Richmond Studies Report on Probe of Police Dept
Richmond councilmen considered a special investigator report detailing circumstantial evidence that some city police officers accepted protection money from gamblers and bootleggers. The eight week probe, costing about 3 825 weekly, followed a former vice squad member admitting funds from a convicted gambler to distribute among officers.
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Richmond
Police Dept
Robert J. Lumpkin
Lumpkin
Ing
Byumpkin
Council
Harry L. Donovan
Federal Grand Jury
Chicago Goes Legit Theater to Open as The Happy Medium
Chicago plans a new 300 seat second floor playhouse with a first floor salon style nightclub. The $500,000 theater will be named The Happy Medium and opens June 27 with an original musical revue.
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Chicago
Federal grand jury indicts Donovan over Richmond vice scheme
A federal grand jury indicted Donovan for violating federal wa gering laws and issued a report condemning “appalling and flagrant disregard for law and order” in Richmond. The report prompted the current police probe. Lumpkin avoided endorsing the phraseology but noted an intolerable situation. At sentencing US Attorney Bam BACUS stated the Richmond vice squad was “on Donovan's payroll.”
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Donovan
Richmond
Lumpkin
Joseph S. Bambacus
Bambacus
Collision Inquiry Starts After Carrier-Saratoga Crash
The Norfolk based carrier Saratoga and the West German ore ship Bernd Leonhardt collided off the Virginia coast in clear weather. No injuries. The Saratoga headed to Norfolk naval shipyard for two weeks of repairs. Captain Alan F. Fleming described the impact and noted extensive damage to both vessels.
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Virginia
Bernd Leonhardt
Norfolk Navy Shipyard
Naval
Alan F. Fleming
Fleming
Cape Henry
Saratoga
Norfolk
Mayport
Fla
Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore
Alert Sends Hawaiians To High Ground
A tsunami alert prompted Hawaiians to move to higher ground for over two hours on Wednesday. Residents of Hilo, reeling from Monday’s wave toll, fled low areas as a distant tremor threat from Chilean coast near Christmas Island loomed. No wave materialized and residents returned home. Hilo counted 45 dead, 53 injured, and at least 15 missing. A brief California alert coincided but produced no tsunami.
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Honolulu
Hilo
Christmas Island
Hawai Chain
California
Hawaii
VPI Launches State Leaders For Education Center Drive
The VPI Continuing Education Center program holds its first state leaders meeting at the VPI Faculty Center in Blacksburg on Sunday May 29. General chairman Graham Claytor announced a 1 5 million campaign with regional chairs guiding leadership enlistment across Virginia to expand year round conferences for 8 000 to 9 000 participants and eventually double that number.
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Blacksburg
VPI
Graham Claytor
Guy L. Farr
Appalachian Power Co
W. Thomas Rice
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co
J. E. Givens
Agricultural Conference Board of Virginia
John W. Bates, Jr
Harrison and Bates Real Estate Co
Richmond
Gordon Bowman
Bowman Apple Products Co
Mt. Jackson
Virginia
Southwestern Virginia
David P. Minichan
Bluefield
C. Eugene Rowe
Dan River Mills, Inc
South Central
West Central Virginia
Claytor
Flier's Father Silent on Visit Plans in Powers Case
Oliver W. Powers 55 of Pound Virginia, father of Francis Gary Powers, remains silent amid reports he plans to visit Russia for leniency on espionage charges. He, wife Barbara Gay Powers, and Barbara's mother Monteen Brown are visiting another daughter in Milledgeville Georgia. Powers was shot down over Soviet territory May 1.
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Albany, Ga
Russia
Oliver W. Powers
Pound
Khrushchev
Francis Gary Powers
Powers
Barbara Gay Powers
Monteen Brown
Milledgeville
Brown
Barbara Gay
Students Exhibit Stirs Upset and Teacher Resigns
In Lynn Haven the Princess Anne High School project a still with mash led to the forced resignation of industrial arts teacher Parker Russell Johnson Jr. after a scuffle in class. federal authorities dropped the case finding no intent to break the law.
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Lynnhaven
Avatar
Princess Anne High School
Greeville
S.C
Parker Russell Johnson Jr
J. Warren Littleton
Johnson
Fac
Wilde criticised as Broadway producers miss value of things
Dramatist criticizes Oscar Wilde describing Broadway producers as knowing the price of every item but the value of nothing. He notes Wilde’s plays like Lady Windermere's Fan A Woman Of No Importance and The Importance of Being Earnest have on several occasions been hit Broadway productions by managers.
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New York
Oscar Wilde
Broadway
Wilde
Lady Windermere
Ernest
Washington Zoo Gifts Rare Birds to West Berlin Zoo
The Zoological Garden of Washington, D. C. donated several rare American animals to the West Berlin Zoo including pelicans a turkey vulture and a rare golden eagle.
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Zoological Garden of
Washington, D. C
West Berlin Zoo
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