Duke Wayne in Townshend Harris Story Fire Scene Sparks On-Set Mishap
Film notes report John Wayne sustained a scorched backside during a studio blaze on The Townsend Harris Story set in Japan. Director John Huston burned $18000 worth of houses for realism while Wayne read lines. the cholera epidemic plot centers on Harris, the 61st US minister in Japan, mid-19th century.
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Weather and Kidnapping Report Across Cities
The report lists high and low temperatures for multiple cities including Long Beach Oklahoma City and San Francisco while detailing a high profile kidnapping case. Tan Eng was seized in Singapore and held for a 250,000 dollar ransom with police mounting an all-out hunt and widespread troop deployments.
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Chiergo
Portland
Beaver
Faure Ae
Singapore
Denver
Paul
Salt Lake
Detro
San Francisco Sessier and Nephew
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Pine Ave
Tan
Angelan Coury
Torran ‘i
Beeres
Som
Khrushchev challenges U S to rocket range shootout
In a 232 hour United Press interview Nikita Khrushchev asserts Soviet superiority in missiles and warns any future war would be fought on American soil. He states Russia would not start a war but could strike US targets, while calling for a East West summit though unlikely.
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United States
Europe
Abel Escapes Death Russian Spy Gets 30 Year Term
Ivanovich Abel a top Soviet military intelligence colonel received 30 years in prison and a 3000 dollar fine for passing U S defense and atomic secrets to Russia. He was spared the death penalty though prosecutors argued its deterrent value and an exchange possibility was noted. Debates over cooperation with investigations and future appeals were raised by his defense and attorney James B Donovan.
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RKO
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U.S
Russia
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Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Wodel
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Byers
Lend
U. S
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Donovan
Thirty Cuban rebels slain in Oriente clash
Cuban army claims it killed about 30 rebels in Ojo del Agua in Oriente Province during a clash amid patrols seeking a sugar mill. Four soldiers were wounded. It follows two days after a separate battle near Yara, with rebels threatening to burn canefields vital to Cuba's economy.
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Ojo del Agua
Cuba
Oriente
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Foum
Yara
Record of Prisoner Exchange Opinion Amid War Talks
A lawyer dismissed the notion that executing a prisoner would deter the Russian military. He suggested that in the foreseeable future an American of similar rank could be captured by Soviet Russia or an ally, and that prisoner exchanges through diplomacy might serve U.S. national interests.
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Russia
Ayan
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