Vancouver editor guides hostage drama to a five hour bargain
Bruce Larsen of the Vancouver Province spent five hours negotiating with convicts at Oakalla Prison to secure the release of Ernest Loveless. Tremblay Frenette and Talbot held a guard at knife point, demanding the story run in an extra edition. Loveless was freed unharmed after Larsen agreed to publish Tremblay’s account.
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Oakalla
Bruce Larsen
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Loveless
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Ert Tremblay
Marcel Frenette
Charles Talbot
Tremblay
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Tydings Wins Shot at Senate Seat He Held
In Baltimore AP report Millard E Tydings appears to have won the Democratic nomination for the U S Senate in a tight race with George P Mahoney. Unofficial results from 1271 of 3277 precincts show Tydings leading Mahoney with a tied nominating unit vote count 76-76, while Republican Sen John Marshall Butler seeks renomination.
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Baltimore
Millard E.tydings
George P. Mahoney
Mahoney
Maryland
Butler
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Dulles vows U S aid to allies for Israeli arms
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States will do all it can to help allies send arms to Israel while maintaining the embargo on weapons to the Middle East. He cautioned NATO must expand to meet shifting communist tactics and revealed plans to address the issue in a radio TV address.
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Dulles
U.S
Israel
Middle East
Paris
NATO
Free World
United States
Four year old girl badly hurt in traffic crash
Susan D. Simpson four, was struck by a car on Easy Ave south of 28th St and carried about ten feet on the bumper. She was rushed to Seaside Memorial Hospital in critical condition with skull fracture, broken left shoulder and leg and other internal injuries.
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Susan D. Simpson
Seaside Memorial Hospital
Susan
Barbara’ Ree Simpson
Easy Ave
Mrs. Simpson
Maurice H. Schmidt
Carbrick Ave
Schmidt
28Th St
Youth With Rifle Surrenders After Tear Gas Used
A 15 year old boy shot through the window of 1112 Orizaba Ave wounding an 80 year old man and holding police at bay for 30 minutes. Police used tear gas grenades and riot guns forcing the youth to surrender at 12 45 p m. Edward Herbert 1116 Orizaba Ave was seriously wounded and taken to Community Hospital.
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Pokier
Edward ‘Herbert
Herbert
Community Hospital
Walker's Defense Rests Case in Santa Ana Trial
Defense for Jack James Walker rested after presenting character witnesses and a Marine who testified seeing Walker and Donna Brett together in a Santa Ana cafe in May 1955. Prosecution began rebuttal, with public defenders signaling possible additional testimony this afternoon as about nineteen witnesses appeared for Walker.
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Jack James Walker
Donna Schurr Brett
Nick Meyer
Dep
Dick Sullivan
Walker
Daniel G. Rider
First Baptist Church of
Marine Edward Hoefer
Mrs
Brett
Hoefer
Camp Pendleton
Ohio Girl Cites Love for Greek in Athens Story
A 24 year old Ohio girl Elaine vanished with 31 year old Greek fishmonger John Sideris in Athens. Elaine revealed plans to marry and denied kidnapping claims, stating they would live in Greece if her Dayton family opposed the union. Elaine and John surrendered at the police station with her mother Mrs. George Milton present.
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Greece
Ohio
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Mallsion
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Dayton
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Pii
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John
Showers Due Tonight and Wednesday Weather Update
A mild Pacific storm brings increasing clouds to Long Beach with showers forecast for tonight and Wednesday. The U S Weather Bureau notes rain will lower temperatures into the 60s, following a high of 69 on Monday. A five day outlook predicts another small storm bringing rain Friday and Saturday. May rainfall remains elusive with last measurable rain in April and totals lagging behind last year.
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Long Beach
U. S. Weather Bureau
Eisenhower to Hold News Conference Wednesday Morning
President Eisenhower will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. Wednesday, according to the White House schedule. The briefing aims to address current policy questions and respond to press inquiries.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Weather outlook showers tonight and Wednesday
A weather bulletin forecasts showers tonight and again on Wednesday with a slightly cooler day midweek. The regime calls for cooler air on Wednesday following tonight’s showers.
Freighter and Grain Vessel Crash Off Ramsgate
In foggy English Channel a Panamanian freighter the Georgia and a British grain ship the St Helena collided about 20 miles east of Ramsgate. Distress signals were canceled after several hours. initial reports said Georgia was badly damaged.
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Georgia
Ramsgate
St. Helena
Miltons Arrive in Greece to Meet Bridegroom Prospect
Mrs. Milton and her daughter arrived in Greece after seeing photographs of Sideris. Relatives in America urged Elaine to travel and meet him as a potential groom.
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Milton
Greece
Sideris
America
Elaine
Friend Held as Student Fatally Shot in Dormitory
A Richmond Professional Institute sophomore James Whitlow 21 was shot to death in his dorm by former roommate Alfred Vischio 21 of Brooks Lyn, Va. Vischio was arrested and charged with first degree murder after a brief pursuit at the hospital where he admitted the shooting.
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Richmond
James Edward Whitlow
Clover
Alfred Vischio
Brookslyn
McGuire Veterans Administration Hospital
Folice
Vischio
F. S. Wakefield
Whitlow
Sterling N. Monk
Monk
W. Franklin
Rpl
Employment Past Month Sets Record Across Civilian Labor
The March to April period saw total civilian employment rise by 912,000 with the jobless rate up among auto workers while factory employment stayed near steady. Farm work surged by 700,000 as layoffs in autos were offset by gains elsewhere, and unemployment declined only because many new workers were winter dropouts like students and housewives.
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Merce
Jer
Visehio
Brooklyn Hama
Sideris
America
Macaitiln
Lire
Labor
Mitchell
Commerce Weeks
Algiers Riot Targets Lacoste After Victory Parade
About eight thousand students and war veterans clashed with police in Algiers demanding Lacoste resign and for the army to seize power. The protest followed a military parade marking the Allied victory anniversary and came after reports of attacks on European farmers and widespread arson in western Algeria. Lacoste, armed with special powers, narrowly escaped injury as mobs hurled stones and vegetables while he urged patriots to test their courage in nationalist strongholds.
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Ufi
Robert Lacoste
Lacoste
Europe
Algeria
Aures
Nementhhas
Where to Find It Reach Combing-Page and More
A navigational guide lists where to locate features across the paper including sections for Reach Combing-Page B-1 Hal Boyle A-11 Bridge A-11 Classified B-10 to B-15 Comics B-8 Crossword B-9 Death Notices B-2 Editorial A-10 Financial B-3 Radio TV B-7 Shipping Table B-2 Southland Cities B-13 Sports Pges A-13 14 15 Theaters B-6 Tides Temperatures B-2 Vital Statistics B-2 Wilson A-11 Women B-4 5 Your World A-2.
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Wilson
Oil Gusher in Lawn Sparks Caution Nearby School
A homeowner on 840 West 29th Street reported oil bubbling through his lawn and sidewalk from a broken underground line. The spill, near Birney Elementary, drew neighbors noting similar incidents in two years. Thomas Millen protected children with a shovel, burying the slick as he watched.
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