FBI Nabs 12 as Contest Racketeers
FBI arrested 12 people in separate states in a crackdown on newspaper puzzle contest racketeering. The operation targeted schemes to obtain puzzle solutions in advance with four arrests in Oregon and Michigan, two in Pennsylvania, and one each in Indiana and Wisconsin, plus a Miami arrest. Charges include conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud. Two others in Ontario face extradition questions.
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FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U. S
FBC
Oregon
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Wisconsin
Miami, Fla
Theron Luther Darling
Minneapolis
Ontario
Canada
Two Teeners Die In High Speed Crash Near Los Angeles
A car loaded with teens fleeing police overturned at 90 mph on the San Bernardino Freeway near Del Mar in Los Angeles. Killed were Frank Zara al 18 and John Salsameda 16. Injured were Fernando Fatbia 18 Charlotte Marino 15 and sisters Mary 14 Josephine 16 and Gloria Chavez 17. All from Los Angeles area. Also reported, Willie May, 5, found safe after wandering in canyons near Oroville following his overnight disappearance.
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Los Angeles
Polite
San Bernardino
del Mar
Pacific Electric
Frank Zara al
John Salsameda
Fernando Fatbia
Charlotte Marino
Mary
Josephine
Gloria Chavez
Boy
Oroville
Willie May
Sterling
Angry Search for Camp Fire Girl Killer in Spokane
AP reporting from Spokane: police vowed to find the killer of 9-year-old Candy Rogers a Camp Fire Girl whose ravaged body was found in a wooded clump after a 16 day search. The case has sparked intense community concern and a vigorous manhunt.
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Spokane
Aut
Candy Rogers
Doc
Ai Force
Hypo Mark Is Clue to Girl Death
Police probe a 16 year old bride found dead on a hospital lawn after an unidentified man reported the body. A hypodermic needle mark on Brenda Emerson’s arm prompts tests for narcotics as investigators say she may have been assaulted and buried within hours.
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Burbank
UPI
Brenda Emerson
Reveerly Hills
Harold Kade
St. Joseph's Hospital
E. 3. Vandergrift
West
Los Angeles
Three-Point Plan Offered for Khrushchev Summit
Washington and London propose a three point approach for a summer summit with Nikita Khrushchev. The plan, debated by Adenauer and De Gaulle, calls for a May 11 Geneva foreign ministers meeting to tackle German issues and broader Soviet Western differences, with heads of government meeting later if warranted and ministers setting timing and topics for the summit.
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Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Nikita Kleushchev
Camp David
Konrad Adenauer
Frech
Charles DeGaulle
Macmillan
Khrushchev
United States
Britain
France
Russia
Geneva
Macquillan
Moscow
West Nevada Hit by Heavy Earthquake
A powerful earthquake struck western Nevada Sunday night causing rolling ground movement across a wide area. The University of California Berkeley seismograph recorded the event from 11:00 p.m. to 11:20 p.m. centered about 340 miles northeast of Berkeley near Winnemucca, between Nevada and Idaho, with a magnitude of 6.78 on the Richter scale.
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Reno
Nevada
University of California
Berkeley
Don Faber
University
Winnemucca
Nov
Idaho
Escaped Girls Captured After Kidnapping Incident
Two 16 year olds who escaped a reformatory and abducted a farmer have been captured. Details appear across multiple pages including Beach Combing Page A-1 and Hal Boyle Page A-11 with related coverage in Bridge Page Ab and various sections.
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Beach
Hal Boyle
Twins Born Amid Tibet Conflict Case Sparks Drug Sentences
A Wilmington couple, both addicted to heroin, were imprisoned by Superior Court Judge Maurice Sparling on narcotics possession charges. The defendants admitted a daily fifty-dollar heroin habit. the mother received two years to two and a half years with state hospital care, the husband one to ten years with hospitalization recommended. The pair’s twins faced withdrawal after birth and medical treatment. Police described a staged attempt to conceal drugs, with another suspect, George Kozaites, receiving four-year probation.
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Wilmington
Superior Court
Maurice C. Sparling
Crosby
George Kozaites
W. Esther St
Sparling
Kogaites
Blast Mine Explosion Kills Nine Vets at Robbins Mine
A mine blast near Robbins Tennessee killed nine miners and left others missing. Sheriff Rosser named victims from Oneida Oscar West operator Elmer Phillips Dernard Yancey and Hubert Phillips. Rescue teams expected to search remaining sections as the death toll rose. The incident marks the full labor force at the mine.
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Robbins
Scott County
Knoxville
Canoeist Dies While Trying to Save Wife on Charles River
At Watertown Massachusetts a canoeist William D Welch 35 of Brookline drowned after wind and current swept his canoe over a five foot waterfall on the Charles River Sunday. His wife Ellie 20 was rescued while expecting their third child. Welch's mother Mrs Patrick Welch and his two children Maggie 31 and Gerard 1 witnessed the tragedy.
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Watertown
Mass
Canoe Club
Charles River
William Dwelch
Brookline
Ellie
Welch
Irs
Patrick R. Welch
Maggie
Gerard
U S Blames Cable Breaks on Russ Boat
The United States tentatively blamed the Soviet fishing trawler Novorossisk for cable breaks off Newfoundland last month. Washington demanded the Soviet government prevent future damage and said it would take steps, including boarding suspected vessels, to protect underwater cables. The note followed a Soviet protest over the Feb 26 boarding of the trawler by the Roy O Hale crew.
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Washington
United States
Foreign Office
Moscow
U.S
Roy O. Hale
Russia
Double Tragedy as Cars Collide in Narrow Bridge Incident
In Logansport Indiana a fatal crash on a narrow bridge claimed the life of Elmer Stout and injured his son Kenneth Stout. The father died at the scene while Kenneth, 28, was hospitalized. The home 12 miles south was destroyed in the fire linked to the incident.
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Logansport
Ind
Elmer Stout
Kenneth Stout
Here
Belgium’s King Baudouin to visit United States in May
The White House announced King Baudouin of Belgium will undertake a 10 day visit to the United States beginning May 11. The opening stop will be Washington with further itinerary details to be released later.
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Washington
Baudouin
Belgium
United States
White House
Weather outlook with mild temps and sun
The forecast calls for partly cloudy conditions tonight and Tuesday, with mostly sunny skies on Tuesday. Temperatures rise slightly on Tuesday afternoon with a maximum near 63 degrees by noon today.
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