California Bank Robber Tales Reflect Mixed Motives
In San Francisco banks recount a string of amateur robberies this year from a $280 teller haul to a $690 heist. A pair of 9 and 13 year olds attempted a note demand, a drunken robber faced a guard, and a man bragged of a bank crime after a bar stop. Police and FBI note many suspects are inexperienced and caution remains a priority.
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Bank of America
Sar Ieeal Gimmad
Roe Peneteen Senna Tience
FBI
Cash McCall tests James Garner box office appeal
James Garner transitions from Maverick to the film Cash McCall with Warner Brothers. The drama centers on a money driven operator who revives failing firms. Despite Up Periscope's mixed results, Garner faces a dozen more TV episodes and continues to weigh his career trajectory. Frank Sinatra recalls early multi million sellers and notes strong album sales today.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
James Garner
Warner Brothers
Cash McCall
Cameron Hawley
Garner
Jim
Bret Maverick
McCall
Maverick
Frank Sinatra
Help Wanted Pages Reflect a Healthy Economy
Relman Morin notes Sunday readings of help wanted ads show a thriving economy with diverse opportunities in research international relations social work anthropology advertising and publishing. He contrasts modern ad language and wages with past clerical jobs and recalls earlier scarce postings.
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Relman Morin
NEW York
London
Court Adopts Get-Tough Policy For Juveniles
In Seattle two 15-year-olds, Edward Schrader and Michael Fullmer, faced burglary and auto theft charges. Superior Judge Henry Clay Agnew deferred sentencing for three years and warned of a 15 year reformatory sentence if they reoffend within 30 days.
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Henry Clay Agnew
Edward E. Schrader
Michael D. Fullmer
Beatniks Talk Experiment A Lot But They’re Harmless
Washington AP report notes beatniks are nonviolent artists who publish, paint, and perform poetry while clashing with authorities over a Chicago magazine’s mailing. A Detroit area coffee shop hopeful faces zoning and police opposition with a neighbor firing four shots at him. The piece distinguishes beatnik culture from vandals and highlights editors defending four letter words as part of free expression.
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ED Creagh
Washington
George Bernard Shaw
Santa Claus
Bill Walker
Chicago
Post Office Department
Four Escapees Saw Through Bars in Iowa Prison Break
Officers scoured a three state area around southeast Iowa for four inmates who escaped from the Iowa Penitentiary after tying up two guards and sawing through barred openings in cellblock 19. The men Lloyd Woodson Albert Boerger Robert Jones and Elun Girdler Jr were serving life or multi year terms for crimes including murder robbery and burglary.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Lawrence W. Smith
Larry H. Pickard
Smith
Lloyd Woodson
Quincy
Ill
Keokuk
Albert Boerger
Kansas City
Robert Jones
Cedar Rapids
Elun Girdler, Jr
Peoria
Beatnik Writers Push Boundaries With Language Play
The piece notes real beatniks speak freely and experiment with prose, risking health and sanity. They scorn steady jobs and square people, yet create language like Chaucer and Dante did, enriching or defiling it, while minding their own business.
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Chauce
Dante
Mrs Truman Returns Home After Tumor Surgery
Mrs. Harry S. Truman, 74, who had surgery May 18 for a breast tumor, returned to her Independence home from a research hospital in Kansas City. Accompanied only by her husband, she walked to the car for the short trip. The tumor was not malignant.
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Independence
Harry 8. Truman
Kansas City
Mrs. Truman
Brundage Donates Art Collection to San Francisco
Avery Brundage signs over a 12 million dollar oriental art collection to San Francisco. The gift, praised as among the finest in the West, includes half delivered once the city completes the Brundage Wing at the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum in Golden Gate Park.
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San Francisco
Avery Brundage
Brundage
International Olympic Committee
M. H. de Young
Golden Gate Park
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Fairbanks
Hacksaw & Blades
N. Loudoun ST
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Mgr
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Larest
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Mohawk
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