Kidnap-Murder Inquiry Resumes in Sealed Case
Investigation into Stella Darlene's disappearance continued with another day of search and questioning. Detectives pressed for truth as the 14 year old claimed the earlier statements were a joke while two teens implicated suspect Hardy, a former burglar and sex offender, in driving a wrapped bundle to a dirt road near Auction City, though no body was found and alarms remain about the innocence claims.
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Kenneth Irving
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Stella Darlene
Aucr [Tion City
Dope Duo Get Six Months
Two men who pleaded guilty to marijuana possession were each sentenced to six months in county jail and placed on three years probation. Sailor Don C. Clothier, 20, USS Rochester, and Donald L. Phillips, 22, laborer of 9637 Ridgeway Ave., drove to Tijuana July 20 with two youths and returned to Long Beach. DeCordova, a ship-tie, admitted putting the can under his uniform and crossing the border.
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Rochester
Donald L. Phillips
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Tijuana
Long Beach
Short J. DeCordova
Savenilé Auathorities
Sneak Day Tragedy Drowns Three College Students
IGENE Ore A college Sneak Day outing of ern Mennonite School students ended in disaster when a boat capsized near Crescent Lake in the Cascade Range. Three students died Sanford Wifman 18 Wayne Snider 18 and Ellen West 15 from Creston Idaho and Sweet Home Oregon. Twenty three students participated in the trip.
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Sanford Wifman
Ray Kauffman
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Wayne Snider
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Sacco Vanzetti Case Prosecutor Succumbs in Dedham
El Fred K. Watzmann, 78, died after collapsing in the trial room of Norfolk County Superior Court. As prosecutor in 1921 he secured the death penalty for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti after a bold 815,776 holdup in South Braintree.
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Fred K. Watzmann
Nicola Sacco
Ptolomeo Vangetti
Norfolk County Superior Court
Sacen
Vanzetti
South Braintree
Navy Names Solon for Two Weeks Active Duty
HONOLULU Hawaii Rep William S Mailliard a commander in the Naval Reserve has been assigned to active duty at Pearl Harbor for a two week antisubmarine warfare refresher and will serve without pay in the 14th Naval District the Navy announced.
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William S. Mailliard
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San Francisco
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Hill Council Delays Action on Dance Hall
Signal Hill City Council Thursday evening deferred a decision on invoking the dance hall license for the Million Dollar Club at 2275 Orange Ave. Residents near the venue complain of loud crowds and littered streets late at night and seek more evidence before the council rules. The club is owned by Todd, Chid Mexico Faulkner and leased to Patrick Corrigan. The council also refused Long Beach a request to push the north side of Pacific Coast Hwy. eight feet, while bus service gains six stop approvals after franchise changes.
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Council
Woman Falls to Death from Bank Building in Philadelphia
A well dressed woman in her late thirties plunged to her death from an upper floor of the Girard Trust Company bank building in Philadelphia this morning. Police and investigators work at the scene as the body is recovered.
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Soldier Sailor Killed in Fog Bound Traffic
Two sailors from Eldorado NL died in fog bound crashes near a base gate. Cheek and Slack died within hours of each other after head on and rear end collisions blamed on excessive speed and poor visibility. Schultz claimed headlights were burning as police report speeding and manslaughter charges. Another collision injured Ottterson and Cuningham after a pole impact following a swerve in fog.
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Tester
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Bosko Vasich
Lime Ave
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San Pedro
Slack
Lakewood Mortuary
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Mild Quake Recorded by Fordham Scientists
An earthquake described as mild was recorded early today by Fordham University's seismograph. Rev. Joseph Lynch placed the quake at about 2900 miles from New York, likely off the coast of Ecuador in a southerly direction.
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New York
Fordham University
Joseph Lynch
Ecuador
Red China convicts must get own food in prison
Wah Kiu Po reports from Hong Kong that in Kwangsi Province convicts serving sentences under a year must provide their own meals. The policy affects more than 110,000 prisoners as the Communist regime limits state spending on inmate diets.
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Kwangsi
Wah Kiu Po
Woman Photographer of Teen Nudes Jailed Case Involving Samish
Federal prosecutors say threats and intimidation were made against witnesses in the imminent income tax evasion trial of liquor lobbyist Arthur H. Samish. A 39 year old woman who used two teen-age nude models was jailed for four months for contempt after a request to reveal witness names was opposed by the government. Samish, slated to stand trial October 26, faces charges of evading 871,880 in taxes for 1946 through 1951 by himself and his wife, Ilman Niemi, who was found guilty of delinquency.
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San Francisco
Robert H. Schnacke
LOS Angules
Witty
William B. McKessons
Irman Niemi
City Plan Opposed in Lakewood by Taxpayers Group
Lakewood Taxpayers Association policy committee urged a strong opposition to incorporating Lakewood or forming multiple Lakewood cities. The plan will be reviewed at a forthcoming special meeting within two weeks with time and place to be announced. The stance argues city formation hurts homeowners financially and conflicts with the group’s prior call for no further community split.
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Lakewood Taxpayers’ Association
General Assembly
Lakewood
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