Indictment in Brink's Robbery Case Sparks 46 Counts
A Suffolk County grand jury indicted 11 men for involvement in the 1950 Brink's robbery, totaling 148 counts and 10 offenses. Key figures include Joseph O'Keefe who testified on the year long planning, with six already arrested and two at large. Bail set high. arraignment slated next week with trial to follow.
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Suffolk County
Joseph
Specs) O'Keefe
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
James Ignatius Faherty
Boston
Thomas Francis Richardson
Weymouth
O'Keefe
Stanley A. Gusciora
Pittsburgh
Joseph S. Banfield
Anthony Pino
McGinnis
Sufflck County Dist
Garrett H. Byrne
Polio Mother Receives $500 Gift in Madison
Madison mother Mrs. Daniel F. Benson, stricken with polio, is believed to be the first woman to bear a child with polio. Her son Daniel, born Oct. 3, also had active polio at birth. he is improving with treatment. Mrs. Benson, after a normal recovery, uses crutches. The gift was presented Friday.
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Madison
Daniel F. Benson
Daniel
Homer Carter
Daniel Benson
Daniel Jr
Leigh Ann
Davenport
Deborah Jean
Cloudy and Cold Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries
The day brought cloudy skies and rising winds as temperatures ranged from 35 to 39 degrees citywide. Expect colder conditions tonight with a Sunday through Monday outlook for continued cloudiness and a few snow flurries. Sunrise at 7 16 a m and sunset at 4 44 p m.
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American Motors Co
Mississippi Still Hunts Nick Montos
Mississippi police and volunteers pressed a search in near-freezing weather for Nick Montos and companion Robert L. Jones, missing after escaping the state penitentiary. Montos, linked to a $150000 Oscar Zerk home robbery, and Jones, serving a life term for a fellow convict’s murder, were thought to be in thick plantation country about 12 miles west of Parchman. Bloodhounds traced trails and a smoldering camp fire was found in a culvert as a 100-strong posse combed Merigold area. Gov. Hugh White ordered 50 National Guardsmen into the hunt before withdrawing them at night.
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Mississippi
Nick Montos
State Penitentiary
Montos
Oscar Zerk
Robert L. Jones
Parchman
Miss
Montes
FBI
Jones
Merigold
Hugh White
Arkansas
Clarendon
Humphrey Demands Eisenhower Address Dulles Brink Policy
Sen. Hubert Humphrey pressed President Eisenhower to disclose whether he shares John Foster Dulles brinkmanship foreign policy. He urged reading a Life Magazine interview in which Dulles claimed the U S averted war thrice by brinkmanship. Dulles defended the interview amid criticism from Britain and elsewhere while clarifying comments on a united Allied response in Indo China.
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Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Humphrey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dulles
United States
Life Magazine
British
Foreign Office
Great Britain
Life
Britain
France
Red China
Indo-China
Layoff Notices To 14 000 Men From Auto Big Three
The Detroit area sees about half of 14000 layoffs as General Motors announces 3900 cuts outside Michigan. Chrysler lays off 1900 hourly workers at the Dodge plant starting Tuesday. Ford and Chrysler had previously shed 7000 in the Detroit area.
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Detroit
Dommand
General Motors Corp
Michigan
Chrysler Corp
Dodge
Ford Motor Co
Chrysler
Missionaries Killed by Tribesmen Buried in Ecuador
Bodies of five U S missionaries massacred by Auca tribesmen near Ecuador's jungle plane wreckage were found and buried after rescue teams located the final body in the Cararay River Valley. The group had sought to win the Aucas friendship with aid drops and visits over four months. The Piper plane Wings of Mercy will be left at the site as a witness of their sacrifice.
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Quito
Ecuador
U. S
Cararay River
Grady Parrott
Missionary Aviation Fellowship
Peter Fleming
Seattle
Wash
Nathaniel Saint
Huntingdon Valley
James Elliot
Portland
Ore
Edward McCully
Milwaukee
Wis
Roger Youderian
Lansing
Mich
Abraham Vanderpuy
Inter-American Fellowship of Ecuador
Wings of Mercy
Will
Estes Back For Primary Estes Back For Primary
Senator Kefauver opened a three day New Hampshire tour aimed at winning the eight Democratic primary votes. He hopes a victory here could boost his campaign for the national convention and the 1952 style momentum. He planned stops in Hampton Portsmouth Dover Somersworth Rochester and Nashua with rallies and receptions.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Sen
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Truman
New Hampshire
Hampton
Massachusetts
Dover
Somersworth
Rochester
Nashua
New York Abortion Death Case Heads to Grand Jury
A grand jury must decide the homicide degree in the abortion death of Jacqueline Smith. Thomas G. Daniel and Leo Pijuan are jailed on homicide charges after her body was allegedly disposed in city trash cans though no remains have been found. New York’s statute may limit charges to first degree manslaughter with a 20 year maximum.
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New York
Thomas G. Daniel
Leo Pijuan
Jacqueline Smith
Daniel
Pijuan
Jealous ex-husband implicated in triple murder suicide near Meramec River
Police say James McGraw shot his former wife Carol Hug and Elmer Loring then killed himself after waiting at Hug's home. The bodies were found near Peaceful Valley Lodge about 25 miles southwest of St Louis. Loring and Hug worked at a St Louis printing firm. Hug had divorced McGraw within a year for cruelty.
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St. Louis
Here
Meramec River
Peaceful Valley Lodge
Richard Hackmeyer
St. Louis County
James McGraw
Carol Hug
Elmer Loring
Carol
McGraw
Miss Hug
Loring
Paul Mayer
Mayer
Melba Loring
Hug
East St. Louis
Ill
Mundt backs farm plans in administration program
Senator Mundt voices support for a broad farm program aiming to raise prices and income with multiple benefits. Senator Johnston doubts quick fixes without restoring parity supports, while Senate Agriculture Committee eyes an omnibus bill. Mundt notes a potential 60 million dollar gasoline tax refund for farms as a first measure.
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Washington
Sen
Mundt
R-Sd
New Administration
House
Eisenhower
Benson
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Senate Agriculture Committee
Johnston
Ellender
D-La
Senate Finance Committee
Surprise petitions test signatures for Eisenhower entry in NH primary
A state official said surprise petitions to place President Eisenhower on New Hampshire's March 13 primary ballot lack enough valid signatures. Maurice J. Grant of Manchester filed petitions from both congressional districts, with possible duplications and signed by spouses. Governor Lane Dwinell and officials plan to file further petitions Monday as others react.
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Concord
N. H
Eisenhower
New Hampshire
Harry E. Jackson
Maurice J. Grant
Manchester
Grant
Jackson
Dwight Eisenhower
Lane Dwinell
Mr. Grant
Associated Press
Dwinell
Secretary of State
Earl S. Hewitt
Enfield
Hanover Gazette
John Chapple Named State Chairman of Knowland Planning Committee
Milwaukee editor John Chapple of the Ashland Daily Press was selected as state chairman of the Knowland for President planning committee, as announced by the group.
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Milwaukee
John Chapple
Ashland Daily Press
Knowland
Governors Set Up Paths In 1952 Presidential Race
Washington voters and national observers note strong governor involvement as Eisenhower supporters form delegate teams in eight states. On the Democratic side Adlai Stevenson garners early gubernatorial backing, with aims to corral others before the Chicago convention.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Govys
George M. Leader
Pennsylvania
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
John F. Simms Jr
New Mexico
Stevenson
Robert B. Meyner
New Jersey
Orval Faubus
UAW Calls Strike at John Deere Harvesters Plant
East Moline Illinois five thousand workers walkout at John Deere Harvester Works as a Friday deadline of 7 am Monday arrives. Negotiations between UAW and Deere management continue amid the largest farm implement plant in the Quad Cities.
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East Moline
Ill
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
Quad Cities
John Deere Harvester Works
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Hampden County
Springfield
Dorchester
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
Mr. Dulles
Estes
Evening News
Dawn Carlson
Robert J. Carlson
11Th Ave
Kenosha High School
Dawn
KHS
Beverly Wiberg
Believe McGraw
Bulletin
Knowland Backer
Adlai
Frink J. Lausche
Ohio
Lausche
Allan Shivers
Texas
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Folsom
Frank G. Clement
Clement
Kentucky
A. B
Happy) Chandler
William G. Stratton
Walter J. Kohler
Wisconsin
Goodwin J. Knight
California
Govs
Christian A. Herter
Arthur B. Langlie
George N. Craig
Indiana
Fred Hall
Kansas
Theodore R. McfKeldin
Maryland
Paul L. Patterson
Oregon
Moline
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