Christie Hanged for Notting Hill Murder Spree in Britain
John Christie, known as the strangler of Notting Hill, was hanged at Pentonville Prison in London for the murder of six women. The condemned man, terrified at execution, faced the gallows as warders and officials completed the ritual before a small crowd outside. Christie confessed at trial to six killings and was executed after his Old Bailey trial.
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London
John Christie
Christie
Pentonville
Notting Hill
Utside
John Halliday Christie
Old Bailey
Fugitive Samuel Grace Jr Returns to Jail
Samuel Grace Jr. 25, a Bennettsville, North Carolina fugitive serving time for breaking and entering, voluntarily returned after four months on the run. He arrived by bus from Asheville and told police he was glad the ordeal was over and he could sleep again.
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Bennettsville
N. C
Samuel Grace Jr
Asheville
W. J. Weatherly
Grace
Weapons Clues To Ancient Peoples
Smithsonian study suggests a gap of several thousand years between the Folsom and Yuma cultures in eastern New Mexico. A crude spearhead in the Staked Plains area marks the Folsom period, followed by a later Yuma-era spearhead amid a later stratum.
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Washington
Southwest
New Mexico
Yuma
Smithsonian Institution
More Post Offices To Keep Later Hours
The Post Office Department announced that 183 more major cities will extend hours starting Monday. Windows will stay open about a half hour longer for stamps, mail and business, and mail will be picked up later at collection boxes. Previously 29 cities had extended service.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Soldiers donate over six thousand to missions from Fort Jackson
Soldiers at Fort Jackson South Carolina contributed more than $6 300 during a ten month period to Protestant Catholic and Jewish missions in the United States Europe and Korea.
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Fort Jackson
S. C
United States
Europe
Korea
U S Contest Selections Tonight For Miss Universe Pageant
In Long Beach 42 American entrants completed Miss United States preliminaries as judges prepare the finalists. Delaware Georgia Kansas Mississippi New Mexico Oregon Tennessee South Carolina and Myrtle Beach rivals miss the field. 22 foreign reps also appeared in native costumes ahead of Thursday preliminaries.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
Delaware
Georgia
Kansas
Mississippi
New Mexico
Oregon
Tennessee
South Carolina
Myrtle
Beach
Barbara Rose Deignan
Rhode Island
Arizona
Eleanor Ruth Cross
Vermont
Kathleen Surrel
Hawaii
Alaska
Puerto Rico
Two GIs Escape From Behind Chinese Lines
Two American artillerymen Cpl Hubert H. Wabben and Sgt Henry J. Szymkowski escaped 16 hours behind Chinese lines near the Central Front Korea after being surrounded during a Chinese assault. They witnessed captures, looting, and bombardment before slipping back to Allied lines via a rain soaked night trek.
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United
Coent Central Front
Korea
U. S
Cpl
Hubert H. Wabben
Littleton
Colo
Sir Henry J. Szymkowski
Eagle
Wis
United Press
Ane
Wabbon
Szymkowski
Wubbens
Wubbons
Szmykowski
Wabben
Eisenhower Delivers Informal Talk to Freshman Republicans
President Eisenhower addressed 46 of 48 House Republican freshmen in a late night off the record session. Rep. Charles Raper Jonas notes Ike answered all questions firmly on foreign and domestic matters.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Membs
Charles Raper Jonas
RNC
83Rd Club
Jonas
Gasoline Spill After Truck Collision In Cheboygan
A gasoline spill formed on a highway in Cheboygan Michigan after a fuel truck collided with a car. Police halted traffic while firefighters washed the roadway and kept onlookers back.
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Cheboygan
Mich
Finance Minister Douglas Abbott Relies on Secretary for Tax Form
Vancouver report notes Finance Minister Douglas C. Abbott says he cannot fill out his income tax forms and has his secretary handle them. He admits he is not skilled at household finances.
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Vancouver
B. C
Douglas C. Abbott
Ships could navigate by known ocean floor features
The National Geographic Society suggests future ships may use echoing devices to identify known features on the ocean bottom for navigation.
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National Geographic Society
Fort Bliss trains anti-aircraft crews for new duties
The Army center at Fort Bliss Texas runs replacement training for soldiers to perform duties of automatic weapons and heavy anti-aircraft cannoneers radar and director operators operations assistants and aircraft warning specialists.
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Army
Fort Bliss
Tex
Flue-Cured Tobacco Sales Start Tomorrow in Georgia and Florida
Flue-cured tobacco sales planned to begin tomorrow at 19 Georgia and 4 Florida markets with a projected minimum 75 million dollars in circulation. Prices may dip slightly from last year’s 49.20 per hundred, while volume should be near previous levels. quality ranges from satisfactory to very good for early cures, with some later deterioration expected.
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Georgia
Florida
Sweetnes
Fred Royster
Raleigh, N.C
Bright Belt Warehousemens Association
Tax Rate Is Lowered In Lexington
Lexington city commissioners cut the tax rate from 1.40 to 1.25 per hundred, part of a new $729,084 budget with raises for city employees. The relief follows a 30 cent per hundred savings after recent county tax cuts and funds from utilities, meters, beer tax, and state road funds. The budget adds a full time firefighter, funds for another fire truck, and rescue squad work.
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Lexington
City Board of Commissioners
Davidson County
Pleasant Summer Day For Nation
A pleasant summer day was expected nationwide though the Rocky Mountain region stayed hotter than normal. Rain and thundershowers struck the Rockies overnight, while New England coasts saw light rain and Great Lakes fog formed early today. Thunderstorms hit Key West Florida with about two inches of rain in six hours and several western spots reached 100s.
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Associated Press
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Rockies
New England
Great Lakes
Key West
Fla
Rocky Mountain States
Sheridan
Wyo
Havre
Mont
Canadian
Daggett
Calif
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