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Newspaper

Baytown Sun

Location

Baytown, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 06, 1960

Page

2

Mercy recommendation may save killer's life

In West Palm Beach Florida a mercy recommendation in the trial of confessed killer Dennis Whitney could spare him from the electric chair. Whitney has confessed to multiple murders across California Arizona and Florida and faces further proceedings tied to those cases. The Palm Beach County verdict granted life imprisonment with no possibility of parole.

West Palm Beach Fla Florida Dennis Whitney Arizona California Virginia Selby Cal Ifornia Dade County Miami Gino Richard Gerstein Palm Beach County Phil O'Connell Gerstein O'Connell Whitney Phoenix Ariz Pima County Tucson Palm Beach Charles A. Nugent Darline Cleary

Pamela Churchill Wed To Broadway Producer

Broadway producer Leland Hayward and Pamela Churchill wed in Carson City Nevada in a simple ceremony in Justice Frank McNamee chambers. The 51 year old Hayward had just been divorced from Nancy Gross Hayward and Pamela Churchill is the former wife of Randolph Churchill. The couple left for a honeymoon immediately after the ceremony.

Carson City Nev Leland Hayjward Pamela Churchill Sir Winston Churchill Frank McNamee State Supreme Justice McNamee Hayward Las Vey Nancy Gross Hayward Randolph Churchill

Lions Trade Budget for Birds at San Francisco Zoo

In San Francisco the zoo traded away a lion to resolve budget strain and received a pair of blue macaws from San Jose. Recreation chief Raymond Kimball noted a surplus and the lions were consuming funds. Arthur Flanders of San Jose offered the macaws, valuing them near the cost of a lion.

San Francisco Zoo Raymond Kimball Recreation and Parks Arthur Flanders San Jose San Jose Park

Campaign talk and bids in Texas governors race

The article covers Texas political campaigns with mentions of Wilson Carr Yarborough and Sadler in Fort Worth Harlingen and Austin. It notes debates over tides land safety, nuclear waste dumps in the Gulf, state financing and taxes, and opposition campaigns. Cox Breckenridge figures ahead in the attorney general race with criticisms of state finances.

Dallas Wilson Tidelands Supreme Court Atomic Energy Gulf of Mexico Carr Ramsey Fort Worth Texas Yarborough South Harlingen Ernor Para- Alleorn Raymondville General Land Office Austin Sadler Allcorn L. C. McMillan Bob Looney Corporation Cox Texas Commission On Higher Education Freedom In Action Breckenridge

Fearful Fashion: Odd Phobias Boost Social Standing

New York AP notes a running trend where people seek status through unusual fears. From cremiophobia to dysmorphobia readers list more odd phobias, including scopophobia and ichthyophobia, as markers of modern social prestige.

New York

Eye alignment in children and early American piano

About one and a half percent of normal children have crossed eyes. The first piano manufactured in the United States was made in Cho.

United States Cho

Little League Day Opens Channelview Parade Lead

Saturday will mark Little League Day in Channelview with a 10:30 a.m. parade from the Junior Deputy Building to the county ball park where games begin. Three queens Miss Major League Miss Minor League and Mrs Pee Wee League will lead the parade alongside Carol Trotter's Crocketeers and multiple league teams. Mothers Club members run the concession stand and refreshments.

Channelview Queens Carol Trotter Crocketeers Mothers Club

German posting names ARMY PVT Jess Serrano in Hanau

Army private Jess Serrano aged 18 son of Mr and Mrs Cornelio C Serrano of 1122 Airhart Drive is a radio teletype operator in Headquarters Battery of the Third Armored Division Artillery based in Hanau Germany.

Germany Jess Serrano Cornelio C. Serrano Airhart Third Armored Division Hanau

Carol Tregoff and Finch Meet in Jail Visit Room

In Los Angeles Carole Tregoff and Dr R Bernard Finch met for an hour in a county jail visiting room. They gave no comments to reporters. Finch remains jailed while Tregoff is free on bail. A retrial for the murder of Barbara Jean Finch is set for May 23 after a deadlocked first trial.

Los Angeles Carole Tregoff Ber R. Bernard Finch Carole Finch Barbara Jean Finch

KWBA Program Log Prompting A Weekend Broadcast Schedule

The fragment lists KWBA and ABC World News Home Edition with names like John Daly Paul Harvest Van Horn and Edward P. Morgan plus references to Chelsea's Trading Post Bayshore Ballroom and various time slots. It reads as a chaotic TV radio schedule log with scattered show and host names and venue hints.

John Daly Paul Harvet van Horn News Edward P. Morgan ABC World

Parents sue over USC student death during fraternity initiation

Dr and Mrs Arthur Swargon sue the University of Southern California Kappa Sigma fraternity and others for 100000 in damages after their son Richard Swanson 21 allegedly choked on a piece of liver during a fraternity initiation in 1958. The suit names the university fraternity and emergency responders in Los Angeles.

Los Angeles University of Southern Kappa Sigma Fraterniy Ely Ponne Fl Richard Swanson

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