Gunfight Ends With Capture of Lone Gunman in Texas Panhandle
A long chase across Oklahoma and Texas culminated near Shamrock when James William Whiteard 21 of Phoenix Arizona was found dozing beside his dead half brother. Whiteard admitted shooting Junior Bard Myers 32 amid brush fire and hunting parties. Myers had a long arrest record and used aliases. The pursuit involved 100 officers with dogs planes and flares as dawn broke.
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Shamrock
Tex
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
James William Whiteard
Phoenix
Ariz
Junior Bard Myers
Myers
Victor Lee Stephens
Texas
Jim Paulk
Whiteard
James Hotter Tee
J. B. Stephens
Texola
Okla
Enley
N. M. Nix
Young Stephens
Stephens
Collingeworth County
John Rainey
Dover, Ark
Hearne Tex
Turncoats Reach Hong Kong After Korean War Vietnam
Two more American war prisoners who chose life in China after the Korean War arrived in Hong Kong. Ailey Pate and Aaron Wilson said they sought peace and will return to their families. They join 21 Americans who stayed in China after 1953 with four others returning and one dying.
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Hong Kong
Red China
Ailey Pate
Carbondale
Aaron Wilson
Urabia
China
Pate
Wilson
Hungary
Taiwan
Albert C. Belhomme
Ashland
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Onio
Howard G. Adams
Corsicana
Tex
Peace Hope In Mideast Good
President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles expressed cautious optimism about Middle East peace during a two hour review in Augusta Georgia. They urged steps to strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance and cited Soviet actions in Hungary as highlighting the need for unity and resolve against aggression.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Middle East
Dulles
Mideast
North Atlantic
United States
Great Britain
France
Europe
Hungary
Austria
Italian Gasoline Rationing Expected Amid Middle East Crisis
Italian motorists face likely gasoline rationing due to shortages tied to the Middle East crisis. Authorities warned of limited fuel distribution as the situation develops.
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Rome
Italy
Middle East
Fire Eater Seeks Petrol Ration For Act In London
Miss Priscilla Birt known as Zahrat the Fire Eater seeks a gasoline ration book to fuel her act with Duffy's Circus. With no vehicle, she explains petrol is for performance use only. The ministry debates policy while Miss Birt’s career hangs on a leaded fuel loophole.
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London
Ministry of Fuel and Power
Priscilla Birt
Suez Canal
Middle East
Britain
Miss Birt
Zahrat the
Fire Eater
Duffy's Circus
District Fuel Office
Just Lonesome For Kentucky Call From New York Ends In Silence
A New York caller, moved by My Old Kentucky Home, phones Kentucky and asks for anyone named Ken ree. Switchboard operator Jean Baxter clarifies she is in Kentucky and the call ends after six minutes of music with little else reported.
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Louisville
Kentucky
Jean Baxter
Kenree
Michigan Dorm Food Riot Draws Hundreds in Protest
In Ann Arbor hundreds of male University of Michigan students rioted in dorm dining halls over meals. They chanted for better food, smashed dishes with asparagus and vanilla pudding, then outside as police were pelted with snowballs. Dean of Men Walter B. Rea promised an investigation.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Walter B. Rea
Dave Gumenick
Detroit
Gilbert P. Lutz
University
Hungarian Rebels Fight On From Forested Regions
Reports from Budapest say Hungarian freedom fighters using forest hideouts in Mecsek Mountains and near Pecs strike Soviet units at night, inflicting heavy losses. Moscow sent an energetic commander to the area as a news blackout and cut Budapest Pees connections. Official bodies report mass exodus to Austria with 110,000 having fled since Oct 28, while Nagy remains in Sinaia awaiting return options.
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Wiungary
Budapest
Pecs
Hungary
Mecsek Mountains
Lake
Balaton
Pees
Janos Kadar
Austria
Budapest Radio
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
U. S. House of Representative
Foreign Affairs Committee
Vienna
United States
Eisenhower
America
Premmier
Imre Nagy
Nagy
Sinaia
Bucharest
Yugoslavia
Kadar
Romania
Moscow
Communist Party
Pravda
U. S
Bela Kiraly
Britain and France to Withdraw Forces from Egypt
Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd announced in the House of Commons that Britain and France will withdraw their forces from the Port Said area without delay. He said Allied and UN commanders will agree on a timetable for complete withdrawal, considering military and practical issues, with a goal of quick action amid opposition jeers.
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Losdon
Selwyn Lloyd
Britain
France
Egypt
Port Said
Lloyd
UN seeks new Assembly push over Hungary and Soviet stance
The United States and 13 other nations urged the 79 member UN Assembly to act on a resolution demanding Hungary admit UN observers and allow relief work. Despite four resolutions since Nov. 4, Budapest has ignored them, stalling plans for observer access, troop withdrawals, and UN relief operations.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N. Assembly
Hungary
U.N
Assembly
Budapest
O. N
Inungary
Dag Hammarskjold
Hungary Accepts Hammarskjold Visit Offer to Budapest
United Nations reports Hungary accepts the offer from Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold to visit Budapest. The government's move signals potential steps toward easing tensions and restoring dialogue, with timing and venue to be arranged through UN channels.
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United Nations
Rebels' Suppression Sparks Delays in UN Reach
Assembly members express anger at Red bloc refusal to let U N representatives cross borders. Delegates privately claim Hungarians and Russians delay replies to Hammarskjold to whitewash evidence of the rebellion and the brutal crackdowns.
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U. N
Hammarskjold
Morse says UN averted war in Middle East
Sen Wayne Morse of Oregon credited the United Nations with preventing a full scale conflict in the Middle East at a Los Angeles news conference. He called Israel a child of the UN and the only foothold of freedom in the region.
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Los Angeles
Middle East
Sen
Wayne
Oregon Democrat
United Nations
Morse
Israel
U S Red Break Predicted Soon
Vladimir Treml, 27, of International Research on Communist Techniques, Inc. in New York, told a Columbus radio and TV program that the United States will likely break diplomatic relations with Russia and push Soviet withdrawal from the United Nations. He urged a growing revolutionary movement inside Russia to avert World War II.
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Columbus
Ohio
United States
Russia
United Nations
Vladimir Treml
Communist Techniques, Inc
New York
Frigid Arctic Front Shrinks Warm Forecast for Miami Valley
A cold blast crossed the Canadian border bringing much colder weather to the Miami Valley. Today should be partly cloudy and mild with a high near 60 and low about 45. Tuesday turns cloudy and windy with occasional snow and a 45 degree high.
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Tuesay
Canadian
Miami Valley
Batista government says rebels crushed in Santiago
The Batista regime reports troops and police overpowered an armed uprising in Santiago with four killed. Jet aircraft were used as forces attacked rebels who burned police stations and a customs house in the city.
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Fulgencio Batista
Santiago
Rebel Band Lands in Cuba as Government Fights Rebels
Cuban army reports rebel troops landed on the south coast near Santiago de Cuba and that aviation strafed the group. A yacht was intercepted with baggage linked to Fidel Castro Ruz who has been in exile in Mexico. Government says 12 Venezuelans were arrested as part of a 60 member group involved in the revolt.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro Ruz
Mexico
Santiago de Cuba
Castro
Batista
Mexico Cn
Miami Herald
Oriente
Chanel
Cape Cruz
Chuckle Truth About Husbands and Wives
A lighthearted quip notes that a wife may contradict her husband by speaking first and letting her own words contradict themselves. The joke suggests harmony emerges when listening rather than arguing.
Rumor Says Allies Set To Go Home From Port Said
In Port Said Egypt United Nations police take a lower occupation of a quarter as British French troops expect orders to begin packing for home. Israel clears Sinai to allow UN troops and ships reopen Suez Canal while Indian troops hold a wedge south of the city.
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Port Said
Egypt
U.N
Ing
Suez Canal
U. N
Mediterranean
Israel
Sinai
Jon
Burns
United [Vetern
I. N
U.ee
U.N. Oe
Pakistan to Receive Surplus Grains From United States
Karachi reports the United States promised Pakistan an extra 275000 tons of surplus food grains to meet current needs. Pakistan will pay 98 million rupees for the shipment, with funds remitted to farm and defense expenses.
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Karachi
Pakistan
United States
Fram
Defense
French Four Engine Plane Believed Down Off Barcelona
A French four engine aircraft with ten crew members is missing after a flight over the western Mediterranean. It was believed to have crashed about 25 miles off the coast near Barcelona while a search patrol found no trace of the plane.
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Jearly
Mediterranean
Barcelona
Car Goes Crazy Cynthia Holds Wheel in Windsor Crash
In Windsor Connecticut a 17 year old girl Cynthia Moran lost control of a speeding car on Broad Street. She jammed gears in reverse to stop the vehicle after it surged toward a crowd and collided with Albert Turgeon’s car. Patrolman Robert Christensen halted the runaway by disconnecting the engine wires.
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Windsor
Conn
Cynthia Moran
David
Broad Street
Church
Robert Christensen
Cynthia
Espanade
Christensen
Albert Turgeon
Turgeon
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