Family Sees Dead Father Die On Film
An Indian mother from Rose Bud South Dakota brings two young children to a movie premiere to see her husband die on screen. The 25 year old Mrs Wallace Millard watched her husband die in a real car crash January 13 near Parmelee South Dakota. The MGM western The Last Hunt features Millard in a brief role as an Indian brave. The screening happened in Sioux Falls.
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Sioux Falls
Wallace Millard
Rose Bud
S. D
Coco
Parmelee
S.D
Millard
Robert Taylor
MGM
South Dakota
Black Hills
Graham Sanity Is Not Impaired in Suicide Attempt
A Colorado state psychiatrist ruled John Gilbert Graham's sanity unimpaired after a suicide attempt in his county jail cell last week. Dr James Galvin of Colorado Psychopathic Hospital completed the examination and filed the report. Graham is charged with murdering his mother Daisie E King and is linked to the United Airlines crash near Longmont Colorado on November first.
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Denver
John Gilbert Graham
James Galvin
Colorado Psychopathic Hospital
Graham
Daisie E. King
United Air Lines
Longyuont
Colo
Peru rebel army seizes Iquitos as national unrest grows
Rebel Brig. Gen. Marcial Merino and his 2nd Army Division claimed control of Iquitos, the Amazon port, while President Manuel Odria’s government declares martial law and urges loyalty across the armed forces. Authorities note overall national calm despite the outbreak.
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Lima
Peru
Iquitos
Amazon River
Manuel Odria
Amazon
Odria
Marcial Imerino
2Nd Army
Jat
Queen Elizabeth II Returns Home Amid Margaret Rumor Buzz
London reports swirl around Princess Margaret as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh resume duties after a 20 day Nigeria visit. A rumor of Margaret converting to Catholicism to wed Group Captain Townsend circulates, denied by church and palace sources.
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London
Elizabeth II
Africa
Margaret
Duke of Edinburgh
Nigeria
Elizabeth
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Belgium
la Derniere Heure
Peter Townsend
Brussels
Church of England
Townsend
Eisenhower May Play Golf on Vacation in Georgia
President Eisenhower at Glen Arven Country Club in Thomasville may play a few holes today after a heart attack on September 23. He has limited activity but recent reports say his recovery is positive and he plans to decide on a second term by March 1.
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Thomasville
Eisenhower
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Glen Arven
Paul Dudley White
Boston
Navy probes cannon discharge that damaged two Corpus Christi homes
Navy officials investigated an incident where a Cabiness Field fighter plane's 20 mm cannon discharged accidentally. No injuries were reported though two west side homes were struck, one homeowner discovering a fist-sized hole in a picture window and a slug lodged in the drapes.
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Corpus Christi
Navy
West Side
Cabiness Field
Roy Fields
Army Chief of Staff Maxwell Taylor visits Ft. Hood
Gen Maxwell Taylor and Lt Gen John Collier toured the 4th Army Headquarters at Ft Sam Houston in San Antonio after an aerial inspection of Ft Hood. The leaders traveled together to review post activities and readiness.
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Maxwell Taylor
4Th Army
Ft. Sam
Houston
San Antonio
Ft. Hood
John Collier
Taylor
Rangers Investigate Strike Vandalism At Rockwell Valves
Rangers from Dallas and Clarksville probe vandalism during the eight month old Rockwell Valves strike in Sulphur Springs. Sheriff Bryce says local citizens appealed to Gov Shivers for Rangers. Alleged acts include nails tossed in driveways and roadways and a car shot at a garage.
Cyprus churning internal war amid Cyprus talks and Greek drive
Nicosia reports a war within a war as about 400000 Greeks push for self determination and union with Greece while the Communist faction backs the campaign. British plans reportedly aim for internal self government with defense and foreign affairs under London. Intercepted interviews suggest rival pressure to derail Archbishop Makarios and Harding talks ahead of Greece election.
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Greece
Makarios
Soviet Russia
John Harding
Harding
Britain
Maklarios
Cyprus
Tank shipment to Saudi Arabia canceled amid White House action
Washington reports the State Department canceled a shipment of 18 American light tanks bound for Saudi Arabia after White House involvement. Demands from senators and the Israeli Embassy followed the plan, which sought to avoid fueling arms disputes in the Middle East as the U.S. eyes renewal of a base agreement and Saudi oil interests.
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Brooklyn
Saudi Arabia
Washington
White House
State Department
New York
Middle East
Senate
Israel
Egypt
Russia
United States
Dahran
U. S
White
U.S
Greeks face pivotal election amid pro communist front speculation
In Athens Greek army and police hold high alert as the final campaign hours close. Observers say a popular front government could emerge from Sunday's parliamentary vote, threatening Western commitments and ties to Soviet allies amid Greece's historic civil conflict and strategic Mediterranean position.
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Athens
Greece
Popular Front
Soviet
Russia
West
Mediterranean
Near East
Middle East
Asia
Junkman Finds Pieces Of Body
Houston police searched for missing persons after pieces of human remains were found in a washtub among junk in a vacant lot on Houston's north side. The tub contained bloody towels sheets a pillow hair a shotgun shell wadding and four pellets. A trash collector John McGraw made the discovery Thursday and police said it definitely looks like murder. Skull fragments were identified as human at Baylor Medical College and the tub was sent to the Department of Public Safety for checks.
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Houston
John McGraw
Depoy
Lioyd Frazier
Baylor Medical College
Departiment of Public Safety
MIT Student Missing Sparks Dive Search at Cambridge Reservoir
Two volunteer divers prepared to descend into Cambridge Reservoir in Waltham in search of Thomas L. Clark an MIT freshman missing since February 9 after a fraternity initiation. A found scarf and shoe are linked to him his father confirmed. Middlesex DA promised an inquest if a body is found and called for possible foul play. The institute dean said a study of initiation practices is underway.
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Cambridge
Mass
Waltham
Thomas L. Clark
Harvey, Ill
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Clark
Alfred
Middlesex County Dist. Atty
Ephraim T. Martin
Young Clark
Delta Kappa Epsilon
Boston
E. Francis Bowditch
MIT
Poison Eaten In Hot Dog
An 8 year old boy in Florence is in critical condition after eating deadly poison in a hot dog found on his front porch. Police found two similar poisoned hot dogs in the same block as residents fear for their children. Doctors estimate at least five grains of strychnine were in the meat, โ prompting quick action by Larry Mathews' grandmother.
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Florence
B.C
Larry Mathews
J. L. Bruce
Larry
Cindy Mathews
Tragedy Cited In Tie-Ins Between Legislation And Insurers
State Sen. Searcy Bracewell urged that the real tragedy is the public’s acceptance of ties between lawmakers and defunct insurers. In Austin, Texas Union County Mutual Insurance Co. of San Antonio was placed under receiver J. D. Wheeler by order of Betts, cancelling policies and halting all company operations for nonpayment of claims and violation of insurance laws.
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Houston
Searcy Bracewell
Bracewell
Senate
U.S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Optimist Club
Austin
J. D. Wheeler
Fudge
Charles Betts
Texas Union County Mutual Insurance Co
San Antonio
98Th District Court
Betts
Board of Insurance Commissioners
Sainburg surrenders on kidnapping charges in Ithaca
Dr. Frank Sainburg of Big Spring Texas surrendered to face two kidnapping charges involving his son Philip aged 4. The first stems from a 1954 removal from his former wife's home and the second from the son's 1955 nursery school disappearance. He pleaded innocent and posted 10,000 bail for an April term hearing.
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Ithaca
N.Y
Frank Sainburg
Big Spring
Tex
Philip H
Sainburg
Norman Stagg
Samburg
Doris Blanchard
New York
Texas
Ithaca Journal
Philip
Sainbury
Philip Samburg
Council Elects Galveston Leaders for State Nutrition Panel
The Texas State Nutrition Council chose Miss Louise Mason of College Station chairman yesterday. Miss Nell Dav is of North Texas State College at Denton was elected vice chairman.
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Galveston
Texas State Nutrition Council
Louise Mason
College Station
Nell Davis
North Texas State College At
Denton
Tornado Warning Warned. Tornado Strikes Aberdeen Mississippi
The U S weather bureau warned of possible new tornadoes in the South as a vast winter storm brought snow and sleet to the North and a cold wave to the West. Aberdeen Mississippi suffered a deadly tornado that killed one and injured fifty while Texarkana endured hail high winds and heavy rain.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Aberdeen
Miss
Kansas City
Abilene
Tex
Lto
Tennessee
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Nebraska
Panhandle
Ama‘Fillo
Oklahoma City
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Mississippi River
Ohio River
Appalachians
Seaboard
Mississippi
Arkansas
New Mexico
California
Texarkana
Webb AFB Jet Missing Over Texas
A T33 jet trainer with two crew vanished during a training flight 15 miles southeast of Webb Air Force Base Texas. Ground crews along with the Sterling County sheriff's office and highway patrol scoured the area through the night with an aerial search planned for the following day. Witnesses reported a flash and explosion near Sterling City around 40 p.m. before the plane went missing.
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Big Spring
Tex
Webb Air Force Base
Webb
Sterling County
AWOL Private Released By Reds After 4 Years
BERLIN U S Army Pvt Sidney Ray Sparks 23 of Tennille Ga released from four years of Russian captivity today Turned over to Army authorities in East Berlin Sparks escaped with two privates Dec 4 1351 from a West Berlin parchouse He faced charges of AWOL stealing money and assaulting a German cab driver East German authorities said the trio sought political asylum Sparks mother Mrs J O Gladin of Tennile Schultz of Batavia N Y and Scott of Decatur escaped with Sparks The men claimed Soviet officers promised release but were confined and accused of being spies Sparks remains in confinement pending disposition of his case
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U. S. Army
Sidney Ray Sparks
Tennile
East Berlin
Sparks
la West Berlin
Parchouse
Sparkes
Charles J. Scott
Decatur
Schultz
East Germany
Scott
Army
Voest
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