Seventeen Children Die In Four Weekend Fires
A rash of weekend fires across the nation claims seventeen children as victims. In Harlem two families perish including four Madkirville children and a 4-year-old guest. in Dunn six children die, with Bobby, 9, escaping. in Las Vegas four children perish in a home blaze. two kids fatally burn in Delta Colorado. and one hospital in Sylva North Carolina is destroyed by a $400000 fire though all 28 patients are evacuated safely. Officials cite careless smoking and matches as causes in multiple incidents.
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New York City
Harlem
Alfred Madkville
Madirville
Yvonne Thomas
New York
Carolina
Las Vegas
Nev
Simpson Junior
O. K. McFarland
Tommy Ray Junior
Junior
Delta
Colo
Alice Romero
Kathy
Sylva
N.C
North Carolina
C. J. Harris Community Hospital
Bomb plot targets Ukrainian exile staff in Munich
Bavarian police probe a bomb parcel plot aimed at Ukrainian exile newspaper staff in Munich. Radio Free Europe reports a parcel exploded at Sehlach Premogy last Friday addressed to chief editor Danylo Czajkiwskyj. An editor was killed by a similar parcel four years ago.
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Munich
Germany
State Criminal Investigation Office
Radio Free Europe
Sehlach Premogy
Danylo Czajkiwskyj
Konrad Adenauer
One Killed In State Over Weekend
Kansas City reports one traffic death on the state highways over the weekend, down from six a year ago. Mrs. Jess Davis died in a S-car collision near Olathe during heavy rain. her husband and six others were injured. Missouri also had six weekend fatalities, leaving Kansas’s yearly toll at 120 versus 155 a year earlier.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Jess Davis
Olathe
Missouri
Newton Officer Shot At Home Disturbance
Newton police captain Paul Hastings suffered a scalp wound from a .410 shotgun blast during a disturbance call at Mylo Lee’s home. Lee, 48, was captured and held for investigation after the shooting.
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Newton
Paul Hastings
Hastings
Mylo Lee
Lee
Winter in Florida Leaves Gardens Damaged and Prices High
A Williamsburg Florida winter report details impact of December freeze on citrus and vegetables, with 12 freezes, 26 degree low, and heavy fruit losses. Grapefruit and oranges priced 50 cents to 1.50 and 50 to 1.25 respectively, while bass fishing faltered but speck and crappie fishing remained good. The return trip notes blooming flowers, greening trees, palm damage on the east coast, and armadillo hunting as pastime.
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Orlando
Citrus Belt
Florida
Explanation Of Deportation Is Requested
Mrs Phyllis Heikkila of San Francisco seeks in federal court an explanation for her Finnish born husband William Heikkila 52 who vanished after two men allegedly took him from his drafting office less than a week after leaving his job. Immigration officials later said the men were agents of the service and Heikkila who is not a US citizen was being deported as a former Communist. Heikkila had opposed farm mortgage foreclosures in Minnesota and was said to have admitted Communist affiliation briefly during a low period.
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San Francisco Wi
Phyllis Heikkila
William Heikkila
U. S. Immigration Service
Heikkila
Finland
Bruce Barber
U.S
Bd Barber
Lloyd McMurray
McMurray
Minnesota
Court considering order to locate missing naturalized parent
The text notes a man brought to the United States at 20 months old who never naturalized. Deportation efforts span about 10 years. McMurray and Mrs Heikkila plan to ask Judge Louis E Goodman for an order requiring disclosure of Heikkila's whereabouts and an explanation of his fate.
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McMurray
Heikkila
Louis E.’ Goodman
Body Of Boy Recovered From Little Blue River
A body was found in the Little Blue River and police say it may be a teenage boy who jumped in after being chased from a junkyard. One youth swam across. the companion disappeared. Homicide Detective John Radon led the investigation.
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Kansas City
Little Blue River
Homicide
John Reardon
State Farm rolls out broader-coverage policy with 44 features
State Farm agent Quincy Seymour explains a new broader-coverage plan with 44 extra-protection features including hit-and-run protection and auto accident medical benefits. Readers can learn more by calling 425 S. Main 508. Bloomington home office listed.
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State Farm Mutual
State Farm
Quincy Seymour
S. Main
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Williamsburg News
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Topeka
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Dana
Iit
Milliken
T. ‘Thornton
T. R. Briles
Viola
Leroy
Sid Bakers
Thorntons
Briles
Harold Malone
Thornton
C. R. Gelvin
Cedar Nursing Home
G. N. Gelvin
Mission
Gene
Warren
Leadhill
Harrison
Arkansas
Bull Shoals Lake
Louis Felipe Marrero
Trenton
N. J
Fogle Quarry
Co AG
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Home Omac
Bloomington
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WNL
AL Lee Res
Weidmann Tire and Battery Service
New York, N. Y
Wilson Mack
Mace
Ottawa Herald
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