Word: kensington
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...industrial town of New Kensington, Pa. last week, an almost classic example of bank embezzlement came to light: Bank President Ludwig R. Schlekat confessed that he had swiped $600,000 of the passbook holders' money...
...money and found only $119,000. But they could not discover why Schlekat had stolen $600,000. There was no woman in the case, no racetrack gambling, no wild parties. Then the bank's former president, Charles C. Alter, described his own retirement to the examiners. A New Kensington real-estate man (now dead) had approached him four years ago on behalf of two "Ohio businessmen," H. A. McDevitt and J. H. McKeown, and offered $254,000 for 540 shares of the bank's 750 shares of stock. He had accepted, and Schlekat, although only an assistant cashier...
Marriage Revealed. Ezzard Charles, 29, world heavyweight boxing champion; and his longtime friend, Gladys ("Gee Gee") Gartrell, 22, onetime elevator operator; on Dec. 30, 1949; in New Kensington, Pa. Also revealed: the birth (on Feb. 13) of their first child, a daughter. Name: Deborah. Weight...
...swank Kensington garden party, Frankie Sinatra met Princess Margaret, sang a bang-up rendition of If I Loved You, at her request. During their 15-minute chat that followed, the Princess told the crooner not to work too hard. Said The Voice: "She floored me by knowing so much about music...
David Lyman Smith '51 of Kensington Maryland, and Winthrop House was yesterday named captain of next year's varsity wrestling team, while at the same time the fencers chose as their leader Winfred "Joe" Overholser, Jr. '51 of Washington, D.C., and Dunster House...