United States and Red China Face Relatives Visits for Prisoners
U N reports Chou En Lai pledges to allow relatives of 17 Americans jailed in Red China to visit. U S State Department says passports may not be issued and offers no guarantee of visas. U N notes Chou spoke with Dag Hammarskjold and Red Cross to arrange visits for those convicted or under investigation. Tokyo dispatch reports Peiping cites death sentences for 11 alleged spies.
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United Nations
Red China
Washington
U. S. State Department
United States
Suydam
Edwin Heller
Philadelphia
Peiping
U. N
U. N. Secretariat
Chou En-lai
Dag Hammarskjold
People’s Republic of China
Red Cross Society of China
U. S S
U. S
Hammarskjold
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Tokyo
Peiping Radio
U.S
South China
U.S. State Department
Reds Said Holding Score Of Yankees As Slave Laborers
Berlin reports indicate U S officials speculate about a score of American soldiers and Navy airmen still in Soviet slave labor camps. The Army lists 12 missing from Berlin long unseen with no information, while others may be in Kremlin arctic camps. Senator Knowland cites evidence that Red China holds about 800 more GIs beyond 15 acknowledged prisoners.
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Reds
Berlin
U.S
Navy
Kremlin
Arctic
Baltic
John H. Nit
Raymond Hutto
Orlando
Fla
Sen
Knowland
Rcalif
Red China
Cicero Manufacturers’ Assn
Senate
Nautilus Makes Historic Atomic Submarine Dive
The nuclear submarine Nautilus descended into the Atlantic off Montauk Point New York in the first atomic powered sub dive. Lt. William H. Layman led the operation as the vessel stayed submerged for an hour amid rough seas with more dives planned.
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Groton
Conn
Atlantic Ocean
William H. Layman
San Diego
Calif
Navy
Montauk Point
Long Island
Five Die in West Side Tenement Fire
An extra alarm blaze tore through a four story West Side tenement in Chicago killing at least five people. Fire crews battled the flames as residents fled and authorities investigated the cause.
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Chicago
Guatemalan crackdown on last week revolt with martial law
Guatemalan government crushed a minor revolt against President Castillo Armas detaining at least 100 supporters. Loyal troops held Guatemala City and key centers as rebels clashed near Aurora Air Force Base. The inter American Peace Mission deployed observers along the Costa Rica Nicaragua border to curb wider conflict.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Carlos Castillo Armas
Guatemala City
Castillo
Aurora
San Jose
Costa A P
inter-American Peace Mission
Five-Nation Commission
The
Organization of American States
Iraq Premier Presses Arab States Toward Western Pact
Cairo dispatch notes Prime Minister Nuri Said pushes Arab League members to join a Western backed defense alliance with Turkey. Egypt cites treachery and seeks Arab unity under its mutual security pact. Rivalry with Egypt colors reactions as Iraq leans toward the West amid Mosul Kirkuk oil leverage.
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Iraq
Cairo
Egypt
Nuri Said
Baghdad
League
Turkey
Nuri
Arab League
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Lebanon
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Middle East
Mosul Kirkuk
Russia
Evacuation Aid Considered as Nationalists Face Red Assault
Washington lawmakers are told Congress may approve President Eisenhower's request to authorize air and sea power to assist in evacuating Chinese Nationalist islands. Red forces recently seized Yikiangshan and attacked the Tachen group as Chiang Kai-shek forces defend Formosa. Nationalist and Peiping broadcasts clash over casualties and outcomes.
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Washington
H. Alexander Smith
Congress
Eisenhower
U.S
Yikiangshan
Chiang Kai - Shek
Formosa
Dulles
Adm
Arthur W. Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Russia
Tokyo
Peiping
Taiwan
Red China
Toumen
Tienao Islands
Rain Expected in Hocking County with Snow Likely
Rain was forecast in Hocking County today with a noon temperature around 40 degrees and falling later, and snow likely. The rapid warmup from a 15 degree low overnight saw 36 degrees by 11 a.m. yesterday, with highs near 34 at 2:30 and 4 p.m.
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Hocking County
Five Day Forecast Near Normal Temperatures
The normal high is 35 to 40 degrees with lows 20 to 24. A cold Saturday night and Sunday precede a warmer Tuesday. Rain or snow is expected tonight and Saturday with another round on Tuesday. Precipitation totals range from half to one inch.
Judges Recommend Mercy For Slayer Of David Canfield
Robert Lee Downs received a life term in Ohio Penitentiary after a three judge panel recommended mercy for the confessed slayer of David Canfield. Downs admitted the crime and claimed accomplice Lloyd Sisco helped plan the ambush. The defense cited Downs mental limitations with an IQ of 79 and sub normal reading ability while prosecutors noted no indictment against Sisco.
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David Canfield
Robert Lee Downs
Ohio
Downs
Harley Meyers
Meyer
C. W. Smith
Vinton County
W. Vernon Archer
Noble County
Fred Murray
Phil Henderson
Canfield
Leslie Johnson
Lloyd Sisco
Lancaster
Sisco
Roy E. Bushong
Lima State Hospital
Stand
Lausche Program Bills Readied For Legislature
Democrat leaders say they will push 33 Lausche based bills in the Ohio Legislature next week to implement the governors agenda. The measures cover hospital construction costs hospital policy workmen compensation changes jobless benefits education reform tax and spending proposals and consumer protections. The effort follows Gov Lausches state of the state address and includes current Republican sponsored bills and new measures to align with the governors program.
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Columbus
Frank J. Lausche
Lausche
Bartunek
McGettrick
Sen
C. Stanley Mechem
Rathens
Senate
Bartunek-McGettrick
Ohio Pilot Unhurt As Korea Snipers Fire On Plane
The U S 8th Army said 1st Lt E G Weide of Norwood Ohio, piloting a light plane near the demilitarized zone, landed safely uninjured. One American soldier was killed and an officer wounded by the bullets. The Army ordered an investigation.
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Seoul
U. S. 8Th Army
E. G. Weide
Norwood
Ohio
Demilitarized Zone
Weide
Sheppard Faces $4425 Trial Costs Bill
Dr Samuel H Sheppard will be billed 4425 for court costs from his felony conviction in the July 4 wife slaying. Clerk Leonard Fuerst said state law allows collection if he can pay, with sheriff to attach property if he refuses. Costs include 2940 jury fees and 574 witness fees.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Leonard Fuerst
Sheppard
Fuerst
Sheppard Buried in West Side Cemetery
Dr. Richard A. Sheppard aged 64 was buried yesterday on a snow dotted knoll in a West Side cemetery beside his wife. His son Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard, convicted slayer, watched the rites handcuffed to a deputy.
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Cleveland
West Side
Richard A. Sheppard
Samuel H. Sheppard
Man With Life Sentence Arraigned On Arson Indictment
Robert Lee Downs arraigned on an arson indictment for burning the James E. Eicher dwelling in Buena Vista on Sept 18, 1953. He pleaded guilty to the arson count and received a term to run concurrently with his life sentence for murder. Prosecutor Murray described Downs as breaking into the cottage to avoid leaving fingerprints. the state arson bureau aided the investigation and sought final disposition.
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Robert Lee Downs
Downs
James E. Eicher
Murray
Eicher
Buena Vista
Boston Cons Still Holding Out In Revolt
Four officials visited Massachusetts State Prison to meet four rebellious convicts seeking freedom since Tuesday. Warden O'Brien, E. Lawrence Spurr, Otis Whitney, and Capt. John Mitchell left with armed guards. The Rev. Hartigan and Dr. Merlin reported some progress and hopeful possibilities after meetings aimed at freeing five guards and six inmates held in solitary confinement.
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Boston
Massachusetts State
John J. O’brien
E. Lawrence Spurr
State Commissioner of Correction
Otis M. Whitney
John Mitchell
Edward F. Hartigan
Samuel Merlin
Merlin
Sheriff's Trial Nears Jury Decision
Jackson County Sheriff David L. Trago faces a possible jury verdict as Pickaway County Judge William Radcliff expects the prosecution rebuttal to end by noon. Trago denied the charges of immoral relations with three teenage boys on the stand after his defense rested.
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Jackson
Jackson County
David L. Trago
Pickaway County
William Radcliff
Trago
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Pvt
William Peterson
Beaufort, N. C
Pentagon
Solon
Ridge Road
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Mercy
Lima
Joseph W. Bartunek
James J. McGettrick
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