Rescue on 22nd floor ledge saves mother from suicide
A 19 year old mother Lois Gonzales leapt from the 25th floor of Transit Tower Building in San Antonio. Office worker John C. Henson crawled along the exterior ledge and overpowered her, pulling her to safety three floors below. Superintendent Robert A. Nelson credited Henson for the lifesaving act. Lois Gonzales was hospitalized in good condition and kept under observation for possible internal injuries. Police say she was married six months earlier and is mother to a 17 month old child.
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Tex
Robert A. Nelson
John C. Henson
Nelson
Henson
Lois Gonzales
Gonzalés
LaMarca Sentenced to Death for Baby Weinberger Kidnaping
Angelo LaMarca was found guilty of kidnaping and first degree murder in the July 4 slaying of baby Peter Weinberger. The all male jury, all fathers, did not recommend mercy, so the death penalty by electric chair was automatically imposed. Trial judge Mario Pittoni set the automatic sentence for December 14. The Weinberger family and courtroom spectators reacted with tears as verdicts were announced.
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Angelo LaMarca
Peter Weinberger
LaMarca
John W. Connelly
Pittoni
Westbury
N. Y
Long Island
FSI
Fisherman sportsman tale tests truth in baited call
A quirky note profiles a fisherman as a sportsman who never tells the truth, except when phoning another fisherman at biar, delivering a playful jab at tall tales in the fishing community.
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Biar
Civic Center bond vote set for $300000
City hall meeting outlines a $300000 bond request to finish the civic center planned for completion by late 1958. Funds come from general revenue as needed to avoid high interest, plus a $161000 residue from the community improvement fund and $40000 from city property sales. The public will vote January 28 on two questions: the new obligation bonds amount and transferring the $161000 residue to the civic center from the improvement fund.
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Community Improvement Fund
Civic Center
Bey
Copenhayer
Charleston Warmer Than Seasonal Norm Forecast Turns Cooler
Charleston's mild spell may ease as a cold wave moves south from Kanawha Airport bringing cooler air today. Occasional showers are expected with near normal to above normal readings over the next five days. The region's highs yesterday reached up to 71 in Charleston while Martinsburg saw 75.
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Charleston
Kanawha
Martinsburg
Huntington
Parkersburg
Elkins
Morgantown
Neely Seen Fit to Return to Work Soon
Senator Matthew M. Neely of West Virginia, 82, has resumed progress after a left hip fracture operation at Bethesda Naval Hospital. Capt. E. C. Kenney reports Neely was cheerful and progressing satisfactorily, with a possible return to work soon and attendance at the Senate session discussed.
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Neely
Washington
Dec. T
Matthew M. Neely
D-Wva
Bethesda Naval Hospital
E. C. Kenney
Washington Lawyer Dies After Heroic Supreme Court Appearance
Cancer-stricken attorney Prew Savoy 57 argued a key Supreme Court case for Jose Soriano seeking 119765 for goods to guerrillas in the Philippine conflict. He died in his Northwest Washington apartment shortly after the session, having earlier undergone lung removal with months to live. The high court will consider the Soriano appeal and related 35 other claims worth several million dollars.
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Supreme Court
Prew Savoy
Wiliam O. Douglas
Savoy
Jose Soriano
Philippine Islands
U.S. Court of Claims
Soriano
United States
Supreme, Court
Sorianu
Honie
Philippines Seizes Eastern Europe Seat on UN Security Council
The Philippines won the interim nonpermanent seat, defeating Czechoslovakia, Afghanistan, Spain, and Yugoslavia in secret ballots. Yugoslavia will vacate by December 8, and the Philippines will serve the remainder of the two-year term. The Soviet Union protested, calling the election a discrimination against Eastern Europe, while the United States argued the London agreement was only for one year. Britain backed Yugoslavia despite American objections.
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Europe
Security Council
Philippines
United
Yugoslavia
Council
Soviet Union
Vassily V. Kuznetsov
Eastern Europe
United States
U.N
Eastern
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Manila
London
Red Poland
Ukraine
Moscow
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Greece
Turkey
Kuznetsov
Poland
Britain
Sir Pierson Dixon
Defense Spending Likely Rises Next Fiscal Year Says Wilson
Secretary of Defense Wilson, after talks with President Eisenhower in Augusta, said military spending for the next fiscal year will probably exceed the 36 billion dollars estimated this year. He noted no expected change in armed forces strength and hinted at a near 38 billion defense budget, with the full government budget to Congress early next month.
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Augusta
Wilson
Eisenhower
Administration
Pentagon
The
Congress
Augusta National Golf Club
Washington
Grand fellow tips waitress $4000 at San Diego cafe
Bob Johnson, 60, a retired land speculator and bachelor with no family, tipped a waitress $4000 after coffee. He said he gives to charity at Christmas and wanted to do something different this year. Gerda V. Olson, the waitress, said she was surprised and has served him before with a smile.
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San Diego
Calif
Bob Johnson
Gerda V. Olson
Johnson
Fights and strikes erupt in Budapest amid protests
Fights flare in the Hungarian capital as workers challenge the Russian-imposed government demanding release of jailed leaders by 8 p.m. Street clashes near Western Railway Station leave several dead or wounded, with eyewitnesses reporting police dominance and mass demonstrations as Csepel iron and steel works show widespread walkouts.
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Budapest
Hungary
Central Workers Council
Csepel Iron and Steel Works
Sat Csepel
Jaros Wadar
Polish Church and State Reach Sweeping Settlement
In Warsaw on Saturday the Polish government and the Roman Catholic Church announced a broad settlement ending a four week negotiation. The accord restores religious education in schools upon parental request, permits chaplains in hospitals and prisons, allows exiled clergy to return to western territories, and recognizes the state's theoretical influence in church appointments.
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Warsaw
Poland
Stefan Cardinal Wyszynski
Germany
12,328 Entries Miss Crossword Answers Contests
No winners turned up in the 12,328 entries in Sunday’s Gazette Crossword Puzzle Contest. See tomorrow’s Gazette for a new puzzle worth up to $262.50.
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Gazette
Father on guard gasped gashed in infantry drill
Olympia, Wash. December 7 John Henry Arends became a father this week after a dramatic delivery. He broke two teeth and required eight stitches on his face following an all night hospital vigil. He fainted from ether just as his wife was wheeled from the delivery room. He later said quote You cant imagine what a father goes through end quote.
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Olympia
Wash
John Henry Arends
U N Debates Steps Over Hungary Admission Standoff
The United Nations and 27 other countries debated ways to pressure Hungary and the Soviet bloc to admit U N observers. They considered measures including suspending Hungarian Foreign Minister Imre Horvath's UN credentials and sought replies by December.
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United Nations
U. N
Hungary
JHE
Imre Horvath
Arabs Plead for U S Leadership Amid Arab World Vacuum
In Beirut and Baghdad Arab leaders urge the United States to step into a widening postwar vacuum east of Suez. They praise Eisenhower's Egyptian crisis stance, seek bold U S leadership, and resist Russian influence while asking for clear, principled cooperation rather than opaque pacts. The mood is hopeful yet uncertain about concrete U S steps.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Suez
Britain
Iraq
Egypt
United States
Baghdad
Russia
Eisenhower
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
Kremlin
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