Mother and lover arraigned in two boys murder
A San Diego mother Wanda Brogdon and her unemployed boyfriend Kenneth Merriam calmly told officers how they planned and carried out the murders of her two young sons, aged three and five, after two weeks in the city. They confessed in a Laguna Mountains crime scene after driving the bodies in the car to Merriam’s sister's home. Both faced two counts of murder and the 19 month old girl sister was unharmed.
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San Diego
Sheriff's Deputies
Kenneth Archie Merriam
Wanda Brogdon
Churchill
Eisenhower
Merriam
David
Wayne Brogdon
Wirthough
Logil Brogdon Jr
White House
Dor Keller
Brogdon
Cynthia
Laguna Mountains
Here
Tom Ishell
Margaret Schimitter
Spring Valley
Bank Robbers Hold Family 12 Hours Then Loot Bank
In Ontario two gunmen captured bank manager Frank Calella his wife Winifred and his father E R Colella for 12 hours. They locked 16 employees in a storeroom and escaped with 58982 in cash from Bank of America on Mountain Street after forcing entry at 9 AM. The trio drove the hostages around before returning to the bank and fleeing in a blue Buick. Security described both men as white, about 42 and 30 years old, courteous but businesslike through the ordeal.
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Ontario
Bank of America
Frank Calella
4Th and
Mountain Sts
Loci
Colella
Sgt. Murphy
Winifred
E. R. Colella
Colela
Joe
Coletla
Colellas
Te Colellas
Corella
Churchill Visits Ill Dulles and Marshall at Walter Reed
President Eisenhower hosts Sir Winston Churchill at Walter Reed Army Hospital to visit two gravely ill friends. John Foster Dulles, cancer stricken, recently resigned as secretary of state, and General George C. Marshall, a World War II chief of staff who has suffered two strokes, receive the famed wartime ally in a poignant meeting.
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Eisenhower
White House
Sir Winston Churchill
Great Britain
John Foster Dulles
Walter Reed Hospital
Dulles
Washington
Winston Churchill
Britain
Walter Reed Army Hospital
John Fester Dulles
George C. Marshall
Marshall
U. S. Army
Churchill
England
Eddie Fisher Elizabeth Taylor to wed in Las Vegas
Eddie Fisher says he and Elizabeth Taylor will marry in Las Vegas next Tuesday with Michael Todd Jr. as best man. Two ceremonies planned a civil service and a Jewish life led by Rabbi Max Nussbaum who recently converted Miss Taylor to Judaism.
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Hollywood
Eddie
Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Las Vegas
Michael Todd Jr
Todd Jr
Howard Taylor
Miss Taylor
Max Nussbaum
Weather outlook mostly clear tonight and Thursday
Mostly clear tonight and sunny Thursday with early morning fog along the coast. Little change in temperature. maximum today around 72 degrees.
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Pata
Poor Fisherman Walks Into River After Nagging
Detroit man Jamie Jones, 40, reportedly walked into the Detroit River after his wife nagged him. He was rescued, treated at a hospital, and released.
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Detroit
Palice
Jamie Jones
NBC Union Set to Picket Emmy Show Find Stolen Warped Tot
Dallas report details a kidnapped 18 month old boy found unharmed in a downtown Dallas drug store. FBI hunted babysitter Betty Smithey, 16, from New Mexico, arrested after admission. Federal charges filed in Albuquerque. Also notes banker George Hewlett’s suicide amid a check-kiting scheme with Hendrickson, prompting federal inquiry in San Francisco.
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NBC Union
Pal
Girl
Hewlett Case
Dallas
New Mexico
Paul Johnson
Placitas
Albuquerque
FBI
Betty Smithey
New Mexico Girls’ Welfare School
Licenses Lifted as DMV Boss Declares All-Out War on Accidents
Sacramento reports that since the new state motor vehicles director Robert J. McCarthy announced a plan to suspend licenses, 5,190 licenses were lifted for traffic violations by May 1. McCarthy stated the action proves the department means business in its war on automobile accidents. In other items, TV Emmy ceremonies face picketing by technicians over a dispute with NBC, with notable names like Sen. Mike Mansfield and Vice President Nixon noted in context of planned picketing and the show’s schedule.
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Sacramento
Eve
Robert J. McCarthy
McCarthy
Hewlett I
Long Beach National Bank
National
Constine
Consiine
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Hollywood
Washington, D.,c
Mike Mansfield
Mayflower Hotel Inn
Washington
G. Tyler Byrne
The
National Assn. of Broadcast Employes and Technicians
Byrne
Nixon
United States
Negro coed testifies to jury in Tallahassee rape case
In a county grand jury proceeding at the courthouse, a hospitalized Florida A and M University student testified she was seized at gunpoint and raped by four white men. The testimony, mixed with witnesses from the university and the victim’s family, was taken under strict security as the jury considers multiple cases. The proceedings occurred under Judge Walker’s direction with the full presence of a Negro-dominated gallery and law officers guarding the process.
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Tallahassee
Fla.ph
Florida A. & M. Univer Trator
Bill Joyce
Fourjance
Grand Jury
Sheriff
W. May
University Hospital
Walker
Func
Picasso Nude sells for 154000 at London auction
A Picasso nude painted 54 years ago sold for 55000 pounds or 154000 dollars at a London auction. A spokesman called it a world record price for Picasso. The buyer was the Queensland Art Gallery in Australia.
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London
Pablo ‘Picasso
Picasso
Queensland
Grady Democrats Triumph Over McKeldin in Baltimore
In Baltimore on Tuesday Democrat Harold J. Grady defeated former Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin in the major local election. The notice directs readers to Page A-2 for results and Page A-25 for associated features by Hal Boyle and Bridge coverage. Several sections including Classifieds, Combs, Crossword, Death Notices, Editorial, and Sports are listed across pages A-15 to C-4.
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Harold J. Grady
Maryland
Theodore McKeldin
Baltimore
Hal Boyle
Wilson
Railway Strike Halts Paris Suburban Rail Traffic
A 24 hour strike by railway engineers today virtually shut down rail traffic between Paris and its suburbs, signaling disruptions across the regional transit network and impacting daily commutes.
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Paris
Crash Turns Dozen Loose on San Bernardino Freeway
A cattle-truck collision released twelve steers on the busy freeway near dawn. Five accidents followed as three men were hospitalized and a two hour freeway closure occurred. Police and officers from several towns aided a wide roundup with cowboys from Union Stockyards helping roping efforts.
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Los Angeles
San Bernardino
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Hewlett
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