Georgia Federal Prison for Women Feels Like Campus
ALDERSON West Virginia AP report describes the female Federal Reformatory Prison as a campus feel surrounded by barbed wire. Nearly 600 inmates from 49 states and abroad live on a 500 acre site with lax security and no weaponed guards. Education and work stations fill days under Warden Gladys Bowman and Chaplain R A Neustifer.
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Alderson
W. Va
Federal Reformatory For
Gladys V. Bowman
Birthday Dinner Honors Annie Wallace in Danville
Relatives of Mrs. Annie Wallace gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James William Brock for a birthday dinner. Kinfolks came from far and near after which there was a concluding event at the Brock residence.
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Annie Wallace
James William Brock
Reform at Alderson Institute Aims to Aid Female Inmates
The article notes limited early rehabilitation before Alderson opened. Women convicted federally were housed in county jails and state prisons as the DOJ sought placement. Mrs. Bowman argues the reformatory program makes women better prepared for society after sentence. About 10 percent return.
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Alderson Institution
U.S. Department of Justice
Bowman
Nimbus View Seen Over Nashville Station
WSM in Nashville received still pictures from Nimbus, the new weather satellite, marking the first private basis transmission. The station used an all electronic method, contrasting with the Weather Bureau facsimile process. President John H. Dewitt noted the locally shown pictures.
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Nashville
WSM
Nimbus
Weather Bureau
John H. Dewitt
Revival Singing At Liberty Church In Birmingham
Hulitt Aldridge of Birmingham held a week long revival. A singing event is planned for Saturday night before the fifth Sunday in August at Liberty Church with Clifton Long serving as chairman.
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Hulitt Aldridge
Birmingham
Liberty
Liberty Church
Clifton Long
Local Church Notices and Tech Install Aboard
Morgan County reports Sunday activities as Mrs. Amma Ralph returns to Bryce Hospital after two weeks with relatives. Mrs. Willard Whisenant and W. A. Whisenant baptized at Hen drix church. three members received by letter. Mrs. Walter Hester observed the first satellite pictures transmitted by a commercial station. DeWitt supervised the week long installation of receiving equipment, with WSM not planning regular programming, only weather disturbance events.
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Sro. Hendrix
Willard Whisenant
W. A. Whisenant
Ryan Church
Amma Ralph
Bryce Hospital
Walter Hester
DeWitt
WSM
Khrushchev says Chinese will not split world communism
Premier Khrushchev vows the Chinese Communists will not see the day they can split world communism. He condemns war aims and imperialists in a Prague speech marking a World War II uprising anniversary and foreshadows talks with Czech and Soviet party leaders next week.
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Banska Bystrica
Czechoslovakia
Khrushchev
Communist Movement
Nimbus 1 satellite transmits best ever images to Earth
NASA reports Nimbus 1 camera system functioning perfectly sending continuous data to earth. Officials state the orbiting craft is delivering higher quality pictures than previous missions and are awaiting full receipt confirmation.
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Nimbus
Nimbus 1
NASA
Soviet Warning on Peace and Global Tensions
Fragmentary text recalls Cold War era rhetoric with a Soviet warning against aggression and a claim of means to deliver a crushing blow. It mentions Arab Hospital and various names—Mr and Mrs Crawford Thompson, H H Wright, Ollie Eaves—alongside references to communism, peace, and socialist triumph over capitalism.
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Soviet Union
Crawford Thomp
Birming
Orham
H. H. Wrights
Kiss Case at Malibu Ends With $0 Damages Verdict
A Superior Court jury in Los Angeles found that Catherine Looney of Malibu failed to prove damages from a kiss by Gaylord Richards then Garrett Corp guard. Richards, 45, denied wrongdoing and claimed perfume caused a brief, light embrace. The jury deliberated about 1 hour 15 minutes.
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Los Angeles
Gaylord Richards
Superior Court
Catherine Looney
Malibu
Looney
Garrett Corp. Aerospace
Torrance
Richards
Rockford, Ill
Garrett Plant
Mrs. Looney
Lake Powell to Become Second Largest U.S. Artificial Lake
Lake Powell will rise behind the Glen Canyon Dam across the Colorado River, forming a 710 foot high reservoir that will become the nation’s second largest artificial lake upon completion.
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Lake Powell
Glen Canyon
Colorado River
United States
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