Inmates Seize Wing at Missouri Prison Hospital
Rioting psychiatric patients, 106 strong, seized five guards and took control of a wing at U S Medical Center in Springfield Missouri. Guards state troopers and city police formed three rings around 10 North wing as the standoff continued with lives at stake.
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Springfield
U.S. Medical Center
Federat Prison System
General Hospital
Ny. Tlub
Russell C. Settle
North
Jim Bithings
Springfield Daily News
Permian Basin Sees More Thunderstorms and a Riot
Thunderstorms are forecast across the Permian Basin in the next 24 hours with scattered activity. In Midland Odessa and surrounding towns rainfall varied up to .36 inches. A riot at the state penitentiary in Springfield involved inmates seizing guards and hostages, including five named officials, as a tank battery fire ignited oil.
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Permian
U.S
Weather Bureau
Odessa-Midland Air Terminal
Odessa
Odessa American
Texas Electric Service Company
South Dixie
Clare
Rankin
Wink
Andrews
Andrews Volunteer Fire Department
Union Oil Company
House Speaker Seeks Tax Compromise in Texas
In Austin, Speaker Wag tion and Seeligson's Tax Committee push a compromise tax plan and an 184 million dollar proposal for a House vote. Gov. Price backs revisions, with debate over natural gas and corporation taxes. Aims include 2 percent sales tax over 50 dollars and a 12.2 million from pipeline taxes, amid talks on public beach access and abandoned property bills.
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Austin
Wag
Ingener Carr
Frates Seeligson
San Anneektonio
Little Daniel
Daniel
House
Senate
Carr
Seeligson
Gulf Coast
Carl
Herter Address Set Today On Berlin Standoff
Washington report details Secretary Herter outlining U.S. aims in Berlin as top State Department officials reaffirm readiness to act as protectors of West Berlin. The speech, to be broadcast on major networks, will explain Geneva talks collapse and the Allies’ tough stance toward the Soviets. Eisenhower backs the plan and may press for progress before any summit with Khrushchev.
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State Department
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Herter
West Berlin
Ats
Berlin
Kremin
Geneva
Soviet Union
Germany
Nbc-Tv
Cbs-Tv
Abc-Tv
White House
United States
Britain
France
Kremlin
West Bertiniy
Nikita Khrushchev
Hopes Dim For Settling American Steel Hassle
United States steel contract talks resume in New York as a proposed compromise wage plan collapses. About 12,000 steelworkers walk off two Jones & Laughlin plants in Pittsburgh while other mills stay open. Federal mediator Finnegan meets with industry negotiators. executives deny any fringe-benefit wage proposal. Senators Kefauver Symington and McNamara express cautious optimism about avoiding a strike.
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United Press International New York
UPI
Tolzy
Beara
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp
Pittsburgh
Jones & Laughlin Mills
Joseph F. Finnegan
Federal Mediation Service
Washington
R. Conrad Cooper
United States Steel Corp
Fourman
Cooper
David J. Mo
Donald
Paul McCollum
Canner
Shirley
Jury selection to begin today in Shirley murder trial
In 70th District Court, jury selection starts for the murder trial of T. M. Shirley, a 35 year old Odessa businessman accused of shooting his wife Avis Farmer Shirley at their home on August 24. A panel of 170 prospective jurors will be questioned by attorneys as part of the process. Cooper noted unions had not yet proposed a settlement basis amid ongoing negotiations on a broad antiinflation wage and price freeze plan.
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McDonald
Cooper
Tes Kefauver
D-Fena
Stuart
Symington
D-Mo
Pat McNamara
D-Mich
70Th District Court
T. M. Shirley
Odessa
Shirley
Avis Farmer Shirey
Houston Woman Killed in Garage Blast
A 23 year old Houston woman, Patricia Ann King, was killed in an explosion and fire in her home's garage on the north side. Her husband was at work and neighbors freed the two small children before flames consumed the house. Rev. Charles Harmon of Westfield Road Mission Baptist Church witnessed part of the rescue.
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Houston
Charles E. Harmon
Westfield Road Mission Baptist Church
Harmon
Vanguard Fails Again As Second Stage Malfunctions
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Vanguard missilemen failed to reach orbit with the second stage of their final Vanguard launch. The 2244 pound satellite appeared to burn up in the atmosphere after a suspected compression regulator malfunction caused a small explosion. Eight Vanguard satellites failed, six due to second-stage issues, while two successes remain in orbit. The remaining launcher is expected to fire in coming months as the IGY era closes. The April three-in-one attempt also fizzled for the same reason. NASA announced the launch likely did not reach orbit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fia
Vanguard
Earth
IGY
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Washington
Compromise Housing Bill Awaits Final House Move
Washington AP reports a compromised housing bill clears Senate scrutiny and heads to a final House action. The measure trims total cost to 1.375 billion with a two year program, aided by an urban renewal plan and 45,000 public housing units, amid Democratic support and Republican skepticism over size and veto risk.
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Washington
White House
Clark
House
Congress
Senate
Eisenhower
Norman P. Mason
Gram
Wallace F. Bennetts
Utah
John Sparlman
D-Ala
Sparkman
Everett M. Dirksen
Windis
Sen
Joseph 5. Clark
D-Pa
Narrow Escape From High Voltage Near Andrews
An Andrews area well worker, Bill Sellers, about 40 percent of his body burned in a high voltage mishap while tending a well near Andrews. He climbed a line to a crow nest during a rest break when a crow attack led to contact with live equipment. He was hospitalized and reported in serious but improving condition. The power line supplying the well is owned by Texas Company and feeds local well pumps.
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Andrews
Bill Sellers
Williamson
Permian General Hospital
Singleton Funeral
Sellers
The
Texas Company
Two Texas Derailments Spill 20 Railroad Cars
Two separate Texas derailments disrupted rail service today. A Fort Worth and Denver train north of Alvord in Wise county derailed four miles from town, with two passenger cars and two baggage cars overturning. A Southern Pacific freight train east of Luling derailed 17 cars, blocking the Houston to San Antonio main track. No serious injuries reported, minor scratches possible per officials.
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United Press International
Texas
Cary
Alvord
Wise County
W. R. Stevens
Fort Worth
Denver
Divison
Wichita Falls
W. R. McCanne
Afford
Southern Pacific
Luling
San Antonio
J. D. Ramsey
Houston
Father of 34 electrocuted in Florida incident
In Orlando, Gary Arm Strong 58, of Maitland, died when a bulldozer struck a guy wire supporting a power pole. He left a second wife and 33 of his 44 children. His 10-year-old son was buried last week after a drowning.
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Orlando, Fla
Gary Arm Strong
Maitland
Armstrong
Fire at Norwegian hotel kills many Americans
A fire at the packed Stalheim tourist hotel in Vossestrand Norway destroyed a four story wooden inn housing 147 guests and about 50 Norwegian staff. Police feared the death toll could exceed 32 with many missing feared dead, as alarms failed and guests leaped from windows. American tourist Horace Caldwell alerted staff, enabling some escapes, while hospitals treated burns and injuries among guests aged 40 to 60.
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Vossestrand
Norway
Stalheim
Bergen
Horace Caldwell
Atlanta
Cald
Well
Caldwell
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