Youth Kills Girl and Self in Texas Tragedy
In Covington Texas a 19 year old, George Clements, shot Marilyn Forston 17 at a Dunham hardware counter and then killed himself. The pair had dated but recently broken up. The pistol had figured in two prior family killings, with Robert Clements also dying by gunshot.
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Covington
Texas
Pia Atocky
Charles Garrison
George Clements
Marilyn
Forston
George
Robert
Charles Avery
D. O. Dunham Hardware
Miss Forston
Texas Wesleyan College
Forth Worth
Tex
Marilyn Forston
Fort Worth
D. C. Denham
Aberdeen auto salesman kills teacher then commits suicide
A 30 year old Aberdeen, South Dakota auto salesman Liscom Boardman shot and killed his former sweetheart Joanna Rurup, 19, as they sat in his car near Rasmussen County School. He then fired a shot to his head and died at a Britton hospital. Fred Balding found the pair. Boardman had harassed Miss Rurup since 1948.
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Aberdeen
S. D
Joanna Rurup
Rasmussen County
Ray Gates
Liscom Boardman
Boardman
Britton
Fred Balding
Broadman
Miss Rurup
Water Waste Brings Fines In New York
Magistrate Morris Rothenberg fines nine men $25 to $100 for leakage and waste as New York faces a critically low water supply. Reservoirs are 34.7 percent full, with about 62 days of supply left. The city orders ship lines to source water elsewhere and closes standpipes on about 250 docks to conserve water.
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New York
Morris Rothenberg
Reds Open Drive For Asian Women
Washington reports a Soviet aligned drive to enlist 500 million Asian women in a campaign to socialize Asia. Officials describe the effort as the most ambitious recruitment of women for a political cause in world history. Propaganda mirrors Moscow lines with widespread blame aimed at the United States and Western colonial powers.
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Washington
Asia
U.S
Moscow Party
Mediterranean
Pacific
United States
Europe
Passport pact signed by Brussels Treaty powers
The five Brussels Treaty powers signed an agreement allowing each other’s soldiers to move without passports or visas. The pact exempts service members from income tax where stationed and sets rules for arrest, trial of lawbreakers, and settlement of damage claims.
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London C
Two Chicago Women Arrested in Hotel Theft Case
Two Chicago women Jacqueline Nightingale and Geraldeine Cobb were arrested in Manhattan after detectives followed hotel rest activity for six days. They allegedly stole a businessman's wallet and a $1500 diamond ring when he blacked out in a Commodore Hotel room. Police recovered the ring, $125, and knockout drops from the room.
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New York
Chicago
Jacqueline Nightingale
Geraldeine Cobb
Croydon
Commodore
Miss Nightingale
Miss Cobb
John Doe
Miss Nightengale
Manhattan
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