Zany 1964 Crime Tale of Thieves and Odd Heists
A lighthearted roundup notes bizarre thefts from yachts and stairs to a cupboard sink and copper wire, with stray items like a shrine cross, a shrunk head, and a Bible shortage in Miami shops. It also covers odd robberies in Rochester, London, and Cambridge, plus a calm bank robber in San Francisco and a cheeky medallion left behind inscribed Thou Shalt Not Steal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meader G. Pattington
New York
NEA
Dundee
N.Y
Miami
Geneseo
Stafford
England
Tulsa
Cambridge
Mass
Montreal
Jacksonville
Fla
Pittsford
Salzburg
Austria
Geneva
Phoenix
National Guard
Rochester
Bedford
Lall
Police Department
Recreation
Huntington
W. Va
San Francisco
London
Port Moresby
New Guinea
Bracebridge
Ont
Phoenix, Ariz
Able economist Deming to head Treasury monetary affairs
Frederick L. Deming, 52, president of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank, named by President Johnson as undersecretary of the Treasury for monetary affairs. He avoids political labels, aims to balance money and credit with goods and services, and will oversee domestic borrowing and international currency stability. Deming, from Des Moines, holds advanced degrees from Washington University and has long civic ties in Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Berths
Treasury
Frederick L. Deming
The
Min
Neapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Robert V.roo
Deming
Johnson
Roosa
Des Moines
Iowa
Washington University
St. Louis
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank
Oliver S Powell
Minneapolis Federal Reserve Bank
Corrine Inez
Washington
Park Lakes
Frederic Wilson
Richard Louis
MacAlester College
Boy Scouts
Minnesota Junior College Board
Boater Edges Flood To Visit Friends On Columbia
Portland man Hal Templeton insisted a flood not stop his 10 foot boat trip down the Willamette River toward Woodland Washington. Coast Guard halted him but found his craft equipped and no missing report filed.
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Portland, Orc
Portland
U.S. Coast Guard
Willamette River
Hal Templeton
Coast Guard
Templeton
Woodland
Wash
Columbia River
Willamette
Bank of America Says Family Pool Halls Grow Nationwide
Bank of America advises small entrepreneurs on starting family billiards rooms as a growing trend. The bulletin notes public image shifts from old pool halls to family friendly pocket billiards with 1500 to 2000 dollar tables and potential five week payback, near schools or malls, while crooks and bad reputations loom in the old image.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Bank of America
United States
Johnson Keeps Top Spot as Most Admired Man in Nation
The 19th annual Gallup list shows President Lyndon B. Johnson again as the most admired man. Churchill moves to second ahead of Eisenhower, with Martin Luther King appearing for the first time in fourth. Other frequent mentions include de Gaulle, Dean Rusk, Huntley, Peale, and Salk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N.J
Lyndon B. Johnson
Martin Luther King
Great Britain
Winston Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Churchill
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Charles de Gaulle
Gallup
Dean Rusk
Chet Huntley
Norman Vincent Peale
U Thant
Ralph Bunche
John Green
Jonas Salk
Alec Douglas Home
Joseph Kennedy
Clair Bee
Leonard Bernstein
Willy Brandt
David Brinkley
Perry Como
John Connelly
Earl Corbin
Bing Crosby
Thomas Dewey
Everett Dirksen
Walt Disney
Kirk Douglas
Hugh Downs
Jimmy Durante
Orval Faubus
Arthur Godfrey
Otto Graham
Caryl Grant
Mark Hatfield
Jimmy Hoffa
Bob Hope
Walter Judd
Danny Kaye
Kenneth Keating
William Knowland
Julius la Rosa
Jerry Jewis
Charles Lindbergh
Art Linklectter
Stuart McBurney
David McKay
John Marsalla
Dean Martin
Raymond Massey
Willie Mays
Roger Mudd
Edward R. Murrow
Stan Musial
Arnold Palmer
Marty Robbins
Oral Roberts
Walter Reuther
George Russell
Carl Sandburg
Jean-Paul Isartre
William Scranton
Fulton J. Sheen
Alan Shephard
Frank Sinatra
Red Skelton
Wallace Smith
John Steinbeck
Lowell Thomas
Johnny Unitas
Robert Wagner
George Wallace
Robert Welch
Duke of Windsor
John Wright
Samuel Yorty
Sir Winston Churchill
Robert F. Kennedy
Barry
M. Goldwater
Billy Graham
Adial E. Stevenson
Albert Schweitzer
Pope Paul VI
Dwight Eisenhower
President Johnson
Adial FE
Stevenson
Pope Paul VII
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert Humprey
Harry S. Truman
Henry Cabot Lodge
J. Edgar Hoover
George Romney
Robert McNamara
Edward Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
In Havana Radio Ire on Johnson Inauguration
Havana radio broadcast in Miami claimed Lyndon Johnson would appear in a bullet proof glass urn and that thousands of Yankee officials would guard the Washington Capitol with machine guns at doors roofs and windows. Secret Service plans allegedly include armed men atop the Capitol stand and bullet roof glass shielding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Johnson
Mi‘ami
Washington Capitol
Washington
Secret Service
Capitol
Better Housing Urged By Pope
Pope Paul VI calls for housing to top modern city planning agendas. He repeated Italy’s president Sara gat’s priority on housing during private audience with Mayor Amerigo Petrucci, endorsing the vision of new popular neighborhoods with schools gardens markets and church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pope Paul VI
Amerigo Petrucci
Pope Paul
Italy
Giuseppe Saragat
Lure of South Pacific Island Life Disturbing Says Montreal Star
Montreal Star reporter notes a Canadian medical research expedition to Easter Island uncovers four stowaways aboard a Chile bound ship. Investigation shows only one in ten islanders who reach the mainland ever return, casting doubt on the lure of island life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Montreal Star
D. B. Macfarlen
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Hart, Schaffner and
Marx
Texas
Hart
Schaffner
Monterey
Sydney
Australia
Bergamo
Kannapolis
N.C
Fort Worth
Britain
Chicago
Nou
North Carolina
Masachusetts
Gulf Coast
Great Lakes
Lakes
Pacific Northwest
Great Basin
Northern Plains
Rockies
California
Arizona
Money Chief
Hopkins
Bobby
Pubrock Body Works
Havai
Havana
Plainsman Constructors, Inc
Enloe Thomas
Draughon's College
Pexas
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