Cigarette or Matches Blamed For Jail Fire
Ocean County prosecutor said a fire at the county jail was caused by a lighted cigarette or matches passed to a prisoner in a padded cell. Howard Ewart said one of two trusty inmates handed a cigarette and matches or a similar item to a detainee.
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Toms River
N. J
Ocean County
Howard Ewart
Petersen
Lakewood
Ewart
Harry Roe
Roek
Philadelphia
Gerard Lau
Naval Air Reserve Training Unit
Freeport
N.Y
Lou
Robert J. Miller
Richard Cavileer
Deborah
Stephen J. Wolf Jr
Manasquan
Thomas A. Hughes
Wilson C. Letts
Cedar
Khrushchev Itinerary Official Sets Pattern for Eisenhower Visit
The Khrushchev U S itinerary is official and mirrors prior tit for tat exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union. Khrushchev will fly to Washington for two days of official visiting starting September 15, with no Alaska or China route planned.
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Washington
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Soviet Union
Deupty
Frol Kozlov
Richard M. Nixon
Khrushchev
United States
U.S.S.R
U.S. State Department
U. S
Alaska
China
Pacific
Nixon
Man trapped in attic in bizarre escape attempt
A Winchester man crawled from a small attic window onto the roof after locking himself in. He shouted and waved for 45 minutes until a neighbor’s cook heard him and freed him. The incident disrupted a quiet afternoon at home.
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Winchester
Tremors Continue Around West Yellowstone After Rock Slide
Four or five new tremors were felt in West Yellowstone Sunday night and today, none causing damage. A Saturday jolt triggered a rock slide near Hebgen Dam, blocking a forest road and threatening about 20 summer homes believed unoccupied.
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West Yellowstone
Mont
Old Faithful
Yellowstone National Park
Hebgen Dam
New Slide
Six Iowa prison escapees seek last fugitive across Mississippi
Authorities in Iowa and Illinois hunted the final of six inmates who escaped from the Fort Madison penitentiary during Sunday church services. Charles Carlyle Ronald Bessler and Samuel Parras led the breakout, abducted a minister and three children, and held them for over 20 hours before surrendering. one suspect was captured in Dallas City Illinois while Arllie Harrison Elliott remains at large after a roadblock confrontation.
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Fort Madison
Iowa
Mississippi River
Charles Robert Wallerick
Illinois State Police
Dallas City
Ill
Arllie Harrison Elliott
John Bennett
William W. Swift
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Montrose
Charles Carlyle
Ronald Bessler
Samuel Parras
Tragic stabbing of University of Southern California coed
Linda Edna Martin, 21, a music major, was stabbed to death in an apartment near USC after screaming for help. G. Robert Kinzie, 27, a graduate art student, was questioned and released as investigators considered the motive and whether rape occurred. Authorities said the victim collapsed at a door she could not open and bled to death despite attempts to flee.
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Los Angeles
University of Southern Californi
Linda Edna Martin
Robert Kinzie
Kinzie
Tom Reddin
Miss Martin
William Tomanovich
Hollywood
Tomanovich
Louis Martin
North Hollywood
Eisenhower Tour Aims to Smooth Allied Strains in Europe
President Eisenhower begins a nine day West Europe swing to unify Allied strategy for Khrushchev and reassure Britain France and West Germany that U S defense ties remain strong. He will meet individually with Macmillan De Gaulle and Adenauer to patch rifts and push disarmament talks.
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London
L Eisenhower
America
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Nikita Khrushchev
West
West Europe
Khrushchev
Macmillan
Paris
de Gaulle
Adenauer
West Germany
France
Britain
Atlantic Alliance
Soviet Union
United States
U.S.S.R
Rockefeller Honeymoon Start After Norway Wedding in New York
Steven Rockefeller and Anne Marie marry in Norway and arrive in the United States with Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller. They plan privacy on a likely New York City stay after a possible trip to the Rockefeller ranch or a Maine yacht cruise Nirvana.
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New York
Steven Rockefeller
Norway
New York City
Rockefeller Ranch
Wyoming
Maine
Steven
Anne Marie
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Copenhagen
Scandinavian Airlines
Sogne
Goodby
Kristian Rasmussen
Warren County Desegregation Plan Near Decision
The Warren County school board moves toward a long-range desegregation plan as 12th grade integration is considered for 1960 61. The Warren County Educational Foundation weighs private schooling amid 530 white registrations vs 1 050 eligible students and a looming high school restart.
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Front Royal
Warren County School Board
Warren County Educational Foundation
Foundation Board of Directors
Hugh D. McCormick
Foundation
E. T. Shiner
Shiner
Federal District Court
Warren County High School
Rebels Seize Towns Near Laos Capital Amid Fighting
Government troops lost two positions within 60 and 50 miles of Vientiane as rebels push toward central Laos. Pak Lane and Sop Vieng fell, with fighting expanding from the north toward Muong Peun and Sam Neua amid airlifted supplies and refugee movements.
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Vientiane
Laos
Southeast Asia
Ening
Vientiance
Red
Pak Lane
Sop Vieng
Defense Ministry
Foreign Ministry
Viet Nam
Savannakhet
Sam Neua
U.S
Progam
Muong Peun
Phoumi Nosavan
Thailand
Thiland
Truce Ends as Lower East Side Gang Violence Kills Teen
In Manhattan on Sunday night a truce between the Sportsmen and Forsyth Street Boys collapsed in a shooting spree. Theresa Gee, 15, a friend of the Sportsmen leader, died from a head wound. Six others, including a 14 year old stabbed and several youths wounded, were hospitalized. Police detained about 20 youths as they investigated a day of street clashes in the lower East Side.
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New York
Manhattan
Lower East Side
Theresa Gee
Sportsmen
Forsyth Street Boys
Julio Rosario
Manuel Cintron
Ernestine Singleton
Robert Combs
Forsyth Street
Exiled Dalai Lama warns of Tibetan extermination claim
In Mussoorie the Dalai Lama says 80,000 Tibetans have died in the freedom struggle against Red China and alleges the Panchen Lama was likely arrested. He cites Chinese intimidation at Kalimpong and warns of the race’s possible extinction in its homeland.
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New Delhi
India
Tibet
China
Dalai Lama
Mussoorie
Kalimpong
Piccadilly Street Incident Sparks City Chase
Winchester police pursued a vehicle after a girl reported an abduction attempt on Piccadilly Street. A warrant was issued for a man who fled west through Amherst Street and Route 50 before disappearing into an orchard on Merriman's Lane. no arrests reported.
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Winchester
Piccadilly St
Merriman's Lane
Amherst St
Rt. 50
L. S. Dunn
Ira F. Nesselrodt
Piccadilly
Braddock St
Braddock
Clifford St
Clifford
Stewart St
Stewart
Boscawn
Merriman’s Lane
Air Force fires fourth straight Atlas test flight
The Air Force completed a fourth straight successful Atlas launch from Cape Canaveral with preliminary data indicating the test met objectives. The 85 foot missile's 5,500 mile Atlantic range was underway as recovery ships readied to retrieve a data capsule near Ascension Island. If sequence stays on track, the weapon could be declared operational by September 1.
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Cape Canaveral, Fla
Air Force
Atlantic
Ascension Island
No Tre Dame Cathedral Protest Tensions Persist in Haiti
Catholics worshipped without police at Port au Prince No tre Dame Cathedral as church leaders await state reply to protests over last Tuesday's police invasion. Forty lay group members were arrested during a prayer vigil against the expulsion of two priests, highlighting ongoing church state friction amid broader unrest.
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Haiti
Notre Dame
Geo. Washington
Pam
Winchester Seed Co
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