Former Divinity Student Admits Three Murders
Las Vegas truck driver and former divinity student David Cooper Nelson, 35, confessed to killing Ralph Henderson Rainey in New Mexico, Kenneth Short near Amarillo, and John Valenti in Nevada. He described a route through Oklahoma and Texas and is pursuing a book about the killings.
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David Cooper Nelson
Nelson
Las Vegas
Nev
Ralph Henderson Rainey
Santa Monica
Calif
Rainey
Albuquerque
Kenneth Short
North Hollywood
John Valenti
Montana
Valenti
New Mexico
Nevada
Short
Amarillo
Oklahoma
Flint
Mich
Santa Rosa
Pioche
Utah
Texas
Arizona
Navy Reserve Officers Eyed For New Duty
The U S Navy seeks Reserve Officers to return to active duty with no set recall end date. Line officers may be ordered to sea, with short courses to update operations before new assignments. Many pilots expect shore duty first. Applications urged for line aviation supply civil engineers and medical corps including nurses. Recalls require at least three years active duty, two years for medical, with possible transfer to regular Navy.
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U. S. Navy
R. E. Barkley
Lawton Station
Barkley
Autos Outspend Food In Georgia In 1954 Census
Georgia residents spent 26.9 cents of every dollar on automobiles and related services and 22.8 cents on food in 1954, according to a U S Department of Commerce business census.
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Atlanta
U.S. Department of Commerce
Georgia
Marines Offer Two Year Enlistment Plan
Marines offer two year enlistments for men aged 17 to 26 marked as first such policy since 1954. MSgt. William E. Schoolcraft in Lawton says the corps will enlist married men with no children or single men with one dependent and provide options of two, three or four year terms. The recruiting station is at the Lawton post office building.
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U. S. Marine Corps
William E. Schoolcraft
Lawton
Schoolcraft
Marine Corps
Lawton Post Office
Gasoline Tanker Rocked By Blast In Two Rivers
A tanker carrying 420000 gallons of gasoline was rocked by an explosion and fire in Two Rivers Wisconsin on Monday. No injuries occurred as the blast happened in the pump room during unloading with no crew present and nearby gasoline lines unaffected.
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Two Rivers
Wis
Detroit
Polio Vaccination Aid Extended by House Vote
The House passed a bill extending polio vaccination aid to states through June 30, 1957. The aid authority was set to expire this month and the measure now goes to the President for approval.
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Washington
House
Junior Editors Learn Lake Superior History
Today’s assignment explains Lake Superior’s origins named by French traders Lac Superior meaning Upper Lake. It notes Minnesota Wisconsin Upper Peninsula borders Canada and previews future reports on Michigan’s Lower Peninsula and Wisconsin, with a call for reader ideas worth ten dollars.
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Lac Superior
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Canada
Vancouver
Ottawa
St. Catherine
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Duluth
Lower Michigan
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