Bank Robbery Sparks Las Vegas Cash Trail in July Bust
Two men flashing $100 bills at Las Vegas tables sparked a cross country probe into a Queens bank heist. Police tied Frank Ellsworth and Ray Wilson to the $305,000 Chase Manhattan robbery after finding $87,000 and hundreds of bills in their hotel room and linking fingerprints to New York cases. Ellsworth posted bond. Wilson remained jailed as investigations continue in multiple states.
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Las Vegas
New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Queens
N. Y
Frank Ellsworth
Ray Wilson
B. J. Handlen
Ellsworth
Wilson
Handlen
Elsworth
Memphis
Tulsa
Wichita
Tiate
Oklahoma
McAlester
Dixon Yates issue looms in 1955 campaign
Senator Gore predicts the Dixon Yates private power contract will be a central political issue in the 1955 campaign. He accuses Eisenhower of running from the matter as Memphis plans a plant to render the deal unnecessary. Senator Kefauver moves to extend hearings on financing and to bar cancellation fees to the Dixon Yates group if the deal is scrapped.
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Washington
Sen
Gore
D-Tenn
Dixon-Yates
Eisenhower
Gezi Sutsaig
Memphis
Kefauver
Dtenn
Senate Judiciary
Fee
Dixon- Yates
Jimmy Stawad
Cade
Batchelor Seeks Pardon Review In Korea War Case
Army appeals court hears Batchelor contend s government lacked authority to prosecute a war prisoner convicted in Korea. Attorney argues a 1953 pardon and a broadcast promising immunity negate guilt and that the military code does not apply to prisoners of war. Batchelor faced charges for reading Communist material and broadcasting propaganda.
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Washington
Claude J. Batchelor
Korea
Albert Maline
Army Board of Review
Batchelor
Malone
U. S
I Batchelor
Bat ‘Ichelor
San Antonio
Mmelone
Joel Westbrook
Wolfson Denies Dodging Senate Subpoena
In San Francisco financier Louise Wolfson left the city after denying he tried to dodge a Senate subcommittee appearance on the Washington transit strike. He called Sen Morse crazy as he faced a District of Columbia subcommittee order to testify.
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San Francisco
INS
Louise Wolfson
U. S. Senate
Washington
Wolfson
Sen. Morse
D-Ore
Senate
District of Columbia
Tee
Airplane Minus Cat Survives Wing Hideout
In Wichita Falls New York July 8 a Siamese kitten hid inside an airplane wing for four days while the aircraft was grounded at Ruidoso New Mexico The owner Dr Tei Alexander tried to coax the cat with sardines and other treats but it remained lodged until it finally emerged after the plane was moved and thrummed by a wing tapping.
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Wichita Falls
N. Y
Ruidoso
N. M
Tei Alexander
Cotton in cultivation falls 14 percent for 1935 crop
The agriculture department reports July 1 cotton in cultivation at 17,096,000 acres, down 14 percent from last year. This compares with 19,791,000 acres a year earlier for the 1934 crop and 18,113,208 allocated under production control programs for this year. Without a forecast, a normal output of 300 pounds per acre would yield about 19,257,000 bales of 500 pounds each. Last year’s crop was 13,679,000 bales and the 1943-52 average is 16,463,000 bales.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
State Health Man Promoted in Texas Health Dept
Dr. Fred P. Helm, former Kansas state health officer, is named director of the division of crippled children in Texas. He has served the Texas health department since 1941 as senior pediatric and field consultant.
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Austin
CIS
Fred P. Helm
Kansas
Division of
Texas Health Department
Helm
Texas Department
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Alcatraz
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