Ice cream vendor helps foil Bronx Zoo cash heist
New York police recount a five minute gun battle at 11:05 AM near the Bronx Zoo in which an ice cream vendor and street cleaner aided by animal keepers and a platoon of disguised officers stopped bandits seeking a $50,000 cash haul. One bandit was killed and another wounded. a third captured after a failed getaway. The truck carried only a nominal amount of cash.
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New York
UPI
Bronx Zoo
Kenneth Ford
Philip Dennehy
Ford
Harry Polak
Richard Messina
Michael Viggiano
French European Unity Pioneer Schuman Dies at 77
Robert Schuman respected as a founder of European unification died at his Sey Chazelles home near Metz. Ill since a 1961 stroke, he had a second stroke four weeks earlier and helped spark the Schuman Plan that led to the Coal and Steel Community and later the Common Market with France Germany Italy Belgium and Luxembourg.
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Metz
France
UPI
Robert Schuman
Schuman
Sey-Chazelles
Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Common Market
Europe
Jean Monnet
Sticker Law Called Success
Arizona Highway Department official Timmermans reported the new motor vehicle inspection law ran successfully this year. He thanked motorists for compliance as nearly 700 000 vehicles were inspected at 1 688 certified stations with a cost near the national average of 3 dollars 86 cents per vehicle.
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Phoenix
UPS
H.T. Timmermans
Arizona Highway Department
Timmermans
Labor Day Highway Toll Hits Record 559 Dead
United Press International reports final Labor Day statistics show 559 traffic deaths over 78 hours from Friday 6 p m to Monday 12 a.m. The toll includes 559 traffic deaths, 67 drownings, 9 boating, 6 plane, and 72 miscellaneous for a total of 713 casualties.
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National Safety Council
UN Chief seeks full report on Israeli Syrian border flare up
Thant moved for a comprehensive report on UN truce supervision after Russia vetoed a Security Council action. The veto followed the August 19 killings of two Israeli farmers near the Sea of Galilee and renewed clashes between Israeli and Syrian forces. Israel also charged Jordanian troops with killing a Israeli laborer near Ein Karem as Morocco opposed the resolution and Venezuela abstained.
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United Nations, N.Y
UPI
Thant
Russia
Security Council
Middle East
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Syria
Sea of Galilee
Israel
United Nations
U. N
Jerusalem
Ein Karem
Morocco
Venezuela
Bridge Lesson On Unusual Leads By Alfred Sheinwold
A bridge column discusses the double lead as unusual and the West East bidding misfires. The article notes a spade lead from West and a debate over the correct opening. It cites a potential three thousand point swing and promotes a bridge book. Manila report notes seven women drowned in the Villa River near Manila.
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East
West
Manila
UPI
Villa
Miss America Parade Braces Wind On Boardwalk
Fifty two contestants traversed three miles along the Atlantic City Boardwalk facing a 20 mph wind. Crowds reached around 150000 as Miss South Dakota Heather Paterson flirted her gown behind a float while Miss Tennessee Martha Ellen Truett drew the largest cheer and Miss New Jersey Janet Adams also received strong applause.
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Atlantic City
N. J
UPI
South Dakota
Heather Paterson
Tennessee
Martha Ellen Truett
New Jersey
Janet Adams
Tornado Hits Wallops Town Causes Million in Damage
Two men watching the storm saw a tornado surge through Wallops Town in St Marys Pennsylvania. It tore through 100 to 150 homes and garages and 20 trailer homes. The twister turned a tractor trailer in the air four times and damaged utility lines. Less than 20 were treated at hospitals, four with injuries including a fractured leg.
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ST. Mary’s
UPI
Tom Hauber
Hauber
John Mishock
Pennsylvania
Danny LoMiglio Leaves Hospital After Rattlesnake Bite
Daniel Scott LoMiglio bitten twice by a timber rattlesnake August 21 is released from Scottsdale Baptist Hospital. He was treated in fair condition after a camping trip near Payson with his parents Mr and Mrs John LoMiglio. He assisted his son with first aid and was flown in by Air Force Rescue helicopter from Payson Hospital.
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Daniel Scott LoMiglio
Scottsdale Baptist Hospital
John LoMiglio
3Rd St
Payson
LoMiglio
Daniel
Air Force
Payson Hospital
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N.Y
Scottsdale
N. Scottsdale Rd
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Ki Bends
Harper’s Bazaar
McCall’s
VOGUE
Tulsa
Bootery
S. Old Scottsdale Rd
California
Wendy Douglas
Mississippi
Barbara Jan Nave
Louisiana
Linda Baucum
Wisconsin
Barbara Bon
Wallops Town
Danny LoMiglio
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