Sensational Trial: Streeton Dies in State Prison
Charles Gonzaga Streeton, condemned for the 1949 murder of Carl Davis, died of a heart attack at 4 40 p m Aug 7 1959 after ten years of life imprisonment. He confessed March 18 1949 and led police to the body under a Greensboro area bridge. Streeton’s case drew crowds, featured a female jury foreman, and sparked an escape attempt in 1950.
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Davis
Streeton
Dick Bickerton
Lot
Nuntr
State Mental Hospital
Raleigh
Charles Gonzaga Streeton
Superior Court
George B. Patton
North Carolina
College Grill
Monthex Avenue
West College Drive
High Point College
Pagetst
Greensboro
High Point
Melvina Martin
Otteray Drive
Virginia
Suffolk
C. C. Stoker
Indianapolis
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Charlotte
Carl Glover
Louisville
Carl Davis
W. A. Sikes
Dr. Sikes
Children With TB Early Care Vital
In Raleigh a North Carolina Sanatorium unit treats 45 children with active childhood tuberculosis. Ages range from one to 13, with most showing few symptoms yet positive tuberculin tests and X ray TB evidence. Treatment combines drug therapy, nutrition, rest, and careful activity to prevent fatigue and support development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
McCain
N. C. Sanatorium
Emily M. Morley
McCain, Wilson
Black Mountain
Chapel Hill
Scotland Yard Expert Aids Malaga Suspense Scenes
Tom Fallon former Scotland Yard superintendent served as special technical consultant for the Warner Bros film Malaga directed by Laslo Benedek. He aided sequences involving diamond theft and rock picking featuring Trevor Howard Dorothy Dandridge and Edmund Purdom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Warner Bros
Malaga
Trevor Howard
Dorothy Dandridge
Edmund Purdom
Tom Fallon
Scotland Yard
Laslo Benedek
Bridge prank ends in tow line rescue on river
Five youths tried to ride the midsection of a bridge as it pivoted open for an oil tanker on the Quinnipiac River in New Haven. After an hour and fifteen minutes the attempt failed as the holding chain snapped and authorities needed that long to lash the span back with a tow line.
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New Haven
Conn
Quinnipiac River
Angie Dickinson Trains as Observer Nurse for Bramble Bush
Hollywood star Angie Dickinson trains as an observer nurse at Mount Siam Hospital in Los Angeles for her role in The Bramble Bush. The Warner Bros production also features Richard Burton Barbara Rush Jack Carson and James Dunn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Angie Dickinson
Mount Siam Hospital
Los Angele
Miss Dickinson
Milton Sperling
United States
Warner Bros
Richard Burton
Barbara Rush
Jack Carson
James Dunn
Duke Power Growth Shown In 1959 Expansion
Duke Power Co. reports 1959 average residential use 5050 kWh, above the national 3470 kWh. Power production rose to 13.8 billion kWh. Projects include Cowan's Ford dam on Catawba, Parr Nuclear Plant, Allen Steam Plant expansions, 141 miles of new transmission lines, new offices, rate revisions, and 1057 new all electric customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Duke Power Co
Duke
Duke Power
Catawba
Cowan's Ford
Cowan
Norman
Carolinas
Virginia Nuclear Power Associates
Parr
S. C
Broad River
Columbia
D. C
Allen No. 4
Belmont
Allen
Chesnec
Fountain Inn
Inman
8. C
Randleman
Greer
5. C
Hickory
Hillsboro
Marshville
Mocksville
Mt Welly
Durham
Reidsville
Salisbury
Winston - Salem
Rutherfordton
Greenville
Piedmont
Simpsonvile
Travelers Rest
Satellites To Bring Instant Global Communications
ITT and ITT labs report early 1950s satellite work could enable worldwide TV and telephone links from 22 300 mile orbits. A 100 foot balloon test over Holmdel and Goldstone launches this spring to prove reflection and line of sight. later a 22 300 mile satellite could cover a third of earth. Military and civilian systems eyed. questions linger on cost, ownership, and balloon stability.
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Alton Blakeslee
Associated Press
London
Rome
Tokyo
Chicago
Madrid
New York
Los Angeles
Vega
Holmdel
N.J
Goldstone
Calif
U.S
Equator
Earth
Crowder
Transocean
Henri Busignies
ITT Laboratories
United States
Phean Imt
Nhannale
Hesta
Bell Telephone Laboratories
RCA
General Electric Co
Department of Defense
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Bettween Bell
New Jersey
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Maryfield Convalescent Home
Streaton
Charles Streeton
Santa Claus
Mccain Hospital
Allen Steam Plant
Europe
William Sichak
International Telephone & Telegraph Laboratories
Nutley
N.J .Rehers
ITT
Sichak
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