Kidnaped Boy Hero to Chums
Everett Washington reports on George E. Collins and Katherine Myers, charged with first degree kidnapping in Edmonds. Collins admitted planning the crime aimed at $10,000 ransom, while describing poverty and a deteriorating home life as neighbors note their destitution. The couple faced judge Thomas Stiger with separate attorneys, hearings set for next Thursday. Coleman Lee Crary, the kidnapped child, is safely recovered and unharmed.
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Ed Crary
Edmonds
Lee Crary
Collins
Snohomish
Bob ‘Twitchell
Lee
Miss Myers
Superior Court
Thomas Stiger
Washington
Wudge Stiger
Jell
Twitchell
Rock hound Kirby Finds Largest Hotripi dal Plume Agate
Dallas resident Jesse Kirby, a 224 pound rock enthusiast, discovered a giant hotripi dal plume agate on Frank Woodward ranch in Brewster County. He hauled it a half mile to his station wagon, later weighing 90 pounds. Experts say it may be the largest of its kind, worth several thousand dollars.
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Dallas
Jesse Kirby
Kirby
Frank Woodward
Brewster County
Man Kills Self After Family Row
Granada Hills reports 39 year old postal worker Melvin Lewis Ross fatally shot himself after a violent quarrel with his wife Eleanor. The couple’s children Jud and David fled to a neighbor’s house as a 22 caliber rifle lay near Ross, who died at Northridge Hospital. He worked at the San Fernando Post Office.
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Granada Hills
CNS
Melvin Lewis Ross
Louise Ave
Eleanor
Jud
David
Tom
Tey
Car Hits Kills Girl Near School Bus Stop
TRINIDAD Colo. a nine year old Trinidad schoolgirl Maria Catherine Martinez was struck and killed when thrown several feet by a car as she left a stopped school bus four miles east of town. The driver Dominic Joe DeGarbo Sr. Hoehne Colo. remained at the scene as state patrol investigated the tragedy after Colorado passed a new law requiring drivers to stop for school buses.
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Trinidad
Colo
Here
Comrado Legislative
Maria Catherline Martinez
Robert Larset
Dominic Joe DeGarbo Sr
Hoehne
Gravity Aids Pilot In Safe Landing Of Crashed Gear
A Western Airlines Convair carrying 41 people landed safely in Billings after its landing gear failed to deploy post takeoff. Captain Charles Farmer guided the aircraft for minutes, then attempted a manual gear extension amid engine checks and emergency procedures.
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Billings
Mont
Western Air Lines Convay
Charles Farmer
Hogan Field
Holland
Millionth Visitor Expected at Pomona County Fair
The millionth visitor was expected at the Los Angeles County Fair in Pomona today as the fair wraps up its day run on Sunday. Attendance for the first five days reached 872,618, 72,270 more than the same period last year.
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Pomona
Cns
Los Angeles County
Trusted Secretary Charged With Payroll Fraud
Miss Marle Warme, secretary to Rep. A L Miller, was freed on $1,000 bond after being charged with forging a 178.54 government check in 1955. An aide said thousands of dollars may be involved. Miller said she was a trusted employee for 13 years and moved to remove her from payroll. An investigation showed Warme picked up a check she should have delivered.
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Rep
A. L. Miller
R-Neb
Marle Warma
Anaid
Miler
Frederick Gh 'Smithwon
Bvang
Miller
Miss Warmer
Capitol
Ken Karabatsos
Karabat
Miller P
Tha ‘House
Warme
Diga Sianas
Miss Sianas
Rep. B.S. Sound
D-Call
Congressional
Karmbatsos
Sianas
Flu Forces Mormon Conference Cancellation in Salt Lake City
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints cancelled its semi annual conference in Salt Lake City due to an Asian flu epidemic. Church President David O. McKay announced the decision after consulting with Utah health officials who expect a peak of the outbreak next week. The move aims to prevent spread, given the gathering of thousands from across the nation and abroad.
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Salt Lake City
David O. McKay
Utah
Conviction of Bonelli Aid Upheld
The Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the conviction of Nathan Snyder, a former attorney linked to William G. Bonelli, on charges of conspiring to violate state selection code, grand theft, and perjury. Snyder faces 3 to 42 years in prison. Bonelli’s name appears in indictments for conspiracy and violating electro code.
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San Diego
Nathan Harris Synder
William G. Bonelli
Fourth District Court of Appeal
Snyder
Los Angeles
San Diego County
Synder
Bonelli
State Board of Equalization
Bonetti
Mexico
Press-Telegram Pupiling Daily Excerpt Note
Fragmented item shows a newspaper notice with garbled phrases about circulation, audit bureau, delivery, and questions answers. Likely an internal staff or reader inquiry section with minimal legible details and names missing.
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Rte Tant
Long Beech
Crieulation
Dad Helps Eloping Couple Avoid Jail In Chicago
Eugene Lilac 23 and Marion Halstead 16 eloped Sept 15 in a borrowed car and fled toward New York. They stopped in North Tonawanda then returned to Chicago as funds ran low. Halstead asked judge to help Lilac start anew. larceny charge dismissed, case continued for a year with paid counsel.
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Chicago
Eugene Lilac
Burton Halstead
John J. Sullivan
Lilac
Marion Halstead
Andrew Schoenberg
North Tonawanda
N.Y
South Street St. Court
Halstead
Deshways
James Braves
Sullivan
Judge Drops Charges in Vice Probe in Portland
Circuit Judge Charles Redding dismissed indictments against Big Jim Elkins and William Langley tied to Portland's vice investigation. Prosecutors cited insufficient evidence to pursue charges including racketeering and perjury. Elkins and Langley face other pending accusations from the probe and have appealed.
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Vice
Portland
Ore
Charles Redding
Redding
Big Jim Elkins
Elkins
Atulnoomah County
Atty
William ‘Langley
Elkins and Clark
Langley
Wife flies 10 Bedside of GI Ill With Polio
CORPUS CHRISTI Texas UPI With a lift from the Navy the wife of a serviceman ill with bulbar polio takes off today en route to his bedside in North Africa Mrs Frances Young 23 of Corpus Christi flying for the first time is going to Monas seur Morocco Vice Adm J L Holloway chief of naval operations notified her that Navy Airman Lawrence Kennethi Young also 33 of Auburn Calif is dangerously ill there Is her 1 1 2 month old son here with his grandparents Mrs Young is taking a commercial airliner to Charleston S C A Military Air Transport Service Plane will fly her the rest of the way.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
UPI
Navy
North Africa
Frances Young
Monasseur
Morocco
J. L. Holloway
Naval Operations
Lawrence Kennethi Young
Auburn
Calif
Turkey voices concern over Syrian buildup at UN
Turkish Ambassador Seyfullah Esin told the General Assembly that Syria's independence is vital to Turkey's security and that recent events there are watched with concern. He warned that a weapon and ammunition buildup on Turkey's southern flank would prompt security measures.
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N.Y
Syria
Turkey
Petitiniak
Arrere
Seyfullah Esin
General Assembly
Esin
Soviet Union
Russia
Assembly
Dallas
The
Youth charged after romance linked tire theft case
An 18-year-old from Falls Church, Huw Williams, admitted stealing six automobile tires from a service station and was jailed on grand larceny charges. Police later said he and two 16-year-olds admitted robbing a Washington man of 41 dollars and a watch. Williams, a former Capitol Page School student, eloped with Christina Wennerstrom, daughter of a Swedish diplomat, but the couple’s plans collapsed after Christina’s age halted marriage.
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Fairfax County
Huw Williams
Church High School
Williams
Washington, D. C
Washington
Capitol Page
Christina Wennerstrom
Col
Stig Wennerstrom
Williamsport
Huw
Christina
Sweden
Khrushchev Views Told by Mrs FDR
Mrs. Franklin D Roosevelt met Nikita Khrushchev at his Yalta summer home for nearly three hours. She told a Moscow news conference the meeting was amicable and Khrushchev urged her to write the truth. She quoted him saying war is unthinkable and that he does not want war as she travels onward to Copenhagen.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nikita Kimushchev
Khrushchev
Black Sea
Yalta
Roosevelt
Russia
Communist Party
Mother of three dies after fall against bathroom door
Lorraine Hosterman, 43, died from a head injury after striking a bathroom door casing. She collapsed at 2:23 a.m. at St. Joseph Hospital in Burbank. Husband Frederick, 41, a salesman, heard the fall while in bed and found her. She had complained of dizziness and headache earlier in the day and seen a doctor.
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Studio Clty
CNS
Lorraine Hosterman
St. Joseph Hospital
Burbank
Frederick
Burbank Hydraulics Company
Hesterman
Cold heatless barracks on Governor's Island hurled over budget
An anonymous en listed Army worker on Governor's Island reports unheated barracks amid a cold spell. An Army spokesman says no heat until Army funds are more available, citing austerity measures and careful resource use.
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New York
Defense Department
Army
Governor's Island
New York Harbor
Louisiana Vets Drop Pledge of Allegiance
Huston La Ruston Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars voted unanimously to dispense with the pledge of allegiance until the President removes federal troops from Arkansas. Post Cmdr Lesear W Harken announced the action taken Friday night in protest of the situation in Little Rock Ark.
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Huston
Ruston
Veterans of Foreign Wars
U.S
Little Rock
Ark
Cmdr
Lesear W. Harken
Arkansas
Mao meets Hungarian premier in Peiping
Chinese leader Mao Zedong and Hungarian Premier Janos Kadar met in Peiping as Kadar arrived for talks with the Red Chinese capital. The New China News Agency reported Mao received the Hungarian delegation shortly after their arrival Friday.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tzetung
Janes Kadar
Peiping
New China News Reena
Mao
Kadar
Lad Confesses to Killing Broadway Actress in 1920s
Thomas Moore, held without bail, allegedly confessed to stabbing and strangling Dorothy Blum, a 56 year old former Broadway actress, after a bar meeting. He said she started removing clothes, screamed when he tried to leave, and he used a knife in her apartment. He then asked his girlfriend Victoria Schroeter to hide the blade.
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New York
Sand
Thomas Moore
Dorothy West Bhim
Anthony
Moore
Victoria Schroeter, Jr
Miss Schroetter
Flies Four Hours Ground in Typhoon
NASA Okinawa reports a U S Marine Flying Boxcar crew endured four hours on the ground to keep the six man crew and high ranking passenger safe as Typhoon Faye raged. Pilot Capt Robert H Brown and co pilot 1st Lt F E Liewylltn steered nose into the wind and adjusted engine thrust to counter gusts. Visibility dropped to zero as debris battered the aircraft and the crew maintained ground control for safety.
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NASA
Okinawa
Faye
Takeo
Kedena
Robert H. Brown
FE. Liewylltn
Brown
Actress plans libel suits against Confidential magazine
Venezuelan actress Frantesco de Scaffa announced she has instructed New York lawyers to sue Confidential magazine and its publisher for libel. She identified herself as a tipster for some stories and said she will target former editor Howard Rushmore. She also said she is divorcing Mexican bullfighter Jaime Brava, whom she wed in March.
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Havana
Frantesco de& Scaffa
New York
Confidential
Robert Harrison
Hollywood Taal
Howard Rushmore
Jaime Brava
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