Carolina Felons Escape From Ivy Bluff Prison
A group of twenty four inmates at Ivy Bluff Prison, North Carolina, overpowered guards and fled with up to seventeen weapons, triggering a major manhunt into southern Virginia. Prison officials link the breakout to Charles Stewart, who previously escaped Raleigh Central Prison.
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Ivy Bluff
N. C
North Carolina
Alcatraz
Virginia
Yanceyville
William F. Bailey
Raleigh
Virginia State Line
R. A. Allen
Charles Stewart
Wilmington
Big Grim Central Prison
Stewart
John Case
Case
Cotton Estimate Is Down Slightly
The Agriculture Department reports the 1959 cotton crop at 14,701,000 bales, down 100,000 from last month. Texas yields 4,500,000 bales from 6,415,000 acres, with 4,062,678 ginned this year.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Texas
Census Bureau
Brush Fire Near Austin Charred 1200 Acres Near Oak Hill
Fire swept 1,200 acres of ranch land five miles west of Oak Hill along US 290. Officers evacuated about a dozen homes as flames neared a general store and service station, but a sudden wind shift spared the site.
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Austin ‘API
Oak Hill
US 290
Here
Navy pilot describes weightless arc at edge of space
Navy Cmdr. Lawrence E. Flint Jr. flew from Edwards AFB in a F4H Phantom II reaching 98 580 feet, beating the USSR record for altitude in a 40 minute flight. Flint reported a minute and a half of weightlessness before returning home to Patuxent River Maryland with a Distinguished Flying Cross to train other pilots.
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Los Angeles
Space
Navy
Lawrence E. Flint Jr
California
Edwards Air Force Base
Flint
Soviet Union
Maj. V. S. Ilyshin
Patuxent
Betty
Snyder to house 200 bed Civil Defense hospital plan
Snyder would host a 200 bed emergency hospital with materials stored locally for rapid deployment. Roy Dunlap said Lubbock Big Spring and Abilene are probable targets in a bombing scenario and Snyder would be central. Custodians named include Dunlap and Bill Newsom to manage hospital property.
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Snyder
Roy Dunlap
Dunlap
Lubbock
Big Spring
Abilene
Bill Newsom
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Civil Defense Hospital
Scurry County
Federal
Civil Defense Department of Disaster Relief
Scurry County Court OKs staffing and projects
The Scurry County Commissioners Court approved appointing Roy Dunlap as Civil Defense Director for the county and Snyder, authorized a grand jury recording machine, a new calculating machine, bids to enlarge Towle Park pond and dam, and payments to Boys Ranch for indigent support. Billy Roach named county agent, M L Andress rehired for highway right of way, a flagpole donation to the library.
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Grand Jury
J. Ray Martin
Towle Park
San Angelo
Scurry County
Billy E. Roach
Helmleigh
Mitchell Urges Third Party Mediation in Steel Dispute
Secretary James P. Mitchell urged steel labor and management to submit their long running dispute to a third party. He proposed fact finding boards or government mediation as possible paths, including binding arbitration. The call aligns with President Eisenhower’s views as the union seeks a 25 000 member can industry contract to aid a steel settlement.
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Washington
James P. Mitchell
Steel Labor and
Solution
Mitchell
Eisenhower
Santa Arrives on Fire Truck for Snyder Christmas Day
Santa Claus arrives in Snyder on a fire truck at 2 p.m. and stays for visitations with preschoolers to 2:45 p.m. Then first to third graders meet him until 3:30 p.m. Older students may visit afterward. High school choirs sing downtown from 2:30 to 4:40 p.m. The Christmas parade ends the day at 4:30 p.m. with floats from area churches and bands. The Chamber lists two new parade entries Colonial Hill Baptist Church and Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce.
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Santa Claus
Old Gentleman
Snyder
Santa
Chamber of Commerce
Colonial Hill Baptist Church
Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce
Suspected Encephalitis Case Under Review
The city county health unit and the State Health Dept are checking a suspected encephalitis case. Dr. Robert B. Pierce said tentative diagnosis exists and will be thoroughly checked, with readiness to coordinate in control if confirmed.
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State Health Dept
Robert B. Pierce
Pierce
Mild Temperatures Persist Across Texas Coast State
Fog blanketed the middle and upper Texas coast while only Dalhart reported freezing temperatures. Temperatures ranged mainly from the 40s to 50s as mild weather continued with no rain reported in Texas on Monday and Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Eisenhower in Pakistan Urges United Front Against Communism
President Eisenhower and Pakistan's Ayub Khan pledged a united non Communist bloc to defend freedom and peace in a joint communique. He urged leaders to join in enforceable disarmament while vowing continued U S military and economic aid to Pakistan. The visit featured a civic reception, a wreath at Jinnah's tomb, and a tour of a refugee center as 15 000 Pakistanis heard his call for peaceful global action.
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Eisenhower
United States
Pakistan
Mohammed Ayub Khan
U. S
Mohamed Ali Jinnah
Ayub Khan
U. S. Marine Corps
Polo Field
Free Worlds
Central Treaty Organization
Middle East
Fisenhower
James C. Hagerty
America
Eisen
Cold Wave Grips East After Record Snowstorm
A sharp wave of cold swept into the East today following the season’s worst snowstorm along the Atlantic Coast. Snow peaked at 16 inches with drifts up to five feet, then eased to flurries as freezing air and ice spread across the eastern seaboard and into northern Florida.
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Atlantic
Seaboard
Florida
Jones Rites Pending for Local Man in Kermit
Austin Carl Jones 101 Avenue Route 3 died of a heart attack Monday evening in Kermit. Employed by Ham and Reeves Well Service he collapsed at 5 pm while working and died at Winkler County Memorial Hospital. Born December 11, 1906 he is survived by a wife, one son in Kermit, three daughters in La and Abilene, and eight grandchildren. Funeral arrangements made by Bolger Funeral Home.
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Austin Carl Jones
101 Avenue
Route 3
Kermit
Ham and Reeves Well Service
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Bertha Jones
John C. Jones
Vids Lavon Monore
Slyden
Freda Pinpin
Cisco
Dorotha Fay Graves
Abilene
Bolger Funeral Home
Europe Storm Toll Rises as 72 Die Across Region
Fierce winter gales lash Europe and the Atlantic with 72 deaths, including eight seamen from a lifeboat ashore in Scotland. Affected areas range from Scotland to the French Riviera with floods, snow, and disrupted transport across the continent. Weather and rescue actions dominate the crisis narrative.
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Dennis Neeld
London
Europe
Atlantic
Scotland
St. Andrews Bay
British Isles
Baltic
Poland
Denmark
Italy
Frejus
French Riviera
Weather Snapshot Across Texas Regions
Readings show high near 73 in North Texas and 37 in the Panhandle with cooler nights. Partly to mostly cloudy skies prevail through Wednesday across East Central North Central and Northwest Texas with periods of light rain in Southwest and Northwest areas.
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Snyder
Texas
Mule
West Gulf
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Maris Barne Sanstruments
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Twenty-fifth Street
Avenue O
Thirtieth Street
Thirtieth
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Prentis Bass
Bassridge
Bass
develop@ng
Jim Mixon
Harold Bennett
Shanping
Karachi
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Reyran
Malpasset
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Capta Hink
Anna
George Robb
Coast
English Channel
Torbay
Austria
Switzerland
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