Campagna Wake Attracts Hoods and Mob Ties
Campagna Wake notes ties to New York hoods and rising mobster Al Capone. Capone recruited Campagna as bodyguard as he built a bloody empire. Campagna later co led Chicago syndicate with Frank Nitti and served a 19 year old robbery sentence. In 1943 he was convicted of extortion plotting against the motion picture industry. He then became a gentleman farmer after parole.
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New York
al Capone
Capone
Campagna
Chicago
Frank
Nitti
Argo
Iil
Research ship sails for Arctic
Halifax Nova Scotia reports an expedition sailing to the Arctic to finish beach surveys in Davis and Hudson Straits. The mission supports the landing of men and supplies to build the eastern end of the U S Canadian distant early warning radar system.
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Halifax
N.S
Davis and
Hudson Straits
U. S
Frequent Robber Strikes Wright's Store Again
A routine report notes Wright raised arms as suspects fled with $22 from the till. The store has endured five robberies in the past two years, highlighting ongoing security concerns.
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Wright
Red-haired collegian completes three-year college run
Miss Gregory aged 32 from Syracuse New York recalls a peripatetic childhood with eight years of schooling squeezed into three moves. Born in Petersburg Virginia she spent 15 years as part of a bicycle acrobatic act before pursuing a bachelor of arts degree after three busy years of school and college studies.
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Syracuse
N. Y
Margaret
Gregory
Petersburg
President Signs Anti Threat Bill
President Eisenhower signed a bill making threats against the vice president president elect and the president punishable by a 1000 dollar fine and up to five years in prison.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Austrian delegation arrives in Moscow to seek trade pact
Moscow reports that an Austrian delegation led by V Platzer, head of the economic department at the Foreign Ministry, arrived in Moscow to pursue a trade pact. The meeting aims to advance bilateral economic ties and discuss potential agreements.
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Moscow
V. Platzer
Foreign Ministry
Self Opening Bottle Cap Idea Aimed At Everyday Use
Powell, a Leesburg area general store owner, explains his self opening bottle cap design. He says the cap will be noticed by anyone who looks for a bottle opener and envisions applying the concept to his patent portable ice fishing shelter that folds into a three inch suitcase.
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Powell
Leesburg
Miners to Elect Picnic Officers in District Meeting
Election of officers for the miners' picnic committee is the main item at a 10 o'clock Sunday meeting in District 11 UMWA headquarters at Eighth and Eagle streets. President Harvey Hammond is hospitalized and cannot continue. The picnic is set for August 12 to 14, the weekend nearest the first miners' pay, per longstanding custom.
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Miners’ Picnic
U.M.W.A
Eighth
Eagle Streets
Harvey Hammond
Thieves Crack Safe at Builders Specialties Co
In Boston on June 2 thieves ripped open a safe marked not to be opened claiming it held under 50 dollars. Police reported the safe contained 256 dollars.
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Boston
Office of
Builders Specialties Co
Township Fire Meeting Friday
Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department No 2 will meet at Rankin Junior High School at 6 30 oclock Friday evening. Loading and unloading of fire hose and equipment.
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Harrison Township Volunteer Fire Department
Rankin Junior High School
Sullivan native Mary Stafford weds Robert Loftus in Chicago
Mary Joan Stafford daughter of James and Mrs. Stafford of Indianapolis and granddaughter of Mrs. Lillie Roe of Sullivan married Robert J. Loftus of Chicago at Little Flower Church in Chicago. After a Florida honeymoon they will live in Dolton Illinois later this summer.
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Sullivan, Ind
Mary Joan Stafford
James Curlee Stafford
Indianapolis
Lillie Roe
Sullivan
Robert J. Loftus
Chicago
Little Flower Church
Loftus
Edward Loftus
Staffords
Florida
Dolton
Ill
Peurifoy Heads to Bangkok with Son
U S ambassador to Thailand John Peurifoy departed San Francisco for Bangkok Wednesday night, accompanied by his son J Clinton Peurifoy, on the official trip.
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San Francisco
John Peurifoy
U. S
Thailand
Bangkok
J. Clinton Peurifoy
Car Sideswiped in Local Hit-and-Run Incident
Ralph Long of 2423 Locust Street reported to officers Walls and Beasley that his automobile was sideswiped by a hit and run motorist.
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Ralph Long
Locust Street
Walls and
S. Beasley
Red Tape Grows Under Communist Rule in Poland
London editor Colin Frost reports from Poland on pervasive officialdom. Western technicians face three storerooms and triple listings causing delays. Delegations of professors often stall simple placement decisions. If the regime limits bureaucracy, it could sharpen Poland’s international trade edge.
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London
Poland
Polk Polly dies first polio case in Texas
Ronald Ford eight year old of Gainesville received a Salk anti polio vaccine shot April 29th and died of polio yesterday marking the first Texas case of its kind.
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Gainesville
Tex
w—Ronald Ford
Texas
Yale Alumni Face Lottery Charge in Hartford Outing
Yale Club of Hartford faces arrest on alleged illegal lottery conducted at a May 18 fund raiser in Simsbury for Yale Scholarship Fund. Retired Justice William Maltbie won a car in the drawing and plans to sell it to support Yale, while state authorities pursue misdemeanor charges with up to $100 fine or one year in jail.
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Hartford
Conn
Yale
Supreme Court
Albert S. Bill
Yale Club of
Simsbury
William M. Maltbie
Not for Mandy Aunt Mandy 104 visits Louisville
Amanda Gatewood, who will turn 104 in September, says she will go to heaven when she flies. She arrived by car from Bedford, Kentucky to visit relatives in Louisville and declares she has always lived right and helped the poor.
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Louisville
Mandy
Amanda Gatewood
Bedford
Mail Rockets Could Span Oceans Says West German Minister
Bonn reports Postal Minister Siegfried Balke says mail-carrying rockets may cross oceans. He notes scientists study achieving absolute accuracy in firing such rockets during an interview. The mail rocket is a definite concept for the future.
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Bonn
Germany
Siegfried Balke
Balke
West Germany to launch world dial telephone links
Balke, an industrialist and publisher turned cabinet member, predicts a modernized postal system in West Germany with telephones dialing anywhere, telegrams by television, and no postage stamps. He expects a dial telephone service with Switzerland soon, expanding to more countries, as over 40 percent of long distance calls are already dialed directly.
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Balke
West Germany
Reach choice tenants through Want Ads
A brief classified item invites readers to contact the number C-1331 for rental inquiries and tenant referrals. The terse notice emphasizes finding suitable tenants via want ads.
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Dial
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