Prison siege ends as guards surrender with weapons
In Tennessee a 25 hour siege at the Tennessee Penitentiary ends when inmates Robert Rivera and Raymond Farra give up two pistols and four knives after negotiations. Seized hostages, including 19 people, are released unharmed and no one harmed. Authorities note a former guard suspected of smuggling guns into the prison may be involved.
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Nashville, Tenn
Tennessee Penitentiary
Robert Rivera
Raymond Farra
Farra
Borderland
W. Va
Rivera
Temple
Tex
Marriage Snags In Greek Elopement Tale Of Deception
Los Angeles caterer John Kalachian 34 travels to Greece to wed Denise Drongitsi 19 after a photo alleged to show her. He learns the image was retouched and is pressured by Denise's family to marry Anastasia Drongitsi 21. A court later annuls the marriage arguing force and duress. The uncle who supplied the photo arranged Anastasia’s engagement.
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Los Angeles
John Kalachian
Greece
Denise
Kaachian
Denise Drongitsi
Kalachian
Anastasia
John
America
John Lardner, Noted Columnist, Dies in New York
John A. Lardner aged 47, columnist for Newsweek and the New Yorker, died suddenly at his New York City home from a heart attack. He was the son of late sports writer and humorist Ring Lardner.
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John A. Lardner
Newsweek Magazine
The
New Yorker Magazine
New York City
Ring Lardner
Cold weekend forecast puts Miami Valley under arctic air
The arctic air remains and the Miami Valley faces below normal temperatures this weekend. Official forecast calls for fair but cold conditions today with a high near 40. Tonight and Saturday bring partly cloudy skies with a low around 24 and a high about 38.
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Miami Valley
Wilt Chamberlain Quits NBA After Record Rookie Season
Wilt Chamberlain announces he is quitting basketball in the NBA, saying he will never play in the league again. The star rookie, who shattered records this season, spoke to the New York Post.
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NEW York
Wilt Chamberlain
National Basketball Assn
Chamberlain
New York ‘Post Today
Rare Oarfish Found by Tourist at Treasure Island Beach
A Milwaukee winter visitor, William Kanitz, spotted a six foot oarfish in shallow Treasure Island Beach water. Dr. Victor Springer of the State Marine Laboratory described it as a rare sea serpent, one of Florida’s second official sightings and among few worldwide. The creature has a coral colored crest from head to dorsal fin and died shortly after capture.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Victor Springer
State Marine Laboratory
Florida
Wiliam Kanitz
Milwaukee
Wis
Treasure Island Beach
Springer
Ashland boy saves bus children as steel truck skids by
In Ashland Ohio on U S 250 a steel hauler skidded into a school bus after a 14 year old traffic guard Bobby Chapman pushed two children into a ditch and helped another clear the path. Bus driver William Leatheraw guided pupils to safety as the truck swerved. Becky Forbes eight was treated for leg injuries and abrasions. Harland Maurer forty eight was cited for failure to maintain assured clear distance. Six students were checked at Samaritan Hospital and released.
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Ashland
Ohio
Bobby Chapman
Rt. 2
William E. Leatheraw
U.S. 250
Here
Leatheraw
Bobby
Becky Forbes
Samaritan Hospital
Chapman
Sharon Kolp
Steven
Harland M. Maurer
New ‘Philadelphia
Two Dayton men face burglary trial over Sports Bowl break in Middletown
Common Pleas Judge Bell overruled a motion to dismiss the entire jury after four jurors ate lunch with Sheriff Pell. In Cincinnati, police detained Carl Dearth, 20, one of three escapees from Lebanon Prison Farm, who traveled with Donald Day and Ralph Roberts.
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Hamilton — Common Pleas
P. P. Bell
Butler County
Paul Pell
Dayton
Middletown
Cincinnati
Carl W. Dearth
Chillicothe
Ohio
Lebanon
Dearth
Donald D. Day
Ralph E. Roberts
February living costs rebound to record level
Government agencies report a February rise in living costs after two declines. Higher mortgage interest and health insurance costs drive the increase. The House Appropriations Committee also voted sharp hikes in Eisenhower education and health budgets and urged a strong campaign against juvenile delinquency.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Eisenhower
Khrushchev Wins Warm Paris Welcome at Lenin Home
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev toured the apartment where Lenin plotted revolution while in exile in Paris and then met President Charles de Gaulle at the Elysee Palace. The two-hour session followed a riotous public reception, the strongest since his arrival Wednesday.
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Paris
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Lenin
Charles de Gaulle
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Elysee Palace
de Gaulle
Reds Snub U.S. Plan At Geneva
At the 10 nation disarmament conference in Geneva the United States urged start of talks on a central enforcement body for a worldwide disarmament pact. The Soviet Union rejected the plan preferring first to discuss specific arms cuts. French expert Jules Moch warned Western powers would resist the Soviet approach.
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Geneva
United States
Doc ‘Xing
Soviet Union
Frederick M. Mason
Valerian Zorin
Eaton
Jules Moch
Zorin
Moch
Quote from Moch on disarmament controls stance
Moch rejects linking disarmament to lax controls and calls for clear, independent oversight. The remark emphasizes a firm stance against associating disarmament with loosened regulations.
Bomb Scare Hits Columbus Governor DiSalle’s Office
A switchboard operator at the State house was warned by phone of a planted bomb in Governor DiSalle’s office and a fatal threat, prompting highway patrols to search the office and mansion without locating any bomb or explosive. The cook at the governor’s mansion received a similar call, and Mrs. DiSalle alerted her husband after contact.
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Columbus, Ohio
Michael V. Di‘Salle
Khrushchev Visits Paris as Crowds Pack Rue Marie Rose
About 5 000 people jam Rue Marie Rose and 25 000 more crowd adjoining streets to greet Khrushchev and Debre. The premier spends 15 minutes in the crowd balcony and apartment, shouting slogans of peace and Franco Soviet friendship. Khrushchev tours Elysee and prepares for talks with De Gaulle and ministers on a diplomatic conference.
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Rue Marie Rose
Nikita
Khrushchev
Marie Rose Street
Elysee Palace
Michel Debre
Maurice Couve de Murville
Andrei Gromyko
de Gaulle
Neighbors' Grapes Spark Fence Feud in Costa Mesa
Clarence Lott built a grape stake fence a year ago, offering cost sharing to neighbor Robert Darnell who declined. Darnell then erected a separate fence close to Lott’s, painted with polka dots on Lott’s side. Lott plans a third whitewashed fence before moving away.
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Costa Mesa
Calif
Clarence Lott
Robert Darnell
Darnell
Lott
No Recession Before 1961 Says Government Economists
Washington reports government economists predict no recession before 1961 at the earliest. First quarter output is about 500 billion dollars annually, the largest since 1950, with a 16 percent rise since late 1959. Expansion plans for plants and equipment could push outlays to 38 39 or 40 billion annually by fall, keeping growth alive through 1960 unless automaker demand falters.
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Washington
Commerce Department and Securities and Exchange Commission
Government Finds Three Explanations for Business Recession Psychology
Government analysts identify three explanations they deem sufficient to account for the shift in business psychology, suggesting reasons behind an anticipated downturn despite other indicators.
Akron Policeman Killed in Downtown Camera Shop Shooting
Patrolman Floyd Weatherholt was shot and killed by fugitive James Rodney Buck after a dawn pursuit following a break in at a downtown Akron camera shop. Buck, 23, from Nashville, was wounded and later died. Weatherholt’s newborn son had just been born eight days earlier.
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Akron
Ohio
Tennessee
Floyd Weatherholt
James Rodney Buck
Nashville
Buck
Weatherholt
Davidson County
Tenn
Cable Break Delays Transatlantic Calls Near Nova Scotia
Telephone calls between New York and London were delayed about an hour today due to a break in one of the two transatlantic cables. The break happened 80 miles off Sydney Mines in Nova Scotia, between Nova Scotia and Labrador.
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New York
London
Sydney Mines
N. S
Nova Scotia
Labrador
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