Chessman Granted Eighth reprieve from gas chamber
Daryl Chessman, 38, condemned to death for unbusable crimes against women, won an eighth reprieve from San Quentin after a U S Department of State appeal. Governor Brown, opposing capital punishment, ordered a 60 day stay citing a telegram warning demonstrations during President Eisenhower's visit. The stay delays execution and eyes a special assembly called for abolition debate.
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San Francisco
Daryl
Chessman
San Quentin
U. S. Department of State
Edmund G. Brow
Ugruguay
Brazil
Eisenhower
South America
State Department
Brown
Roy R. Rubottom Jr
Inter-American Affairs
Montevideo
National Council
Uruguay
Higat
Council
Washington
Rubottom
Gav. Brown
California
State Supreme Court
Chessmian
Aid 38
Village slate delayed as Onsted residents show little interest
Onsted village president Glen McCaughey blamed apathy for the slow formation of candidates for the March 14 election. Only about six people attended the caucus, four in the afternoon and few more by evening, forcing postponement while organizers seek willing nominees. McCaughey, nearing retirement after five years as president, said he may return for another term.
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Onsted
Glen McCaughey
McCaughey
Stephenson Home Open House Set for Sunday
The Stephenson Home for the Aged will host a dedication and open house on Sunday March 27 at 3 p.m. Edward Fisher chairs the dedication committee with E C DeMeritt as board chair. Residents planned to move in around April 1 with five already accepted and eight more expected. about 750 inquiries are under study. Private tours are available by calling the matron at the home of M D Swenk.
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Stephenson Home For
E. C. DeMeritt
Stephenson Trustees
Edward Fisher
Stephenson Home
DeMeritt
M. D. Swenk
Young Man Held in Murder Case
Toledo police arrested 21 year old Charles R. Bean on a first degree murder charge tied to the fatal attack on Mr. and Mrs. Walter Tucholski in their Bend home. Mrs. Ruth Tucholski, 53, is seriously injured, found after 26 hours. Bean is the grandson by a previous marriage.
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Toledo
Charles R. Bean
150 Elm Trees To Be Sprayed In Dutch Elm Disease Fight
City officials announce an effort to spray 1150 elm trees to combat Dutch elm disease. The dormant spray, planned for April 15 deadline, aims to minimize harm to birds and property while public bids are sought for city properties including parks and cemeteries.
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Adrian
C. A. Lande
Ifrom
Audubon Society
Landel
Truck Hits School Bus Injuring Fifteen Near Dixon
A semi truck rear ended a Lee Center School Bus carrying about 30 grade school children returning from a basketball game on US 30 near Dixon. Fifteen children were injured, one critically. two adults aboard were not seriously hurt. Driver John Mutchmore, 53, of Independence Iowa, faces a charge of following too closely. The bus driver Donald Spotts and a passenger wife sustained minor injuries.
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Dixon
Lee Center
Us- 30
John Mutchmore
Independence
Iowa
Donald Spotts
Space Ship Test Proves Feasible For Two Man Flight
Two air force sergeants from Texas and Alabama completed a 14 day stay in a 12 foot simulated space ship cabin at the School of Aviation Medicine in San Antonio. They reported wobbling knees and headaches but passed medical checks. The test, led by Dr. Welch, showed the capsule can sustain two people up to 80 days, marking a potential step toward longer space missions with the team optimistic about future extended trials.
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San Antonio T
Air Force
William W. Henderson
Alice
Tex
Hobart M. Craft
Wedowee
Ala
School of Aviation Medicine
Henderson
Craft
Billy E. Welch
Welch
Hans-Gorg Clamann
Spree Medicine
German teen idol barred from premiere of No Angel Is So Pure
Sabine Sinjen, 11 year old screen idol, autographed photos and greeted fans but cannot attend the film premiere of No Angel Is So Pure due to German law blocking juveniles under 18 from viewing such crime comedies.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Sabine Sinjen
Airmen taxi 550 miles in open sea after engine fire
Norfolk reports detail a navy seaplane crew of 13 steering 550 miles across the open sea after an engine fire. Commander J R W Myers and aviators Ervin Szively and James Y Woston highlighted how the aircraft held together despite risk. The crew planned parachute evacuation but kept the craft afloat until safe water.
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Norfolk
Ervin Szively
Alma
Mich
James Y. Woston
Muskegon
R. W. Myers
Chalfrant
Rodney D
Myers
Minneapolis
San
Juan
Puerto Rico
Bloomparachue
Ington, TA
Harry E. Steele
Robert E. Deland
Brook
Franklin, Pas
Quick Senate Civil Rights Action Urged
WASHINGTON Senate Republican leader Everett M Dirk sep urges the Senate to pass a civil rights bill quickly rather than wait for the House. A bill embodying much of the Eisenhower program cleared for House action next month by 7 4 in rules. The committee also provided for court appointed referees to protect Negro voting rights. House timing suggests potential March passage and transmission to the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Everett M. Dirksep
Sinois
House
Rules Committee
Howard W.smith
D-a
Esaki tunnel diode speeds up electrical switching
Dr Robert N Hall told the Institute of Radio Engineers that a new device can switch electric current in the time it takes light to travel inches. Light travels 186000 miles per second and the switch is 4000 times faster than any known. Extensive use in high speed computers and nuclear controls anticipated. Named after a Japanese physicist who recently perfected it, said Dr Fall of General Electric Reach laboratories in Schenectady New York.
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Los Angeles
Robert N. Hall
Institute of Radio Engineers
Esaki
Dr. Fall
General Electric Co. Rereach Laboratories
Schenectady
N.Y
Castro Demands U S Halt Bomb Attacks On Cuba
Fidel Castro reiterated that Florida based planes bomb Cuban soil and demanded the United States stop. He cited two Americans killed in an attack on the Espana sugar mill and presented documents including a U S passport identifying the pilot as Robert Ellis Frost. Cuban officials linked another man to the raid as a U S Civil Air Patrol member. U S embassy offered investigative help as Castro blamed repeated raids for sugar losses and pressed for action.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Audienc
United States
Espana
Florida
U.S
Robert Ellis Frost
Mier
Robert Kelly
Civil Air Patrol
Miami
Robert Frost
Portland
Ore
Cuba
CAP
Houston
Tex
Robert Kellys
Castro
Strategic Air Command
Homestead
Key West
Cancer Society Names Co-Chairman For Annual Drive
Robert Barnard Jr. vice president and general manager of Sports-Faraday was named co chairman of the Lenassee Cancer Society annual fund drive to lead industrial solicitation in the county. He will serve with Bert McGarry.
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Robert Barnard Jr
Sports-Faraday
The
Lenassee Cancer Society
Bert McGarry
Barnard
Michigan student faces ten to twelve year term
University of Michigan student James J. Minder Jr. 30, said to have a compulsion to rob, received a 10 to 12 year prison sentence. Minder, paroled bank robber, admitted eight Detroit area store holdups last October and December and urged a lighter sentence citing inadequate psychiatric counsel in Michigan prisons. He had been paroled August after a 25 year term for a 1954 bank holdup.
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Detroit
University of Michigan
James J. Minder Jr
Theniversity
Michigan
Minder
Recorder’s
Elvin L. Davenport
Eisenhower Hosts Soviet Leaders in Welcoming White House Visit
President Eisenhower hosted twelve Soviet leaders in the White House office, joking about Republicans while gifting a gold elephant. The visitors presented a model Lenin nuclear ice breaker and expressed hope to use atomic energy for human benefit, delivering Khrushchev greetings and praising the president as warm and friendly. They are touring after a governors’ delegation to Russia.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Menshikovy
Mikhail Menshikov
Khrushchev
GOP
Sewsmen
United States
U. S
Russia
Bill to regulate trading stamp firms in Michigan
Lansing lawmakers consider a bill to supervise trading stamp companies. The measure would require registration with the secretary of state, annual profit reports, and performance bonds from 25 000 to 100 000 for firms with Michigan sales over 750 000 yearly. It stops short of a proposed tax on unredeemed stamps.
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Lansing
House
Secretary of State
Michigan
Queen Elizabeth II’s birth of a baby prince shocks London crowd
London celebrates as Queen Elizabeth II gives birth to a son. The infant, second in line after Charles, weighed not announced yet, name likely James, with both Queen and baby reported well. Crowds gathered outside Buckingham Palace and bells rang across the city.
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London
Elizabeth II
Palace
Buckingham Palacé
James
Prince Charles
Princess Anne
Prince Philip
Elizabeth I
Princess Margaret
Princess Andrew
Greece
Chrysler official fires back at Detroit tax plans
Chrysler vice president William C. Newberg defended the company’s Detroit area presence while criticizing land and business tax burdens. Governor Williams backed tax reform favoring fair corporate and income taxes. Mayor Miriani expressed surprise at Newberg’s stance and defended Detroit’s effort to improve the industrial climate.
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Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Michigan
Gov. Williams
Louis Miriani
William C. Newberg
Chrysler
Eer
Snow Storms Hit South and East in Violent Weather
Heavy snow, winds, and rain swept the south and east as a second major winter storm battered the region. Snow piled over a foot in Kentucky and Tennessee, with Tornadoes in Louisiana, Florida, and North Carolina. Gale warnings stretched from Daytona Beach to Eastport, Maine, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike near Somerset shut down a 175 mile stretch causing massive traffic jams and stranded motorists seeking refuge in restaurants and motels.
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Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Louisiana
Florida
North Carolina
Gulf States
Atlantic
Daytona Beach
Fla
Eastport
Maine
Maryland
Alabama
Somerset
Paw
iWreek
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Laurel Hill
Allegheny Tunnel
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