Pillowcase Burglary Suspect Arrested in Detroit
Detroit police arrested a %-year-old housewife and charged her as a daytime pillowcase burglar who allegedly stole about $200,000 in goods from 100 homes over eight months. Officers found 25 pillowcases filled with jewelry coins guns and knives in her northwest Detroit residence, while her husband said he knew nothing of the crimes. A police statement says the burglar would cruise neighborhoods and enter random homes, using a bedroom pillowcase to seize valuables.
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Detroit
Helen Haynes
Patty Duke Seeks Divorce From Michael Tell
Patty Duke announced through a spokesman on Tuesday that she is divorcing Michael Tell, her husband of a brief Las Vegas rock concert promoter marriage. Duke, 22, noted no plans but to stay together forever, while Tell, 25, said for eternity. Duke won an Oscar in 1962 for The Miracle Worker and an Emmy last month for My Sweet Charlie, and she was divorced March 3 from her first husband, Harry Falk.
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Patty Duke
Michael Teil
Miss Duke
Tell
Las Vegas
Helen Keller
My Sweet
Charlie
Newsprint Craving Sparks Covington Mother's Habit
Mrs Blanche English of Covington Pennsylvania feeds a long running craving by eating the edges of newspapers for 19 years. The newspaper loving mother of five avoids inked portions and savors only the printed margins.
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Blanche English
Covington
Mysterious San Francisco bottle man leaves $1.8 million
Kasson Avery long kept to a downtown San Francisco hotel for four decades while collecting and returning soda bottles. In death he left more than $1.8 million to the Salvation Army, YMCA and YWCA, with $942,000 to the Salvation Army and $462,000 to each YMCA and YWCA. His widow and relatives say he never spoke of his plans.
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Kasson Avery
San Francisco
Salvation Army
YMCA
YWCA
Avery
Avery Tompkins
Carmel
Calif
William Avery
Southern California
University of California
Berkeley
Los Angeles
David Plant
Sir Francis Drake
Plant
Avery’s
Boy pedals 700 miles for mail reward in Bangor
A 1¢-year-old from Alexandria Virginia rode 700 miles on a bicycle to Bangor Maine to fetch mail from his parents at the general delivery window. Postmaster's reply promised cake, $5, and a pat on the back for his endurance. Emphasizes a mother’s letter and a New England postal welcome.
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Alexandria
U.S
Bangor
Maine
Glenn
Morrow
Christopher Morrow
Indochina Fighting Blazes Up
War actions across Southeast Asia escalate as U.S. air raids strike North Vietnamese positions South Vietnam sends 5000 more troops into Cambodia and Laos declares a state of emergency. Cambodian cities see renewed fights along Highway 1 and near Phnom Penh while Lon Nol seeks Thai help.
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U.S
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Thaos
Saigon
Phnom Penh
Parral
Kempong Som
Tameas
Lon Nol
Bangkok
Fragmentary 1927 Sunday Page Item
Readable text points to a Sunday daily notice or listing with scattered items including a single Cory entry and a shuffled schedule. No clear event names or locations emerge.
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Re OM Brest
Mlb Daily
Pnunday
Cory
Movie Stars Bring Cheer to Vets on VA Anniversary
In Los Angeles, stars visited the Veterans Administration center to mark the 40th anniversary. Loretta Young kissed a veteran, Edward G. Robinson received a pastel, and Judy Canova autographed a leg cast. Ray Bolger and Buddy Rogers entertained and joined ward visits, with stars greeting patients, sharing prayers, and stressing morale in the hospital.
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Loretta Young
Veterans Administration Hospital
Star S
Veterans Administration
Death of Thoresen Kin Probed
Chicago authorities opened an inquiry into the 1965 death of Richard Thoresen, 24, after Fresno lawyer William McDermott claimed Thoresen said he arranged and killed the gunman. William Thoresen, 35, allegedly confessed to his wife, and his wife Louise is charged with the June 10 shooting death. The younger Thoresen was found shot in Lake Forest, a suburb north of Chicago, with hints of a personal motive. The Thoreson heirs held stock in Great Western Steel Co valued at about 500000 dollars today.
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Chicago
Fresno
William Thoresen
Richard FE
Thoresen
Ilinois Department of Law Enforcement
William McDermott
McDermott
Louise
Thoresens
Lake Forest
Thoresons
Great Western Steel Co
Fortuna
William
Trustees Named to Run Troubled Penn Central RR
A federal judge named four trustees to run Penn Central during reorganization. Appointees: W. Willard Wirtz former Labor Secretary. George Pierce Baker former Harvard Law School dean. Jervis Langdon Jr. former Baltimore & Ohio president. Richard C. Bond Philadelphia civic leader. ICC must approve. compensation to be set within limits.
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Philadelpina
Penn Central Railroad
W. Willard Wirtz
U.S. District Court
John P. Fullam
George Pierce Baker
Harvard Law School
Jervis Langdon Jr
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Richard C. Bond
Philadelphia
John Wanamaker Department Stores
Interstate Commerce Commission
Fullam
Penn Central
America
ICC
Pullam
Wirtz
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Nixon
EDP Technology Corp
Baker
Civil Aeronautics Board
Langdon
Jengih
Willlam
Baltimore & Ohio
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific
Bond
Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce
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Mara
Rose Kennedy
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Mrs. Kennedy
Stephen Smith
Nairobi
Indochina
North Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
Romeas
Vienntiane
Souvanna Phouma
Laos
Vientiane
Khong
Mekong River
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Washington
Southeast Asia
Cammbodia
Kampong Som
Sre Khlong
Press-Telegram
By Gene Handsaker
Edward G. Robinson
Judy Candra
Ray Bolger
Buddy Rogers
Will
Ginger
Roy
Wadsworth Hospital
Jesus
Rev
al Johnson
Robinson
Miss Canova
Penn Central RR
Robertson Gallery
Los Alamitos Blvd
Y Block N
Katulle
Willow
Lakewood
Bullock's Lakewol
Glark Avenue
Salismon
FBI
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