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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1958
Page
8
A large female robber, described as weighing around 300 pounds, threatened clerk Agnes Bleichter with a revolver in a Buffalo East Side liquor store robbery. She demanded all the money and fled with about $50, leaving the store sealed for five minutes while police were alerted.
Dorothy Moore and her son Dale faced a chaotic bus ride during Christmas shopping. Mrs Moore lost $9 from her purse on the vehicle but a passing motorist recovered it. She then chased after Dale through eight blocks, finally reuniting with him after window shopping.
Liang Hsi, 75, former forestry minister for Communist China, died in Beijing on Wednesday after a funeral service. He served as forestry minister during the 1549 era and was a key political figure known for his role in mainland China relations with Hong Kong.
Approximately 100 first and second grade students were led to safety as a basement fire damaged the old Lawrence Street School in Woburn Massachusetts. Firefighters contained the blaze after two alarms. no injuries were reported. The building sits near central Main Street.
Fairview Utah honors Peter and Celestia Petersen on their 80th wedding anniversary with a testimonial dinner. A taped tribute will be played due to hearing loss. Mayor Otis Wielsen and LDS Apostle LeGrand Richards laud the couple’s long life, faith and loyalty. the pair wed December 11 1898 after a journey from St George. They trace longevity to daily prayer, abstinence and steady work, noting 253 blood descendants and 226 through marriage.
Evidence from Chatsworth shows a bombing at the Fountain of the World monastery tied to a murder for justice against Krishna Venta. Former members Ralph Muller and Prior Demis Kamenot, both of Folan Tyee, Calif, along with Venta and others perished. Notes and recordings found hint at a planned act of violence by the group members.
A Baldasara Paimentere of Kansas City escaped serious injury when her car blew a tire on U.S. 166 near Joplin Missouri. The vehicle overturned twice and flew 60 feet into a tree, a motorist and bystander were unhurt, the car was demolished, and Paimentere suffered only cuts and bruises.
New York enacts an air pollution law banning open burning of scrapped bodies and opens two large incinerators to handle dealers’ waste daily. The Pyro cleaner 200 uses high temperatures to burn fumes, while the Smokatron relies on an electrical field to capture carbon particles. Officials compare the system to Atlanta’s facilities as the only major city with similar capabilities.
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