Blackmailer of Greenlease Given Term
Edward Eugene Long, 21, was sentenced to three years in a reformatory after pleading guilty to blackmail over the kidnapping of 6 year old Bobby Greenlease. Long, a former hotel bellhop, sent a ransom demand to Robert C. Greenlease after reading news of the kidnapping. The actual abductors received the large ransom and were executed. substantial sums remain missing.
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Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Edward Eugene Long
John R. James
Long
Robert C. Greenlease
Greenlease
Warren Says Liberty Not Communism Will Penetrate Iron Curtain
Chief Justice Earl Warren told a Columbia University bicentennial dinner that liberty not communism is the most contagious force and will permeate the Iron Curtain. He warned dissent and free inquiry must be safeguarded or America risks destroying itself, stressing freedom of thought, research, and the value of universities in a turbulent world.
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New, York
Earl. Warren
Warren
Columbia’ University
U. S. Supreme Court
Columbia
America
Girl Recovers as Community Sends Good Wishes
A patient battling a serious disease receives an outpouring of support from well-wishers offering to share kindness and, in one case, measles, as AP Wirephoto captures the scene.
Plane Stopper Tested Successfully by AF
Hamilton Air Force Base reports a successful first test of an arresting barrier used to halt a traveling trainer jet at 735 miles per hour. The nylon rope barrier pulls a 1 inch steel plate to engage the landing gear, stopping the plane with minimal shock. The device, previously used in Korea, will also operate at Payne Air Force Base in Everett, Washington.
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Air Force
United States
Hamilton
Air Defense Command
Payne ‘Air, Force Base
Everett
Wash
Korea
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