Putnam Motorists Buy Back Stolen Cars For One Dollar
Fifteen Connecticut motorists who unknowingly bought stolen cars received them back for one dollar each from General Motors Corp. Police say Pomfret Landing dealer Charles Griffin admitted stealing the autos and awaits sentencing in Hartford on 16 counts. GM says insurers paid GM claims, triggering the return sale.
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Brother Trouble Jails Wrong Two KANSAS CLY
Police arrest two brothers Stan William Flenlay at their home on Wednesday as authorities search for Jack Henley in North Carolina on a breaking and entering charge. Willing and Sim held for aiding fugitive escape. Jack Henley remains at large.
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House Unit Gets Busy on Civil Rights
Washington reports the House Judiciary Committee opened talks on a civil rights bill as Democratic leaders pressed for prompt action. The closed session focused on provisions to curb mob resistance to school desegregation and other court orders.
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Two Southland Fliers Win Women's Derby
Califor nia team pilot Mrs Aileen Saunders of El Cajon and copilot Mrs Jerelyn Cassell of San Diego won the 13th Powder Puff Derby transcontinental air race for women. They finished in Spokane Tuesday in a Cessna 172 earning about 900 dollars in first prize.
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Philadelphia Schools Adopt Unanimous Anti-Discrimination Policy
The Philadelphia Board of Education unanimously adopted a policy barring racial discrimination. The statement was drafted by Washington Rhodes, the board’s sole Black member, and presented at the meeting today.
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Concrete Load Prevents Balm
MIEAWAUKKEE Wis. Dean Hansen sues Charles W Jerger of Wauwatosa after a helmeted accident at Westmoor Country Club August 29 1954. He claims $35000 damages saying a spike golf shoe stepped on his foot while retrieving bales from a water hazard. Judge Robert W Landry dismissed after reviewing a 17 minute film showing him wheeling concrete.
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Four Die in Flames After Dust Storm Crash Near Casa Grande
CASA GRANDE Ariz Four persons including three members of a California family were burned to death when their car exploded after being struck by a truck near the central Arizona town. Victims were Marlene Wv Smith 26 Alpine Call her son Thomas Webster Smith 19 months and Lorie Edith Smith 6 months Ada Okla Jerry Dean Gentry 28 Alpine. Kenneth Jerry Smith 23 injured driver of the car was listed in serious condition. The auto stopped by a dust storm and the truck smashed into the rear causing the explosion. The truck driver was not hurt. The crash prompted Highway Patrol notes on dust storms and vehicle safety measures.
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Press Telegram reads like city circulation matter
An unclear clipping from a local newspaper references city circulation and a post office matter. It mentions garages, a local garage petty theft, and an issue involving Hyert and Segond with terse notes on official actions.
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Seven Boys Loot Skull for Horror Show in Basement
Jersey City police nabbed seven boys aged 6 to 12 after finding a human skull with a candle in it during a basement horror session. They admitted looting a graveyard for their planned TV style fright show and were released to parents pending juvenile action.
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Live on the Beach at the Huntingtok Hotel Long Beach
An OCR fragment describes the Huntingtok Hotel on Ocean Boulevard Long Beach offering rooms with gravity baths walkin desks and amenities. It notes meals at 24.90 and a breakfast 95e with dinners around 2.20 and provides a phone contact HE 64283.
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Long Beach
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Seean
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