Grand jury reveals vivid murder account in widow slaying
John Lawson True testifies in Los Angeles County Grand Jury about the March 9 murder of 62 year old Mabel Monchan in Burbank California. The four indicted suspects include Emmett Perkins 44 John A Santo 48 and Barbara Graham 29 with Perkins charged also with kidnapping Shorter. The informer linked the gang to a $100000 cache Mrs Monchan was believed to hide. True describes Barbara Graham striking Monchan with a gun and the group binding and moving the victim after she collapsed.
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Los Angeles
John Lawson True
Emmett Perkins
John A. Santo
Barbara Graham
Mabel Monchan
Burbank
Calif
Monahan
Luther
Monohan
Graham
Barbara
True
Perkins
Police Recover Stolen Tools From Hardware Co
Tools valued at several hundred dollars stolen from American Wholesale Hardware Co at 1500 W Anaheim St were recovered by police late Monday ending three months of pilfering. Suspect Eril Franzman, 330 Chestnut Ave, a janitor for the company, was identified by Ben F. Larner, general manager, after police found the tools in a storeroom behind Franzman’s home. Franzman was booked by Inspectors Everett H. Kennedy and Wayne L. Higley for grand theft investigation.
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American Wholesale Hardware Co
Anaheim St
Eril Franzman
Chestnut Ave
Ben F. Larner
Franzman
Everett H. Kennedy
Wayne L. Higley
East Germans Parade for Lighter Work Day
Five thousand East Berlin laborers marched through the Soviet Sector with signs calling for a lighter work day. The rally, timed before noon near Alexander Platz, drew crowds as Communist police watched. Workers criticise a spring quota rise without higher pay amid open plant strikes. In East Berlin westward areas, anti-West posters were torn down and hate signs removed.
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East Germany
Alexander Platz
East Berlin
Reserve destroyer escorts sail for 8000 mile South America tour
Three Naval destroyer escorts will depart the Net Depot at Terminal Island Navy Base at 5 p.m. with 250 Naval reservists for an 8000 mile goodwill training tour of South America. The ships Butler Goss and Weeden will visit Acapulco Balboa Panama Canal and Callao before returning. Commanded by Lt. Crdrs Robert B Willhoite Donald H Henning and Joseph B Behan the crews include many high school and college students with limited reserve training and cadre aboard each ship.
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Terminal Island Navy Base
South America
California
Nevada
Arizona
Acapulco
Mex
Balboa
Panama Canal
Callao
Peru
Butler
Goss and Weeden
Robert B. Willhoite
Donald H. Henning
Joseph B. Behan
Ambassadors Named for Brazil Portugal and Norway
President Eisenhower nominated James S. Kemper to Brazil M Robert Guggenheim to Portugal and L Corrin Strong to Norway Kemper 65 former Republican National Committee treasurer chair of Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co Guggenheim 68 retired businessman former American Smelting & Security Co executive and former U S Zinc Co secretary and vice president Strong 60 president of the Hattie M Strong Foundation resides in Washington D C
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Washington
Eisenhower
James S. Kemper
Brazil
M. Robert Guggenheim
Portugal
L. Corrin Strong
Norway
Kemper
Republican National Committee
Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Co
Chicago
Guggenheim
American Smelting & Security Co
Thhe U. S. Zinc Co
Washington, D. C
Strong
Hattie M. Strong
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Richard
Bud) McIntire
Phil Crowley
Des Moines
Boy Scouts
Kayenta
Ariz
Baxter Shorter
Shorter
Knotty Pine
Atiany
Long Beach
Pfaff Sewing Center
Pine
Austin
Joel J. Johnson
Bite Yacht Builder
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Mr. Johnson
Ancheim
Fathers Day
Schick
Llore
Brooklyr, M. ¥, Inc
Plec
Sigmed
Parthesac
Evershorp, Inc
Brooklyn
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