Bank Robber Caught In 44 Minutes In Hoffman
Marvin Gramlich, 56, of East St. Louis, paroled former deputy, robbed Farmers State Bank at Hoffman of 6390 then fled. Police chased at 90 mph, captured 1:59 p.m. near Scott Air Force Base after 2 mile pursuit. Cash and pistol recovered. Gramlich confessed. Second Southern Illinois bank robbery in eight days ends with arrest.
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Gramlich
St. Clair County
Illinois
St. Louis County
Farmers State Bank
Hoffman
Centralia
Clifford Flood
Marvin Gramlich
East St. Louis
Gramlick
Scott Air Force Base
Missouri State Penitentiary
Arthur C. Mosley
Army
Air Force
Southern Illinois
Campbell Hill
St. Louisans
Holden Leads Poll as Top Box Office Star
Hollywood voters name William Holden as the movies' new king of the box office. The poll ranks John Wayne James Stewart Burt Lancaster Glenn Ford Martin and Lewis Gary Cooper Marilyn Monroe Kim Novak and Frank Sinatra as runners up.
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Hollywood
William Holden
John Wayne
James Stewart
Burt Lancaster
Glenn Ford
Martin and Lewis
Gary Cooper
Marilyn Monroe
Kim Novak
Frank Sinatra
Trains Collide Near New Douglas Killing One Crewman
A head on collision of two Nickel Plate freight trains near New Douglas Illinois killed Edward F. Bugle 42 of Charleston and injured three others. The wreck sent 10 to 15 box cars off the rails and burned for hours as diesel fuel spilled.
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New Douglas
Ill
Madison County
Edward F. Bugle
Charleston
C. E. Moore
Madison
St. Louis
Unsettled Weather Moves Across Southern Illinois
Sleet mixed with freezing rain tonight into tomorrow morning. Cold, cloudy conditions expected Saturday with a low near 30 and a high in the low 40s. Saturday night low in the upper 20s. Yesterday's highs reached 70 with 0.87 inches of precipitation since yesterday morning. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake lie well below spillway levels by today.
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Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Nixon urges aid to Britain at Detroit dinner
Vice President Nixon called for financial aid to Britain amid the Suez crisis. In a speech at the 42nd National Automobile Show Dinner at the Waldorf Astoria he labeled Soviet actions in Hungary a major defeat for world communism and credited the U.S. stand in the Middle East with protecting the United Nations. He spoke to about 1,500 auto-industry leaders, timing his first major address since the election. He did not address Britain’s lend-lease payment due later this month.
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Nixon
Britain
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Russia
Hungary
United States
Middle East
United Nations
Ike condemns leakage of defense data at budget talks
President Eisenhower told Defense Secretary Wilson that leakage of Pentagon budget and manpower plans must stop. The informal session on a $38 billion defense budget for the year starting July 1 followed pool reports from Hagerty Roberts and Edwards.
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Eisenhower
Wilson
Pentagon
James C. Hagerty
White House
Augusta National Golf Club
Charles Roberts
Newsweek Magazine
John Edwards
American Broadcasting Co
Roberts
Edwards
Armed Services
One Dead Forty Hurt In L Train Fire
An explosion in electrical equipment caused a blaze in the front car of a moving Chicago elevated train during rush hour. The motorman Daniel Cullen, 47, was killed and about 40 passengers were injured as passengers fled through windows and flames engulfed the first two cars near Howard Street. The fire halted the four car train near Jarvis Avenue as chaos erupted.
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Howard Street
CTA
Daniel Cullen
Russell Lane
Associated Press
Lane
Jarvis Avenue
Pate Returns Plans To Stay On Farm
Arlie Pate, a 25 year old Korean War prisoner of war, arrives at a Carbondale area farm in a heavy rain to be reunited with his family after six years. He appears confident and unremorseful as reporters note his cocky demeanor during the Hong Kong to Chicago leg of the homecoming. He had loan funds remaining and plans to live on the family farm of 79 acres with 30 cultivated, after being freed Sunday near Hong Kong.
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Carbondale
Daniel Howard Pate
Hong Kong
Chicago
Pate
Arlie
Southern Illinoisan
Thomas Crawshaw
Rt. 4
7Th Army
China
Chosin
North Korea
Wilson
New Orleans
Aaron Wilson
Louisiana
Urania
Pate Returns Home After Korea War Controversy
Pate arrived at his family farm near Carbondale amid questions about his repatriation stance. He denied being paid to talk and said he would welcome media politeness while his aunt criticized local coverage. News crews, delayed by mud, found him elusive at the farm.
Forgetful Secretary Saves $3 500
Automobile dealer Carl Barding credited his forgetful secretary Mary Lane after burglars stole cash from the safe—only to find $3 500 left in her desk drawer. Police noted the loot from the safe totaled about $80.
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Clinton
Carl Barding
Barding
Mary Lane
Eisenhower Drought Survey Itinerary Not Mapped
Press Secretary Hagerty said no decision yet on which drought hit states President Eisenhower will survey during a mid January inspection tour. An aerial survey of several Midwest and Southwest states is planned, with itinerary expected to be set in days or weeks.
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Congress
Augusta
Eisenhower
White House
James Hagerty
Nixon
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Midwest
So Many Changes Pearl Harbor Wrecks Tourist Light
Pearl Harbor on December 7 marks 15th anniversary of the 1941 attack. Tourists visit Battleship Row amid vivid reminders of the ships sunk and the shift from battleship dominance to aircraft carrier strategy in modern warfare.
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Pearl Harbor Wrecks
Pearl Harbor
America
Adm
Felix B. Stump
Conservatives Win Two Confidence Votes In Parliament
Britain's Conservatives retained power after beating a censure motion over the Suez operation 327 to 260 and winning a confidence vote on Middle East policy 312 to 260. Acting Prime Minister Butler claimed the government has a long life. Entitled Eden rested in Jamaica, the party faced internal dissension but held together to defend its government.
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Britain
Conservatives
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Suez
Middle East
Eden
Labor Party
Egypt
France
Conservative
R. A. Butler
Jamaica
Butler
Ottawa youth dies from accidental gun wound
James Killilea aged 18 of Ottawa died from an accidental gun wound received on Thanksgiving Day. He was shot in the stomach in the kitchen at his grandfather’s farm home near Mendota.
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Mendota
James Killilea
Ottawa
Battleships Mothballed at Philadelphia Navy Yard
The California and Tennessee, two of eight battleships attacked at Pearl Harbor, were mothballed today at the Philadelphia naval base, ending their active service as part of shoreline fleet reductions.
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California
Tennessee
Pearl Harbor
Philadelphia Naval Base
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