Widow Intervenes for Sailor in Navy Court Martial
Grace Robertson a 77 year old Los Angeles widow wrote to Rear Adm. Loomis asking leniency for Tilden L. Barnes 21 who was convicted by a Navy court martial at Norfolk Naval Station for absence without leave Barnes was sentenced to nine months hard labor reduced from seaman first class and given a bad conduct discharge The judge reduced his fine from 56 to 8 which the widow paid before the naval review concludes the step remains under review by the Navy authorities.
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San Diego
Calif
Los Angeles
Grace Robertson
Almon E. Loomis
11Th Naval District
Tilden L. Barnes
Barnes
Naval Station
Norfolk Va. Naval Station
Robertson
Ciared
Navy
Naval
Brig
Adm. Loomis
Judge Advocate General
Northwestern Univ confers dental hygiene degree in 1930s ceremony
Frances Frehner of 2510 S Fairfield Ave received a diploma in Dental Hygiene at Northwestern University commencement in Evanston Illinois. About 2 350 degrees and 276 diplomas were awarded to graduates from Evanston and Chicago campuses by President J Roscoe Miller.
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Frances Frehner
S. Fairfield Ave
Northwestern University
Evanston
Ill
Chicago
J. Roscoe Miller
Fourth suspect arrested in Tulare kidnapping case
A fourth suspect in the kidnapping of a 46 year old Tulare motel maid was to be returned from Blythe California. Kenneth Eugenie Edward 20 Pixley was arrested late Monday. Three other suspects Hicks 20 Powell 18 Crosslin 19 were arraigned on kidnapping charges. Police say all five men abducted the woman from a Tulare street and held her at a cabin near Pixley where a fifth man joined the group. The victim reported hurt.
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Tulare
Calif
UPI
Blythe
Kenneth Eugenie Edward
Pixley
California
Josephus Hicks
William Powell
Pixiey
Elvis Crosslin
Phoenix
Frisco Mayor Apologizes to Argentine Diplomat
San Francisco Mayor George Christopher apologized to Jorge D. Avellaneda the Argentine consul for being arrested at gunpoint last May 21 after he refused to sign a traffic ticket. The city will adopt a formal policy to avoid such incidents, allowing officers to comply with the law while observing diplomatic courtesies.
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San Francisco
UPI
George Christopher
Jorge D. Avellaneda
Avellaneda
Thomas M O Connor
UN Financial Plan Near Approval in Budget Debate
Western diplomats expected overwhelming votes in the UN budget committee on a seven resolution plan to fund peacekeeping in Congo and Middle East operations. Russia and allies resisted, arguing the Security Council must approve peacekeeping assessments. The plan includes a $42.8 million six month mandate, a 25 percent reduction for underdeveloped nations, a $200 million emergency bond extension, and a future peace costs financing framework.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPS
Jan Paul Bannier
Netherlands
General Assembly
Russia
Securiy Council
Thant
Congo
Middle Fancy
Million Dollar Counterfeiting Ring Broken
Secret Service agents arrested three Durham men on counterfeiting charges after uncovering a cache of about 1 million dollars in bogus bills. Roy Lee Matthews, 33, helped locate 70,000 in his car and directed investigators to a further 900,000 in counterfeit currency. Robert Ferguson, a Durham printer, and his assistant R. B. Poole were also arrested. all three were arraigned and bound over to the September term of the U. S. District Court with bonds set at 5,000 each.
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Washington
UPI
Secret Service
Durham
N. C
Roy Lee Matthews
Matthews
Treasury Department
Robert
Ferguson Durham
R. B. Poole
U. S
William Murdock
Greensboro
Henry Bane
U. S. District Court
George Dipper
Dipper
Falling Tree Falls Through Oakland Home
Mise Renssen a social worker for the Young Women's Christian Association woke to a 126 foot pine crashing through her Oakland home slicing from roof to basement missing her bed by six feet She compared the incident to wartime bombing and recalled Holland's 1948 blitz as she noted the tree tore through the roof second floor the fridge on the first floor and continued to the basement
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Oakland
UPI
Mise
Johanna Renssen
America
Mise Renssen
Holland
Young Women's Christian Association
Teacher Returns From Conference at Central State College
Elna W. Smith of 4537 S Parcy Na returned from a reading workshop at Central State College in Edmond Oklahoma. The conference aims to help in service teachers student teachers and students considering teaching with guidance on adopted reading materials and group discussions with staff and reading consultants.
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Elna W. Smith
S. Parcyna
Central State College
Edmond, Oklo
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