Convicts Seize Control Of New Cell Block In Wyoming Prison
Mutinous inmates seized a new cell block at the Rawlins Wyoming prison and held three guards as hostages. No escapes. guards confined to cells. Warden Deane Miller and acting governor Everett T. Copenhaver met with riot spokesmen about 75 inmates involved. Rioters armed with kitchen knives and improvised weapons demanded grievances be heard.
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Rawlins
Wyo
Wyoming
L. F
Ben) Reeves
Deane Miller
Everett T. Copenhaver
Miller
Reeves
William Coppenger
Coppenger
Albert Oleffe
Copenhaver
Lloyd Richmond
Norman Hodges
Joel McCamey
Deaths and Funerals In Local Community
Obituaries list multiple deaths from July including Mr East of Stokes County loss age 85 with services in Sechrest Chapel and interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Rev Henry Norwood Bowne 83 funeral at St Marys Episcopal Church with interment in Oakwood Memorial Park. Thomasville mourns Samuel White 80 and Martha Alice Slate 79 with services at First Wesleyan Methodist and Centie Baptist churches respectively.
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Mr. East
Stokes County
Reuben
Martha Lawson East
Walnut Cove
Fred O. Young
Grant St
D. A. Teeter
City
Lois Byrd
Guilford
Route 1
Foy Young
Bryant W. Young
Asheboro
Rt. 2
Sechrest Chapel
Woodrow W. Robbins
Lexington Ave. Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
H. Norwood Bowne
Henry Norwood Bowne
St. Marys Episcopal Church
William Price
Gilbert Clinard
Jake Froelich
Robert Davis
Charles Diffendal
John Diffen- Armstrong
George Stewart
Armstrong
Oakwood Memorial Park
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Mr. Bowne
High Point Memorial Hospital
Thomasville
Samuel L. White
Trotter St
First Wesleyan Methodist Church
Martha Alice Slate
J. W. Slate
Brantly
Cen Tie Baptist Church
George Tunstall
Green St. Baptist Church
W. H. Flythe
Karl Sheppard
Phillip Davis
Tom W. Sprinkle
Jesse Washburn
Ben Franklin
Guilford Memorial Mausoleum
Vera Alexander Jones
Dolan Jones
Monroe
G. T. Alexander
Alabama
First Presbyterian Church
Roy Fitley
Rain Widens Across Eastern U S With Local Totals
The Associated Press reports broad showers and thunderstorms across the eastern half of the United States with light rain in Oregon and Washington. Syracuse, New York measured up to two inches in a 24 hour span while Sault Ste. Marie recorded more than one inch.
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Associated Press
Oregon
Washington
Syracuse
N.Y
Sault Ste. Marie
Weather Forecast Across Nation With Showers and Warm Spells
Weather Bureau predicts scattered showers and thunderstorms Sunday nationwide. Clear skies stretch from the Great Lakes west to central and northern plains. Warm conditions prevail in the middle Atlantic states while the Midwest and Northwest stay cooler. central plains remain warm with little change elsewhere.
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Weather Bureau
Great Lakes
Central
Plains
Middle Atlantic
Midwest
Northwest Pacific
Central Plains
Faye Arnold Crowned Miss Wake County in Pageant
In hot conditions, Faye Arnold won Miss Wake County in the afternoon show, with Betsy Carol Lane of Asheboro performing two talent pieces. Finalists included Miss Dunn Peggy Ruth Barfield, Miss North Wilkesboro Mary Cochran Spainhour, Miss Shelby Mary Elizabeth Hicks, Miss Rutherford County Elizabeth Ann Carnegie, Miss Chapel Hill Joan Brown, Miss Burlington Marian Rhyne Lorimer, and Miss Randolph County Betsy Carol Lane.
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Miss Dunn
Peggy Ruth Barfield
Rutherford County
Izabeth Ann Carnegie
Ates Aerp
Chapel Hill
Joan Brown
Burlington
Marian Rhyne Lorimer
Randolph County
Betsy Carol Lane
Asheboro
Miss High Point
Patsy Anne Kidd
Thomasville
Wake County
Faye Arnold
Russians Arrive Idlewild in Rain for Warm Welcome
Soviet officials and their party arrived at Idlewild Airport to a media frenzy. Canadian officials had requested vaccination, the Russians complied quietly. Earl Butz greeted them and stated there are no secrets as photographers captured the moment.
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Idlewild
Earl Butz
United States
Eisenhower Arrives in Geneva for Six Day Talks
President Eisenhower arrives with Mrs. Eisenhower and Maj. John Eisenhower to Geneva for a six day parley aimed at easing Cold War tensions. He greets Swiss President Max Petitpierre and is to meet Eden Faure Dulles and other leaders while Bulganin and Adenauer expected to join later.
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United States
Eisenhower
Maj
John Eisenhower
Max Petitpierre
Iceland
Eden
Faure
Bulganin
Creux-de- Gentod
Geneva
U. S
State Dulles
White House
Dulles
James Hagerty
Hagerty
Berlin
Adenauer
Muerren
Nations Call for Prayers Amid Global Peace Efforts
The piece notes Catholic and Jewish communities in New York and Portland Maine observing prayers and special services in response to President Eisenhower's peace plea. It mentions St. Patrick's Mass plans and widespread faith-led hopes for Geneva conference success. It adds a fact about U S farmers using over 65 percent of the tractors worldwide.
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St. Patrick's Call
New York
Eisenhower
Portland
Maine
Sons of
Growth of Christian unity hailed at Baptist World Alliance
Archbishop of Canterbury tells the congress that the ecumenical movement offers hope for humanity. 7,612 delegates from 60 countries attend as Dr Fisher and Rev Newton praise church closeness without erasing differences. The event runs through Friday with women making up almost half the delegates.
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London
Jubilee Congress of the Baptist World Alliance
Welccoming
United States
Geoffrey Fisher
Churches of Christ
Luie D. Newton
Baptist World Alliance
Druid Hills
Atlanta
United Kingdom
Newton
Baptists
Royal Albert Hall
Fisher
England
British Council of Churches
North America
George Martin
Norfolk
The
Alliance
Maurice B. Hodge
Portland
Ore
National Council of American Baptist Women
Edgar Bates
McMasters University
Hamilton
Ont
Mio American Baptist Women's Uion
Mr. Peepers Axed By Dunes Hotel Show
Nevada story reports Las Vegas Dunes Hotel replacing television comedian Mr. Peepers Wally Cox with state Assemblyman Sam Irwin as headliner after Cox was fired following three of four scheduled weeks. Irwin, former comedian turned Sahara Hotel executive, will perform until a replacement act is lined up. Salary terms remain undisclosed.
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Nevada
Sam Irwin
Mr. Peepers
Dunes
Toay
Wally Cox
al Gottesman
Cox
Irwin
Sahara Hotel
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