Postal Truck Robbery in Plymouth Tops $1.5 Million Heist
A year after a white-gloved gang robbed a Plymouth mail truck of 1.55 million dollars, postal inspectors led by William F. White pursue solid suspects with high hopes of solving the case before the second anniversary. Witnesses were driver Philip Schena and guard Patrick Barrett. The robbers fled north, dumping money along the route before abandoning the truck at Randolph. Reward money totals 200000, as investigators consider a possible female participant.
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Mass
U.S
Cheddington
England
William F. White
New Freeland
White
Postal Service
Philip Schena
Patrick Barrett
Federal Reserve Bank
Boston
Cape Cod
Barrett
Clark Road
Barrett Reca
Randolph
Scena
United States
Nicaragua Signs Test Ban Treaty
Nicaragua joined the list as the 50th nation to sign the Washington copy of the limited nuclear test ban treaty. Jamaica, Iraq, Syria, Costa Rica and Spain also signed before the day ended. President Kennedy is noted for giving away about 850 pens annually during ceremonial signings, with many kept by lawmakers.
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Nicaragua
Washington
Jamaica
Iraq
Syria
Costa Rica
Spain
Kennedy
Senate
House
Defiant Integrationists Arrested In Riots In Chicago And Elizabeth
Dozens of integrationists were arrested in Chicago and Elizabeth New Jersey after clashes with police over mobile classrooms in Negro neighborhoods. At least 41 arrests occurred as demonstrators climbed poles and blocked tracks while 1000 people jeered. In Elizabeth police fought pickets at a court house annex site and a 15 story apartment building.
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United Press
Chicago
Elizabeth
South Side
Wisconsin
Cigarette Subsidies Help Weaker Brands Push Vending Stock
UPI reports that major cigarette brands fund subsidies to vending machine operators to secure shelf space for less popular brands. The practice helps ensure weaker brands are stocked despite lower demand.
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New York
UPI
Ebony lists 100 top Negro leaders in Emancipation edition
Ebony magazine names 100 influential African Americans for a special Emancipation Proclamation anniversary edition. It includes Martin Luther King Jr Jack Robinson and James Meredith while excluding Willie Mays Sonny Liston Eartha Kitt and others. highlights figures in law, arts, diplomacy and civil rights.
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Chicago
UPI
Martin Luther King Jr
Jackie Robinson
James H. Meredith
Ebony Magazine
Ebony
Charles
Sonny) Liston
Willie Mays
Ernie Banks
Eartha Kilt
Mays
San Francisco Giants
Joe Louis
Philadelphia
Raymond P. Alexander
Marian Anderson
James Baldwin
Harry Belafonte
United Nations
Ralph Bunche
Manhattan
Edward R Dudley
William Hastie
White House
Andrew Hatcher
Malcolm X
Elihah Muhammed
The
Black Muslins
Adam C. Powell
D-N.y
Carl T. Rowan
Finland
Allergy toll in New York report cites millions affected
Allergy Foundation of America says about 18 million Americans suffer from allergic disease. Asthma and hay fever rank fourth in prevalence among chronic illnesses, costing the nation roughly 25 million man-days annually.
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New York
API
Allergy Foundation of America
Renaway to Install Hosiery Vending in Offices
Vending machines for women's hosiery will be placed in office buildings across several cities. Renaway said working women use about 12 pairs of stockings yearly, three times the rate of housewives.
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Cannon
Tulsa Teens Join Anglican Congress Pilgrimage
A group of 38 Trinity Church Tulsa youths, about 16 years old, mingle with hundreds of elderly clergy at the Anglican Congress in Toronto. They travel by bus, sleep on church floors and attend sessions and tours to learn about global unity across races and colors.
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Toronto
Anglican Congress
Tulsa
Okla
Trinity Church
C. W. V. Junker
St. George the Martyr Church
Dr. Junker
Congress
Farm home accidents kill more than farm grounds deaths
Urbana Illinois UPI reports O L Hogsett extension safety specialist notes more than twice as many fatal farm home accidents occurred last year as on farm grounds and buildings. Over half of home fatalities were from falls and fractures while about a quarter resulted from fires often caused by gasoline or kerosene ignition.
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Urbana
Ill
UPI
O. L. Hogsett
Hogsett
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