Yank Escapes From Cuba Jail
Frank Austin Young of Miami and Cuban prisoner Sergio Hernandez Reyelesca escaped from a military prison at Pinar del Rio army headquarters by breaking a cell wall. Troops and civilians hunted them as authorities ordered an investigation and detentions for guards. Young, 38, had been sentenced to 30 years for counterrevolutionary charges amid a crackdown on anti Castro activity.
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Pinar del Rio
Cuba
Frank Austin Young
Miami
Jose Argiba
Young
Sergio Hernandez Reyelesca
Fidel Castro
Reyes
Spreading Manhunt Nets 11 N.C. Fugitives
A multi state dragnet recaptured 11 of 20 Ivy Bluff Prison escapees within 48 hours. Fugitives were tracked near Cambridge Ohio and in Virginia towns Ruckersville Pilot and Lynchburg. Leaders James Christy and Charles W Stewart named by North Carolina officials. Charles Edwards, a life term inmate, was captured near Gastonia after the breakout.
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Ivy Bluff
N.C
North Carolina
Cambridge
Ohio
Quckly
Ruckersville
Pilot
Lynchburg
James Christy
Concord
N. C
Charles W Stewart
Wilmington
Rackeraville
Greene County
W. D. Deane
A. C. Moss
Tormer Charles Edwards
Gastonia
Space Station May Help Weathermen
The United States plans an orbiting meteorological station 400 miles above Earth to aid weather forecasting. Two experimental TIROS satellites will launch next year, featuring cloud scanning cameras to map large oceanic regions and identify cloud types for storm tracking.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Tiros
Multi Millionaire At 7 She Felt Mighty Proud
Seven year old Marlene Horwitt believed she had $5,999,998.50 in her account after a weekly one dollar deposit. The bank confirmed an error in the posting machine. her real balance is $10.50.
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Fair Lawn
N. J
Marlene Ann Horwitt
Dennis
Marlene
Radburn
First Saving and Loan Assn
Merck Charged Higher Prices Contrasted With Mexican Rival
Senate investigators say Merck & Co. sells prednisone 1000-tablet bottles to druggists for $170 while a Mexican firm offers the same quantity for $13.61. Merck president John S. Connor defends price cuts as production efficiency gains.
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Washington
Merck & Co. Inc
Senate
John S. Connor
Merck
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Committee
Connor
John Blair
Subcommittee
Syntex Co
Mexico City
Blair
Fire Causes $200,000 Damage in Rochester Building
A large blaze damaged the Cutler Building in downtown Rochester with an estimated 200000 dollars in damage. Three firemen suffered minor injuries from flying glass and debris. Battalion Chief Joseph Major said the fire likely started in the basement of Dawes Drug Co. in the six story brick building. exact cause not yet determined.
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Rochester P
Cutler
Rochester
Joseph Major
Dawes’ Drug Co
Eisenhower's India Welcome and Gandhi Visit
President Eisenhower arrived in New Delhi to a thunderous welcome and paid tribute at Gandhi's burning ghats. He met Nehru and Prasad amid mass crowds as Red China loomed in talks, and the event capped by a sea of flowers and cheering along the motorcade.
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New Delhi
Eisenhower
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Ghat
India
Nehru
China
Peiping
Rajghat
Gandhi
Jumna
Britain
Birla House
Secret Service
Connaught Place
Presidential
Rajendra Prasad
U.S
Himalayan
Prasad
Ehru
Europe Simmers Under Worst Storm In 23 Years
A five day European tempest overwhelmed two ships and caused 109 deaths as seafarers reported a desperate search for survivors. The Norwegian freighter Elfrida sank with 20 crew, and other vessels faced heavy seas and cold, with multiple ships missing or saved and dozens injured in storms across Norway Sweden Holland Germany and Britain.
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London
Europe
Norway
Elfrida
Lista
Buffalo
Oslo
Oslofjord
Grete Solheim
Utsira
Sweden
Holland
West Berlin
Britain
Alps
Apennines
Italy
Touhy Sued for $3 Million Over Stolen Years Biography
John Factor files a $3 million U S District Court suit in Chicago against Roger Touhy Ray Brennan the Chicago Sun Times co author and others alleging libel and emotional and physical distress from the book The Stolen Years Factor 1943 convicted of mail fraud says he has repaid his debt and led a quiet life while Touhy served 25 years for his kidnapping hoax claims Factor revenue from the book violated his privacy and exposed him to public notoriety.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
John
Jake the Barber
Factor
Beverly Hills
Calif
U.S
Touhy
Ray Brennan
Chicago Sun-Times
Stateville
Brennan
Probers Hear Goldfine at Closed Meet
Bernard Goldfine testified before the House Legislative Oversight subcommittee under a court order after previously invoking the Fifth Amendment. He answered 18 questions he had dodged and discussed withdrawals exceeding 100000 dollars from a Boston firm while refusing to disclose certain other transactions.
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Washington
Bernard Goldfine
Sherman Adams
Congress
Rep
Oren Harris
D-Ark
House
Goldfine
Boston
Harris
Capitol
Adams
House Legislative Oversight, Subcommittee
Steel Beam Welding Fatality at Bethlehem Steel Plant
Joseph Gorski, 51, of Lackawanna, died after a steel beam slipped while he welded it at Bethlehem Steel Co. plant in Lackawanna. The incident occurred Wednesday and is under investigation by plant safety officials.
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Lackawanna
Joseph Gorski
Bethlehem Steel Co
UN General Assembly urges end to repression in Hungary
The United Nations asked the Soviet Union and Hungary to halt anti communist repression of Hungarians who rebelled in 1956. A 53-10 vote with 17 abstentions kept the Hungarian question alive, urging cooperation with UN envoy Sir Leslie Munro to implement earlier resolutions.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
Hungary
General Assembly
Soviet Bloc
Yugoslavia
Haiti
Morocco
United States
New Zealand
Sir Leslie Munro
U.N
Series of Operations Restore Boy's Voice in Chicago
Tommy Thompson, 1, a survivor of a live grenade blast in Chicago, has been discharged from a hospital after a series of operations restored his speech. Doctors repaired the damaged larynx and removed a silver treatment tube before release.
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Chicago
Tommy Thompson
Tommy
Akron girl named honorary mayor of Santa Claus town
Sharon Gentner of Akron Ohio won a national Christmas Day birthday letter contest and will reign as honorary mayor of Santa Claus Indiana. Evansville Mayor William Davidson and Santa Claus Jim Yellig will attend as dignitaries for Sharon and her family during the Saturday ceremony.
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Santa Claus
Ind
Sharon, Gentner
Akron
Ohio
Sharon
Mary Gentner
Kenneth
Evansville
William Davidson
Jim Yellig
NBC Denies Censorship on Hope Payola Skit
NBC and Bob Hope clashed over a payola themed skit on Hope show with NBC denying censorship. NBC said edits reduced plugs while Hope claimed pressure to drop the payola gag. sponsor approval followed, with Kovacs playing a senator and Hope as a disc jockey.
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NBC
Hope
Hollywood
National Broadcasting Co
Bob Hope
Network
Hal Kemp
Ernie Kovacs
Herman Payola
KLIP
Inside The Tiser Bridge
A compact pane lists sections on Sports Comics Television Deaths Theaters Editorial Women’s Markets News Radio Area, guiding readers to feature pages across the paper.
Eisenhower Considers Latin America Visit Next Year
President Eisenhower says a proposal to visit Latin America next year will be kept in mind after receiving a letter from Rep. Selden. The exchange highlights interest in strengthening US Latin American relations and meeting regional leaders. Milton Eisenhower also supports the idea as potentially productive for mutual benefits.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Latin America
Armistead I. Selden Jr
D-Ala
House Inter- American Affairs Committee
White House
Milton S. Eisenhower
Selden
South America
United States
Pickets Yield to Pleas at Wilson Co. Plant
Violent pickets nearly a thousand strong blocked nonunion workers from leaving the Wilson Co. packing plant for three hours in Albert Lea Minnesota. Three cars overturned and several vehicles damaged as rock throwing injured four. Police and sheriff officers formed a protective cordon allowing about 350 workers to pass through the gate. 30 remained inside. company officials kept staff overnight without explanation.
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Albert Lea
Minn
Wilson Co
Bus Crash Near Cuernavaca Kills 31 in Flaming Wreck
Red Cross officials reported 31 people died when a jammed bus crashed and burst into flames near Cuernavaca. Seven others were seriously injured and 18 received first aid treatment.
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Cuernavaca
Mexico
Red Cross
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