Gulf Storm Floods Panhandle as Winds Weaken
A Gulf hurricane swept northwest Florida with 30 mph winds, mostly sparing a sparsely populated area. The storm center neared Fort Walton Beach at noon and moved north northeast about 15 mph. Heavy rains and winds were forecast for adjacent Alabama and Georgia, while at Eglin Air Force Base a gym roof collapse sent debris into shelters, injuring no one.
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Panamacity
Fla
Florida
Weather Bureau
Fort Walton Beach
Alabama
Georgia
Eglin Air Force Base
UPL
Air Force
North Florida
West coast bank robber dies in Baltimore theater gunfight
A bank robber identified as John Elgin Johnson, 34, died when he opened fire on FBI agents during a siege at the Town Theater in Baltimore while watching a crime film. Agent J. Brady Murphy died and another agent was wounded. The suspect had been calling a Los Angeles reporter during the incident.
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Baltimore
Los Angeles
FBI
John Elgin Johnson
Sid Hughes
Los Angeles Mirror
Johnson
Town Theater
Mickey Spillane
J. Brady Murphy
Ray
Hind
Murrhy
Fox
The
Mirror
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Sid
Johnny
Johny
Reporter Tells How He Held Fugitive In Trap
Los Angeles Tonight reports Sid Hughes spoke for an hour by long distance with ex-convict John Elgin Johnson in a Baltimore movie house phone booth. FBI agents converged as Johnson, wanted for questioning in the strangulation killing of Richard Fagner, died in a shootout. Hughes described urging Johnson to surrender and the tense sequence ending in death.
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Los Angeles
Baltimore
Tre
FBI
Sid Tughes
Bushes
John Elgin Johnson
Hughes
Johnson
Haels
Sid
Johnny
Fayette St
Upward St
Johnny Johnson
Starving bears invade Ontario cities in record numbers
Northern Ontario bears from Port Arthur and Fort William penetrated residential districts in daytime, pawing at kitchen doors as they moved south in record numbers. Police urged mothers to supervise children, while adults carried shotguns in outlying areas. A farmer shot two 250 pound bears on his porch as screen doors were ripped from homes.
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Port 2
Ont
Ontario
Lakehead
Port Arthur
Fort William
Sharp Quake Rocks Reno and Reno Gambers Pause
A sharp Reno earthquake Friday night rattled windows and floors, drawing police calls but causing little damage. The quake was felt in Sacramento, 150 miles away, with buildings swaying and a U S 40 rock slide briefly blocking traffic. Cub Scout leaders evacuated crowds as the tremor was described as a freight train hit.
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Reno
New Central
Sacermento
Sierra Nevada
Harold's Club
Radeo
George Lohse
Central Junior High School
Sixty Six POWs Decide to Go Home in Korea
Sixty six maximum security prisoners at Munsan Korea who originally refused repatriation changed their minds and will be sent to the Communists Sunday. Two others were undecided and must reapply. The five nation repatriation commission announced the decision.
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Munsan
Korea
Weather outlook mostly sunny with fog and clouds
The forecast calls for mostly sunny skies through Sunday with night and morning fog and low clouds. Temperatures show little change Sunday across the period.
Storm Causes Minor Damage and Power Failures
Storms shattered signboards and roofs, blocked highways with high water and fallen trees, and closed many offices and shops. Schools were dismissed for the weekend as residents rushed to buy candles flashlights and emergency cooking gear. Reporter Rex Thomas traveled from Port Walton Beach to Valparaiso near Eglin Air.
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Rex ‘Thomas
Associated Press
Port Walton Beach
Gulf Coast
Valparaiso
Eglin Air
Five Shot Stabbed by Boy Gangs in Los Angeles Suburbs
In a night incident youths from street gangs attacked near a football game between South Pasadena and Mark Keppel high schools. Five teens were shot or stabbed with bullets and knives, including Joseph Bentirie 19 with multiple gunshot wounds and Warren Goodale 16, Arthur Natham 16 injured. Anthony and Alfred Calderon, 18 and 19, were arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon.
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Los Angeles
Joseph Bentirie
Vincent Hohman
Roger Colburn
Warren Goodale
Monterey Park
Arthur C. Natham
Alhambra
South Pasadena
Mark Keppel
Anthony
Alfred Calderon
Goodale
Natham
Wife of Santo Admits Killings
Loretta Bray, of Downey, turned in her 20-year-old husband Gale Bray to the California Highway Patrol after he abandoned his car at the scene of a crash. Bray faced felony hit-and-run charges as a Lakewood multi-vehicle collision left one person critically injured and others seriously hurt.
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Dowrey
California Highiay Patrol
Gale Daniel Bray
Manganar SL
Downey
Loretta
Norwells
Bray
Lakewood
South St
Phyllis Wilcox
Ladoga Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Dion
John
Esther Fife
Lucerne Valley
Mae Blake Moore
Myrtle Ave
Edward Fife
Long Beach
Colere Stud
Artesia St
Atlantic Ave
Spain and United States Sign 20 Year Defense Pact
The United States and Spain signed a 20 year defense pact granting base access on Spanish soil and military aid totaling 226 million dollars for the coming year. The agreement includes defense support and equipment, with potential naval bases at Cadiz Cartagena and El Ferrol and air bases near Madrid and Barcelona.
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Washington
United States
Spain
James C. Dunn
Alberts Martin Attajo
State Department
Madrid
U. S
Cadiz
Cartagena
el Ferral
Barcelona
Philadelphian Named Uruguay Ambassador Appointment
Dempster McIntosh of Philadelphia a foreign trade expert was appointed by President Eisenhower to be ambassador to Uruguay. He will succeed Edward L. Reddan a former Washington newsman and assistant to the late Sen. McMahon whose resignation was accepted.
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Washington
Dempster McIntosh
Philadelphia
Eisenhower
Uruguay
Edward L. Reddan
Sen. McMahon
D.-Conn
Unarmed Indian General Quells Riot of Chinese Prisoners
Maj. Gen. S. P. P. Thorat calmed thousands of rioting anti Communist Chinese war prisoners at Panmunjom by appealing to their manners. He freed two hostages, earned respect, and led an escort out with an honor guard. The repatriation commission faced procedural delays delaying further talks for up to five days.
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William Miller
Panmunjom
Korea
S. P. P. Thorat
Thorat
Oharat
H. S. Grewal
Daljit Singh
Grewal
Lance Cpl
Thakur Singh
Repatriation Commission
Young Killer of Five Gets Life Sentence
CANANDAIGUA New York UPI 19 year old Fred Eugene McManus confessed killer of five persons was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of William Allen Braverman. State Supreme Court Justice H Douglas Van Duser followed the jury recommendation. McManus appeared calm and then smiled for photographers as he was moved to Elmira reception center. Jury of 10 men and two women found him guilty of first degree murder after 13 hours of deliberation and recommended life imprisonment rather than death.
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Canandaigua
N.Y
UPI
Fred Eugene McManus
Wiliam Allen Braverman
Valley Stream
L. L
State Supreme Court
H. Douglass van Duser
Ontario County
Elmira
Manus
Pair Named in Chester Slayings as Motive Unfolds
Nevada City Calif AP Sheriff Wayne Brown says Harriet Henson 30 a waitress named Jack Santo and Emmett Perkins as the slayers of Grocer Guard Young and three children in Chester October 10 1952. She said the motive was a $7000 bank withdrawal taken from Young and that Santo Perkins and others divided it.
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Nevada City
Calif
Wayne Brown
Harriet Henson
Jack Santo
Emmett Perkins
Guard Young
Chester
Ry Young
Santo
Perkins
Los Angeles
California
Brown
Miss Henson
Young
Larry Shea
Santa
Henson
Auburn i
30 Trapped by Blast in Mine Saved
TIMS Ont Pl: Thirty gold miners trapped underground for over six hours by a surface blast at the Coniaurum Mine near TIMS reached ground level safely today via an adjacent mine’s elevator. They were lodged near a mile underground when two air tanks exploded their shaft, but they climbed a ladder to the 3000 foot level and exited to the McIntyre Mine. The McIntyre shaft serves as a path from the connected mines amid a regional strike that has halted seven major gold producers.
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Tims
Ont
Coniaurum
Here
McIntyre
Where to Find It and Page References
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