Jury Ruling On Scott Is Life in Pen
In Los Angeles the jury convicts L Ewing Scott of murdering his wife Evelyn and returns a punishment verdict of life imprisonment rather than the death penalty. The motion for a new trial and formal sentencing are scheduled after a California reform allowing separate guilt and punishment phases.
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Board Backs Ex-Reds for Union Office
DETROIT AP The United Workers public review board ruled former Communists may hold UAW offices, upholding lower tribunals in cases involving 10 unionists. Five local officials invoked the Fifth Amendment, two refused to name former associates, and international reps admitted prior party membership. The seven member panel’s decision aligns with an AFL-CIO code and a Reuther letter.
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Gifts Rain Down for Crash Orphans in Long Beach
A St. Louis couple, Sam and Mrs Icke, started home with eight orphaned grandchildren after a car crash that killed Jen nie Abella and her husband. The station wagon carried gifts from sympathizers and a cash donation from the Ickes wallet. Four children here and four in St Louis are affected. Abella had seven children from a previous marriage. Four boys lived with the Ickes since their marriage. The Abellas included the wife’s three daughters and the couple’s young son.
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Long Beach
St. Louis
Sam Icke
Pilotless plane with built in camera flies at Fort Monmouth
The army unveiled a small 17 pound pilotless drone aircraft that captures photographs as it flies over rugged terrain. It fires its own flash cartridges to illuminate night shots and returns to base by parachute ejector after completing its mission.
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Fort Monmouth
N. J
Army
Susan Mistakes Washington Statue for Lone Ranger
In Richmond, Susan Stanley, two, peers through a mansion doorway and declares she sees the Lone Ranger on horseback. Her father clarifies the sight is Capitol Square’s famous equestrian statue of George Washington.
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Richmond
Susan Stanley
Susan
Virginia
Capitol Square
George Washington
Woman Finishes Letter Then Drives Off From Post Office
Police Chief S R Purdue observed a line of impatient drivers at a Topeka post office drive-up mailbox. A woman in a car beside the box penned the last lines of a letter, addressed the envelope, stamped it, dropped it in, and slowly drove away.
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Topeka
S. R. Purdue
Unconventional Crew Types Considered for Space Missions
Dr Donald Michael proposes semi screwballs Eskimos or Buddhist monks as potential space crew to handle long voyages. He warns space travel will involve months in cramped quarters with boredom danger and limited stimulation and suggests mixing sexes or large ships to ease psychological strain.
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Donald Michael
Stamford
Conn
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Dunlap and Associates, Inc
John Lyman
University of California At
Los Angeles
Presley Granted 60 Day Army Deferment
Elvis Presley was granted a 60 day deferment from the army to finish a movie. He had been slated to report January 20 in Memphis.
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Presley
Memphis
Elvis Presley
Army
Safety Council's Plea Start 1958 With Staying Alive
The National Safety Council urged a New Year pledge to stay alive during a 30 hour holiday period from 6 p.m. Tuesday to midnight Wednesday. It warned 130 deaths could occur unless drivers pedestrians and law officers cooperate. Tips include not drinking and driving and remaining vigilant for others on the road.
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Chicago
SNS
National Safety Council
Hounds Lose Fox in Nightlong Derby Chase
Meynell hunt hounds flushed a fox at dusk and pursued it through scrub country. Hunters and farmers spent nine hours trying to locate the hounds, now hopelessly lost in the dark after a long chase.
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Derby
England
Meynell
Soviet offer loans aid to African Asian nations to nationalize enterprises
The Soviet Union issued an economic report to an Africa Asia conference proposing large loans and support to African Asian states. It urged nationalization of Western enterprises, cited Egypt and Indonesia as examples, and offered no strings attached while sending economists or receiving theirs.
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Suez Canal
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Man Evolved From Seaweed New Theory Shocks Scientists
Indianapolis AP report cites Texas A M College biologist Lawrence Dillon proposing life began in one plant kingdom. He argues blue green algae first, then bacteria, yeasts, and higher plants, with animals evolving from a seaweed branch in a tree of life.
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Texas A. and
M. College
American Association For the Advancement of Science
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Salk Findings Hint at Cancer Fight Through Lab Method
Dr. Jonas Salk reports a test tube technique enabling faster basic research and the discovery of monkey antibodies that kill cancer and normal human cells. Scientists see potential for a human cancer vaccine but caution that one antibody does not prove a vaccine and more work is needed.
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Salk
Salx
U.S. Missile Program Costs Top Seventeen Billion So Far
Pentagon figures show the United States obligated about 17.178 billion dollars to missile research development production since 1946, with roughly 4.638 billion planned for the current fiscal year. The totals cover status readiness, facilities, tooling, and testing costs but exclude operating sites.
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Norwegian envoy bids farewell to President Eisenhower
The retiring Norwegian ambassador Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne told President Eisenhower he was leaving his Washington post after 23 years. He will retire December 31 but remain in the capital due to his two married daughters.
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Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne
Eisenhower
Morgenstierne
East German official Otto Nuschke dies at 74
Deputy premier Otto Nuschke of Communist East Germany died after a heart attack. Lutheran authorities in West Berlin said he was 74.
Tries Escape, in Pig Pen Two Weeks at Jackson Prison
Elijah Wilson, 40, Detroit, a prison trusty serving six to 20 years for attempted holdup and assault, survived two weeks in a pig pen at the Dalton prison farm. He was found Thursday and listed in poor condition with malnutrition exposure and frostbite possibly leading to amputation of both feet. Warden William Bannan said Wilson spent Christmas among the pigs.
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Mich
INS
William Bannan
Elijah Wilson
Detroit
Dalton
Wilson
Fifth Circuit Orders Delay in Dallas School Desegregation
The Fifth U.S. circuit court of appeals reversed a lower court ruling and postponed the mid term desegregation deadline for Dallas schools. The decision allows more time for the district to meet its desegregation duties while a full hearing on compliance is pursued. Dallas faced potential loss of state aid and other penalties under a Texas law tied to integration votes.
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Fifth
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Dallas
Texas City
William Atwell
Appeals Court
Richard Rives
Atwell
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Appeals
Texas
Chavez Warns Against 40 Billion Arms Budget Push
Senator Chavez says Eisenhower will meet resistance in the new session if he requests a record 40 billion defense budget. He urges redistributing unspent funds rather than seeking more money, noting 1.8 billion for missiles this year and seven billion in unobligated defense funds.
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Eisenhower
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Church Liberty Stamp Issued in Queens
A new three cent religious freedom stamp went on sale Friday in Flushing Queens as part of a 100 million stamp issue commemorating the Flushing Remonstrance of 1657. The remonstrance demanded religious freedom and was drafted by Flushing residents in defiance of Gov. Peter Stuyvesant.
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Flushing
Queens
Peter Stuyvesant
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