Killed Aquatot Tongay Surrenders for Prison Term
Russell Tongay, father of Kathy Tongay the Aquatot, surrendered in Miami to begin a 10 year manslaughter term for the 1953 death of his daughter after a dive from a 33 foot beard. He will be transported to Raiford prison in about two weeks following sustained appeals.
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Russell Tongay
Miami
Fla
Kathy
William Mc Andrews
Kathy 3
Bubba
Tongay
Ben
Willard
Tarpon Springs
State Supreme Court
Raiford
Chorus Girl Pleads Guilty to Vagrancy
LAS VEGAS ex chorus girl and witness to a key to actor George Raft's Hollywood apartment faced sentencing on vagrancy charges with her friend for filing a false robbery report of 7200 in jewelry and clothing. They pleaded guilty to vagrancy after earlier innocence.
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Las Vegas
Uhi
George Raft
Hollywood
Charine
Mary Giacona
Jeanne Sanders
B. J. Handlen
Handlen
Giacona
Jury Deliberates Prober's Case in Los Angeles
A twelve member jury began deliberations on the case of Herbert Hallner a 61 year old former State Bar investigator charged with attempting to bribe city officials over a bingo game deal The proceedings unfold in Los Angeles with prosecutors seeking a conviction and a possible prison term for Hallner
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Los Angeles
Herbert Hallner
Ike Calls World to See U.S. Military Readiness for Peace
President Eisenhower invites peace loving nations to view how prepared the United States is to defend security and the peace of the free world. In a filmed Armed Forces Day message he urges citizens at home and abroad to visit open houses on May 21 to witness military strength.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hay
United States
Free World
Wealthy builder to surrender on theft charges
Oakland reports Roy N. Jensen, 39, a wealthy Livermoort building contractor, will surrender today on perjury and grand theft charges over reportedly placing his 74-year-old mother on relief. He told reporters the case “is not as bad as it appears” and gave no further comment. Bond set at 6000.
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Oakland
Roy N. Jensen
Livermoort
Jensen
Costa Mesa Fires Two School Administrators
Costa Mesa Elementary School District trustees fired business manager Harrison Sanborn and Rea School principal Theodore Neff in a unanimous vote after accusations they attended a Fellowship of Reconciliation meeting. About 300 people packed Harper School auditorium to witness the decision.
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Costa Mesa
Harrison Sanborn
Theodore Neff
Rea School
Fellowship of Reconciliation
Harper School
Neff
Sanborn
American Civil Liberties Union
Fellowship of Reconcilation
Community Methodist Church
Paula
Four Powers To Sign Austrian State Treaty In Austria
In Vienna, the Big Four foreign ministers plan to sign the Austrian state treaty at 11 am Sunday. US Ambassador Thompson says the treaty is largely complete while Austrian Foreign Minister Figl anticipates signing in the next days. An earlier Russian objection threatened to derail plans for a Western leaders’ meeting in the wake of the Vienna talks.
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Vienna
U. S
Llewellyn'e. Thompson Jr
Allied Control Mission
Leopold Figl
Samit
NATO Council of Foreign Ministers
Paris
Liquor Trial Jurors Begin Deliberations in Orange County
A Santa Ana Superior Court jury began deliberations on conspiracy bribery and grand theft charges against Harold E. MacKenzie and George Avas. Eight jurors and alternates spent seven weeks hearing evidence from an Orange County Grand Jury indictment and the defendants’ defense. MacKenzie is a suspended liquor administrator for three counties and is also indicted in Riverside County, while Avas is a Santa Ana bar owner.
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Santa Ana
Harold E. MacKenzie
George Avas
Orange County
MacKenzie
Orange
Riverside
San Bernardino
Riverside County
Avas
Eisenhower comments dominate Moscow papers on Big Four meeting
Moscow newspapers give prominent space to President Eisenhower remarks on a Big Four conference. They printed extra pages to cover the Warsaw meeting and the plan for a unified military command of East European Communist nations. Also noted were Soviet farmers visiting the United States and the latest disarmament discussions.
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Russ
Moscow
Eisenhower
Warsaw
Air Battle Over North Korea Described by US Pilots
US pilots recount air combat off the North Korean and South Manchurian coasts with claims of MiG-15s shot down or damaged and a parachute sighting. Capt. Fulton and Lt. Phythyon, both credited with kills, describe engaging a MIG as it climbed and fired upon their formation. McInerney reports a wingman being hit and another MIG going down in flames.
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Peiping
Liaotung Province
Manchuria
Dawson
Air Force
Robert J. Fulton
Bernardsville
N. J
Burt C. Phythyon
Wadsworth
Ohio
James
E. McInerney Jr
Garden City
Robert M. Donahue
Montgomery
Ala
McInerny
Fulton
Fight
Datyson
Shetter
Phythyon
Norwalkite Named Dope Ring Leader
Seven men indicted in Southern California narcotics smuggling case. Ring leader Howard Vincent Perno, 29, of Norwalk, was shot by a federal agent during arrest on April 13. Nearly $800,000 in narcotics seized, smuggled from Tijuana. co-defendants include Robert Brown, 32. Frank Willie Greer Jr., 26. Juan Jose Flores, 33. Garden Esther Eliott, 24. Salomon Rodrigo Sanchez Jr., 22. Eddie Sonnellie, a fugitive in Mexico.
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Los Angeles
California
U. S
Laughlin E. Waters
Howard Vincent Perno
Cresson St
Norwalk
Waters
Tijuana
Mexico
Robert Brown
Frank Willie Greer Jr
Juan Jose Flores
Garden Esther Eliott
Salomon Rodrigo Sanchez Jr
Eddie Sonnellie
Bomb Damages House in Downtown Havana
A bomb exploded in downtown Havana early today damaging a house. No injuries were reported.
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Havana
Cuba
Mother and three children die in Canadian fire
A mother Marjorie Smith 30 and her children Petsy 13 and paral 12 perished with her son Billy in a blaze that consumed their Amherstburg Ontario home. The fire occurred Wednesday night and authorities say the mother died attempting to rescue her Bevearend son.
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Canada
Amherstburg
Ont
Upi
Marjorie Smith
Petsy
Aral
Billy
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