Plattsmouth pupil crafts boat in school basement
Cecil McKnight built a boat in a Plattsmouth High School basement room. The craft's frame and door were tested as he joked about tearing through walls. The tale ends with McKnight, a former inmate, reflecting on lessons and profits from mistakes. It also notes a Hollywood actor and a Sibley, Iowa police chief fined for speeding after a detector trap.
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Platismouth, Neb. U
Cecil McKnight
Plattsmouth High School
Cecil
Father Gross
Paul
Mackensen
Baltimore
Mai
Cacil
China
Tudor
Aool
Frankenstein
Sibley
Iowa
Lanter J. Scott
Grinnell
Towa
Scott
Reds Free Cleric Held Six Years
Tokyo reports that Reverend Fulgence Gross, a Roman Catholic missionary from Omaha Nebraska, has been released in Shanghai after six years under house arrest on espionage charges.
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Tokyo
Fulgence Gross
Omaha
Neb
Shanghai
Release of Father Gross and four other Americans
A report details the status of seven Americans held or detained by China and Korea during the 1950s. It names Catholic missionaries John A. House and Charles J. McCarthy with releases due in June 1953, John P. Wagner and Joseph McCormack with June 1958 releases, and others including Robert W. McCann, Hugh F. Redmond, Richard C. Fecteau, and John T. Downey, all connected to wartime or political cases. It also covers a separate legal tangle in Missouri where Paul Barbata faces possible execution after being declared sane, with the governor seeking guidance on legality and possible release from Fulton Mental Hospital.
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Father Gross
Shanghai
John A. House
Glendale
Calif
Charles J. McCarthy
San Francisco
John P. Wagner
Pittsburgh
Joseph = McCormack
Ossining
N.Y
Robert W. McCann
Altadene
Hugh F. Redmond
Yonkers
N. C
Richard C. Fecteau
Lynn
Mass
John T. Downey
New Britain
Senate OKs Three to Diplomatic Posts
The Senate confirmed three of President Eisenhower's picks for ambassador roles, including John Clifford Folger, Philip Young, and Philip W. Bonsal, along with other nominations. Alberta G. Reed testified in a driving case, denying intoxication despite a minor accident. officers smelled no liquor, the court fined her $200. Additional confirmations included Fred C. Schribner Jr. as assistant secretary of the Trees jury and Hector of Florida to the Civil Aeronautics Board for six years.
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Senate
Washington
Eisenhower
Petesburgh
Alberta G. Reed
Totmne
Sprint Bridgeville
John Clifford Folger
Ambassa
Belgium
Philip Young
New York
The
Civil Service Commission
Philip W. Bonsal
Bastin
Mrs. Reed
Fred C. Schribner Jr
Maine
Trees' Jury
Andrew 2 Overby Jr
Louis, Ls. Hector
Florida
Civil Aeronautics Board
Joseph P. Adams
Tennessee Author and Executive Williams Dies at 77
Williams, a Pulitzer prize winning playwright and former shoe manufacturing executive tied to St. Louis, died Wednesday. Born in Knoxville, he was 77 and is survived by his daughter Tennessea Williams.
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Knoxville
Enn
Jornelius
Williams
Tennessea ‘Williams
St. Louis
Her
Pie Macnee
Seized as Deserter in San Francisco Case
The FBI announced the arrest of Samuel Floyd Nelson, 22, of Alexandria Louisiana on a charge of deserting from the Army in March 1956. He was captured in Salinas where he had been employed as a laborer. Meanwhile in Detroit the Teamsters Local 155 voted against Hoffa, signaling opposition to his leadership and support.
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FBI
Samuel Floyd Nelson
Alexandria
Army
Salinas
Hoffa
Detroit
Teamsters
Bert
Vice
James R. Hoffa
Daneldank Derean
Hatta
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Soso
Alfred P. Baur
Barbatats
Baur
Gov. Blair
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Leo
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Seige & Tur
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On Geen
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Atlantic
Tennessee
Press-Telegram
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United States
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East First ST
Getwhin
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