Gunfire Stops Suspect's Run For Freedom
A safecracker escaped and another was nabbed by sheriff deputies after a raid on Sam’s Food Market at Seventh Street and Henshaw Road. The captured man, Frank Williams, 31, was identified as a California transient and cuffed after a warning shot was fired.
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Gazette
Kenneth Arline
Frank Williams
Seventh Street
Henshaw Road
Bill Moore
C. H. Totten
Frank H. Mehigen
East
Sheriff's Deputies
Sam’s
L. C. Boies
Frank Wiliams
California
Samuel Rosenstein
West MacKenzie Drive
Openshaw Pharmacy
South 16Th Street
East Henshaw Road
Mehigen
Sheriff's Office
E. B. (Buck) Stockton
O. Z. Alfred
Williams
Fire threatens Panamanian schooner Salina Cruz offshore
A blaze in the Salina Cruz engine room 180 miles west of Grays Harbor Washington may force 17 people aboard to abandon ship. The Panamanian lumber schooner is 1,343 tons and the message from the craft was released today.
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Seattle
Salina Cruz
Grays Harbor
Wash
GI Bride Delivers Son Aboard Airliner Over Atlantic
A GI bride gave birth to a 4-pound boy midflight aboard American Overseas Airlines Constellation 400 miles from Shannon. Dr. Fred Henschel and nurse Mary Jane Hinckley aided, using improvised delivery tools. mother Darinka Parker and infant were later taken to Ennis Hospital. Sergeant James Parker, awaiting permission to travel, learned of fatherhood on arrival. Flight captain John Hennessy relayed the news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shannon Airport
Ireland
Atlantic
American Overseas Airlines Constellation
Darinka Parker
Shannon
Ennis
Frankfurt
James C. Parker
Rhein- Main
Air Force
Wiesbaden
Bavaria
John Hennessy
New Town
Conn
Airlines
Star Farmer Home Returns To Arizona Fame
Kenneth England of Chandler, the Star Farmer of America, arrived home to a cheering crowd of FFA members and agricultural leaders after winning the top national Young Farmers award in Kansas City. The 19 year old wore a gold medal and carried a $1,000 check from the National FFA Foundation, saying he would buy more land with the prize. His parents praised him as a deserving son as crowds pressed for handclasps and photos.
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Kenneth England
Chandler
America
Future Farmers of America
Kansas City
FFA
Arizona
National Ffa Foundation
United States
Mrs. England
Kenneth
Train Hits Bus at Crossing Kills Des Moines Man
DES MOINES Oct 17 One man died and eight others injured when a Rock Island passenger train struck a city bus at a crossing. Victim Robert L Bowman 40 died soon after arrival at hospital. Critically injured were Fred H Wright 40 and Baker Jones 46 both of Des Moines. A small fire started but was quickly controlled. Conductor D P Schreckengost said the train was backing into the yards when it hit the bus carrying passengers to jobs at the Iowa Packing Company.
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Des Moines
INS
Rock Island Railroad
Robert L. Bowman
Fred H. Wright
Baker Jones
Joot
D. P. Schreckengost
Iowa Packing Company
Czech Cabby Guides Uncertain Detainees in Prague
In Prague amid a broad crackdown, a taxi driver notes how food packages now guide families to Pankrac Prison where relatives are held. Police search packages, read messages, and tell visitors to return later as arrests widen. Church figures and athletes face suspicion, reflecting a tense political climate.
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Pankrac
Prague
Rain Showers Cover State With Varied Amounts
Rain showers spread across the state this morning with widely varied totals. Heaviest rainfall reported at Pima Ranch .82 inch while several locations logged lesser amounts. Tempe and Phoenix areas saw light to trace amounts with a cooler trend forecast and largely unsettled conditions to continue.
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Louis R. Jurwitz
Phoenix
United States Weather Bureau
Pimal Ranch
Miami Road
Salt River
Roosevelt
Intake Station
Grapevine
Stewart Mountain
Payson
Horseshoe Dam
Verde River
Bartlett Dam
Tempe
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Airport Station
Alhambra
Flagstaff
Prescott
Tucson
Grand Canyon
Douglas
Winslow
Gila Bend
Yuma
General Says Army Striking At Marines
General Clifton B. Cates head of the Marine Corps told the House Armed Services Committee that Army High Command seeks to wipe out the Marines combat power. He cited crippling Pentagon policies and reductions hitting the heart of Marine forces while morale remains high. The Navy accuses the Army and Air Force of outvoting it 2-1 in defense councils.
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Washington
Clifton B. Cates
Marine Corps
Army High Command
Cates
House Armed Services Committee
National Defense
Pentagon
House
Armed Services
Navy
Army
Air Force
A. A. Vandegrift
Marines
Temperatures Today Report From Local Station
Readable fragments indicate temperature notes and time stamps with mentions of morning readings. The pieces show a series of times and digits, suggesting an hourly or segment temperature update from a local weather source.
Four Airmen Killed As B-26 Strikes Hill
An Air Force B 26 bomber crashed in the Chino hills killing at least four airmen. The wreckage was found five miles south of Chino after ripping power lines in descent. Ground parties recovered two bodies and one crew member was wearing civilian clothes. A fifth person aboard remained unaccounted for.
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Chino
Calif
March Air Force Base
Williams Air Force Base
Chandler
Ariz
Sheppard Field
Tex
Long Beach
China
Edison Company
San Bernardino
Riverside
San Jacinto
March
Fighting Flare Across East Java In Open Clash
Java dispatches report fighting between Dutch and Indonesian forces at four points in East Java including Wilongi Dampit Pasuruan and Probolonggo. Leaders warn against renewed warfare as UN Central Joint Military Board plans a special meeting tomorrow.
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Batavia
Java
East Java
United Nations Central Joint Military Board
Wilongi
Soerabaya
Dampit
Pasuruan
Probolonggo
Noted Leaders Comment On Economic Trends And UN Forum
Secretary of Commerce Charles Sawyer notes an upturn earlier in summer was halted by strikes. John Ross of the U N Security Council emphasizes the UN as a key forum for Soviet ideas. James F Byrnes discusses the governor's role in uniting states against encroachments on rights.
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International News Service
Washington — Secretary of Commerce
Charles Sawyer
Lake Success
N. Y
John Ross
United States
United Nations Security Council
Soviet Union
U. N
United Nations
Spartanburg
3. C
James F. Byrnes
Greek Rebels Call Cease Fire in Civil War Effort
Greek Communist guerrillas ordered a halt in fighting with the caveat the cease-fire may be temporary and that they have not laid down arms. The rebels, after defeats in Grammos and Vitsi, say they are reorganizing in Albania while appealing for peace and bread as Greece lies in ruins. Seven nations led by Russia and the United States prepare to report to the United Nations at Lake Success on efforts toward an armistice or token solution. The rebel radio blames Anglo American imperialists and Monarcho-Fascists for the conflict and cites the need for Soviet involvement.
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Athens
INS
Balkan
Russia
United States
United Nations
Lake Success
N. Y
U. N
Greece
Grammos
Vitsi
Albania
Soviet Union
Miners Riot Kills Soviet Police in East Germany
In Berlin three Soviet Zone policemen were killed as East German uranium miners rioted. They stormed a police station at Zwickau near the Czech border, releasing eight miners arrested for riding on the outside of a crowded train. The unrest began on September 16 in the Soviet-occupied town.
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Berlin
Zwickau
O Clain Issues Orders To 100 Wager Takers
Chief Earl O Clain orders crackdown on more than 100 establishments selling football gambling cards and taking bets with odds on blackboards. Allen Rosenberg, 44, identified as the brains of the operation, was arrested after hotel detective Burt Whitney tipped police. Officers recovered football tickets and cards linking Rosenberg to a nationwide betting syndicate, with more evidence found at the Morrison Hotel and Westward Ho.
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Gene Lindsey
Earl O’clair
SUNE
Phoenix Gazette
O’clair
Allen Rosenberg
Nix
Rosenberg
McNeil Island Federal Prison
Walla Walla
Wash
Los Angeles
Burt F. Whitney
Westward Ho
Whitney
Virgil Lehman
Arthur Fairbanks
San Carlos Hotel
Morrison
Berserk landlord shoots. baby and wife killed then dies
Floyd Greer, a 25 year old ex paratrooper, says a heat request for his ill baby led landlord Francis Cheney to explode in rage. Cheney, a 53 year old postal clerk, shot Greer and the baby, killed Mrs. Greer, then fatally shot himself after police arrived.
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Birmingham
Ala
Floyd Greer
Greer
Francis E. Cheney
Greers
J. R. Norrell
David
Cheney
Mrs. Greer
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Openshaw
Alfred
Stockton
Hennessy
Dr. Henschel
Miss Hinckley
Star Farmer Home
W. B. England
Witt Springs
Ark
By Nate Polowetzky
Czechoslovakia
Commuuniot
Republic of Czechoslovakia
Msgr
Svec
St. Vitus
Howard Schenken and
Richard L. Frey
The
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Norrell
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