Father of 2 Nabbed as Bank Bandit
A 46 year old Redwood City man described as a model citizen waited in county jail for federal arraignment on a 1290 dollar bank robbery charge. Spice robbed Bank of America with a note claiming a loaded gun, then was captured by officers near the railroad tracks without further violence.
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Fedwood City
San Francisco
Rolly
William Spice
Redwood City
Bank of America
Spice
Ralph Anders
Anders
Carl Kinsman
Southern Pacific
Louis F Pacini
Hoy
Ira
Junen
FSI
D. K. Brown
Bloomington
Inc
ROK Truce Crisis Deepens Over Korean Talks
South Korea rejects UN terms and vows to continue fighting unless Allies alter proposals. Officials warn a double crisis may force firm action as President Eisenhower and Rhee exchange messages. U.N. command and Taft voice mixed support for pursuing current negotiations despite objections.
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Washington
South Korea
United States
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Offiei
United Nations Command
U.S
Korea
Willling
U. N Command
U. N
Jan
S. S
Back in Cell After 34 Free Years
George Austin returned to prison life in Jefferson City Missouri thirty four years after escaping from the Missouri Penitentiary where he served a seven year robbery sentence. He turned himself in after years of wandering and says the freedom was miserable. He hopes for parole if no new charges arise. He previously escaped with accomplice Jack Tenn, used the alias Bill Dale, married twice, and credited his daughter with guiding him to church and back to the system.
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Jefferson City
George Austin
Missouri Penitentiary
Austin
Aaron Eidson
Joplin
Jack Tern
Home Burns as Saltmarsh Stays on Duty to Help Kids
A Palmdate telephone operator, Merle Joy Saltmarsh, stayed at her switchboard despite a house fire to ensure her four children, Steven ten, Ted three, Jan two, and April two, were guided to safety. The home burned to the ground, but the children survived. Service clubs provided temporary rent-free quarters for the family while they search for a new home.
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Palmdale
Merle Joy Saltmarsh
Steven
Ted
Jan
April
Are
Tornado Strikes Liberal Kansas Damage Report
A tornado hit Liberal in southwestern Kansas Thursday night damaging several buildings including a $150,000 all unit motel. No casualties reported. A nearby lumber yard and a partially built cafeteria suffered damage. Another small twister near Newcastle Wyoming caused about $25,000 in damage to the William Engle ranch. Weather bureau noted unconfirmed reports of a tornado near Hayes Nebraska amid reports of severe storms across the plains. Temperatures surged in the southeast and Texas with 97 in Lake Charles and 96 in New Orleans.
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Great Plains
Kansas
North Dakota
Minnesota
Rockies
Colorado
Wyoming
Liberal
Newcastle
George Wilcox
William Engle
U. S. Hwy
Weather Bureau
Hayes
Plains
Texas
Lake Charles
New Orleans
Rilo Grande
Presidio
Sports Arena Plan May Be Revived
LOS ANGELES. Coliseum Commission members may revive the Exposition Park sports arena plan. Drawn in 1947, it was shelved after the Greater Los Angeles Plans Association proposed a larger downtown building. With auditoriums bonds failing, chairman Maurie Luxford and general manager Bill Nicholas expect discussion at next Tuesday’s meeting. bonds were authorized in 1948, with current cost estimated at 6 million dollars.
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Los Angeles
Coliseum Commission
Exposition Park
Greater
Another Nuclear Test Planned at Nevada proving ground
Las Vegas report says a further nuclear test may occur next month at the Nevada proving ground but not with Atomic Annie the 280 mm cannon. If a test happens it will likely be an air drop and would extend the spring test series after Annie fired its first atomic artillery shell last week.
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Ney
Nevada Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
106Year-Old Civil War Vet Woolson Leads Memorial Day Parade
Duluth Minnesota honors Albert Henry Woolson 106, last surviving Union veteran, with a GAR uniform ceremony, wreath laying, honorary grand marshal role, and a parade on Memorial Day. He plans a morning wreath at Soldiers and Sailors Monument, then the parade down Superior Street, followed by a Lions Club plaque, Legion and VFW citations, taps, and a cemetery tribute. He spent nearly 40 years in Union service, remains active despite age, and has received hundreds of letters since national stories about him appeared.
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Duluth
Minn
Albert Henry Woolson
Woolson
Grand Army of the Republic
GAR
James R. Hard
Rochester
Superior St
Duluth Armory
Watertown
Minnesota Artillery
Chattanooga
Tenn
Alhart
Victim’s Note on Dollar Bill Halts Kidnap
A 22 year old South Bend man is held for investigation after his companion Miss Beverley Morey 20 a Purdue student scribbled a help note on a one dollar bill and left it with a service station operator. Police stopped the couple near Vinita Oklahoma on U S Highway 66 after the note reached authorities. Morey daughter of Mr and Mrs Maurice G Morey said her alleged abductor Dwight Haney had asked her to drive to the station and threatened her with a pistol as he tried to force them west.
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Vinita, Oklaha
South Bend
Ind
U. S. Hwy
Beverley Morey
Purdue University
Miss Morey
Maurice G. Morey
Dwight Baney
Haney
Solon Demands Scan of British Ship Case
Washington Senator Mundt urged the State Department and British Ambassador Mekins to clarify whether the British ship Miramar was seized or allowed to stay under Chinese Communist control as it carried Red troops in the Far East. A Hong Kong official later claimed Miramar was seized long before July 1, 1952, with Perico also tied to Chinese troop movements in 1951.
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NLEB
Sen- Kay- E. Mundt
R.S.D
Britain
Far East
State Department
Roger Mekins
Miramar
Hong Kong
Mundt
Senate
Makins
Robert F. Kennedy
Coromunist
Pay Roll Inquiry Touches California Drug Store Worker
A federal grand jury probing Rep. Ernest Bramblett's office pay roll interviewed Gladys Dean, a saleswoman in Pacific Grove, California. She identified checks cashed at a drug store partly owned by Bramblett and did not confirm if the checks were government funds or signed by Bramblett. Another witness was Margaret Swanson, a former Bramblett employee and wife of Irving Swanson, a Republican clerk.
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Washington
Ernest K. Brambler
Ur-Calif
Gladys Dean
Pacific Grove
Calif
Brat
jGrove
P. Mlley
Bramblet
Priers
Bramblett
Earliey
Dean Kid
Hensmen
Margaret M. Swanson
Brambjel
Irving Swanson
Bee Bundy
Rhylas W. Bundy
Murdough Madden
Edward Bennett Niams
West Point 1953 Yearbook Presented to Eisenhower
The Howitzer yearbook of 1953 from West Point was presented today to President Eisenhower, a 1915 academy graduate, with a dedication page praising his career from World War II to NATO and the presidency. Cadets Horner, Ellman, and Donahue presented the copy, noting the president’s anticipated satisfaction in the book’s commission.
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West Point Military Academy
Eisenhower
White House
Howitzer
David D. Horner
Clarksburg
Merrick
Long Island
James G |Donahue
Elgin
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gen
West Point
Europe
West
NATO
United States
Godfrey Plans Early Return to TV and Radio
Boston UK reports Arthur Godfrey, recovering from hip operation at Massachusetts General Hospital, expects to be back on television and radio by late July or early August. He spoke from his hospital bed about mobility gains and avoiding a second operation, noting he desires some motion and can sit on a horse.
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Boston
Arthur Godfrey
Massachusetts General Hospital
Godfrey
Baby Sitters Seek Help After Overloaded Household
In Santa Monica a 64 year old woman and her 20 year old daughter were sought after juvenile authorities took over care of five children from a stressed babysitter Gayle Stewart 61. Stewart told police she was near hysteria from the strain of caring for the children. Police identified the mothers Velvet Marcus 34 and her daughter Thwina Converse 20. The children include Jackie Cannon 11 and Converse children Zohomaa Gene 44 months Barbara Ant 19 months Randy 3 years and Richard By 4.
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Santa Monica
Gayle Stewart
Bakersfield
Thwina Converse
Jackie Gail Cannon
Marcus
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