Woman attempts to donate $11,427 to Black Muslim sect
Helen Herman, 52, from Santa Monica with stocks and cash valued at about 11,427 dollars, entered a Temple of Islam and offered money to "kill the white people" but was ignored. She later collapsed at a private home, police removed her, and $100 bills spilled from her bags. At a hospital investigators found 649 shares of blue chip stock sewn into her undergarments, 489 shares signed and negotiable. She said she left Chicago after learning they were all going to die.
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Los Angeles
Price
Helen Herman
Santa Monica
Chicago
Central Receiving Hospital
General Hospital
Temple of Islam
Tiable
Father Charged In Beatings Of 2 Children
In Trenton a 23 year old father Paul Fields faces assault and battery charges after police say he beat his two children with fists and a hammer handle. Fields admitted the beatings. Child Darrell Dwayne Spencer age 3 and Paul Denise Fields age 18 months had bruises and the boy’s eyes were blackened. The worst beating occurred Saturday June 30. Fields to appear in May or June court Monday at 7 p.m.
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Trenton
Hobart Adams
Paul Fields
Brelsford Ave
Adams
Fields
Darrell Dwayne Spencer
Paul Denise Fields
San Jacinto Monument tallest in the United States
The San Jacinto Monument near Houston stands 570 feet high, topping the Washington Monument by 15 feet in height.
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United States
San Jacinto Monument
Houston
Tex
Washington Monument
Boycott Closes Canal and Seaway Transport Routes
A labor dispute shuts the 28 mile Welland Canal and blocks the St Lawrence Seaway from Montreal to Port Colborne. CMU crews move freely while SIU ships face a shut waterway. Government ministers discuss terms as Canadian ports halt SIU vessels.
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ST. Catharines
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canadian Maritime Union
SIU
Canadian Brotherhood of Railway, Transport and General Workers
Brotherhood
CMU
Canadian Labor Congress
Welland Canal
Lake Ontario
Canada
Canada Steamship Lines
Leon Baker
Labor
Michael Starr
William Dodge
Labor Congress
CLC
Great Lakes
U.S
Montreal
Port Colborne
Lake Erie
St. Lawrence
Sir Winston Churchill Returns to Cigar and Brandy Routine
London AP report says Sir Winston Churchill, recovering from a fractured thigh, resumed his cigar and brandy soda routine. Hospital spokesmen described his condition as comfortable this morning after a tiring day but noted he bounced back.
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London
Winston Churchill
Britain
Woman Jumps From Fiery Boat Drowns in Lake Logan
Logan Ohio AP reports divers found the body of 48 year old Mary Grubbs of Logan in Lake Logan after a row boat caught fire late Thursday night. She could not swim and jumped overboard and drowned, according to the highway patrol.
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Logan
Ohio
Lake Logan
Highway Patrol
Mary Grubbs
Shriners Blocked From Sail Home via Welland Canal
About 340 Columbus Ohio Shriners returning from a Toronto convention were blocked at St. Catharines Ontario after the ship South America could not pass the Welland Canal due to a boycotted vessel. Officials said they would likely be transported to Rochester New York to continue homeward by bus.
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ST. Catharines
Ont
Columbus, Ohio
Shriners
Toronto
Here
Toledo
Welland Canal
St. Lawrence Seaway
Rochester
N. Y
Prison Farm Walkaways Tie Up Woman and Get Caught
Two inmates escaped from London prison farm early Thursday, stole a car from Mrs. Lester Turney, tied her, fled to Evendale, and were arrested near an Avco Corp lot after 9 p.m. A .22 pistol was found in both cars. Walker had prior Medina County conviction. Tonies prior Summit County conviction.
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Cincinnati
London
City
Evendale
Avco Corp
Grove
Eugene Martin
Lester Turney
Turney
Boy Catches Finger In Flashlight
A four year old boy trapped his finger in a flashlight at home and emergency workers used shears and a screwdriver to free him. An alarm at a Seagram warehouse produced no fire. Fire department responses included two non fire calls and a reported odor of burning at a residence with no blaze found.
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Nan Wigginton
Garfield St
Middletown Hospital
Riggs
Seagram
Calumet Avenue
Lamneck Street
Harold Wolfe
Vannest Ave
Crash Victim Still Critical
Mrs. Gwendolyn Wilson of Edgerton Rt. 1 remained in critical condition at Mercy Hospital after a head on collision on routes 73 and 127 that killed her husband William Rex Wilson 23 and son William Rex Jr. 2. Grain truck driver George E. Justice 26 of Delphi Ind faced second degree manslaughter charges and was released on $1000 bond.
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Hamilton
Gwendolyn Wilson
Edgerton Rt. 1
Mercy Hospital
Rts
William Rex Wilson
William Rex Jr
Wilson
Rt. 127
George E. Justice
Delphi
Ind
King Rex First Appeared In Mardi Gras Of 1872
King Rex, the potentate of New Orleans Mardi Gras, first appeared in the 1872 revelry marking a notable early presence in the festival’s history.
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King Rex
New Orleans
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Middletown
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Penneys
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International Union of Canada
Dacron
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Prison Farm
OAS
Paris
Roger Degueldre
Cret
Algiers
of Diamonds
Goiey Rtl AG
REG
Waltham
Sette
General Electric
GETZ
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Rey
Keno
Big
Baby
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