Calif Police Seek Scott in Wife Slaying Case
DETROIT, (RP) FBI chief Charles W. Brown said a man arrested in Windsor, Ontario, was identified as Leon and Ewing Scott, long sought by Los Angeles police in the disappearance and presumed murder of his wife Evelyn in 1933. Scott, indicted by a Los Angeles grand jury in 1956, was to face a federal arraignment on a fugitive warrant after fingerprint comparison confirmed his identity.
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Ewing Scott
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Scott
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Grand Jury
Lewis Stewart
Canada
Sarnia
U. S
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Leo
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Jadan
Commomsel
L. Ewing Scott
Deep Underground Quake Registers at 7.5 Magnitude
Pasadena seismologists from Caltech report a deep subterranean quake centered between Java and Borneo near 370 miles below the surface. Though felt over a wide area last night, its depth suggests minimal damage. Charles Richter notes deep events are rare and estimates the quake magnitude around 7.5, with the largest surface event at 8.6 referenced.
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Pasadena
East Indies
California Institute of Technology
Java
Borneo
Charles Richter
Air Waves Signal Soviet Nuclear Test Observed in Japan
Weather staff across Japan detected abnormal air pressure waves at night, suggesting a strong Soviet test explosion. The Central Meteorological Board noted the waves were the strongest recorded in April, with a fourth Soviet test reportedly on April 12.
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Tokyo
Japan
Soviet Union
Central Meteorological Board
Tuesday Contested Teachings and Widows Gift
In this biblical reflective piece JULIEN C HYER recounts a Tuesday where Pharisees press Jesus with questions, He proclaims core living laws, praises a widow’s gift, and shares guidance for Greeks, ending with a rest in Bethany.
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Bethany
Weather Outlook Shows Unchanged Temperatures
Night and morning low clouds give way to a mostly sunny Wednesday afternoon. Temperatures show little overall change with daytime readings remaining steady.
Goons and dynamiting at labor hearing in Scranton
Senate investigators outlined threats and violence tied to union officials in Scranton Pennsylvania. Arnold Schiavi testified that goons and Teamsters pressure included threats against his family to push union demands, with mayor James Hanlon and Paul Bradshaw named in related discussions.
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Senate
Scranton
Arnold Schiavi
All Bakery
Senators
Teamsters
Teamsters'Union
James J. Hanlon
Paul Bradshaw
Scranton Teamsters
Hanlon
Bradshaw
Conlon
Haglon
Wanlon
William Ivan
Mother Risks Life to Save Son in Tank
TYE Tex Hors. W A Carpenter, who couldn't swim, plunged into water over her head to rescue her 5 year old son from drowning in a stock tank near their farm. She swam to her boy, pulled him to shore, gave artificial respiration, and called for help. The boy was later reported in fair condition at an Abilene hospital.
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Tye
Tex
Hors. W. A
Carpenter
Istry
Larry
Abilene Hospital
Reds Shoot Farmer Who Trespassed
Eisenstadt Austria Hungarian border guards opened fire fatally wounding Austrian farmer Mathias Fiedler who was cutting reeds at the Neusiedler Border Lake after allegedly trespassing on Hungarian territory. He died in a Sopron hospital, leaving four children.
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Eisenstadt
Austria
Mathias Fiedler
J Neusiedler
Sopron
Postal Funds Bill Sent to White House
Washington shows the Senate to have rapidly approved a 41 million dollar postal funds bill to restore normal service. The measure, after House approval, goes to President Eisenhower with 3800 thousand for housekeeping added by the Senate. The plan aims to cover the remainder of the fiscal year and includes 41 million for other departments.
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Bulletin
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Eisenhower
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Summerfield
Eisen
Detroit man battles cancer plans life ahead of time
Leonard Kerschke 27 expected six months to live after an inoperable cancer spread from groin to lungs. He wrote one AP article on his prognosis and planned a road trip to Washington with wife Athleyne and daughters Darleen and Valerie. He died Monday night at Brent General Hospital after an exploratory operation. Funeral plans were incomplete.
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Dwight Pickin
Detroit
Leonard Kerschke
Associated Press
Kerschke
Brent General Hospital
Detroit Department of Parks and Recreation
Washington, D.C
Nations
Athleyne
Darleen
Valerie
Washington
Chinese boy treks 600 miles home from San Francisco
Silas Shih, 12, a Mandarin-speaking Chinese refugee, left San Francisco and rode a Greyhound to Fresno then Bakersfield before being found by station staff. He was reunited with his father and family after a dayslong, about 600 mile journey traced to his Fresno Street home. Police and church help arranged the pickup by Rev Ed Sue as Shih’s family awaited him.
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San Francisco
Fresno St
Silas Shih
Greyhound
Fresno
Inis
Silas
Bakersfield
Ed Sue
Shih Shin Cauan
Edwin Sue
Silas Shik
Youth Shot Six Times in Church Burglary
Los Angeles police shot a 19 year old youth six times as he ran from Zion Hill Baptist Church at List Street and McKinley Avenue. Gene Myers was wounded in the wrist shoulder thigh legs and hips. Percy Tickles, 22, was arrested later. Both men booked on burglary suspicions.
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Los Angeles
Meanest Yeggs Target Cancer Collection Boxes in Reno
GPI American Cancer Society officials reported that more than 30 donation boxes placed on downtown parking meters were cut open and their contents stolen by Monday. Despite the break in, officials planned to leave the remaining boxes in place through the end of the fund drive.
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Heno
Nev
GPI
American Cancer Society
Cain
Last of 3 Lost Airplanes in California Mishap
Aerial searchers pursue one of three planes missing since Sunday as seven lives are lost in a sequence of crashes. Sheriff aero detail sergeants Vernon Corbeil and Raymond Willis died near Malibu while seeking a light plane. Buck Le Noir remains missing after a flight from Hawthorne. Civil Air Patrol planes aided the search. Presumed dead are the couple pair aboard the sea crash and a Los Angeles duo.
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Los Angeles
County Sheriff's Aero Detail
Seath
Malibu Beach
Vernon Corbeil
Temple City
Raymond C. Willis
Pacoima
Sheriff's Office
Aero Detail
Corbeil
Willis
Buck le Noir
Zene
Flying Club
Hawthorne
Santa Ynes
Santa Barbara
Civil Air Patrol
Paul Duiter
Merjorié
Ted Rooker
Pauline
Inglewood
Leaders of Teamsters meet in Galveston to assess attacks
President Dave Beck and top Teamsters leaders convene in secret in Galveston Texas to gauge how to respond to congressional and AFL-CIO pressure. The item references to legislative actions include a bill on drunk driving tests and numerous page references for related coverage.
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Dave Beck
Teamsters
Galveston
Tex
Assembly
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