California Executes Woman as Debate on Capital Punishment Grows
The report notes California's latest execution of a woman, Elizabeth Duncan, amid a broader tally of female death sentences. It contrasts Barbara Graham’s 1955 gas chamber death and ongoing debates to abolish capital punishment, with context on how several states have used electrocution or gas chamber for female offenders.
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California
Elizabeth Duncan
Barbara Graham
San Quention
New York
The Search for Perfection in Marriage Revealed
A brief note from Station previews study insights on marriage perfection with early April newsstand promotion. The copy mentions little bursts of disappointment and invites readers to pick up the April issue for full details.
Duncan says appeal chances fine in murder case
In Ventura California condemned murderess Elizabeth Duncan says her appeal chances are fine after psychiatrists ruled she sane. Superior Court Judge Charles Blackstock will consider a motion for a new trial on April 3 with defense attorney Ward Sullivan seeking to involve son Frank Sullivan as co-counsel.
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Calif
Elizabeth Duncan
Superior Court
Charles F. Blackstock
Audrey Meadows Seeks New Stage Role On TV
Audrey Meadows, known as a breezy television comedian, discusses avoiding typecasting and pursuing a varied career. She plans guitar lessons, enjoys reading, water skiing, cooking, and sports, and quips about her epitaph while reflecting on kindness and personal growth.
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Edward R
Rane
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Yale Motel Name Defended in Court Battle
In New Haven Connecticut a superior court judge refused Yale University’s injunction to stop the Yale Motor Inn in Wallingford from using Yale in its title. The university had sued in August 1957 claiming the inn tried to trade on Yale’s reputation for private gain.
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New Haven
High Speed Chase Ends In Arrest
A 19 year old, Eddie David Andrews of Hartsville DC, was arrested in Cabarrus County after leading Charlotte officers on a high speed chase in a stolen sports car. The vehicle crashed near Concord after speeds reached 110 mph. Andrews fled into woods but was captured hitchhiking on US 29. The car belonged to Dr. Reece Funderburk of Lancaster.
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Cabarrus County
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Hartsville
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Andrews
Lancaster
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Mee
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Here
Reece Funderburk
19 Year Old Student Marries 69 Year Old Bride in Tennessee
In Covington Tennessee on Monday 19 year old Paul Dunn and 69 year old Lola Tipton Dunn wed after a year together. County Judge Stanley Shoaf presided as they vowed to stay married despite the bride’s children who challenged the union. Dunn said he promised before God and witnesses to stand by his wife. He was studying accounting when they met, Dunn said he was lost and she offered care. Mrs Dunn, a widow of 19 years, recalled their initial sympathy and gradual fall in love and that they had briefly separated before marrying.
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Memphis
Tenn
Paul Dunn
Lola Tipton
Dunn
Covington
Stanley Shoaf
New Mexico Surpasses Fifty 8,000-Foot Peaks
New Mexico now has 50 mountain peaks taller than 8,000 feet in elevation, marking a notable milestone for high elevation topography in the state.
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New Mexico
Marriage Conference Offered Views On Love And Marriage
ROCK HILL, D C AP Professor S M Duvall of George Williams College spoke at Winthrop College's Sociology Forum and Marriage Conference. He argued Western culture promotes choosing a mate while noting love varies from brotherly to romantic and stresses seeking a partner to build a home and family.
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Sociology Forum
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George Williams College
Chicago
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Mine Pickets To Be On Hand In Kentucky Strike
Pickets planned again at a Letcher County mine as National Guard was alerted after 15 state police used heavy weapons to restrain about 1,200 demonstrators. The United Mine Workers seek a raise to 24.25 dollars a day, with Barry Price’s Roland mine open for business. Safety officials and mediators weighed steps as violence injured several and testimony aimed at an injunction against the UMW continued in Pikeville.
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Letcher County
National Guard
A. B. Chandler
United Mine Workers of America
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Chandler
Roland Pumw
UMW
Roland Price
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Hibbitts
Building mood as NC issues more dwelling permits
North Carolinians showed a building mood with 10,190 new dwelling permits issued in the first ten months of 1958, a 28 percent rise from the same period in 1957, according to the Commerce Department field office in Greensboro AP.
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Commerce Department
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