Teen drag race tragedy prompts detective plea to teens
Pittsburgh detective Fred Matheny recalls clearing a teen auto tragedy as he urges teens to quit racing on public highways after 16 year old Billy Lasch Jr. fled the scene of a fatal drag race that killed his friend Mickey Gascia. Billy faces hit and run and auto theft charges with his father posting bond.
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Pittsburgh
Fred Matheny
Matheny
Billy Lasch Jr
Mickey Gascia
Mickey
Billy
William Lasch
Gascia
Heat Wave Boils On In California
Southern California endures extreme heat with 10 deaths and 100 plus heat prostrations. Temperatures hit 110 in several cities as fires intensify with injuries and property losses. Poultry and crops face heavy damage while officials seek disaster loans and beachgoers seek relief.
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Los Angeles
California
Weather Bureau
la Habra
Here
San Dimas
Los Angeles County Farm Bureau
National Civil Defense
Val Peterson
Colorado River
High Sierra
Santa Monica
Long Beach
San Gabriel
Montebello
Burbank
Pasadena
Two Detroit Toddlers Die In Old Icebox Tragedy
Detroit police report two young brothers Marvin Jones aged 4 and Michael Jones aged 3 suffocated after being trapped in an unused ice box. They disappeared from a backyard play area and were found by their mother Juanita Jones, 28, before dying on the way to hospital.
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Detroit
Marvin Jones
Michael
Juanita
Senators Clash Over Ike Policy and Democratic Role
Senator Stennis says Democrats helped lift Eisenhower policy onto the international stage in talks with Russia, while GOP leaders accuse Democrats of wrecking Eisenhower programs on schools highways and atomic ships. He questions evidence of Republican resistance to highway and school bills. The GOP blueprint says Republicans are largely aligned with the President on the home front and targets Democrats for undercutting his domestic program.
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Sen
Stennis
D-Miss
Congress
Eisenhower
Russia
Senate Armed Service Committee
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Sen. George
Dga
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Chiefs of State
Geneva
GOP
Truman
Mmit
Republican Committee
Judge Hears Wives In Misdemeanor Court
In Omaha Judge James O'Brien entertains three husbands’ speeding charges via their wives. He fines Mrs Hindman 15 dollars, Mrs Miller 10, and Mrs Schewe 10 but allows adjustments tied to family costs. He instructs driving roles and adds humor with penalties tied to clothing and a rolling pin. The male defendant declines his wife’s appearance.
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Omaha
James
O’brien
James Hindman
Judge O'Brien
Mother's absence clouds inquest into heiress death
Philadelphia investigators waited for Doris Jean Silver Oestreicher's mother to testify after ten witnesses described the night of August 24 and the circumstances of the 22 year old heiress's death deemed an unsuccessful abortion by medical examiner Dr. Melville Aston. The deceased daughter of a multimillion dollar food chain executive died in a North Philadelphia apartment. Her elopement to Georgia with Earl Oestreicher was noted as part of her troubled history and the bereaved mother remained untestified. Oestreicher and attorney left for Miami where he was named administrator of the estate.
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Philadelphia
Doris Jean Silver Oestreicher
Melville T. Aston
Gertrude Silver
Aston
Milton Schwartz
Folkston
Miami Beach
Fla
Earl Oestreicher
Silvers
Melrose Park
Bernard Bryman
Cornerstone
Oestreicher
Marshall Ader
Miami
Dade County Court
Well Blasted On Gaza Strip
Israeli and Egyptian frontier tensions ease after well explosions near Mavkiim and Yad Mordechai. Nine days of fighting reportedly left up to 61 dead and 91 wounded as both sides discussed a U N ceasefire.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Mavkiim
Yad Mordechai
Gaza
Egypt
Man Admits Slaying Wife
In Cleveland police responded to a west side home after a phone call saying the killer message. They found Alma Rathbury, 33, shot in the neck with a 12 gauge shotgun. Her husband Max Rathbun, 51, confessed after being questioned, saying he shot her after catching her cheating.
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Cleveland
West Side
Alma Rathbury
Max Rathbun
Central Police Station
Michael Sirkot
Rathbun
Terrier in doorway leads to police call in London
In London near Trafalgar Square Constable Bingham found a terrier crouching in a doorway and handed it to the police. Moments later an irate woman called from the station stating she had left the dog outside for an airing and accused a police officer of stealing it.
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London
Bingham
Trafalgar Square
Police Staton
Polio Delays School Openings Across New England
In Massachusetts Rhode Island and New Hampshire many school committees postponed fall starts amid parental anxiety about polio. State totals show 2274 polio cases in Massachusetts and 3034 regionwide with 92 deaths unofficially. officials urged keeping schools open under medical supervision.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Roy Feemster
Division of
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
New England
Connecticut
Vermont
Maine
Bendix Race To Air Show Postponed
The Bendix Trophy air show opening in Philadelphia was postponed due to overcast skies and rain forecasts for the day. The 1324.9 mile Bendix race from George AFB to the east was rescheduled for tomorrow amid hopes for faster speeds than the 3 hours 46 minutes 33 seconds record. Benjamin T. Franklin called the display the greatest aviation show in history as Donald A. Quarles warned against using force in international conflicts at a preshow dinner attended by air attaches from the USSR and two satellites.
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Philadelphia
George Air Force Base
Victorville
Calif
Ihuge
Benjamin T. Franklin
Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Quarles
U.S.S.R
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Grim Reaper Slow Starter Grim Reaper Slow Starter
Traffic deaths rose slowly over the long weekend with nine deaths reported by now and no drownings. Two other accidental fatalities bring the total to 11, while the National Safety Council estimates about 400 more will die during the holiday period from Friday evening to Monday night.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
MacArthur Says He Saved Hirohito From Trial
General Douglas MacArthur claims he personally saved Emperor Hirohito from being tried and executed after his name appeared on the postwar list of accused war criminals. He spoke during the 10th anniversary of Japan's surrender, recalling Hirohito's willingness to accept full responsibility for Japan's conduct in the war.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Emperor Hirohito of
Japan
United States
MacArthur
Namori Shigemitsu
Hirohito
Washington
Waldorf Towers
Shigemitsu
Missouri
Nuernberg
Tokyo
Russia
Child dies in crash near Plain City Ohio
Four year old Toni Lynn Lenels of Diamond Portage County was fatally injured when the car she rode in overturned on U S 42 three miles south of Plain City. The driver was her mother Ida Lenels.
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London
Ohio
Toni Lynn Lenels
Diamond
Portage County
U. S. 42
Plain City
Ida Lenels
Israeli armored attack hits Egyptian post in Gaza strip
Cairo reported an Israeli armored force attacked a northern Gaza post today. An Egyptian spokesman said 22 Israelis were believed killed and many wounded, while no Egyptian casualties were reported. The attack was led by four armored half tracks with wheels at the front and track in the rear.
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Cairo
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Sears Store Trio Held In Wide Thefts
In Cincinnati three Sears department heads Randolph Pickett Robert I W Ford and Thomas Williams are charged with grand larceny for stealing items from their own stores over nine months. They allegedly ran a reciprocal arrangement to look the other way with loot valued at 2500 to 5000 including chairs TVs a phonograph a movie camera and workshop machinery.
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Cincinnati
Sears
Roebuck & Co
Randolph Pickett
Robert I W. Ford
Thomas Williams
Ernest Taylor
US Jets Move To Formosa Base For Mobility Training
Sabre jets of the U.S. 18th Fighter Bomber Wing began deploying from Okinawa to Formosa for 30 days of mobility training on the Chinese Nationalist island. This marks the second time the unit has shown striking power on Nationalist territory since the Formosa crisis. The 18th previously operated on Formosa during the Tachen Islands evacuation last winter.
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Formosa
Tachen Islands
British police issue murder conspiracy charge over airliner crash
Hong Kong police announced a murder conspiracy warrant for Chow Tse-ming, a Chinese man who fled to Formosa after the Air India crash on April 11 that killed sixteen people including eight Red China officials en route to Bandung. Aboard the plane were eight delegation members. three of nineteen aboard survived.
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Hong Kong
Formosa
Air India
South China Sea
Bandung
Indonesia
Red China
United States
China
Chou En-lai
Britain
Chow Tse-ming
Red Chinese Radio
U. S
Peron Declares State of Siege in Buenos Aires
President Juan D. Peron signs a bill imposing a state of siege affecting 3 percent of residents. The measure suspends constitutional guarantees, allows indefinite detention without trial, and bars unauthorised gatherings and subversive publications as foes are warned of danger.
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Buenos Aires
Juan D. Peron
Peron
FiveYearOld Boy Killed By Car In Columbus
Jerry Bentz, five, died of injuries after being struck by a car near his Columbus home last night. The driver was not held.
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Columbus
Ohio
Jerry Bentz
Fire Captain and Four Boys Die in California Brush Fire
SAHABRA Calif A heroic fire captain gave his life yesterday trying to rescue 14 boys battling a fierce brush fire. Four youths died and 11 were injured as wind surged flames up a steep hillside. Fire Captain Glenn Rockey 45 and William Strock 17 Baldwin Park were named victims. The boy firefighters were from a U. S. Forest Service unit. arson probe underway. A separate Escondido blaze has burned 5000 acres since Thursday.
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William Strock
Baldwin Park
Murphy Memorial Hospital
Whittier
Rockey
U. S. Forest Service
Keith Klinger
San Diego County
Escondido
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