Escaped Convicts Tighten Search Around Richmond
Six prisoners escaped from the state penitentiary hid in a brickyard building near Richmond over the weekend. They held the caretaker Forrest Jarrell, 52, at the Mankin Brickyard home and planned to flee by car if possible. Authorities traced the truck escape, recovered weapons, and continued the manhunt with local and state police.
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Richmond
State Penitentiary
Forrest Jarrell
Mankin Brickyard
Jarrell
State
Henrico County
East Richmond
Washington
Freedom
W. Frank Smyth
First Vehicle Moves Under Atomic Power Nautilus Sets Sail
The nuclear powered submarine Nautilus departed from Groton at 11 01 a m EST for builders trials launching from Electric Boat Division General Dynamics observers watched from New London across the Thames Navy says the 300 foot ship can cross the Atlantic submerged and circle the globe without refueling The plant was tested while docked days earlier marking a historic step in propulsion.
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Groton. Conn
Navy
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Thames
Long Island Sound
Robert Fulton
New York
New London
Atlantic
Navy Constellation Crashes In Gulf of St. Lawrence
A U S Navy Super Constellation with 13 aboard went down in fog in the Gulf of St. Lawrence en route from Harmon Field to Patuxent River NAS. Rescue planes and ships searched the area for signs of life as two engines failed and life rafts were found empty. Lt Cmdr L R Fullmer Jr. of Little Rock was identified as the pilot by Atlantic Fleet officials.
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Corner Brook
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Harmon Air Force Base
Here
Atlantic Fleet Headquarters
Norfolk
Cmdr
L. R. Fullmer Jr
Little Rock
Ark
Lexington Park
Patuxent Naval Air Station
Constellation
Harmon
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Maryland
Harmon Field
Airways
Moncton
N. B
Panama's Arias Named Interim President After Guizado
Panama's Ricardo Arias Espinosa, 42, is described as the third recent Panamanian leader named in two weeks. A Shenandoah Valley Academy alumnus, he played guard on SVAs basketball team and was known for football and dancing. The Assembly installed him after Guizado's impeachment as Remon assassination investigation unfolds.
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Ricardo Arias
Espinosa
Panama
Winchester
Shenandoah Valley Academy
Academy
Manuel
Albert Arias
John Whetzell
Clearbrook
Bob Riley
Harrisonburg
Harry Dunn
Harry F. Byrd, Sr
Philip Glaize
William Doran
Ed Lee
White Post
Stuart Edmonds
T. G. Scully
Ridgely White
Johns. Scully
Peyton Marshall
Lewis Barton
Claude Cammer
Mr. Lee
Arias
S.V.A
Jose Ramon Guizado
Jose Antonio Remon
National Assembly
Guizado
Remon
Winchester and Frederick County March of Dimes Drive Progress
Campaign chairman H A Lowry reports March of Dimes contributions to date total 1827.70 from Special Gifts and mailed envelopes. Of 6500 city envelopes and 3000 county envelopes sent, 287 and 97 returns have been received respectively. The local quota stands at 15000 with emphasis on prompt returns.
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Winchester
Frederick County
H. A. Lowry
Lowry
Three-Vehicle Crash on U S 50 Kills Child in Clarke County
A child died and six others injured last night in a three-vehicle crash on U S 50 about 13 miles east of Winchester. A Navy man, Jerry F Francis, 22, was jailed on involuntary manslaughter and held on bond. The crash involved a 1949 Nash driven by Charles Huff and a 1954 White tractor trailer owned by W I Worsham Bros. of Richmond.
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U. S. Rt. 50
Clarke County
M. H. Moore
Carol Ann Huff
Winchester Star
Millwood
Charles W. Huff
Winchester
U. S
Huff
Larry Huff
Ray Huff
Gladys Huff
W. Cork St
Thyra Mae Huff
Nancy Glascock
Eleanor Stockdale
Cork St
Memorial Hospital
Jerry F. Francis
US Navy
Owosso
Michigan
Francis
Berryville
Walter Burke Carter
Richmond
W. I. Worsham Bros
Carter
Broach
Nash
Byrd Attacks Proposed Highway Plan as Unsound
Sen. Harry F. Byrd says the presidents highway plan is thoroughly unsound risking heavy interest costs. He notes a 3 percent bond plan could total 11.5 billion in interest and cost taxpayers 1.55 per borrowed dollar.
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Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
President Commission
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Lucis D. Clay
Congress
Senate
National Advisory Committee
Soviet to Give Atomic Aid to Its Communist Allies
The Soviet Union says it will provide atomic know-how and fissionable material for peaceful use to Communist China East Germany Poland Romania and Czechoslovakia in exchange for scientific and technical aid and a continuing supply of atomic raw materials. Experimental piles will be limited to 5000 kilowatts to generate power. The announcement ties to United Nations talks on peaceful atomic use and a proposed world pool of atomic energy.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
China
East Germany
Poland
Romania
Czechoslovakia
U.S
United Nations
U. N. General Assembly
United States
Russia
Kremlin
Eisenhower
U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
Gen. Lee
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Free Sheppard bail request argued before Cleveland court
Three appellate judges heard arguments on bail for Dr. Samuel H. Sheppard who is serving a life sentence after a Dec 21 conviction for his wife’s bludgeoning. Prosecutors and defense attorneys debated a new stay of execution and possible release to pursue further investigation with criminologist Paul Kirk in a murder-house search.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
William J Corrigan
Bay Village
Paul Kirk
School of Criminology
University of California
Sheppard
Cuyahoga County
Edward Blythin
Ohio Penitentiary
Columbus
Julius Kovachy
Seth Hurd
Lee Skeel
Former F and M Bank official G Prank Eutsler Sr dies
G Prank Eutsler Sr 67 died yesterday at his son in law Benjamin Belchie s home 610 Tennyson Ave He was trust officer and assistant cashier of Farmers and Merchants National Bank from 1932 to last year Born March 19 1887 in Catlett he was the husband of the late Lucille Davis Butsler Survived by a son G Prank Eutsler Jr three daughters a brother and two sisters five grandchildren Services set for 2 30 p m tomorrow at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Forrest B Oglesby officiating Pallbearers listed
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G. Prank Eutsler, Sr
Benjamin Belchie
Tennyson Ave
Eutsler
Farmers and Merchants National Bank
Catlett
Annie Landes Butsler
D. F. Butsler
Lucille Davis Butsler
Butsler
Braddock Street Methodist Church
Randolph Macon Academy
Front Royal
Roanoke Business College
G. Prank Eutsler, Jr
City
Robert C. Lee
Leesburg
D. Eugene Dunn
Berryville
K. Sirbaugh
K. W. Butsler
Shepherdstown
W. Va
A. D. Merrill
Pocomoke City
Maryland
Jones Funeral Home
Forrest B. Oglesby
J. Frank Loy
Wilbur M. Feltner
Robert
Shooting and stabbing in Pats. city leaves two injured
Josephine Cook, 26, of Kearneysville West Virginia, hospital in satisfactory condition after a gunshot wound to the chest. Jennie Ziegler Bledson, 40, charged with felonious assault after surrendering to police and posting a $5,000 bond. Arthur Nicholson, 29, also injured in the stabbing and in hospital in satisfactory condition. Police still investigating the Saturday night incident outside the Philpot Inn in Pats.
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Josephine Cook
Kearneysville
W. Va
Memorial Hospital
Jennie Ziegler Bledson
W. Leicester St
John Rice
Philpot Inn
Philpot St. Pats
Jack Shumaker
David Fahnestock
Basil Cooper
Arthur Nicholson
Highland Ave
Winchester
Today’s Advice For Polio Prevention
Wilkie W. Hunt states that the 1955 polio campaign needs increased funds to make vaccine available to everyone. He urges everyone to share the load and contribute generously by returning polio envelopes to support the effort.
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Wilkie W. Hunt
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S. Eisenhower
Air Force
Armed Services
Capitol Hill
Secretary of the Treasury
Humphrey
Treasury
Associated Press
V.A
County
U.S. 50
Virginia
Stephens City Fire Co
Harry Cain
G. F. Eutsler, Sr
F&m Bank
Winchester Evening Star
West Va
Beyond Va
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