Hess at Spandau Prison A Haggard Enigma in Berlin
Rudolf Hess, 63, the former Nazi still behind Berlin’s Spandau walls, is described as a hollow-eyed remnant of his former self. The article recounts his 1941 Scotland flight, the mission of humanity claim, Nazi leadership fallouts, and his current isolation with no visitors while he endures cell life and vigil-guard lighting and occasional abdominal pains.
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Hess
Uty Seymour
Berlin
Spandau
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Nazi Germany
Hitler
Sdeas
Hermann Soering
French
England
Scotland
Churchill
Josef Stalin
United States
Britain
Russia
der Fuehrer
Nuernberg
District Court Grand Jury Returns Three Indictments
District Court grand jury in the northern district of Texas returns three indictments. James Merten Eyer, 19, Levelland, held on interstate transport of a stolen vehicle from Arizona to Levelland around April 30, 1957. Sammie Lee Croy, address unavailable, released on bond for allegedly sending a threatening letter to E. B. Honeycutt of Lamesa. Aristeo Martinez Nava, 31, Plainview, alleged as an alien unlawfully in the U.S.
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Auls
District Court Grand Jury
Northern District of Texas
U.S
Olive Flake
James Merten Eyer
Levelland
Arizona
Sammie Lee Croy
E. B. Honeycutt
Lamesa
Aristeo Martinez-Nava
Plainview
Algo
TV Set Repossession Brings Trouble for Houston Man
In Houston two men repossessed a television from Joe Turner claiming it came from a downtown store. Turner later learned the set had been paid for months and was not from that store, intensifying his distress.
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Houston
Joe Turner
Turner
France on Brink as Gaillard Devalues Franc
Paris reports Finance Minister Felix Gaillard unofficially devalues the franc and seeks austerity. A 37 year old economist aims to avert bankruptcy while a wage price spiral and broader devaluation are anticipated. France’s postwar boom masks fragile finances as imports outpace exports and gold reserves melt.
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Paris
Felix Gaillard
Gaillard
France
Eee
Abernathy youths linked to burglary and theft cases
Three Abernathy boys ages 14 to 16 implicated three other youths after a $200 burglary at Davis Grocery Thursday night. All six youths admit theft of two bicycles and face juvenile authorities conference Wednesday. Loot recovered. deputies traced footprints from the store to the youths’ homes.
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Abernathy
Davis Grocery
Tom Cannon Jr
Plainview
Hale County
Cannon
Sheriff's Deputies
Flu Checks At British Base Probe Asiatic Flu
U.S. Air Force doctors test for Asiatic flu at the High Wycombe base near London. A spokesman says 19 men are in isolation with cases diagnosed as upper respiratory infection. Three new cases were reported Thursday. at one point about 30 were hospitalized.
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London
U. SS. Air Force
High Wycombe
Prince Charles to be called Prince by staff at Cheam School
London reports the eight year old heir to the throne will be treated as any other boy at Cheam School, with headmaster Peter Beck asking pupils to call him Charles while staff will refer to him as Prince Charles. The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh asked for the distinction to ease his entry into boarding school next month.
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London
Cheam School
Headley
Charles
Prince Charles
Queen Elizabeth II
Prince Philip
Peter Beck
State Reports 304 New Oil Wells and 96 Wildcat Drills
Texas oil activity surged as the Railroad Commission tallied 304 oil wells and 77 gas wells with 122 dry holes for the week. Of 96 wildcat wells, 83 were dusters nine produced oil and five yielded gas, lifting year to date oil completions to 10,005. Gas completions reached 1,210, with daily allowable oil of 3,073,076 barrels, up 13,857 from last week.
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Austin
Texas
Railroad Commission
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Prince
Great National Life Insurance Company
Oldham
S. J. Hay
Westinghouse Freezer
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