Diary Note Reveals Death By Own Action Slain by Pills
Venice police found a handwritten diary fragment in the car of Alan Adair 31 describing a plan to kill himself with sleeping pills after an estranged wife, Ann. The note, dated around 4:26 p.m. to 7:38 p.m., records his actions and thoughts, recounting taking 29 pills and waiting for death over several hours before collapsing unconscious. He was hospitalized in Santa Monica in serious condition.
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Adair
Santa Monica Receiving Hospital
Paws
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C. G. McFarland
Venice Policemn Aunse
Body Found in City Park After Anonymous Call
Unidentified man's body discovered in Topeka City Park bandstand after a caller claimed strangling a man. Caller contacted police again, asking if body had been found. First call traced to a downtown booth. second call came from a residence. The victim in his mid-20s showed no clear strangulation signs.
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Topeka
Kan U
City Park
Bill Damron
Damron
Political jibes as parties spar over labels
A Washington memo notes Republicans jokingly mock Democrats for calling the GOP by an incorrect label while Democrats point out the GOP tendency to misname the Democratic Party. Polls claimed mixed reactions to naming, with light disdain and a quip about fielding interrogators. Various brief items report on quirky public notices, wildlife sales, and petty mischief including poster removal and a shoe theft.
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Washington
Democratic National Committee
GOP
Leonard Hall
Republican Party
Implicate Judge Police in Traffic Fix Scandal
Omaha World Herald investigation reveals a driver ticket fixing scheme with police officers and city officials. Patrolman Volkir confessed to taking cash for tickets dismissed by Presiding Municipal Judge Patrick O Connor, while the judge acknowledged dismissing some tickets, sparking a bar association probe and police internal inquiry.
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Omaha World-Herald
Bar Association
Patrick O'Connor
The
World-Herald
O' Connor
Henry Boesen
the World-Herald
Harry Green
Joseph W. ‘Volkir
Rocket Launching Do You Agree Slated in Canada
The Army will fire eight large rockets from a northern Canadian site near Fort Churchill on Hudson Bay this fall to test how different latitudes affect launches. Most rockets have been tested at White Sands. An additional fifty two rockets will be tried at sites next year as part of the international geophysical year program.
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Canada
Army
Army Engineers
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Hudson Bay
White Sands Proving Grounds
New Mexico
Leyovithh Jinstal Mystery Speaker Emerges in 1828 Note
Fragmentary OCR hints at a Russian novelist referred to as a reformer and commentator in 1828. Names and exact events are unclear, with likely misreads of Leyovithh Jinstal and related terms. The piece appears to note a reformist tendency tied to literary circles in that era.
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Leyovithh Jinstal
Ard Nyatte
Correctional Chief E. Preston Sharp Elected President
E. Preston Sharp of Philadelphia has been elected president of the American Correctional Association at its 89th Congress for Correction in Los Angeles. The selection elevates the correctional leader amid national discussions on prison reform and professional standards.
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E. Preston Sharp
Philadelphia
The
American Correctional Assn
Congress For Correction
Freeway Hearings Set To Begin September 12
Assemblyman Richard J. Dal wig schedules hearings on state highway plans with federal funds accelerating construction. Hearings listed for Encinitas September 12, Los Angeles September 13-14, Redwood City September 20.
Egypt to Seek Death for Britons in Spying Case
Cairo reports say Egypt will press for death penalties for three Britons and two Egyptian diplomats amid espionage arrests connected to the Suez crisis. Prosecutor General Hafee Sabek reportedly argues Egypt is at war with Israel, seeking capital punishment under wartime grounds.
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Egypt
Suez Committee
al Akhbar
James Swinburn
Charles
AL Abbar
Hafee Sabek
Britain
Sabek
Israel
Unclear OCR notice from Long Beach area with scattered dates
Fragmentary telegram-like text from a Long Beach street listing mentions Byargon Chealshan and 2.74 with dates in March and January. The damaged lines suggest a daily publication note and postal office reference but lack clear events or identities.
Mystery and misery of the backache
Reader's Digest September issue explains causes significance and treatment of backaches. It outlines four roles to avoid back pain and promotes 42 articles condensed from magazines newspapers and books.
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