Bragg Captured Confesses Killing West Virginia Taxi Driver
Malcom Bragg, 23, West Virginia ex convict, admitted killing Robert Gullett after a fare dispute in Logan and using the victim’s ID to join the Army in New York. He was captured in Fort Myers as FBI agents described his reenlistment pay theft and AWOL status. The driver’s body was found near Charleston after the November 8 incident.
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Robert Gullett
Norman Bragg
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New York
Rogers
Logan
W. Va
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Actress Suzan Ball Returns to Hospital After Leg Break
Hollywood reports actress Suzan Ball is back in a hospital bed with a broken right leg after slipping on a wet spot from her dog’s spilled water. The 22 year old, previously injured in a movie dance scene and a February car crash, has a history of Ewing's tumor, which she declined to amputate. Her studio had promised roles in two upcoming films.
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Suzan Ball
Ewing
Miss Ball
Finland's industrial workforce share climbs since 1904
In 1953 about half of Finland's workers held industrial jobs, a rise from under one-fourth in 1904. The shift marks a major transformation in the Finnish economy over the first half of the 20th century, reflecting industrial expansion and urbanization.
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Finland
Good Earth Used By Church Group
In Madill Oklahoma rural Johnson and Marshall counties Baptists gather crops to fund new churches. Willis congregation leads with nearly 4000 dollars from cotton and peanuts and will erect the building themselves. Four churches share the plan with 24 rural congregations using farm labor and crops to finance structures. The effort mirrors a faith driven solution to aging church buildings across the association.
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Oklah
Oklahoma
Johnson and Marshall
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Willis
Carpenter
Russet
Nida
Coleman
Irea
C. A. Montgomery
Willis Baptists
Towns Want Police Units In Apache County Area
St. Johns and neighboring Springerville and Eagar lack police forces and officials plan a meeting with Apache County leaders to discuss establishing law departments in the region.
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Ariz
Springerville
Eagar
Apache County
Red Head and a Lawyer Office Intrigue in Town
Nancy Kelly grapples with professional fallout after a gossip fueled entrapment involving Phil Stanley. Humphrey Charles warns her to improve discretion while Nancy dreams of a fashion shop and a life with Dave Armstrong, flee from the lawyerly grind to art gallery reveries.
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Phil Stanley
Phil
Miss Kelly
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Charles
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Kelly
Stanley
Stanley Construction Company
Nancy Kelly
Layton Art Gallery
Layton Art School
Parents Leaders Urged To Join Delinquency Fight
President Eisenhower urges Senate juvenile delinquency hearings to alert community leaders and parents to their responsibility. Sen. Hendrickson says the Nov 19 letter will be part of the record when hearings resume next month. The president calls delinquency a complex problem causing heartbreak and pledges help from federal agencies, including HEW's Children's Bureau.
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Augusta
Childrens Bureau
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Ickes Denounces New Deal in Diary Excerpts
Washington former interior secretary Harold L. Ickes portrays the New Deal as wasteful and untrustworthy in his diary excerpts published posthumously. He claims he could have won a Republican presidential nomination in 1936, stayed with FDR to block big business control, and accuses Mrs Roosevelt of meddling while criticizing WPA spending. Farley dismisses the notion of Ickes switching party nominations.
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Maine
Vermont
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Burley Tobacco Auction Opens 44th Sale in Huntington
In Huntington today the Huntington Tobacco Co starts its 44th annual burley tobacco sale drawing some 800,000 pounds from small Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia farms. Auctions run to Dec 18 with a Christmas recess and resume into February. Auctioneer is Hugh Edwards of Rocky Mount, NC.
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Huntington Tobacco Co
Hugh Edwards
Rocky Mount
N. C
West Virginia
Probers Demand Tax Change To Stop Meddling
House investigators urged major changes to curb Treasury influence over tax administration. The Ways and Means subcommittee called for shifting authority from Treasury to the internal revenue service and direct power for the revenue commissioner in most tax matters.
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Treasury
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National view on juvenile delinquency by community
The speaker approved the group while noting that juvenile delinquency, though a national issue warranting federal attention, varies in nature and extent from one community to another. He emphasized the localized character of the problem and the need for tailored responses.
Children Plea Heard Daddy Home on Holiday
A Seattle court spared time from sentencing and granted a jailed father early release for Thanksgiving after a letter from his three daughters Mary Jane and Jackie pleaded for his return. The judge canceled the remainder of the sentence and let him come home for the holidays.
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Seattle
John H. Neergaard
Neergaard
Grace
Igi
Mary
Jane
Jackie
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