Scott Escapes Death For Wife's Murder Life Sentence Given
Los Angeles reports the jury in the Evelyn Boot murder case returned a verdict of life imprisonment for C Ewing Boot, not death, after he was convicted of murdering his wealthy wife who vanished from their Bel Air home 24 years ago. Boot, 61, showed calm as the sentence was read, while defense counsel prepared a motion for a new trial. This marked the first use in Los Angeles County of a new California death penalty procedure.
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Los Angeles
C. Ewing Boot
Samme
Evelyn
Bel-Air
Scott
P. Baall Lambros
Lambros
Clement D. Nyesel
Phil Cas
California
Seoll
Nol
Canada
Canadian
Detyyit
Springhill Fire Follows Mine Disaster Echoes Loss
In Springhill Nova Scotia a major blaze destroyed 15 businesses and five apartments along main street, likely starting in a variety store and feeding for over three hours. Mayor Gilroy bids government aid as 7,000 residents still bear the 1956 mine explosion toll of nine dead. estimated losses reach at least a million dollars. An elderly evacuee died of a heart attack during the evacuation.
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Springhill
N. 8
Mal Ralph Gilroy
Gilroy
Hue
Hever
Lnyott
Main Street
Area man burned by fuel oil in woods incident
Donald L. Brown of Spartansburg was admitted to Curry Memorial Hospital after an oil can exploded while he believed it held water. He was struck by burning fuel oil on his arms and legs and suffered second degree burns. He had been in the woods to talk with log burners when the can burst into flames. In Pittsburgh, Joseph Bliss died after being found on a highway with a fractured pelvis and internal injuries, apparently struck by a car that did not stop.
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Donald L. Brown
R. D
Spartansburg
Curry Memorial Hospital
Brown
Pittsburgh
Joseph Bliss
Esriy
Poltee
Train Derails in Cogoa Fla., 11 Hurt in Crash
A Florida Special train derailed near Cogoa, injuring 11 passengers including eight dining car staff. No deaths or serious injuries reported. The 3:80 p.m. crash halted tracks on the Florida East Coast line between New York and Miami. The train is operated by Atlantic Coast Line and FEC. B&O Furloughs 2,400 Workers Across U.S. System. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad announced furloughs affecting about 2,200 employees, seven percent of total staff, effective January 1.
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Cogoa
Fla
Florida
Roy ‘Terry
New York
Miami
Flory Est
Coas
Tattle
Atlantic Coast. Line Railroad
FEC
B&o
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Cocoa
Florida Sf
Yester
Nab Salesman As Gunman In $10,211 Theft Near Butler
A man identified as Rose, a Parker resident with two houses and a nine year old child, robbed a bank in Rural Valley through a gunpoint theft on a Monday. He fled 40 miles to Parker in an alleged high speed chase, later confessed funds used to cover bad checks and deposits, with $66,028 in a satchel recovered and extra $1,400 unaccounted for. He was arrested by state police in Butler and jailed in Parker.
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Buttler
Stone Gaillee
FBT
Beoples
Armstrim
Couny
Eugene Foplane
Wilkie Shale
Co Rose
Fontaine
Jno
Wolfler
Rose
Butler
Vidley
Killanunny
Dusty
Suoila Sumonsky
Miss Sumonsky
Castler
Charles Dill
Jeunpoint
Valley
Parker
Armstrong County
Nong Yost
Hose
First National Bank
Emlenton
Bluff Street
Kitiannyng
Dem Strength Grows as 5 GOP Senators Bow Out
Five Republican senators announced they will not seek re election boosting Democratic prospects for the next Senate, reshaping tossup races in New Jersey California and Pennsylvania. Jenner Stalth Knowland Payne Martin exits widen gaps and stir 1958 campaign dynamics as GOP hopes fade.
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Washington
Senate
GOP
Jenner
Indiana
H. Alexander Stalth
New Jersey
Knowland
California
Payne
Maine
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Edmunds
Muskle
Tose
Harold W. Handley
Goodwin J. Knicht
Missile Program Finances Takes Probe Spotlight
Washington reports that congressional committees are probing missile program financing. Total spending since World War II is 1,178,006,000 with about 4.63 billion added for the current year, amid questions of diligence and funding adequacy from the Pentagon. The Defense Department states costs cover research and development, production, facilities, and tooling for guided missile systems.
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Wout Holt
Aioe
Mhecowst
Melcy
Congress
Defense Department
Yhlott
Auto Workers OK Former Communists in Offices
The Public Review Board upheld local union rulings allowing former Communist associates to hold UAW offices. Five Detroit area locals and five international reps were cleared after hearings, despite Fifth Amendment assertions. Dag Hammarskjold began a stopover in Beirut on his way to New York.
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Wetroit
United Auto Workers Public Review Baard
UAW
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Detroit
Renaté
Communist Party
UAW International
Chicago
Senate
Public Review Board
Walter P. Reuther
AFL+CIO
Apt-Cio
Reuther
Afl-Cio
James Simmons
Harry M. Philo
Walter Dorosh
Mack Cintori
Ford
Edith van Horn
Dodge
Milton Burns
Dewitt Clipin
Flu Story Tops 1957 Pennsylvania News Poll
The flu epidemic and antiun restitory illnesses were voted Pennsylvania’s top news story of 1957 by Associated Press editors and readers. Following were legislation to permanently keep the three per cent sales tax, a Turnpike fraud case involving 194 million dollars, drought damage to rope, and racial tensions in Philadelphia and Levittown with a 60 000 Bucks County community’s integration.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Ruetic Eitorsee
Armani Associated Press
Beninymvnia
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Turnpike Commission
Mantis ‘Silne Ruwedroh and Development Corp
Reading
Tumpire
Manu-Mine
Hurplice Commission
Pennsyvana
Levittown
Bucks County
William Myers
Page Fouty
Soviets Offer Economic Aid To African Asian Parley Nations
Egypt hosts an NGO conference with 400 delegates from 38 countries as the Soviet Union signals financial aid to African and Asian partners. The report notes Western critics warn of Soviet influence, while some African leaders fear dependency and new trade terms via a regional common market.
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Cairo
Wen
Las Viet Economia
Wiblaet
Abdal Reambkly
Egypt
Boasmamibera
France
Germany
Itzy
Melglam
Netherlands
Literholing
Andy
Wbx
Seaweed Not Monkeys Explain Man's Ancestry Claim
Texas A&M biologist Dr Lawrence Dillon proposes a revised view of evolution in which all life traces to a single plant kingdom starting from seaweed. He says early organisms split into plants and animals, with cyanobacteria and green algae as the base, and animals emerging from the seaweed branch.
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Tanapolis
Brown Sea
Lawrence
Dillon
Texas Aand M College
American Association For the Advancement
Earth
Dillop
Semi-Screwballs and Space Ship Staff Scientists Warn
Indianap olis report quotes Dr Donald M Michael of Stamford Conn on mindsets for long space trips. He says crews face boredom isolation dangers and must train for psychological strain. He notes volunteers may be personality deviants yet normal people might struggle with isolation and social obligations. Monks and hermits are discussed as possible crew candidates.
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Indianapolis
Oday
Donald M. Michael
Stamford
Conn
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Michael
Dunlap and Associates
Ini
Mishael
Steeves Quits Air Force to Save Marriage
Lt. David A. Steeves, famed pilot who survived 54 days in the Sierra Nevadas after a crash, quits active duty citing marriage strain. The Air Force placed him on inactive status while he seeks a new path amid reports of a prior affair and a looming divorce, with his wife filing then later reuniting.
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Steeves
Air Force
Washington
David A. Steeves
California
Oley
Air Force Reserve
Rilh
Leisa
Warige
Redbook
Mi Alne
Breeves
San Francisco
Wilg
Bequoin-Kings Canyon National Park
Presto
Calif
High Sierras
Directors of CofC Elect New Officers
Directors of CofC elected Charlon Buttern to lead the group for the coming year and rehired Stewart Doc Long as manager. New officers include Key Weber and Clyde Reith as vice presidents and Frank Dodd as transfer. Terms vary by year for the recently elected directors under the bylaws.
Columbus Men's Club Pushes for Columbus Dam Action
The Columbus Men's Club circulates five post cards to each member urging action on the Columbus Dam project near Japtificia Lake. They seek broad public support to prompt the Pennsylvania Fish Commission and state officials to recon sider and investigate the project’s merit. The effort follows exchanges with Stewart Long and William Davin, and aims to influence the January 6 meeting.
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Men's Club of Columbus
Pennay Vania Fish Commission
Turiile
Columus Dam
tMien
Cohimbiy
Corry
Willian Davin
State Secretacy of Commerce
Lone
Columbus Japtificia Lake
Fish Commission
Plan Fund To Pad Missile Program Plan Fund To Pad
Wall Street Journal reports new plan by the Eisenhower administration to provide a roughly 500 million dollar fund to advance missile satellite research and development. funds to be allocated by presidential direction with NSC oversight, aimed at potential breakthroughs and warranting next year’s spending near 1.4 to 1.6 billion dollars, though estimates vary.
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Yuri
Eisenhower
Wall Street Journal
Washington
the Journal
White House
National Security Council
Mieney
Yew Sun
Six Escape Flames in Toronto Home Fire
A Toronto Cooksville family of six escaped a fire as the mother woke to a baby's cry. Mrs Ronald Beattie woke her husband who jumped from a window, saving four others. Firefighters confined the blaze to the living room.
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Toronto
Cooksville
Ronald Beattie
Paswa
Beacon Plastics Group Gifts Europe Trip to Staff
About 80 employees and customers from Beacon Plastics Corp Newton flew to Paris and London for a Christmas bonus trip. President Joseph L. Sholkin said expenses are paid for workers with 10 or more years of service, 60 percent for those with none and 80 percent for under five years. The 100-employee firm previously sent staff to Canada and Atlantic City. The tour will cover Paris Rome London and Naples.
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Boston
Beacon Plastics Gorp
Newton
Paris
Europe
Josiph Lb. Sholkin
Frm
Morsle
William J. Golden
Shollin
Canada
Atlantic City
Nol
Tre
Rome
London
Hallatii
Estonian Lottery Draws Major Private Prize in April
Moscow hosted a four room private prize draw as part of the Estonia Republic lottery. Tass reported the jackpot would approach 10 million wibles, which Ethiopians say equals about 2 million dollars.
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Moscow
Estonia Republic
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