Pacific & Burlington Lines, Inc
Dover
Del
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Spokane, Portland & Seattle
Ocean barge sinks with seven men missing off Florida coast
An ocean-going barge broke up in heavy seas and sank ten miles off the Atlantic shore near West Palm Beach Florida. Seven men are missing and one was rescued by a tug.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Atlantic
Girl 15 Slain In Michigan South Haven Farm House
A 15-year-old girl, Geraldine Williams, was found murdered in a rural South Haven area. An intensive manhunt spread across southwest Michigan for a sex killer, with authorities noting the death occurred after an attack at a deserted bus stop. The autopsy pinned the time of death to Wednesday morning, and investigators described a brutal killing in a dim cellar of an abandoned farmhouse.
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South Haven
Mich
Michigan
Geraldine Williams
Geraldine
South Haven Junior High School
Daniel Glaser
Lumumba Troops Enter Province in Congo Crisis
Lumumba loyal forces moved into Equateur Province today as chaos swelled in the Congo. President Kasavubu and army chief Mobutu sped to Thysville to confer with Lumumba, now detained near Camp Hardy after fleeing Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPC
Patrice Lumumba
Equator Province
Lumumba
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Mobutu
Thysville
Mobutu
Leopoldville
Camp Hardy
Green Bay parolee confesses double slaying in tavern
Joseph Weischer, a 21 year old Green Bay Reformatory parolee, has confessed the January 2 slayings of tavern owner Lester Doherty and patron Wilbert Lewis. Brown County District Attorney Robert Warren announced. Separately off the North Carolina coast two U S destroyers collided during maneuvers, causing damage but no injuries.
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Green Bay
Charleston
S.C
U. S
North Carolina
Navy
Milwaukee crash capsizes Canadian Vampire plane at Mitchell Field
A privately owned twin engine Vampire aircraft piloted by Col. Thomas Bailey 39 of Milwaukee crashed at the northern end of the Gen Mitchell Field north south runway but he escaped unharmed. In Los Angeles a $10 million B58 jet bomber set six international speed and payload records in one flight, breaking five previously held by Russia, according to the Air Force.
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Milwaukee
Gen. Mitchell Field
Thomas Bailey
Los Angeles
Upi
Russia
Air Force
Planes Hit Laos Rebels North of Vientiane
The Laotian government used four newly acquired planes from the United States to pound rebel artillery positions 70 miles north of Vientiane for the third straight day. No damage reports were available yet, but experts said pilots trained in France and Thailand will need more flight time to improve accuracy.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
France
Thailand
Paris Honeymoon for Princess Astrid and Johan Ferner
Princess Astrid of Norway and her commoner husband Johan Martin Ferner arrived in Paris for a honeymoon after their Thursday Oslo wedding. Notable guests and rush of media followed the royal couple into the French capital for a discreet celebratory stay.
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Paris
Astrid of Norway
Johan Martin Ferner
Oslo
Housewife Convicted Of Murder In Oshkosh Case
Victoria Fritz, 31, a housewife, was found guilty of first degree murder in the death of Martyn Fritz, shot in his sleep. Judge Arnold J. Cane sentenced her to life at Taycheedah State Home for Women after a three and a half hour jury deliberation. Fritz cited fear of Francis Clayton, the mentally defective accomplice, as motive. Fritz’s appeal was not planned.
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Oshkosh
Wis
Victoria Fritz
Arnold J. Cane
Fritz
Taycheedah
James J. Williamson
Martyn Fritz
Francis Clayton
Central State Hospital
Clayton
Bath Faces Water Shortage After Flood Dam Damage
Bath England faces a water shortage as flood damage reduces supply. Officials urge conservation while repair crews assess breaching impacts and restore service in the historic city.
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Bath
England
Groups in Georgia Urge Negro Return To Class
Faculty civic and religious groups urged two Negro students to return to classes at the University of Georgia while state and federal investigations proceed. Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes, both from Atlanta, had been suspended after a campus riot that injured policemen and damaged dormitory windows.
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Athens
UPI
University of Georgia
Macon
Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes
Atlanta
Miss Hunter
William A. Bootle
Bootle
State of
Georgia
Athens Junior Chamber of Commerce
University Chaplains Association
Presbyterian Church
Justice Department
Atty
William P. Rogers
Washington
George Smith
Death of Henry Morton Robinson Author of The Cardinal
Henry Morton Robinson 62 novelist of The Cardinal died at University Hospital from complications of scald burns suffered last month in a bathtub.
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New York
Henry Morton Robinson
University of Hospital
Cat at Center of Labor Talks in Sepulveda
Labor and management at Pacific Mercury Electronics Corp in Sepulveda clash over Mister Tom the cat mascot. The union Industrial Local 1662 seeks the cat’s return to the Los Angeles area plant, while management backs a security officer who ordered him off the premises. A sandbox solution is floated as talks continue with potential State Conciliation Service involvement.
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Sepulveda
Calif
Pacific Mercury Electronics Corp
Carpenters
Afl-Cio
Mister Tom the Cat
Los Angeles
Mister Tom
Ciliation Service For
Charles Powers
Tom
Powers
Goldberg Gets Committee O.K.
The Senate Labor Committee approved Arthur J. Goldberg as secretary of labor before the official nomination reached the Senate. Senator Barry Goldwater urged immediate approval, and the committee unanimously supported the motion. President-elect Kennedy will have the nomination sent to the Senate after his inauguration next Friday.
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Washington
Senate Labor Committee
Arthur J. Goldberg
Senate
Sen
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Goldberg
Goldwater
Lister Hill
D-Ala
John K. Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert F. Kennedy
Illinois
Judiciary Committee
Kennedy
Torture on Base Claimed by Cuba
Havana reports accuse U S officers at Guantanamo Bay of torturing a suspected Cuban spy. Premier Fidel Castro planned a mass meeting as government papers claim Manual Prieto Gomez, Cuban employee at the base, was taken to a city hospital after 11 hours of questioning and forced confession with pills.
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Havana
UPD
Radio Today
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
United States
Fidel Castro
White House
Prieto Gomez
Guantanamo City
Prieto
Weather drift with mild to cool transition in Kenosha
Moderate changes are expected with warmer conditions today then colder tomorrow yet staying above normal. Highs 30 to 40 degrees and tonight's low 20 to 30. Clouds linger tonight and Saturday as readings reach mid-50s around noon today with citywide thermometers in the mid-50s and 50s downtown. Sunrise 7 17 sunset 4 43.
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Kenosha
American Motors
Southport Park
Southport
Driver Drowned When Car Sinks in Lake Winnebago
Chilton Wisconsin ice fisherman John Vander Heyden, 47, disappeared after his car broke through Lake Winnebago ice about 600 feet from shore. He remained on the rear of the vehicle as Dan Verbeten went to fetch a rope, urging a jump to shore, but Vander Heyden did not leave the sinking car.
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Chilton
Wis
Lake Winnebago
John Vander Heyden
Kimberly
Dan Verbeten
Kaukauna
Verbeten
Vander Heyden
Coast Guard Vessels Capsize In Storm At Columbia River
A howling storm capsized two Coast Guard vessels at the mouth of the Columbia River. Six sailors are missing, with three rescued once and being towed to safety before a tow line broke in mountainous waves and they vanished into darkness.
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Astoria
Ore
Coast Guard
Columbia River
Fatally Crushed at Whitewater Car Repair
Barth, 34, of rural Whitewater was killed Thursday when a jack slipped while he worked on his car. County coroner and police investigated the accident. The incident occurred near Whitewater Wisconsin, with details reported by UP.
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Whitewater
Wis
Herman Barth
Sharp Rise In Jobless Last Month
The Labor Department reports December unemployment rose by half a million to 4.5 million, the highest December total since 1940, with the jobless rate up to 6.8 percent. Employment fell 1.173 million to 66.009 million, and claims climbed to about three million in December, signaling further rises in idle totals through winter.
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Washington
Labor Department
Seymour Wolfbein
Wolfbein
Detective Holmquist Dies In Accidental Gun Cleaning
West Allis detective Herb Holmquist, 56, with 25 years on the force, shot himself in the basement while clearing his 32 caliber service revolver. He was struck in the face by a bullet, according to Police Chief Louis Reinsch.
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West Allis
Wis
APD
Louis Reinsch
Herb Holmquist
Reinsch
Holmquist
Submarine Oberon Grounded off Rothesay Bay in Scotland
Two Royal Navy ships struggled to pull the 1,600-ton British submarine Oberon off a sandbar near Rothesay Bay Scotland. Fresh attempts were planned with the night tide. Oberon carrying 72 crew went aground Thursday night.
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Rothesay Bay
Scotland
Oberon
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