Link Banker to Giant Loan Gyp
A Boston bank examiner turned banker, Donald B. Taylor of Marblehead, faced indictment on conspiracy to steal linked to George Maitland’s alleged financial schemes. Maitland, a former constable, is charged with theft via forged purchase orders and loans totaling over 400000. Taylor and Maitland allegedly conspired since 1951, with Maitland depositing substantial funds at Pilgrim Trust Co. since 1930.
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Boston
George J. Maitland
Donald BR. Taylor
Marblehead
Pilgrim Trust Co
Taylor
Maitland
District Attorney’s Office
Pilgrim ‘Trust Co
Ds Stant
Ike Consigns Boggy Brass to Doghouse Joke
President Eisenhower quipped at a news conference about a doghouse built with funds amid a row over Scot McCarthy and Army officials. The light remark drew laughs but the topic moved on, as references to Ft. Dix and past costs were briefly noted.
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Ike
Washington
Tisenhower
P McCarthy
Army
Roderick Aller
Dis
N. Dy
Los Angeles Jury Slams Liquor Agency Control Move
The Los Angeles County grand jury urged transferring liquor control from the State Board of Equalization to a new independent agency. It called for juvenile jail reform, a high security unit for prisoners at Wayside Tower, and new facilities to ease overcrowding.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles County Grand Jury
Pecomamenins
Liguer
Ately
Harold W. Setweitger
Agenes
Hquor Salon
Wayside Tower
Rancho
U.S. Seizes Galesburg Transit Over Tax Lien
Federal agents padlocked the Galesburg Safety Route garage after seizing the transit firm and its vehicles to satisfy unpaid withholding taxes from 1953 and 1934 totaling 14 043 dollars. Riders were left without public transportation as government action froze assets.
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Galesburo, Iv—E
Galesburg
Doomed Con Appeals to Knight for Reprieve
Wesley Robert Wells, 44, on San Quentin death row for seven years, pleads for life to Gov. Knight. He says he would be a credit to society after attacking a guard with a cuspidor in 1947. Wells awaits an April 9 execution tied to a mandatory death sentence for long killers. Knight will study last-ditch clemency requests as Wells faces the gas chamber.
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San Quentin
Wesley Robert Wells
San Quentin Prison
Goodwin J. Knight
Tecan
Wil
I Wells
Knight
Wells
Earl Warren
Henace
Luxury yacht Albcian burns at sea during rescue
A luxury yacht named Albcian, built in 1924 and later remodeled, burned offshore near Cape San Lucas after departing Newport Harbor for its annual trip. Coast Guard planes and a rescue boat from San Diego saved all aboard. the vessel carries a 20 foot beam and 19 foot draft with 300 horsepower diesel engines.
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San Jose
Kens Beach
Neilsen
Coast Guard
Cansa
Washington
San Diego
Panama
Landlord's Son Accused Of Invading Home In Lease Fight
In Santa Monica Ernest Baker claims he could break a lease because the landlord's son and friends visited and ogled his two daughters. The Bakers oppose a rent suit of 1425 as the Tourras move from a Santa Monica house after four months of a one year lease. Ted Tourtas, a wrestler, reportedly relaxed in the home with friends while Baker daughters Lynn Lampert and Jean O'Brian testified. Lampert, Miss Redondo Beach 1953, recalled an incident when Tourtas entered her bedroom while she was half disrobed and ordered him to leave. Trial continues.
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Lynn Lampert
Jean O'Brien
Santa Monica Court
Rnd
Elmer Decker
Cedar Age
Martin Decker Corp
Robert Cook
Hillview Ra
Anaheim
Great Lakes Carbon Co
Art Hall
Long Beach
W. Ray Ave
Newport Beach
Alan LeSavoy
Bennett Ave
Campbell Buick Cp
Billenger
Lindbergh Ave
Lynwood
Callahan
Sacramento
Harold Neilsen
Santa Cruz
San Pedro
David Schine
Army
Sen. McCarthy
Wis
Pasadent
Kenneth 3. Leitch
Selective Service
Amny
McCarthy
Roy Coin
Schinz
Leitch
Sehing
Pasadena
New York
Schine
New York Review Board
Santa Monica
Ernest
Baker
Tats
Santa Monica House
Dimebos Tourras
Tourtas
Superior Court
Cer
Toursias
Ted
Bakers
Jean O'Brian
Res. Lampert
Redondo Beach
Tourtas’ Jgan
Steel Consumers Slash Inventories Report
New York UM reports steel buyers are sharply reducing inventories to a practical 30 day or less supply as slower production stretches workoffs. Iron Age notes some firms planned 50 to 60 days but now target 30 days or shorter amid slowed output and capacity expansion trends.
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New York
UM. Steel
Iron Age
Metalworking Weekly
Tess Party Tonight for Ghost Aged 923
In Holywell England a Feery Boat Inn gathering plans a late night party for a ghost named the White Lady of Helswell. The event notes she appears at midnight each March 17 since the 11th Century and guests hope for an appearance.
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Holywell
England
Feery Boat Inn
Helswell
State Reserve Troops Would Violate Law
Sacramento Califor nia would violate the constitutional ban on states maintaining troops if it activated and equipped a state reserve for the national Guard. Maj. Gen. Earle A. Jones told a Senate committee that federal authorization for a home act expired in 1952. The state should await the outcome of federal militarization before renewing authority for state guards. meanwhile a skeleton organization can be maintained.
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Sacramento
California
Earle A. Jones
la Senate
Jones
Milwaukee teacher and wife admit tavern burglary
A Milwaukee teacher Join B Hunt 31 and his wife 29 and a Madison boy admitted a tavern burglary in Portage. They burglarized Forte Tavern on Hivy Road stealing 83 dollars in cash and 28 from checks after slugging owner Walter Davinski. They confessed to six other thefts in the Portage area since December.
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Portage, Wise
Milwaukee
Madison
Columbia County
Peter Boylan
Join BE
Hunt
Hunts
Too Old to Farm Father Welcomes 27th Child in 11 Lineage
Ephraim Horner, 88, a former farm hand, and his 44-year-old wife welcomed daughter Roseanna Aurella in Point Pleasant Hospital. Horner, a great-grandfather, says he has too many children but would not trade any for $10,000,000. The couple now live with seven of their children in a four-room apartment in Lakewood.
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Lakewood
N. J
Ephraim Horner
Poweh
Roseanna Aurella
Point Pleasant Hospital
Horner
Seid Horner
Ile
U S and Canada pledge care on surpluses
Washington report: United States and Canada promise not to upset world markets by dumping large stockpiles of surplus farm products. In a joint communique at the end of a financial conference, they call for a more flexible trade and payments system to raise global living standards. The one day meeting included four Canadian leaders led by Lester B Pearson and four Eisenhower cabinet officers led by Secretary of State Dulles.
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Washington
United States
Canada
Free World
Lester B. Pearson
Eisenhower
Dulles
Louis St. Laurent
Las Vegas businessman dies after main street shooting
Las Vegas business man Phare Lawrence died Tuesday from wounds suffered in a March 3 shooting on the town's main street. His ex wife Helen, accused of the shooting, faces charges from the district attorney.
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Las Vegas
Phare Lawrence
Helen
Reedery
Seg
CAB Studies Subsidy for Helicopter Mail
The Civil Aeronautics Board says it will monitor experimental helicopter mail movement in New York Los Angeles and Chicago to assess benefits. It proposes paying New York Airways 480 000 for carrying mail by helicopter from Oct 15 1952 through year end 1953. The CAB called the early test period commendable but urges careful subsidy control.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
York
Los Angeles
Chicago
New York Airways Sr
CAB
Deserters Held After Leaving Five Children Aged 6 To 18
Chicago police detained Joy Scherer Sr. 38 and her husband, 29, after they abandoned five children aged 8 to 16 and drifted from Los Angeles to Chicago. The couple said they left the children to seek a better life and planned adoption arrangements, but faced no charges.
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Chicago
UPI
Senerer
Los Angeles
John Fitamorris
Scherer
Joy Scherer Sr
Eva
Scherer Te- Zoster
Weather and collision damage across Los Angeles area
Widespread wind and rain lashed the region with gusts up to 50 mph and heavy rainfall. High voltage lines fell near Artesia and Downey, several trees toppled in Bellflower and Bakersfield, and boats Star and Crescent and Makaira were towed to safety with no injuries reported. Citywide power outages and hail accompanied the storm, while mountains saw snow up to 3000 feet.
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Artesis
Valley View Ave
Artesia Bia
221St
Arline Sts
Artesia
Downey
Tweedy Lane
Lubeck Ave
Ind
Bellflower
Downey Ave
Flora Vista St
Star
Crescent
San Diego
S T. Hueneme
Naval Construction Battalion Center
W. &. Hall
Coast Guard
Makaira
Newport Harbor
Jmmie Boy
Kettermen Hills
Bakersfield
Point Concertion
San Clemente
Laguna Beach
Huntington Beach
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Sierra Madre
University of Southern California
West Basin
Los Angeles Harbor
Sheriff’s Office
Angeles Forest
Holland Summit
Cajon Pass
Sam Zimbalist
New York
Wil
Compton Girl, 13, Fatally Shot by Brother in Accidental Death
Roger Garza, 14, told police he was teaching his sister Patsy to reload a .32 caliber pistol when a playful aim at her hand caused the gun to fire. Patsy died at Physicians and Surgeons Hospital at 4:30 pm. Investigators called it an accidental shooting with no quarrel evident. The gun, found four weeks earlier in a vacant lot, had been hidden in Roger's room. Patsy Garza, a Walton Junior High student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Roderick Garza, is survived by a step sister, siblings, and grandparents in Compton.
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Compton
Roger Garza
Patsy
Nalice
Fatsy Garza
Walton
Roderick Garze
W. Laurel St
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Harold Fair
Roger
Moreland
Stepsise ‘Ter
Rvgdell Riggs
Airs
E M. Garza
Olf Compton
Five Cars Submerged in Flooded San Diego Underpass
Rainwater flooded three U S 101 underpasses in San Diego Wednesday night submerging five cars. Occupants waded to safety through knee deep water and three hours later the cars were towed out. Albert Williams 27 a San Diego State College student reported the water nearly covered his car before escaping. The storm dumped up to 1.49 inches in San Diego County with eight inches of snow atop the Laguna Mountains.
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San Diego
U. S. 101
San Diego State College
Albert Williams
San Diego County
Laguna Mountains
Fruit Spray Kills Two Children in Oregon Barn Accident
In Hood River Oregon a dangerous fruit spray chemical called Tepp paralyzes respiratory systems after skin contact. Two year old Glenn Kumimoto dies and his sister Eve four is seriously ill. Another child Michael Ogden, five, remains in critical condition after accidentally spilling the chemical on his legs. The chemical, tetraethylpyro phosphate, is used to spray fruit trees at one pint per 100 gallons and is deadly when undiluted. The Kumimoto children were playing in a barn on their father’s yacht south of here when the incident occurred.
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Turlock -Vpl
Glenn Kumimoto
Eve
Michael Ogden
Hood River
Ore
Pleysin
Hert
Police Panther Patrol Doubtful on Los Angeles Panther Tale
Los Angeles police chief William Parker questioned the report of a 140 pound black panther loose in the city. The Panther Patrol probes dozens of pets amid citizen fear while the panther tale remains uncertain. Wayne Roberts, bakery sales manager and circus owner, originally reported the animal and suggested it may be from a truck cage near the Arizona border.
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Los Angeles
William Parker
Parker
Zam
Wayne Roberts
Roberts
Here
Arizona
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Bertrand L. Taylor
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Patsy Gares
Fritz
Melvin
St. Louis
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