Phantom of the Turnpike suspect seized after high speed chase
John Wesley Wable, 24, captured in Bernalillo County New Mexico after a 20 mile pursuit by state police. He is charged with the July killings of truck drivers Harry Pitts and Lester Woodward on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Wable denies involvement and awaits extradition to Pennsylvania.
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Albuquerque
N. M
John Wesley Wable
Pennsylvania
New Mexico
Wable
Bernalillo County
California
Belen
Harry F. Pitts
Bowling Green
Lester B. Woodward
Duncannon
Ohio
Philadelphia
Marvin H. Parson
T. J. Chavez
Jack R. Dodson
John K. Shepard
West Alexander
Turnpike
Schuman Plan Meeting Canceled by Six Nations
The six Schuman Plan nations delayed their foreign ministers meeting set for October 22 in The Hague to discuss the European political community statute. France pushes for delay amid sovereignty concerns as deputies in Rome draft the supra national authority for a planned European army. Some French ministers seek an Assembly debate before signing the pact.
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Hague
Netherlands
Rome
France
National Assembly
U S Pushes Revisions In UN Charter
The United States begins debate on proposed amendments to the United Nations Charter at the UN. Governor James F. Byrnes leads as principal U S spokesman on the East West dispute and moves from the Special Political Committee to the Legal Committee to address charter revision.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. S
U.N
South Carolina
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Special
Assembly
Netherlands
Argentina
Egypt
Soviet Bloc
Security Council
John Foster Dulles
United States
Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake Resigns in Ceylon
In Colombo, Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake resigns due to illness aggravated by political opposition. Governor General Lord Soulbury names his cousin Transport Minister Sir John Kotelawela as successor. Senanayake had been ill for some time.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Dudley Senanayake
Lord Soulbury
Senanayake
John Kotelawela
Mrs Roosevelt Celebrates 69th Birthday Quietly at Hyde Park
Mrs Franklin D. Roosevelt marked her 69th birthday with a calm day at Hyde Park New York spending time with her son John and his family along with a few friends.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Franklin D. Roosevelt
John
General Strike Call Against Britain in Guiana Sparks Tense Stand
In Georgetown many PPP leaders launched a general strike and anti-British boycott after the ouster of Cheddi Jagan and 5 cabinet ministers. Britain redeployed troops and suspended the colonial constitution amid accusations of a communist plot against self rule.
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Guiana
Georgetown
British Guiana
Britain
Cheddi Jagan
People’s Progressive Party
PPP
Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Jamaica
Jagan
Russia
Privy Council
London
Sir Alfred Savage
U. S
William Alexander Bustamante
Bustamante
Indies
Kingston
Economy Strong As 1953 Third Quarter Shows Growth
Washington AP reports most facets of the nation’s economy ran well above last year’s levels in September with farm income as a notable exception. The Council of Economic Advisers notes Burns and Jacoby join the group, and the gross national product for Q3 1953 is estimated at 371 billion dollars, up 25.5 billion from Q3 1952 and near the 372.2 billion Q2 1953 record.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Arthur F. Burns
Neil F. Jacoby
Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Loyal Office Worker Implicated In Wife’s Death
Charlotte report says Richard Russell, 39, a businessman, is charged with murder after his wife was found dead in their shop. Barbara Griggs, 23, a post exterminating supply firm employee, remains jailed as a material witness. Russell claims innocence and says he slept through the night. Police report bloodstains in the upstairs bedroom and say the weapon is not yet found.
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Charlotte
N. C
Richard Russell
Russell
Barbara Griggs
Senators Oppose Churchill Big Four Conference Idea
Senators Hickenlooper and Kefauver voiced opposition to a planned informal talk among the United States Britain France and Russia. They urged advance agreement on topics and diplomatic groundwork before any high level meeting, cautioning that round robin discussions rarely yield results. They kept their views personal but aligned with White House and State Department stance.
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Washington
Hickenlooper Brown
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Winston Churchill
United States
White House
State Department
Churchill
England
Britain
France
Russia
Hickenlooper
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Senate Armed Services Committee
Mass Rally Invokes Fatima Prayer For Peace In Philadelphia
About 80,000 Roman Catholics marched through downtown Philadelphia reciting the rosary for peace and the conversion of Russia to Christianity. An audience of around 250,000 gathered on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway for the first outdoor mass in archdiocese history. Archbishop John F. O’Hara led the service and prayed for officials and for world peace, as a giant 62 foot Fatima statue loomed above the illuminated altar.
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Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin Parkway
United States
Fatima
Russia
Our Lady of Fatima
John F. O'Hara
John J. McKenna
Archbishop O'Hara
Josef Winiewicz
UN says Reds may start interviews on repatriation of POWs
North Korea and China war prisoners who refuse repatriation may begin interviews Wednesday, as the UNC seeks to resolve delays. The UN accuses the Communists of shipping crated aircraft from Manchuria to Uiju near Antung, while Gen. Hull says no serious violations are known. Talks aim to restart explanations at temporary booths, with Peiping signaling concessions and continued facility building.
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John E. Hull
U. N
Far Eastern
Military Armistice Commission
Manchuria
Uiju
Yalu River
Red
Antung
Hull
Korea
Mark W. Clark
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Munsan
Peiping Radio
Indian Command
UNC
Teacher Shortage To Persist Across Professions Says Experts
Seventy five experts at a Manpower conference warn shortages of trained medical teaching and engineering personnel will continue for another decade. They cite a gross imbalance between demand and available talent, saying the gap will persist even during a recession.
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Harriman
N. Y
Parade Slated for Columbus Day in New York
An estimated 75 000 persons are expected to parade up Fifth Avenue today for the annual Columbus Day observance in New York City.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Hall Signs Confession Admits He Killed Bobby
St Louis report says Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady admit kidnapping Bobby Greenlease but deny murder. Prosecutor Downs theorizes Thomas Marsh may have been slain by Hall to divert blame. Marsh search extends to Bonnie Heady’s Nodaway County farm as FBI weighs the case.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Carl Austin Hall
Bobby Greenlease
ST. Louis
Thomas John Marsh
St. Joseph
Bobby
Buchanan County
John E. Downs
Marsh
Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Downs
Greenlease
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Nodaway County
Heady
Missouri
East St. Louis
Police Locate English Duke's Blasted Body
The gunshot blasted body of the 64 year old Duke of Bedford was found in tangled undergrowth on his Devonshire estate. Police said the death appeared accidental after he went into the woods to hunt a hawk. Marines helped search the 12000 acre estate and found him with a 12 gauge shotgun by his side. The duke was known for pacifist politics and opposition to Britain’s WWII fight.
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Tavistock
England
Duke of Bedford
Devonshire
Britain
Germany
Dallas police arrest suspected sex offender linked to Parker slaying
Police in Dallas arrest a Black man after a nocturnal spree of break ins and assaults leading to the Sept. 30 Parker slaying. Capt. Will Fritz says the suspect, questioned earlier in the case, was released hours before arrest. Residents panicked, arming themselves and patrolling neighborhoods.
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Dallas
Will Fritz
H. C. Parker
Fritz
Yugoslav Leader Threatens Trieste Transfer Amid Riots
In Belgrade Tito warns of sending Yugoslav troops into Zone A if Italy moves in, while posturing after the British American plan to cede Trieste to Italy sparks violence. USIS chief William B. King is attacked as protests flare across Belgrade.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
U. S. Information Service
Trieste
Italy
Tito
Macedonia
USIS
William B. King
Daily Bulletin
King
Zone A
Legaetion
U.S
John McGowan
London
Washington
Rome
Giuseppe Pella
Britain
America
Weather outlook and temperatures across regions
Van dalia forecasters predict fair and cooler conditions tonight and tomorrow with a Wednesday outlook of fair and warmer. Ohio forecast calls for partly cloudy cooler today with highs 58 to 65 north and 65 to 70 south. Kentucky remains fair and cooler with today’s highs in the 70s and tonight in the 40s. Armco records show Middletown yesterday reached 86 degrees at 3 p.m. and 47 at 6 a.m.. today’s low was 55 at 6 a.m.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Kentucky
Middletown
Armco
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