Most Wanted Bandit Captured Near Boston
Persie Miller, named to the FBI ten most wanted list on Wednesday, was captured Thursday night in Somersworth New Hampshire after an FBI and local police operation. He had fled Yancey County North Carolina prison camp in 1948 following an armed robbery charge and was arraigned in Boston after transport with a heavy guard. Miller reportedly dyed his hair to alter his appearance and lived with a woman who operated a beauty parlor.
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Boston
Persie Miller
U.S
Somersworth
Miller
FBI
Yancey County
N.C
FBL
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Vernon St. Somersworth
PBS
Emile Gauvin
New Hampshire
Three Suspects Nabbed on Four Counts Here
Three young men were arrested here early today on suspicion of robbery petty theft possession of deadly weapons and illegal possession of narcotics. Jereld D. Hill 20 painter George O. Anderson 22 boiler worker and Henry Lanosa 23 laborer lived at 176 Roycroft Ave. Anderson was arrested earlier on a downtown street. Officers said none could explain the presence at Roycroft Ave residence of marijuana cigarette butt two wartime trench knives a homemade blackjack and four auto hub caps.
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Jereld D. Hill
George O. Anderson
Henry Lanosa
Roycroft Ave
Lanosa
Anderson
W. E. Black
John Cowan
Victor Armitage
Lloyd Berry
New Tract Start to Begin Soon
Whaley subdivision with 444 housing walls will start soon pending City Council map approval. City Planning Commission approved the project and will recommend sale to council next Tuesday. Located east of Bellflower Blvd and north of Stearns St the 800 acre extension of Los Altos includes 284 single family homes and 34 multiple family units with a 10 acre site reserved for a future public school.
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Whaley
City Planning Commission
Bellflower Blvd
Stearns St
Los Altos
World-Noted Dealer in Rare Books Dies
Philip H. Rosenbach, 89, head of the Rosenbach Co. of Philadelphia and New York, died Thursday night in a hotel room in Beverly Hills. A renowned rare books dealer, he visited annually for the winter from his Philadelphia home. The firm specialized in first editions, rare manuscripts, and historical letters. It was founded after he and his brother A S W Rosenbach graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
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Beverly Hull
Ur. Philip, H. Rosenbach
Rosenbach Co
Philadelphia
New York
Rosenbach
A. S. W. Rosenbach
University of Pennsylvania
Army OKs Basin Dredge Proposal Analysis
Army engineers and the Secretary of Defense approved a plan to dredge a deeper channel and turning basin to prevent groundings by vessels using the Matson Line terminal in Wilmington. The Bureau of the Budget would fund about $800,000. Fourteen Southland House members urge approval. California Senators and three House members introduced legislation authorizing the project.
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Army Engineers
Secretary of Defense
Matson Line
Wilmington
Washington
Bureau O i
House
Southland
Bureau
California
Lakewood Pool Bids To Be Opened For Olympic Type Facility
Los Angeles County Supervisors will open bids for a new Lakewood pool to be built in Mayfair Park at the corner of South Street and Clark Avenue. Harold A. Meserve of the Parks and Recreation Department says the 50 meter pool, about 464 by 134 feet, will run parallel to South Street with a chain link fence separating it from parking. Construction is expected to take about 120 working days with bids likely awarded within two weeks after opening. Bath house will face Clark Avenue and serve as a windbreak, with a concrete brick fence along the site.
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Los Angeles
South St
Clark Ava
Bill to deter bridge suicides clears Assembly
Sacramento report states a bill aims to curb bridge suicides by making illegal any use of bridges not for public passage. If arrested on restricted bridge area, offenders face misdemeanor charges and immediate jail potential under the bill authored by Assemblymember Ghats Meyers of San Francisco.
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Sacramento
Assembly
Truman Library Group Announces Fund Drive
KANSAS CITY Basil O Connor, chairman of the Truman Library executive committee, announced a public fundraising campaign for the Harry S Truman Library. Construction is estimated at 1 to 2 million dollars and will begin before July 1 on the Truman farm near Grant City Missouri. The project will house the former president's papers. A total of 400000 dollars in cash and 400000 dollars in pledges have been raised, with further drives planned among interested groups.
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Kansas City
Ans
Herry
Truman Library
Basil O'Connor
O'Connor
Grant Kew
Connor
Lakewood Park funds tied to Lakewood Country Club lease
Julien C. Hyer outlines a project on the south side of the plunge to form another windbreak. Financing largely relies on 150,000 dollars deposited with the county treasury from the Lakewood Park Corporation as part of the lease arrangement with Lakewood Country Club.
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County
Lakewood Park Corp
Lakewood Country Club
Man to Go on Trial in Walter Whale Case
Robert H. Williams, a 40 year old photographer of 2519 Easy Ave, faces a trial date of April 17 in Superior Court after pleading not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon. He allegedly slugged Pier Point Landing patron John A. Fredericks, 48, during a dispute over the whereabouts of a whale, after Fredericks said I don't know anything about any whale.
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Robert H. Williams
Superior Court
Williams
Easy Ave
John
A. Fredericks
Fredericks
Edinburghers boneless kipper aimed at U S market
Henderson Stewart told the House of Commons committee that the Scottish herring industry has produced a new boneless kipper for sale in the United States. The product is named Edinburghers and represents an effort to expand exports.
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London
UPJ
Henderson Stewart
Scotland
House of Commons
Isaie
United States
Edinburghers
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