Jewels worth 126000 robbed from Chicago socialite wife
Mrs. Titus Haffa, wife of a Chicago industrialist, was robbed of jewels totaling 126,200 by two men posing as pranksters in the Gold Coast lobby. She handed over a 100,000 diamond ring along with other platinum and diamond pieces valued at 18,000, 6,700, and 1,500. Police noted the jewels were not insured. The incident followed a prior March Miami Beach theft from the Haffa apartment.
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South Pole Huskies to Pull Ambulances in Oslo
The emgnt husky dogs that accompanied Dr. Vivian Fuchs to the South Pole will be sent to Norway to draw ambulance sledges in the highland district around Oslo. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals announced the dogs were kept outside London after fears they could not be house-trained or adopted as pets.
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Judge Breitenbach Leads Youth Marriage Fees Gift Plan
The California Youth Authority says Los Angeles Superior Court Judge H. Eugene Breitenbach will receive all fees for performing marriage ceremonies for wards. Funds go to a gift account to buy toys games and equipment for youths in Juvenile Hall.
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California Youth Authority
Los Angeles
H. Eugene Breitenbach
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Father Son and Deputy Slain in Highway 101 Gun Battle
A gun battle on Highway 101 ends in the deaths of a father, his son, and Deputy Schultz after a roadblock attempt. Autopsy shows multiple head wounds from a .22 caliber weapon. Deputies Johnson and Shultz die, while Mrs Seyfert and her daughter escape as relatives secure the scene.
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Sheriff's Department
EISENHOWER FIGHTS BILL EXPANDING UNEMPLOYMENT PAY
President Eisenhower opposes a Democratic sponsored expansion of unemployment benefits, arguing it would strain federal state relations, while Republican leaders in Congress press for curbs in a multiyear plan. The House Ways and Means chair released a final plan for a large urban project in Los Angeles funded by federal loans and grants.
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Los Angeles Plans Redevelopment of Block for Commerce
Los Angeles plans to clear the property and reuse the area primarily for commercial purposes. Some new residences will be constructed and public parking facilities will be provided.
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Hoover Progress After Gall Bladder Operation
Former President Herbert Hoover continues to recover after gall bladder removal surgery. Doctors at Harkness Pavilion Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center report he rested comfortably through the night and shows favorable progress.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Harkness Pavilion
Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center
Planes Safer Than Autos Say Airline Group
The Air Transport Association asserting air travel is four times safer than car travel cites 1956 data. It notes 26 100 auto and taxi deaths and 143 airline passenger deaths, giving rates of 2.7 and 64 fatalities per 100 million passenger miles respectively, following a Nevada United crash.
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Air Transport Assn
United Air Lines
ATA
U.S
Storm Threat to Stock Aired
Weather Bureau warns stockmen in six states of a developing snowstorm with cold rain turning to snow. The system, forming in Wyoming, will spread into eastern Montana, Wyoming, western and south central South Dakota, western and central Nebraska, northwest Kansas, and northeast New Mexico this afternoon and tonight.
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Weather Bureau
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Midair Collision Near Las Vegas Kills Flight Crew and Passengers
A United Air Lines DC plane and a USAF F100 collided over Las Vegas as the F100 descended on instruments. Nellis officials cite pilot error and training penetration, with 40 aboard the liner and crew including Flight Captain Duane M Ward. Passengers included Jack R Fedrick, inventor of an air traffic device later under consideration by the FAA.
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New Kind of Tranquilizer Needs No Prescription
An advertisement claims TRANQUI-SELTZER is a non prescription seltzer form tranquilizer. It touts 100 percent relief in clinical tests at a large hospital and says the product soothes nerves quickly without habit forming or narcotics. It promises a money back guarantee and urges readers to buy at drug counters.
Union Bribe Offer Charged at Senate Probe
Washington UP reports an alleged shakedown tied to a Philadelphia baking firm Horn & Hardart. Witnesses testified a $50,000 payoff could halt violent union organizing actions in 1955 56. Hanlon Jr chief counsel said the bid came via Sam Freedman connection. Witnesses named Leonard Lowther Bernard Borish and others. Solomon Freedman linked to the go between.
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Bernard M. Borish
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Feldman
WW II Ace Succumbs Chile Reassures US Trade
Walla Walla report notes a World War II ace died of cancer. The Chilean government promised the United States it would not violate restrictions by selling copper to Russia. U S Charge d Affaires Belton discussed the matter with Chilean foreign minister Sepulveda.
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U.S
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Alberto Sepulveda
Belton
Sepulveda
Walla Walla
Wash
Earl R. Tash
Philippines
Baby Rides From Home Ion Twister (Continued From Page A-1)
Froning and his daughter Gloria 7 were in the kitchen when a storm struck. His wife and Gary were injured as the house was razed. Gloria survived under a table, crawled out unharmed, while Froning and his wife were found injured and separated.
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Tots Die of Burns Despite Army Care
Two children brought to Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio died after severe burns. Leslie Dean, five, from Fort Walton Beach Florida, died Sunday after a gasoline fire burn on March 29. Sylvia Silva, five, from Glen Cove New York, died Monday after burns covering 41 percent of her body from a gas fire.
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