Youth Admits Firing Shot At Girl 7
Chicago police detained 19 year old Bruce Edward Meeks after he admitted firing a shot that wounded seven year old Penny Gust during a Southside liquor store robbery. Meeks was captured on the Northside. partner William Riley, 27, was arrested days earlier.
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William Riley
Penny Gust
John Gust
Evangelical Hospital
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Penny
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Passenger Disappears From Ship
San Francisco December 26. Frank Lawley 55 last seen aboard the SS President Jefferson as the freighter neared port here from Boston. Captain Elisha Cooper said Lawley had no home address and sought only a one way ticket to San Francisco. Crew and passengers say he complained of an incurable disease and company officials believe he may have jumped or fallen overboard. He was last seen at 12:30 p.m. yesterday before the noon meal, about 20 miles from San Francisco University.
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American President Lines
Elisha Cooper
Frank Lawley
New York City
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Lawley
Jefferson
Boston
Mass
Atlantic
Gulf
Gen Lucas Funeral Plans Completed
CHICAGO December 26 INS Funeral arrangements were being completed for Maj Gen John Porter Lucas veteran of the Italian campaign in World War II who died yesterday at the Great Lakes Naval Base Hospital The 59 year old from Fort Sheridan Ill was deputy commander of the Fifth Army since March 1948 He commanded American troops at Anzio in January 1944 a West Point 1911 graduate born in Kearneysville West Virginia He was wounded in World War I and later served in key staff and command posts overseas as Eisenhower s deputy in May 1943 and led the Second Corps in Sicily and the Sixth Corps in Italy
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Great Lakes Naval Base
Kearneysville
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Sicily
Italy
Pellet reseeding forests faces hurdles in tests
New studies by the Forestry Service report pelletized seed methods for reseeding forests and range lands are not yet effective. Chief Forester Lyle F. Watts cites germination damage in conifer seeds and low rates from Indian Bureau trials, while work on lighter seeders and new pellet formulations aims to improve handling and provide nutrients, though broadcast from planes remains limited to rough or burned areas.
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Arizona
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Bureau of Public Lands
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Land Agency
Rev Dr Bernard Rice Dies At 71 Longtime Pastor and Poet
Jamesville New York December 26 195? The Rev Dr Bernard Lea Rice 71 pastor of the First Presbyterian Church Jamesville died yesterday He was noted as a poet and once managing editor of the Presbyterian Advance Born Canyon City Colorado he pastored in Colorado Texas Ohio and Massachusetts before leading a Dryden New York church in 1944 He retired in 1946 but returned to the pulpit about a year ago.
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Colo
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New York State
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