Maas Brothers Safe Theft Under Intensive Sarasota Police Probe
About $30,000 was stolen from the Maas Brothers Department Store safe in Sarasota. Police say entry may have used a key or preexisting presence, with a watchman on duty and no alarm triggered. Investigators, led by Chief Frances L. Scott, question night staff and review links to recent local robberies.
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A. J. Ruttenber
Maas Brothers Department Store
Sarasota
Norma Banes
Credit Department
John Schaub Jr
Arthur E. Johnson
Lawrence Russell
Inter-City
Cortez
Kwik Chek
South Gate
Sarasota Bank and Trust Company
Frances L. Scott
Floyd Bowers
Robert Corsi
Jack Lever
Garrett Kierce
William Boley
Maas
Florida
Maas Brothers
Detroit Congresswoman Breaks Ground On Ways and Means
Martha Wright Griffiths of Detroit becomes the first woman on the House Ways and Means Committee. She backs reduced tariffs and credits her debate background for steering her focus to foreign trade and social security bills.
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Joseph E. Mohbat
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Martha Wright Griffiths
Detroit
Hicks G. Griffiths
Michigan
Griffiths
Kennedy
Milk surplus leads to free dairy giveaway in Georgia
Savannah AP reports H W Bragg facing possible prosecution for dispensing raw milk without permit after offering 600 gallons free amid a price war and state control rules. Bragg resisted dumping and questioned the law while a local dairy noted sales losses as control board prices rose from 22 to 28 cents a quart.
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Savannah
H. W. Bragg
Sanitarian
Bragg
State Milk Control Board
Britain to Sell Viscount Jetliners to Red China
London reports Britain will proceed with the sale of six Viscount jet airliners to Red China overriding U.S. objections. A U.S. warning against supplying navigational gear was noted, but officials say the parts can come from other suppliers and remain subject to control only in quantity.
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London
Britain
Red
China
U.S
We Should Quit U N Goldwater
Sen Barry Goldwater told a Miami University audience he would like the United States to pull out of the United Nations criticizing the Kennedy administration while saying he does not plan to run for president. He urged allying with friends and drawing in neutrals, claiming the world is not ready for the UN.
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Oxford
Ohio
Barry Goldwater
United States
United Nations
Kennedy
Arizona
Goldwater
Miami University
Rare Tornado Strikes Fo remont England
A rare British tornado from the Irish Sea swept into Fo remont in northern England early today. Injury reports exist and the two mile path of destruction left 57 residents homeless.
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London
Britain
England
Irish Sea
Foremont
GOP Leaders Mothball State of Union Attack
Senate and House Republican leaders blocked National Chairman Miller from issuing a 4000 word anti Kennedy administration statement. Dirksen and Halleck shelved the plan while planning to issue broader Republican tenets in their weekly news conferences.
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State of Union
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Senate
House
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Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rep
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Dirksen
Halleck
Charlie
Miller
Quickie? Not at New York coffee houses
Andrew Meisels surveys New York coffee houses where patrons linger over espresso and cappuccino As venues expand they host avant garde plays revues concerts and multilingual song performances The scene centers on Greenwich Village with others around Manhattan and beyond and prices range from a quarter to about two dollars
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New York
Cafe Manzini
the Figaro
Manhattan
Greenwich Village
San Francisco
Chicago
MacDougal Street
Dominick Parisi
Figaro
Bleecker Street
Midtown
Cafe Exodus
Broadway
69Th Street
Samuel Fershko
Revenue Men Put Wary Eye On Art Gifts
Washington AP Tax collectors monitor art donations to museums schools and charities. Internal Revenue Commissioner Mortimer Caplin warns some gifts are used as tax dodges involving overvaluation and false deductions. He cites cases where buyers overpay donate and deduct more than paid, with conspirators.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Mortimer M. Caplin
Caplin
Four More Die in Algerian Clashes In 1960s Conflict
ALGIERS AP reports four more people killed today in fighting as clashes between Algerian independence fighters and French authorities continue. Nearly 30 killed Tuesday by grenade bullet and knife while officials weigh a state of siege to halt the violence.
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Algiers
History Repeats In Maas Burglary
The Maas Brothers Department Store burglarized again echoing a February 1959 heist when safe crackers stole about the same amount. The 1959 robbers left the heavy safe moved to an outer office triggering an alarm but escaped with thousands still behind. Sarasota Police Chief Francis Scott noted the earlier case was never solved.
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Maas Brothers
Sarasota
Francis Scott
Derailment Injures Passenger on Missouri Pacific Train
Missouri Pacific Texas Eagle derailed near De Soto when it crashed into a box car. One passenger, Mrs. Robert Krieger of Monroe Michigan, was seriously injured and hospitalized at Festus. Engineer William Wagner and fireman Jerry Severs were trapped briefly before rescue.
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DE Soto, Mo
Missouri Pacific
Texas Eagle
de Soto
Robert Krieger
Monroe, Mich
Festus
William H. Wagner
St. Louis
Jerry Severs
Poplar Bluff
Wagner
Admitted Tax Evaders Face New Substitute Indictments
Kansas City based case where Mr and Mrs John F Byrne face substitute indictments for 1956 and 1957 income tax underreporting. IRS alleges 1956 income of 19229 vs 5181 reported and 1957 income of 6323 with no report. Judge Duncan previously dismissed 1957 counts after guilty pleas. U S district attorney says new indictments avoid legal technicality.
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Kansas City, Mo
John F. Byrne
Internal Revenue Service
Byrne
Richard M. Duncan
Duncan
Byrnes
F. Russell Millin
U.S
Dressy Bandits Invade Church
Two gunmen in business suits and porkpie hats robbed the First Presbyterian church in Hollywood of more than $1,000 Tuesday night during a “new members night.” They forced the business manager Robert Bruce Young Jr. to open the safe as 200 attendees gathered below. phones were ripped out and six cash boxes emptied of cash and checks. Dr. Herbert Downie and Thomas Craig were escorted to sit on a couch. One robber guarded the doorway while the other rifled through cash boxes.
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Hollywood
Calif
First Presbyterian Church
Robert Bruce Young Jr
Herbert Downie
Thomas Craig
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