Boy 12 Hurls Girl to Death in Tenement Fall
A 12 year old boy admitted to hurling 5 year old Marisa Aguvar to death from a six story New York tenement roof. The body was found in the yard near midnight after her mother reported her missing. The boy, unnamed, was charged with juvenile delinquency and held in custody. Police said the motive was not explained.
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Bronx
Marisa
Ruins Hunted After Store Blaze Kills 11
Firemen and police searched the smoking ruins of a five story department store in Liverpool after a blaze killed at least 11 people. Fire Chief Kom Kelly warned the death toll could rise as investigators pace the scene. The store, a Harrods subsidiary, was heavily damaged with girders exposed and five girls rescued from the top floor.
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England
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Harrods of London
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Wheelchair Hero Rescues Child From House Fire
Reed a 37 year old man confined to a wheelchair with arthritis, crawled through flames twice to save his 3 year old niece Margaret Marie Chatman while her parents were away. He carried Reed and his daughter to safety after rescuing the child under the bed as smoke filled the home.
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HoBoes Inste ad minstrel show to drop blackface
Utica police benevolent association will stage a minstrel show without blackface characters. Trank Andretlo, director, announced the change after protests by the local NAACP chapter. The Sunday performance will proceed as planned with Ho boes replacing the former act.
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National Association For the Advancements of Colored People
Runaway Youth Hangs Self in Wisconsin Jail Cell
Plainfield Wisconsin police report a fourteen year old boy named James Wisel, who ran away from Michigan with plans to bicycle to California. He was found dead by hanging in a jail cell after spending the night in custody. His parents said they would come for him as soon as possible.
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Train Crews Strike Stalls in Paris
Paris subway workers called a 24 hour strike amid a government draft order expected to compel bus and subway personnel to work. Transport workers push for pay raises while authorities warned of fines and imprisonment for missing shifts.
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