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...accused slayer of Charles Van Pelt '54 goes on trial for murder today in Cloudersport, Pa. Alfred Salade, the indicted, shot the 19 year old to death and wounded one of his companions. Van Pelt, on vacation at the time, was taking a Labor Day hike and camping trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trial of Sophomore Slayer Begins; Penn Veteran Accused of Shooting | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

Salade reportedly was always on the lookout for thieves and "suspicious" of all night strangers. He shot the unsuspecting vacationers without asking who they were, seriously wounding one of Van Pelt's companions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trial of Sophomore Slayer Begins; Penn Veteran Accused of Shooting | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

Erwin Bergdoll, a University of Pennsylvania student, was with Van Pelt at the time of his death. He is the son of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, scion of a former Philadelphia brewing family...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Trial of Sophomore Slayer Begins; Penn Veteran Accused of Shooting | 12/9/1952 | See Source »

...marksmen gathered at Fort Ticonderoga, N.Y. were a strange-looking group, dressed in checked shirts and funny hats. One man wore a skunk pelt on his head, another sported a black sombrero with a feather stuck in the band. The firearms were out of the ordinary too: long-barreled pistols, archaic-looking rifles decorated with carvings, etched designs and inlays. They were all old-style muzzle-loaders-flintlocks or caplocks*-and the oddly hatted people were devoted muzzle-loader fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Flintlocks at the Fort | 9/29/1952 | See Source »

...other popular passion is peek-a-boo mink. Couturiers advise a "blush of mink" to peek out from cuffs and high necks. A pelt or two in an "exciting" spot will turn the trick...

Author: By Laurence D. Savadove, | Title: Insect Theme Dominates Fashions With 'Ant' Look | 9/15/1952 | See Source »

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