Bronx 16 year old killer admits stabbing girl 24 times
A 16 year old orphan, Robert Gelman, told police he paused grocery deliveries to enter the Bronx flat and fatally stab 8 year old Diana Penalla 24 times with a five inch hunting knife. Police found blood stains on clothing and a knife, enforcing his confession after hours of denial. Diana had just returned from Holy Spirit parochial school when the attack occurred.
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New York
Bronx
Robert Gelman
Diana Penalla
Anna Penella
Diana
John
Gelman
Penellas
Penella
Holy Spirit Parochial School
State Government Council Elects Stratton As Head
The Council of State Governments elected Gov. William G. Stratton of Illinois as its president. The group, the executive committee of the National Governors' Conference, set Denver as next February's conference site to plan for Miami in May. Attendees included governors from 10 states and two former governors. A report by Gov. Abraham Rubicoff of Connecticut noted 18 states enlarged highway patrols to cut traffic accidents and projected a 1957 year end traffic fatality total near 38,600, down from 39,628 in 1956, potentially saving about 1,000 lives.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Council of State Governments
William G. Stratton
Illinois
Denver
Miami
Abraham Rubicoff
Connecticut
United States
Rubicoff
New President Elected for Texas Cancer Society Division
Dr. J Layton Cochran of San Antonio has been elected president of the Texas Division of the American Cancer Society on December 7.
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Austin
J. Layton Cochran
San Antonio
Texas
American Cancer Society
Man Fatally Injures Woman During Domestic Assault
Police said Gelman forced entry and stabbed the woman multiple times in the stomach body and head during a violent incident before returning to his grocery delivery job.
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Gelman
Across clues of Northern Ireland and neighboring terms
A fragmented crossword style listing includes numbered clues for Across and Down with partial entries and definitions. It presents a jumble of word prompts such as population figures, measurements, and various word clues like operatic, trial, Hebrew ascetic, legal point, and other common crossword entries.
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United Kingdom
Deway
Puzzle fragment hints and scattered clues across terms
A jumbled list of clues and partial phrases appears to mix animal names, measurements, numbers, and place references. The garbled text references macaws, candles, rabbits, minerals, stages, race courses, and a famous English school, among others, with numerous odd breaks and redactions.
Take It Off Show Shut Down in St Louis Arrests Reported
About 200 patrons paid 33 each to attend a South St. Louis stag party. A four piece orchestra and three dancers performed until decency limits were surpassed. Detectives detained two men arranging the show and three women identified as Mrs Aileen Antone Margery Rae Look and Marie Joyce Keran.
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ST. Louis
South St. Louis
Aileen Antone
Margery Rae Look
Marie Joyce Keran
Louis Glenn Weston
William Antone
Aileen
Fort Worth Writer Picks Rice in Pre-SWC Poll
Fort Worth sports writer Dick Moore of the Star-Telegram was the sole journalist among eight who favored the Rice Owls to win the 24th annual TCU News Service pre-Southwest Conference football poll. He noted that Ness Neely is expected to rebound soon.
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Fort Worth
Dec
TCU News Service
Rice Owls
Dick Moore
Fort Worth Star - Telegram
Ness Neely
The Judge Says No To Wedding Plans
In Edinburg Scotland a Court of Session judge issued an interdict halting the marriage of heiress Tessa Kennedy and London playboy Dominic Elwes. Kennedy’s father Geoffrey Kennedy sought the order to delay the wedding as a full hearing is set weeks away. The couple fled to Scotland after Kennedy’s parents blocked the London marriage by declaring her a ward of the court. They aimed to establish residence here to qualify.
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Edinburg
Scotland
Tessa Kennedy
London
Dominic Elwes
Lord Mindale
Tessa
Geoffrey Kennedy
Elwes
Kennedy
Texas Oil Allowable Drops 96 355 Barrels This Week
Texas oil allowable decreased by 96 355 barrels this week to 2 973 567 barrels daily. Railroad Commission reported 34 oil wells drilled this week and 46 gas well completions. Year totals show 14 456 oil wells, 1 843 gas wells, and 6 974 dry holes. Wildcatters drilled eight oil wells one gas well and 75 dlusters during the week.
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Texas
Austin
Railroad Commission
Wildcatters
Sale Of Car Is Listed Wrong
In Seattle a grand larceny trial against Dave Beck heard that a CPA testified Beck wrongly listed 1900 dollars as income from a union Cadillac sale. The accountant said he later corrected the amount to show the 1900 as income not a liability, and later received written instructions that the sum was not income.
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Seattle
Wash
Dee 7
Dave Beck
Cadillac
Beck
Carl Houston
Houston
Governor Gary to Speak at NTSCADA Banquet
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary will address the third annual NTSCADA banquet in Wichita Falls at Midwestern University Center on December 19 at 7 PM. Tickets are $3 from Childress Board of City Development and Chamber of Commerce. tickets must be secured by December 6.
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Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
North Texas and Southern Oklahoma Area Development Association
Wichita Falls
Midwestern University Center
Childress Board of City Development and Chamber of Com
Mercce
Ntscada
Gary
Texas
Bill Thompson
BCDC
Childress
Thompson
Bill Adams
Ntsoada
Christmas Cards Sale at Childress Office Supply
Christmas cards offered at up to 50 percent off at Childress Office Supply with discounts aimed at holiday shoppers and small business customers.
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Childress Office
Cotton allotment rules for underplanting and re allocation
If a farm plants fewer acres to cotton than its allotment the 1958 cotton allotment is treated as planted to cotton for future allotment. A released allotment may be re apportioned to other farms or placed in the Soil Bank Reserve and, within limits, will be counted as planted to cotton when calculating future allotments for the original farm.
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United States
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation
ASC
Soil Bank
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W. E
Bill) Stephens
Commerce Childress
Mohammed Ton.y
King Mohammed V
Morocco
White House
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