Four Prison Inmates Recaptured After 17 Hours Escape
Four of ten inmates who tunneled out of the Washington State Penitentiary were recaptured after about 17 hours on the lam. An alert farmer found tracks and dogs woke the keeper. Deputies found Ollie Wiles, Benny Crude, Kensler, and James near a rail line, returning them to custody. The other six, including a murderer of his mother, remain at large as officials review the 60-foot tunnel and earlier unfinished shaft.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Ieeuor
Here
Snake River
Ollie Wiles
Benny
Crude
Oo Kensler
James
Washington County
Dayton
Eisenhower
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Washington
Gettysburg
Joao Cafe Filho
Brazil
State Dept to Meet Egyptian Israeli Ambassadors Over Middle East T
The State Department summoned Egyptian and Israeli ambassadors to meetings with Asst. Secretary George Allen to discuss the tense Middle East situation as fighting continues between Egyptian and Israeli forces. Abba Eban and Ahmed Hussein to meet Allen, while prospects of a broader war loom. The department reports Soviet arms shipments to Egypt and Czech technicians in the region as concern grows.
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Washington
State Department
Middle East
George Allen
Israel
Abba Eban
Allen
Ahmed Hussein
Egypt
United
United Nations
Lincoln White
Nasser
United States
Czech
Paul Dudley White
Boston Heart
Eisenhower
White
James C. Hagerty
Near East
Cmdr
Edward L. Beach
Hagerty
Beach
Sue Hayward Faces Battery Claim After Hollywood Home Fight
Blonde actress Sue Hayward allegedly clobbered by rival Jil Jarmyn in a bedroom scuffle at Donald Barry's North Hollywood home. Jarmyn says she was struck with a clothes brush and injured. Hayward claims a wrestling bout ensued after an insulting remark. No charge filed. hearing set for Nov. 16 with Hayward Barry and Jarmyn expected to attend.
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Hollywood
Pesoma Ced
Susan Hayward
Donald (Red) Barry
Jil Jarmyn
Barry
Miss Hayward
Pat Kealy
Miss Jarmyn
Kealy
Dep
Chicago
Danville Man Jailed For Trespass At Stratford College
William Louis Crowder, 24, a Roanoke construction worker, received a 30 day jail term and a $50 fine after being found under a bed in a Stratford College dormitory room. He claimed drunkenness and recalled nothing about the incident, muttering about a hotel in court. Stratford is described as a junior college for girls in the report.
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Danville
William Louis Crowder
Stratford College
Crowder
Roanoke
Stratford
Cooler Weather Slated After Warm Weekend
Huntington forecast says West Virginia will see cooler weather after a warm weekend. Through next Wednesday temperatures are expected to run three to five degrees below normal, with average highs around 46 in the north and 47 in the south. Showers are likely Sunday and Tuesday totaling about one fifth inch.
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Huntington
West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Oregon Matron Cleared In April Bomb Slaying
In McMinnville Oregon on November 4 1954 attractive Mrs Marjorie Smith was found innocent of the Portland April 21 car bomb slaying of her husband Kermit Smith. A nine man three woman jury acquitted her of first degree murder after a lengthy deliberation the prosecution had sought the death penalty. The witness Victor Laurence Wolf 45 testified that Smith plotted the death and wired the bomb at her urging. Smith greeted jurors and embraced her grandmother after the verdict.
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Mcminnville
Ore
Marjorie Smith
Portland
Victor Laurence Wolf
Wolf
Smith
Syria pleads to end atomic tests before UN
Syria asked the United Nations to ban nuclear tests as Britain and Western powers rejected the full proposal. Debate over a planned international committee of scientists to study atomic radiation delays a vote in the UN Political Committee. Ahmed Shukairy voiced fears for mankind's future in the atomic age. Sir Pierson Dixon dismissed the ban as a disarmament issue. The Soviet Union seeks a ban written into the resolution, while the United States opposes injecting Soviet views into this matter.
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UNITED NATIONS N_. Y
Syria
United Nations
Britain
West
U.N
Ahmed Shukairy
Pierson Dixon
Shukairy
Soviet Union
Committee of Scientists
United States
Quiet on Gaza border as both sides claim victory
The report notes comparative quiet on the Israeli Egyptian front with both sides citing attacks and repulsals near the El Sabha checkpost in the El Auja Nizana demilitarized zone. U N observers say movement is restricted and casualty figures vary. Britain urges restraint and Gen Burns arrives in London to help reduce tension.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
Cairo
U.N
el Auja- Nizana Demilitarized Zone
Nir Izhak
Gaza
el Auja
el Sabha
el Auja- Nizana
U. N
United Nations
Iraq
Syria
Lebanon
Heyat
Britain
Egypt
Edson L. M. Burns
U.N. Palestine
London
Middle East
Burns
New York
Dag Hammarskjold
Israeli Foreign Ministry
el Auja-Nizana
el Ajua-Nizana
Molotov Rejects Western Plan for German Unification
In Geneva Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov rebuffed a Western plan for nationwide German elections in September 1956 to form a unified republic. He indicated he would visit Moscow for instructions and warned the plan did not secure European security. Dulles criticized Molotov as unresponsive and urged earlier unity.
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Geneva
V. M. Molotov
Germany
Moscow
Ogog
Molotov
John Foster Dulles
Iain Opalene
Dulles
United Communist Party
Bulganin
Soviet Union
Harold Macmillan
Antoine Pinay
UN Urges Egypt and Israel to Accept U.N. Peace Plan
Western Big Three led by United States Britain and France urge Israel and Egypt to accept Dag Hammarskjold’s UN plan. It calls for Egyptian troop pullout from El Auja DMZ and permanent demarcation to avert wider conflict amid recent heavy fighting near the frontier.
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Egypt
Israel
London
United Nations
EL Auja
United States
France
Britain
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Party Opinion Divided On Ike Races For Second Term
Washington reports mixed views on President Eisenhower seeking a second term in 1956. Sen. Bender says he is confident Ike will run, while Govs Kohler of Wisconsin and Stratton of Illinois hedge. Kohler contemplates a favorite son bid if no commitment by March 2. Stratton says Illinois will back Ike if he runs but will explore options otherwise.
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Ike
Washington
Bender
Ohio
Eisenhower
Walter J Kohler
Wisconsin
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Theodore Roosevelt
Gettysburg
CBS Officials Say No Change in $64,000 Question Prizes
CBS spokesman in New York said there will be no change in the prizes for the $64,000 Question. Reports that contestants missing the top prize would receive 16000 dollars were incorrect. The $16000 figure was once seen as an incentive for semifinalists who had won 32000 dollars. Sponsors believe changing prizes now would harm viewer suspense.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
Lana Turner Recovers At Home From Minor Surgery
Hollywood star Lana Turner is recovering at home from a minor tumor removal surgery performed Wednesday at St. John's Santa Monica. Her studio said she went home yesterday after the procedure. Friends noted the fainting spells during filming were due to a fall and are not related to the surgery.
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Hollywood
Lana Turner
St. John’s
Santa Monica
Miss Turner
Congressman Richards Retires After 24 Years in Congress
Representative Richards of South Carolina announces retirement from Congress next year after 24 years in the House. He cites not wanting to stay in office until old and says he has no plans for governor or Senate but leaves open a future magistrate role.
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Washington
Richards
D-Sc
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Congress
House
Senate
Bioff dies in Phoenix blast tied to old mob era
Willie Bioff, 55, once a Hollywood labor racketeer who admitted extorting over a million dollars, was killed in a gangster style explosion at his Phoenix home as he started his truck. Police cite possible mob links and await lab results to identify the explosive.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Willie Bioff
Hollywood
Bioff
Laurie
Ralph Ed
Sheriff's Office
Lundon
Ned Demundson
Martin Pintz
George Browne
International Alliance 4
Rita Hayworth files proxy divorce suit from Dick Haymes
Rita Hayworth, 36, seeks divorce from singer Dick Haymes in Nevada by deposition after a Paris visit with daughter Yasmin. Her attorney says she can obtain the decree without returning to Nevada if Haymes faces no legal issues, citing her 1951 Nevada residence and prior Lake Tahoe stay. Haymes, 37, and Haymes’ third wife Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes are noted.
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Reno
Rita Hayworth
Dick Haymes
Bee
Cat Lees
Paris
Prince Aly Khan
Yasmin
William K. Woodburn
Nevada
Haymes
Woodburn
Rita
Prince Aly
Lake Tahoe
Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nora Eddington Flynn Haymes
Antibiotics May Slow Recovery From Common Ailments
FDA scientist Dr Barbara Moulton warned antibiotics may delay recovery in common cold influenza polio measles and mumps. She noted they could hinder antibody formation in polio and mumps and disrupt normal bacterial flora in colds, while potentially helping in smallpox chickenpox and shingles by reducing secondary bacterial infection.
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Washington
Barbara Moulton
Food and Drug Administration
FDA
United States and Russia Agree on Clergymen Exchange
The United States and Russia reach a reciprocal pact to exchange clergymen to serve Americans in the Soviet Union and Russians in the United States. Father Louis F. Dion will go to Moscow and Archbishop Boris will visit the United States, with no set end date, reflecting a six month thaw.
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United States
Russia
Washington
Soviet Union
Louis F. Dion
Moscow
Boris
Father Dion
Georges Bissonnette
Father Bissonnette
Assumptionist Order
Woodward Killing Believed Accident
After six days of investigation authorities said there is no evidence that Mrs. Ann Woodward killed her sportsman husband William as anything but an accident. District Attorney Frank Gulotta and Chief Inspector Stuyvesant Pell look for other explanations while Mrs. Woodward remains hospitalized recovering from shock.
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Mineola
N.Y
Ann Woodsward
Frank Gulota
Stuyvesant Pinnell
Childhood Sweethearts Realize Early Dreams
Victor Smith and Robbie Sims, childhood sweethearts from Plant City Florida, kept a vow made in 1927 to own a Colonial style home. The couple, with Victor as district manager for an insurance firm, purchased the house yesterday and the etched initials Victor left in the concrete remain.
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Plant City
Fla
Victor Smith
Robbie Sims
Victor
Robbie
Smith
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