Gas Chamber Death Decreed For Graham
John Gilbert Graham, 24, convicted of first degree murder in the night death of his mother Daisie King and 43 others aboard a United Air Lines flight. He confessed to placing a dynamite bomb in her suitcase and faces the death penalty after jurors deliberated one hour and two minutes.
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Joseph M. McDonald
Charles S. Vigil
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Anchorage
Alaska
King
Longmont
Colo
Gloria
Keating
Russia backs peaceful settlement shocks Arab world
U S officials told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that Russia's April 17 pivot to supporting UN mediated peace in the Israeli Arab dispute surprised Arab states. George V Allen noted the shift unsettled many in the region as administration aides testified in closed sessions.
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Russia
George V. Allen
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations
Allen
Near East
Judd Rmimwallen
Sunday Enterprise previews features and stories for tomorrow
The Sunday Enterprise highlights include Retirement age debates at a factory, a feature on a valuable used car and practical Christianity, safety guidance for housewives facing prowlers, and a profile of a Polish immigrant now thriving as a Thomasville Jaycee. The issue also showcases High Point Little Theatre makeup and ghost visuals.
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High Point Little Theatre
Poland
Thomasville
NATO to entrust future to three wise men plan
NATO foreign ministers endorsed a proposal to appoint Lester B. Pearson Gaetano Martino and Halvard Lange as three wise men to map a postwar political and economic strategy. They would work individually to draft a plan aimed at winning Asia Africa and the East to the Western side.
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NATO
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization Council
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State Dulles
Brit
Ish
Selwyn Lloyd
Lioya
Canada
Lester B. Pearson
Italy
Gaetano Martino
Norway
Halvard Lange
NATO Council
Asia
Africa
Dulles
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Christian Pineau
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Pineau
UN Chief Leaves For New York Amid Arab Israeli Tensions
Dag Hammarskjold heads to New York to present a detailed confidential report to the UN Security Council. He aims to ease Arab Israeli tensions and assess Syria Lebanon pledges, as Lebanon accuses Syria of leaks and warns against delays in a cease-fire plan linked to the river demilitarized zone.
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P—U. N
Dag Hammarskjold
New York
U.N
Hammarskjold
Security Council
Syria
Lebanon
Israel
Elfs
Ike and Nixon Fire Storm Hits Democratic Critics
Democratic leaders accused President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon of ethical and stamina concerns as party lawmakers battled in precinct conventions. Paul Butler said Eisenhower cannot devote full energy to the presidency, while Adlai Stevenson blasted Nixon’s campaign record across four elections. Kefauver warned the administration favors big business.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Nixon
Paul M. Butler
University of Wisconsin
Eisen
Butler
Washington
Adlai Stevenson
California
Stevenson
House
Senate
Steverte
Democrats
Eee
Tennessee
Kefauver
Jacksonville Beach
Senators fault CAA ruling on segregated airport funds
Sens Sparkman and Ervin accused the Civil Aeronautics Administration of usurping Congress in denying federal airport funds for segregated facilities. They said the decision could derail school aid legislation and called for limits on agency powers. The CAA justified its policy to prevent using federal funds for racial segregation in airport buildings.
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Sparkman
D-Ala
Ervin
D-Nc
Civil Aeronautics Administration
CAA
Judici
Adam Clayton Powell
DNY
Powell
C. J. Lowen
John M. Hunter
Air
Lowen
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Dog Returns After Two Years in Lakewood
Prince the collie, missing since January 1, 1954, limped home to the Martinez living room in Lakewood California. The loyal dog settled by the window and went to sleep, marking a reunion two years after his disappearance as David Martinez, 8, waited.
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Prince
Martinez
Absence of Frogman Investigated in Portsmouth Harbor
Secret service agents probe the disappearance of Lionel Crabb a Royal Navy reserve commander 46 near a Soviet cruiser in Portsmouth harbor on April 19. Officials say he is presumed dead and MI5 and Royal Navy intelligence have questioned a friend and watched for any sightings.
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Secret Service
Portsmouth
Lionel
Buster) Crabb
Royal Navy
Admiralty
Royal Navy Intelligen
M15
Britain
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Ordzhonikid
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Parrot Mike Gets New Name Michelle At Chicago Zoo
The Anti Cruelty Society reports its famous talking parrot, a 35 year old green bird known as Mike, has been renamed Michelle after laying an egg. Director J J Shaffer says the change was necessary, but the bird’s nickname remains Mike.
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Mike
Anticruelty Society
Michelle
J. J. Shaffer
Adequate Clearance Assured for H Bomb Drop Plans
Officials of Joint Task Force VII outlined the May 8 Bikini atoll test for a hydrogen bomb dropped from a B52 aircraft. The Mt. McKinley observer ship will be 32 miles away as the blast occurs, with the weapon described as several megatons in power.
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Eniwetok Atoll
Joint Task Force VII
Bikini
Ruai Island
William E. Ogle
Bikini Atoll
Seoul riots flare as police fire on Koreans amid campaign violence
In Seoul 61 year old P H Shinicky dies during a campaign visit to oppose President Syngman Rhee. Police fire on a 20 000 strong crowd outside Rhee's mansion after supporters march from the station. At least five wounded and 30 arrested as troops restore order.
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Syngman Rhee
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Shinicky
Victor Riesel Loses Sight After Acid Attack
New York labor columnist Victor Riesel has lost the sight of both eyes after sulfuric acid was thrown in his face a month ago. FBI and local police hunt for a slender black haired man in a blue and white lumberjack jacket. reward money nears forty thousand dollars with no clue yet. Riesel, 41, will continue his column with aides, and secretary of labor James P. Mitchell sent condolences urging punishment of the attacker. Betty Nevins, accompanying him, was unharmed.
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Victor Riesel
Four Eye Ae
Riesel
Robert M. Hall
New York Daily Mirror
Terday
Hall
FBI
Secretary of Labor
James P. Mitchell
Houston
Tex
Lindy
Broadway
51St St
Betty Nevins
Three Weeks Left In Primary Campaign
Raleigh observers note a quiet run toward the May 26 Democratic primaries with no statewide races. The contest centers on lieutenant governor and congressional seats amid school segregation debates and party splits in districts 4, 5, and 13.
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U.S
Hodges
U. S
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Congress
Advisory Committee
Education
Harold D. Cooley
Rep
Thurmond Chatham
C. B. Deane
Poe
Charlotte
Tom Sawyer
Harry P. Stokely
C. E. Earle Jr
Little
Earle
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Sawyer
Sytem
Senate
Luther Earnhardt
Alonzo C. Edwards
J. W. Whitfield
Banks
Gurney Hood
Kidd Brewer
Edwards
Barnhardt
Ervin
Marshall Kurfees
Winston - Salem
Kurfees
Boy Faces Murder Charge In Maryland School Shooting
A 13 year old boy at Maryland Park Junior High fired on teachers and Principal John Hrezo, killing Frazer Cameron and wounding two others. State authorities charged Billy Ray Prevatt with murder and multiple counts of assault. The incident followed an expelled student record and a reprimand over a written assignment.
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Upper Marlboro
Blair Smith
Maryland Park Junior High School
Earl J. Huber
Seat Pleasant
Maryland Park
Raleigh
N. C
John Hrezo
Washington
Blair H. Smith
Prevatte
Frazer Cameron
Westfield
N. J
Francis D. Wagner
Robert Hicks
Cameron
Hrezo
Woman Held In Murder Conspiracy In Bergen County
Dorothy Long of Westwood is jailed on $15,000 bail after indictment with Joseph Lynch and Robert May for conspiring to murder her mother Marie Harriet Thurlow and stepfather Leland Lloyd Thurlow. Prosecution says they planned to divide estate money. May shot Joseph Lumsicio in New York March 23 after learning of the scheme.
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Miss Long
Lynch
May
Leland Lloyd Thurlow
Marie Harriet Thurlow
Thurlow
New York State
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Westwood
Joseph Lumuscio
New York
Lumuscio
York City
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