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The Bee from Danville, Virginia • 8

Publication:
The Beei
Location:
Danville, Virginia
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8
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Eight The Bee: Danville Va Wednesday June 12 1957 Three Arrested In Alleged Kidnap Plot Planned To Nab Banker's Son lice first got knowledge of the plot Authorities said the men would be charged with conspiracy to kidnap The intended victim Chief strom said was Robert Vance Jr four year old son of the presi dent of a Clinton banking firm Police arrested Shelton early Monday afternoon at the place he was apparently supposed to abduct mrinmu st ft The grandson of a prominent Souththe child while the child was out Carolina educator is one of threeJor a walk with his nurse ln They found a ransom note In men in custody or allegedly P1Oljshcltons p0CkP Strom sa' i alo ig ting to kidnap the four year old wilh somc 7e and ba lage son of a Clinton banker material rppa rmiv intend for and hold him for $350000 ransom tying up the ch id Arrested were Thomas Jacobs Jacobs a a re ed Moiiaj 59 Jobie Shelton 28 and William night at tnc location designated Hill 60 Jacobs now employed jn the ranson i fo deli ciy as a printer is the grandson ofof the S3500U0 Thomas Jacobs founder ofi Hill who Siciois tner in Presbyterian College in Clinton daw was ar Pl me gt Both Shelton and Hill are Ne I Instructions for i of the groes (ransome money were printed in Chief Strom of the statejpencil on a piece of brown wrap law enforcement divbion said theiping paper arrests were made Monday The note instructed Vance to Strom said police learned of 'pet the $350000 small bills the kidnap plot four months agofncs fens and twenties In used and since that time the scheme and put them in a carton has been under The note ordered Vance not to He would not divulge how po notify police or may not see him (the boy) again no ALSE TEETH Rock Slide or Slip? 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Use lentils in economy soups and stews or serve as a vege table to accompany meator poul try Stork Club Owner Held On Assault Charge Sherman Billingsley Hailed Into Court JACOBY ON BRIDGE Ave) the Bronx swore out a com I plaint against Billingsley Beskin told police he and five other painters had been working at the Austrian consulate on East 69th Street At noon they took out 1 their lunch boxes and parked on the porch of residence next door Beskin said Billingsley came to the door and ordered the men off the stoop He quoted Billingsley as saying: "My daughter is due to get home from school soon and she will get nervous if she sees a group of men on the Beskin said Billingsley then pulled a gun out of his pocket He didn't point it at anyone said Bes kin but the men scrambled off the stoop Cohn said later that Billingsley had been made nervous by con tinued threats of one kind or an other (Tuesday) over the tele phone he received several said Cohn when he saw a group of men on his stoop he know what to make of Police went to the Billingsley residence and to the night club after receiving the com plaint They failed to find Billings ley at either place Then they set a watch on the club (on 53rd Street) Later Billingsley arranged to surrender He was wearing a black felt hat and a light blue gray suit when police met him at the corner of ifth Avenue and 53rd Street A swarm of repoiters and photo graphers greeted Billingsley at the 1 police station where he was taken DIAMOND LEAD THREATENS SLAM By OSWALD JACOBY (Written for NEA'Service) red Kilchcnstein of Pittsburgh writes: is a hand that may Interest you Practically all tables reached six spades in our regular duplicate' and except against me the acc of clubs was opened where upon the hand became a spread me West got his fing ers on the four of diamonds I played eight and nine forced my king can see my problem Should trumps break evenly I could draw trumps and establish WEST A974 8754 32 cart in the independent operation owned by his father George when the slide occurred He was believ ed to have been buried beneath 30 I frtnr nf eknln iu uu iviio wx oiiaiu Youth Trapped In Mine By all Of Shale AQ10873 5 to have an arsenal for his protec Billingsley agreed to give up the guns and was released He went home and gathered up a 38 cal revolver a 45 cal automatic and a 25 cal automatic He took them to a nearby police station Cohn said the fourth' gun was stolen in a burglary at the Stork Club about three years ago I The bidding has been: South SHAMOKIN Pa Workers dug through the night without reaching a 19 year old miner trap ped some 100 feet below the sur face Hope grew dim that rank Puf nock buried in a fall of shale in this central Pennsylvania coal re gion at 7 a yesterday morning was still alive Some 50 rescuers worked in one hour shifts during the night Only four to six men could dig in the narrow shaft The youth was loading a coal before his appearance in night court are we here for pub he demanded of Cohn while being booked Billingsley was fingerprinted and then in a police photo gallery application for re lease was held up for a while in a dispute over four guns he holds under permit Cohn argued that Billingsley because his life has been But Magistrate John A Starkey said: dont think that any need in a civilized city for a man President Tito and his wife Jovanka Broz dance to gether during a reception at the National Assembly Sknnlie They were roundly applauded as they glided about the floor The occasion was in honor of Tito's elght day visit to theYugoslav province of Macedonia NEW YORK Stork Club owner Sherman Billingsley volun tarily surrendered to police on ifth Avenue last night only a few steps from his plush hot spot He was picked up on a charge of felonious assault with a gun A housepainter filed a com plaint earlier alleging that the 57 year old nightclub proprietor pulled a gun and chased him and fellow workers off the stoop of the Billingsley residence Billingsley appeared in night court with his attorney Roy Cohn Cohn was counsel for the Senate Internal Security Subcommittee when it was headed by the late ben Joseph McCarthy Billingsley was released custody after agreeing to hand over to police three guns he kept at home He is to appear in felony court today The arrest was the latest in a series of difficulties for Billings ley Pickets have been parading outside the Stork Club for some time in a dispute involving waiters and kitchen help This has led to several court casts Late yesterday house painter Murray Beskin 4C of (2187 Cruger 9 You South hold: 4AJ865 YA 2 KJ54 What do you do? Bid three diamonds Yon have some mild interest in a slam and maybe that slam will be in diamonds QUESTION Your partner continues by bidding three no trump What do you do? Answer Tomorrow YQ6 J962 A 10 97 6 2 SOUTH (D) AAKQ1086 YAK 5 4K43 Both Vulnerable the diamonds to make seven Should West hold three trumps I would have to use up dummy's last trum Then I could get one discard of a club and would have to wind up leading a club toward my king If East held the ace of clubs I would be home Otherwise I would be set the ace of clubs in the West hand I could make the hand by simply playing my king of clubs and ruffing a second club in dum my That play would collapse if East showed up with the club ace since he would be able to give his partner a diamond ruff finally decided on the simple play If that did not work I look too silly I went af ter the spades and the suit failed to break I drew the last trump and it now appeared that the whole hand would hinge on the location of the club ace there was one other shot in my locker Someone might hold the queen of hearts double ton or even singleton laid down my ace and king of hearts and lo and behold the queen did Nice work red See you at the Nationals in August YOU CAN PAY THE EASY WAY No Money Down Little as $100 Weekly Coble dairymen know how good milk should taste They take oitra care and make the creamy pure quality of Coble Milk the perfect way for you to enjoy perfect food Always fresher always so nourishingly good why over one million people drink Coble Milk every day! PHONE 3830 Open Nightly 'til 9 ree Parking TORONTO The basic cause of the Canadian election upset appears to be a widespread feeling that the Liberal party had been in power so long its leaders de veloped a hlgh and mlghty atti tude That conclusion emerges in one form or another from almost every analysis of the surprise conserva tive victory which ended the 22 year rule of the Liberals The Tory leader 61 year old John Die fenbacker also feels that his stress on this issue was the decid ing factor sentiment finally caught up with a government too long ill is the way one newspaper editorial summed it up Another said the liberal gov ernment of Prime Minister Louis St Laurent "died of And still another said "the St Laurent government fell of itself like an overriped The issue originated by Die lenbaker and expounded by him in one of the most strenuous cam paigns ever undertaken by a Can adian political candidate was that the government had become crusty and autocratic He said this was a threat to the parliamentary sy stem and called for a change to prevent the elimination of the two party operation in Canada Observers believe his campaign became more effective because tiie Liberals scoffed at his charges and brushed them off in a some what lofty 'manner which many voters resented' The extent of this resentment was not apparent even to the Con servative leaders Like everybody else they were fooled by public opinion samplings The revolt against the Liberals was nationwide taking its toll all the way from the maritime pro vinces in the east to the far west ern provinces Even in strongly Liberal Quebec home province of the prime minister the Liberals lost four seats The biggest sweep took place in Ontario The Conservatives took 60 of the provinces 85 seats a gain of 28 over the number they won in the 1953 election The Conservatives were not the only ones who profited from the swing against the Liberals The Socialist Cooperative Common wealth ederation (CC) increased i its representation from 23 to 25 and the Social Credit party gained 4 for a total of 19 Some observers also believe theopposition parties made 'some i gains because of campaign pro mises which appealed to various groups or example all these par ties promised to do more for the farmers by supporting measures such as price parities All promised higher payments for old age pen sions All promised tax cuts These promises undoubtedly con tributed to the upset but without a basic feeling of discontent against the Liberal government they could hardly have brought about the stunning results which not only ousted the government but also swept nine Liberal cabi net members from their scats in Parliament Political experts believe the rec ognition of this feeling will cause St Laurent to resign later this week and leave the way open for Diefenbaker to form a government if he desires old $tagg KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON JfTTTTt pint $3 45 45 Qt I i si I 1 1 MR BOTTLED 6 I Kg THE STAGG DISTILLING COMPANY 9 RANXOT KEHrutKT" 86 PROO STAGG DIST CO RANKORT RY wl owi Ww Wr a WA XTnU Wx 'fraJSL v) ll A 1 A A 7 I 1 if 1 I 1 I I 1 I I i 9Hn If fet VW fu y4 s' Jr XT yx A ijf or Wk wo South West North East 2 A Pass 3 Pass 3 A Pass 4 A Pass 4 NT Pass 5 Pass 6 A Pa58 Pass ass YW.

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