Grim Weekend Toll of 36 Die in Accidents
A nationwide weekend of disasters left 36 dead across several states. A head on crash near Kenedy Texas killed nine, a Puget Sound boating tragedy claimed eight, a Va roadside pond crash drowned six, a Sylvan Beach two car blaze killed six, and a private plane wreck at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida added four fatalities.
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Aasoclar
Texas
New York
Puget Sound
Virginia Pond
Florida
Maine
Ed Presa
Washington
Seattle
Oak Harbor
Fredericksburg
Sylvan Beach
Eglin ‘Air Force Base
Pensaveola
Fla
Banker Embezzles and Sets Bank Fire in Philadelphia
Norman Van Artsdalen, 41, manager of Marconi Sayings and Loan in South Philadelphia, shot himself after stealing at least $22,600 and setting fires to hide the crime. He was found at St. Agnes Hospital with a superficial shoulder wound. FBI reported he moved the money from the vault to a friend's home, with $6,000 still missing and possibly burned in the vault blaze.
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Philadelphia
FBI
Norman van Artsdalen
Springfield
St. Agnes Hospital
van Artsdalen
Marconi Sayings and Loan Assa
van Artsdelen
St.Agnes
Carl E. Hennrich
Hennrich
Beinrich
Investi
Mr Ugly 1957 crowned in Pinerolo contest
Street musician Giuseppe Vattano, 63, was named Mr Ugly 1957 in Pinerolo Italy receiving a sash and diploma. He claimed rivals cheated by primacing to appear uglier while insisting he won by natural gift after a Sunday contest.
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Pinerolo
Italy
Giuseppe Vattano
Vattano
Innocent Plea in Two Boys Slaying in Brockton
Brocket, Mass. 20-year-old Raymond F. Ohlson pleaded innocent in Brockton District Court to two murder charges in the stabbing deaths of 12-year-old John Logan and 11-year-old Edward Logan. He was held without bond as a continuance was ordered to Aug. 8. Ohlson, released seven weeks earlier from Concord Reformatory after a prior sex offense, allegedly forced the brothers at knifepoint to a woods area where their nude, partially charred bodies were found under a blanket of twigs. Police say he reenacted the crime during questioning.
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Raymond F. Ohison
Brockton
Mass
UPI
Raymond F. Ohlson
Woodlands
Ohlson
Maurice J. Murphy
Brockton District Court
Murphy
Oblson
John
Logan
Edward
Concord Reformatory
John Flynn
Stoughton
Joseph C. Wright
Ohison
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Toe-Mune
Joe Heep
Bal Telephone
Good Housekeeping
Ave
Long Beach
Ava
Los Angeles
Huntington Park
iBanker
Arthur Murray
Archer Murray
East
Sidi
Hemlock
Compton
SOUTH
Newmark
Mr. Ugly
Barden
Vrrwating
Lang Mach
Catalina
Wily
Mierpoint
Nevada
Pierpoint Landing
Certified Trust Deeds, Inc
Atlantic
Bixby Knolls
Southern Pacific
Southern Pacific Company
S.P
Tae
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