Sheriff Raid Nets 1000 At Melody Club In Portland
Multnomah County deputy sheriffs beat city police to a raid on the Melody Club arresting about 1000 inside for gambling and liquor sales. Thirty booked, released on bail within two hours. City officers had been gathering evidence for a later police raid. State agents had raided the club weeks earlier, arresting three for liquor violations.
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Portland
Ore
Multnomah County
Melody Club
State Liquor Commission
Dusty driveways and a car loving dream
A family pleasure ride ends in homecoming dust and ruts. The narrator imagines heaven with endless golden highways, only to be told autos lie below and Satan offers a choice of fast cars. The dream ends with no real roads in hell.
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St. Peter’s Pearly Portals
St. Peter
Satan
Grace Sieben Disappears En Route to Milwaukee
Grace Sieben, 17, disappears while traveling by bus from New London Connecticut to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Amnesia fears voiced by her husband. her suitcase reaches Milwaukee as she vanishes en route.
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Grace Sieben
Milwaukee
Wis
New London
Tucker Mail Fraud Trial Starts Again
In Chicago on October 18, former President Tucker and seven associates began a retrial on mail fraud and securities violations surrounding a failed venture to market a car of tomorrow. The trial opened with a new jury selection after a prior mistrial caused by prejudicial remarks. The defendants faced charges of raising 28 million dollars to fund a rear engine auto enterprise and violating SEC regulations.
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Chicago
Preston Tucker
Illinois
Harold Karsten
United States District Court
Walter J. LaBay
Security and Exchange Commission
Tucker Corporation
Gold Rush Days Raid Nabs Eight In Mojave Gambling Bust
In Mojave California during Gold Rush Days agents from the attorney general and Kern County sheriffs seized a hall with roulette fan-tan poker dice and other gambling gear. Eight men including Frank Cappello pleaded guilty and were fined 100 each 75 suspended. Chamber of Commerce manager A W Pole defended the event saying it was staged for atmosphere and had been done for years without complaint.
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Mojave
Calif
INS
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Howser
Kern County
John E. Loustalot
Frank Cappello
J. C. Sherill
A. W. Pole
Chamber
Airlines Merger Plea Hearings Continued
The Civil Aeronautics Board extended hearings on the Arizona Airways and Monarch Air Lines merger. Monarch VP Ray M. Wilson predicted Arizona traffic would exceed current Monarch routes. Monarch seeks Gallup NM Winslow AZ service to link with Arizona, with start times of 30 days after approval and Phoenix routes to Douglas and Yuma within 60 to 90 days.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Arizona Airways
Monarch Air Lines of
Colorado
Ray M. Wilson
Monarch
Arizona
Arizona Air
Wilson
H. O. Nelson
Gallup
N. M
Winslow
Ariz
Nationalists Seal Sea Blockade At Canton
Hong Kong dispatch reports Nationalists have deployed six gunboats across the Pearl River Estuary below Canton to cut Communist trade with Hong Kong. Communist forces totaling about 2300 established positions at Shumchun near the Hong Kong border after retreating from Canton area, while British troops observe. California lists 95 higher learning institutions including 36 colleges and universities, 14 professional schools and 45 junior colleges.
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Hong Kong
Canton
Pearl River
Shumchun
California
Three Injured In Phoenix Traffic Incidents
Three people received emergency treatment at St. Monica's Hospital after separate traffic accidents in Phoenix. Rosie Rietz, 64, was hurt at Central Avenue and McDowell Road in an auto pedestrian crash. Claude Taylor, 47, an insurance man from North 18th Avenue, was driving the car. Marie Kortesmaki, 24, of South 19th Avenue, injured at First Avenue and Maricopa Street in a collision involving Leo Kortesmaki, 24, and E C Fimbres. William Abril, 47, at West Pima Street and 16th Street, injured in a crash with Foster McGinnis, 47.
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St. Monica's Hospital
Phoenix
Rosie Rietz
North Central Avenue
Central Avenue
McDowell Road
Claude Taylor
North 18Th Avenue
Marie Kortesmaki
South 19Th Avenue
First Avenue
Maricopa Street
Leo Kortesmaki
E. C. Fimbres
West
Papago Park
William Abril
West Pima Street
16Th
Washington Streets
Foster C. McGinnis
North 30Th Street
Mrs Spangler Appeals for Information on Missing Actress
Los Angeles report says Florence Spangler, grieving mother, appeals to locate her daughter Jean Spangler, missing since October 7. A 200-strong posse searched Griffith Park by horse and foot, extending through Fern Dell where the actress black purse was found a week earlier, but yielded no clues.
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Los Angeles
Jean Spangler
Florence Spangler
Griffith Park
Spangler
Fern Dell
Williams resigns as state land commissioner after term ends
Williams announces resignation effective when successor qualifies and cites conflicts hampering State Land Department operations. He notes no successor yet under law and recalls advising Garvey he did not seek a new term. Governor Garvey endorses Lane as a capable successor ready to cooperate.
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Williams
Garvey
Senate
State Land Department
Lane
Maricopa County
Veteran predicts atomic weapons unlikely in future war
Comdr. John S. McCain of North Carrollton predicts atom bombs will not be used in the next war, arguing civilization won’t destroy itself by wiping out vast areas. He notes enemy submarines remain the chief threat and cites U S improvements and ex Nazi experts aboard.
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Pacific
INS
Comdr
John S. McCain
North Carrollton
Miss
Coronado
Calif
Hawaii
McCain
United States
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