Five Found Murdered In Farm Home In Fenwood Saskatchewan
Royal Canadian Mounted Police report five members of the Perlock family shot to death at a Fenwood farm home late Monday. Victims include Mrs Harry Perlock 70 son Michael 34 wife Angeline 21 and two children. John Petlock sought for questioning, roadblocks set in Saskatchewan and Manitoba after wife notified RCMP. Bodies found after Tuesday discovery, weapons identified as .22 caliber shots.
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Harry Perlock
Fenwood
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
John Petlock
John
Scooking
Sask
Canadian National Railways
RCMP
Harry Petlock
Angeline
Mike Petlock
Trailer Truck Load Of Meat Upset In Crash
A tractor-trailer carrying meat overturned on Route 144 near the Niagara Mohawk substation in Glenmont as a car allegedly forced the driver off the road. Harold W. Arnold, 24, Kingston, drove north. the trailer overturned after the tractor separated. No injuries reported. GI Joe's Express Co. owned the vehicle. Meat remained inside.
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
Glenmont
J. C. Wanek
J. E. Coogan
Selkirk
Harold W. Arnold
Kingston
GI Joe’s Express Co
Fort Ewen
County Health Center Announces Fall Hours Change
The Rensselaer County Health Department resumes fall and winter hours with offices closing at 5 p.m. The Health Center clinic will reopen Tuesday while the center remains closed Saturday Sunday and Monday for Labor Day observance.
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Rensselaer County Health Department
Andrew C. Fleck
Fleck
TV Sets in Italy Reach High Adoption Amid Growth
Rome reports more than 100000 color vision sets in operation in Italy while radio sets remain strong with annual sales between 600000 and 700000 units signaling rapid consumer electronics expansion.
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Rome
Cl. Vision
Italy
Bankrupt Ballplayer Wins Dispute Over World Series Money
Edward St. Claire of Whitehall a former major league catcher and Albany Senator was awarded his $5,500 share of the 1954 World Series money by a bankruptcy referee. The Milwaukee Finance Co. argued the funds should count as an asset because of his Giants service before bankruptcy. St. Claire 33 filed in July after a failed Milwaukee restaurant and listed liabilities above $12,000.
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Edward
Ebba) St. Claire
Whitehall
Albany
John J. Ryan
St. Claire
Milwaukee Finance Co
New York Giants
Giants
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Italy Raises Double Sized Wheat
Italian farmer Antonio Loro developed a wheat with heads twice as large as standard varieties. The crop yields show a major increase with 129 kernels per head, sparking strong demand across Italy. Government tests have begun, and seed distribution continues nationwide.
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Morosini
Italy
Antonio Loro
Italian Ministry of Agriculture
Loro
Bologna
Labor Day traffic toll feared at 400 deaths
Chicago AP reports the National Safety Council forecast a Labor Day weekend traffic death toll of 400, about 100 more than non holiday periods. Ned Dearborn urges extra care from drivers and pedestrians as over 40 million cars are expected on the roads for the holiday weekend.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned Dearborn
Council
Woman Hurt In Two Car Crash At Rensselaer
A Troy woman, Anna Conlee, 43, was injured in a noon hour auto crash in Rensselaer. Her car rear ended a vehicle driven by Harold A. McLean, 48, near Broadway below the city hall. Conlee received neck and back treatment from Dr. L Wirth and planned to see her own physician.
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Troy
Rensselaer
Anna Conlee
Winter Street
Lothar W. Wirth
Harold A. McLean
R.D. 1
Best Road
East Greenbush
Broadway
Rensselaer City Hall
Gas Chamber Claims Killer Bartholomew Executed in Arizona
Lester Edward Bartholomew a 28 year old truck driver who killed his wife and two children in May was executed in the Arizona State Prison gas chamber. He entered the chamber at 5 00 a m and died at 5 03 5 a m Mountain Time. Chaplains accompanied him to the chamber and the killings occurred at their East Phoenix home May 23. He pleaded guilty to first degree murder of the two children and second degree murder in the wife’s shooting.
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Florence, Ariz
Lester Edward Bartholomew
Arizona State
Bartholomew
Ebed Hannah
Glen Jones
Fayetteville
Ark
Frederick Crumb
Maricopa County
Trickler
East Phoenix
First Patented Civil War Atlanta Zippers
During the Civil War era in Atlanta, zipper designs were first patented and then put to use. Inventors rushed to protect fastener concepts while textile and military needs spurred practical adoption. These early zippers marked a shift in how uniforms and gear fastened.
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Atlanta
Bronx youth raid leaves ice cream peddler robbed
Eight teenagers surrounded Harold Rishkind of the Bronx near 174th Street and Bronx Avenue. As he backed away two youths pulled knives and the group took his money and a wrist watch. Police say they fled after the robbery.
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Harold Rishkind
Bronx
174Th St
Bronx Avenue
Rishkind
New York
U.S
Corinth Youth Settlement Reaches $2037.50 in Car Crash
Gerald Clothier settles claims against Martin Gersten and Miss Peggy Milligan linked to a December 9, 1954 two car crash on Route 9N three miles north of Greenfield Center. Saratoga County Judge Richard J. Sherman approves the $2,037.50 healing injuries to an 18-year-old Corinth youth.
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Gerald Clothier
Martin Gersten
Peggy Milligan
Greenfield Center
Saratoga County
Richard J. Sherman
Corinth
Australia
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Detroit Common Pleas Court
Oxford
Little Yankee
Mary Kirk
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