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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1959
Page
3
Report continues on a prison uprising where inmates held hostages in a reform facility. Officers moved to end the siege after a hostage, a mother named Mary Turner, was found asleep with her baby as the room was breached. The incident involved several inmates and staff, with tense moments as police secured control and recovering babies.
In Washington a tense standoff ends with a dramatic rescue as four inmates hold talks for an escape. Officers deploy a gas shell and swiftly recover all captives in minutes. Among those freed are Nehari Murray, 20, Donald Decourey, 22, Robert E. Jasmin, 22, and David K. Owens, 19. The operation is praised as precise and limited in harm.
Herter spent the weekend in Massachusetts and returned to his desk for a four day review of diplomatic strategy. Spilaray opposes Geneva plans as a new bid to break the deadlock in Berlin’s future.
Final count shows 520 deaths over Independence Day weekend from 276 traffic crashes and 179 drownings. Sixty five others died in miscellaneous accidents from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight. Traffic toll was 74 higher than the pre-holiday estimate of 350 by the National Safety Council, compared with 310 highway deaths last Memorial Day weekend.
In New Delhi on Tuesday Prime Minister Nehru said the UN is not qualified to manage the Tibetan issue as it has refused to seat Red China, a key disputant. He spoke at a conference hosted by independent political leaders urging UN action on the dispute.
Amateur archaeologists near Ewell England unearth the ramalny of the last Henry VII palace. Foundations of Nonsuch Palace, begun in 1538, once housed four English queens including Elizabeth I. The palace was demolished in 1675 and the site lies beneath the 260 acre Nonsuch Park.
Pacoima California police stopped Mary Elizabeth Savoy for dangerous driving. She told officers she does not drive a car but is a rocket ship plant for the government. She was backed on suspicion of drunken driving.
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