Open Door Policy Spurs Bank Robbery Boom
A David Smothers report notes a surge in bank robberies driven by amateur bands and suburban banks with open layouts. FBI and ABA figures show record incidents and losses, while guards and barriers are blamed for easing heists. examples include Gary Indiana and Newton Massachusetts capers.
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ECTOR
Folowing
David Smothers
United Press International
Jesse James
John Dillinger
Suburbia
FBI
American Bankers Association
ABA
J. Edgar Hoover
Bernice Iversson
Geiger
Sheldon
Iowa
Natalie Wood Enshrined Footprints at Grauman's
Hollywood observers saw Natalie Wood, 23, become the 138th film star in 34 years to have her footprints set in cement before Grauman's Chinese Theater. The ceremony drew film figures and civic officials as Wood's prints joined the longtime sidewalk tribute.
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Hollywood
Natalie Wood
Grauman
Circus Owner’s Flea Like Performers Die Off In NJ
In Brigantine New Jersey AP reports circus owner John Torp and partner Max Kilson plan to move about 40 tiny performers to warmer climes as their fleas with short lifespans fail to breed in cold weather. Torp notes the scarcity of suitable fleas and the need for large six legged types found on people.
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Brigantine
John Torp
Torp
Denmark
Max Kitson
Scireus
Actor Jeff Chandler’s Children Receive Monthly Allowances
In Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Clarke E Stephens approved $500 monthly allowances for Jamie Chandler 14 and Dana Chandler 12. The payments run six months while an estate inventory is filed, part of a trust the late actor left to his children. Chandler died June 17 at Culver City Hospital amid a $1.5 million malpractice suit by his widow Marjorie.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Jeff Chandler
Superior Court
Clarke E. ‘Stephens
Jamie Chandler
Dana Chandler
Marjorie
Stephens
Chandler
Culver City Hospital
Production workers' earnings rise over five decades
The Labor Department reports that average weekly earnings for production workers increased from 10 to 90 dollars over 50 years and that the typical factory work week shrank from 51 hours to under 40 hours.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Girl Back In Classes After School Mishap
Virginia Green sixteen returned to classes at Lubbock High School after a 600 pound lighting apparatus fell near her and Barbara Cline Monday in the auditorium. Barbara will remain home for the rest of the week. Both were treated and released from Taylor Clinic.
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Virginia Green
Lubbock High School
Barbara Cline
Taylor Clinic
Virginia
R. S. Green
16Th St
Barbara
V. W. Cline
15Th St
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Bandits In Four Cies
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Glen Park
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Jedford
Himes
Joseph M. Guilford
Daniel J. Ford
Youngstown
Ohio
Ford
Helen Summers
Hermosa Beach
Calif
Laurence Pope
Texas
Pope
Bernard ©. Brown
Brown
Soth
White
ON White
Caprock
West Texas
Caprock Center
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America
Stein
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DuPont
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Broadway
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