Five Guards Freed After Mass Prison Siege End
In Boston four desperate convicts surrendered after an 80 hour hostage standoff at Massachusetts State Prison. They released five guards and six fellow inmates as a civilian negotiating panel pressed for a path to future liberty. The deal prompts a speedy trial and ongoing investigation.
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Boston
Massachusetts State
Massachusetts
George Fingold
Erwin D. Canham
Christian Science Moniter
Canham
Theodore Green
Bastille
Norfolk
Warren L. Harrington
Edward F. Hartigan
Howard
McDonough
Father Hartigan
Mr. Kellett
Dr. Merlin
Sumner H. Babcock
The
Boston Bar Assn
John J. Grant
Pilot
RCAF Plane Crashes Near Winnipeg. Three Die
A two engine Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft on a routine training flight from Winnipeg crashed 30 miles southeast last night killing all three crew. The crew included an RCAF pilot and two navigation students.
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Winnipeg
Royal Canadian Air Force
RCAF
Costa Rican revolt near end as Somoza backs truce
Nicaragua's President Anastasio Somoza says Costa Rica rebels should accept a truce if exile return is allowed and free elections are promised. Costa Rican authorities report capture of rebel bases in the northwest and mood in San Jose leans toward a final settlement. The OAS notes outside aid to insurgents and sets a buffer zone along the frontier to avert wider conflict.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
San Jose
Costa Rica
Tang
Organization of American States
OAS
Nica
Raguan
Pacific Ocean
Somoza
Figueres
Pole sitter Kathleen Denham tops world record at Tacoma
Sitting Pretty Mrs. Kathleen Denham, a 19 year old expectant mother, perches atop a pole near Tacoma Washington claiming the world pole sitting record of 152 days. She passed the mark January 29 and plans to descend February 5. She expects her baby in April.
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Kathleen Denham
Tacoma
Wash
Kitty
Solon Urges Stand Against Formosa Appeasement
Rep Richards demands no appeasement in Formosa policy and backs warning that shifts of Nationalist forces from the Tachens must be coupled with a pledge to defend new perimeters by arms if needed. He says Eisenhower has authority to use air and sea power if required.
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Russell Brines
Washington
Richards
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Formosa
Tachens
Eisenhower
Congress
Tachen Islands
National Security Council
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen
Morse
Indore
Foreign Relations Committee
Sparkman
D-Ala
7Th Fleet
Asia
Seine Floods Hit Paris With Water In Basements
Parisians watched as the Seine rose toward a crest two days away flooding basements of historic riverside buildings including Notre Dame and the Palais Bourbon. Dikes formed near the Palais Bourbon while the Invalides terminal closed due to flooded driveways.
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Paris
Seine
Notre Dame Cathedral
Palais Bourbon
National Assembly
Quai d'Orsay
Invalides
Quai de Bercy
Quai de Rapee
Puteaux
Suresnes
U.S. Army
Bois de Boulogne
Longchamp
GOP Unit To Select Parley Site
The GOP National Committee will decide the 1956 Republican nominating convention site at a Feb 17 meeting in Washington. A site subcommittee will meet Feb 16 to prepare recommendations. Bids came from Chicago Philadelphia and Atlantic City with Chicago and Philadelphia viewed as likely hosts.
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Washington
GOP National Committee
Leonard W. Hall
Chicago
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Arab Premiers Seek Middle East Defense Pact Unity
Cairo hosts an emergency meeting of Arab premiers to decide joining a Western defense pact amid Iraq's Nabi Said pact with Turkey. Nasser pushes self reliance while Lebanon voices fear of Soviet aggression. Nuri Said ill and not attending.
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Cairo
Egypt
Iraq
Nuri
Turkey
Arab League
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Lebanon
Samir Sola
Middle East
Saos Fleet Can Defend Formosa
Adm. Felix B. Stump, chief of the Pacific Fleet, said 7th Fleet forces with Air Force planes could defend Formosa if China attacks. He called the capture of Yikiangshan island near the Tachens militarily insignificant beyond observation and possible propaganda value.
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Los Angeles
Pacific Fleet
7Th Fleet
Formosa
Adm
Felix B. Stump
Yikiangshan Island
Tachens
Potter Raps China Trip Legislation
Senator Potter and Representative Keating push bills to fund travel for relatives of 17 Americans imprisoned in Communist China. Sparkman signals Senate support if other funding fails, while U.N. and Red Cross offer limited help. The State Department warns travel carries risk and no official U.S. support.
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Washington
Potter
R-Mich
China
Rep
Keating
R-Ny
Len Sparkman
D-Ala
U.N
New York
American Red Cross
U.S
Sparkman
Senate
Executive Departments
Air Force
Japan
State Department
Department
Ultra Modern Statue Provokes City Hall Rumpus
Los Angeles witnesses a storm over Bernard Rosenthal’s 14 foot ultra modern bronze statue for the police building. Councilman Harby urges melting it into a memorial plaque. critics call it cubism while Rosenthal vows to sue to keep it.
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Los Angeles
Bernard Rosenthal
Mars
Harold Harby
Harley
Police and Fire Commission
Roger Arnebergh
Arnebergh
Rosenthal
City Art Commission
Public Works Department
Seven Survivors Rescued From Navy Amphibian Crash
Seven survivors rescued after a twin engined Navy amphibian ditched 665 miles north of Kwajalein. Rescue coordinated by the transport Fred C. Ainsworth with life boat drop and Coast Guard search plane spotting the crew. Names include Lt James Goffray Measel and Ensign Harrison B Nordstrom among six others.
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Pearl Harbor
Central Pacific
Fred C. Ainsworth
Hawaiian Sea Frontier
Navy
Kwajalein
Johnston Island
James Goffray Measel
Norfolk
Harrison B. Nordstrom
St. Paul
Aviation Electronic
Jerome J. Warras
Detroit
Mich
Coast Guard
Martin W. Flesh
U S Team Withdrawn From Tachens Amid Tension
A U S observer team of four or five officers and enlisted men led by a colonel was quietly withdrawn from the Tachens 200 miles north of Formosa. The islands, under threat of a Communist invasion and near Yikiangshan, were previously touched by recent fighting. The MAAG HQ declines comment beyond noting the team arrived safely in Formosa.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Tachen Islands
Yikiangshan
U.S
U S Carrier Task Force Sent Toward Formosa Amid Tense Signals
A U S Navy fast carrier task force including the Essex Yorktown and Kearsarge left Manila Bay for drills that a Pearl Harbor source called a safe assumption they head toward Formosa area. Reports say Nationalist forces defend Yikiangshan island as Communist assaults intensify with air and sea actions.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Manila Bay
Formosan
Red China
Essex
Yorktown
Kearsarge
Navy
Pacific Fleet
Pearl Harbor
U.S
7Th Fleet
Washington
United States
Eisenhower
O. K. Yui
China News
Chiang Kai-shek
Yikiangshan
Senate Takes SEATO Pact To Senate For Final Action
The SEATO Pact described by President Eisenhower as an important link in free world defense goes before the Senate Tuesday for final action after a 14-1 committee vote. Sen. Langer reportedly cast the lone negative vote. The treaty, signed at Manila on Sept 8, involves the United States Australia France New Zealand Pakistan the Philippines Thailand and Great Britain.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Sen. Langer
R-Nd
Viet Nam
Manila
United States
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Philippines
Thailand
Great Britain
Phantom philanthropist gives Chicago $650 in mysterious gifts
Police investigate a eight day pattern of non counterfeit cash gifts totaling 650 dollars. Cecil Mayes, a hitchhiker from Evergreen North Carolina, received 300 dollars after a test of faith. Nathaniel Patterson, 22, and a unnamed carpenter also reported windfalls, with each tale centering on belief in God and a stranger.
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Chicago
McCoy
Cecil Mayes
Evergreen
N. C
Nathaniel Patterson
Patterson
Mayes
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Columbus South
Weith
Bibl Becker
Harby
Transport
Nationalist Tachen Islands
Foremosa
Chiang
George Yeh
Yeh
Dulles
Nationalist
Defense Ministry
Phantom Philanthropist
Police
Wisconsin
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