Escapees' Leader Captured in Virginia Chase
Charles W. Yank Stewart 52 ringleader of Ivy Bluff Prison escape is captured after a high speed pursuit in Martinsville Virginia. His car failed a curve at the Smith River bridge, flipping 30 feet to the riverbank. Six escapees remain at large with two others sought in Lynchburg Roanoke area. Several escapees had already been arrested in Virginia Ohio and near the prison. Stewart was armed with a .38 revolver and fled the crash on foot.
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Charles W. Yank Stewart
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Wilmington
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Smith River
Stewart
Lynchburg
Roanoke
Virginia
Fom
Ohio
Nonchalant Boy Tells of Killing
A New Orleans boy, 15 year old Frank Nicholas Chisesi, was arrested by the FBI in Newark and described in calm terms how he killed Rhett Blanke, also 15, of Violet, La. Blanke’s body was found on a Mississippi River levee, shot and stabbed, nearly decapitated.
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N.J
New Orleans
FBI
Frank Nicholas Chisesi
Rhett Blanke
Violet, la
Blanke
Mississippi River
West Germany Breaks Up Major Communist Spy Ring
Karlsruhe dispatch says West Germany has smashed a vast Communist spy ring. Atty. Gen. Max Guede reported 49 people were rounded up and charged with distributing Red propaganda and links to the outlawed Communist Party. Many face treason charges for passing classified information to East German authorities. The ring's headquarters were in North Rhine Westphalia in the Ruhr region.
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Germany
UPI
West Germany
Max Guede
Guede
Communist Party
North Rhine, Westphalia
Ruhr
AMA Doubts Smoking Cancer Link
The American Medical Association Journal questions the conclusion that cigarette smoking is the major factor in rising lung cancer. An editorial argues the evidence does not fully support Burney’s claim and notes unexplained gender and urban rural differences in case rates.
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Chicago
American Medical Assn. Journal
Leroy E. Burney
U. S. Public Health Service
Burney
Shot to Death in Subway Booth
New York police say Clyde Vincent a 57 year old subway change agent was found shot to death in his booth last night. Investigators believe he confronted a bandit who demanded money and fled after the shooting. The cash box remained untouched.
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New York
Clyde Vincent
Eisenhower Seeks Shared Vision With India During Delhi Visit
The President praised India and urged a world free of hunger while stressing university exchange and youth contact. He announced plans to return to farming after office and praised India for accepting ICJ jurisdiction. Thousands welcomed him as security was heightened and a World Agriculture Fair opened.
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America
India
New Delhi
U.S
Delhi University
Soviet Union
International Court of Justice
Blizzard of Memory Ebbs in Sweden
The worst blizzards in living memory faded in south and central Sweden as gales eased and snowfall ended in most affected areas. Off the northeast coast high winds continued. The salvage ship Titan with seven crew members remained missing and believed sunk while it aided the Birgitta. Hundreds sought treatment for storm injuries and broken limbs.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Titan
Birgitta
Love Thief Ends Life After Suit Filed Against Him
Atlanta police report John E. Bing a 45 year old Elkins West Virginia native killed himself with a .45 automatic behind his upscale Atlanta home after a $300000 alienation of affections suit was served Harold E Gray a Georgia Tech senior accused Bing of stealing his wife Peggy 27 secretary at Robert and Co and also employed part time by the firm
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Atlanta
UPI
John E. Bing
Elkins
W.va
Bing
Harold E. Gray
Georgia Tech
Gray
Peggy
Robert and Co
Butane Gas Leak Triggers Swainsboro State of Emergency
Police in Swainsboro Georgia declared a state of emergency as leaking fuel tank gas seeped through the downtown district. Traffic was detoured and Augusta firefighters stood by eighty miles away for possible explosion response.
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Swainsboro
UPI
Georgia
Augusta
Jury impaneling in Finch murder case continues through holidays
Attorney Donald Bringgold for Mrs. Pappa predicts a jury by next Friday as Judge Evans recesses for Christmas. The trial is expected to last six to eight weeks with 12 jurors questioned for cause and 20 peremptory challenges for the defense and 20 for the prosecution. Dr. Finch and Mrs. Pappa face charges in the death of Barbara Jean Finch, 33, shot July 18 in West Covina to gain control of community property valued over 500000.
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Donald Bringgold
Pappa
Evans
Cooper
Mono County
Dr. Finch
Recess Steel Talks Face Delay as Mediation Pauses
Federal Mediation Chief Finnegan halted steel talks for a week to let aluminum negotiations in Chicago run. Union leader McDonald aims to press company by company deals with Alcoa Kaiser and Reynolds, seeking faster steel settlement amid payola probe chatter. Investigators from the House committee plan to visit within two weeks to examine payoffs to disc jockeys.
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Upn—Steel
Los Angeles
CNS
Eisenhower
Congressional
Los An
Geles
Joseph F. Finnegan
David J. McDonald
Chicago
McDonald
Alcoa
Kaiser
Reynolds Metals
Finnegan
R. Conrad Cooper
McDonald's
House
Legislative
Los Angeles Rejects Offer From Consolidated Western Steel
The United Steelworkers union in Los Angeles rejected a new contract from Consolidated Western Steel Company for about 1900 workers at Maywood and Vernon plants. A union spokesman called the offer a divide and conquer gimmick and said locals will not accept less than the national agreement. Consolidated, a U S Steel division, proposed a 30 cent hourly raise over three years plus benefits, not addressing the work rules dispute.
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Los Angeles
CNS
United Steelworkers of America
Consolidated Western Steel Company
Maywood
Vernon
Consolidated
U.S. Steel
Smelting Company Strike Ends
Denver UPI reports the American Smelting and Refining Co and the International Union of Mine Mill and Smelter Workers reached an agreement sending 6 000 strikers in 10 states back to work. The union had been on strike since August 20.
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Denver
UPI
American Smelting and Refining Co
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
Jury Report Blisters Hazing Death at SC
County Grand Jury issues a blistering report on the hazing death of South Carolina student Richard T. Swanson last Sept. 17. The panel found no evidence to indict and criticized SC officials, students, fraternities, police and ambulance attendants.
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Los Angeles
CNS
County Grand Jury
Richard T. Swanson
C. F. van de Water
Compton Junior College District to Install New President
To Head College COMPTON CNS Dr. Phil H Putnam director of Ventura Junior College will be come president of Compton Junior College District on Feb date announced today.
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Compton
CNS
Phil H. Putnam
Ventura Junior College
Compton Junior College
Legion Urges Dope Curb Legislators Call Special Session
Los Angeles County American Legion council adopts a resolution pressing for narcotics curbs and support for the Dills Bill. The measure would require 30 year minimum terms for first offenders but stalled in Senate committee. The group asks Gov. Brown to reconvene the Legislature amid budget talks.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Los Angeles County Council of the American Legion
State Senate
Edmund G. Brown
Cancer Society Plans Family Study
The American Cancer Society begins a six year study of living habits involving 15 000 families in 42 Massachusetts cities and towns to search for cancer causes. Families will be asked about diseases operations diet changes and eating habits.
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Boston
The
American Cancer Society
Massachusetts
Slayings Probe After Man Found Dead Near Sylmar
Police hunt a slayer after Portland man Robert Ernest McCoy aged 43 was found beaten and stabbed repeatedly in an olive grove near Sylmar. Investigators seek a neatly dressed man seen in the area as they pursue leads in this fatal assault.
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San Fernando
Portland, Ore
Sylmar
Robert Ernest McCoy
Douglas promoted to Deputy Defense Secretary post
President Eisenhower named James H. Douglas as Deputy Secretary of Defense and Dudley C. Sharp as Secretary. Both recess appointments await Senate confirmation when Congress returns. Douglas is a Chicago attorney, Sharp hails from Houston, both Princeton grads and Republicans.
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James Douglas
Washington
UPI
Air Force
James H. Douglas
Eisenhower
Defense
Dudley C. Sharp
Douglas
Senate
Congress
Chicago
Thomas S. Gates Jr
Neil H. McElroy
Sharp
Houston
Tex
Princeton University
Bear crashes into trainer during circus act in Miami Beach
Ringling Bros trainer Walter Klauser was struck from behind by a bear on a motorcycle in the ring. Klauser suffered leg abrasions and was hospitalized, while the bear remained unharmed.
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Miami Beach
UPI
Walter Klauser
Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus
Klauser
Police Seek Hit-Run Driver In Juvenile Bicycle Crash
Police hunt an unidentified station wagon driver after a hit and run on Manitou Place near Eastgate Avenue injuring 12 year old Michael Koehling of Manitou Place. He was rushed to White Memorial Hospital with a possible skull fracture.
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CNS
Manitou Pl
Eastgate Ave
Michael Koehling
Manitou
White Memorial Hospital
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