Starkweather Execution Denied in Lincoln
Lancaster County District Judge Harry Spencer refused to stay Charles Starkweather's midnight execution. The ruling followed a brief court session after parents sought a stay and a new trial. no evidence supported the motion, and no authority to halt the date was found. A writ of error coram nobis was also denied as the family mulls an appeal to the State Supreme Court. Caril Fugate, age 15, remains serving a life term for her role in the killings.
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Lancaster County Dist
Harry Spencer
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
Spencer
Guy Starkweather
Kuler
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U.S. Supreme Court
Caril Ann Fugate
Robert Jensen
Bennet
Neb
College Couple Has Quadruplets
NEW YORK AP A Columbia University student couple welcomed quadruplets three boys and a girl born Wednesday. Father Alex Kajouras 30 spoke of managing and joy, while mother Bessie 26 of Brooklyn recovered at Public Service Hospital Staten Island where care began June 1. The four infants were placed in incubators. the heaviest boy weighed 4 pounds 2? ounces.
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Columbia University
Alex Kajouras
Bessie
Brooklyn
Robert 8. Dawson
Public Service Hospital
Staten Island
Kajouras
Assault Victim Admits Intimacies in Queens Court
A 14-year-old girl testified in Queens Adolescent Court that she promised intimacy to Jacob Bethea and five other teenage boys to stall them from assaulting her after an after school recreation program. She said Bethea grabbed her, dragged her up steps, and assaulted her on a landing while others shouted and helped. The girl identified Bethea as a former student at Junior High School 16 in the Col. Town area where she had shown him around earlier that evening.
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New York
Queens
Jacob Bethea
Bethea
Col. Town
Dealer Buys Rubens for 770000 at London auction
London AP report says art dealer Leonard Koetzer paid 275000 pounds for Rubens altar piece The Adoration of the Magi making it the highest price ever at art auction He acted for an unnamed British collector and beat American competition The backer would have gone higher Koetzer declined to name the buyer
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Bain
Leonard Koetzer
Koetzer
Goldfine Stands Trial for 18 U.S. Counts
Federal District Judge James W. Morris rejected a multi‑pronged defense attack on the indictment against Goldfine. He will meet Monday with counsel to set a trial date. the case has been delayed as the defense argues questions were obtained via illegal eavesdropping and privacy rights were violated during attorney consultations.
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House Subcommittee On Legislative Oversight
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Inquest Set for Heidi Death in Boone County
Coroner Dr J Vincent P Perna ordered an autopsy on Carole Heidt 16 of Jefferson City after a Monday night car crash left her injured in Boone County The inquest to determine the cause of death was scheduled for 1 30 p m Wednesday in Boone County court premises The judge commented on the defendant's rights while noting refusals to answer questions may affect punishment in a separate contempt of Congress case
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Congress
Columbia
Carole Heidt
Jefferson City
Hance
Boone County
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Miss Heidt
Perna
Boone County Court
Missile Launching Termed Successful
The U S Air Force reported two Bomarc missiles launched from Santa Rosa Island in a test over the Gulf of Mexico achieved perfect interceptions against drones within seconds. The launches used the SAGE control system at Gunter AFB Alabama and marked the third consecutive successful Bomarc firings.
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Air Force
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Montgomery
Gunter Afb
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Air Defense Command
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Man from Ste Genevieve Killed in Missouri Crash
Harold Arnold 32 of Ste Genevieve Missouri died when his tractor trailer ran off Missouri 8 near Shirkey and became pinned in a flaming wreck. State patrol identified him as the victim.
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Ste. Genevieve
Missouri Highway Patrol
Harold Arnold
Shir- Tey
Soldier killed at Fort Leonard Wood Mo in mishap
An Army crew loading a Nike-Hercules missile at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri dropped a 5000 pound warhead crushing Sgt. George Hertrich of Maywood New Jersey killing him on scene. The incident occurred Wednesday during hoisting operations as the missile slipped from its support and fell.
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George Hertrich
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Se Arugk
Hertrich
Blair signs seven laws including municipal retirement plans
Blair signs seven bills into law most are technical but two are notable allowing St. Louis and Kansas City to create municipal retirement plans and granting certain employment security staff WWII retirement credit The Jordan Tribunal in Amman has established a state security court to handle crimes against security with no appeal and will try cases including spying and communist activities.
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James T. Blair
St. Louis
Kansas City
Jordan Tribunal
Amman
Jordan
Parlament
Steel Proposes Contract Extension
Steel firms push to extend current labor contracts to keep existing terms for another year while negotiators race the Tuesday deadline. McDonald seeks substantial wage gains plus better pensions, insurance, and unemployment benefits, arguing changes could be negotiated without inflating costs. The industry counters that higher labor costs would trigger inflation across steel and allied industries. Steelworkers now earn about $1.20 per hour and $127.10 weekly on average.
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World Championship J Bar H Rodeo Opens July Fourth
The world championship J Bar H Rodeo in Camden ton begins July 4 with eight nights of rugged competition. About 80,000 spectators will watch 200 entrants contest broncs bulls and roping for a $15,300 purse plus entry fees. Approved by the Rodeo Cowboys Association, Inc, it ranks as the second largest outdoor rodeo in the United States and third in the world.
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Rodeo Cowboys Association, Inc
United Aries
Worl
Missouri dairy spotlight and brewing history note
June is dairy month features Central Dairy and Missouri’s long craft brewing history. Since 1810 brewing shaped state industries and by 1956 Missouri ranked eighth in barley production with breweries using 294,602,545 pounds of barley.
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Missouri
Aetna
As May Conduct Tests On Its Own
Atomic Energy Commission chair John A. McCone told a Senate subcommittee that the United States will proceed with underground testing on its own if the Soviets reject joint tests. He outlined preliminary underground testing with non nuclear explosives planned for this summer and said a unilateral program would be needed to improve detection of nuclear explosions. The current moratorium lasts through October.
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Synod Deplores Pastor's Release
The Presbyterian Synod of Missouri deplored the dismissal of Robert B. McNeill from his Columbus Georgia pastorate over a racial issue. An open letter to 16 synods asserts ministers lose pulpits for expressing conscientious social views, urging the church to honor its policy and support ministers voicing its interpretation of Christian teaching.
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Presbyterian Synod of Missouri
U. 5
Robert B. McNeill
Columbus
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Southern Presbyterian Judicial Commission
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Christ
Dominicans Hunt Invasion Remnants Near Trujillo
Government forces and armed peasants chase remnants of a sea-borne invasion force that landed June 20. Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo, then fighting on the north coast, was due back soon to report to Congress amid rumors and contradictory reports of Cuban-supported aggression.
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Mo Fuchs Grudge Against British For Prison Term
Berlin AP Klaus Fuchs says he bears no resentment toward Britain or Western powers after his release and emigration to East Germany. The 21-year-old physicist denied future plans specifics while confirming a move to Leipzig to rejoin his father. He had served a ld year sentence for supplying atomic bomb secrets to the Soviet Union. Mrs R White 71 dies at home in Ashland following long illness. funeral set at New Salem Baptist Church.
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Hensley Hall's Mother Dies in Columbia
Mrs. Emily Elizabeth Hall, 79, of Columbia, widow of M. L. Hall, mother of Hensley Hall, died early Wednesday at her home. Surviving are three other sons and two daughters. Funeral arrangements are incomplete and to be announced by a Columbia funeral home.
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Emily Elizabeth Hall
Cole County
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Au Buncees
Columbia Funeral Home
Move to ceiling on borrowing defeated by Missouri Synod
SAN FRANCISCO AP A bid to cap the board of directors borrowing power at five million dollars for three years was defeated as the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod considered a three year program expected to require more than 67 million dollars, favoring unlimited borrowing for capital needs. The vote left fiscal power advisory while a separate conference sets yearly budgets.
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Wilbur Koenig
Dallas
Tex
Arthur Wellman
River Forest
Henry Buck
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Merle J. Jansen
Memphis
Godfrey Leaves Murrow Show for Health Need
Arthur Godfrey bowed out as Edward R. Murrow’s replacement on the CBS Person to Person program. The show ends Friday night as Murrow takes a year’s leave starting July 2. Godfrey, recovering from lung cancer surgery in April, hopes to return in the fall from his Leesburg, Virginia farm.
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Edward R. Murrow
Columbia Broadcasting System
Murrow
Godfrey
Charles Andrews
Leesburg, Va
Japanese Navy ships begin Pacific training cruise
Six Japanese navy vessels started a Pacific training cruise this week. They are scheduled to reach Pearl Harbor in July and will also visit San Diego and Los Angeles.
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Pearl Harbor
San Diego
Los Angeles
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