Youth Admits He Killed Officer in McCook Station
A 17 year old youth, Henry Westley, confessed to shooting and killing Police Sergeant Robert Giovannoni at the McCook station after taking the revolver, robbing him, and destroying arrest records. Giovannoni, 37, was found dead after being wounded in the neck and back. Westley and two companions were arrested and held on traffic charges and fictitious plates.
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Matt Padgen
Padgen
Westley
McCook
West Jey
Autopsy Set After Sierra County Air Force Shooting
In DOWNIEVILLE Calif coroner plans an autopsy to verify the account of three Air Force officers and a fourth man who died on a High Sierra hike. 2nd Lt James Ohlhausen of Leavenworth Kan was shot Sunday after target practice during a return hike from Yuba to Sierraville. 2nd Lt Joseph Andrews of Dunn NC was reloading a .22 when it discharged, striking Ohlhausen near the heart. The party of four pilots stayed with Roscoe of Sierraville en route to Stead AFB Nevada. the other members included 2nd Lt Bobby Newport of Oklahoma City.
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Downieville
Calif
Air Force
High Sierra
Sierra County
Philip C. Newberg
James Ohlhausen
Leavenworth
Kas
Yuba
Sierraville
Joseph Andrews
Dunn, N. C
Ohlhausen
Portola
Plumas County
Edward P. Roscoe
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Altus Afb
Oklo
Andrews
Roscoe
Bobby D. Newport
Oklahoma City
Rail Strike Hits Italy During Peak Vacation Season
A 24 hour nationwide railway strike paralyzed travel from the Alps to Sicily. Emergency crews tried to keep major lines open while 132 train trips ran of the usual 6,000. Strikers demand higher seniority pay and other benefits, cost to the government about seven billion lire.
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Rome
Italy
Alps
Sicily
Antonio Segni
Delegates Named to Platform Committee for Democratic Convention
Scott City TM Henry D. Parkinson and Miss Wilma Charlesworth Coffeyville named to platform and resolutions committee for the Democratic national convention in Chicago. Both delegates to the convention which begins August 16. They will travel to Chicago a week early to help draft the platform.
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Scott City
Henry D. Parkinson
Wilma Charlesworth
Coffeyville
Chicago
PLAY EQUIPMENT PATTERN BY RUTH WYETH SPEARS
Backyard playground idea uses a pattern with exact dimensions and angle guides for cutting. Includes material list and assembly directions and can be stored by removing bolts. pattern offered in Outdoor Play Equipment Packet for $1 postpaid. Order number 367 with 25c to Bedford Hills NY.
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Ottawa Herald
Bedford Hills
New York
Young Democrat Attacks Woodring In Shawnee County Meeting
Robert Brock, Shawnee County Young Democrat Club president, resigning his post, called Harry Woodring an ultra conservative pseudo-Republican who runs under the Democrat banner for governor. Brock accused Woodring of opposing the New Deal and Roosevelt, citing a 15 year record of anti-Democratic speeches and releases. Woodring denied party disloyalty and noted no harm came to his friendship with Roosevelt.
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Topeka
Robert Brock
Shawnee County
Young Democrat Club
Harry Woodring
Brock
Woodring
George Docking
Tas
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
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Armstrong
Excelon
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Mars
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