Runaway elephant eludes capture near Charlotte airport
Vicki the 2,300 pound Indian elephant, escaped from an amusement park and roamed near Douglas Airport six miles west of Charlotte after crossing highways and streets. Despite 250 volunteers and bulldozer traps, plans failed and authorities considered flying in John Ringling North’s elephant experts if capture proved impossible.
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Charlotte
N. C
Vicki
Douglas Airport
U. S. 29
Vigevs
Rebels Seize Big Port Near Argentine Capital
News from Buenos Aires reports rebels captured Bahia Blanca the province’s main wheat port and took control of the Porto Belgrano naval base and a radio station. Fighting extended to Cordoba with uncertainty, while Peron faced calls to resign as authorities declared a state of siege and police evacuated near Congress.
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Buenos Aires
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Porto Belgrano
Cordoba
Peron
Congress Building
Army Ministry
Entre Rios
House of Deputies
Squirrels for Sacramento Club Sparks California Quirk
A state official announced Virginia Country Club in L A would obtain two Capitol Park squirrels from Sacramento, with Assemblyman Herbert H Klocksiem filing the formal request. Fred Links of the State Finance Dept says club members must simply catch them, while George Rochester hopes the move adds life to golf greens.
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Virginia Country Club
Capitol Park
Sacramento
Fred Links
State Finance Dept
Herbert RR
H Klocksiem
Long Beach
Assembly Rules Committee
State Capitol
Klocksiem
George Rochester
Links
Assemblyman
Klockstein
Rochester
Krockstein
Bulganin Overworked Says Official After Absences
A Soviet official told an American representative that Premier Bulganin is overworked. His illness was first disclosed by Tass after he missed a reception honoring Finland’s President Paasikivi. The absence followed days of negotiating with West Germany’s Konrad Adenauer and precedes Bulgaria’s meeting with Adenauer’s rival Otto Grotewohl.
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Moscow
Nikolai Bulganin
Mexico
da Bulganin
West Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Bulgaria
Adénauer
East Germany
Otto Grote- Wohl
UPI
Fremier Otto Srotewoh
Kremlin
Adenauer
Grotewohl
Berlin
Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
Otto Iuschke
Lothar Bolzoe
Japanese flareup over U.S. bases sparks farmer protest
At Otakane Village 270 miles north of Tokyo about 500 villagers and unionists blocked 281 government surveyors escorted by 200 police in a mass picket against plans to survey farmland for expanding U.S. firing ranges. The force did not attempt to disperse the crowd.
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U.S
Tokyo -Fi
Otakane
Tokyo
Infant Hangs Self in Car Window Incident
Memphis Tennessee report details a disturbing event as a infant allegedly hangs self in the window of a car. The account mentions Mr and Mrs Billy Graham in connection with the scene. Further specifics are unclear from the fragment.
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Memphis
Tenn
Mrs
Billy Graham
Marine jet crashes into two Japanese houses
A Marine Fury jet crashed into a family station wagon watching a drive in near Niigata Japan injuring the pilot Maj J L Haines and causing a small fire. The 14 month old daughter Karen died in the back seat of the station wagon after the pillow slipped and her head became trapped in a window frame. No other occupants were in the houses.
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Karen
Atsugi
Japan
Marine Fury
Niigata
Air Force
J. L. Haines
Chinese Reds Release Two More Yanks
In Hong Kong the Chinese Reds freed Walter A. Rickett and Rev. Harold W. Rigney, two American civilians among 22 promised releases. Rickett, a former Marine and Fulbright scholar, admitted espionage involvement, saying he gathered military information amid the Korean War. Rigney, dean at Fuden University in Peleping, faced spying and sabotage charges. both were taken to the Hong Kong Catholic Center for rest.
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Walter A. Rickett
Seattle
Wash
Freedom Bridge
Hong Kong
A. L. Gordon
Crown Colony
China
United States
Fulbight
Harold W. Rigney
Chicago
Fuden University
Peleping
Rickett
U. S
Adele
Reds
U.S. Marine Corps
Father Rigney
Charles H. Vath
Father Vath
Gloucester
Falls Screaming Yo Yo Man Saved in Plunge
Robin Boyance, 33, a Levittown painter, slipped from a 190 foot scaffold at the 2 Delaware River bridge project in Haddel y. He grabbed a rope, was lifted, but slipped again before reaching a catwalk. He landed on a tarpaulin safety net and survived with minor injuries per hospital.
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Philadelphia
U?p
Robin Boyance
Levittown
Delaware River Bridge
Hdgely
Beyance
East German leaders arrive in Moscow for talks with USSR
East German Premier Grotewohl and delegation arrive in Moscow for negotiations with the Kremlin. Ulbricht and Bolz greet them as Western ambassadors abstain, citing nonrecognition. Grotewohl vows talks to deepen cooperation, stressing amicable USSR relations with East Germany and world interests.
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V. M. Molotov
Nikita É Khrushchev
Mikhail Pervukiin
Lazer Baganovich
Georgi Malenkov
Nikolai Bulganin
Grotewohl
Igcotenent
Germany
Moscow
U.S.S.R
German Democratic
East) Republic
Fresno taxi worker plans marriage to Texas mother of 12
Frank C. Bente of Fresno a taxi company worker says he proposed to Mrs. Clara Margerum of Dallas a mother of 12 children to help realize his long held dream. He envisions a large ranch and a home for delinquent children and described the plan in detail after Mrs Margerum visited Fresno. He plans to marry within weeks and hopes the union will lead to the new home for at risk youth.
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Clara Margerum
Dallas
John Bente
Fresno
Frank C. Bente
Dallas, Tex
Wietta
Bente
Margerum
Beate
Long Beach Woman Stabbed by Former Husband
A 45-year-old Long Beach woman was stabbed in the left arm by her former husband who threatened to kill her and two witnesses. The assailant, John Johnson, 49, of 1601 Santa Fe Ave, slashed the victim and fled in a nearby car. The victim and a witness suffered minor injuries, and the incident occurred at the Johnson home as three women were present.
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Long Beach
Lucinda B. Johnson
W. Lincoln Sr
John ©. Johnson
Santa Fe Ave
Betty J. Burdine
Lincoln St
Irene WN. Wood
Johnson
Stassen reports optimism on U.N. disarmament talks
Harold E. Stassen told President Eisenhower he believes the odds favor Russia accepting the Geneva plan for U S and Soviet inspection and exchange of military blueprints. He reviewed the U N disarmament subcommittee talks before returning to New York and Minnesota with notes on Russian study and comments from Bulganin and Khruschev.
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Denver
Harold E. Stassen
Eisenhower
Russia
U. S
Soviet Union
Stassen
New York
United Nations
U. N
Ofids
Poe
Jefter
Minnesota
State Department
Washington
Stasssen
Geneva
Nikolai Bulganin
Communist Party
I Nikita Khruschev
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Dalmiro Felix Videla Balaguer
Belgrano
Feron
General Confederation of Labor
Workers’ Organization
Radial
L.A
Bulganin
Gebaram
Calif
Ike
Calis
Texas
L.B
U.N
Aid
Boyle
Wilson
Womer
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