Two Banks Looted Nab 3 Brothers
Police pursued two eastern North Carolina bank robberies with about $30,000 taken. In Williamston three brothers were arrested for the Guaranty Bank and Trust Co holdup and $17,226 recovered. A separate Garner robbery of First Citizens Bank yielded $12,300. no link found between the two incidents.
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Raleigh
N. C
Williamston
North Carolina
Guaranty Bank and Trust Co
Garner
Charles R. Moore
FBI
State Highway Patrol
Adrill Strickland
Holloman
Quitman Strickland
Camp le Deune
U. S
W. S . Swain
Rocky Mountain
Strickland
Apopka
Fla
First Citizens Bank and Trust Co
Salvage Cash From Heroic Skipper's Ship
A Banque de Bruxelles spokesman said large sums of currency salvaged from the Flying Enterprise have been received. Oostende sources report about 90000 dollars in U S and British money, with stocks also recovered. The currency was brought from Hamburg and was loaded onto the ship Rostro before the wreck. Captain Kurt Carlsen became famous for staying with his ship after it sank in 1952 off the Cornish coast during a hurricane.
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Brussels
Belgium
Kurt Carlsen
Flying Enterprise
Banque de Bruxelles
Oostende
U. S
Rostro
Hamburg
Germany
Cornish
England
Carlsen
Dodges Heat Ends With Police Car Pound
Sandy Kelley, after a long day in 96 degree heat, left work to drive home and avoided police by moving on side streets. He swerved off the road, hit a fence, and ended up in the police car pound. he was taken into custody nearby.
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Detroit
Sandy Kelley
Gambling Ring Allegations Hit U S Print Office Workers
In hearings at the U S Print Office, witnesses refused to answer about a gambling ring tied to GPO employees. McCarthy pressed questions on runners and bookmaking while others invoked the fifth amendment. Blattenberger warned that hiding behind the fifth amendment endangers security. Applause followed his remark.
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Landmark
GPO
McCarthy
William Jasowsky
Chick
Blattenberger
Fisenhower
Edward Rothschild
Rothschild
Final Divorce Decree for Olivia De Havilland
Hollywood actress Olivia De Havilland obtained a final divorce from novelist Marcus Goodrich, custody awarded of their four year old son. Superior Judge Thace Clarke signed the decree as De Havilland plans to wed French writer Pierre Galante, though no wedding date was set.
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Hollywood
Ikid
Olivia de Havilland
Marcus Goodrich
Pierrre Galante
Th Cae A Clarke
Miss de Havilland
Goodrich
Galante
Union Leader Slain Cop Kills Assassin in chase
A union leader was slain and her husband was found dead in the hallway before collapsing. Linda Lewis, a Lena daughter, was at the beach. The gunman fled past doorman Joseph Hernen, who alerted Patrolman Langan. A street chase and gun battle ensued through the park as bystanders fled in panic.
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Linda
Joseph Hernen
Hernen
Langan
Burly Canadian Woodsman Faces Trial for Killing Lad
Wilbert Coffin, 39, a prospector in Perce Quebec, stood trial on a murder charge in the 17 year old Richard Lindsey of Hollidaysburg Pennsylvania. The case stems from the discovery of three hunters shot in the Gaspe bush while missing $700 and gear. Coffin had been held as a material witness after a coroner's inquest ruled him criminally responsible.
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Perce
Pennsylvania
Gaspe
Wilbert Cofffin
Richard Lindsey
Hollidays-burg
Lindsey
Gasper
Claar
Montreal
Rm Coffin
Curse Cure Ends With Peso Loss and Arrest
Pasadena police hold a gypsy fortune teller on grand theft after a nurse reported 87500 shrank to one Mexican peso. Mrs Hilda Van Valin said she paid the healer for a supposed curse cure, placing the money in a safe deposit box where only a peso remained. Mrs Uwanawich was later arrested in Newport Beach.
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Pasadena
Hilda van Valin
Rachel S. Uwanawich
Loot of 400 Obtained by Port Burglars
Port burglars struck at two businesses and a home in San Pedro, police said, netting nearly 400 dollars. Ralph Maestos reported 142 dollars in household items stolen from his residence at 752 W 21st St. Guy McCudden of a sheet metal firm at 221 Bayview Ave Wilmington reported 57 dollars in cash and checks taken. Tires and tools worth 295 dollars were stolen from a service station at 1357 W Pacific Coast Hwy Harbor City, according to Lou Gunning.
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San Pedro
Ralph Maestos
21St St
Guy McCudden
Bayview, Ave
Wilmington
Pacific Coast Hwy
Harbor City
Lou Gunning
Legionnaires Arrive in St Louis for National Convention
About 35,000 American Legionnaires pour into St Louis ahead of the convention. Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey and other military leaders are set to report for official activities. Hotels are full as attendees travel by bus, car, train, and taxi to convention quarters. Senator McCarthy vows to press government investigations despite GOP pushback and warns there will be no protection for communism or corruption while he serves.
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ST. Lquis
St. Louis
Legion
Lewis B. Hershey
Legionnaires
Sen
McCarthy
R.wis
Eisenhower
Republican Party
U. S. Senate
Dzm
Senator Urges Cut in Hydrogen Bomb and Aid Programs
Senator Flanders of Vermont proposed that Eisenhower and top policy makers cut billions from future hydrogen bomb, defense, and foreign aid programs. He warned the U.S. may soon have enough nuclear weapons to reach diminishing returns, suggesting savings could fund a balanced budget and tax cuts. He questioned how many bombs are needed to win a war and noted production beyond a limit wastes costly fissionable materials.
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Washington
Sen
Flanders
R.-Vt
Eisenhower
Armed Services Committee
United States
Buf
Six year old drowns in tidal stream near New Haven
A six year old boy, Robert A. Candido, disappeared while crab fishing in Mill River and was found drowned in the tidal stream. Medical Examiner Sterling Taylor ruled the death accidental after the body was recovered from the muddy bottom near his home.
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New Haven
Conn
Robert A. Candido
Mill River
Sterling Taylor
No One Hurt As Dixie Man Speeds At 100
Hernando Mississippi report states Charles Logan sped at about 100 mph at night striking an oncoming car, spinning off the road, brushing a telephone pole, overturning 12 times and landing upright. Patrolman J F Spencer planned to charge Logan with speeding and reckless driving.
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Hernando
Miss
J. F. Spencer
Charles Logan
Logan
Spencer
Alarmed Italy Warns Tito on Trieste Move
Rome reports Premier Giuseppe Fella summoned Defense Minister Emilio Paviani and Gen Efisio Marras for an urgent session to warn Yugoslavia and Atlantic Pact nations against any move to annex permanently the Trieste zone. Belgrade was sent a warning note as Belgrade news stirred fears of a forceful settlement. Tito was expected to outline a new policy in a September speech.
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Rome
Giuseppe Fella
Yugoslavia
Tito
Trieste
Atlantic
Pact
Pella
Emilio Paviani
Efisio Marras
Belgrade
Yugopress
XUES
Fire Under Control at Lake Arrowhead in early blaze
Firefighters kept the Lake Arrowhead area under control after a fast moving blaze near Arrowhead Springs Hotel threatened the spa and Alpine area. Foresters reported smaller blazes sparked by ashes but quickly contained. In Strawberry Peak lookout, Mr and Mrs Gormley described the rapid breakout and their escape with dispatcher call and records.
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Alpine
Twin Peaks
Arrowhead Springs
Paul Gormiey
Strawberry Peak
George Lange
Lange
One World Congress Pushes U N Charter Overhaul
In Copenhagen the One World Congress urged sweeping UN reforms. Delegates called for open membership, a two house General Assembly, and a world court with international police enforcing laws. A world level court would handle disputes and lower courts would punish charter violations.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
One World Congress
United Nations
U.N
U. N. General Assembly
U. N
New World Court
State Seeks Flood Funds for 1955 to Aid Long Beach
The State Water Resources Board at Sacramento requests Congress approve 66,586,100 for flood control for fiscal year 1955. Of this, 36,488,400 targets Long Beach including Los Angeles County drainage areas 23,619,400 Whittier Narrows Dam 8,513,000 San Antonio Dam 33,856,000 and San Antonio Channel 500,000.
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Congress
State Water Resources Board
Sacramento
Long Beach
Los Angeles County
Whittier Narrows
San Antonio
San Antonio Channel
Bride Killed In Car Crash On Way Home
A 19-year-old Pittsburgh bride of three months died when her husband’s car veered off the road near Wattsburgh California while returning from a farewell party. Stanley Creller, 22, a seaman, was only slightly injured.
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Foggy Credler
Pittsburgh
Newattsburgh
Calif
Stanley Creller
Jewelry Heist Hits Hollywood Jeweler. Heist Involves Cash and Gems
Hollywood jewelry store robbed Friday of 15 000 to 20 000 dollars in cash unset diamonds and watches after the thief threatened the jeweler with a pistol and a size 12 shoe. The thief overlooked a 6500 dollar brooch, said Sillman.
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Hollywood
Mort Sillman
Sillman
Residents Act to Change Exit of Freeway
Residents along Wardlow Road between Pico Avenue and Santa Fe Avenue plan to urge the City Council to relocate the freeway North exit. They warn that the temporary outlet has made Wardlow a speedway endangering children and may prompt a barricade if action is delayed as school starts approaches.
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W. Wardlow Rd
Pico Ave
Santa Fe Ave
Wardlow Rd
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