Chicago Cop Killer Captured After Desperate Manhunt
Richard Carpenter, a 26 year old ex convict and alleged cop killer, fought officers through a tear gas filled apartment before being dragged to safety. He had fatally wounded one officer and critically wounded another in a 23 hour terror spree, with crowds shouting for his death as he was taken to the 6th Avenue station after a gun duel near the Biltmore Theater.
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Chicago
John Dillinger
Richard Carpenter
Elwood Zuley
Carpenter
Zuley
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Uad
6Rth Avenue
Biltmore Theater
Clarence Kerr
Kerr
William More
Leonard Powell
Detective Bureau
Man Relives 23 Hours of Terror in Home Siege
Leonard Powell and his wife Stella recount 23 hours as ex-convict killer Richard Jer held them and their two children at 2040 Poengment Ave Chicago. Jer, armed with a .38 revolver, claimed to have killed a policeman and wounded another and talked of madness while terror mounted. The siege began after a gun battle nearby and they debated surrender versus safety for hours.
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Chicago
Leonard Powell
Stella
Richard Jer
Powells
Clarence Kerr
Powell
Carpenter
Robert
Diane
Jane 4
Wes
Gallagher Convicted On Four Counts in Korea War Case
New York court martial convicts Sgt. James C Gallagher of four charges including unpremeditated murder and mistreatment of fellow POWs. The Brooklyn native, age 23, was accused of throwing three American prisoners from a prison hut into freezing temperatures and leaving them to die. verdict came after nearly five hours of deliberation at 12 15 p m.
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New York
James C. Gallagher
Gallagher
Brooklyn
Korea
Meeting Opens in Mars Hill With Historical Groups
The Western North Carolina Historical Association and the State Literary and Historical Association opened a two day meeting in Mars Hill North Carolina. John A Me ech of Mars Hill College spoke about a recently completed 100 year history of the college.
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Mars Hill
N.C
Western
North Carolina Historical Assn
State Literary and Historical Assn
John A. Meech
Mars Hill College
Bad Train Wreck Reported Near Marked Tree Arkansas
The Kansas City Florida Special passenger train derailed on a 20 foot embankment near Marked Tree. Officials cited multiple deaths and numerous injuries with ambulances and doctors arriving from Memphis and nearby Arkansas cities.
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Marked Tree
Ark
W. G. Key
Marked Tree Schools
Key
Memphis
Tenn
Arkansas
Kansas City
Torrential Floods Sweep Nine States and DC
Rain swollen rivers inundated nine states and the District of Columbia causing deaths and widespread destruction. Pennsylvania reports 14 dead with additional fatalities across Virginia Vermont Rhode Island and Massachusetts. The Air Force Coast Guard and Navy used helicopters and amphibious craft in rescue efforts. Major rivers include the Schuylkill Delaware Ramapo Potomac Neversink Westfield and more.
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Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Ains
New York
New Jersey
Maryland
Connecticut
Air Force
Coast Guard
Navy
Uylkill
Delaware
Ramapo
Neversink
Potomac
Westfield
Rivers Near Crest as Diane Bloats East Carolina
Rivers in eastern North Carolina edged toward crest levels after Diane caused heavy rain. Cape Fear at Fayetteville reached 40.61 feet. Elizabethtown 26 feet. a 30 foot crest forecast for tomorrow. Tar at Tarboro 16.25 feet. Neuse at Neuse 17.1 feet with slight declines expected. Crests not seen as widespread damage expected.
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Cape Fear
Fayetteville
Elizabethtown
Tar
Tarboro
Neuse
Smithfield
Roanoke
Randolph
Danville
Dan River
Goldsboro
Kinston
Greenville
Damage toll from Connie and Diane in NC estimated
Civil defense director Brig. Gen. Edward Griffin estimated hurricane damage in North Carolina at 50 to 75 million dollars with crop losses adding to the total. Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine cited at least 30 million in farm losses as floods hit Hyde Pamlico and Beaufort counties. Governor Hodges planned a helicopter survey of coastal counties.
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Raleigh
Connie
Diane
North Carolina
Edward Griffin
Griffin
Army
Marines
Highway Commission
L. Y. Ballentine
Ballentine
Hyde County
Pamlico
Beaufort
Wrightsville
Carolina
John H. Ferrell
Civil Defense
New Hanover County
Wrightsville Beach
Carolina Beach
Kure Beach
Conenie
Alfred Cooper
Atlantic Beach
Kure
Co. B
80Th Construction Engineer
Ft. Bragg
Ft. Fisher
Topsail Beach
Long and
Holden Beaches
Hodges
Forty Chinese students remain in the United States to return home
Washington officials say about 40 former Chinese students in the United States still wish to go back to Communist China. They note those remaining are free to leave at any time, with no central records of their reasons or activities.
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Washington
U.S
China
Red China
Geneva
United States
Immigration Service
U.N
Korea
Tritium May Aid Laundries and Industry Use
AEC researchers at the atoms for peace conference describe tritium as a hydrogen form that can trace reactions in cleaning, dye retention, combustion, and pollution studies. They note its low cost, high detectability, and potential to mark hydrogens in fabrics, fuels, and industrial processes.
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Geneva
Unsaees
Grammy
W. G. Brown
U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Argonne National Laboratory
Colls
Atoms-For-Peace Conference
AEC
India Breaks Links With Portugal Over Goa Crisis
New Delhi cuts all official ties with Portugal after the killing of Indian marchers. Nehru orders Portuguese consulates in Bombay Madras and Calcutta closed and Indian staff to leave Portuguese India. Goa border crowds and Free Goa leaders claim hundreds prepared to enter, while 70 remain as representatives of the demand for Portuguese retirement.
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New Delhi
India
Portugal
Nehru
Goa
One Death Reported Swollen Virginia Rivers Block Traffic
Swollen streams from the Blue Ridge to the Atlantic blocked traffic and flooded low areas as Hurricane Diane drenched Virginia. At least one death was reported. 19-year-old William Vega of Herndon disappeared after a disabled boat plunged over a dam on the Potomac River. Rivers rose along the Shenandoah, Rapidan and Rappahannock, forcing evacuations and road closures across multiple counties.
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Richmond
Virginia
Blue Ridge
Atlantic
Diane
William Vega
Herndon
Potomac River
Washington
Front Royal
Shenandoah Valley
Shenandoah River
Riverton
Warren County
Stote
Rapidan
Orange
Culpeper
Rappahannock
Fredericksburg
Elkton
Rockeingham County
Strasburg
Robert McKeever
Shenandoah County
Potomas River
Chain Bridge
Hains Point
Wisconsin Avenue
N.W
Washington Monument
Alexandria
Danville
Dan River
Sherando Hill
Harrisonburg
U N Demands Return Of Two Men Shot Down In Korea
U N Command calls urgent Military Armistice Commission meeting for 10 a m Saturday to demand the return of the pilot and passenger of a U S training plane shot down by Communists near the DMZ. Survivors uncertain. names withheld.
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U. N
Munsan
Korea
U. N. Command
Military Armistice Commission
U. S
First Step In Reserve Plan Taken
The Army began one phase of a new reserve training program and will soon add others, including enlistment of men aged 17 to 18 percent for six months training. The plan aims to build a ready reserve to 2.9 million over years, with immediate six year enlistments into the reserve for those not yet draft ordered.
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Washington
Congress
Eisenhower
Army
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C.S. Weather Bureau
Raleigh-Durham
Commission
United Nations
Demilitarized Zone
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