Hostages Freed After 25 Hour Tennessee Prison Siege
Two armed convicts Robert Rivera and Raymond Farra released 19 hostages after a 25 hour siege at the Tennessee Penitentiary. They surrendered with pistols and knives after an agreement to scale down demands and transfer to Davidson County Jail unharmed. Farra is described as insane and capable of murder. Rivera termed extremely dangerous.
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Howard Rose
Tennessee State
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee Penitentiary
Robert Rivera
Raymond Farra
Lynn Bomar
Farra
Borderland
W. Va
Rivera
Temple
Tex
Davidson County
Ohio Five Day Forecast With Cold Temperatures
Ohio weather outlook shows temperatures about 10 degrees below normal with normal highs in the north to the south and lows around 34 to 36. Expect continued cold with small daily changes and light precipitation of one tenth to one quarter inch including snow Saturday and again Sunday and rainy or snowy conditions about Tuesday or Wednesday.
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Ohio
Messenger Classified Ad Rates and Instructions
Advertisers are invited to phone in Messenger Classified Ads before 11 A M Saturday for Sunday publication. Placing an ad is easy and can be billed later. Rate is 15 words for 3 days at 1 35 dollars. Cancel anytime after results.
Special UN Session Set On S Africa Crisis
The UN Security Council will hold a special session early next week to discuss South Africa's racial conflict. The Asian African bloc requested the meeting after the killing of about 80 demonstrators by police. Henry Cabot Lodge said he would convene the nine to eleven nation group within a few days, likely Tuesday.
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UN Security Council
Council
U.S
Henry Cabot Lodge
Security Council
Lawrence County Man Killed In Bar Tiff
Herbert Collins age 30 of Rock Camp was shot and killed at Glen's Bar on Superior Ave in Cleveland. Bar manager Joseph Dailey said Izel Tony Gray 38 of Cleveland lunged at Gray after entering armed with a pistol, the weapon discharged hitting Collins in the chest.
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Cleveland
Herbert Collins
Rock Camp
Lawrence County
Glen’s
Superior Ave
Joseph Dailey
Izel
Tony Gray
Gray
Collins
Nation Sees Recession Delay to 1961 Amid Strong Output
Government economists say the next recession won’t arrive before 1961 at the earliest as national output climbs to an estimated 500 billion dollars a year in the current quarter. The surge, about 16 percent from late 1959, was driven by inventory replacement and steady production, with expansion expected through the year despite stock-market jitters.
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Washington
Ter
Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission
Senate splits over civil rights bill as House plan stands
Southern senators push to revise one section of the House civil rights bill to delay passage while others seek to strengthen the measure. Leaders expect the Senate to back the House’s 5 point bill with referees to curb voter discrimination, sending it to Eisenhower for signature unless amendments force a House recourse.
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Richard B. Russell
Dga
HOUSE
Senate
Eisenhower
House Rules Committee
Teenager Protects Children From Truck Near Ashland
A 14-year-old school traffic guard, Bobby Chapman of Rt. 2 Ashland, pushed two children into a ditch and moved another out of danger as a truck loaded with steel skidded toward a school bus they had just exited on U. S. 250 five miles east of Ashland.
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Ashland
Bobby Chapman
Rt. 2
U. S. 250
Here
Quick Freeze May Hit Beer and Wine Carryouts
The State Board of Liquor Control asked Governor DiSalle to declare an emergency, which would impose a 60 day immediate freeze on new beer and wine carryout permits. Without an emergency, no freeze would take effect.
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State Board of Liquor Control
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle Life Threats Multiply in Ohio Shocks Statehouse
A switchboard operator at the Statehouse received a bomb threat against Governor Michael V. DiSalle and a note of his impending death. Highway patrol searched the office with no device found. Earlier a southern Ohio man threatened to shoot DiSalle over the governor’s mental health program. A mansion cook then received a similar call.
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Columbus
Ohio
Statehouse
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Money Bill Opposed By Young Douglas
Senators Stephen M. Young and Paul H. Douglas were the sole opponents of a 997 471 103 dollar catch-all money bill. The measure passed the Senate 79 to 2, restoring funds the House had refused for urban renewal and commodity price supports.
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Young
Douglas
Washington
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
Paul H. Douglas
Ill
Senate
West Clermont District to Start Half Day Sessions
In Batavia this fall eighth graders and higher will attend half days due to tight classroom space. The district faces crowded schools and limited capacity across its campuses.
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Batavia
West Clermont
British Premier Macmillan to Press for Modified Nuclear Test Ban
Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is due in Washington to press President Eisenhower for a modified Soviet proposal on a nuclear test ban. He favors a two year moratorium on small underground tests and will meet Eisenhower next week, possibly at Camp David or Gettysburg. US advisers worry about resuming underground tests this fall despite the moratorium. The Soviets have shifted to a position supporting a limited treaty with a simultaneous informal moratorium on small underground tests.
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Washington
Harold Macmillan
Eisenhower
Macmillan
United States
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Comission
Camp David
Catoctin Mountain
Gettysburg
Rookie Policeman Slain in Akron Shootout with Fugitive
Patrolman Floyd Weatherholt, 23, was killed in a pre-dawn gun battle with James Rodney Buck, 23, a Nashville fugitive. Buck wounded, Weatherholt pursued footprints, fired back, and died near a funeral home after Buck fled. Buck had escaped a Tennessee workhouse last August.
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AKRON
Tennessee
Floyd Weatherholt
James Rodney Buck
Nashville
Buck
Wetherholt
Weatherholt
Davidson County
Tenn
Athens Woman Named Ohio Mother of 1960
Mrs. Dilley of Athens mother of four is Ohio Mother of 1960 and a candidate for American Mother of 1960. A committee of seven Ohio women announced the selection. She will be honored at a April 2 luncheon at the Columbus YWCA with presentation by Mrs. Michael V. DiSalle. Her husband is a retired Ohio University faculty member.
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Frank B. Dilley
Athens
Ohio
Dilley
Columbus Ywca
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio Wesleyan University
Frank Dilley
Ohio University
Junior Guild Conservation League of Athens
Frank, Jr
James
Syracuse University
Joseph
Minnesota
Marvin White
Columbus
Lardner Dies In New York
New York columnist and author John Lardner aged 47 died at his Manhattan home on Thursday from heart failure after a recent heart attack hospitalization. He was one of Ring Lardner’s four sons continuing the family tradition in journalism and writing.
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Lardner
New York
John Lardner
Ring Lardner
Manhattan
John
Hound Dog Missile Fired by B 52 Over Atlantic Range
A GAM 77 Hound Dog missile was fired from a B 52 bomber over the Atlantic Test Range reaching several hundred miles down range before striking the Atlantic Ocean. The 51 foot missile flew beneath the B 52 wing and used its own navigation guidance.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Atlantic
Atlantic Ocean
Mayors Hear Cases Under Ohio Prosecution Rule
In Columbus Ohio the attorney general ruled that all prosecutions for ordinance violations not requiring a jury trial may be heard and determined by village mayors, outlining a statewide procedural option for local enforcement.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mark McElroy
Khrushchev Sees Lenin Statue Then Talks With De Gaulle
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev paid homage to Lenin at a Paris apartment before meeting French President Charles de Gaulle. Thousands filled Rue Marie Rose and surrounding streets as police cleared space for the visit. The talks focused on strengthening French Soviet ties and reducing West German influence.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Lenin
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
Rue Marie Rose
France
West Germany
Author Turner Dies in San Diego at 79
Dr. John R. Turner an author educator and former government official died Thursday in San Diego California He was 79 and served as president of West Virginia University from 1928 to 1936.
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San Diego
Calif
John R. Turner
West Virginia University
Caterer’s mail order romance ends in annulment
John Kalachian, a Los Angeles caterer, traveled to Greece to wed Denise Drongitsi after a misleading retouched photo. Assigned to Anastasia Drongitsi, he married her under duress and sought an annulment three days later, with the court citing force and duress.
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Los Angeles
John Kalachian
Greece
Denise
Kalachian
Denise Drongitsi
Anastasia
John
America
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