Meeting With Desperate Prisoners For 31 Lives Hangs on Hope
Boston citizens met with convicts at Charleston State Prison as wardens and clergy urged dialogue to avert tragedy. The seven visitors, including Sumner H. Babcock and Rev. Joan Grant, listened as inmates offered their story in a tense, hushed session lasting hours.
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Boston
Joseph A. Fierty
Walter H. Balben
Thedore Green
Fritz O. Swensen
Sumner H. Babcock
Boston Bar Association
Patrick J. McDonough
Governor’s Council
Joan J. Grant
Edward Pattigan
Ike Seeks New Formosa Defense Propaganda over prisoners visit offer
The State Department condemns Red China’s invitation to families of 17 American prisoners as a potential propaganda trap. Officials question motives and caution travelers about safety, while considering passport decisions and travel bans. The American Red Cross offers to aid eligible relatives with funding as plans to finance trips are discussed.
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Washington
State Department
China
Lata
Dilicais Halawuay
Air Force
Defense Departments
Red China
Department
Senate
William F. Knowland
Calif
Walter F. George
George
Henry Suydam
United States
American Red Cross
The
Red Cross
Evacuation Crisis as 7th Fleet Heads to Formosa Strait
U S Navy chief Vice Adm. Pride leads 7th Fleet toward Formosa as Nationalist China begins evacuating civilians from Tachens amid heavy Red naval and air actions. Three aircraft carriers, Essex Kearsarge and Yorktown, move to assist if Washington orders action. Eisenhower to address Congress Monday on Formosa defense and evacuation plans with Dulles and Knowland present.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.S
Strait of Formosa
China
Tachen Island
Alfred M. Pride
7Th Fleet
Pescadoré Islands
Hong Kong
Helena
Philippines
U.S. Navy
Tachen
Shanghai
Formosa Straits
Essex
Kearsarge
Yorktown
Washington
Yikiangshan Island
William C. Chase
Defense Ministry
O. K. Yui
Tachens
Eisenhower
Congress
Formosas
Fescadores
Tacheas
White House
Far East
House
Senate
Western Pacific
Red Ching
James C. Hagerty
United States
William F. Knowland
S House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Hagerty
Dulles
U. S
Tachew Islands
Thruston Marton
Knowland
White
Suit seeks sale of 19 acres for Sears store site
A San Leandro suit seeks forced sale of 19 acres at Hesperian Lewes Jing boulevards for a Sears location in the four corners area. Van Deusen Ward Realty asks conveyance to pay 300000 previously agreed, while owner D Bronetti faces state condemnation for Castro Valley freeway linkage. Sears officials say the firm viewed the site but has not committed in writing.
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San Leandro
Hesperian
Lewes Jing
Sears
Roebuck
Superior Court
Roberts Wright
Hayward
Wright
van Deusen Ward Realty Corporation
Stars
D. Bronetti
Jon G. Wadham
Los Angeles
Alameda County
Four Corners
Eastshore
Castro Valles
Lewelling
Hesperian Boulevard
Wright and Pierson
Realty Corporation
Clayton Brunsell
Oakland
Wright and
Pierson
Brunetti
Castro Valley
Hayward Youths Sentenced to Two Years Each
San Francisco reports Richard Klaven and James Hicks both of Hayward were sentenced to two year terms in a federal reformatory for smuggling narcotics. They admitted packing heroin into the United States from Mexico. Judge Lens E. Goodman presided.
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San Francisco
Richard Klaven
Manon Avenue
James Hicks
Ruus Road
Hayward
Federal Reformatory
Lens
E. Goodman
United States
Aiama
Mexico
Coal Strike Hits Germany Paralyzes Ruhr Industry
In Germanys industrial heartland a 24 hour coal and steel workers strike paralyzed the Ruhr area and disrupted plants nationwide. Some mines continued limited operation while emergency crews tended coke ovens and furnaces. the government kept hands off.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Opera
Ruhr
Bochum
Rhine
West Germany
Bonn
Figueres Army Crushes Revolt After 11 Days
Costa Rica's patchwork army began a victory parade in San Jose after quelling a revolt in 13 days. President Jose Figueres said about 3000 volunteers would march while Congress plans to restore liberties and end press censorship. He cited minimal casualties, noted rebels lacked logistics, and credited OAS support and U.S. plane aid for the turning point.
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San Jose
Costa Rica
Jose Figueres
Figueres
Congress
Green Army
Jeader Teodoro Ficado
West Point
Incorporation Talks Set For Monday Night
The Washington township incorporation study committee will meet Monday at 7 pm. Dr. Harold Schoenfeld, chair, announced the meeting to be held in the teachers’ workroom at De cote school located at Sixth and G streets.
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Decoto
Washington
Township
Harold Schoenfeld
Jman
Decote School
Get A Lawyer Judge Orders Atomic Queen
Superior Judge Wade Snook ordered Jewel Rivers to obtain legal counsel after she claimed inability to pay. Rivers, 62, faces 23 counts of theft and conspiracy for allegedly selling unregistered stock in a reportedly worthless Lovelock uranium mine, with civil suit also pending. She is housed at Santa Rita prison’s alcoholic ward.
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Oakland
Wade Snook
Jewel Rivers
Rivers
Snook
George Nye
Santa Rita
Lovelock
Nev
Hayward
Gas Tax Stays At 6-Cent Rate In California
Sacramento dispatch reports Governor Knight signed into law a measure keeping the state gasoline tax at six cents per gallon. Had the urgency bill not passed, the levy would fall to five and one half cents under the 1953 Highway act, with about 25 million dollars yearly flowing to the state highway fund.
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Sacramento
INS
California
Knight
Local Cops Agree Auto Had Power
San Leandro police said the new 1955 model demonstration car from Jackson Goldie agency skidded on Washington avenue near Halcyon drive at about 2 15 a m. Otto Enyart 27 of San Leandro drove the car with Virgus N Griffin 31 of Oakland a passenger. Griffin was seriously injured and treated at Fairmont hospital. Enwart was cited for driving without due caution.
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San Leandro
Otto Enyart
Durant Avenue
Jackson Goldie Automotive Agency
Washington Avenue
Halcyon Drive
Enwart
Nas
Virgus N. Griffin
Oakland
Fairmont Hospital
Envart
San Leamore
Malik Leads London For Kremlin Summit Talks
Soviet recall of three ambassadors signals Moscow plans a broader diplomatic push. Malik and Vinogradov traveled to Moscow while Zarubin and Paris envoy Vinogradov returned, amid Bonn talks and rearmament efforts. Observers see questions on Germany and Red China shaping Western strategy.
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London
Jaco Malik
Moscow
Kremlin
Malik
Court of St. James
Brussels
Sven
Georgi Zarobin
Washington
Paris
Sergei Vinogradov
Tor
Soviet Union
Russia
Germany
Red China
Vinogradov
Bonn
Zarubin
Far East
U.S
China
Peiping
Pierre Mendes-France
Konrad T Adenauer
Niles Chamber Sets First Night Dinner Meeting
The Niles Chamber of Commerce schedules its first night meeting for Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. The event is a dinner to be held at Italian Village, announced by secretary Vernon Ellsworth.
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Niles
Rebels End Hostage Siege at Massachusetts Prison
Seven negotiators obtained a surrender from four convicts held for a two hour revolt at the Massachusetts state prison. The four inmates, under life sentences, turned in weapons to a citizen committee including Er D. Canham and Patrick J. McDonough. Governor Herter promised a quick trial and a broad inquiry into the incident, while the rebels sought hope and a possibility of eventual liberty. Violence remained absent as the siege ended without fatalities amidst tense negotiations and threats.
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Boston
Massachusetts State Prison
Sevenman
Citizens’ Committee
Er D. Canham
Chuan Science Monitor
Patrick J. McDonough
Christian Herter
Canham
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Charleston State Prison
Commonwealth Avenue
Francis Hartigan
Erwin D. Canham
Ike
U. S. Air Force
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Japan
U. S. Army
Patrick
Chiang
Robey Realtors
Organization of American States
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Steach
Auto
Big Red Confab
Niles Chamber
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