Chicago hostage tip helps trap gunman in 24 hour siege
Richard Carpenter, 26, captured after a hostage father tricked him into staying in a West Side apartment. He confessed to killing Detective William Murphy and wounding Officer Clarence Kerr after police siege with machine guns and tear gas. Carpenter claimed officers fired first. Murphy had pursued him for tavern robberies. Kerr was wounded in a gun duel near a theater.
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Chicago
Richard Carpenter
Carpenter
West Side
Leonard Powell
Powell
Frank, Wehlan
Wiliam Murphy
Clarence Kerr
Murphy
Kerr
Marquis on Teds Continues Discussion on Atoms for Peace
The editorial page features Marquis on the Geneva conference and U.S. role in nuclear policy. Inside, sections list Amusements, Classifieds, Money, and Deaths. Page references are noted for each feature.
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Marquis
TEDS
Geneva
U. S
Radkatv
Judge Dismisses $1.1 Million Anti Trust Suit Against Newhouse
Federal Judge Stephen W. Brennan granted summary judgment dismissing a $1,088,112 anti trust suit brought by Syracuse Broadcasting Corp. against Newhouse interests The Herald Co The Post Standard Co and the Central New York Broadcasting Co The plaintiff operator of WNDR claimed unlawful restraint and deceptive advertising practices The defense denied the charges saying competition was active and robust.
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Uticam
Syracuse Broadcasting Corp
3. H Newhouse
Syracuse
Stephen W. Brennan
Federal District Court
Newhouse
The
Herald Co
Post-Standard Co
Central New York Broadcasting Co
WNDR
Radio Sta
Tubby Tubby Joins Harriman Campaign Team In Albany
Roger Tubby, former press secretary to Harry S. Truman and adviser to Franklin D. Roosevelt, appointed chief of information and promotion in the New York State Commerce Department. Salary set at 11000 dollars. Tubby will coordinate promotion for state government localities and industry while remaining co publisher of the Adirondack Enterprise.
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Albany
Roger Tubby
Harry S. Truman
State Commerce Department
Commerce
Ed Award
Ty Dickinson
Atom
Tubby
Franklin’ D. Roosevelt, Jr
Harriman
Dickinson
Elteen
M. “Durning
Noblebyy
Saranac Lake
lHe
Woman nets 4 pound trout with fly swatter
In Newberry Michigan Mrs. John Johnson and her two sons fished Round Lake when seven year old Steve spotted a four pound trout near the shore. The mother ran with a fly swatter and struck, sending the fish onto the bank between a twelve year old boy's legs.
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Newberry
Mich
John Johnson
Steve
Round Lake
aJohnny
No New Storm Indications Reported by Forecasters
Forecasters saw a suspect area about 2,500 miles east southeast of Miami but found no signs of a new storm. Officials said there is no development expected for the next couple of days and cited an unusually far north tropical convergence zone as a factor.
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Miami
Fla. W
Gordon
Dunh
Euresia
Dunri
Democrats Ask Probe Into DeBernardis Petition Signatures
The Democratic party asked District Attorney Arthur Wilson to investigate signatures on primary petitions filed by Paul C. DeBernardis for Traffic Court Judge. Preston-Farrell campaign chair Thomas J. Lowery Jr said he would provide handwriting expert Louis A. Waters’ opinion challenging several signatures.
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Democratic Organization
Arthur Wilson
Paul C. DeBernardis
Thomas J. Lowery, Jr
Preston-Farrell
Wilson
Lowery
Herald-Journal
Louis A. Waters
Ship Adrift in Atlantic After Fire Bores Crew Escape
The 7,133 ton Argobeam broke down 300 miles off the Outer Hebrides when a fire destroyed its engine room. A crew of 45 were reported to have been taken aboard the 22,000 ton Kungsholm. The Argobeam was en route from Norfolk to Copenhagen and was towed to port after the fire was extinguished.
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London
Argobeam
North Atlantic
Hebrides
Air Ministry Meteorological S
Argobeam’s
Kungsholm
Norfolk
Copenhagen
Denver Referee Orders Man to Turn In Uranium Stock
U S referee Benjamin C Willard Jr has ordered a bankrupt Denver man to surrender five shares of uranium stock for division among creditors. An official said the five shares are worth a total of 30 cents.
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Denver
Benjamin C. Willard Jr
U.S
DAM BREAKS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND CONNECTICUT AFTER 9 INCH RAINFALL
Across western Massachusetts and Connecticut a two day storm caused bridges washouts and at least three deaths. Electrocutions reported in Blackstone and Worcester, with a fatal highway slip in Wareham. A missing 3 year old in Connecticut prompted emergency responses as 100 families fled Oxford dam collapse.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Blackstone
Mass
Worcester
Wareham
Oxford
Weather Bureau
Diane
Farmington River
Berkshires
Sandisfield
New Boston
Russell
Otis
Polio Passes 2000 Mark Across New England
The six state polio total reaches 2,001 with 108 new cases reported yesterday. Massachusetts accounts for 80 of the new cases as Boston shows early signs of decline with 275 active cases under treatment. Across New England polio has killed 72 this year, 53 in Massachusetts.
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Boston
New England
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Maine
Vermont
John H. Cauley
Pollo
Boy,3, Found Safe in Woods
A three year old boy was found safe in a rain drenched woods after a night long search by hundreds of volunteers. William Dufel III, son of Mr and Mrs William Dufel Jr of Fort Hunter, was taken to Amsterdam hospital for examination. He was found at 6 30 am walking along Hawks Creek about a mile and a half from where he wandered away during a fly mushroom hunting trip.
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Auriesville
William Dufel
Helicopters Aid Rescue Airlifts as New York Floods Hit
Flooding swirled across southeastern New York marooning hundreds of campers and resort patrons. Helicopters from Stewart Air Force Base and Coast Guard ferried out 30 children from Jubilee Ranch and 300 people at Eddy Farm, while an amphibious duck aided operations near Port Jervis, Goshen, and Orange County farms. Roads and rail lines flooded, water cascaded along the Thruway, and multiple communities faced rising rivers and submerged tracks.
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Port Jervis
N.Y
New York
Stewart Air Force Base
Newburgh
Jubilee Ranch
Godeffroy
Coast Guard
Sparrowbush
Eddy Farm
Stewart Afb
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Jeach
Monmouth Beach
N.J
J. L. Browne
Tri-State Telephone Co
Goshen
Orange County
Middletown
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Virginia
Maryland
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhode Island
District of Columbia
Air Force
Navy
Schuylkill
Delaware
Ramapo
Delaware and
Neversink
Potomace
District
Gallagher Guilty In Deaths of PWs
Army Sgt. James C. Gallagher was found guilty by a court martial on Governors Island of two counts of unpremediated murder and of mistreating prisoners and collaborating with the enemy while a Korean War POW. He was found innocent of one of the three deaths and of urging Chinese Reds to shoot anti Communist POWs. Deliberation lasted five hours before a partial rereading.
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New York
INS
James C. Gallagher
Governors Island
Reds
Gallagher
Col
Harmon Boyles
Set
Lloyd W. Pate
Pate
Itt
Weather Sketch Predicts Heat Wave With Drought Outlook
A local weather discussion notes winds and rain teased by forecasts, but east and south shifts kept storm chances low. Forecaster warns a continued heat wave with daytime highs around 92 degrees and likely 90s for several days as the map shows a dry pattern.
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Weather Man
Service Code Activated
Defense secretary Charles E Wilson ordered the Army Navy and Air Force to begin training servicemen to meet the new Military Code of Conduct. He urged wide public support and cooperation from federal departments schools churches industry labor and agriculture in training programs. The code declares six principles for all servicemen including willingness to die for country not surrendering if captured not informing on fellow prisoners and giving only basic identifying information.
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Washington
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Army
Navy
Air Force
Wilson
Industry
Labor and Agriculture
Eisenhower
Cooperations for Freckles Tan Themed Problem Solvers
A light humorous note suggests cooperation could fix many issues even giving freckles a tan if they united. The playful trope imagines teamwork turning simple quirks into shared benefits.
25 Year Pension Fraud Charged
Albany woman questioned over 25 year pension fraud involving checks issued to a deceased woman from 1930. Secret Service confirms investigation with about $40 monthly checks totaling roughly $12,000 over 26 years. no arrest reported.
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Albany
Secret Service
Floods Sweep Nine States as Rains Pound East
Torrential rains produced record flooding across nine states and the District of Columbia. Deaths rose to 22, with several states reporting casualties and widespread evacuations. Major rivers such as the Schuylkill, Delaware, and Potomac overflowed while helicopters and Coast Guard boats aided rescues. Tamaqua and surrounding areas faced blackout and isolation as water flooded streets and power lines failed.
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Philadelphia
District of Columbia
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Tamaqua
Pennssylvania
Schuylldll
Pocono Mountains
Schuylkill
Train Wreck in Arkansas near Marked Tree
The Kansas City Florida Special express train was badly wrecked near Marked Tree Arkansas at 9 am. Passenger cars overturned emergency vehicles from nearby towns responded. All communications from the city were disrupted. The train headed for Memphis about 60 miles southeast with 164 cars. No further details were immediately available.
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Ark
Memphis
Schedunle
Russia Accepts Adenauer Talks On German Unity
Bonn reports the Soviet Union accepted Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's proposals to discuss German reunification and prisoner releases during his Moscow visit next month. The talks with Kremlin leaders are set to begin September 19, according to the government press office.
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Bonn
Germany
Soviet Union
Konrad Adennauer
Moscow
Paris
Adenauer
Kremlin
Prese
Arrested Driver Fined After Faulty Brakes Incident
Alva B. Collins testified in court that he paid $15 for the battered car he was driving when deputies arrested him for reckless driving and faulty brakes. County Judge Robert Troyer fined him $24 and costs.
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Omaha
Alva B. Collins
Robert Troyer
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