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September 1, 1960

Beacon-News, Aurora, IL

Louis Turzi closed his Aurora, Ill., tavern for the night and decided to resume the vigil he maintained after a recent series of burglaries. But Turzi fell asleep and awakened to...
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September 1, 1960

Times-Herald, Vallejo, CA

In Vallejo, Calif., a young gunman held up a liquor store, made his getaway on foot, and one hour later strode into Arlie J. Campbell's liquor store and demanded all the money in...
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September 1, 1960

Chronicle, San Francisco, CA

A bandit with a juvenile gang record chose armed robbery as his first adult crime and was shot to death by Robert Malone, a San Francisco gas station attendant. Malone, an avid target...
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September 1, 1960

Associated Press, CA

Mrs. Katherine S. Petterson left two of her children with their father at the county fair and drove back to her Kelseyville, Calif., ranch home with 12-year-old son Keith. Soon after...
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September 1, 1960

Post, Denver, CO

When Rev. M.F. Cottrell looked out the window of his Denver home and saw two youths trying to make away with his automobile, he grabbed his 20-ga. shotgun and hurried to the street....
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September 1, 1960

Herald, Sarasota, FL

A burglar with a long criminal record was shot to death by Neil Humphrey, a Sarasota, Fla., storekeeper who was sleeping on the premises. Humphrey awakened in time to fire one shot...
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September 1, 1960

Standard-Times, San Angelo, TX

When Ray Dunn heard an intruder inside his Wingate, Tex., grocery after just closing for the night, he reopened the place, found his cal. .22 rifle, and fired at a figure stooped...
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September 1, 1960

News, Detroit, MI

Masking their features with women's hose over their heads, two bandits tried to rob William Angelo in his Detroit grocery but were routed when the storekeeper grabbed his revolver...
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September 1, 1960

Star, Kansas City, MO

Winfred E. Hogg, robbed in the Kansas City, Mo., gas station where he is night attendant, resolved to resist the next time and bought a cal. .45 pistol. When an ex-convict recently...
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September 1, 1960

Mirror-News, Los Angeles, CA

A San Quentin parolee jammed his way into the living room of Los Angeles apartment house manager Mrs. Louise M. Rogers, shoved a pistol at her, and demanded the rent receipts. When...
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September 1, 1960

Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY

When a gunman pointed a pistol at Edward J. Burns in his Louisville, Ky., liquor store, the proprietor dashed behind a partition, the bandit fired once, and Burns came out shooting...
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September 1, 1960

Daily Telegram, Adrian, MI

In Palmer, Mich., a man who hacked at the door of the Pleau residence with an ax, threatening to murder the entire family, was killed when Earl Pleau, 20, fired a cal. .22 rifle through...
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September 1, 1960

Evening Sun, Baltimore, MD

Markos Marcuri went to sleep in the rear room of his Baltimore saloon but was soon aroused by burglars. Marcuri got his cal. .38 revolver and went to the front where he surprised...
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September 1, 1960

Chronicle, Houston, TX

In Houston, Tex., Leonard J. Redig grabbed his shotgun as the intercom alarm sounded in his room when burglars entered his barbecue stand next door. Spying two figures inside the...
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September 1, 1960

Times-Dispatch, Richmond, VA

In Richmond, Va., Chun Chin was hit five times by burglars in past months and his hand laundry robbed of money and other property. When Chin recently awoke and heard sounds of someone ...
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August 1, 1960

Journal-American, New York, NY

When a bandit with a record of arrests on narcotics charges pointed a pistol and said, "Give!", Manhattan grocer Victor Comacho nodded, reached under the counter, and came up clutching...
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August 1, 1960

Associated Press, GA

In Columbus, Ga., Mrs. Thelma D. Lee, a mother of five small children, awoke to see an intruder at her bedside. Mrs. Lee, whose husband must work at night, eased a cal. .22 revolver...
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August 1, 1960

News, San Jose, CA

Shortly before midnight two men roused Oscar Gruter in his Santa Clara, Calif., motel and asked for a room. Suddenly, one of them grabbed Gruter by the throat and the companion headed...
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August 1, 1960

Daily Chronicle, Spokane, WA

After burglars looted his Ford, Wash., store the ninth time, 83-year-old A.L. Davis slept in the place armed with a cal. .38 revolver. Recently, when Davis heard sounds of a break...
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August 1, 1960

The Times-Picayune, New Orleans, LA

Joseph A. Marino had just left his New Orleans pharmacy and gotten in his automobile when a thug grabbed the car door, pointed a pistol at Marino, and said, "Yeah, it's me again."...
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July 1, 1960

World-Telegram, New York, NY

After a browsing visitor left his Harlem pawnshop, 70-year-old Charles Goodman told son Allen, "That guy looks like a stickup man. I'll bet he comes back." The elder Goodman then...
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July 1, 1960

Daily Press, Long Island, NY

When two bandits invaded his Huntington, N.Y., jewelry store, Barney Freedman grabbed his gun from a nearby cabinet and fired at the armed pair. Both men fled and Freedman gave chase....
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July 1, 1960

Tribune, Oakland, CA

Plagued by a series of housebreakings, Oakland, Calif., neighbors Robert Ryan and Elijah Irving lay in wait in the latter's home, hoping to trap the burglar on his next visit. Shortly...
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July 1, 1960

Free Press, Detroit, MI

In Detroit a young hoodlum abandoned his three companions who were taken by police after an abortive robbery attempt and made his escape in the stolen getaway car. Intent on continuing...
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June 1, 1960

Daily Free Press, Elko, NV

As the intercom burglar alarm sounded, Wes Johnson jumped from bed, grabbed a ready cal. .45 pistol and 12-ga. shotgun, and hurried to his nearby Deeth, Nev., tavern. There Johnson...
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June 1, 1960

The Star, Marion, OH

After calling the sheriff to report two suspicious men sitting in a car near his Pharisburg, Ohio, grocery and gas stop, Stanley Rhoades resumed the business of putting stock in order....
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June 1, 1960

Daily News, New York, NY

Frank Guido was in the back of his Bronx liquor store when two bandits brandishing guns herded his clerk to the rear. Guido picked up his cal. .38 revolver from a shelf, tucked it...
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June 1, 1960

Daily Tribune, Chicago, IL

Sixteen-year-old John Rubel was with his grandmother in the living quarters over her Chicago tavern when they heard glass break in a window below. John raced downstairs, grabbed...
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May 1, 1960

Journal-American, New York, NY

In New York City's theatrical district, actor Jay Scott awakened in his apartment and saw a burglar on a fire escape opening the window of a nearby flat. Scott tried to telephone...
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May 1, 1960

Times, Los Angeles, CA

When two bandits said, "It's a stickup; everybody stay put," Los Angeles jewelry clerk Kenneth Walton lunged for the cal. .38 revolver he keeps handy on top of the safe. One bandit...
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May 1, 1960

Courier-Express, Buffalo, NY

In St. Catharines, Ont., Mrs. J.C.R. Fitzgerald, a widow in her 80's, refused when a burglar broke into her bedroom and demanded her jewelry. Instead, Mrs. Fitzgerald reached for...
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May 1, 1960

American, Chicago, IL

Chicago jeweler William S. Kraicek, suspicious of the stranger who entered his shop, quietly removed his pistol from a drawer behind the counter. When the stranger pulled a cal....
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May 1, 1960

Post-Dispatch, St. Louis, MO

Bartender Curtis H. Scott closed his East St. Louis, Ill., tavern for the night, walked past the nearby alley, and was accosted by two robbers who forced him at gunpoint to return...
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May 1, 1960

News, Philadelphia, PA

Sixty-year-old George Saddic managed to reach his cal. .38 revolver and fire two shots at his assailants just before collapsing in his Philadelphia candy store from an assault by...
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May 1, 1960

News-Free Press, Chattanooga, TN

In Chattanooga, Tenn., ham radio operator George Zarzour had just retired when he heard someone tampering at the window. With the crash of glass, George, now joined by brother Abe...
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May 1, 1960

State Journal, Topeka, KS

When a robber attacked him in the darkness of his back yard, Bruce Haughey mounted lights on the garage behind his Topeka, Kans., home and secreted a .38 pistol to carry on the walk...
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May 1, 1960

Review, Fort Fairfield, ME

In Fort Fairfield, Maine, Mrs. Otis Flannery woke her husband, grabbed a Luger pistol, and ran across the road to their store where they surprised two burglars. Mrs. Flannery forced...
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May 1, 1960

Daily Press, Newport News, VA

Two men bought soft drinks in Cecil Saunders' York County, VA., general store, shot him in the knee with a cal. .22 pistol, then demanded all the cash. The storekeeper gave them...
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March 1, 1960

The Union, Sacramento, CA

After being robbed in his Sacramento, Calif., apartment of $1100, restaurant owner Louis Jim Chong armed himself with a cal. .380 pistol. Chong was watching television when he was...
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