Fugitive Murderer Is Caught in Barberton
AKRON Ohio PA 58 year old man serving a murder sentence who escaped Ohio Penitentiary three and a half years ago is held in Barberton city jail. John Platzky was arrested by Akron and Barberton police while washing his car in front of his home. He had admitted to the penitentiary in January 1920 for the December 7 1919 murder of Cleveland patrolman Robert Shelton. Platzky walked away in October 1953 while working as an honor inmate in a prison dormitory. Chief Martinae said Platzky had used the alias John and was recently married in Indiana. He may be linked to burglaries and safe crackings in Barberton. detectives found a set of burglar tools in his car trunk. Platzky gave no sign of recent employment. He will be returned to the penitentiary after questioning.
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Barberton
John Platzky
Robert Shelton
Cleveland
Ralph Alvis
Columbus
Platzky
Martinae
Pleasant daily puzzle yields fortune number game
A light numerical puzzle guides a fortune message each day. Count letters in your first name, adjust by four or three, and use the resulting key to read letters from a grid starting top left. The readable text includes names such as William and other odd phrases like Miter and Kine Festures.
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William
Miter
Center plans won't change polio policies in Butler County
Charles Reuthe, head of the Butler County chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, says a Middletown handicapped center planned for 413 Curtis St will not alter polio policy. Acute cases stay at Mercy Hospital polio ward. convalescent and rehab cases go to various hospitals for physiotherapy.
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Middletown
Butler County
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Charles Reuthe
Doty
Curtis St
Mercy Hospital
Hamilton
Reuthe
Butler County Medical Society
Perfume Held Key To World Peace
Edward Cournand, a New York perfume importer, argues that more perfume on Russian women could keep minds from guns and avert World War III. He spoke from Los Angeles claiming scent could ease Cold War tensions.
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Los Angeles
Edward Cournand
Cournand
New York
Gloria Grahame Seeks Divorce From Howard
Actress Gloria Grahame plans to file for divorce from Howard Grahame after lawyers settle finances. The divorce action would center on property and support arrangements at her mother's home in the San Fernando Valley. Juan de la Cierva, a Spanish inventor, developed the first autogiro.
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Hollywood
Jean Hallward
San Fernando Valley
Grahame
Howard
Juan de la Cierva
Gadget Helps Keep Tickets At Minimum
Police Chief Gunnar H. Jorgensen in MEDIA Pennsylvania devised a public relations tactic after listening to numerous motorists. Finers paying fines receive a small brown envelope with a message and a gadget, stating many meter violations result from oversight or forgetfulness rather than intent to violate.
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Gunnar H. Jorgensen
Soviet Submarine Rise Raises Pacific Security Concerns
Canberra report quotes Adm. Felix B. Stump stating Soviet submarine numbers are growing rapidly in the Pacific and signs point to an expanded activity scope, heightening regional security worries.
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Canberra
Australia
PRLS
Felix B. Stump
Pacific
Park-meter souvenir aids motorists in parking fines
A newspaper item describes a plastic park-o-meter device to help drivers track meter time. The gadget resembles a half dollar, with a fixed hour dial and a movable minute hand, plus a marker to set the exact expiry moment.
Methodist Men to Hear Dr Warden at Final 1956-57 Meeting
Dr Warden, pastor of Oxford Methodist Church, will address the First Methodist Church Men's Club at its final 1956-57 meeting next Tuesday. He will speak on We're Supposed To Be Different and a dinner will be served with Eston Riggs as toastmaster and Tom McGraw introducing the speaker. He earned a 1955 NYU divinity PhD and has led multiple New Jersey congregations before coming to Oxford in 1951. He chairs the Wesley Foundation Area and serves Miami University and Western College students. five new steering committee members will be elected for two-year terms.
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L. Claire Warden
Oxford Methods Church
First Methodist Church
Warden
New
Bank Buys Crematory To Burn Old Bonds
Oklahoma City bank installs crematory to burn redeemed bonds and coupons. First National Bank and Trust Co. dedicates the $5,000 crematory as part of a bond-burn program, with more than 19 million dollars worth of bonds burned yesterday.
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Oklahoma City
First National Bank and Trust Co
Swordfish Fame Shifts Postwar New England Spotlight
The article notes swordfish remained largely unknown outside New England prior to and just after World War I, with regional attention expanding in the interwar period.
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New England
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