Young Robber Caught After Bank Job In Iowa
Charles Graethouse, 23, of Volga, robbed Farmersburg Savings Bank with a gun and two coin jars. His car bogged in mud, he fled on foot, hid in a haystack, and was arrested four hours later after police traced the escape. He had painted the car black and later replaced the plates to disguise it.
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Farmersburg
Iowa
Charles Graethouse
Volga
Graethouse
Farmersburg Savings Bank
Government Spends $3.4 Million In Little Rock Crisis
A source close to Gov. Faubus estimates federal spending reached 3,436,000 dollars for the first six weeks of enforced integration at Central High School. The figure, based on 38 days after the 101st Airborne arrival on Sept 24, reflects payroll and rations as about 225 paratroopers remained, with 10,800 guardsmen initially under federal control.
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Little Rock
Arki
Orval Faubus
Central High School
Faubus
101St Airborne Division
Arkansas National Guardsmen
Army
Ft. Campbell
Sister Of Roach Poison Victims Is Hospitalized
In Opelo Usas Louisiana two young brothers died after swallowing insecticide found on a store counter. Ronald Joseph Mendez died in New Orleans after a week with respiratory trouble and Robert Mendez died last week. Judy Mendez eight remained in Lafayette Charity hospital with influenza like illness. An aunt reported Judy weakened with fever and mute before Friday. Coroner awaits toxicology results to confirm Ronalds exact cause. The siblings and remaining family members were to be buried at Prairie Ronde cemetery.
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Opelousas
Ronald Joseph Mendez
New Orleans
Robert Mendez
Prairie Ronde
Judy Mendez
Lafayette Charity Hospital
Joe Brown
Judy
Orleans Parish
Ronald
New Orleans Charity Hospital
Robert
Gilbert Mendez
Reds May Have Shot Man Into Space
Birmingham report cites Bil ly Isbell a aeronautical engineer and aide to Dr. von Braun at Redstone Arsenal suggesting Russia could have launched a man on a Sputnik II instead of a dog. He voiced the view on radio and later faced questions from a voter.
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Birmingham
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Russia
Billy Isbell
von Braun
Army Ballistic Missile Agency
Isbell
Judge Enjoins Orleans From Holding Funds
New Orleans District Judge Walter B. Hamlin barred the city from withholding money collected for the Orleans parish school board. City Attorney Alvin J. Liska said he would appeal to the Louisiana Supreme Court. The injunction cites a 1941 ruling that the municipality cannot withhold school funds. Samuel I. Rosenberg, chief commissioner for the school board, filed suit after city officials warned deductions from taxes for the board would begin.
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New Orleans
Walter B. Hamlin
City of
Orleans Parish
Alvin J. Liska
Hamlin
Louisiana Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Samuel I. Rosenberg
FCC approves WDEB license transfer to Electronics Research
The Communications Commission authorized a corporate change yesterday in which WDEB Gulfport Mississippi assigns its license to Electronics Research Inc. Evansville Indiana for eighty thousand dollars.
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Washington
the Communications Commission
WDEB
Gulfport
Miss
Electronics Research Inc
Evansville, Ind
Troop Reductions Reported Across Units
The document notes reductions in regular troops from 1,100 to 500, guardsmen from 1,800 to 900, and paratroopers from 500 to 225, detailing scale downs on November 8.
Widow Desires Meeting With Suspect In Patrolman Slayings
Mrs. Wister Lee Reece, widow of highway patrolman killed November 5, asks to see Frank Edward Wetzel, held in Bakersfield for the murder. She forgives the killer, expresses pity, and notes both officers Brown and Reece died in separate, nearby shootings. Funds and scholarships have been raised for their families.
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Wister Lee Reece
Bakersfield
al If
Sanford
J. T. Brown
Wake Forest College
Winston - Seem
Fifth Circuit Sets Jan 15 16 Hearings On Segregation
The U S Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals schedules hearings January 15 and 16 on seven segregation cases in state colleges and public transit. Arguments focus on Negro student admittance at LSU Southwestern Louisiana Institute Southeastern Louisiana College and McNeese State College and bond issues for attorneys in a challenged injunction. The state board of education and LSU board appeal rulings about eligibility certificates for white college admissions deemed unconstitutional.
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New Orleans
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Louisiana State University
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Southeastern Louisiana College
McNeese State College
Wright
State Board of Education
LSU Board of Supervisors
Former Opera Star Recovers After Pill Dose Crisis
Marthe Errolle a 35 year old former opera star is recovering in seclusion after a possible suicide attempt. Police say she drank and took seven pills in her apartment in Hollywood. Her father Ralph Errolle former LSU opera director and a noted singer. she had performed in Faust Rigoletto Martha and Tales of Hoffmann.
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Hollywood
Marthe Errolle
Ralph Errolle
Metropolitan Opera
Louisiana State University
Errolle
Atlanta
Wanda Elliott
Police
Miss Elliott
Charles Stalnaker
Miss Errolle
General Hospital
Martha
LSU
New Orleans
New York Grand Opera Association
Metropolitan
Philadelphia Opera
Fancy Menus Used To Snag British Tommy
London reports eating patterns shift as army menus replace common rations with varied dishes on the eve of tighter wartime controls. Private soldiers face multiple lunch and dinner choices, including meats and desserts, while officers see different allocations.
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Tommy
London
Job Available For Right Man in Block Island
BLOCK ISLAND RHODE ISLAND offers a physician a bid winning job with annual pay between 12000 and 15000 dollars plus a 16 room mansion rent free for six months and 75 dollars a month thereafter. Town officials note the island’s year round population is about 800 residents.
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Block Island
R.I
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Fi Center
Coats
Brown
Northeast Louisiana
The
Television Wholesale Supply Co
Roy T. Gray
General Electric
Bogen Bell
Newcomb Grommes Pilot Jensen
Jackson ST
Joanne Genung
Hamlet
N. C
Reece
England
Air Force
Britain
Royal Artillery
Woolwich
Orleans Parish School Board
J. Skelly Wright
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