Puerto Rico Plot to Kill Solon Told
House Interior Committee Chairman Clair Engle disclosed that a member’s planned Puerto Rico trip was canceled after the FBI learned three assassins had been assigned to kill him. Engle said the trip may be delayed as security arrangements are made. the member was later identified as Rep Frank T Bow.
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House
Puerto Rico
FBI
Clair Engle
D-Cal
House Interior Committee
Blair House
Truman
House of Representatives
ONIO
Engle
Appropriations Committee
Frank T. Bow
Bow
Interior
Puerty Riva
Rules Committee
Two trusties escape from Santa Ana jail range
Two jail trustees escaped from the police pistol range on Struck Ave in Santa Ana Saturday. James Robert Gibbs left shortly before noon and Donald Clarence Dee was reported missing at 3 50 p m as authorities sought them today.
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Santa Ana
Struck Ave
James Robert Gibbs
Donald Clarence Dee
Artificial Limb Smuggler Arrested in Berlin
A one legged man was arrested in West Berlin on smuggling charges after police noted frequent border crossings in a motorized wheelchair. They say he used his artificial limb to conceal coffee tea cigarettes and stockings, packed within the leg.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Shriner Train Delayed After Rails Blasted Near Yorktown
A nine car New York Central charter train carrying Indianapolis Shriners was halted for hours after a switch explosion blasted a rail spur near a strikebound warehouse in Yorktown Indiana. The blast occurred at 2 02 a m Sunday, shaking nearby houses as the train crawled past the damaged section at 10 mph. Union officials were not immediate available for comment.
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Yorktown
Ind
Indianapolis Shriners
Detroit
New York Central
Sherill W. Pete Anthony
Delaware Coun
AFL ‘Teamsters Union
Marsh
Anthony
Nationalists Sink Ten Red War Vessels Near Formosa
Nationalist forces attacked in Amoy Bay near Formosa Strait with fighter bombers and motorized gunboats. The communique said the attack involved 50 gunboats and armed junks, with heavy anti aircraft fire but no reported losses on the Nationalist side. Preparations for a joint U S Nationalist operation against Red China reportedly reached the talking stage.
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Ww Bay
Alsa
Am Bay
Formosa ‘Strait
Iis
Amoy
Quemoy
Fron
U. S
Amoy Bay
Red China
Hundredth Birthday Observed at Church
Margaret J Metzger of Bedford Pennsylvania recalls the Johnstown flood as her most vivid memory. Born before the Civil War she celebrated her 100th birthday at a church gathering where she and four family members were rescued from the floodwaters. Now a California resident, she lives with Mrs. Bess Eleanor Waller at 142 N Alexandria Ave.
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HUD
Usgleia
Margaret J. Metzger
Bedford
Johnstown
Wigs Metzger
California
Bess
Eleanor Waller
Alexandria Aye
U S Seed Potatoes Arrive at Inchon Harbor Aid Program
A 1955 press item notes the arrival of seed potatoes and garden seeds at Inchon Harbor as part of a South Korea rehabilitation and rural warehousing program funded by the Foreign Operations Administration. The shipment supports flood control and farm aid plans, with total program value in the millions of dollars. A separate note mentions the Longshoremen and Warehousemen’s union planning a memorial and a six sided hall near Fisherman’s Wharf, with construction expected to begin in June.
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Inchon
Seoul
Inchon Harbor
Longshore Association
Ss So Mon
Press-Telegram
International Longshoremen's
SAN Francisco CP
San Francisco Bay Area
Fisherman's
Memorial Shoremen's Memorial Assn
Wharf
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America
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Desmond
Kerry
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