Two Fatalities in Missouri Mental Hospital Rampage
Teddy Alva Lane, 49, a patient at state hospital No. 1 Fulton, used a meat cleaver injuring two others and an attendant during a five minute attack. Walter Gurley died, Richard McLane was beaten, and Joe Young suffered a skull fracture before Lane surrendered to staff.
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Fulton, Mo
State Hospital No. 1
Teddy Alva Lane
Knox County Court
Richard McLane
Ellington
Walter Gurley
St. Francois County
Gurley
Lane
McLane
Joe W. Young
Stevens
Young
W. J. Cremer
Five brothers die in early morning blaze in West Hazleton
A pre dawn fire in a frame two story home in West Hazleton, Pennsylvania, killed five boys aged seven months to eleven from the Gaczick family of 13. Parents Mr and Mrs Stanley Gaczick and six year old Robert were severely burned and in critical condition. Neighbors and a later relief effort raised close to $1,000 for the family.
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West Hazelton
Stanley Gaczick
Robert
Hazleton State Hospital
Dominick
Thomas
Leo
Richard
Joseph
Steven
Eleanor
Clara
Aloysius
Joan
Gaczick
Edward
West Hazleton
Borough Hall
Hazleton
Elderly Man Killed by Car Near Boise
Funeral services were pending for Jefferson B. Chalk about 70 a Soldier's Home resident who died from injuries after a car struck him last night Ada County Coroner Clyde Summers said Chalk was struck by Myron Bruce Tucker 18 of Boise driving east toward Boise Tucker said he was blinded by a bright headlight from an oncoming car.
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Boise
Jefferson B. Chalk
Ada County
Clyde Summers
Chalk
Myron Bruce Tucker
Tucker
Summers
Two robbers hold up Boise theater and tie up manager
Police search for two armed bandits who robbed the Granada theater in Boise, trussed manager Clyde Willard with copper wire, and escaped with 75 dollars after the victim freed himself and alerted police. The theft occurred when the men came to report a missing billfold and found an unlocked safe.
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Boise
Clyde Willard
Granada Theater
Willard
Three Gunmen Sought After Officer Slain and Kidnapping
US Canada air travel pact opens New York to Trans-Canada Airlines and keeps Gander rights. Meantime Mandan police trap three gunmen linked to the slaying of a cop and the kidnapping of a second, with pursuit spanning Bismarck Mandan area and an armed car stolen in the crime.
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Washington
United States
Canada
New York
Trans-Canada Air Lines
Gander
Newfoundland
U. S
Aviation Writers Association
State Department
Civil Aeronautics Board
Toronto
Buffalo
Great Falls
Mont
Edmonton
Albertia
Lethbridge
Europe
Orient
Alaska
Ice Foundland
Montreal
Asia
Australia
Honolulu
Caribbean
South America
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mandan
N.D
FBI
Colombians vote in record city council and legislature elections
About 2 million Colombian men turned out Sunday in Bogota for polls across the country to elect city councils state legislatures and 132 members of the chamber of representatives. The election proceeded in a calm and orderly fashion with minor incidents in a few towns.
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Bogota
Colombia
Chamber of Representatives
Eisler Flight On Schedule After Immigration Questioning
New York authorities announced the ship Batory would sail at noon as officials investigated whether crew aided communist Gerhart Eisler’s entry. Four crew members and Captain Jan Cwiklinski were questioned at immigration headquarters and later returned to the ship for its scheduled departure.
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New York
United States
Gerhart Eisler
Immigration Service
Batory
Eisler
Jan Cwiklinski
Cwiklinski
Stewarts
Gdynia American Line
Race Car Driver Ronnie Cash Killed at Hybla Valley Speedway
In Hybla Valley Virginia Ronnie Cash 31 well known race car driver died in a crash on the first turn during a semifinal race. Spectators including his wife and daughter watched as Douglas Bailey 27 of Winchester was injured with multiple fractured ribs and severe arm lacerations.
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Alexandria
Ronnie Cash
Hybla Valley
Douglas Bailey
Winchester
Alexandria Hospital
Ex-Hoodlum Holden Kills Wife in Drunken Chicago Rampage
Chicago police say 52 year old Tommy Holden once linked to Capone era fired during a birthday party incident, killing his wife Lillian and two brothers in law and injuring a fourth before escaping. The veteran gunman, fresh from Alcatraz and Leavenworth, had a $135000 Grand Trunk mail car robbery conviction and a history with Capone era gangs.
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Chicago
Tommy Holden
Alcatraz
Holden
Capone
Grand Trunk Railroad
Lillian
John Archer
Ray Griffin
Griffin
Alva
Englewood Hospital
Ray Brady
Brady
May
Roy Redman
Archer
Redmans
Rock
Scarface al Capone
Basil Bangheart
Leavenworth
Francis Keating
Grand Trunk
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Michigan
Ralph
Bottles) Capone
Sammy Hunt
Keating
Kansas City
Korean Clash Death Toll Near Seoul Escalates
South Korean military reports about 100 troops either killed or wounded in two weeks of clashes with Soviet supported North Korean forces along the Ongjin peninsula, about 85 miles northwest of Seoul.
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Seoul
Korea
Ongjin
Marshall Calls North Atlantic Pact Ratification Very Important
Gen. George C. Marshall urged prompt ratification of the North Atlantic security pact as vital for lasting peace and prosperity at a Washington banquet honoring him. President Truman praised Marshall as a great American and pledged continued U S support to free European nations in recovery efforts led by the Marshall Plan and anti-communist doctrine.
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George C. Marshall
President Truman
Washington
Truman
Marshall
Europe
United States
Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Harvard University
Meteor Explodes Across Florida Sky Spanning Peninsula
Residents from Miami to Tallahassee and across southern Georgia observed a bright ball of fire in the sky at 7 50 p m. Reports from police and military bases confirm a tremendous flash and a long trail of luminous gas across 50 to 60 miles, visible until about 8 15 p m.
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Miami
Fla
Florida Peninsula
Highwy
Tallahasee
Florida
Tampa
Fort Myers
Georgia
Naval Airport
Coast Guard
McDill Air Force Base
Lynching Probe as GBI Builds Case in Irwinton
In Irwinton Georgia the Georgia Bureau of Investigation works in secret to indict two white men held in the Wilkinson County jail for the lynching of Caleb Hill a Black man found shot and beaten near a vacant store Hill’s death follows two suspected lynchers Dennis Lamar Purvis and Vivian Pierce both in custody as grand jury convenes June 14 Sheriff George Hatcher cooperates but defers public comment Lt H M Spurlin says evidence will be presented for indictments while another Black inmate Tom Carswell recounted two white men using jail keys to remove Hill from his cell. Sheriff Hatcher was away investigating a fight at a juke joint.
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Brown
Bedingfield
Norris
Hoehnen
Twin Falls
Power County
H. L. Davis
Davis
J. Wilson Creed
Creed
Pocatello
Gate City
Irwinton
Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Wilkinson County
George Hatcher
Caleb Hill
Hatcher
GBI
H. M.) Spurlin
Spurlin
Dennis Lamar Purvis
Vivian Pierce
Hill
Tom Carswell
Dr Dorothy Atkinson Elected President of Medical Women's Assn
Dr Dorothy W Atkinson of San Francisco California was elected president of the American Medical Women's Association at a meeting in Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Dorothy W. Atkinson
San Francisco
Calif
American Medical Women's Association
Film Star Irene Dunne Receives Honorary Degree
Hollywood Dr Irene Dunne was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from Mt St Marys College for Women in Los Angeles in recognition of her fidelity to Catholic principles and her work with cancer research organizations.
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Hollywood
Irene Dunne
Mt. St. Mary’s College For Women
Los Angeles
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Sam Staynard
Wally Kelly
City Recreation Athletic
Mendy
U. S.-Canada
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Bismarck-Mandan
Ralph Senn
Richfield
Minn
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