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Florence Morning News from Florence, South Carolina • 20

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Florence, South Carolina
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20
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lIMBMQKAnWW PAGE 6 i I a jHr Mix jv Mt pk ilial WlmMya HAROLD BERNEY from outer space Space Swindle Venus Package Leads to Jail WASHINGTON March 21 IP The BI said today from Venus" figured in the inves tigation which led to the arrest inI aba ma yesterday of a 58 ear eld sign painter accused of oper ating a spacc age swindle The man is Harold Berney formerly of Washington where he eperated a concern known as Tele wand Corp According to the BI be has a police record dating back to J917 and has served time in a number of penitentiaries When he was picked up at Prich ard Ala by federala gents who recognized him from photographs circulated in their territory he was charged with persuading resi dents of the capital area to invest thousands of dollars in the devel opment of communications with Venus Berney has written a book still unpublished relating that he made trips to Venus by flying saucer after making rendezvous with Ve Busians in Texas Tne "package from Venus" was received by Berney's wife here last Nov 12 It purported to come from outer space but was deliver ed through regular postal eervice The package contained camera his billfold and wallet containing his identifica tions and credentials Inside also was a letter from a "Mr reputedly a resident on Venus The letter informed Mrs Berney that her husband had recently been on a business trip to that planet and had died there of natural causes The package was postmarked at Eagle Pass Tex Mrs Berney turned over the package and letter to local police end BI agents when they started investigating Berney's activities teveral weeks ago The BI circulated pictures of Berney to all ist Southern field offices Officials noted that Berney idways claimed' his takeoffs for Venus were from the South Ike Signs Law On Loan unds WASHINGTON March 27 (fl President Eisenhower today ligned into law a bill making half a billion dollars in additional gov ernment loan funds available to relieve the tight market for hous ing mortgages The increase was urgently sought by the administra tion President Eisenhower asked for billion dollars of additional loan funds but Congress cut his re quest in half Leaders said more money could be voted later in the 157 general housing bill The half billion goes to the ed eral National Mortgage Assn known as annie Mae which buys government backed housing mortgages from builders and lend ers when private funds are not available One provision added by the Sen ate would give annie Mae an ex tra 50 million dollars to buy mort gages for cooperative housing proj acts Another section is designed to help builders of urban renewal projects in high cost cities such as New York and Washington College Hears YouthWorker ROCK HILL March 26 June Bile delinquency is a problem that must be faced by all citizens of the United States if it is to be solved Caroil Minor director of Youth Services of the Department el Welfare and Institutions of Richmond Va told a joint as jernbly of the Winthrop College rtudent body and South Carolina tigh school students yesterday Minor was the principal speaker It the seventh annual sociory forum which brought two hundred nsitres throughout ths Mate to foe Winthrop campus JUVENILE will mntinue to rise until an army of men women and children form a block by block crusade against the present menacK" the oi iolo gilt aaid Delinquency is no i espector of persons and the delinquent is no longer from the other side of the racks the youth worker pointed rut He slated that juvenile delin quency has increased 70 percent THE LORENCE MORNING NEWS LORENCE THURSDAY MORNING MARCH jg SHOP DIXIE HOME! 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