Conn. man calm confession ends 16 year manhunt
A clean cut man in a blue suit calmly described 25 years of hatred and confessed to being New York's mad bomber George Metesky. He said he vowed to plant bombs until caught or died, admitting to the bombing campaign and handwriting checks confirmed by police. Public appeals and newspaper coverage followed as investigators pursued the case.
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Waterbury, Conn
New York
George Metesky
Walter Arm
Consolidated Edison Co
New York Journal-American
Waterbury
Actress Quizzed by L A Jury on Marie Kidnap Case
Los Angeles County Grand Jury reopened its probe into the Marie McDonald kidnapping and summoned singer Lynn Carver as the first witness. McDonald and attorney Jerry Giesler attended, while Carver said she saw a woman resembling McDonald with two men in a car around 1:30 am. McDonald accused police of trying to trap her into naming a suspect, denying Amadori’s alleged confession. Amadril, 22, claimed no knowledge of the case and said he had not met McDonald before.
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CNS
Marie McDonald
Bis
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Miss McDonald
Jerry Giesler
Allen .A
Reas Sue
Carver
Twestern
Miss Carver
Marie
Amadril
Miss McDon
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Giesler
Alcorn Named GOP National Chairman by unanimous vote
H Meade Alcorn Jr of Connecticut was elected Republican national chairman with Eisenhower’s backing. The decision came after the party committee debated references to a grievance against Consolidated Harry Darby and after a White House discussion with the President. The vote followed the retirement of Leonard W. Hale.
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H. Meade Alcorn Jr
Connecticut
Eisenhower
Alcorn
L. Jud- Gane Tata
Seenson Morhouse
New York State
Consolidated
Harry Darby
Kansas
White House
Leonard W
Hali
Citizens For Eisenhower
Hall
Ei Jsenhower
From L B Area Injured in Bus Crash
A bus collision near Lupton Arizona left one dead and 24 injured as a Greyhound bus from Los Angeles to Albuquerque struck an oil tanker truck on an icy road. Victim Roy Hzra Deaver of Albuquerque was the driver. survivors include Mrs Lottie McPhearson and Mrs Dottie Spank from California and Chester Hand of Norwalk. The accident occurred one mile west of the state line.
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NIM
Greyhound
Lupton
Ariz
Arizona-New Mexico State Line
Roy Hzra Deaver
Albuquerque
Frank E. Morrison
Lordsburg
N.M
Lottie McPhearson
Lomita
Calif
Dottie Spank
Alameda
Chester Hand
Norwalk
Los Angeles
Wedding Pavilion Fire Kills Eight at Northern California Event
A coconut palm leaf pavilion caught fire during a wedding Monday night at 8 15 pm. Eight people died and a dozen were burned in Lake Lucerne and Scotts Valley area. The 17 year old bride reportedly perished while the bridegroom escaped with minor injuries amid a two minute quake.
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Calton
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Lucerne
Scotts Valley
California
Eisenhower Inaugural Ball Night Reported
President and Mrs. Eisenhower hosted four gala inaugural balls with European reaction noted to Eisenhower’s address. The article mentions I Edgar Hoover being summoned to Roosevelt’s office to start investigating subversion. Details appear in multiple sections, including The FBI Story on Page C-8 and various pages for comics bridges and notices.
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I. Edgar Hoover
Roosevelt
W.S
FBI
Ramseys Arrested at Old Trade House Raids
Gray haired Leola Ramsey and her son were arrested on abortion charges after deputies raided a Huntington Beach house. A 16 year old girl and her mother were held as witnesses, and Marvin Reeves was also arrested. The Ramseys had prior Garden Grove charges and $25,000 bail set for each.
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Leola May
Ramsey
Sher-Son
Ileton
Huntington Beach
Marvin W. Reeves
Talbert Rd
Ramseys
Milton Ramsey
Garden Grove
Orange County
Orange County General Hospital
Ma Ramsey
Long Beach
Torrance
Melvin Heil
Garfield St
Reeves
Tornadoes Kill 11 Across Louisiana and Oklahoma
A string of winter tornadoes ripped through Louisiana and Oklahoma today, killing at least 11 and injuring many. In Louisiana, three deaths and multiple injuries were reported, with towns Bellevue and Princeton heavily damaged and two other twisters hitting eastern Oklahoma. The storms, urged by a Weather Bureau warning for more tornadoes, damaged homes and struck near Guns, affecting the Calumet refinery area but sparing the local school. Names of the dead include Anson Law and his wife Mary Ann, Ruth Bradford, and others, with several children missing in Louisiana. National Guard and police responded to Guns to aid casualties and secure the area.
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Oklahoma
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Gansi| Ollarr
Gens
Princeton
Bellevue
Calumet
Annison Law
Mary Ann
Ruth
Bradford
National Guard
U.S. ‘Weather Bureau
Death by own action traces of Brooklyn man in idlewild crash
ADLER a 20 year old Pan American employee and Brooklyn native wrote a semiliterate death note claiming he was nuts and intended to fly alone. He piloted a training DC3 at Idlewild Airport and crashed after takeoff, eight hours after writing the letter. The note was found in his locker. Lackland AFB friend Daniel O Leary disclosed details. Two former girlfriends attended the funeral. Lynn Jenkins named as a planned fiancée who did not comment.
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New York
Jove
Adler
Brooklyn
Air Force
GME Aeronautics Board
Idlewild
Pan American World Airways
Daniel O'Leary
Lackland Air Force Base
Texas
Jauis
Lynn
Lackland’ Afb
O'Leary
Lynn Jenkins
Bodies of Two Girls Found Near Chicago
CHICAGO The bodies of two young girls believed to be the Grimes sisters Barbara 15 and Patricia 13 were found in a ditch near Willow Springs after they disappeared December 28 from their south side home. A cross state search had been underway.
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Chicago
Grimes Sisters
Willow Springs
Grimes
Barbara
Patricia
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