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Newspaper

Southern Illinoisan

Location

Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1955

Page

8

Jeweler and Wife Held Captive Then Robbery Strikes Store

In Aurora on a Saturday night two masked robbers restrained jeweler Joseph K. Fodor and his wife Nellie through the night. They looted Fodor’s store of about $55,000 in jewelry plus $400 cash and personal rings valued at $3,000 and $1,500, while threatening violence and mentioning prior planning. Police suspect possible accomplices.

Aurora Joseph K. Fodor Nellie St. Joseph Mercy Hospital San Fodor Fodors

Hospital to Jail Transfer in Pannell Case

Bevie Pannell, 59, a Union County farmhand, moved from Union County Hospital to the county jail after being treated for a self inflicted head wound. He is charged with murder in the fatal shooting of foreman Audey Littleton and wounding his wife Jewell Littleton, with Mrs. Littleton recovering from facial injuries.

Bevie Pannell Union County Pannell Union County Hospital Anna Ucsing Audey Littleton Littleton John Paul Davis

Coed’s Killing Suspect Held in Omaha Case

A former taxicab driver, questioned in the death of 20 year old Carolyn Marie Nevins, denied the slaying after a bar remark surfaced. Nevins, a University of Omaha junior, was shot four times between Friday morning and Saturday dawn. her body was found off a campus driveway as her father was delayed arriving.

Omaha Carolyn Marie Nevins Ernest Brown Bill Bilotte Omaha World- Herald Brown Carolyn University of Omaha

Split To Help French Reds Split

A wide split in the 1951 anti Communist alliance in France promised the Reds more National Assembly seats in the January 2 election. Feud in the Radical Socialist party and proportional distribution if no district majority could boost Communist gains amid a record 5,000 candidates for 627 seats.

Reds Nation Assembly Nist Radical Socialist Party Pierre Mendes-France Egdar Faure

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