Death Penalty Ban Increases in Ceylon Killings
In Colombo upi reports homicide rise tied to capital punishment suspension. First 120 days this year 22 murders, April at 75, crime rate climbs from 112 per day in 1952 to 141 per day in 1957. Government bills to suspend death penalty pass in House, fail in Senate, later upheld by order and reintroduced. Senate debate notes higher homicide during suspension.
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Ocean Skyway Ride Unique at Pacific Ocean Park
Santa Monica reports a new ocean ski lift style ride at Pacific Ocean Park designed for sight seeing. The bubble cabins rise 75 feet above the sea on an arched route from shore to a offshore tower, offering aerial views of Santa Catalina Island, Santa Monica, and Los Angeles beaches.
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Newer Uses For Elements in Modern Science
CHICAGO IIT researchers discuss reusing elements like beryllium titanium vanadium and tungsten as newer metals. Dr Donald J McPherson notes three roles: lighter moderate temperature alloys, high strength at around 2700 degrees, and neutron transparent metals for nuclear reactor cladding.
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De Gaulle Aims to Restore France as Global Power
Premier Charles de Gaulle declares his aim to restore France’s rank among world powers by ending the Algerian revolt, normalizing ties with Tunisia and Morocco, securing Sahara resources, and stabilizing government precluding cabinet crises. He seeks to become the world’s fourth atomic power, despite U S and Britain opposition, while US insistence on Russia-led disarmament. De Gaulle’s wartime leadership and Free France legacy frame his new policy.
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Electric Brain Device Boon to Medical Science
A Boston born Harvard trained psychologist Garceau reumes a device that records brain waves from a patient’s scalp on moving paper. The EEG aids epilepsy diagnosis locates brain tumors and guides operations. Garceau, operating from a Vermont farm, has exported to 55 countries. One EEG serves the Atomic Energy Commission in California. another is for Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital in Hanover New Hampshire.
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Singer Mae Williams Beats Polio to Return to Stage
HOLLYWOOD, UPD Mae Williams, a blonde singer who battled polio decades ago, recalls a near bankruptcy low point in New York during the 1930s. Doctors warned she’d never walk again, yet she staged a comeback after paralysis that left her left side weak. A bracelet and legal troubles with creditors marked the rock-bottom era before her revival.
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Fragmented History of Prohibition Era Costs and a Star's Comeback
The passage recounts costly wartime and Prohibition era measures, mentioning whiskey aging requirements and a $50 million expense for 80 million barrels. It shifts to a narrative about a female performer’s turbulent career from the Copacabana to Los Angeles, detailing hardships, a comeback with Breakthrough on TV, injuries, debt, and eventual decline into obscurity as she battles contracts and industry setbacks.
Duisburg Tops German Cities In Iron and Steel Output
Duisburg, at the Rhine and Ruhr junction, claims Europe s largest inland port and unloads and loads about 30 million tons of goods yearly. While Essen Bochum and Dortmund are well known, Duisburg produces more iron and steel, employs more people, and contributes a larger share of national income.
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Farm real estate value seen rising to 120 billion
Federal analysts forecast farm real estate values will climb from about 114.7 billion dollars in November and are likely to surpass 120 billion, as experts differ on the exact amount.
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Swedish sites aid Americans tracing family history
STOCKHOLM. The Swedish Foreign Office in Stockholm has published in English a guide designed to help Americans trace their family history both in the United States and in Sweden. It lists many archives and historical societies.
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