Robbery Charges Springhill Police Nab 2 Escapees
Two brothers who escaped from the Arkansas State Mental Hospital while under federal indictment for bank robbery were captured by Springhill police. Mullian Alharé Andarcan 22 and Charles Edwin Anderson 25 were linked to the July 1955 Joiner bank robbery. They rode in a stolen car. $10,000 loot recovered later. Police tracked William Albert after a noon robbery, arresting him near Carruth Missouri after a long chase. One suspect admitted a Pea Ridge Arkansas robbery. Anderson claimed another identity and denied his true name.
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Springhill, la
Arkansas State Mental Hospital
Springhill
Mullian
Alharé Andarcan
Imileatu
Charles Edwin Anderson
Joiner
Arkansas
New Car
William Albert
Carruth
Bill Landrum
Missouri
William Anderson
Pea Ridge
Crawfordsville
Ark
Jonesboro
Neal McDaniel
Newport
Andersons
Driver jailed after fatal two car collision near Columbia
In Caldwell Parish authorities detained Charles Worley 26 Winnfield on open charge after a collision on Highway 165 near Columbia killed T A Miller Baton Rouge and injured George M Warner 58 Grayson. Warner pulled over to the shoulder as Worley’s southbound car sped toward him. Miller and Worley were drinking.
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Columbia
Caldwell Parish
Here
T. A. Miller
Baton Rouge
Charles Worley
Winnfield
Worley
George M. Warner
Grayson
Miller
Warner
West Monroe Library Bldg Contract Awarded
Ouachita Parish Police Jury awards the West Monroe library branch contract to F C Eason Construction Co for 116820. Everett Black and Roland Black win demolition bids for 311 and 315 Cypress St. Ordinance to ban fortune telling approved. fire ant control with Farm Bureau to seek state aid discussed.
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Ouachita Parish
West Monroe
Ouachita Parish Public Library
F. C. Eason Construction Co
Cypress Street
Everett Black
Cypress
Roland Black
Opera Bass Jerome Hines to Sing Mephistopheles in Faust
New York bass Jerome Hines who sang hymns at Madison Square Garden before Billy Graham's sermon asks forgiveness for his next role. He will perform as Mephistopholes in Faust in Cuba next week.
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New York
Opera
Jerome Hines
Madison Square Garden
Billy Graham
Cuba
Hines
Mephistopholes
Faust
Senate Gives Soil Bank New Lease On Life
The Senate approved a large farm money bill and backed the soil bank program with renewed funding for payments to farmers. A 78 to 0 vote followed hours of tests on farm policy matters, while LBJ urged additional appropriations for other agencies.
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Soil Bank New Lease On Life
Washington
Senate
Soil Bank
House
Lyndon B Johnson
D-Tex
Labor and Health
Eisenhower
Senate House
Sen
Russell
Lausche
Ohio
Dorsey Bandleader Jimmy Dorsey Dies of Cancer
New York AP reports bandleader Jimmy Dorsey, 53, died at Doctors Hospital from cancer. He and brother Tommy rose from Pennsylvania coal regions to fame, with famed feuds and joint ventures. Jimmy, born 1904 in Shenandoah, was the woodwind specialist and calm counterpart to Tommy’s fiery brass.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Tommy
Pennsylvania
America
Jimmy
Shenandoah
West Texas Storms Ravage Area With Wind Hail Rain
Violent wind hail and rainstorms hit West Texas during the night. Quanah saw hurricane force winds shattering plate glass and bending antennas. A possible tornado was forecast for a wide area from Lake Texoma to Vernon with thunderstorms continuing Wednesday.
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Associated Press
West Texas
U. S. Weather Bureau
Quanah
Texas
Lake Texoma
Denison
Brownwood
Abilene
Snyder
Vernon
Oklahoma
San Angelo
Fort Worth
Amon Carter Field
Weather Bureau
North Central
West
Gentry Brothers Shine at Corpus Christi Speedway
Harold Gentry placed second in the late model auto class at Corpus Christi speedway after visiting mother on Old Bastrop road. Carl S Gentry also finished second in the hobby division as Walter Ely noted hobby races drew crowds. Continued on Page Six-A.
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South Texas
Gentry
Harold
Carl
Bastrop Road
Corpus Christi
Texas
Carl S. Gentry
Walter Ely
Paratrooper Dies After 3 Hours Trapped On Plane
Pfc Wayne Flugum 23 Iowa died after entangling in a static line during a routine airborne exercise at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Crew members tried to free him as the C123 carried out its drop, a wing tank nudged him but he was dead before landing.
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Ft, Bragg
N.C
Iowa
Wayne H. Flugum
Leland
Flugum
Pre
Fluggum
Gordon Havlinek
Two Rivers
Wis
Salvidor Zumudio
San Antonio
Tex
George Nash
Koala
Kan
Thomas Ansberry
Urbana
Ohio
Despondent mother kills three sons then herself
In Little Rock Arkansas a 36 year old widow Mary Sharp reportedly shot her three sons while they slept then killed herself with a .25 caliber pistol. The second boy Charles Sharp 7 died early today, Douglas 10 died Tuesday, William Pat Sharp 13 remained critical but stable.
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Little Rock
Ark
Mary Sharp
Charles Sharp
Douglas
William Pat Sharp
Maunoury Lines Up French Government Amid Algeria Strife
Paris reports Maurice Bourges-Maunoury poised to win investiture as France's youngest premier since 1883 with a cabinet backed by Socialists and moderate Republicans. He vows NATO support and Algeria policy continuation while facing urgent battles over currency outflow, tax reforms, and an Algeria settlement.
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Paris
France
Maurice Bourges- Maunoury
Radical Socialist Party
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Bourges-Maunoury
Mollet
NATO
European Integration Movement
Assembly
Popular Republicans
MRP
Algeria
No Rain Yet Heat Remains High Across City
Forecast called for hot humid conditions with temperatures in the 90s. Yesterday's high reached 93 degrees while the low stood at 73. By mid morning today the thermometer showed 87 degrees.
Stork Club Owner Surrenders After Gun Claim
Sherman Billingsley, owner of the Stork Club in New York, turned himself in on a felonious assault with a gun charge. A house painter said Billingsley pulled a pistol on workers on his residence stoop. Billingsley appeared in Night Court with Roy Cohn and surrendered three guns before a Felony Court appearance.
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BAR OF Justice
Sherman Billingsley
New York
Night Court
Roy Cohn
Billingsley
East Side
5Th Avenue
Cohn
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Joseph R. McCarthy
Stork Club
Beskin
S. C. Case 3 Arrested In Kidnap Plot
Three men including Thomas D Jacobs and Jobie Shelton were arrested in Columbia for a kidnapping plot targeting Robert M Vance Jr son of a Clinton banker. They planned to abduct the 4 year old and demand 350000 dollars in small bills.
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Columbia
S.C
the Randson
South Carolina
Clinton
8.C
Thomas D. Jacobs
Jobie Shelton
William T. Hill
Jacobs
Thomas P Jacobs
Presbyterian College
Shelton
Hill
Nap
Strom
Robert M. Vance Jr
Clintton
Vance
Mayflower II Reaches Provincetown After Tough Voyage
Thousands witness the Mayflower II enter Provincetown harbor under tow after a 53 day voyage from Plymouth England. Skipper Alan Villiers steered wide to catch winds and currents, trading direct route for a longer sail. The ship struggled in 40 knot gusts as Coast Guard tugs secured the line and the crowd endured drizzle.
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Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
Plymouth
England
Alan Villiers
Villiers
West Indies
Race Point
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Yankton
Crowville Man Critical After Butane Blast
A 49 year old Crowville man, W. D. Scogin, was critically burned after a butane tank exploded in the trunk of his car. The fire scorched 70 percent of his body from the waist up as the car, with AC on and windows closed, burned beside Highway 80 two miles east of Tallulah. He was treated at Madison Parish Hospital and later moved to Mercy Hospital in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
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Tallulah
Crowville
W. D. Scogin
Madison Parish Hospital
Mercy Hospital
Vicksburg
Miss
Scogin
Flora
Young's Funeral Home
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McAllen
Charles Anderson
Miami
Fla
Charles Williams
Springfield
William
W. Monroe Library
Dorsey
Mayflower
Post
Lubbock
Bulletin
Maunoury
Murray Beskin
East
Billingsey
S. C. Case
J. P. Strom
State Law Enforcement Division
Bath
South Grand
Ph. FA
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