Convict Escape Highlighted by Walla Walla Prison Break
A tense escape at Walla Walla Prison drew attention as authorities pursued 10 inmates. In a separate fatal incident in Manchester near Boston, William R. Turner killed himself on White Beach ahead of a murder warrant. Turner's body was later identified after the pending Cambridge Springs case linked to Doris Hatch’s disappearance.
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Manchester
Mass
Pennsylvania
William R. Turner
White Beach
Boston
Turner
Doris Hatch
Cambridge Springs
Connecticut
Diane Brown
30 Foot Tunnel Escapes Washington Penitentiary Nine Inmates
A mother murderer and nine other inmates escaped Washington State Penitentiary after tunneling seven inches through concrete and 30 feet of earth. The escape was detected at 7 30 p m as guards changed shift and tracks led across rolling wheatlands. Among the fugitives is William B Bracey 20 held for second degree murder and Ollie Wiles 42 a lifer.
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Walla Walla, Wash
Washington State Penitentiary
Liberty
West Wall
Wheatlands
David Gerechet
William B. Bracey
Tacoma
Ollie Wiles
Washington
Oregon
Ex-Con Maenza Seized By FBI In Murder Case
FBI agents arrested Anthony Maenza 38 in Chicago in connection with an Orleans murder case. Indicted for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for murder over the June 16, 1950 pistol whipping death of dealer Harry Stern. Maenza had prior Chicago man slaughter indictment in 1954 tied to an off duty officer beating.
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Chicago
FBI
New Orleans
Anthony Maenza
Donald S. Hostetter
Maenza
Harry Stern
Northwest Side
Eisenhower improves mobility and aims for return flight
Denver reports President Eisenhower is nearly free of his wheelchair and strengthening legs as doctors plan steps toward full mobility. Daily bulletin says he progresses without complications and anticipates a social visit from General Maxwell D. Taylor and Mrs. Taylor, with a return to the east likely next week.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Maxwell D. Taylor
Army
Taylor
Mountain folks pose with Reece to push Andrew Johnson statue
Two Tennesseans Max D. Winston and Edgar W. Bolin stand with Rep. B Car Roll Reece in Washington to pressure plans for a statue of Andrew Johnson. Winston notes the barefoot stance aims to show pride in mountain ancestry while Bowlin the sculptor looks on.
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Capitol
B. Carroll Reece
R-Tenn
Washington
Max D. Winston
The
Home Federal Savings Assn, and Loan Co
Johnson City
Tenn
Reece
Andrew Johnson
United States
Edgar W. Bowlin
Sneedville, Tenn
Winston
Conflicting Statements Two Governors Challenge Powell Claims
Alabama Governor James E. Folsom rejected Powell on integration saying it is not in Alabama except for a federal judge order. Tennessee Governor Frank Clement denied Powell’s quote and said he never spoke with Powell. Powell cited statements he attributed to both governors about rapid integration and college admissions.
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Montgomery
Ala
Adam Clayton Powell
D-Ny
James E. Folsom
Alabama
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Folsom Today
State Publicity Department
Hobard Grooms
Grooms
University of Alabama
Nashville
Clement
Rep
Powell
Probe Of Barnes Dropped By Civil Service Officials
Louisiana civil service officials said they would drop their probe into political activity charges against state police Maj. Fred Barnes who had served as chauffeur for Lt. Gov. C. E. Barham during his re election bid. Barnes had been on a year's leave without pay as the Hatch Act inquiry was halted after his resignation.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana Civil Service
Fred Barnes
C. E. Barham
Barnes
Civil Service
W. W. McDougall
Snaggle-Toothed Cherubs Club Formed By Oklahoma School
In Oklahoma City at Lafayette Grade School second graders form the Snaggle-Toothed Cherub Club. Led by teacher Mrs Grace Cochran the group promotes dental care and healthy eating with a student written club song and officer structure. Principal Wade Davenport jokes the kids would pull teeth to join, but natural tooth loss means new teeth will come in.
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Oklahoma City
LaFayette
Grace Cochran
Wade Davenport
West Seeks Aid To Break Big 4 Deadlock
Western foreign ministers convened an urgent unscheduled conference at Harold MacMillan's villa to break the Big Four impasse on German unity. Vyacheslav Molotov pressed for mediation with Molotov calling on Pinay and MacMillan while Dulles did not attend Friday’s talks.
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Geneva
Harold MacMillan
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
MacMillan
Antoine Pinay
John Foster Dulles
Molotov
Herbert Blanckhorn
Prof
Wilhelm Grewe
Bonn Foreign Office
Northeast State Methodists Hear Minister Speak
Rev. Ralph Cain of Memorial Methodist Church spoke at the Wesley Foundation in Brown Auditorium on the Northeast State campus. He urged developing memory imagination and creative ability to honor God and increase happiness, warning against filling the mind with base thoughts.
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Ralph Cain
Memorial Methodist Church
Wesley Foundation
Brown Auditorium
Northeast State Campus
Cain
Laurel airman killed in highway crash near Moselle
An 18 year old Laurel airman Graham Mann Shaw died when his car left Highway 11 a mile south of Moselle struck a hardwood tree and plunged into a stream. Fellow airman Willie Frank Seward 20 of Morristown Tenn. was treated at a Hattiesburg hospital for shoulder injuries. Both were en route home from Lackland AFB Texas for a visit with Shaw’s mother Mrs. Willie Shaw of Laurel.
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Laurel
Miss
Texas
Moselle
Graham Mann Shaw
Willie Shaw
Willie Frank Seward
Morristown
Tenn
Hattiesburg
W. F. Oubre
Shaw
Oubre
Lackland Afb
Cold snap hits Twin City area with frost and rising noon temperature
Temperatures in the Twin City area dipped to a frosty 30 degrees Friday morning with a later noon reading of 55 degrees for the day’s high. Forecasters predicted more cold weather Friday night with clear skies and light winds. The morning frost was observed and the pollen count for Friday stood at 27.
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Twin City
Israeli Posts Attacked By Egyptian Force Near Gaza
Israeli positions at Nir Itzhak came under pre-dawn attack by two Egyptian units as mortar barrages followed in a second night of fighting along the Gaza frontier. Cairo said Israeli fire prompted the clash and warned of full defense readiness.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Gaza Strip
United Press
Walter Collins
Sabha
Maj
Dan Gov
Tel Aviv
Nir Itzhak
Gov
Egypt
Cairo
el] Auja
Cy Young, Hall of Fame hurler, dies at 88 in Ohio
Denton True Cy Young, legendary pitcher with 511 career wins and 906 games, died at age 88 in Peoli Ohio while sitting in a rocking chair. He claimed 512 wins, had three no hitters including a perfect game, and pitched for Cleveland St. Louis and both Boston clubs. Death attributed to heart attack.
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Peoli
Ohio
Denton True
Cy) Young
Baseball Hall of Fame
Young
Cleveland
St. Louis
Boston
John Benedum
U N Chief Submits Plan to End Israel Egypt Strife
U N Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold met with Israeli and Egyptian representatives and proposed Egypt pull troops from the El Auja demilitarized zone and a permanent demarcation line. He consulted with U S Britain and France and sought Security Council backing if needed. The move follows intense fighting since the 1948 Palestine War and concerns over the attack on the demilitarized zone.
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Hammarskjold
Egypt
el Auja
Israel
U.N
United States
Britain
France
E. L. M. Burns
U.N. Security Council
Council
Middle East
U. N
Farmers Clash Over Flexible Price Supports in Southwest
Senate Agriculture Committee heard Southwest farmers split with their Midwest and Northwest peers on how to curb sagging prices. President Delmar Roberts of the New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau urged flexible supports, while Noel McDade of Clayton recalled leading a cattlemen’s march in 1953.
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Albuquerque
Senate Agriculture Committee
Southwest
Midwest
Northwest
Delmar Roberts
New Mexico Farm and Livestock Bureau
Noel McDade
Clayton, N. M
Washington
Roberts
Congress
Kohler Offers Presidential Run If Eisenhower Does Not Seek Reelection
Wisconsin governor Walter J. Kohler said he will run as a favorite son candidate for the Republican presidential nomination unless President Eisenhower declares by March 2 that he will seek another term.
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Washington
Wisconsin
Walter J. Kohler
Eisenhower
Elderly Mandeville cashier robbed again in bank heist
In Mandeville Louisiana a lone masked robber held up the Commercial Bank and Trust Co branch, grabbing 3484 dollars as 80 year old cashier P A Stillwell and assistant Margie Esquin ance watched. The incident followed two prior robberies at the same branch since 1948.
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Mandeville
P. A. Stillwell
Margie Esquinance
Commercial Bank & Trust Co
Stillwell
Parish And City School Teachers Visit Industries
About 500 city and parish teachers toured local businesses and plants in the third annual Business Education Day organized by the Monroe-West Monroe Chamber of Commerce. Schools closed for the day as 39 firms participated and 12 buses covered roughly 300 miles. The day ended with a barbecue at Forsythe Park.
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Monroe - West Monroe
Forsythe Park
Louisiana
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