Giants Rally To Lead In Ninth Inning Strikeout Spree
The Giants and Indians traded innings with sharp defense and sharp baserunning. Rhodes delivered two pinch hits, driving in a run and later scoring as New York moved ahead 2-1 in the fifth on a fumbled relay and a timely hit.
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Giants
Williams
Hogan
Westrum
Smith
Antonelli
Westlake
Indians
Mays
Wynn
Thompson
Avila
Lockman
Strickland
Dark
Mueller
Doby
Irvin
Rosen
Wertz
Rhodes
Ray Narleski
Don Messi
Cleveland
Death by own action Victim's Funeral Is Held
Wisner, Sept. 30 Special funeral services for Mrs. T. C. Chapman, 67, of Wisner, were held in Natchez, Miss., after she killed herself with a shotgun at her residence. Coroner Dr. Henry E. Jones ruled death by own action. Her husband found the body alone in the bathroom with the gun in the tub.
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Wisner
T. C. Chapman
Natchez
Franklin Parish
Henry E. Jones
Chapman
Jones
State Dept Demands Release of Field Family From Soviet Bloc
The State Department demanded Poland and Hungary free Herman Field and his siblings Noel and Herta Field who vanished behind the Iron Curtain in 1949. The move follows Josef Swiatlo's claim he arrested Herman Field and witnessed Noel Field with his wife in a Hungarian prison in 1949.
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State Department
Poland
Hungary
Herman Field
Noel
Herta
Josef Swiatlo
Secret Police
United States
Noel Field
NEA Telephoto
Soviet Union hints at future nuclear arms stance
Notes exchanged between the United States and Russia on President Eisenhower’s peaceful atomic pool proposal suggest a Soviet push to control an international atomic agency via the UN. Vishinsky signaled possible demands for European security, German reunification terms, and protests over Formosan Straits shipping.
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United States
Russia
Eisenhower
U.N
Dulles
Vishinsky
U.N. Security Council
NATO
Formosan
Laurel district meeting calls for ouster of school chief
In Laurel, near Laurel district schools facing integration issues, Bowles and followers seized a meeting organized to gauge voter sentiment on school integration. Mrs. Charles S. Workman, part of the local organizing committee, attempted to speak to the crowd.
Police Question Slaying of 12-Year-Old Boy
Police questioned a local salesman who specializes in children’s music as the prime suspect in the July slaying of 12-year-old Jimmie. He admitted talking with the boy before disappearance Aug 31 but denied involvement. a lie detector test cast doubt on his statements. Jimmie’s body was found four miles from home, shirtless in blue dungarees. head battered and severed, with decomposition hindering determination of cause.
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Jimmie
Laurel rally rejects school boycott call as crowd overrules protest
Bowles, a 34 year old ex marine, led a 1500 strong gathering in Laurel where the crowd backed his effort to take charge. Dr William Pretty man noted most attendees were not district residents and the district would keep schools open amid the turmoil.
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Laurel
Bowles
William E. Prettyman
Board of Education
Maryland
Virginia
Fire damages shed. boy hospitalized after blaze
Electric equipment in a shed continued running as firefighters from engine companies 105 and 107 arrived at 9 16 a m and returned at 10 12 a m after extinguishing the flames. The rear of the shed was heavily damaged but the main house was spared. The boy was taken to the hospital by private car.
Polling Places Set as Water Table Drops Parishwide
Police Jury discusses survey to study rapidly falling water table causing wells to go dry. Monroe Dunlap notes districts form statewide while Fourmy cites T Smith of public works. jurors vote to request the survey despite dispute over drainage influence. W J Vinson argues drought years drive lowering water tables rather than drainage.
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Fourmy
T. Smith
Department of Public Works
Monroe Dunlap
W. J. Vinson
Ward 2
Watkins Group Arouses Ire of Senator Jenner
Sen. William E. Jenner criticizes the Watkins committee for proposing fair play changes in Senate rules as part of its McCarthy censure report. He plans to invite Arthur V. Watkins to testify before the Senate rules committee and questions the timing of the rule recommendations. He notes previous testimony occurred with only Watkins present.
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Washington
William E. Jenner
Ind
Watkins Committee
Senate
Joseph R. McCarthy
Jenner
Arthur V. Watkins
Utah
Senate Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Watkins Group
Five Tornadoes Seen In Texas And Oklahoma
Five tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma and Texas as a cold front formed a squall line over 200 miles. Oklahoma City saw damage at a feed store and several homes. the Weather Bureau issued a tornado advisory east of a line from Ardmore to Bartlesville.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Weather Bureau
Ardmore
Bartlesville
Okla
Bramble
McAlester
Wynnewood
Dallas
Chico
Tex
Hobart
Cushion underframe from Pullman Standard aids freight car shocks
A cushion underframe developed by Pullman Standard absorbs shocks during train makeups reducing damage to car contents. The piece notes a 1840s practice of a water boy on passenger trains who walked coaches with a tray of glasses and a pitcher of ice water before dining cars existed.
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Pullman-Standard
Natives Use Pirarucu Tongue as Coconut Grater
Amazon tribes use the fish’s tongue with rasp-like teeth to grate coconuts. Modern paper is produced from diverse fibers including wood, grains, sugarcane bagasse, hemp, jute, cotton, bamboo, banana stalks, and grasses such as esparato and citronella.
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Amazon River
Bulletproof Glass Gas Chamber To Be Ready Soon
Jackson Mississippi UP reports a bulletproof glass enclosed gas chamber will be ready at Parchman state penitentiary within 60 days. Gov. Hugh White and the state building commission picked a site in the 40 prisoner cellblock for the 25 thousand dollar concrete and brick structure with two witness rooms and a last rites room. The chamber will replace the electric chair and will use ammonia to neutralize fumes. Executions will be by gas after December 31 following a special legislative session.
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Jackson
Miss
Parchman State Penitentiary
Hugh White
State Building Commission
Denver
Colo
White
Parchman
Delta
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