Search Yields Weapon Cache At San Quentin Prison
San Quentin guards on heightened alert after a Wednesday night shakedown uncovered a cache of firearms, ammunition, and prison made shivs. A .38 revolver, several shells, and mine rounds were seized along with razor sharp knives improvised from contraband. Prison officials suspect no link to an escape plot by Paul Prager and Richard Campos, who were caught sawing blades in their cells and placed in solitary.
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San Quentin
Louis Nelson
California
Paul Prager
Richard C
iCampos
Proger
Campos
Shack
William Pillow
Manuel Perez
Campos Psawig
Agreed Course Outlined for Suez Talks
INS reports Britain France and Egypt agreed on a framework for future Suez negotiations. Foreign ministers Lloyd Pineau and Fawzi met in secret sessions to draft an official form of the agreement and planned to present it to a UN Security Council session. Core principles include free navigation through the canal tolls to Egypt and insulating the waterway from politics. Dag Hammarskjold has attended six sessions and may continue to play a role.
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INS
N.Y. Peising
Britain
Mil
Selwyn Lloyd
Christian Pineau
Mahmoud Fawzi
United Nations Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
London
Egypt
John Foster Dulles
Fawzi
U.N
Dag Hammmarskjold
Nee
Tanya Taken From Liner Near Iron Curtain Departure
A Russian liner plot saw Tanya Chwastov, 2, born in the United States, seized from her American mother and taken by her father Alexei Chwastov minutes before the ship’s set sail. London immigration officials accompanied them to a Soviet embassy car and departure. The child’s American citizenship was noted as a key factor amid reports of coercion by Soviet diplomats.
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London
United States
Soviet Union
Jidner Vyacheslav Molotov
Tanya Chwastov
Alexei
Tanya
Chwastov
Russia
George Dietzok
Detroit
Navy hospital gun death probe urged in Boston
Kenneth T Lyons national commander of the Federal Employees Veterans Association asked Navy Secretary Charles S Thomas for an immediate inquiry into the August shooting death of Watertown Marine Lt William L Johns at the Oakland California Naval hospital. Lyons said the family has only been told he died of a gunshot wound and has not received personal effects. He urged the office to investigate the mysterious death and noted the father Harry L Johns has received no belongings.
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Boston
Navy
Charles S. Thomas
Watertown
Mass
Oakland
Calif
Kenneth T. Lyons
Federal Employes Veterans Association
Rine
William L. Johns
Lyons
Thomas
Harry L. John
Edith Nourse
Rome
Rogers
Uishers
John
Benito Mussolini
Vanni Theodorani
Hayward Lions Club
Giorgio
Almirante
Bret Harte School
Ad Evans
Eisenhower to test new televised campaign approach
President Eisenhower will host an unrehearsed national televised news conference following a Citizens for Eisenhower Nixon dinner at the Sheraton Park. Helen Hayes will appear for a White House chat, with Dorothy D Houghton and Arthur Larson among speakers. NBC will carry the 30 minute Q A session seen on KROW at 5 PM.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hisenhower-Nixon
District of Columbis
Sheraton Park
Helen Hayes
White House
Miss Hayes
National Citizens For
Nixon
NBC
KROW
Glass Plant To Be Built In San Leandro
Anchor Hocking Glass to construct a million dollar plant on a 12 acre site at 7th Avenue between Fleishhacker paper and Southern Pacific tracks in San Leandro. The facility will employ about 100 and will produce bottles glasses and fancy glass gifts. Home office is in Lancaster California.
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San Leandro
Anchor Hocking Glass Corporation
Daily Review
Fleishhacker Paper Company
Southern Pacific
Anchor Hocking
Lancaster
Chamber’ Ot,commerce Industrial Expension Committee
Jesus
Columbus Day Observance Closes Area Halls
Exactly 464 years after Christopher Columbus landed in the New World city halls in Hayward and San Leandro were closed. State offices and local governments followed the holiday closure while schools and federal offices stayed open in Southern Alameda County.
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Christopher Columbus
New World
Atlantic
Nina
Pinto
Santa Maria
Caribbean Sea
Hayward
San Leandro
Alameda County
Stevenson Blitz Campaign Sweeps California for Electors
Adlai Stevenson conducts a blitz through California aiming to win its 32 electoral votes. He campaigns in Fresno and Long Beach with a San Diego rally planned, while Nixon is attacked over foreign and domestic policy. Five young Democratic governors and senators join in a one day saturation effort including Humphrey, Gore, George Leader, Robert Menendez, and Frank Clement.
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Stevenson
Adlai
California
Agriculture Central
Pacific Coast
Eisenhower
Fresno
Long Beach
Fords Bowl
San Diego
Richard M. Nixon
Hve
Nixon
Oakland
Illinois
Califora
Hubert Humphrey
Minnesota
Albert Gore
Tennessee
Govs. George
Pennsylvania
Robert Mener
New Jersey
Frank Clement
Rodeo School Chief Faces Resignation Call
Emil J. Spiering, 47, superintendent of Rodeo's two elementary public schools, is under fire as the school board asks for his resignation in a resolution. He is accused of shrankenness and being under the influence of intoxicating liquor while employed in the district, in a $9,250 yearly post.
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RODEO
INS
Emil’ J
Spiersing
Spiering
Shoal i
Mental Health Conference Planned in Sacramento
Governor Goodwin J Knight announced a two day mental health conference in Sacramento on November 14 and 15. Knight said the event will stress prevention of mental illness and about 75 persons have been invited to attend.
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Sacramento
Goodwin J
Knight
Nixon in Midwest Demo Farm Plan Attacked
Vice President Richard Nixon accused the Democratic farm program of get rich quick promises that would hurt farm income and impose strict controls. He barnstormed the Midwest, calling the plan a warmed over bankrupt scheme, and outlined his schedule to Norfolk Columbus Marquette and Minnesota while vowing to expose the opposition’s plan.
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Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Midwest
GOF
Columbus
Neb
America
Denver
Norfolk
Meb
Republican Party
Marquette
Mich
Minnesota
Snow Victim Hits Sierra Traviss as First of Season
An elderly man became the season's first snow victim in Sierra Traviss according to the California Highway Patrol on Wednesday.
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Traviss
Sierra
California Highway Patrol
Wday
Big Game for Preps Tonight at Hanson Field
Hayward and San Lorenzo high schools meet in annual varsity football at Hanson Field. Kickoff at 8 p m. Attendance expected well over 5 020 fans. Rebels favored despite winless 1956 start. past series 2 2 with San Lorenzo claiming two straight 4-7 seasons. Admission is 1 for adults and student body.
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Hanson Field
Hayward
Sam
Lorenzo High
Rebels
Embryad
San
Loranzo
Foothill Boulevard
Distress Signals Signal Possible Survivors Of Plane Missing
Distress signals believed from survivors of an American C-118 transport missing with 39 aboard drew 92 search planes to the Atlantic north of the Azores. A U S Air Force spokesman spoke of a glimmer of hope as signals were heard and fixes placed source in the Atlantic. RAF and US forces continued a day-long search from Bay of Biscay to near the Azores with no wreckage found.
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London
Air Amada
Atlantic
Azores
U. S. Air Force
Fort Steg Ses Erne
Banmente
Ores
Getger
Bay of Biscay
Britain
United States
N.Y
Downer
Sem) Renshaw
Westport
Conn
New York
Lannon
Ireland
Third Air Force
Ruislip
Nina Ponomareva freed after hat theft trial
In London a British court found Soviet discus champion Nina Ponomareva guilty of stealing five hats from a shop but released her with court costs paid. She then boarded a Soviet bound ship in London harbor heading home to Moscow.
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London
Chempion Nina Ponomareva
Russia
Nina
Mostow
Clydeji Wilson
Marlborough Street
Moscow
Soviet Asked To Pay for Jet
The United States demanded 1 million 355 thousand dollars in damages from the Soviet Union for the 1954 shooting down of an American Navy patrol bomber off the Siberian coast. The State Department said the Moscow embassy delivered a formal note to the Soviet foreign office presenting the claim. The Neptune bomber was attacked by two Mig-type aircraft with Soviet markings on September 4, 1954, killing Ensign Roger H. Reid and injuring nine others. The shootdown prompted U.S. action in international forums.
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Washington
Ins
U. S
Soviet Union
Siberian
State Department
U.S
Moscow
Ivas
Roger, H. Reid
Seni
United
Cour ‘Cil
Meyer lemon tree ban extended to Central Valley counties
Sacramento authorities extended the state Department of Agriculture ban on Meyer lemon trees to districts in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys. The expansion covers parts of Fresno Tulare Kern Butte Glenn Tehama and Yuba counties, tightening restrictions amid the plant disease concerns.
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Sacramento
State Department of Agriculture
Fayemento
San Joaquin
Fresno
Tulare Kern
Butte, Glenn, Tonama and
Yuba Counties
Riots intensify as Hong Kong police fire in Kowloon melee
On the third day of unrest in the British colony, security forces opened fire on a crowd in downtown Kowloon. A Portuguese family sheltered a wounded Chinese victim as fires began and stores were damaged. Troops backed by police kept most streets quiet today, though officials warned the situation remained tense and uncertain.
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Hong Kong
Kowloon
Feo
Hongong
United, Press Movietone
Marvin’ Farkas
Wilson hints at large 1954 manpower cut and budget rise
Defense Secretary Charles E. Wilson said manpower could be trimmed by 100000 or more next year while defense spending may exceed 2 billion dollars. He urged a decision by December 15 and noted the 1954 forces plan will be revealed with Eisenhower's January budget.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Eisenhower
Congress
Cenfuses
Weather forecast notes fair conditions ahead
A clipped weather note predicts fair weather tonight and Saturday. Partly cloudy skies and mild temperatures are expected with the outlook for the day showing إيج unclear morning timing and a mild high.
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Eazotdanes High
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