Killer Breaks Out of Jail in Evansville Chase Escalates
Evansville reports a breakout by Leslie Irvin from a Princeton jail triggered a regional manhunt across Indiana Kentucky and Illinois. Citizens rushed gun shops buying firearms after the escape described as the actions of a "mad dog" killer awaiting execution for six killings.
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Evansville
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Princeton
Indiana
Kentucky
Illinois
Earl Hollen
Irvin
Henderson
Lee Williams
Williams
Tri-State
Gibson County
James Purcello
Purcell
Hollen
Earl Irvin
Earl
Gene Mace
Mount Carmel
Ill
W. Wesley Kerr
Michigan City State Prison
Michigan City
Associate Justice Davis to Retire
Supreme Court Associate Justice Horace S. Davis will retire at term end and will not seek reelection. The 73 year old plans to move with his wife to Billings and a cabin in the Absaroka mountains. Edwin Booth Helena attorney announced his candidacy for the non partisan post, joining James D. Freebourn who filed previously. Davis was appointed December 21 1954 by Gov. Aronson and sworn in January 7.
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Marjorie A. Mitchell Helena
U.P
Supreme Court
Horace S. Davis
Davis
Harry J. Freebourn
Butte
Sweet Grass County
Billings
Absaroka Mountains
Albert Angstman
Edwin Booth
Helena
Railroad and Public Service Commission
James D. Freebourn
J. Hugo Aronson
Equal Rights Tea Break Shifts Roles for Men
In Washington on a day of equal rights demands, women have long served tea at events. Next Sunday a Democratic club tea for senators and representatives will feature men pouring and serving tea and coffee at flowered tables.
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Washington
National Democratic Club
Looting and Burning Mobs Battle Indian Police in Bombay
Looting and burning mobs clashed with police across Bombay state and city as anti Nehru unrest marked its fifth day. In Kolhapur police fired on 30000 rioters injuring many with no official dead count. Nine killed and 65 injured in city rioting on Thursday, 85 rioters arrested.
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Bombay
India
Kolhapur
Poona
Nehru
Aronson Names LaRue Smith to Debate Oil Issue
Gov. Aronson designates LaRue Smith Sr. as his personal representative to debate Montana oil lease questions with Atty. Gen. Olsen and Supt. Mary Condon. Olsen and Condon declined to debate Smith, while Aronson says Smith is best suited to the discussion. Olsen unavailable for comment.
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Helena
J. Hugo Aronson
LaRue Smith Sr
Great Falls
Montana
Arnold H. Olsen
Public Instruction
Mary M. Condon
Hardrock Oil Co
Montana Gas Corp
Olsen
Miss Condon
Smith
Sorenson
Attorney General
Aronson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Smith says Olsen afraid to debate oil leases
La Rue Smith Sr. of Hard Rock Oil Co. accuses Montana Attorney General Olsen of avoiding a televised discussion on state oil leases. Smith claims Olsen cannot defend his leasing record and calls him afraid to debate with a critic. The oilman also notes Olsen refused to join a forum with Mary M. Condon on the topic.
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Great Falls
A.P
Arnold H. Olsen
Public Instruction
Mary M. Condon
Olsen
la Rue Smith Sr
Hard Rock Oil Co
Montana Gas Corp
Montana
Smith
RCMP ban on marriage rule called outdated by senator
Six Mounties fired for marrying without permission find a champion in Sen. David Croll of Ontario who says the age old regulation requiring constables to stay single five years after recruitment is outmoded and outdated.
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Ottawa
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
David Croll
Ontario
Croll
Senate
Three Montanans Die in Utah Vehicle Collision
A fog bound two car crash on U S Highway 30 four miles south of Tremonton Utah killed three Montana residents Adolph Peter Burggraff 50 Wolf Creek Anna Burggraff 43 and Mary Burggraff 83 The driver of the second car was injured The Burggraffs had been returning from a livestock show in Denver and ranch near Wolf Creek MT They are survived by son Peter a Montana State College student and daughters Susan of Helena and Mrs Walter Bay of Minneapolis The bodies were sent to a Helena funeral home.
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Tremonton
Utah
Montana
Adolph Peter Burggraff
Wolf Creek
Mont
Anna
Mary Burggraff
Burggraff
U. S. Highway 30
Burggraffs
Denver
Dearborn
Peter Burggraffs
Peter
Montana State College
Bozeman
Susan
Helena
Walter Bay
Minneapolis
Minn
Chief of Police Turns Out to Be Escaped Convict
John Edmund Burton, chief of police in Cherokee Alabama since October 1, was arrested Thursday and revealed as an escaped Kilby State Prison convict. He is held on a fugitive warrant in the Walker County jail at Jasper while authorities consider serious charges.
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Cherokee, Ala
U.P
John Edmund Burton
Kilby State
Burton
Walker County
Jasper
U N Council Condemns Israeli Sea of Galilee Raid
The U N Security Council unanimously condemned Israel for the December Sea of Galilee raid on a Syrian outpost. It warned that future such raids would trigger stronger measures under Chapter VII and urged Syria and Israel to honor the armistice and respect the demarcation line near the Sea of Galilee.
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United Nations
U. N. Security Council
Israel
Sea of Galilee
Holy Land
Russia
Syria
Jordan
Egypt
Suez Canal
United States
Britain
France
Council
Mrs. James W. Gerard Dies in New York City
Mrs. Mary Daly Gerard 80 widow of Americas WWI ambassador to Germany died at her Fifth Avenue home after a long illness. Funeral services are set for Saturday at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in New York City. She spent years in Montana and Berlin with her husband before his diplomatic career. the couple had no children. Surviving relatives include Sumner Gerard Jr. of Ennis.
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James W. Gerard
America
Germany
St. Thomas Episcopal Church
New York City
Gerard
New York Fifth Avenue
Marcus Daly
Anaconda Company
Gerards
United States
England
George VI
Sumner Gerard Jr
Ennis
Gold Bars Stolen From Geneva Airport Truck
A Geneva theft involved a truck carrying 551.16 pounds of gold bars valued initially at 25 million dollars from Paris. The consignment, unguarded during transfer, vanished from the Geneva Airport. authorities suspect a car with French plates and a border escape. Police launched a nationwide search near the French border.
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Geneva
Switzerland
Paris
International Center of Banking and Commerce
U.S
Eisenhower backs Dulles despite brink of war clash
President Eisenhower expressed full faith in Secretary of State John Foster Dulles at his Washington news conference. He avoided discussing Life magazine’s article about Dulles and his brink of war remarks, while noting policy aims to wage peace based on decency and justice. He called the Middle East a rising tension hotspot amid Arab Israeli disputes and Soviet influence.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Life Magazine
James Shepley
Time-Life
Korea
Indochina
Formosa
Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Hitler
Munich
National Security Council
Bulganin
Middle East
U. S
Farmhouse Fire Claims Two Young Meisners in Clark County
In Vancouver Washington a central Clark County farmhouse fire Thursday killed Randy Meisner five and a half years old and Jackie Meisner five months. They were the children of Mr and Mrs William Meisner Jr local authorities reported.
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Vancouver
Wash
U.P
Clark County
Randy Meisner
Jackie Meisner
William Meisner Jr
Montana Weather Outlook for Friday and Saturday
Montana east region expects partly cloudy skies with a slight chance of snow in the northeast and extreme east on Friday. Highs reach 25 to 35 elsewhere. snow in western mountains Friday night with scattered flurries spreading statewide Saturday. Montana west remains cloudy with light snow ending Friday and possible new snow by Friday night or Saturday morning.
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Montana
GOP Dinner Honors Eisenhower With Nationwide Telecast
A "Thank You Mr President" dinner is planned in Helena with Barbara Gunderson as lead speaker. The event will be broadcast by closed line to 24 Montana counties with greetings from Gov Aronson and state GOP leaders.
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Raymond's
William Nance
Barbara Gunderson
GOP
Rapid City
S. D
Helena
Treasure State
Gunderson
Eisenhower Committee
South Dakota
Herald-Tribune Forum
New York
Eisenhower
Europe
Robert Poore
Butte
Montana Federation of Women's Republican Clubs
Silver Bow Women's Republican Club
Robert W. Gunderson
Republican National Committee
Montana
J. Hugo Aronson
William R. Mackay
Republican
Federated Women and
Young Republicans of
Red Guns Bombard Quemoy in Largest Shelling Since 1954
Chinese artillery and Nationalist forces exchanged 2943 shells across 5 to 7 miles near Quemoy and nearby islands. The Defense Ministry said 34 homes were destroyed and 3 civilians wounded. U S intelligence noted no immediate ominous sign but attention centered on potential wider conflict.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy
Defense Ministry
U. S
United States
Dulles
Chou En-lai
Red China
Geneva
Washington
Peiping
Tokyo
Red Mainland
Lukiao
Tachen Islands
Tachens
Amoy
Tateng
Little Quemoy
Dancer Risks Life to Save Police in Cleveland Shootout
Dancer and nightclub performer Dorothy Kochs known as Tina Lamont deflected a gunman’s shot during a robbery, saving two officers. She was struck in the back by a police bullet and is in fair condition. Gunman Richard Storino, 28, died from multiple wounds. Officer Lt. Norman Bayless praised her courage.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.P
Dorothy Kochs
Tina Lamont
Richard Storino
Storino
Reds to Gather in Prague for Warsaw Pact talks
Russia and its Eastern European allies will meet in Prague on January 27 to discuss implementing the Warsaw alliance as communism's answer to NATO. Foreign ministry officials said Communist China will attend as an observer.
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Moscow
U.P
Russia
Prague
Czechoslovakia
NATO
Foreign Office
Leonid Ilyichev
China
Eisenhower invites GOP hopefuls to enter race
President Eisenhower said he has not decided on a second term and issued a virtual invitation to Republicans to enter the race for the nomination. He left his name in contention but offered no definite decision, citing health and the need to act in the country’s best interests. He urged a wide choice for voters while signaling a possible field of contenders for the primaries, including Knowland of California, if he declines to run.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Edisenhower
Sessio
Ham F. Knowland
Calif
New Ham
Knowland
New Hampshire
Andy
Republcan
Bullet Ricochet Injures Butte Youth During Rabbit Hunt
Six teens hunted rabbits near Pi Stone when a 22 caliber rifle fired by one of them ricocheted. Steve Mandic, 16, a Butte High sophomore, was wounded in the back and remained hospitalized at St. James minus serious complications. Other youths named include Mike Cerise 16, Ted Cerise 14, Joe Casey 17, Howard Vivian 16, Billy Wells 15. The car trip to hospital preceded final exams day canceled for school.
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Butte
Pistone
Steve Mandi
Steve
St. James Hospital
Mike Cerise
Ted Ceris
Main
Meaderville
Joh Casey
Howard Vivian
Yew Street
Billy Wells
Wing Street
Mea Erville
Young Wells
Butte High
Wells
Setting It Straight on Pin Risks and Spare Money Ads
Adults swallow pins more often than babies according to a study. The notice urges readers to earn spare money by renting rooms selling items or taking odd jobs and offers an ad writer line. It also promotes piano lessons and lists placeholder phone numbers for contact.
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Boston
Robert Himmler
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Himmler
Georgetown
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