Killer Had Inside Aid Says Officer
Phoenix dispatch reports Winnie Ruth Judd escaped from the state hospital for the insane Thursday night with inside help. A window screen hole and a sawed opening aided her exit. Dr. Conway and officials say the 48 year old killer likely had assistance as she fled into the night. Judd, previously linked to a 1931 double murder and dismemberment, was ordered hanged after a sanity hearing.
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Winnie Ruth Judd
State Hospital
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Ecif Tate
Judd
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H. Ff. McWkina
Conway
Dudd
Fr. Conway
Ward
Someere
Showdown on Truce Plan at U.N. Debate
United Nations Political Committee debated India's compromise in a Korean peace proposal amid sharp exchanges. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishinsky clashed with delegates, while the United States signaled support. a Danish amendment trimmed the consideration period from 60 to 30 days.
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N.Y. Ige
United Nations Political Committee
India
Acd
Andrey ¥. Vishins
Visninsky
United States
Vishinsky
New Zealand
Leslie Nox Munro
Russia
End of Controls Likely in Coming Year Says LAC SAYS
L A C reports wage price and rent controls may be lifted next year. Unions push for repeal to end wage controls while noise over price ceilings has been loud. Prices reportedly remain below ceilings and market forces have reduced prices more than laws.
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Aciu
Eisenhower names Hagerty and Persons as aides
President elect undertakes talks with India's United Nations delegation on Korea truce amid a busy schedule. Hagerty, 43, former press secretary to Gov Dewey, and retired Maj. Gen Wilton B Persons, 56, long-time Eisenhower aide, named White House executive assistants during a holiday period of conferences.
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United Nations
Korea
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Thomas E. Dewey
Persons
Defe Department
Office of Legislative Liaison
Europe
Gordon Persons
Alabama
Ad‘lai Stevenson
Eisenhowers Flotel
Vijayalakshmi Pandit
U. N
United States
Long Beach
NEW York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
James C. Hagerty
Wilton B. Persons
Thanksgiving Weather Chuckles Warn About Stuffy Feelings
A humorous weather note suggests the cause of a stuffy mood is Thanksgiving, not conditions. A jokey weatherman urges fresh air and exercise, mentions no snow and little temperature change, and notes Thursday’s high at 63 while the low was 42 amid light mountain cloud potential.
Holiday Traffic Deaths Lag Behind Normal Day Toll
Holiday traffic deaths rose to 77 by Thursday night as travelers returned from Thanksgiving celebrations. Snowy highways reduced trips in many states, contributing to a lower toll. The National Safety Council report tallies deaths by state from traffic and miscellaneous causes, with totals including Alabama 20 and California 63 among others.
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400 Korea Suspects Held Incommunicado
SEVUUL Korea Friday police clanged an iron curtain around about 400 suspicions in an apparent bid to convince U S Secret Service men Seoul is safe enough for visitors.
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Korea
U. S. Secret Service
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Avalon Island Cargo Free Under ILWU Deal
The International Longshoremen and Warehousemen's Union will handle all Avalon cargo at no charge until December 15 after Mayor H. H. Cowell and City Manager Philip Storm met with the Avalon council. A city boat will transport three and a half tons of stranded freight from Berth 185. Union leaders claim freight savings of about $100,000 yearly. A meeting with the steamship line and city officials is planned to finalize details. No food shortage risk was reported for Avalon’s 1500 residents.
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H. H. Cowell
Cowell
Philip Storm
ILWU
Gordon Gibtin
iCatalina Island Steamship Company
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Theisland
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Giblin
Steamship Company
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California fire chief collapses after Thanksgiving dinner
Emeryville California fire chief Henry Schuller age 48 collapsed after finishing his Thanksgiving meal on Thursday night. An ambulance rushed him to a hospital where doctors described his condition as acute indigestion from overeating turkey.
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Henry Schuller
Orlando of War Fame Near Death at 92 in Rome
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando the 92 year old last survivor of the Versailles peace conference was gravely ill in Rome after a cerebral hemorrhage. Doctors were gravely preoccupied over his condition. Earlier in the day he received a special apostolic blessing from Pope Pius XII delivered by Monsignor Mario Naballi Rocca.
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Rome
Vittorio Emanuele ‘Orlando
Versailles
Pius XII
Mario Naballi-Rocca
Russian flying triangle jet surpasses 800 mph
Paris UF French aviation sources reported Russia developed a flying triangle jet fighter with speed over 800 miles per hour. Informants cited earlier Soviet delta wing reports and said the plane had flown successfully. Claimed to be developed in Poland then finished in Soviet factories with possible German engineer help. Engines and armament unknown.
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Paris
Russia
Poland
Chilean woman bears seven daughters in septuplet birth
Santiago reports Carmen Molina, 32, delivered seven girls in one night at a Chilean hospital. Mother and all daughters in satisfactory condition. First baby at 9:15 p.m., seventh at 10:50 p.m. Police confirmed the birth amid historic notes on prior multiple births and pranks during a student festival.
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Chile
Carmen Moling
Molina
Dionne
Canada
Franco Diligenti
Fearful Kidnapping Case In San Francisco Teen Pairs
San Francisco police hunt for missing high school student Joanne Soljano 15 and her boyfriend George R. Terrell 16 after a kidnap ransom phone call claimed to require $500 at Monkey Island in Fleishhacker Zoo. An appointment was kept but no one appeared, and kidnapping remains a possibility.
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Fleishhacker Zoo
Joanne Soljano
George R. Terrell
Richmond
Lon Jtaine Campbell
Monkey Island
Campbell
Chimes Quiet Yuletide Program Planned
Rev Reuben Pieters says First Presbyterian Church chimes out of service temporarily for annual repairs next week. Regular chiming will resume with added Christmas music, heard over downtown Long Beach.
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Reuben F. Pieters
Pieters
Long Beach
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