Contino pleads guilty in draft evasion case
Dick Contino the accordionist once famed as a $4000 weekly star changed his plea from innocent to guilty at a federal trial. A second Fort Ord psychiatrist testified he was mentally able to serve. Contino and his lawyer discussed extenuating circumstances to seek sentence reduction.
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San Francisco
Dick Contino
Fatavel
Abuleus
Fort Ord
Jerry Hollis Clark
Contino
James T. Davis
Michael J. Roche
Roede
Davis
Glendale
Betty Eshelby
Joseph Karesh
Army to Get Back 1-Year-Old Hero
Sacrament o July 24 A 11 year old youth from Asheville NC who was discharged as a decorated hero of the Korean war has court permission to pursue a military career. Joe Harrison Hill left home to enlist after conflicts with his parents. He must reenlist by July 25 to keep his staff sergeant rank. Guardian Lenard Huntley was appointed after the parents failed to respond to consent letters. The judge said the youth should be in service rather than become a wayward boy.
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Sacramento
Asheville
N. C
Joe Harrison Hill
Harrison
Grover W. Bereau
Lenard D. Huntley
Francis B. Dillon
James Hill
Hill
Bridegroom Listed as Death by Own Action
Los Angeles reports David Lauren, 22, UCLA student and newlywed of two weeks, listed as death by own action. He reportedly threw himself in front of a moving train in Beverly Hills.
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Los Angeles
David Lauren
UCLA
Beverly Hills
French Candidate Seeks Peace Pledge for Indochina
Paris July 24 Rene Mayer pledged that if he becomes premier France will seek guarantees in the Korea truce talks against a Chinese attack on Indochina. He spoke before the National Assembly as he sought confirmation as premier. Mayer urged a European army and warned Germany against reviving militarism while defending western Europe.
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Paris
Rene Mayer
France
Indochina
National Assembly
Mayer
Korea
Asia
China
Popular Republicans
MRP
Germany
Four Die in Santa Barbara Highway Wreck
A sedan carrying Alden Landry and his family was rear ended by an oil tanker on Highway 101 near Las Cruces. The crash spilled 5500 gallons of crude, creating a hazard as crews cleared the site. The driver of the tanker, Ray Cunningham, was hospitalized. a Guadalupe driver, Ervin Victorino, escaped unharmed.
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Santa Barbara
California
Las Cruces
Charles Ferrari
Irwin Harvie
Charles M. Taylor
Jeecart
Alden Victor Landry
Hollywood
Taylor
John B. Aragon
Los Angeles
Aragon
Landry
Yosemite
Ray Cunningham
Dowdell Transportation Co
San Jose
Santa Maria
Ervin Victorino
Guadalupe
Byrd Attacks Truman Spending Policy in Congress
Senator Harry F Byrd of Virginia accused President Truman of plans to squander the nation into bankruptcy through rising federal spending after the mid year economic report to Congress. He urged restraint while defending national defense and criticizing required higher taxes without presidential cooperation.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D.-Va
Truman
Byrd
Congressional Economy Bloc
Congress
Not Guilty Plea to Job Selling by Mississippi Democrats
Eight of Mississippi's top pro Tru man Democrats pleaded innocent yesterday to federal charges of conspiring to sell government jobs. The defendants faced accusations in Jackson with details tied to political appointments and alleged schemes involving state officials.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Dad Kills Baby and Wounds Two in Charlottesville
Raymond Wilson Conley, 39, killed 3 month old Linda Sue and 18 month old William Emery Conley with a knife after a shotgun failed to finish the job, as police say he confessed. He wounded 3 year old Wilson Lee Conley and another baby survived. motive linked to recent separation from his wife and babysitting failure. He was charged with murder.
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Charlottesville
Raymond Wilson Conley
Conley
Wilson Lee Conley
Linda Sue
William Emery Conley
Wilson Lee
William Em
Weather outlook with thinning clouds and warmer highs
Night and morning low clouds persist through Thursday with sunny afternoons to follow. Warmer temperatures after Thursday. Light variable winds veering to southwest to west.
Navy Plane Bringing Adm Sherman Home
A four engined U S Navy transport carried the body of Adm Forrest P Sherman from Naples to Washington after last honors by Italian guards and band. The 54 year old admiral died after two heart attacks in a Naples hotel. Navy Carney led service aboard Mount Olympus with destroyers forming a guard.
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Alburn D. West
Naples
Italy
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Mediterranean
Washington
Navy
Capodichino
U. S. Navy
Mount Olympus
U. S. Chief of Naval Operations
Generallissimo Franco
U. S
Spain
Robert B. Carney
Sherman
Carney
Europe
Korea
Action Demanded to Liberate Oatis
Rep Bray urged Congress to cut State Department funds until it seeks the release of William N. Oatis jailed in Czechoslovakia on spy charges. He called the trial a kangaroo court and warned that action must come from Congress or public opinion to compel action and uphold American respect abroad.
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Washington
Bray
R.-Ind
Congress
State Department
William N. Oatis
Oatis
Associated Press
Czechoslovakia
Hoolligans
House
Department
America
Army to Tap Staffs for Korea Replacements
Washington July 2 The Army will tap training and administrative staffs of six U S Army areas for about half the troops heading to Korea as replacements in the coming months. Individual soldiers will be selected from the 31st and 47th National Guard divisions now in training at Fort Jackson South Carolina and Camp Rucker Alabama. The aim is to replace 30 000 Korean troops in each of the next three months.
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Washington
U. S
Korea
National Guard
Fort Igaeksom
8. C
Camp Rucker
Ala
Classifieds and pages listed for Boyle and other sections
A brief notice outlines newspaper sections and their page designations including Boyle on A-?, Bridge on A-9, classifieds on 8, Tomics on B-4, crossword A-5, editorial A-8, financial B-6 and B-7, radio TV A-S, shipping B-7, sports A-1 B-12, titles and temperatures B-7, and women’s activities B-2 and B-3.
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Boyle
Tomics
North Korea radio firm on demands for armistice talks
U N truce negotiators prepare for a yes or no on the Korean war armistice agenda from Kaesong as Pyongyang radio demands withdrawal of all foreign troops. Moscow version adds aim for a final solution while Peiping remains silent on Wednesday.
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U. N
Korea
United Nations
Kaesong
Long Beach
Pyongyang
U. WN
Pyongyang Radion
Peiping
Normal Summer Day for Nation
The nationwide pattern showed hot conditions in the southern half and Rocky Mountain region with warmer air moving into the north central area. Cloud cover stretched from New Mexico and Texas to the Ohio River with scattered rain. Malden Missouri recorded nearly three inches of rain in 12 hours while Las Vegas Nevada reached 108 degrees and Boise Idaho 103.
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Associated Press
Rocky Mountain
North Central
Michigan
New Mexico
Texas
Ohio River
Malden
Gulf States
Las Vegas
Boise
Idaho
Pendleton
Ore
Indian Firefighters Boost Crews At Lake Arrowhead Fire
A 50 strong Indian firefighting team from Winslow Arizona joined 400 others battling a fast moving forest fire near Lake Arrowhead. The blaze, covering about 5000 acres, threatened homes but remained contained on the north shore as crews fought shifting winds up to 30 mph.
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Lake Arrowhead
Arizona
Timsberland
Forest Service
Winslow
Ariz
Lake Arrow
Sequoia
Angelus
Forest Supervisor
Willow Creek
Willow Canyon
Deep Creek
Weather Bureau
Squint Ranch
Lakeshore Village
Little Bear Sawger
Commies Claim Seven U S Planes Shot Down Over Manchuria
Peiping radio cites Wang Chia hsiang saying eight U S jets invaded Manchurian territory last Saturday and seven were shot down by Chinese air forces. The broadcast came hours before Korea cease fire talks resumed.
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Tokyo
Peiping
United States
Manchurian
Korea
Red Radio
Wang Chiahsiang
Wang
Manchuria
Mukden
Liuyang
FBI Arrest Suspect in 1948 Washington Slaying
FBI agents arrested Bill Smith Jr. on a murder charge for the November 5 1948 slaying of Noreen McNicholas, a Tacoma student. Smith, 26, was captured in Burlingame California at 3 am and denied the crime while admitting acquaintance with the victim. Arraignment planned. investigation tied to Pierce County Washington authorities amid a brutal sexual abuse autopsy finding.
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San Francisco
FBI
Bill Smith Jr
Noreen McNicholas
Tacoma
Harry M. Kimball
Smith
Burlingame
Here
Kimball
U. S
Victoria Rd
Pierce County
Washington
Miss McNicholas
Brookdale
Wash
Metropolitan Park
Spanaway
Modern Beauty Academy
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Pict Contino
U. S. Army
Corner
Joseph F. Mealey
Darby
Mary Martha Steinmetz
Erie
Wills Eye Hospital
Philadelphia
Mealey
Mary
Sen
Dad
Baby
Adm.Sherman
Cape
North Korea
By Robert B. Tuckman
Red China
Red
U.S
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