Four Crises Fire Fires and Murder Kill 12 in Nation Tragedies
A Richmond Va apartment fire killed three in a family and damaged a three-story building district. Police name John Christian 67 Nell Christian 60 and Eleanor Christian 36 among the dead. A second blaze on Main Street gutted two four-story buildings and a three-story structure with no injuries. The incidents follow others including Port Huron fire and a domestic murder in which Roland Beckham 35 is suspected after stabbing Charlene Beckham 32 and her three children Roiland 12 Jimmy 8 and Ward 4. Authorities note prior restraining orders and ongoing marital trouble in the latter case.
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Richmond
Monument Avenue
John Christian
Nel! Christian
Eleanor Christian
Main Street
Financial District
Christian
James Garter
Rolland C. Beckham
Charlene Beckham
Roiland Jr
Jimmy
Ward
Mama
Michigan Fires Claim Five Lives Across State
A series of fires across Michigan killed five people including four children. A Port Huron auto sales agency was destroyed with about half a million dollars in damage. In Flint a two story home fire killed Linda Yager two and critically burned her two year old brother Roy. Eleanor Tolowski died trying to save her son Robert near Hesperia. Linda Reed three and Ronald two died in a Pontiac Township house fire while their mother Myrtle 24 suffered severe burns.
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Detroit
Michigan
Esterday
Port Huron
Linda Yager
Roy
Flint
Explosions Attributed to Car Motor at Signal Oil Plant
In El Centro California a spark from a car motor touched off blasts and a fire at the Signal Oil Co gasoline storage plant killing three people and critically burning another. About 45,000 gallons burned as flames rose 200 feet high and thick smoke darkened the city. Victims were Rosario Nava 28 Floyd Williams 63 Thomas Barnets office manager died later of burns. Plant manager William H De Witt 52 was hospitalized in critical condition. Police said Williams backed into a gas line trying to close it after the initial explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Centro
Calif
Signal Oil Co
Jersey Birchfield
EF Centro
Rosario Nava
Children See Mother Murdered by Father in Redlands
In Redlands California a man hid in a closet as police with a warrant arrived at his home and later stabbed his wife to death. The case reveals details of a family tragedy with authorities investigating the homicide and seeking answers about the motive and sequence of events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redlands
Calif
House Committee OKs Tolls for Bridge Reconstruction
Charleston area bill would let road commissioner impose tolls on an interstate bridge and nearby spans to fund major repairs and retire revenue bonds. Other approved measures include forestry camps for youthful offenders, mental health reforms, and correcting Lincoln County boundary language.
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Charleston
House Finance Committee
Board of Control
House
Judiciary Committee
Finance Committee
House Judiciary
House Judiciary Committee
Lincoln County
Hatchet attack on teen girl in Clovis leaves her battered
In Clovis New Mexico a 14 year old girl Janice Wells was beaten with a hatchet and fled from her home after a break in. Police questioned a 23 year old African American man as the incident left Janice seriously injured with wounds to the head throat and mouth. Authorities indicated no charges yet while holding him in Curry County jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clovis, N.M
Janice Wells
Ollie Damron
Curry County
Baumgart
Janice
Damien
Gunfighter's Return and a Texas Bar Fight Ahead
In Eve’s kitchen gunfighter Rimbaud meets Charley Bonn who seeks a riding job. They discuss Lew Stromberg pressuring Span Strip communities after Durango’s revolution news. Bonn and Eve fear biased trials and plan to replace Sam Maiden with a capable rider to stop Roman Four from taking over. Rimbaud contemplates a high wage deal and a likely dangerous struggle.
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Rimbaud
Bonn
Span
Stromberg
Rimbeud
Durang
Main Street
Sam Maiden
Sam
Eve
Sam Mathien
Stronberg
Roman Four
Sheriff Robillarde
Maiden
Shiloh
Lew Stromberg
Lew
Charley Bonn
Hugh Jubal
Robillarde
Territorial
Spanish Strip
Durango
Confessed slaying of coed in Detroit shocks city
Detroit police report Richard Ballingall a 34 year old beer store worker confessed to abducting and killing JoAnn Gillespie an 18 year old junior college student whose body was found in an alley near her home on January 3 1953. Ballingall also implicated in the death of Cecilia Stewart with police noting his fluctuating statements and prosecutors unsure of accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
JoAnn Gillespie
Edward Reilly
Richard Ballingall
Reilly
Ballingall
Cecilia
Sis) Stewart
Miss Stewart
Gerald K. O'Brien
Gooney Birds Proved Not Looney At Midway Atoll
Biologists from the Fish and Wildlife Service report stubborn albatrosses at Midway Atoll resisted scare tactics. Despite flares rifles mortars and noise the birds sat brooding eggs and even slept. Egg destruction later offered as a possible control measure. Gooneys reportedly caused ten plane strikes in early 1954 but no crashes. Navy crews praise their dance like a minuet attracting crowds.
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Washington
Midway Atoll
Looney
Military Air Transport Service
Pacific
Philip A. Dumont
Johnson A. Neff
Fish and Wildlife Service
Midway
Navy
Inventors Gather at Patent Office for Odd Innovations
Washington notes celebrate a year of inventions from rock pickers to bayonet shin-straps and bust pads. Ray O Schrum of West Fork Missouri unveils a rake like device. Albert Clemens of Louisville proposes a shin strapped bayonet. George P Kempel of Cuyahoga Falls offers a bust pad with a described ovoid breast pad and cavity. Also listed are turbojet fuel control and helicopter systems, plus emulsion polymerization terms and a corncob burner patent by Walter C Polk of Fort Branch Indiana.
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Washington
Patent Office
Ray O. Schrum
Schrum
West Fork
Missouri
Albert Clemens
Louisville
George P. Kempel
Cuyahoga Falls
Ohio
Kempel
Government Gazette
the Gazette
Leighton Lee II
Rocky Hill
Conn
Cyril George Pullin
Birmingham
England
William B. Reynolds
John E. Wicklatz
Thomas J. Kennedy
Bartlesville
Oklo
Walter C. Polk
Fort Branch
Ind
Car crashes through Lackland drill field. driver dies
A car driven by Sgt John W. Burris, 27, surged across a Lackland Air Force Base drill field, hitting a sign post and fences before stopping against a barracks. Burris died en route to base hospital, while no airmen were injured.
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San Antonio
Tex
Lackland Air Force Base
Black Square
John W. Burris
Base Hospital
Mississippi Man Freed of Manslaughter Charge
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a 37 year old man chose a year in jail or supporting ten children after John Garner was killed in a logging truck crash caused by his car. He paid 2107 dollars in support but a district judge ruled the sentence illegal and ordered a new trial. the district attorney declined to prosecute.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
W.H. Sherrill
John Gardner
Sherrill
E. C. Fisher
Guard admits looting stores in his care over a year
Frederick A. Sherwood Jr. 26 of Cornwell Heights told reporters he burglarized more than 100 stores while employed by a private protection agency. He claimed to have looted 19 business places in a single period.
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Philadelphia
Lhe
Frederick A. Sherwood Jr
Cornwell Heights
Love em and Spank em advice from Women’s Club
Warwick Rhode Island residents heard parenting guidance from Mrs. Ode E. Seaman of the Providence Child Guidance Clinic. She advised a tough love approach of loving and spanking children and then loving them again, during a discussion at a local women's club.
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Warwick, R. I
Ode E. Seaman
Providence Child Guidance Clinic
Funeral Notices From Blue Jay and Surrounding Areas
Obituaries announce the deaths of Timothy Hart 80 of Blue Jay and Pelley DeLorenzo 51 of Charleston formerly East Beckley. Services are at Blue Jay Methodist Church and Quesenberry Webb Funeral Home Chapel with burial at Blue Jay Cemetery and Highlawn Cemetery Oaks Hill. Additional notices include Alma Hendrix 58 Posey, Perry Jarrell 79 Edwight, and details on pallbearers, rosary, and service times.
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Hart Hart
Timothy
Blue Jay
Rose Funeral
Blue Jay Methodist Church
Virgil Cook
Ray Elliott
Omer Elliott
Charlie Lynch
Augie Garbarlino
Ross Houchins
Wiley Adkins
Arthur Oakes
W. H. Cunningham
Fred Richmond
Hobart Justice
Carl Oakes
F. H. Lynch
Tom Martin
Cliff Kidwell
Women's Society of Christian Service
Delorenzo Delorenzo
Pelley
Charleston
East Beckley
Quesenberry & Webb Funeral Home
Paul Helsley
Highlawn
Oaks Hill
Louie Tapana
Gene Elkins
John Ciccuccio
Amerigo Cessaratto
Donald Carter
al Janutolo
Quesenberry and Webb
P.m
Hendrix Hendrix
Alma
Posey
Caffee Funeral Home
Wade Webb
Jarrell Jarrell
Perry G
Edwight
Quesenberry
Dave Manning
Dale Webb
Edgar Jarrell
Lawrence Bruno
Claude Jarrell
Charlie Jarrell
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Reeds
Kenneth
Cawood Auto Sales Co
Sarnia
Ont
Auto Agency
California
Leroy Carson
Val Baumgart
Police
Jr, Rd
Chapter
Jim
Mr. Rimbaud
Arizona
St. Francis Hospital
Evanston
Ill
Joseph Lahart
John Cushing
Robert Wolf
Tim
Bob
International Soundphoto
Car
Lackland Field
Mississippi
Rose Funeral Home
Noho Cohohoaohochohoooooh
Keyser
Douglas T. Bryant
South
Oakwood Ave
Oro
Vance Drive
Amos FE Quesenberry
Kyle Davis
Beckley
Paul Thompson
Rupert
Clintonville
Bluefield Monument Co
Bluefield
Barre Guild
R. C. Egnor
Oak Hill
Logan
Brush
Spray
M Young
R. Gravely
Harold Williams
Don W. Ford
E. Harvey
Beckley-Marietta Paint Co
South Oakwood
Montgomery Ward
Beckley Ice and Feed CO
Prince St
Sanders Ananagers
Fabulon Foster Hardware Co
Main St
Marguerite’s
Embees
Del-Mar
Thrifty
Neville St
B. E. Silverman
Raleigh County Bank
Dr. Kinzer
Beckley Delivery Service
Light Moving
South Oakwood Dial
I Just Rite Furniture Co
Wright
Crab Orchard
Dial
Halstead
Landers
South Oakwood Ave
Ash Worth
Lovitz Television
RCA Victor
Zenith
John W. Eye
Frank
GMC
Sprague
Foster Hardware CO
Mr. Coe
Venetian Blind Cleaners
W. Va
Mountain State
ALL Work Guaranteed Co
W. James
Lewis Transfer CO
Reliable Movers
Valley Drive
Gray Lumber Company
Peerless Packing Company
Carolina
Beckley Newspapers
O. A. Gibson
Maben
Swan Cafe
Kut and Karl Beauty Shop
Watertown
Mass
Standard
Mr Day
King Coal Hotel
East Rainelle
Philip J. Malouf
Patterson Ave
Roanoke
Maust Coal & Coke Co
Marlinton
Beckley Insulation Co
Bill
Bartilson
Beckley Hotel
Mr. Brown
Raleigh County
R. L
J. H. Stinson
Call W. B. Jones
Roy A. Jones
U. S
Rhode Island
New
Berkshire
Richard Snuffer
Glen Daniel
Fred Mann
Harrison Mills
Sophia
Shady Springs
Cook's Poultry Farm
Everett Lilly
Glen View
Gunter
Johnstown Road
Owen
Henry Conway Hardware
Gravely Tractor
Princeton
Necchi
Besoco
Best Furniture Co
South Fayette St
Beckley, W. Va
Temple St
Philco
Emerson
Bendix
Ashworth Oac
Ashworth Firestone
Beckley Glass
Oakwood
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