Ex War Bride Faces Death Penalty in Heidi Nicholson Slaying
Riverside residents followed the trial of Felicitas Nicholson 32-year-old ex German war bride as a three hearing process sought guilt and penalty verdicts. The jury found first degree murder with death penalty to be considered while defense urged rehabilitation and mercy.
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Riverside
Felicitas Nicholson
Nicholson
Heidi
California
John Gabbert
Gabbert
Little Heidi
Wilson
Long Beach
Calif
Harry L. Gates
Los Angeles
Beore Heidi
Gates
Las Vegas
Nev
Huntington Park
Gunman Opened Fire at Rehabilitation Center Killing Two
Nom Lee a 39 year old semi invalid tuberculosis victim was arraigned after fatally shooting Nat Spectorow 72 and wounding Rocco Gidhe 52 at a Federation of Jewish Philanthropies center. He reportedly fired at police and workers before blasting the non profit workshop. A witness described Lee’s repeated reloads as he ranted about going back to China.
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New York
Nom Lee
Ie Federation of Jewish Philanthropies
X. Lee
Nat Spectorow
Rocco
Gidhe
Max Grant
China
Grant
Lee
False Kidnap Tale Unmasked by Santa Rosa Youth
Sonoma County deputies say 18 year old Fred Delaney confessed his elaborate report of kidnapping two Petaluma girls was a hoax. He admitted the names Morene Reed and Janice Reed were fictitious and the incident was prompted by an urge.
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Wa Santa Rosa
Sonoma County
Santa Rosa
Petaluma
Fred Delaney
Delaney
Morene Reed
Janice
Bodega Bay
Andrew Johansen
Rickshaw Banquet Honors State Voice of Democracy Winner
EARBORN Mich UP The Dearborn Junior Chamber of Commerce held a banquet for Ann Hodges 16 who won the state championship in the Voice of Democracy contest. Only one slip occurred they forgot to invite Miss Hodges.
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Earborn
Mich
Yborn
Road and Ski Conditions Report From Sierra Highways
San Francisco dispatch reports chain requirements on multiple Sierra routes. Highway 40 shows heavy snow with 104 to 190 inches at varying elevations, skiing good though snowing. other highways including 50 38 1010 and 2 show substantial snowfall and good conditions with intermittent or light snow across the passes.
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San Francisco
Yosemite
Badger Pass
Bassem
Nevada
Bulgaria Purges Writers Reassert Stalin Line
Diplomatic sources report Bulgaria's Communist regime purging prominent writers from leading newspapers and journals. The campaign targets liberal tendencies and western cultural influences including jazz, rock and roll and Western dress as the state tightens control across public life.
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London
Bulgaria
Red
Jaycees Forget Guest of Honor
In Hollywood police officer J. J. Gray responded to a citizen call about a rickshaw blocking La Cienega Boulevard. Antique dealer Leonard Lofsky, 27, and Albert Brouse were seen straddling the vehicle as traffic horns blared with Brouse seeking to buy the rickshaw after ensuring its condition.
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Hollywood
J. J. Gray
la Cienega Boulevard
Leonard Ms Lofsky
Albert Brouse
Lofsky
Brouse
Yugoslavia Reds Declare Independence From Moscow
In Belgrade the Yugoslav Communist party published its first program in a decade, reaf firming independence from Moscow and Tito. It argues different roads can lead to socialism and nations may cooperate yet chart their own internal and external policies. The 100000 word document was issued for discussion by 730000 party members ahead of next month’s congress at Ljubljana.
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Belgrade
INS
Yugoslav Communist Party
Moscow
Marshal Tito
National Party
Ljubljana
Top-Level Quiz Begun In Dropping of A-Bomb
Washington reports a high level military inquiry into the Florence atomic bomb accident amid Defense Secretary McElroy statements that unarmed bombs will continue in training flights. Officials cite foolproof recall systems and presidential approval requirements for any nuclear drop while investigations proceed. Six injured in the Florence incident.
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Washington
Florence
D.C
Defense
Neil H. McElroy
U.S
Strategic Air Command
Russia
Moscow
America
McElroy
Research and Development
SAC
Probers Lift South Crater Bombed Yard in Florence
Air Force investigators sift soil at a farm yard near Walter Grege’s home after a B 17 dropped an atomic device that exploded with its TNT charge and damaged buildings. The nuclear portion was not ignited. Grege and family were briefly hospitalized. Crews check Hunter Field and review the four B 47 crewmen Capt Earl Koehler Capt Charles Woodruff and Capt Bruce Kulka.
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Florence
S.C
Air Force
Oday
Walter Grege
Grege
Charles Doughen
38Th Air Division
Hunter
Air Force Base
Savannah
Crege
Earl E. Koehler
Mt. Carmel
Charles S. Woodruff
van Wert
Ohio
Bruce M. Kulka
New York City
Dejected Liberace Leaves Australia for U S
Sydney audience reaction and press discomfort followed Liberace as he left by plane. He said he felt like a common criminal due to treatment in Sydney while denying consent issues over performing songs from My Fair Lady. In Duluth Minnesota police acted on a separate shoplifting incident involving a young woman and a bathings suit.
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Sydney
Australia
INL
Liberace
Janist
Fair
Duluth
Minn
Senate gridiron over Feather River Project tests budget
The Feather River Project faces a Senate fight as committee votes loom on an $80 million FRP appropriation. Sen. Earl Desmond and George Miller Jr. warn a scaled flood control plan may be needed, while Knight argues the state has already spent $25 million. The Assembly Ways and Means panel rejects a $19.4 million pay rise for 103000 workers, and a UC campus and salt water study funding maneuver unfolds.
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Bidwell Bar
San Diego ‘County
Ti’gotalong
Miller
Saidy
Knight
FRP
Desmond
San Joaquin
Assembly, Ways and Means
Senate
Wa Senate
Department of Finance
University of California
Ways and Means
Asvesahiginal
Jack A. Beaver
Redlands
A. Alan Post
Small Harbors Approval Seen
A 53 million bill to fund construction of small boat harbors heads to final Assembly action with a do pass recommendation. The measure was approved by the Senate and Ways and Means Committee, backed by a San Leandro delegation including Recreation Director Ross Cunningham and City Attorney Arthur Carden. The proposal shifts funds from the Investment Fund to a harbor loan program, with Hollister amendments already approved transferring 750000 from the Motor Vehicle Fuel Fund for harbor planning.
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San Leandro
Ross Cunningham
G. Harter Hudson
The
Recreation Commission
Howard Garner
Paul Loze
Dan Prodanovich
Henry Guerrero
Ed Morsig
Arthur Carden
John J. Holister
Santa Barbara
Hollister
Benson Wins Solon Praise
Washington reports Representative Robert D Harrison defends Secretary Ezra Benson as honest and sincere in aiding farmers. Harrison says Republicans cannot win control of Congress without Benson's high ideals of devoted public service, amid drive by Rep AL Miller to dump Benson among farm state Republicans.
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Washington
Robert D Harrison
Neb
Secretary of ‘Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
GOP
Congress
Eisenhower
Benson
Harrison
Nebraska
Rep
AL. Miller
Dump Benson
Farm State
Missiles Spark Jest in Korea as Officer Deems Humor
In Seoul, a U.S. Army officer with the Korea Military Advisory Group has faced ongoing jokes as missile tests begin. Major Thorn Fiting has been the center of lighthearted remarks amid the new testing phase.
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Seoul
Korea
Workers Recalled At South San Francisco Steel Plant
Bathlehem Steel Corporation's South San Francisco plant began recalling laid off workers with about 125 employees expected to return to work within three weeks. An official stated the measure reflects reopening progress at the facility.
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South San Francisco
Bathlehem, Steel Corporation
South San_ Francisco
Ike Accepts Brundage Resignation. Stans Promoted
President Eisenhower accepted Budget Director Percival Brundage’s resignation and appointed Deputy Director Maurice H. Stans to the post. The change, effective shortly, will occur on or about March 45, with Brundage noting a long tenure and personal matters.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Percival F. Brundage
Maurice H. Stans
Brundage
Algerian Girl Bouhired Death Sentence Commuted
Paris reports the High Council of the Magistrature commuted the death sentence of Djamila Bouhired, a 22-year-old Algerian, for alleged participation in a milk-bar bombing in Algiers. The decision, made with President Rene Coty, also spared two other young women, Bouazza and Netter, amid ongoing Algerian war tensions.
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Paris
Djamila
Bouhired
High Council
Magistrature
Rene*Coty
Djamila Bouazza
Jacqueline Netter
Miss Bouhired
Algiers
Algeria
National Liberation Front
France
Paris Police Granted Combat Bonuses Amid Algerian Tensions
Paris authorities declare a danger zone as police threaten to strike after 14 officers were shot, some fatally, by Algerian nationalists in the past year. Interior ministry awards 50 francs per night shift as combat bonuses to front line staff.
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Paris
INS
Interior Ministry
Hans
Canada Pledges Expanded Trade With China
Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker says Canada favors expanding trade with Communist China if not tied to military or strategic uses. He comments during a stop in Nanaimo B C in front of a hardware store. A local report notes a newborn girl weighing six pounds at Milwaukee hospital.
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Nanaimo
B.C
INS
John Diefenbaker
Canada
China
Milwaukee
Wis
Ward Keifer
Diefenbaker
Nonaime
Itada
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