Kidnap Killer Couple Die in Gas Chamber
Jefferson City reports Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady died together in the gas chamber for the Bobby Greenlease kidnapping and murder. The pair refused to provide statements about the ransom as cyanide sealed their fate after a last cigarette and parting words.
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Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Bobby Greenlease
Missouri
Heady
Gas Chamber
First Nike Battery Emplaced to Protect Capital Region
The Army unveiled its first Nike guided missile battery at Fort Meade, claiming it can strike at 1500 mph, locate and track evasive bombers, and knock down jet aircraft. It marks the initial step in a national missile system to defend American cities, with eight other missiles under test or use by the Air Force and Navy.
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Nike
Ft. Meade
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Church of England Paper Attacks Pope Over Marian Prayer
The Church of England Newspaper accuses the Pope of extravagant devotion to the Virgin Mary at the expense of the Holy Trinity calling it heresy. It cites the Marian year prayer and argues the prayer shifts faith from Christ to Mary, displacing the Spirit.
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London
Church of England
Christ
Virgin Mary
Ike And GOP Leaders Debate Taxes and Debt Limits
President Eisenhower and GOP leaders hold second White House conference on taxes, debt limit, atomic energy, and foreign affairs. Sessions with Hobby and cabinet members discuss social security health, and aid to the physically handicapped as Ike previews possible tax expirations and renewed debt-limit push.
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Ike
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
White House
Lewis Strauss
Rep. W. Sterline Cole
RNY
Sen. Hickerlooper
A-Iowa
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Color TV era nears as FCC approves new system
The government approves a new color broadcasting standard developed by the NTSC and adopted by the FCC. Broadcasters rush color telecasts while color sets remain scarce and expensive for months, with NBC ABC CBS and Du Mont planning programs and hardware shifts to the electronic system.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Columbia Broadcasting System
Commission
National Television System Committee
NTSC
Petentes
Federal Register
NBC
Pasadena
Calif
ABC
du Mont
CBS
Bitter Cold Grips Carolinas Amid Decade Low Temps
A national wintry blast pushed the Carolinas into a deep freeze with many cities posting their coldest readings in over a decade. Greensboro tied a 75 year low in the Weather Bureau record as Mary Walker died from exposure near Rock Hill.
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Carolinas
Rockies
Appalachians
Rock Hill
Mary Walker
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Raleigh
North Carolina
Chemist Denies He Was After Money In Killing His Parents
In New York a 20 year old chemist Harlow Fraden confessed to poisoning his physician father and schoolteacher mother with cyanide laced champagne. He claimed his motive was not money but long standing accusations of sexual abnormality from his mother. A friend Dennis Wepman said the duo plotted the deed for inheritance funds. Fraden reportedly possessed about 150000 dollars from life insurance and savings. he was jailed at Bellevue Hospital pending grand jury indictments alongside Wepman.
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Hall
Chemist
New York
Bronx
George B. del Luca
Harlow Fraden
Fraden
William Fraden
Shirley
de Luca
Dennis Wepman
Wepman
Bronx County Grand Jury
Weman
Bellevue Hospital
Asst. Dist. Atty
George Tilzer
Big Corn Crop Tops The List Of 1953's Near-Record Crops
Washington reports a near record crop year with corn valued at about 4.61 billion dollars, wheat and hay surpassing two billion, and tobacco and vegetables each over one billion. Prices per unit and year-to-year comparisons are included for corn, cotton, cottonseed, and wheat.
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Washington Y
Agriculture Ment
Federal Crop Reporting Board
Wright museum plan to show first flight near Kitty Hawk
Celebration ends as National Park Service chief announces $107 000 in private and state gifts to acquire land at Wright Memorial North Carolina foundations Mellon family provide 82000 and state 25000 for land and museum site.
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Kitty Hawk
Wright Brothers
Conrad Wirth
National Park Service
North Carolina
Wright Memorial
Wirth
The
Park Service
Aircraft Industry
Friends of Aviation
Wright
Old Dominion
Avalon
Mellon
State of
Memorial
Smithsonian Institute
Northern Ireland
Gander
Bidault Withdraws in Third Ballot for French Presidency
In Versailles a joint French Parliament session opened balloting to elect a president from Laniel Naegelen Delbos and Bidault. Naegelen led second ballot with 299 votes, Laniel 276, Delbos 185, Bidault 143 as voters walked to the rostrum for each secret ballot.
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Versailles
France
Georges Bida
Joseph Laniel
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
Algeria
Yvon Delbos
Naegelen
National Assembly
Senate
Laniel
Delbos
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
MRP
Kent Auriol
Reds
M An
Sy Weaernense
Uni
Yule Fund Nears 3000 With Christmas Cheer
Santa's aid will reach High Point families through the Christmas Cheer Fund as donations top 2861.91 with today’s contributions from individuals and groups. The drive centers at 108 W. Green St and includes many names such as Mrs. A H Kimble and the Rainbow Diner staff alongside anonymous donors totaling 370 in current gifts.
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W. Green St
Wear Y Provence
A. H. Kimble
Sue
Lucy
Ann
Jay Latimer
Marty, Tate
George Holbrook
Sarees Garden Club
Peggy
Lynn Alfred
Stewart O
R V. Epting
C. H. Rhodes
E. M
Home and Garden Club
American Business Club
Dawson
J. W. Harris
E. H. Covington
Bill
Frank Peters
Rainbow Diner
Jimmy Stewart
Leonidas Raper Saeian
Betty
Jere
Haywood
Mary Frances
David A. Stanton
N. L. Smith
Mig. Co
C. W. Coney
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Stassen
Plymouth
Mass
Here
Coast Guard
Nation
N.C
Associated Press
Nathan's Peak
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Hickory
Greensboro
South Carolina
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Sentencer
Columbia
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Ca Hatteras
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Weather Bureau
Florida
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