Riot at Florida prison leaves one dead and 11 wounded
At Raiford Florida State Prison a riot killed Casper J Bonis and wounded 11 others. Warden Dewitt Sinclair said 225 inmates caused the trouble, all believed to be white, after a group armed with bats attempted to enter the dining room. The prison houses 1,600 but holds 2,539 inmates. None of the wounded were named.
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Fla
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Dewitt Sinclair
Jacksonville
Sinclair
Governor's Office
Newspapers
FBI
Oil Industry Spokesmen Testify at Montana Hearing
Montana gas prices come from the free competition at wholesale, tank wagon and consumer levels according to oil industry spokesmen at the Montana Trade Commission hearing. They cited high distribution costs and sparse population as key factors, with taxes and dealer markup comprising part of the retail price. The hearing marks the start of a state investigation into gasoline pricing under a $20,000 legislative mandate.
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Montana
Helena
James W. Ross
Chicago
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Harry J. Kennedy
Houston
Texas
Continental Oil Co
Commission
T. E. Uppinghouse
Great Falls
Ralph Williams
Bozeman
Phil Beckwith
St. Ignatius
Ross
Standard
Government surplus revised upward by Treasury estimates
Treasury revised its projection of the fiscal year end surplus to 18.28 billion dollars and raised expected receipts to 67.7 billion while outlays rise to 65.872 billion. Officials say the surplus would not guarantee an early tax cut but note it would aid national debt reduction.
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Washington
The
Treasury
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Percival Brundage
House
Brundage
Letter to Mommy From Heaven Found in Grand Rapids
Postmaster H Wayne Parker found an un stamped letter on his desk addressed to Mommy care of God in heaven The note from a girl named Mickey expresses longing for her mother and asks God to help her be good so she can come to heaven The postal worker stated the letter was not mailed under regulations but believed the message had likely already reached its destination
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Grand Rapids
Mich
H. Wayne Parker
Heaven
Mommy
Mickey
Parker
First Horse Races Run Over Three Thousand Years Ago
Drawings on stone show horse racing existed at least 3000 years ago. The first stake race in North America was the King's Plate in Canada in 1836. Want Ads supply horseman needs from riding clubs to saddles and clothing with phone 5451 for help in results.
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North America
Canada
Montana Weather Outlook by Region
Montana east sees fair skies with continued warmth Friday and Friday night and a chance of thundershowers in the mountains. Highs reach 80 to 90 with Saturday fair east and north central, scattered showers west and central, and cooler conditions in the west. Montana west stays fair and warmer with a few thundershowers in the extreme south mountains Friday afternoon or evening, highs 78 to 88, Saturday partly cloudy with scattered storms and cooler air. The table notes maximums for 12 hours and minimums for 18 hours to Thursday 5 30 p.m.
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Montana
North Central
Senate Opens Debate on Farm Bill
Eisenhower seeks 500 million advance soil bank payments while Sen. Ellender denounces the move as a political lollipop. The bill would replace the vetoed catch-all act and set in motion advances up to 50 percent of next year’s soil bank benefits to farmers who reduce cultivation and conserve land.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Congress
House
Soil Bank
Soekarno Urges U S to Boost Economic Aid in Congress Speech
Indonesian President Soekarno told Congress that the United States should emphasize economic and political assistance in its foreign aid program or risk bitterness from free nations. He urged Asia’s nationalism as a force rivaling U S efforts and warned that military aid alone weakens partners in the liberty struggle. Soekarno arrived in Washington for an 18 day goodwill visit.
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Washington
U.P
Soekarno
United States
Syrians Open Fire On Israelis Near Border
Israeli Army reports Syrian troops fired mortars and machineguns at civilians near the border. Infiltrators also blew up the Beersheba railway line about 10 miles from the Jordan border. Col. Mahemia Brosh notes 81 millimeter mortars were used south of Ein Gey before more fire.
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Jerusalem
U.S
Beersheba
Jordan
Mahemia Brosh
Ein Gey
Eleven Killed in Takoradi Munitions Blast
British military authorities say eleven people were killed and thirteen injured by the explosion of an army munitions store at Takoradi, 120 miles west of Accra, on Wednesday.
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Accra
Gold Coast
Takoradi
Harriman’s Stand Seen As Not Active Candidacy
New York Governor Averell Harriman tours the country arguing against Eisenhower while insisting he is not an active presidential candidate. Friends say he aims to win the nomination but will not enter primaries or solicit votes, contrasting with Stevenson and Kefauver.
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New York
Averell Harriman
Eisenhower
Harriman
Wyoming
Adlai Stevenson
Sen. Estes Kefauver
Stevenson
Kefauver
Accused Embezzler Convicted of Lying
NORFOLK Va Accused embezzler Minnie Mangum convicted of lying to a banking regulator and sentenced to 10 years in prison The jury found she gave false information to the Virginia Corporation Commission in 1946 about her employer Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn She faces 15 more indictments including an embezzlement charge for about 2 884 000 spanning 1933 to 1955
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Norfolk
Minnie Mangum
Miss Mangum
Virginia Corporation Commission
Commonwealth Building and Loan Assn
Commonwealth
Madras Hindu University withholds exam reports over debts
The Banaras Hindu University in Madras withholds examination reports for 266 students until they clear debts with local cafes and shops. Authorities say students owe about 10 000 rupees in total.
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Madras
India
Banaras Hindu University
Chemist reveals decade as Soviet spy recruited by Gold
Washington Newark chemist Thomas L Black testified before the Senate Internal Security Sub committee that he became a Soviet spy in the early 1930s to travel to Russia. He said he continued espionage for nearly a decade under threat to his life and identified himself as the man who recruited Harry Gold into the atom spy network in 1934.
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Washington
Thomas L. Black
Newark
N. J
Russia
Black
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Harry Gold
Atom
Gold
Philadelphia
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Communist Party
Amtorg Trading Corp
Soviet Union
Amtorg
Gaik Ovakimian
U. S
Paul Peterson
Leon Trotzky
Mexico City
Trotzky
Congress Passes Sugar Measure for U S Market
Congress approved a sugar marketing quotas distribution bill in both chambers in under half an hour. It provides immediate relief for mainland beet and cane sugar producers facing surpluses and sets quota redistribution for foreign producers beginning next year. The measure goes to the White House for President Eisenhower’s expected signature.
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Washington
U. S
Senate
House
White House
Eisenhower
Legislators Tie New Restrictions to So Billion Measure
The House Foreign Affairs Committee rejected President Eisenhower's request for long term foreign aid authority and attached new restrictions to his 4.9 billion aid bill. The panel proposed halving the 200 million for Middle East and Asia economic aid, requiring loans or surplus farm funds, and barring aid to nations allowing exports of strategic materials to the Communist bloc. Britain reportedly expands Red China trade, exempting tractors delivery.
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House Foreign Affairs Committee
Eisenhower
Richards
United States
U. S
Great Britain
London
Britain
Peiping
Edna F. Kelly
D-Ny
Middle East
Asia
Oregon Primary Focus as Nations Eyes Turn to Votes
Oregon voters head to the polls for a Democratic presidential write in and a contest for the Republican Senate nomination. Stevenson Kefauver and McKay Hitchock are racing for delegates while Morse faces opposition. Eisenhower seeks an indirect nod from Republicans as Kefauver campaigns under a hot sun.
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Adlai Stevenson
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay
Phil Hitchcock
Portland
Senate
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Oregon
Eisenhower
Kefauver
Alf Corbett
Stevenson
Boy 15 Holds on to Family Car Motive in Stabbing
John L McKiernan, 15, is held in a Chicago police station after admitting to fatally stabbing his mother Mrs Johnnie Louise McKiernan, 39, at their home. He said he wanted the family car to run away. He had been truant from school for eight days. the father found the body on returning home from work.
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John L. McKiernan
Chicago
Johnnie Louise McKiernan
John
NEA
Eligible Voters Cut by 10 415 in Montana Primary
Montana Secretary of State S C Arnold reports 273 236 registered electors for the June 5 primary, down 10 415 from 1954's 283 651. Yellowstone shows gains, while Cascade, Silver Bow, Missoula and Flathead register declines. 1 071 precincts will report results election night.
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Helena
Montana
S. C. Arnold
Yellowstone County
Daniels County
Dawson County
Garfield County
Glacier County
Roosevelt County
Toole County
Cascade County
Silver Bow County
Missoula
Lewis & Clark County
Flathead County
Firemen Find Lost $100 Bill in Fort William
Fort William Ont firemen climbed a ladder to a roof and found no smoke or fire only a $100 bill blown from a woman's hand. Chief Harold Lockwood said firefighters helped search as the woman cried over losing her first and only hundred dollar bill.
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Fort William
Onti
Harold Lockwood
Defense Director Speaks in Butte on Wartime Survival
Hugh K. Potter of Helena warned 150 Traffic Club members that Montana’s fate in wartime hinges on trucks railroads and air and taxi services. He noted enemy strikes could target Portland and Seattle first and urged Montana to be ready to aid others with personnel and supplies.
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Montana
Hugh K. Potter
Helena
Butte-Anaconda
J. Hugo Aronson
North American
Portland
Seattle
Pentagon
Blast Called Off Minutes Before Scheduled Time
The H-bomb test aboard the USS Mt. McKinley was postponed 41 minutes before the shot time due to unfavorable winds. The delay extends to at least two days and is the ninth postponement of the Shot Cherokee test, initially set for May 8, with a B52 jet carrying the weapon. Radioactive fallout risk over inhabited Marshalls islands led to the cancellation.
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MT. Mckinley
Bikini
U. S
Marshalls
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