Nebraska Slayer Starkweather Granted Two Week Stay
Charles Starkweather aged 20, known for a murderous rampage, was granted a two week stay of execution a little before the scheduled 6 a.m. firing by U.S. District Judge Richard Robinson in Omaha. The stay to June 4 allows time for an appeal of a habeas corpus writ as prosecutors note his innocence claims were not raised in the original filing. Caril Fugate remains unaware of the reprieve at York’s reform school. Starkweather’s father appealed through circuit and district judges before the stay was signed at 4:22 a.m.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles T. 20
U.S. Dist
Richard Robinson
Omaha
Starkweather
State Penitentiary
John Greenholtz
Robert Klein
Guy
Archibald K. Gardner
U.S. 8Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Huron
Gardner
Robinson
Robert van Pelt
Van
Pelt
Aes
Spring Sends Animals Into Crazy Gyrations
New York AP reports whimsical animal behavior this week. In Detroit a mother rabbit built a nest atop a police firing range. In Cranston starlings occupy a mailbox while residents fail to evict them. In Harman Iowa a hen takes over maternal duties from four kittens. At the Bronx Zoo a robin builds nine nests before settling on one to hatch.
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New York
Detroit
Cranston
R. L
Harman
Iowa
Bronx Zoo
West Germany Pushes for Hands-Off Berlin Pact
West Germany seeks a permanent pledge from the Soviet Union to keep hands off Berlin before a summit. Foreign Minister Von Brentano argues for confirmation of Western rights in Berlin as a precondition for talks, with Gromyko offering informal assurances as a basis for a formal agreement. The ministers plan secret bargaining over Berlin and summit issues while pursuing a split level conference process.
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West Germany
Berlin
John M. Hightower
Geneva
Soviet Union
Heinrich von Bretano
United States
Britain
France
Andrei Gromyko
East Germany
Christian A. Herter
de Murville
von Brentano
Palace of Nations
Education Measures Move Through General Assembly
Three education bills were introduced in Raleigh. Rep. B I Satterfield proposes making the lieutenant governor chair of the State Board of Education to align policy with the Superintendent. Sen. Humber backs a nine member commission to study educating exceptionally talented children.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
B. I. Satterfield
State Board of Education
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Robert Lee Humber
Pitt
Hubert Humphrey
Guilford
Pension Bill Gets House Okay
RALEIGH A firemen's pension fund bill passed the House 69 to 19 after an amendment linking funding to a 1 percent fire insurance premium tax. House Speaker Addison Hewlett used his first tie breaking vote to enable the amendment proposed by Rep. Frank Snepp. Rep. J Y Jordan Jr. led the backing for the measure and objected to the amendment, moving to table it.
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Raleigh
House
Addison Hewlett
Frank Snepp
Mecklenburg
Snepp
Rep
J. Y. Jordan Jr
Buncombe
Prices Resume Climb Amid Higher Living Costs
Living costs rose in April reaching a record high last seen in July and November of the prior year. The Labor Department notes the 1947 49 base index at 23.9 percent, driven by higher state and local taxes and upticks in transport medical care recreation and personal items. Factory worker earnings and spendable pay also hit new peaks, aided by overtime premiums and higher wages.
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Washington
Labor Department
Nnne
Baptists Confront Racial Tension at Louisville Conference
A high level gathering of white and Negro Baptist leaders in Louisville seeks resolutions to racial friction. Delegates hear calls for reconciliation while opposition in the committee appears likely to block action. Two Negro conventions total about six million members, white Southern Baptists about nine million. A sponsor urged rescinding a 1954 ruling on integration, but that move also faces committee defeat.
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Louisville
South
Sileon
Arkansas
Convention Resolutions Committee
James Harris
Fort Worth
Southern Baptist Convention
W. M. Nevins
Lexington
Supreme Court
Price fixing powers sought for state milk commission
Greensboro AP report says rumors a grocery chain may bottle milk in North Carolina spurred a push for price fixing authority for the State Milk Commission. Farm groups the Grange and Farm Bureau differ, with Farm Bureau opposing retail price fixing and lawmakers in Raleigh considering the measure after debates.
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Milk Commission
North Carolina
The
Grange
Farm Bureau
Raleigh
Commission
Caldwell
Senate
House
Aldwell
Edwards
Playboy and Swiss Maid Figure In Runaway Romances
London reports two runaway romances involving families and elopers. Dowsett pursues his daughter Katherine and her Scottish lover Langley, while 19 year old Jeffrey Herscheson flees with Sylvia Polontarutti from Zurich to Gretna Green. Dowsett secures a high court order and a peaceful compromise is reached after a tense pursuit.
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London
Fenee Ieee
Harry Dowsett
Katherine
Scotland
Gretna Green
Dowsett
Langley
Cam
Edinburgh
Cambridge
Paver
Daddy
Jeffrey Herscheson
Sylvia Polontarutti
Zurich
Jeffrey
England
Elopers
Sylvia
Israel Herscheson
Rabbit Wedding Book Provokes Alabama Protest
In Montgomery a children’s book The Rabbits’ Wedding by Harper Brothers drew protests from segregationists who felt its pro integration message reflected in the tale of a black rabbit marrying a white rabbit. The book for ages three to seven was withdrawn from general circulation and placed on reserve shelves.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Harper Bros
Garth Williams
Fes
Uninsured Driver Bill Approved After Stalled Debate
The South Carolina General Assembly passed a compromise measure aimed at uninsured drivers. Senator Ralph Gasque ended a 20 hour filibuster at 7:30 a.m. and House support followed hours later after Rep. Augustine Smythe explained provisions. State Highway would pay.
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Columbia
General Assembly
Ralph Gasque
Marion
House
Augustine Smythe
Charleston
Senate Free Conference
Smythe
Gasque
John West
Kershaw
Measure Expands Habitual Traffic Offender Penalties
Raleigh authorities advance a watered down point system to suspend licenses of habitual violators. The plan defines point values for offenses and allows warnings, conferences, and license suspensions up to a year. The measure also clarifies highway project cost sharing between towns and the Highway Commission.
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Raleigh
Pelete Roads Committee
Motor Vehicles Department
Highway Commission
Greensboro Man Dies In Wreck
Clarence A. Clapp Jr., 22, of 529 Overlook St., died at 5 10 a m in a Highway 40 crash while allegedly racing a 17 year old with a sports car. His car overturned after impact and scattered debris along the highway.
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Greensboro
Clarence A. Clapp Jr
Overlook St
Highway 40
Clapp
Wilma E. Taylor
Masonic Drive
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Ence
Groimyko
Eastman
Miss Liberty
Rouen
Auguste Bartholdi
Alonzo C. Edwards
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