Six Convicts Fail In Hostage Escape at Walpole Prison
Six inmates bound six officials with wire and doused them with gasoline in an abortive Walpole prison escape attempt. Troopers and guards rescued captives including Warden John Gavin and Rev. Hartigan after about two and a half hours. Feeney led the ringleaders as a tense standoff ended with surrender and the prisoners retreating to maximum security cells.
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Walpole
Mass
Hrson
John Gavin
Edward F. Hartigan
Boston
George F. McGrath
Martin Feeney
McGrath
Feeney
Ice
Helicopter Crashes During Spokane River Search
An Air Force helicopter crashed into the Spokane River during a search for nine year old Camp Fire Girl Candice Elaine Rogers who disappeared while selling mints. Two search volunteers pulled three men from the craft. two survived, one died later in hospital. The helicopter struck high tension wires near Nine Mile Dam and is believed to be submerged behind the dam.
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Spokane
Wash
Air Force
Francisco
James L. Fisher
Cole
Candice Elaine Rogers
Nine Mile Dam
Death Ends Lonely Life in Rosedale Cottage
George Baxter, 20 years in a barricaded cottage at Rosedale, was found dead on Saturday after police broke in upon a box of supplies left on the doorstep. Authorities say death appears from natural causes.
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Rosedale
England
George Baxter
Thompson
George
Court reform, water resource bills crowd NC legislature
Raleigh AP reports a busy week as lawmakers tackle free fishing for seniors water management and court reform. Gov Hodges will present constitutional revision proposals then the House Wildlife Committee considers free hunting licenses for 65 and older and the State Government panel addresses a new water resources department.
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Raleigh
Hodges
House
Senate
North Carolina Bar Assn
Constitutional Study Commission
House Wildlife Committee
Sidney Britt
Bladen
State Government Committee
State Department of Water Resources
Commission On
Rachel Darden Davis
Kinston
Lenoir County
Court Sets Little Rock Deadline In School Integration Fight
A three judge panel issued a temporary injunction blocking transfer of public funds from Little Rock's closed high schools and set a May 4 deadline for Arkansas to present its defense of anti integration laws. The judge also allowed NAACP to add new anti integration laws enacted before March 12 adjournment to the case. Faubus defense argued for delay pending state court rulings but the court declined citing irreparable harm from fund losses. District funds have been diverted to non district schools since the Sept. 12 closures affecting about 3,700 students. Judges Sanborn Beck and Miller sat in the panel.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Arkansas General Assembly
Faubus
U. S. District Court
State Supreme Court
NAACP
Thurgood Marshall
State Board of Education
Tom Harper
Fort Smith
Marshall
John B. Sanborn
St. Paul, Minn
Axel Beck
Elk Point
S. D
John E. Miller
Fort Smith, Ark
Marshall in serious condition at Fort Bragg
Gen. George C. Marshall remained in serious condition Saturday at Fort Bragg after hospitalization since January 15 for a stroke. He suffered another stroke February 17.
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FT. Bragg
N.C
George C. Marshall
Foreign Ministers Meet Is Proposed
Washington reports that the United States seeks a Western Allies foreign ministers conference to discuss Berlin, the German peace treaty, and other German issues with the Soviet Union. Britain France West Germany and Canada are involved as drafts move toward a broader summit potentially led by Macmillan.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Britaan
France
West Germany
State Department
U.S
U.S.S.R
Fridan
SSSMT
Britain
Harold Macmillan
John Foster Dulles
Macmillan
Eisenhower
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
Bonn
Europe
West Berlin
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev Faces Tepid Berlin Welcome
Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin amid a cool reception as Communist officials staged a mass street party. Crowds chanted peace slogans while dancers bands choirs and a 15 minute fireworks display aimed to convey triumph.
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Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
DesperadoWilliam Smothers Fatally Wounded in Gunfight
In Trenton Georgia an Alabama convict William Smothers, who boasted of escaping, was shot after a gunfight with pursuing officers. A .38 caliber bullet shattered his shoulder and he died from the wound. Smothers had been serving sentences when he tried to flee.
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William Smothers
Fort Oglethorpe
Dade County
Trenton
Alabama
Smothers
Hutchings
The Day Christ Died Hour by Hour Narrative
A religious account details Holy Week events from 6 p.m. through the night of Jesus cell preparations and the disciples reactions at the Last Supper, emphasizing the tension between Jesus and the Sanhedrin and his unity with the Father as explained to the apostles.
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Jesus
Jerusalem
Peter
John
Trayal
Lator
Pilate
Caiphas
Plane crashes near Mount Clemens after takeoff
A Michigan Air Reserve C119 cargo plane with five aboard crash landed in a frozen field near Mount Clemens after an engine fire. Pilot Capt. Cecil C. Greene, 39, survived with a back injury while passengers suffered minor injuries. The aircraft, en route from Selfridge to Dallas, clipped trees and slid about 300 feet from a nearby school.
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Mount Clemens
Mich
Air Force
Cecil C. Greene
Warren
Michigan Air Reserve
Dulles Leaves Hospital For Brief Ride
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles left Walter Reed Army Hospital for a half hour drive in Rock Creek Park with Mrs. Dulles. He resumed cancer X ray treatments after a hernia operation and is expected to need three to four weeks of six daily sessions.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Rock Creek Park
Walter Reed Army Hospital
State Department
Mrs. Dulles
Dulles
Dennis' Mom Seeks Divorce in Salinas Case
Mrs. Ketcham seeks divorce from her husband of 16 years in Salinas California court. She requests custody of their 12 year old son Dennis and accuses him of inflicting grievous mental suffering. Both are listed as 39 with background note on a cartoon character.
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Salinas
Calif
Dennis
Washington, D.C
Ketcham
Alice
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Paul Ver
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Sanhedrin
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