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Newspaper

Press Telegram

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1959

Page

3

Pirates in Central Park Rob Two in Rowboat

Police report two youths in a rowboat were approached by five others on Amsterdam Ave near Central Park. They robbed the pair of a watch and ring after threatening to overturn the boat. four youths were charged with robbery and one with juvenile delinquency.

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Four Held Hostage by Masked Pair in Stockton

In Stockton a gunman held four people captive at the Dyer home while his partner took a teenager to a restaurant to collect over $1,000. Charles Dyer, owner of the Hoosier Inn, his wife Charlotte, daughter Pattie 22, and family friend Robert Delucchi were bound with tape. Dyer's son Gary 17 accompanied one gunman for the money. They fled in Dyer’s car, later found abandoned. Police said the men entered through an open door, woke Dyer, held the group at gunpoint with only the threat not to move. The family members remained captive until the money was paid.

Stockton Charles ‘Dyer Hoosier Inn Dyer Charlotte Pattie Robert Delucchi Gary Dyer House Mrs. Yet Delucchi

Escaped German POW Rossmeisl Surrenders to FBI in Ohio

The FBI reports Kurt Rossmeisl, a former German army officer and POW who escaped from Camp Butner in August 1945, surrendered in Cincinnati. He says he fled to avoid returning to Germany and spent years in Chicago and Holland before entering the German army again in 1941 and later serving with Afrika Korps. Immigration officials review his status amid questions about prosecution time limits.

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Confederate Graves Receive Japanese Flags in Salem Cemetery

Japanese made tiny cotton flags bearing the Stars and Bars were placed on 36 Civil War veterans' graves in Salem Cemetery on Confederate Memorial Day in Winston-Salem.

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