Casa Grande Captive Tells Of Theft Here
A 19 year old Army deserter Alfred J Long fled pursuit by Casa Grande police after a car theft and armed robbery spree in a case tying him to a barbecue stand hold up in Eloy and a drug store theft in Phoenix. Officers recovered jewelry worth over 5000 dollars. Long admitted a cross country crime run and was captured after a chase through a residential area. He is linked to a Tucson vehicle theft as well and faces charges in multiple jurisdictions. The case involves Fort Bragg deserter in the 82nd Airborne and the drug store operator Richard G Johnson.
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Kenneth Arline
Casa Grande
Phoenix
James H. Green
Grant W. Milligan
Alfred J. Long
82Nd , Airborne Division
Fort Bragg
N. C
Charles Post
Pinal
Post
Long
Tucson
Eloy
Johnson
East
Washington Street
Richard G. Johnson
Herb Hodgson
George Fields
West Culver Street
H. D. Cogswell
East Eighth Street
Charles Smith
Hodgson
George
Bud Kratzburg
Second Night Of Freezing Weather Hits Valley
Freezing temperatures persisted in the Valley with little change from the prior day. Phoenix and Sky Harbor Airport logged 28 and 25 degrees, Alhambra 20, while Northern Arizona remained severely cold. Flagstaff improved to 7 below zero, Show Low reported minus 16 yesterday. Citrus damage noted but no picking holiday declared, irrigation used to raise temps. Forecast calls for subfreezing risk to continue, temperatures to moderate later with possible weekend rain and mountain snow flurries.
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Arizona
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Sky Harbor
Alhambra
Yes
Flagstaff
J. M. Foote
Arizona Fruit and Vegetable Standardization Service
Airport Statoin
Airport Station
Grand Canyon
Payson
Prescott
Tucson
Phoenix
Sky Harbor Airport
Million-Dollar Fake Check Plot Nipped
Federal agents halted a nationwide million dollar counterfeit ring by arresting George G. Gillette, brother-in-law of Brooklyn gang leader Joe Adonis, at his birthday party on a conspiracy to transport bogus travelers checks drawn on American Express. Gillette faced a 75,000 dollar bail as Saypol identified him as a top leader. the ring also counterfeited draft cards licenses and stamps and had linked arrests with Michael Maione, head of another fake money operation.
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New York
Federal Bureau of Investigation
George G. Gillette
Brooklyn
Joe Adonis
Gillette
American Express Company
U. S
Edward McDonald
Iving H. Saypol
Saypol
FBI
Secret Service
Michael Maione
Maione
Los Angeles
Chicago
Cleveland
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Buffalo
N. Y
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Fifty Fishermen Feared Dead in Gibraltar Storm
CEUTA Spain December 13 AP reports more than 50 fishermen are feared dead after a storm swamped three small vessels in the Straits of Gibraltar. Of 64 men aboard, 11 were rescued and one died in a hospital.
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Ceuta
Spanish Morocco
Straits of Gibraltar
Mysterious Loss Of Pilot In California Snow
Air Force and FBI censorship shrouds the disappearance of Robert Bryant 26 a radar technician amid secret government aircraft work. His Culver plane found in 6000 foot High Topatopa Mountains. searches halted by fresh snow as investigators consider a post crash escape and burial theories.
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Los Angeles
Robert Bryant
Topatopa Mountains
Los Padres National Forest
Glendale
Hamilton Field
San Francisco
Civil Air Patrol
Bryant
Air Force
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Bryant’s
Navy
Earle Bryant
Long Island
N. Y
Israel to Move Capital to Jerusalem Defies U N Decision
TEL AVIV December 13 sources close to Parliament report the cabinet approved transferring the capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in defiance of the United Nations. Premier David Ben Gurion was set to introduce a resolution in Parliament this afternoon after 48 hours of intense debate.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Jerusalem
United Nations
David Ben Gurion
Western Cold Snap Grips Western U S
A mid December cold spell froze much of the western half of the United States with subfreezing readings in California and bitter cold from Montana to the Dakotas and Minnesota. Temperatures fell to 15 in Bozeman and Dickinson with sub zero marks elsewhere as rain touched parts of the east and south.
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U.S
Associated Press
California
Fresno
Calif
Sacramento
Montana
Dakotas
Minnesota
Rocky Mountain
Bozeman
Mont
Dickinson
N. D
Four Die After Potomac Airliner Crash Near Washington
A Capital Airlines DC-3 crashed into the Potomac in dense fog near Washington National Airport killing four. Nineteen survived, with pilot W J Davis hailed for saving lives by leveling the craft seconds before impact. Survivors described a chaotic scene as rescue boats reached the wing and fuselage amid darkness and fog.
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Washington
INS
Capital Airlines
Potomac River
Washington National Airport
Eastern Airlines
Navy
Charles R. Stott
Lowell
Mass
Davis
Stott
National Airport
Woodcraft Lessons May Save Girl Scout
Kelso Washington December report on Ruth Aberle a 15 year old Girl Scout missing since Sunday during a tree outing. Bloodhounds and a helicopter aided a wide search as rain snow and freezing temperatures hampered tracks. Sheriff Bud Reynolds led civilians Guardsmen and officers from Chehalis Longview and Kelso in the effort amid hopes she may survive.
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Kelso
Wash
Ruth Aberle
William F. Aberle
West Kelso
Chehalis
Longview
Aberle
Cowlitz County
Bud Reynolds
Ruth
Plane Crash Kills 25 In Pakistan Near Karachi
A Pakistan transport DC-3 with 21 passengers and 4 crew crashed 45 miles north of Karachi. Rescue parties reached the desert site after an early morning sighting. Officials noted two Pakistan Army generals among the passengers, Maj. Gen. Sher Khan and Major General Iftikhar, though casualties were not yet officially confirmed.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Here
Pakistan Army
Pak Air Company
Sher Khan
Iftikhar
Policeman Killed By Gunman In Seattle Standoff
Washington State Patrol officer Paul Johnson died in Providence Hospital after a berserk gunman wounded three others in Meadowbrook near Snoqualmie. Walter Peden, 60, a World War I veteran, was jailed for psychiatric evaluation. he said he began shooting to “keep peace in the neighborhood.”
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Seattle
INS
Paul Johnson
Washington
Providence
Clair Powers
Meadowbrook
Snoqualmie
Johnson
Walter Peden
King County
Peden
Shooting Ends in Family Tragedy at Arizona Home
The estranged wife Lena Eisenstein, about 55, was found dead in the kitchen of her Phoenix home. Her husband Max Eisenstein, in his 50s, was jailed for investigation as their 18 year old son Eugene witnessed the slaying and helped disarm the father. Police found a .32 caliber pistol and four spent shells. An autopsy showed the bullet passed through the heart. The couple had been estranged with a property settlement underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Lena Eisenstein
East Palm Lane
Max
Eugene
Arizona State College
Tempe
Norman Norris
Eisenstein
Norris
Bank Robbery in Spencer Nets $1,000
Two gunmen robbed the Worcester County Trust Company branch in Spencer Massachusetts, escaping with $1,000 in cash. A delayed action time lock on inner vault compartments protected most working currency as the robbers herded manager Manley S Kelley and five employees into the vault and locked them inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Mass
Worcester County Trust Company
Manley S. Kelley
Santa Gets A Brush off in Santa Fe Letter
In Santa Fe New Mexican an eight year old girl named Julia writes Santa Claus is discriminatory. She complains that you greet bigger children and talk to babies, giving gum to them but not to her and her six year old sister, and tells Santa to go blow back to the North Pole.
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Santa FE
N. M
Julia
Santa Claus
North Pole
the Jolly Gent
Santa Fe New Mexican
Adopt A Family drives aid for Phoenix slum family
A distressed mother with six children aged five to fifteen faces another freezing night with rag bedding in a dirt floor shack. Neighbors pity her but lack funds, as welfare is insufficient. The Phoenix Gazette and Phoenix Community Council sponsor Adopt-A-Family, seeking 12 dollars to buy blankets for seven, with all funds going directly to food clothing and bedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy Krug
Phoenix Gazette
Phoenix Community Council
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Lal
Ines Prati
MR. Long
U. N
Dad
W. J. Davis
Alexandria, Va
L. L. Porter
Alexandria
William Chertow
Brooklyn, N. Y
Nellie Lassiter
Arlington, Va
Norfolk
Potomac
Girl Scout
Bill
Kenneth Riplett
Caroline Bakkala
Mortensen-Kingsley Mortuary
O. C. West
Santa
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