Prank Anxious Bid For Kidnapped Son Ends in Confession
Two men confessed to making a call that lured Betty Weinberger to a New York street with a $5,000 ransom for her 37 day old son Peter. Robert Giebler and Gordon Rowell, both Queens residents, admitted to the blunderous prank saying they only wanted to watch police activity.
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New York
Betty Weinberger
Peter
Weinberger
Westbury
Robert Giebler
Jackson Heights
Queens
Gordon Thomas Rowell
Woodside
Cas
House approves four billion foreign aid cap
The House passed a compromise bill setting a four billion dollar ceiling for the foreign aid program for the coming year and sent it to the Senate. President Eisenhower urged restoring cuts and outlined a plan for about five billion dollars in total requests.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
House Appropriations Committee
Russia Asked to Help Find Fullerton Man
The State Department asked Soviet Russia to determine if California native Lawrence Edward Reitz is a prisoner. Reitz, technical sergeant in the Army Air Corps, was shot down over Ploesti in 1943 and has been missing since. His mother, Anna Marie Stitch of Fullerton, is in Geneva with the International Red Cross seeking news.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Kuchel
Red Cross
Ruchel
Reitz
Anna Marie Stitch
Noth
Fullerton
Geneva
Switzerland
International Red Cross
Fate of dog in hold up decoy ponders by police
In Van Nuys police ponder the fate of a small mixed terrier used as a decoy in a shoplifting racket. Adam G. Bakula 43 of Venice and Katherine Ann Kelley 36 a transient were charged with petty theft after leaving Builders Emporium with numerous articles. The dog was seized and placed in a humane shelter.
Father Slays Son in Religious Dispute in San Diego
Police said Rus sell B. McKerrihan 71 killed his son Lawrence McKerrihan 28 after an argument over religion while drinking. The father was booked on suspicion of murder.
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San Diego
Lawrence McKerrihan
Russell B. McKerrihan
Miss New York Pageant Winner Faces Arrest
Miss Kay Douglas Grundy, who won the Miss New York States title, is revealed to be Mrs Kay Grundy and mother of a 10 month old. She plans to leave for Miss Universe in Long Beach but police report her husband Douglas assaulted her with threats of a knife during a Greenwich Village fight.
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New York
Long Beach
Kay Douglas
Kay Grundy
Douglas
USC Fights Rose Bowl Ban and PCC Code Revisions
USC president Fred D. Fagg Jr vows a hard review of the two year Rose Bowl ban and $62,000 fine plus 42 ineligible players. He pushes PCC code changes to allow adequate athletic aid under university control and tied to scholastic standards as football resumes in fall.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern California
Pacific Coast Conference
Fred D. Fagg Jr
USC
Trojan
Fagg
PCC
Desperate Gang Seized by Police in Beverly Hills
Police report seven suspects described as a desperate gang linked to at least seven armed robberies in the Los Angeles area. Three leaders were arrested on arrival from San Francisco, while four others were detained in a Hollywood apartment for marijuana use. Identified members include James West 19, Donald Williams 28, Mary Williams 20, Elmer Lane 21, Ralph O Leary 19, Franklin Thurst 21, and Joan Martin 21.
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Clinton Anderson
Los Angeles
James West
Donald K. Williams
Mary
San Francisco
Hollywood
Elmer Lee Lane
Ralph O'Leary
Franklin Thurston
Joan Peggy Martin
Twining Briefs House on Moscow Trip Findings
Gen. Nathan F. Twining Air Force chief of staff told the House Armed Services Committee he briefed them on his secret trip to Moscow and study of the Soviet air force. Members said he gave little new information beyond what he publicly disclosed.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
House Armed Services Committee
Moscow
Amateur Detective Traps Theft Suspect in Long Beach
Norwalk deputies say Wilbur Byrom arraigned for grand theft after a homeowner, Frank Stipe, tracked his own stolen flatbed truck to Byroms address. Stipe found a damaged garage door four hours after his truck vanished and alerted deputies. Byrom surrendered after a chase. he identified a partner, James Wright, as the other suspect.
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Paramount
CNS
Wilbur Jefferson Byrom
Motz, St
Long Beach
Byrom
James Wright
Airplane Radar Network Planned For United States
Civil Aeronautics Administrator Charles J. Lowen told a House subcommittee that within five years the U S will be covered by a radar network to monitor all military and commercial aircraft. The $246 million airways plan has $40 million from Congress. he said it could have prevented the Grand Canyon crash that killed 128.
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Washington
Charles J. Lowen
Civil Aeronautics Administrator
House
United States
Congress
Grand Canyon
Morse Urges Probe of Wilson Contracts
Sen. Wayne Morse urged Congress to thoroughly investigate contracts signed by Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson. He questioned Wilsons qualifications and potential conflicts of interest, saying Eisenhower nominated Wilson knowing he would sign large contracts with General Motors.
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Washington
Wayne L. Morse
D-Ore
Congress
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Judge Sworn In San Francisco As Ninth Circuit Judge
Frederick G. Hamley former Chief Justice of the Washington State Supreme Court sworn in as a judge of the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. He replaces retiring Judge Homer J. Bone of Washington State.
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San Francisco
Frederick G. Hamley
Washington State Supreme Court
Federal
9Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Greek Islands Struck by Massive Quake and Volcanic Outburst
Aegean islands including Thera Santorini Crete Samos Kalymnos Amorgos and Ikaria were hit by earthquakes and tidal waves with fires and collapsing homes. Government relief rushed to Thera and surrounding areas as Navy ships planes and helicopters aided survivors. Dr Charles Richter noted a magnitude near 7.6 with quake felt in Athens and a distant estimate of 7,000 miles from Pasadena.
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Greece
Crete
Samos
Kalimnos
Dodecanese
Astipalia
Paros
Amorgos
Ikaria
Aegean
Syros
Athens
Thera
John Psareas
Ionian Islands
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena
Charles Richter
San Francisco
Richter
Pay hikes favored for Los Angeles officials
A citizens committee led by James L. Beebe urged the Los Angeles City Council to place a charter amendment on the November ballot to raise salaries for city officials. Mayors would rise to 25 000, city attorney 23 000, city controller 18 000, and council members 12 000, at an overall cost of 93 000.
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Citizens Committee
Los Angeles
James L. Beebe
Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce
National Debt Hits 272 Billion After Fiscal Year
The national debt stood at 272,750,813,649 dollars at fiscal 1956 end, a 1.6 billion cut from the prior year. Government surplus for the year was about 2 billion, with exact spending and revenue figures to come in two weeks. The debt remains just below the 275 billion ceiling and will fluctuate with tax collections and spending.
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Washington
Treasury
Horseshoe Incident Sends Player to Medical Care
In Sacramento Wilford Gunter received medication after a horseshoe slammed into his head during a game. The injury occurred when an opponent's throw glanced off a peg and struck Gunter, who was treated for a cut scalp.
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Sacramento
Wilford Gunter
Gunter
Auto Theft Suspect Killed in Police Shooting
In South Gate an unidentified driver of a stolen car was shot to death by LAPD officers L. J. Poor and H. E. Hunnel after a four minute chase. The suspect, who jumped from the car, was shot at 97th Street and Wilmington Avenue and again when he fled, dying instantly at 8633 South Beach.
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South Gate
CNS
L. J. Poor
H. E. Hunnel
Los Angeles
Poor
Inquest Hears Judge Hulen Death Likely Suicide
An open verdict was returned at an inquest into the death of Federal District Judge Rubey M. Hulen. He was found fatally wounded in his backyard with a pistol wound to the head. The coroner’s jury could not determine if the death was suicide or accident. The coroner announced no further investigation.
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ST. Louis
Rubey M. Hulen
Navy task force heads west on six month Pacific tour
A task force centered on the carrier Boxer with six destroyers and the destroyer tender Prairie departed San Diego for a six month Western Pacific deployment.
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San Diego
Boxer
Prairie
Western Pacific
Modern Lady Godiva Fails to Arouse Residents on Scott Ave
Verna Galling, 34, claimed her husband Theodore struck her with a vase during a family dispute and forced her to run naked down Scott Ave. Neighbors slept through the scene as she fled. Police intercepted her at Scott and Echo Park Ave. she was treated at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital for a forehead cut. Theodore Galling fled the scene.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Theodore
Jerry Flynn
Jim Watts
Galling
Scott
Echo Park Ave
Georgia Street
Japan reports new H blast near Bikini Atoll
Japan's weather bureau detected an abnormal earth shock and atmospheric pressure waves suggesting a new nuclear test abroad. Seismographs north of Tokyo recorded the quake at 3 a.m. today, with waves traveling from about 2,400 miles away toward Bikini Atoll.
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Tokyo
Japan
Weather Bureau
United States
Bikini Testing Grounds
Pasadena
Weather
Bikini
Explorer Dies on River Trip
Mrs. Goddard said John Goddard, leader of the Nile expedition, learned that companion Jack Yowell drowned in the Lualaba Rapids near Bukama Katanga Province while they planned to travel the Congo from its source. Goddard survived and may continue the voyage.
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Glendale
John Goddard
Congo River
South Africa
Man Dies Fixing Antenna on Home Roof
A 6 year old Paramount man, Homer B. Lindsey, died after falling from his roof while adjusting a television antenna. Sheriff's deputies said his ladder slipped, pitching him to the ground. he was dead on arrival at White Memorial.
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Los Angeles
Paramount
Sheriff's Deputies
Homer B. Lindsey
McKinley
White Memorial
Lindsey
Weather Outlook Mild With Clearing Tonight
Cloudiness lingers late tonight with clearing by early Tuesday, then sunny otherwise. Temperatures range from a low around 55 to a high near 86 with light winds. Full regional forecast appears on Page A6.
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