Uncover Mail Robbery Plot in Las Vegas
Las Vegas police, postal inspectors and deputies foiled a mail robbery plot Tuesday night after an undercover officer tipped the plan. Informant Ed Meagher of Henderson, a former Las Vegas officer, provided the warning two weeks ahead. Five suspects were jailed on $15,000 bail each after a post office surround and a staged mail sack. George Anderson, 31, dispatcher, his wife Joyce, 24, and Robert Schomer, 29, were arrested near the post office along with others connected to the scheme.
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Las Vegas
Ed Meagher
Henderson
Nev
Meagher
Wally Newcomb
Public Safety
George Hayden Anderson
Joyce
Robert Schomer
Fear Revolt In Germany
West German intelligence reports fear of a new anti Red revolt in East Germany similar to the 1953 uprising. Regime imposes strict security as economic strain and looming Big Four talks raise unrest among 18 million East Germans. Measures include armed workers brigades, enlistment of trusted Communists in the army, tighter security police, and stricter movement and communications checks.
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Bonn
Germany
East Germany
Austria
Russia
Reds Scrapping Moscow Skyscraper Plans Amid Khrushchev Push
Moscow plans for hundreds of skyscrapers and luxury penthouses are being scrapped or revised. A progress report in Ogonyek claims a saving of 50 million rubles. Khrushchev at a national builders congress ordered less emphasis on ornate facades and urged concrete substitutions to conserve steel and timber.
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Moscow
Ogonyek
Communist Party
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Junior Seals Still Splash Buckeye Lake Escape
In Newark Ohio Junior the seal remains at Buckeye Lake with Smokey back in custody after a bucket of salt water fish lured Smokey into a chicken wire net trap. The two seals were imported from California and had escaped from an enclosure at Buckeye Lake Park earlier in the week.
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Newark
Ohio
Buckeye Lake
Smokey
California
Buckeye Lake Park
Disappearing Act Backfired in Sicily Case
CATANIA Sicily Salvatore lo Cicero known as the Sorcerer of Paterno faced police in a disappearance case. He allegedly vanished with 15 million lire about $24000 given by an unnamed merchant to locate the hiding place of the treasure of Solomon. The 41 year old magician, sought since last July, was arrested yesterday.
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Sicily
Salvatore Lo Cicero
Paterno
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