Escaped killer Palmer nabbed in river after prison break
Warden's wife spotted James Gordon Palmer swimming near the Mississippi River within an hour of his escape from Menard Penitentiary. Palmer, 22, scaled the Administration Building and fled into the river but was captured by guards after the alert from Mrs. Randolph using field glasses and her five year old son Ronnie watched.
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Chester
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Gordon Palmer
Menard Penitentiary
Ross Randolph
Palmer
Mississippi
Ronnie
Randolph
Heiress's Dad Accepts Love and Wedding Plans
Glen Cove and Lang Island families watched a drawn out clash end as Robert Aghey Sr. yielded to his daughter Jane Ellen 17 and George Lisberg 20, who wed in Manassas Virginia by a justice of the peace. The couple plan a Roman Catholic ceremony after his truce with the Lisberg family.
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Lang Island
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Haughey
Jane Ellen
George Lisberg
Manassas
George
Dather
Hauphey
Ila
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Oriental stewardesses seek truce with BOAC staff
Eleven Asian trainees at British Overseas Airways Corp join 500 BOAC stewardesses in a dispute over uniforms. The Oriental group request equal treatment arguing that their native garb is unfairly advantaged. Virginia Pang of Hong Kong says they dislike controversy and want harmony.
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London
UPN
Fika Yoneya
British Overseas Airways Corp
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I Line
Virginia Pang
Hong Kong
Labor Group Expels Union for Red Fraud
Britain’s Trades Union Congress has expelled the Electrical Trades Union for failing to purge Communist fakers who rigged an election to place a party member in office. The congress voted by a margin to oust the 250000 member union in Portsmouth England.
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England
Lilk
Britain
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