Mad Bomber Metesky Committed for Insanity
New York judge ordered mad bomber George Metesky committed to Matteawan State Hospital for the Criminal Insane after psychiatric reports noted tuberculosis. The ruling leaves jurisdiction questions open as other charges across New York County and Manhattan are potentially pursued. Metesky was not in court.
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Beacon
New York County
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Brooklyn
Matteawan
James D. C Murray
Supreme Court
Eisenhower pushes $1.34B budget cut amid call for larger trim
President Eisenhower urged Congress to cut 1.342 billion dollars from the 1958 budget and suggested potential reductions up to 1.858 billion. He warned that significant savings must come at the cost of national safety and urged that some appropriations be deferred or later restored. The White House estimated only 324 million would reflect in fiscal 1958 expenditures while defense remains a major portion of the budget.
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What Young People Think on Report Cards
A brief feature on page B-8 explains why report cards popular or not among school age readers, noting gifted students and honor marks. The note references related items and columnist Hal Boyle along with various other pages and sections in the edition.
Snow and Rain Hit Southland Areas Weekend Storm
A storm dumped rain and up to four inches of snow in the mountains around Angeles Crest. Cedar Springs to Big Pines traffic was halted briefly. In Long Beach a drainage ditch overflow flooded Lakewood Boulevard near Municipal Airport, blocking lanes until cleared. The Weather Bureau forecast clearing by Friday with sun. Precipitation totaled .39 inch for Long Beach, season total 5.72 inches versus 12.17 inches last year.
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Big Pines
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Independent, Press-Telegram
Busy Safecrackers Hit Cleveland Jewelry Shop
Police say two burglars hammered through two concrete walls and used an acetylene torch to breach a safe at Wooland's Gold and Silver Shop in downtown Cleveland. They fled with diamonds, jewelry and cash totaling about $162,000, according to owner Erwin Wooland.
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Erwin Wooland
Homemade Bomb Injures Two Boys Near Mountain Stream
A pine explosive device blew up prematurely injuring Dale Woeltje, 19, and Gary Clements, 16, at a service station. Woeltje said they prepared the bomb upstream in the mountains and stopped for a wrench, admitting they goofed.
Three Teamsters Deny Links With Violence
Washington AP three Scranton local Teamsters business agents testified under oath denying threats and violence attributed by witnesses as the Senate rackets committee closed its public probe into alleged terrorism by union leaders. The panel referred its record to the Justice Department for study. indictments for perjury and extortion tied to Bettendorf and other contractors surfaced as the FBI was questioned about missing Durkin and other figures.
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Hugh
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McHugh, Malloy
John Image
Inn Durkin
Thik
Death Ends Long Hunt by Lawmen in Conn
SUFFIELD Conn Francis Kolakowski the suspected payroll bandit shot and killed himself as police closed in at his sister’s home after a confrontation with FBI Agent Richard B Horan and State Police Captain Philip Schwartz Horan was hit in the chest but spoke before collapsing Schwartz was injured as officers moved the agent upstairs to safety Kolakowski had been sought for the March 29 killing of his wife in Hartford and the Windsor payroll theft of 66573 from Hartford Machine Screw Co in Windsor the sister Wanda Slater and her children were unharmed an alarm had directed police to the house in northern Connecticut
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Suffield
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FBI
Richard P. Horan
Kolakowski
Swan
Francis Kelakowskit
Richard B. Horan
Horan
Philip Schwartz
Connecticut
Schwartz
Hartford
Hartford Machine Screw Co
Windsor
Wanda Slater
Russians claim record nine test explosion in western Asia
Washington reports government says Russia detonated a large device in Central Asia amid a string of nuclear tests. AEC notes this was the fifth test in two weeks, with 74 nationalist rebels killed in Algiers clashes and multiple French losses. Strauss comments on latest explosion as part of Soviet series.
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Lewis L. Strauss
Scranton
Mary
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AEC
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B. P. Bettendorf
Algeria
Ote
Strauss
Central Asia
Brutal hit and run in San Francisco roils city
Police hunt a driver after a pedestrian Lloyd V Stephens 63 dies when struck by a car. Witnesses say the driver then sped away for three blocks while attempting to dislodge the victim. The 1952 53 Mercury is cited as the hit car. Witnesses named Bonifacio Silvera report seeing a light colored car with DV-457 license.
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Lloyd V. Stephens
Stephens
Ano
Jahoe
Bonifacio Silvera
Sacramentos
Department of Motor Vehicles
Dan Kielty
Mt Etna Eruptions Persist Amid Lava Flows
In Catania Sicily Mt Etna continued erupting today with a slow lava flow down the mountainside. Nearby towns at lower elevations remained not in immediate danger as the volcanic activity persisted on the 10,758 foot mountain.
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Sicily
Mt. Erne
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