British Train Robbery Echoes Illinois Holdup From 29 Years Ago
Tulsa AP reports a London to Glasgow train heist that yielded 7 million pounds recalled the Milwaukee Road robbery near Rondout Illinois 29 years earlier. The Illinois job netted 2 million and led to multiple prison terms for eight men, including four brothers.
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Aurora
Powell Promoted to Major General in Army History
Beverly E. Powell, former commander of Fort Sill 1st Field Artillery Missile Brigade, promoted to major general. He served as secretary of the U S Army Artillery and Missile School at Fort Sill in 1945, returned in 1957 as director of tactics and combined arms, then commanded the 1st Field Artillery and Missile Brigade in 1958 and arrived in Korea in August 1960.
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Fort Sill
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U. S. Army Artillery and Missile School
Department of Tactics and
1St Field Artillery and Missile Brigade
Korea
Louisianan Bars Navy Families from Parish Businesses
In Belle Chasse Plaquemines Parish leader Lean der Perez vows to declare local businesses off limits to servicemen families and push school and base access bans. Navy district chief Rear Adm. Lyman vows court action to defend off base housing and public accommodations. Perez excommunicated in 1962 over school integration.
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Perez
Huey Long
Plaquemines Parish
Bayou Kingdom
Belle Chasse
Lyman
Navy
New Orleans
Mississippi River
Plaquemines Commission Council
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