Six armed convicts elude police in Appalachian manhunt
Six escapees from a North Carolina road gang seized a green sedan after overpowering a guard and fleeing into the Virginia mountains. About 100 officers with bloodhounds and a state police plane chased them for 11 hours toward Big Stone Gap as a gun battle shattered city streets. One convict, Raymond C. Gilley, 30, is from Big Stone. authorities fear the group remains armed and at large in the rugged terrain.
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Big Stone Gap
North Carolina
Onomy Deere Gaylight
Suuern Ailroad
Wytheville Division
Raymond
C. Gilley
Big Stone
Virginia
Barron Lane
Lane
Lee County
5Th Street
Big Stone Gap High School
Page Five-A
Teacher Feels Testimony Puts Her In Precarious Position
A Washington fifth grade teacher Mary Seath told House investigators she felt in a precarious position testifying about school integration. She cited pressure from a District Board of Education member and said she faced possible reprisals as an openly questioned witness.
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Washington
House
Gerber
Wesley S. Williams
District Board of Education
Rep. Williams
Subcommittee
Congress
Davis
Rep
Wier
D-Minn
Minneapolis
McMillan
D-Sc
District of Columbia Committee
Memphis
Tenn
Membis
Jesus and democracy contrast in a call for freedom
The author argues that freedom to express opinions fosters democratic attitudes unlike authoritarian rule. He cites Jesus’s day and history showing leaders who rule by fear lose respect and love, and urges guidance through respect, dialogue, and non coercive leadership, praying for continued individual liberty.
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R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA
Jesus
Babe Zaharias Placed Under Oxygen Tent Again
Galveston Texas officials at John Sealy Hospital said Babe Didrikson Zaharias has been placed under an oxygen tent intermittently as she battles cancer. The 1932 Olympic star and former golf pro has undergone four operations, with three since March 29, and hospital authorities warned her condition could become critical at any time.
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Galveston
Tex. W
John Sealy Hospital
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
George Zaharias
Henderson Negro Enrollment Triggers White Student Walkout
White students in Henderson County schools urged by a segregationist council to boycott after five Negro children enrolled at Weaverton Elementary. About 570 walked out yesterday leaving 300 white students in grades 1-8 with the newcomers. No demonstrations. state officials ordered classes standardly resumed.
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Henderson, Ky
Citiens Council
Henderson County
Weaverton
Ohio River City
Yestern
Citizens Council
Weaverton School
Robert R. Martin
C. B. West
West
Clay
Conservative Japan Crisis Shakes Hatoyama Government
In Tokyo the Liberal Democratic Party faces a revolt led by supporters of former Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida. About 122 of 298 LDP members pledge to back a new council aiming to curb Hatoyama and push him abroad to Moscow over the stalled Japanese Russian peace talks.
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Tokyo
Japan
Liberal-Democratic
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hising
Moscow
Shigeru Yoshida
Yoshida
Hat
Pro House
Hatoyama
Hurricane Flossy crosses Gulf and weakens over Georgia
Hurricane Flossy subsided to a broad rainstorm as it moved slowly over southern Georgia after killing nine and causing light damage along the Gulf coast. At 8 am the center was west of Albany with winds around 50 mph, moving northeast at 10 mph. Rainfall eased drought in Alabama Georgia and northern Florida though several boats and crews remained missing in the Gulf.
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Associated Press
Flossy
Georgia
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Albany
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Dothan
Ala
Alabama
Coast Guard
Carport
Grand Isle
Gulf
Oil Company
Rosae E
Egypt asks UN security council to act on Suez dispute
Egypt asks the United Nations Security Council to intervene in the Suez Canal dispute. Cairo’s move comes as Britain and France urge council action after Egypt nationalized the waterway on July 26. The 11 nation body will decide if the complaints are debated together or separately.
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United Nations
N.Y
Egypt
U.N. Security Council
Suez Canal
Cairo
Britain
France
Selwyn Lloyd
Antoine Pineau
Ee Fawzi
Dulles
Omar Loutfi
Emilio Nunez-Portuondo
Cuba
United Kingdom
Fight Against Forest Fire Continues Near Lake Arrowhead
San Bernardino Calif fifteen hundred firefighters including state prisoners battled a timber fire for a fifth day in the San Bernardino Mountains. A five mile long flame arc threatened Lake Arrowhead as two resorts were evacuated and about 200 people fled. The blaze destroyed camp structures and vehicles near the Boy Scout camp east of Lake Arrowhead.
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San Bernardino
Calif
Lake Arrowhead
Farm Wives Seek Higher Potatoes Prices in Washington
About 200 farm wives from Riverhead New York traveled to Washington to press for higher potato prices. They argue top grade spuds should fetch at least $2 per 100 pounds, up from the current $1.50. They expect 400 more wives from New Jersey and Pennsylvania to join them and plan to picket the Agriculture Department and Secretary Benson, with lawmakers from the House and Senate Agriculture Committees in attendance.
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Riverhead
N.Y
Washington
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Benson
House
Senate
Ill-Fated Trip Ends In Loss Of Fish And Vehicle Trouble
Vernon Staley of Seminole Oklahoma planned a Lake Texoma fishing trip. A gasoline tank puncture during a minor repair led to mechanical failures including a clogged oil line and two flat tires before reaching camp. He did catch some black bass before losing the catch when the stringer chain failed.
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Dallas
Tex
Vernon Staley
Seminole
Okla
Lake Texoma
Direct Line Opens Transatlantic Telephone Cable
NEW YORK. A 42 million dollar transatlantic cable was officially opened. Cleo F. Craig of AT&T announced the first direct link to London then Ottawa, with officials in Britain and Canada confirming the new service. The cable, designed by Bell Labs and built by Monarch, bypasses radio interference and supports 36 simultaneous conversations.
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New York
Cleo F. Craig
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
London
Ottawa
United States
Britain Hill
Post Office
George Carlyle Marler
Europe
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
British Post Office
Canadian Overseas Telecommunications
Monarch
Long Lines Department
At&t
Bell System
Bell Telephone Labs
Clarenville
Nild
Oban
Scotland
Eisenhower Plans Farm Speech Tour and Radio Broadcast
President Eisenhower flies to Peoria Illinois for a nationwide farm speech to present the farm situation. Adlai Stevenson campaigns in Arkansas Louisiana and Florida delivering 1952 attack lines on administration indifference. Benson reports Midwest support for the farm program and previews new aspects of the plan.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Peoria
Adlai Stevenson
Arkansas
Louisiana
Florida
Bradley University
Little Rock
Ark
Benson
Peroria
Midwest
Administration
Tobacco Prices Show Decrease on Opening Day Markets
North Carolina Virginia Old Belt flue cured tobacco opened at 7,144,039 pounds for an average $50.47 per hundred. This compares to last year’s opening day averages near $53.72. Eastern Belt sales totaled 12,122,724 pounds at $53.72. Middle Belt sold 4,589,352 pounds at $53.55. South Carolina and Border markets moved 3,782,940 pounds at $55.22. Low and fair quality made up over 75 percent. some grades rose $2 while others fell about $3 per hundred. General average near $54 per cwt.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Federal State Market News Service
North Carolina
Middle Belt
South Carolina
Oor
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Babe Zaharias
Catherine Parker
Atlanta
Rockefeller Center
Plaza
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