Rebels Offer Surrender Rejected in Nicaragua
Forty five rebels led by Pedro Joaquin Chamorro and Freddy Fernandez sent priest Rev. Federico Arguello with a surrender offer for safe conduct out of Nicaragua. Army officials informed Gen Anastasia Somoza and President Luis Somoza, who rejected the offer, branding the rebels mercenaries and traitors subject to prosecution.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Pedro Joaquin Chamorro
la Prensa
Freddy Fernandez
Dominican Republic
Federico Arguello
Santo Domingo
Anastasia Somoza
Luis Somoza
Jealous man stabs wife to death with Samurai sword
New York police say Walter Wyshynski 43 confessed after calling to report the murder of his wife Elizabeth 35. He stated she taunted him over another man and he pulled a Samurai sword from the man Ue and stabbed her in the stomach. He described the exchange as a loss of temper.
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New York
UPI
Walter Wyshynski
Wyshynski
Elizabeth
FBI Chief Hoover Receives 1955 Handicapped Award
J Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI, accepted the 1955 public personnel award of the President's Committee on Employment of the Physically Handicapped. The honor, presented by retired Major General Melvin J Maas, recognizes the bureau's policy of employing physically handicapped individuals, mainly in noninvestigative roles.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Melvin J. Maas
Bear Shot After Nightlong Chase Through Baltimore
A large black bear, likely from a nearby habitat, was shot and killed in metropolitan Baltimore after a six hour pursuit by about 100 police, 20 to 40 squad cars, police dogs, and crime lab officers. The chase moved through cemeteries and city streets before the animal was felled by a .38 revolver shot to the head.
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UPI
Washington
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K-9 Corps
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