Notorious Ohio Bank Robber Nabbed on FBI Most Wanted List
Kenneth D. Carpenter, 48, long criminal record and tattooed face, arrested by FBI in Memphis amid ongoing manhunt. His crimes stretch from 1937 bank robberies in Ohio to a 1950 Mount BlanchardBank heist. He faced sentences in Ohio Penitentiary, Leavenworth, and other federal facilities, with parole violations cited through 1950. Carpenter’s latest capture follows a history of car thefts, armed robberies, and escape attempts dating back to the 1930s. He is still wanted by Ohio authorities for parole violation.
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Memphis
Tenn
Kenneth D. Carpenter
FBI
Upper Sandusky
C. Erwin Piper
Ohio State
Reformatory
Carpenter
Northwest
Ohio
Oswego County
Oswey
Wood County
Kan
Jackson
Wyandot County
London
Farm
Oklahoma City i
Mount Blanchard
Mount Vernon
Leavenworth
Oswego
Elyria signs plan sparks fringe political notes in press
A local Chronicle-Telegram item reports Elyria officials Mayor Grant Keys and Safety Service Director Michael Lotko proposed 34 parking signs with City Parking and sponsor names. Industry rejected sponsorship, revealing no money for the plan. The piece also riffs on Keys, Lotko, and local civic life with humor and side items from the sporting world and city notes.
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Elyria
Lorain County
Cuyahoga County
Grant Keys
Mike Lotko
Secon
Mickey Spillane
Keys
Lotko
Sterling Fellows
Safety Service
Michael J. Lotke
Lotko-Keys
Behold
Great Plains Snowstorm Grips Nation Across Regions
A vast snowstorm blanketed the central United States from the Great Plains toward the East, with depths up to 18 inches in parts of Minnesota and nearby states. Temperatures plunged to near or below zero across the region as the storm extended 800 miles from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico, disrupting travel and communications. The system also sent temperatures plunging to 72 degrees in the southwest and caused schools to close and auto disruption in major cities like Chicago.
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United Press
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Norfolk
Brownsville
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Tex
Lipsburg
Pennsylvania
Great Plains
Chicago
Montana
Mercury
New York
Bryce Can
Utah
Rocky Mountain
Hudson River
Pacific Coast
Southland
Chronicle Telegram
Elyria
Ohio
Chiago
Duluth
Minn
Wyoming
Nansas
Iowa
Canadian
Gulf of Mexico
GOP Senators Back Dixon-Yates Pact Defense
Senate Republicans move to publicly defend the Dixon Yates power contract amid Democratic criticism. The GOP Policy Committee circulated a memorandum to present the administration's side, with Sen Barry Goldwater urging others to follow. He called the deal the free enterprise way to boost electric power in the Tennessee Valley Authority area.
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Senate Republican Policy Committee
GOP
Barry M. Goldwater
Rariz
Senate
Tennessee Valley Authority
Fire damages Athens First Methodist Church in blaze
A fire swept the brick structure of Athens First Methodist Church leaving walls standing and causing about 200000 in loss. Firemen battled in freezing temperatures with one firefighter hospitalized from smoke poisoning. Nearby Atomic Energy Commission testimony noted peacetime uses and cooperation talks with Belgium Britain and Canada.
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First Methodist
Athens
McCarthy
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
Army
Robert
Stevens
Marvin S. Belsky
Belsky
Supreme Court
John J. Wilams
R-Del
Congress
Treas
Umdue
John M. Versteeg
Eternal Revenue Service
Williams
Wilers AL Quuu
Iar
E& Bleze
Atomic Energy| J Commission
Joint Atomic Energy
Belgium
Britain
Canada
Ruth Burgenheim Nominated Miss Student Nurse of Greater Cleveland
A 1 year old North Eaton girl, Ruth Burgenheim, will represent M B Johnson School of Nursing at Elyria Memorial Hospital in Cleveland Tuesday night for the Miss Student Nurse of Greater Cleveland and Elyria title. She is a 1952 Eaton High School graduate admired as an outstanding student with professional manners and aims to enter psychiatry after Sept. 1 graduation. The 12 contestants were chosen from senior nursing students and will compete at St Johns College Auditorium in Cleveland.
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North Eaton
M. B. Johnson School of Nursing
Elyria Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Greater
Elyria
Ruth Burgenheim
Eaton High School
Burgenheim
Karl Eady
St. John's College
Johnson School of Nursing
Eaton High
Miss Burgenheim
Cupid
Donald Nash
Lester Phelps
Phelps
Mnaily
Eady
U.S to Exhibit at International Trade Fairs
Commerce Secretary Sinclair Weeks announced the creation of an Office of International Trade Fairs to help U S industrialists display their wares at foreign exhibitions. The agency aims to position the United States as a leading exhibitor at fairs abroad.
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Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
U. S
Smust Defined By Los Angeles Air District
The Air Pollution Control District in Los Angeles explains smust as a new word for the blend of desert dust and smoke from orchard smudge pots. Spokesmen describe it as a local air quality issue amid ongoing smog troubles.
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Smust
Los Angeles
Air Pollution Control District
Widow saves six in $44 million fire in Carbondale
A 52-year-old widow earned praise for saving six lives as a fire swept through Carbondale's business district, a four million dollar blaze that damaged about 44 million dollars, with additional fires in northeast Pennsylvania leaving over 400 homeless and causing 1.15 million dollars in losses.
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Carbondale
Pennsylvania
Woman Faces Charge After Fire Rescue Incident
Mrs Sophie Farnham widow aided Mrs Marie Tresslar and her two children Donna and Thomas after a fire blocked their escape. Farnham led them to safety and later submitted to an altometer test amid drunkenness charges. Fire at Carbondale caused extensive damage to 29 businesses and left many homeless, with 225 firefighters battling the blaze. Police and fire officials prepared to investigate the blaze’s cause while other incidents included a bus train crash in Delaware and unrelated DWI cases in Elyria.
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Joseph Healey
Sophie W. Farnham
Marie Tresslar
Donna
Thomas
Healey
Tresslars
James
Farmham
Drateau
Maynard J. Cal Jr
Cleveland SL
Reading
Wic
Carbondale
Desset
Dahl
West Ave
Carlos West Ave
SL. Bondale
William Murphy
Delaware
Jane M. Case
Pilel
Carbondale Hospital
Senate
New York
Ostrander
Shenandoah
Kara Swisher
Shirley Budd
Robert
Bis
Shorts for Summer Airmen Like Comfort but Knees Stir Debate
Air Force personnel weigh hot weather comfort against appearance as shorts become part of military attire. Voices from bases in Hamilton, Mitchel, Hensley and others debate whether shorts suit airmen and if women will wear skirts in public areas, acknowledging morale and dignity concerns.
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Washington
Air Force
J Smle
Eugene Woods
Newport
Hamilton
Lon Air Force Base
San Francisco
Robert Randall
Angle
Witches Air Force Base
N.Y
L. H. Avila
Mitchel
Arthur F
George A. Bishop
Lake Dave
Minneapolis
Worth
Fla
Hensley
Dallas
Air Force Base
Tex
Pentagon
Johnston Islands
Lausche Heads Honorary Pallbearers For Capitol Newsman
Governor Lausche and other state leaders announce honorary pallbearers for Hor gee Daugherty longtime Ohio State House correspondent and former AP reporter who died at age 69 after abdominal operations. Daugherty served as public relations director in the Attorney General's office after retirement.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Horgee
Doc
Daugherty
Pop Deal
Ohio Legislative Correspondents Association
Foremer
State House
Associated Press
Lausche
William O'Neill
Robert L. Vincent
International News Service
Brady Black
The
Cincinnati Inquirer
Hal W. Cope Fry
Scripps-Howard
Richard A. Forster
Cincinnati Times- Star
Malcolm H. Galbreath
Columbus Dispatch
J. E. Meckstroth
Ohio
Alvin Silverman
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Burdett T. Johns
Associated Press Ohio
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