Bank Robbery Pair Admit Plot and Return Money
Bellflower suspects Joe Shellnut and James Johnson, longtime friends, confessed to planning a bank job and Shellnut's solo robbery of 4000 dollars on Friday. Shellnut mailed back $1000 this week and surrendered after telling investigators his conscience drove him. Johnson admitted discussing the plan but said it was not serious.
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Shellnut
Johnson
Shellut
First Western Bank
Bellflower
Blaze Threatens Town in Texas
A fast moving blaze in Rouse City Texas roared for two hours destroying a hotel and four other buildings. No deaths occurred and the sole injury was Reverend Carroll Cole who broke an ankle while fighting the flames.
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Rouse City
Tex
East Texas
Carroll Cole
Bevan Improving After Major Abdominal Operation
Doctors report Aneurin Bevan, age 62, is making continued progress in his recovery from a major abdominal operation in London.
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London
Aneurin Bevan
Pasadena City College Names New Head Football Coach
Surprise move brings re signed head varsity coach to Pasadena City College after months of contemplation despite pleas to stay. Page 20.
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Pasadena City College
Government debt policy hampered by old legislation
Editor Lee Merriman notes outdated laws hinder debt management. The diary column questions a governor's request for a million dollar Olympic cushion facing Assembly opposition. Pasadena education panel favors three sites for a new high school and rejects converting McKinley Junior High.
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Lee Merriman
Pasadena
McKinley Junior High
Eisenhower Rejects 24Hour Airborne Alert Proposal
President Eisenhower criticizes generals for opposing defense plans and asserts the United States can retaliate against a Red attack. He rejects Gen Power's SAC airborne alert idea, defends Gates and the joint chiefs, and stresses a deterrent stance while noting U.S. space and missile progress and Saturn project momentum.
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Washington
UPI
Eisenhower
United States
Thomas S.S. Power
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Gates
Power
Titan missile test marks milestone in U.S. ICBM program
Gen. Thomas Power and Lt. Gen. Bernard Schriever testified on Senate probes into air alert levels amid rising Soviet missiles. Secretaries White and Sharp debated continuous airborne alert while Schriever announced a Titan flight from Cape Canaveral, describing it as a milestone in ocean-spanning ICBM development.
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U.S
Thomas S. Power
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Bernard A. Schriever
Air Force Research
Senate
Air Force
Dudley C. Sharp
General Power
Power
Schriever
Titan
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Seven Crew Escape as Star of the Sea Sinks Off New Bedford
Seven crew members abandoned the burning fishing vessel Star of the Sea near New Bedford about 20 miles offshore. The Boston owned craft, captained by Kevin Cleary of Dorchester, sank after the blaze. no injuries reported.
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New Bedford
Mass
Star of the Sea
Boston
Kevin Cleary
Dorchester
De Gaulle Voted Rule by Decree
Paris reports the French Senate approved government rule by decree to manage post Algerian rebellion cleanup. The Senate passed 226 to 39 while the Chamber of Deputies backed it 441 to 75.
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de Gaulle
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Titan Missile Firing Alleviates Defense Criticism
Washington reports a successful Titan missile launch eased some Democratic defense complaints while two top Air Force officials kept warnings about Russia's missiles. The broader critique of the U S military program remains unresolved.
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Washington
UPI
Air Force
Air Force Delays Discoverer IX Satellite Launch Again
Weather woes forced the third postponement of the Discoverer IX satellite launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Rain and worsening conditions were cited by officials as the reason for the delay.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Tupi
Air Force
Syrians Defy U.N. Demand in Demilitarized Zone
In a tense border scene Col Raymond Pirlot said Syrians cling to fortified positions in the Tawafik area defying a UN withdrawal request. Israel warned it could use force if the UN cannot clear the zone southeast of the Sea of Galilee amid scattered firing and patrol clashes.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Foreign Ministry
Tawafik
United Nations
Raymond Pirlot
Mixed Armistic Commission
U.N
Sea of Galilee
David Ben-Gurion
Damascus
Demilitarized Zone
Egypt
Tawafik-Tel Kazier J
Syria
MacArthur Restful Night Despite Visitor Ban at Hospital
General Douglas MacArthur was said to have spent a more comfortable evening and a restful night as visitors remained barred from his hospital room while he is to undergo further medical tests today.
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New York
Douglas MacArthur
Mosk Attacks Irish Sweepstakes as Illegal Lottery
California Attorney General Stanley Mosk denounces the Irish Sweepstakes as an illegal state lottery and urges shutdowns. Governor Brown, opposing any state lottery, notes California gains no revenue and backs stricter enforcement, postal crackdowns, and closing a 1958 loophole. Mosk cites a one month bank draft check totaling $1,052,497.15 as evidence of the sweepstakes’ millions in California.
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Sacramento
Stanley Mosk
Brown
California
Mosk
California Supreme Court
Denies Surgeon Plotted Murder At His Wife’s Slaying
In Los Angeles a defense attorney said Dr. R Bernard Finch did not conspire to murder his wife Barbara Jean Finch amid a divorce dispute. The prosecutor’s case centers on a planned removal of wealth, with Finch expected to testify he was innocent and that his wife was killed accidentally after she fired a gun during a visit to discuss divorce.
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R. Bernard Finch
Grant B. Cooper
Finch
Los Angeles Superior Court
Dr. Finch
Cooper
Deeper
Carole Tregoff
Barbara Jean Finch
Raymie
Raymond Jr
Wet Southland Weather Brings Rain and Snow Across Elevations
Overcast conditions covered Southern California as a Pacific storm intensified. Rain appeared in Santa Maria and snow began near Buckhorn on Angeles Crest Highway, with forecasts shifting to expect occasional rain and higher elevations turning to snow above 8,000 to 9,000 feet. The U S Weather Bureau warned of more rain later, while Pasadena logged a 68 degree high and a 44 degree low.
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California
Pasadena
Senate Beats Proposal to Aid Schools
The Senate rejected a plan to allocate 2 million dollars a year from federal cigarette tax proceeds for education, as substitute for a Democratic backed bill granting a billion dollars over two years for school construction. The substitute failed by voice vote with under a dozen senators present.
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Washington
Senate
Norris Cotton
NEH
Cotton
Lon Hand
Blaze Destroys Jet Tankers at Walker AFB
A dramatic blaze at Walker Air Force Base in Roswell New Mexico destroyed three KC135 jet tankers during an attempted takeoff. At least one person was killed and crew fate unknown as magnesium fire and explosions lasted about an hour.
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Roswell
N. M
UPI
Walker Air Force Base
Quick sale ad boasts fast results for car
Richard Starkey of 281 W Del Mar says his Independent and Star-News classified ad sold his car the first day. He praises the paper’s ads and urges readers to try them with the listed phone numbers Sycamore 60311 and Zenith 2330.
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Star- News
Richard Starkey
W. del Mar
Independent
Star-News
Zenith
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