Hostage crisis at Walla Walla prison continues
Seven hostages remain inside as rebel inmates control the main cell blocks after a dawn revolt. Talks with state officials stalled before midnight and guards, police, and National Guard standby, with about 1,700 inmates confined and a timeline set for improved treatment by officers. Hostages include Associate Warden Bezzerides and several prison staff members.
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National Guard
Thomas Harris
Ted Bezzerides
Harris
Boots Fain
Bezzerides
Remboldt
Reiboldt
Bert Jenkins
Hardd Innes
W. A. Storey
Jesse Bentley
Middletown Endures Heat Wave With Rain Seen
The city faces another hot and humid day with a 100 degree high and a warm 74 degree low. Weather forecasters expect partly cloudy skies, scattered thundershowers, and continued heat Thursday as regions from Maine to Wisconsin record cool and warm pockets and several towns report rainfall overnight.
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Middletown
Armco
Tucson
Ariz
Presidio
Tex
Portland
Maine
Wisconsin
Mississippi River
Arizona
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Omaha
Charleston
W. Va
New England
Pacific Northwest
Ready To Argue Hot Weather Scene In Charlotte
A man walks Charlotte streets with a room thermometer protruding from his back pocket as heat waves sweep the city. The scene captures an unusually hot day in the area with residents seeking shade and relief.
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Charlotte
N. C
Slavic accented suspect sought in Cernak assassination in Munich
German police identify a dark haired foreigner with a Slavic accent as the bomb killer of Matus Cernak, Slovakia’s ex wartime minister and independence advocate. The blast at a Munich post office killed an elderly woman and injured thirteen others. a $1190 reward offered.
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Munich
Germany
Matus Cernak
Slovakia
Czechoslovakia
Red
No Gun No Hands Bullet Near Fatal Incident
Tom Mounts dropped a loaded .22 revolver from a car glove compartment to a rock. The weapon discharged, firing a bullet into his chest as he and his family stopped near Crescent City. He was listed in critical condition at Seaside Hospital.
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Crescent City
Calif
Tom Mounts
Seaside Hospital
Capital Bus Strike Faces House Action
A House committee prepared to consider seizure legislation as the DC transit strike enters day six. Rep. Broyhill proposed a bill authorizing the District to run Capital Transit under a no strike ban. District Commissioners arranged mediation with AFL Transit Workers Union executives after a stalled session with Capital Transit directors.
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Washington
House
House District Committee
Broyhill
R-Va
District of Columbia
Capital Transit Co
AFL Transit Workers Union
Capital Transit
Samuel Spencer
Boy Drowns In Pond Near Bryan Ohio
Harold Paxton, 19, of Route 4 Bryan drowned yesterday in a pond about ten miles northeast of Bryan..details describe accident and location with no further context.
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Bryan
Ohio
Harold Paxton
Rt. 4
Here
Heat Wave Hits Pennsylvania With Bizarre Incidents
In Chester a woman staged a false alarm claiming heat drove her to act. Jim Thorpe’s thunderstorm knocked out a civil defense alert across three counties. Wilkes-Barre saw a rare hail buildup and an unusual cold snap. Intercourse hit 110 degrees and Paradise 96. Philadelphia’s new airport terminal drew thousands seeking air conditioning.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Chester
Jim Thorpe
Civil Defense
Wilkes-Barre
Intercourse
Paradise
International Airport
Louis Inwood
Dixon Yates fund bill passes with strings attached
Senate action authorizes 6.2 million dollars for a Dixon Yates power line but bars use if Memphis commits within 90 days to build its own plant. President Eisenhower orders a study on canceling TVA power contracts as Memphis plans its own facility. The FBI is said to conduct a fact finding mission, not an investigation.
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Senate
Dixon-Yates
Memphis
Gore D-Tenn
Dixon- Yates
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Eisenhower
Gore
Dixon-Yates Power
FBI
Justice Department
G. Frederick Mullen
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA Power
TVA
Capitol Hill
Western experts outline arms cuts and German unification for Geneva
Western proposals for Geneva include phased arms reductions and a European security system. British French and American experts plan talks in Paris Friday before a July 15 ministers meeting, with Geneva discussions set to begin July 18. A limited disarmament plan and a possible standstill on German reunification are described as steps toward a broader package with the Soviet Union.
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London
Geneva
Paris
Europe
Bonn
Strasbourg
France
European Consultative Assembly
Soviet Union
Council of Europe
Foes Call On Peron for Deeds Not Words
The Radical opposition urged deeds over words in response to Juan Perons call for a political truce. They demanded the chance to answer on state radio and cited their June 29 declaration that liberty is needed for any pacification. Government talks with Peronist factions reportedly began in Congress.
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Buenos Aires
Radical Party
Juan Peron
National Committee
Peron
Congress
Dayton Man Killed in Explosion at Atomic Plant
A 39 year old Dayton electrical engineer Arthur M. Thompson was killed in an explosion at the Portsmouth area atomic plant. He was blown over a wall onto railroad tracks. James F. Sands 58 of Portsmouth and Leonard A. Dingler 31 of Piketon were injured and in fair condition in a Portsmouth hospital. Plant spokesmen said a condenser exploded but did not specify the cause.
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Portsmouth
Dayton
Portsmouth Area
Arthur M. Thompson
James F. Sands
Leonard A. Dingler
Piketon
Law student confesses to brutal murder of society divorcee
After 14 hours of questioning, a law student confessed to beating stabbing and strangling to death a wealthy Young society divorcee in Los Angeles. Police reported the admission follows an earlier page 5 story.
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Los Angeles
POWs Forced Into Commie Army
A Taiwan based news agency unconfirmed reports that about 50 U N prisoners of war from Korea including U S and Canadian officers were forced to serve in the Chinese Communist army. The Defense Ministry denied the claim.
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Taipei
Formosa
U.N
Korea
Tatao
Interior Ministry
Reqd
Defense Ministry
Shanghai
Manchuria
Hangchow
Fukien Province
Final Fourth Toll Hits 407
Final reports show 407 people died in traffic accidents over the Fourth of July weekend, a new record. The 78 hour period from 6 pm Friday to midnight Monday also saw 251 drownings and 147 other accidents, totaling 805 accidental deaths.
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National Safety Council
California to wage year round drive to reduce auto deaths
California officials unveil a long term traffic safety plan after the Fourth of July to mobilize public opinion behind safer driving. Gov Knight’s committee will lead the campaign as California, with six million cars, again tops the nation in holiday highway fatalities.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Goodwin J. Knight
New York
Illinois
Bernard R. Caldwell
National Safety Council
Marine Walter Sheets Still Legally Married After Vacated Divorce
In Portsmouth Ohio Judge J E Kinnison vacated the divorce granted to Nancy Ann Sheets after learning Walter Sheets planned to remarry her. Sheets re enlisted in the Marine Corps citing a third dependent child. The court said the original divorce was fraudulently obtained leaving Sheets still legally married and possibly facing discharge for fraudulent enlistment.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Walter Sheets
J. E. Kinnison
Jackson County
Sheets
Nancy Ann
Marine Corps
Cincinnati
Portsmouth Times
Senate Action Promised On Eisenhower Program
Democratic leaders signaled early Senate action on key House passed measures including a military reserves bill and foreign aid authorizations while debate over housing and other stalled items continued. Lyndon Johnson's illness delayed leadership as Republicans press to advance housing, tax, and atomic ship priorities.
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Sen
Clements
Kentucky
Senate
Pentagon
Knowland
California
GOP
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Rayburn
D-Tex
Rules Committee
Senate Finance Committee
House
House Group Near Accord On Benefits
House Ways and Means Committee Democrats near a three point plan to expand social security payments and raise funds. The plan would lower eligibility to age 62 for women, allow benefits after age 50 to disabled workers, and extend benefits for disabled children past 18. A 0.9 percent tax increase is proposed to pay for the expansion, with possible implementation beginning January 1, 1957.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Car Crash Near London Claims Two Teens
Two 18 year old boys, Bob Crace and James R. Fulton of Mt. Sterling, were killed when their car left London Circleville Road and crashed into a tree about ten miles southeast of London Ohio. Two teen passengers, Kay Gearhardt aged 17 and Judy Packer aged 16, also of Mt. Sterling, were seriously injured. The crash occurred a quarter mile south of Big Plain.
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London, Ohio
London-Circleeville Rd
Here
Bob Crace
James R. Fulton
Mt. Sterling
Kay Gearhardt
Judy Packer
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