Jury hearing reveals Scott claimed wife ill and drunk in missing person case
Los Angeles grand jury transcripts show Ewing Scott telling friends his wife Mildred was very ill and heavily drinking while he was away. Witnesses say the missing Mrs Evelyn Scott appeared sober and normal, and Scott faced forgery and grand theft charges tied to her estate.
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Los Angeles
Ewing Scott
Scott
Superior Court
Mildred Schuchardt
Evelyn Troshy Scott
Schuchardt
Bel-Air
Gladys Baum
Mrre. Baum
Scotts
E. Raymond Throsby
Throsby
Grand Jury
Adolph Alexander
Mollet Wins Backing in 3 Pension Votes
Paris Premier Guy Mollet secured three confidence votes on his government bill to raise old age pensions with strong margins. The 260 to 138 vote concerned the initial article proposing 140 billion francs be raised by higher taxes, the 334 to 121 vote covered fund recipients, and the final 333 to 95 vote approved the project as a whole.
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Paris
Guy Mollet
Torn bill photo helps trap killer in Sacramento
In Sacramento a torn 520 bill and a published photograph aided hotel clerk Fumiko Yokoyama and Detective Carl Biasofsel in catching Nat V. Hernandez. The 22 year old confessed to killing 73 year old Joseph Donovan by stuffing a towel down his throat during a robbery.
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Sacramento
Nat V. Hernandez
Joseph Donovan
Hernandez
Fumiko Yokoyama
Sacramento Bee
Carl Biasofsel
Donovan
Fire Wrecks Stock Market Phone System
A Friday night fire at the New York Stock Exchange knocked out telephone circuits. Repairs rushed by 100 workers aim to restore services, but some may remain curtailed at Monday’s opening. The blaze started in a transformer vault at 11 Wall Street and climbed to the 17th floor, leaving a mass of copper in its wake.
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NEW York Pi
New York Stock Exchange
Stock Exchange
Exchange
Wall St
New York Telephone Co
Osteopath Auxiliary Elects L. B. Woman
Dr Robert A Galbraith of Riverside was elected president of the California Osteopathic Assn for 1956 57 succeeding Dr Manish Feinberg of Los Angeles Other new officers chosen Friday include Dr Charles C Dieudonne Glendale president elect Dr Edwin H Riedell Whittier and Dr J Balph Hughes San Diego trustees The auxiliary elected Mrs Claire B Pike Long Beach president succeeding Mrs Gilman C Johnson Los Angeles
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Garonavu vFi
Robert A. Galbraith
Riverside
California Osteopathic Assn
Manish Feinberg
Los Angeles
Association
Charles C Dieudonne
Glendale
Edwin H. Riedell
Whittier
J. Balph Hughes
San Diego
Claire B. Pike
Long Beach
Gilman C. Johnson
Ohio Campus Morgue Robbed of Corpse
A man calling himself The Frisco Bandit surrendered to San Diego police after entering Columbus State University campus morgue and taking a corpse. Perry Showalter, 20, of Kennewick Washington, claimed the body was for medical research and said he came to San Diego to pull another job but was tired of running.
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San Diego
Columbus
Uno T&r
Ohio
State University
William Parker
John
Perry Showalter
Ivick
Wash
Daytona Beach
Fla
Murder charge filed in Maryland school shooting
A 15 year old student at Maryland Fark Junior High School opened fire on staff, killing teacher Frazer Cameron and wounding two others before being restrained. State Attorney Blair H. Smith moved charges of murder and multiple counts of assault with intent to kill and deadly weapon. The attacker claimed he did not know why he shot.
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Seat Pleasant
Billy Ray Frevatte
Maryland Fark Junior High
Schoo
Rawleigh
N. C
John Hrezo
Washington
Blair H. Smith
Young Prevatte
Pregatte
Cameron
Hrezo
Prevatte
Billy
Hrezo Lec
Asj
Solons Open Hearings on Ike's Nomination to U. S. Court
Southern senators oppose Solicitor General Simon Sobeloff's nomination to the Second Circuit, citing his 1954 school desegregation stance. Senate committee leaders clash over impartiality as debates resume after a brief adjournment.
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Ike
U. S
Washington
Ate Arca Ee
Lopenes Jang-S Et Earings
Vaof
Simon F. Sobeloff
Marylane
Worth
Eisenhower
South Carolina
Virginia
Senate
West Virginia
Baltimore
Sobeloff
Judiciary Cere
U S Sets Stiff Price on Romanian Relations
The United States set a high price to improve ties with Communist Romania. Washington demands reductions in travel surveillance of American diplomats, an end to various restrictions, and negotiations on issues including American assets, restitution, and trade. Romania must discuss lifting controls and open information access, while accepting Western-style negotiations on core concerns.
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United States
Romania
U. S
Robert H
Bucharest
State Department
Legatum
Hocherest
Freight Derails Near Sentinel Kills One Man
One man died and another was injured when 34 cars of a Southern Pacific freight train derailed five miles west of Sentinel Arizona. Officials said no crew members were harmed and the two victims were believed to be transients.
Half Price No Traffic Bargains in Mile High City
In Denver a motorist paid only 2.50 for a parking fine after her car half parked in an unrestricted area. Municipal court administrator Joe Marranzino sent back both the check and ticket with an apology note. The court stated there are no half price bargains.
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Mile High City
Denver
Joe Marranzino
First H-Bomb Air Drop by B52 Planned Next Week
Task force officials announce an eight jet B52 will deliver America's first H-bomb air drop aboard the USS Mt. McKinley near Eniwetok May 4 before sunrise weather permitting. The shot Cherokee tops the current series of Redwing tests begun today with a warhead explosion equal to 3 000 to 10 000 tons. More than 10 shots are planned in the operation.
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Paroled but must have work to go free
About 1,100 inmates in New York state prepare for parole but must secure employment first. The piece notes former columnist Victor Riesel’s assault and ongoing FBI and police pursuit for clues, while authorities push for jobs as a condition of release.
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New York
Victor Riesel
New York State
Riesel
Robert M. Hall
New York Daily Mirror
Hall
FBI
Sus
Charles S. Antolina
State Commissioner of Correction
Antolina
Texas Democrats Battle for Texas Delegation Vote Today
Texas Democrats clash in 5000 precinct conventions over whether to back Lyndon Johnson or Allan Shivers for the states delegation to the national convention. Shivers links to Eisenhower and states rights while Johnson seeks a unified multi faction delegation pledged to Democratic nominees.
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Dallas
Texas
Lyndon Johnson
Allan Shivers
Jis
Shivers
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Chicago
Eisenhower
Washington
Johnson
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Butler Attacks Nixon Friend in Wisconsin Rally
In Madison, DNC chairman Paul Butler condemned President Eisenhower's handling of disclosures about Attorney Charles Chotiner's White House discussions. He argued Republicans in 1952 touted morality but failed to meet that standard. Eisenhower defended Chotiner, calling there were no grounds for improper White House visits. Butler spoke at a mock Democratic convention at the University of Wisconsin.
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Wis
UPI
Hisenhower
Murray H. Chotiner
White House
Chotiner
Paul Butler
Air Force
Harold Talbot
Butler
Eisenhower
Nixon
Senate
University of Wisconsin
Four Vienna Workers Die in Wall Collapse
Four Vienna workers died and one was seriously injured when a bomb damaged apartment house collapsed during dismantling for a new downtown Vienna building site. The men were in the basement when the wall fell.
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Vienna
Wall
Yinncha
Austria
Singer Johnston Cited In Old Traffic Case Arrest
Paterson New Jersey state police arrested crooner Johnny Johnston for a three year old traffic charge after Sgt Wyatt and Trooper Faulkner found a warrant while Johnston handed out chocolate straws at a recall supermarket. Johnston, 40, of New York City, posted 150 bail for a Flemington hearing on May 15.
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Johnston
New York City
Flemington
Wyatt
Fielmington
Youth Held in Slaying of Father
In Ferndale Maryland a 21-year-old youth Daniel James Lawler was charged with second degree murder after saying he handed his father a loaded pistol at the father’s request to shoot himself. The incident followed a family argument when the youth assisted his father in dying prayers.
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Ferndale
Daniel James Lawler
Garland
Daniel Stanton Lawler
Wilbur C. Wade
Water bill dispute ends in meter dispute in Cleveland
Charles Hiavac says the city sent two workers to shut off his water for nonpayment but could not locate a valve. A meter was installed days later and another bill for 79.07 dollars followed, though Hiavac relies on his own well for water.
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Cleveland
Charles Hiavac
Hiavac
Weil
Northwest Sees Heaviest U S Rainfall Across Regions
Rain fell unevenly across the nation with the Pacific Northwest receiving almost two inches at Red Bluff California. Cooler air and gusts up to 60 mph hit Allen town Pennsylvania with a 3 inch Mount Washington snow, while Southwest heat topped 104 at Presidio Texas.
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Red Bluff
Calif
Northwest
Central Plains
Middle
Mississippi Valley
Gulf Coast
New England
Middle Atlantic States
Plains
Ohio Valley
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Middle Atlantic
West
Allentown
Bostok
Mount Washington
N. H
California
Rio Grande Valley
Presidio
Tex
Two Utilities Get Nuclear Power
Washington two utilities win AEC approval to build the nation s first large scale nuclear plants. Consolidated Edison plans a 55 million dollar plant near Buchanan New York about 24 miles north of New York City. Commonwealth Edison will build a 45 million dollar reactor in Grundy County Illinois about 50 miles southwest of Chicago. Both due to complete in fall 1960 with capacities 236 000 and 180 000 kilowatts. The AEC says the projects pose no danger to public safety.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Consolidated Edison Co
New Yo
Commonwealth Edison C
Chicago
Consolidated
Buchanan
N. Y
New York City
Commonwealth
Grundy County
New York
Linois
Belmont man ends search for missing $1000 bill
Belmon t police were told by Charles Berger to call off the search after he admitted his 2 year old daughter KickerLee hid the $1000 bill in her piggy bank a week earlier.
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Belmont
Calif
Charles Berger
Berger
Kickerlee
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