Hoodlum to Testify in Brink's Robbery Grand Jury
Boston grand jury hears Joseph O Keefe as FBI says his tips solved the 1 219 million Brink s cash heist. Seven gang members detained after raids with 670 000 bail set for January 26 hearing. No money recovered. case dates to January 17 1950 and raises statutory questions.
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Boston
Mass
Joseph
Specs) O’keefe
Elmer
Trigger) Burke
FBI
Ang
Ember
Massachusetts
Adolph
Jazz
Maffie
Quincy
Anthony Pino
Vincent Costa
Pembroke
FBI Charges Filed Against Three in Slidell Bank Robbery
The FBI says three men Willard Joseph Martin Frank Lee Morris and Earl Brand will face charges in the $6 165 robbery of the Bank of Slidell. They were arrested in a Houma tourist court with three women identified as Iris Emmagene Dacke Betty Joe Lashlee and Vera Parkhart who are witnesses in white slavery cases. Authorities say the trio aided by escapees from Angola tunneled into two vaults on November 24 and escaped with a half ton of coins and cash.
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M. P. Chiles
FBI
Willard Joseph Martin
Frank Lee Morris
Angola
Earl Brand
Martin
Morris
Houma
Brand
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Iris Emmagene Dacke
Betty Joe Lashlee
Vera Parkhart
Chiles
Branei
J B Kugler Dies of Heart Attack at Monroe Home
J B Kugler half owner of Monroe Steam Laundry died from a heart attack at his home 101 Bright avenue Monroe shortly after 1 am. The body was taken to Hixson Brothers Funeral chapel and services will be at Grace Episcopal church Saturday at 10 am with interment in Riverview Burial park. He was a longtime resident and member of Grace church leaving a wife and a married daughter out of state.
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J. B. Kugler
Monroe Steam Laundry
Bright Avenue
Monroe
Hixson Brothers Funeral Chapel
Grace Episcopal Church
Riverview
Kugler
G. B. Cooley
Cooley
Caudill Located In Oregon Prison
Louisiana convict Lloyd Caudill, linked to a prison forgery ring, is imprisoned in Oregon according to Warden Maurice Sigler. Caudill, serving two years for burglary, allegedly paid 500 to a Louisiana official for release. a detainer has been sent and a fugitive warrant prepared for his return. He was sent to Angola on a 1954 attempted burglary conviction, with a 4½ year sentence later altered to one year and he was released July 1, 1955.
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Angola
Lloyd Caudill
Louisiana
Oregon
Maurice Sigler
Sigler
Caudill
Bossier Parish
Where To Find It Amusements Classifieds
Brief listing notes comic, editorial, radio and TV items and society notices. Includes page references 18 19 20 21 for Leteenes M4 15 and related classified amusements.
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Radio TV Society
Bloodhounds Track Escaped Prisoners Near Mississippi Penitentiary
Bloodhounds picked up a trail near Merigold, Mississippi, as Montos and Jones remain at large around the prison area. Officials say the dogs pursued one man until dawn, with reports of two convicts attempting to steal a car but the trail later fading. The search continued in surrounding counties.
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Parchman, Miss
Mississippi Penitentiary
Nick Montos
Robert Jones
Marvin Wiggins
Montes
Jones
Hattiesburg
Wiggins
Merigold
Forrest City
Ark
Fatis
Greyhound Bus Drivers Strike Over Pay in Florida
Jacksonville witnesses a wildcat strike by 214 Greyhound drivers led by Local 1238 head D. M. Sasser over pay issues. Travel to Chicago and New Orleans halted. buses rerouted by Trailways as company comment was unavailable. union vice president Col C. Melton notes last night’s peaceful meeting. contract runs to October 31.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Southeastern Greyhound
D. M. Sasser
Chicago
New Orleans
Sasser
Amalgamated Assn. of
Street, Electric, Railway and Motor Coach Employee of America
Cc. C. Melton
Auto strikes cow on Sterlington Road causes damage
An estimated 1400 damage occurred Thursday night when James Earl Shivers 49 of Oak Grove struck a cow on Sterlington Road about 19 miles north of Monroe. Shivers car was then rear ended by a second vehicle. no injuries were reported. The cow valued at 50 was killed.
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Monroe
Sterlington Road
Gilbert T. Brown
Brown
James Earl Shivers
Oak Grove
Lorie Moore Brown
Shivers
Former ICC Chief Admits Indiscretions in Chicago Contract
Former Interstate Commerce Commission chairman Hugh W. Cross testifying before the Senate Investigations subcommittee admitted engaging in discreet actions related to a Chicago contract. He denied using his office to benefit a friend, John L. Keeshin, and said he could not believe his conduct affected the contract outcomes.
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Washington
Hugh W. Cross
Interstate Commerce Commission
Chicago
John L. Keeshin
ICC
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Cross
Richard Brown Pleads Guilty To Armed Robbery
Richard Arnold Brown, 20, pleaded guilty in Fourth District court to the armed robbery of Marcelin Beridon, an Alexandria cab driver, and was remanded for sentencing. Beridon was robbed at gunpoint of 36 dollars during a trip to Monroe.
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Richard Arnold Brown
Marcelin Beridon
Alexandria
Monroe
Fourth District
Brown
Ouachita Parish
Pennsylvania
Beridon
Toney Watson
Raymond K. West
Parker Street
Barrage of Racial Bills Passed Through Mississippi Legislature
In Jackson the Mississippi Legislature considers multiple segregation bills aimed at intrastate travel. Proposals would fine carriers up to 1000 dollars daily for lacking separate waiting rooms and bars outside lawyers from handling segregation cases. Some measures respond to an ICC ruling effective January 10, seeking to uphold race-based waiting areas in rail and bus stations.
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Jackson
Miss
Mississippi
Mississipi
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Public Service Commission
Ministers Group Approves United Fund Plan Here
The Twin City Ministerial Association unanimously approves establishing a United Fund in the Twin Cities at a Wednesday meeting in First Presbyterian Church. Rev. Hugh E. Bradshaw led a devotional as new business topics covered Easter services and Lenten plans.
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Twin City
First Presbyterian Church
United Fund
Hugh E. Bradshaw
Twin Cities
Vows Fight To Get Them Back Polygamous Mother
Short Creek Utah. Vera Black, 42, returns home after seven of her eight children are taken into state custody over polygamy. Vaughn, 4, remains with illness and will be surrendered when well. Welfare officials pressed for affidavits to keep the family intact. Orson, Lillian, Spencer, Elsie and others express fear as seven children are placed into foster homes in Provo.
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Short Creek
Utah
Vaughn
Vera Black
Provo
State Welfare Commission
Black
H. C. Shoemaker
Leonard Black
Arizona
Vera
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon
Shoemaker
Emilie
Wilford
Francis
Orson
Lillian
Spencer
Elsie
Baton Rouge Gas Main Break Triggers Citywide Emergency Measures
A gas main break near two 20 inch lines in Baton Rouge left 90 percent of the city without heat or cooking facilities. Mayor-President Jesse Webb Jr. opened two schools for mothers with infants and a Kaiser Aluminum plant offered emergency space. Hospitals and businesses cut operations as repairs began and utilities forecast restoration by nightfall.
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Baton Rouge
Ing
Jesse Webb Jr
Kaiser Aluminum
Gorum Man Held Without Charge In In-Law Death
Melvin Nichols of Gorum is being held without charges after he says he shot his brother in law Wesley Bennett to stop him from harming his wife and sister. The shooting occurred as they were returning from the parish after voting in a Democratic primary.
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Gorum
Natchitoches, la
Earl Morris
Melvin Nichols
Nichols
Wesley Bennett
Goram
Bennett
Natchitoches
Coleman Denies Saying Milam Bryant Guilty
Jackson Mississippi United Press report says Gov elect J P Coleman denied he said Milam and Bryant should have been convicted and electrocuted. Look magazine attributed the remark to a taped Look interview, which Coleman says he knew nothing about. He noted he telephoned from Fort Worth and authorized quotes but denies recording. He also cited his past public service roles and refusal to comment on the Till verdict.
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Smith
Coleman
Tallahatchie County
Sixth Straight Chilly Day In Twin City Area
The Twin City area endured the sixth consecutive chill day with below freezing overnight and forecasts of frigid nights. Friday morning lows around 25 degrees rose to 43 by noon. the day remained clear with light winds, and Friday night may dip to 25 to 30 with Saturday's high near 52.
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Twin City
Mercury
River Work Contracts Awarded for Two Louisiana Parishes
Contracts totaling 1 293 610 for cement and concrete mattresses along the Mississippi River were awarded by the U S Corps of Engineers at Vicksburg. Delta Point in Madison Parish will host an 803 470 contract for 80 000 squares of articulated mattresses, and Vidalia in Concordia Parish a 50 000 square mats contract. Fordice Construction Co of Memphis will handle Delta Point work and T L James and Co Inc of Ruston will handle Vidalia. Mattresses aim to prevent erosion along the river banks with completion due next August 1 at Delta Point and within 90 days after notice to proceed at Vidalia.
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Washington
Mississippi River
Delta Point
Madison Parish
Vidalia
Concordia Parish
U. S. Corps of Engineers
Vicksburg
Fifth Louisiana
Otto E. Passman
Delta
Fordice Construction Co
Memphis
T. L. James and Co., Inc
Ruston
Passman
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Joseph R. N. Maxwell
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Arthur G. Coons
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Coons
Occidental College
Los Angeles
St. Louis
Houma Court
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bank of Slidell
Montos
Greyhound Bus
Richard Brown
Miss. Hopper
Monaco
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier
Rainier
Miss Kelly
Olin Gas Transmission Corp
Gulf States Utilities Co
Olin
Milam
Bryant
S.st
Parker
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