From heel to hero: deputy goes undercover to break bank gang
Deputy Sheriff William A Buyers, undercover for the FBI, posed as a discredited cop to infiltrate a bank robbery gang led by Frank R Coppola of Niagara Falls. The plan culminated in Jan 11 when the gang, en route to a tavern hold up, was trapped. Coppola, 24, was convicted last week and sentenced to 15 years. Buyers balanced law studies at Canisius College with his duties and his marriage to Tionna Cutta on Feb 3, 1956, four days before the holdup.
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Colt Depam
FSI
Mary
Buffalo Evening News
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Frank R. Coppola
Niagara Falls
Tionna Cutta
Coppola
FBI
Trat
Sarfes
Canisius College
Anther
Deal Under Way to Send Czech Arms to Syrians
Three-country arrangement reported to supply Syria with more Czech arms, prompted by border clashes with Israel. Informants say Syria will export wheat to Egypt in exchange for cotton credits, which would fund additional Czech weapon purchases.
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Cairo
Syria
Czechoslovakia
Israel
Egypt
Childs Body Found Near Eagles Peak Mountain Fatality
The body of 2-year-old David Allen Scott was recovered after exposure and exhaustion at the 8,500 foot level of Eagles Peak near Bridgeport California. Local authorities reported the death in a mountain area search.
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Bridgeport
Calif
David Allen Scott
Eagles Peak
Memorial Hospital Admits and Discharges List
Memorial Hospital records show multiple admissions and discharges including Carol Lynn Flory Route 5 Mrs Edna Koehler 1211 Ky Lt Mrs Mabel Allison Baldwin David R Cowden 309 Kansas Mrs Viola McGrew 346 Indiana Mrs Emma Coleman Route 1 Ginger Ireland Sunflower Roger Beard Linwood Walter George Route 2 Mrs Geraldine Casey 40 Sunnyside Robert D Arnold Perry Glenda Jo Schutz Baldwin Mrs Carol Chastain 1417 Elith St. Dismissals include Clemma Killinger 420 Miss St Mildred Mather 1598 University Dr Irma L Cantrell and baby boy Carol Lanne Flory Route 5 Jesse Athey Jr 820 N H St Mrs Merle Holladay Route 2 Births Mr and Mrs Gordon Scott Baldwin a son Tuesday Mr and Mrs Bernard Casey 40 Sunnyside a daughter
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Edna Koehler
Mabel Allison
Baldwin
David R. Cowden
Kansas
Viola McGrew
Indiana
Emma Coleman
Ginger Ireland
Sunflower
Roger Beard
Linwood
Walter George
Geraldine Casey
Sunnyside
Robert D. Arnold
Perry
Glenda Jo Schutz
Carol Chastain
Elith St
Manslaughter Charged In Death Of Airline Hostess
A Kansas City man is charged with manslaughter after the death of airline hostess Miss Olbrant. An autopsy confirmed pregnancy. officials say further tests are pending. Police note Miss Olbrant reportedly attempted to perform an abortion on herself.
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Hugh Ovens
Caroner
Lobrant Owas
Sartia
Miss Olbrant
City considers parking revenue to fund bus project
City discussions reveal optimism that parking meter revenue may cover part of the bus project costs in the 900 block area. Officials voiced concerns about overall finances to complete the full program and potential budget risks for the city.
Drunkenness Sentence for Wayne Johnson in Police Court
Wayne Johnson of 1237 N J St was sentenced today in police court to 30 days in jail on a charge of being drunk.
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N. J. St
Local gardens yield a 22 ounce tomato from Lawrence grower
Mrs Ed Paasch of 1200 West 23rd reports a tomato weighing 22 ounces and five inches in diameter from a small garden. She says plants were set May 1 and grew well with moisture and warm weather. The city plans to sale 245 feet of downtown Massachusetts Street frontage, with potential single bid.
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Journal-World Today
Lony
Massachusetts
Patee Theater
J. C. Penney Co
Industrial growth and capital outlays in the district
The district matched national plant counts in 1954 but outpaced in new capital spending with $533 per worker versus $498 nationwide. Value added rose 6 per cent against a national 5 per cent, while wages for factory workers increased from eight to 12 per cent of personal income by 1953, with a brief 1954 dip before recovering.
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United States
Missouri
Manager suspensions after July 9 game narrow to reprimand
John Hall Herm Sisk and Tom Boyd were suspended for a fight in the July 9 game against Emporia. Manager Al Ice, initially suspended, will receive a reprimand. Local officials protested. The Douglas County branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society meets at 7:80 p.m. today with Ruth Allinian at 1931 Countryside Lane. Interested persons are invited.
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Hinds
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Massachusetts
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Maryland
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Nebraska
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Nevada
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New York
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Ohio
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South Carolina
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Texas
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Grundy
Diana Shaler
Washington
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West Virginia
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Tom Boyd
Emporia
al Ice
Douglas County
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G.H. Moore
Countryside
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Sunflower Resident Dies After Mishap
Lewis Dewey Pratt 56 of Sunflower Village died Tuesday afternoon after his car left DeSoto cemetery road around 12 miles east of Sunflower. Sheriff says illness likely caused unconsciousness before the crash. Pratt, a carpenter, had been ill after long sun exposure and had not worked since last week. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Frye Funeral Home Olathe. burial Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens. Surviving wife, three daughters, four sons, mother, two sisters, and 13 grandchildren.
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Sunflower Village
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Johnson County
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Kansas City
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Frye Funeral Home
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Oak Lawn Memorial Gardens
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Evelyn Damore
Norwalk
Calif
Delores Johnson
Anaheim
Fred Pratt
Riviera
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Donald Pratt
Jerry Pratt
Della Pratt
Joplin
Edna Beers
Lena Green
Soviet Officer Barred From Air Force Association Meet
The Air Force Association barred Soviet representative Lt. Col. Valentin N. Eustratov from its July 30 to August 4 convention in Washington UM. The association also rejected his registration and returned a $25 fee to the Soviet embassy official James H. Straubel.
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Air Force Assn
Air Power Group
Valentin N. Eustratov
James H. Straubel
AFA
Jas
Near Wrecks Reported in Early Year Air Near Misses
Washington area pilots reported 331 near collisions in the first quarter, per the Civil Aeronautics Board. Sixty seven near misses came within 100 feet, and 144 involved planes passing within 500 feet of each other.
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Washington
Civ Aeronautics Board
Hungarian court trims seven deaths to prison terms
In Budapest the People's Supreme Court reduced death sentences to prison terms for seven people convicted of aiding the hanging of Communist policemen from a Soviet war memorial during last fall's anti-Russian revolt. Seven other defendants had their death sentences confirmed amid tense courtroom scenes with sobs from about 200 spectators and a protesting woman. Police surrounded the defendants with drawn Tommy guns as the ruling read.
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Budapest
Hungary
People's Supreme Court
Dodge City Woman Held As Result of Shooting
A 26 year old Dodge City woman, Ruth Keith, is jailed on an assault with intent to kill charge after firing five shots from a .38 revolver during a family argument at the Holiday Inn Motel at 23rd and Iowa. One bullet hit asphalt and entered a nearby apartment where occupants were away. Keith says she fired in a dispute with her husband Kenneth Keith, 41, and she is to be arraigned in County Court. Divorce suit filed in District Court by Myrtle Vera Haas against Jack Charles Haas.
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Holiday Inn
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Iowa Sts
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Kenneth Keith
Keith
Testimony Ends Today in Hoffa Bribery Trial
Washington testimony closed in the bribery conspiracy trial of James R. Hoffa. The Midwest Teamsters boss denied knowing John Dye Cheasty, who testified he was fed confidential Senate Rackets Committee information via staff contact. Final arguments are set for tomorrow with instructions to a seven-woman five-man jury.
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Washington
James R. Hoffa
Midwest
Teamsters Union
John Dye Cheasty
Senate
Cheasty
Holts
U.S
Final Rehearsals For K U Presentation At Union
Bermuda shorts and sweaty brows marked the six hour daily rehearsal for the Midwestern Music and Art Camp theater division. Late Song by Wil Irwin and Sidney Howard will be staged Thursday and Friday at 7 30 in Memorial Union Ballroom using a round variation with three sided seating and an L shaped audience setup to allow seamless scene changes.
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Midwestern Music and Art Camp
Wil Irwin
Sidney Howard
Memorial Union Ballroom
Atomic waste sunk 185 miles southeast of New York
A shifting container of radioactive waste was sunk by machine gun fire from Navy planes yesterday. The large steel cylinder had menaced shipping in the Atlantic 185 miles southeast of New York, prompting action to remove the hazard.
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Atlantic
Zere
Card of Thanks for Hospital Care and Sympathy
Melva Workman thanks her doctor and nurses for excellent care in hospital and relatives and friends for cards letters and flowers. We also thank everyone for sympathy and kindness at the death of Mother Baldwin from Mr and Mrs Fred Baldwin and family.
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Mother Baldwin
Fred Baldwin
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