Ex-Clerk Faces Fraud Charge In Baltimore Case
John R. Raines, a 50 year old former minister of Tarbernacle Baptist Church, was convicted of defrauding charity contributors. He testified he kept half the milk fund receipts and used funds personally. Prosecutor Julius A. Romano noted Raines was ordained in 1948 before revoking his ordination after a whisky incident. He cited a record of 30 prior fraud convictions.
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Baltimore
John R. Raines
Tarbernacle Baptist Church
Raines
Julius A. Romano
Romano
Grass On The Roof Worries Zoo Head
SALT LAKE CITY Hogle Zoo unveils a sod roof shelter for Philbert Mehitable and Gertrude the bison. Director Robert H Mattlin worries seeds will blow onto the roof and sprout weeds requiring mowing to keep the exhibit tidy.
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Salt Lake City
Hogle Zoo
Philbert
Mehitable
Gertrude—zoo
Zoo
Robert H. Mattlin
Racing An Airplane Is Expensive Play
Clinton Oklahoma reports Donald Gowdy of Berger Texas was cited for speeding 90 mph while claiming he was racing a small plane to gauge its speed. The aircraft proved to be the highway patrol Beechcraft clocked from the air by Trooper Art Hamilton.
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Clinton, Okla
Donald Gowdy
Berger
Tex
Highway Patrol
Beechcraft
Art Hamilton
Gowdy
Door missing at Elmira church mystifies pastor
In Elmira New York a clergyman reported a church door missing after a telephone call to police. Investigators found the sliding door had been opened and the minister did not realize the door was in use.
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Elmira
N. Y
Freed Texan’s Tales Of Reds Reveal Deaths
Pfc. Reuben K. Kimball Jr. of Baytown Texas says North Korean Reds killed 30 American prisoners and killed 13 more after dragging a blind French nun through Manpo. Kimball, captured July 24 1950, describes torture and exposure while prisoner with Cpl. Ramon Martinez finally released after 233 days in the hole and marching north with 730 captured others. he estimates about 238 survive.
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Freedom Village
Korea
Texas
Reuben K. Kimball Jr
Baytown
Manpo
Kimball
Philip Dean
Deane
Cpl
Ramon Martinez
Crystal City
Return Home Pusan Assembly Votes to Move to Seoul
South Korea's National Assembly approves returning to Seoul from Pusan next month ending nearly three years in the provisional coastal capital. Government will complete its move back to Seoul as scheduled.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
National Assembly
Seoul
New Mexico Oil Wells Producing in 1953
The record shows that New Mexico had a substantial number of producing oil wells in 1953, reflecting a robust energy sector. Exact totals are not stated here, but the state maintained strong output levels through the year.
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New Mexico
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