Prank Backfires as Boy Bank Robbery Gaffe Scares City
In San Francisco two youths, nine and thirteen, staged a mock bank holdup at a Bank of America branch. Police and federal agents arrested them after the incident triggered a wide dragnet. The boys were turned over to the Youth Guidance Center while their families defended the prank as harmless mischief.
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Dan Husk
Dan McKay
San Francisco
Bank of America
Frank
Danny Husk
Bank of America Mission Branch
Little Dan
Big Dan
Iraq Withdraws from Baghdad Pact Amid Nasser Rift
Premier Abdul Karim Kassem formally pulled Iraq from the U S backed anti Communist alliance stirring Arab nationalist and Soviet aligned reactions. The move raises questions about Habaniyah air base and signals pressure from U A R leaders while ensuring Baghdad’s stance against Western influence.
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London
Iraq
Abdel Karim Kasser
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Iran
Pakistan
Turkey
Britain
United States
Kassem
Pact
Alliance
Ankara
Middle East
U.A.R
Nasser
UASR
Arab Unity
Nikita Khrushchev
Habaniyah
Baghdad
Moscow
Weather forecast and temp notes for Middletown area
Rain to return Mia Valley by Thursday as official forecast calls for fair warm weather today with a high near 78 degrees. Partly cloudy skies tonight and rain showers expected by morning with a low around 70. Thursday to be cloudy warm and humid with highs near 70 and warm night. Middletown reports a high of 72 at 5 pm and a low of 3 degrees at 4 am.
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Mia
Middletown
Women in Death House: A Nation's Varied Record
AP report notes forty one states and DC sanction capital punishment while only nine states have executed a woman recently. California's Barbara Graham's 1955 gas chamber death spurred a reform push, with Edmund G. Brown voicing hopes she would be the last.
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Arthur W. Everett
New York
District of Columbia
California
Elizabeth Duncan
Barbara Graham
San Quention
Gunman escapes into hills after abduction and shootout in Oregon
A gunman abducted a police chief and wounded another in Brownsville, Oregon. Richard Allen Hunt led a pursuit by more than 100 officers and FBI agents, fled into the Cascades after a car crash, firing from a barn before vanishing into timber. The wounded chief was hospitalized with serious injuries but considered to have a chance at recovery.
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Brownsville
Ore
George Miller
Richard Allen Hunt
Harrisburg
Hunt
FBI
Portland
Montana
Ernest McPhee
McPhee
Robert Kemnon
Gene Richardson
Cascade Mountain
Lebanon
Kemnow
Kemnon
Eisenhower Says Summit Likely for German Talks
President Eisenhower indicated Western Allies will probably meet with Soviet Premier Khrushchev at a summit to address German problems but stressed the United States will not be forced into a top level conference or bluffed into attending. In Columbus opponents of SUB plan to challenge in court rather than seek a referendum.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Berlin
Khrushchev
East Berlin
Cardinals Swap Pitchers For Giants In Block Trade
The St Louis Cardinals traded pitchers Sam Jones and Don Choate to the San Francisco Giants for Bill White a first baseman outfielder and Ray Jablonski a third baseman. Washington news notes say lower food prices pulled the nations living costs down one tenth of one percent in February.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
St. Louis Cardinals
Sam Jones
Don Choate
San Francisco Giants
Bill White
Ray Jablonski
Washington
Summit Meet Hinges On Berlin Settlement
President Eisenhower is expected to outline his summit conference views at a news conference after meeting with British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Allies prepared notes to Moscow on a May East West ministers session in Geneva and a later government chiefs meeting, with delivery set for Thursday.
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Harold Macmillan
Britain
Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
France
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Moscow
Geneva
Nikita Khrushchev
NATO Council
Paris
U.S
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Macmillan
de Gaulle
Tibet Uprising Spreads Amid Talks On Berlin and Summit
The Tibetan revolt widens across Tibet as reports claim Lhasa remains under Chinese control while the Dalai Lama's status is debated. Western leaders clash over a possible summit and German reunification policy amid Berlin concerns and Formosa reinforcements.
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India
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Lhasa
Hindustan Times
Tibet
Dalai Lama
Formosa
Red China
Chiang Kai-shek
Taipei
China
Chuckle: Modern Kitchen Quirk Goes Chartreuse
A humorous line suggests a very modern kitchen where the pot calls the kettle chartreuse, playfully mixing color and fashion in a lighthearted quip.
Youth Confesses Thrill From Burglary Sprees in Seattle
Walter E. Kinell, 22, told officers he burglarized over 100 Seattle homes after tossing frocks through windows. He described no-lose stealth thrill and said he could be in 160 places. Kinell, arrested last November, admitted 103 burglaries and faces deferred sentencing for three years.
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Seattle
Walter EF. Kinell
Kinell
Drugged Mother Slays Children in New Jersey
In Hibernia New Jersey two young children Elizabeth 4 and Stephen were found slain in a clothes basket. Their mother Eia Church 38 a microbiologist for Warner Lambert admitted killing the children and led police to their bodies. Katherine Burdge a rescue squad captain reported the sworn statement and authorities say the mother and the children were under the influence of drugs. The husband a scientist returned from work and spent hours searching for the two youngest children while trying to restrain his wife.
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Hibernia
N.J
Katherine \Burdge
Hibernia Rescue Squad
Ernest Powers
Rockaway Township
Burdge
E Ia Church
Church
Warner - Lambert Pharmaceutical Co
Morris Plains
Polie
Elizabeth
Stephen
Oher
Mrs Church in Custody After Rural Playhouse Deaths
Police report a call from Mrs Church precedes discovery of two dead children near a rural church playhouse. Katherine died from blunt force injury. other children were nauseated but unharmed. Mrs Church admitted taking pills and was hospitalized under custody. autopsies planned.
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Church
Dayton Voters Approve 1 4 Percent Tax Hike
Dayton residents approved a one fourth percent increase in the municipal income tax in a special election. The levy brings the rate to three fourths percent and is projected to raise about 38 million dollars in operating revenue before a December 31 1964 termination. Voters totals were 22 036 for and 17 540 against.
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Dayton
Ohio
U S Rockets for Future Revealed in Leading Journal
The Nova and Saturn rockets are described as future giants. Nova would weigh about 2230 tons with seven point six million pounds thrust across five stages. Saturn or June V would use eight engines for one point three million pounds thrust, with Titan engine in its second stage. The plan totals twelve billion dollars under Nasa oversight led by T Keith Glennan.
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New York
Saturn
Nova
Astronautics
Journal of the American Rocket Society
Atlas
U.S
The
Journal
T. Keith Glenna
National Space and Aeronautics Administration
Shorts Okay On Boardwalk in Atlantic City
Atlantic City officials ruled that women may wear short shorts tight-fitting pants or torn attire on the boardwalk reversing a prior dress restriction. The decision followed a complaint from the Women's Chamber of Commerce about conservative requirements and declares casual dress accepted throughout the county.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Atlantic City Boardwalk
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