Very Calm McAfee Executed In Gas Chamber
Ross McAfee a 39 year old itinerant farm worker from Mississippi was executed in the Central Prison gas chamber at 10 02 a m after being condemned for the January 31 attack on Mrs Glenn Waugh in her two room cottage He was pronounced dead 14 minutes later 23 witnesses attended including Alexander County locals The case marked the first gas chamber execution at Central Prison since July 13 1956 Gov Hodges refused to intervene and McAfee reportedly confessed to another killing in October 1956 in Fairburn Georgia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McAfee
Alexander County
Seeee Beb
Central Prison
Robert S. Conner
Winston Salem
Fairburn
Randella Davis
Memphis
Missile Launching Site Set Near Cheyenne Wyoming
The Pentagon named a multimillion dollar site to build an intercontinental ballistic missile complex by mid 1958 at Warren Air Force Base near Cheyenne. Defense officials say the site supports the missile program though details remain limited. Mahon signals rising push for production of intermediate ballistic missiles as McElroy seeks a strong manager for future space weapons amid Army Air Force disagreements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pentagon
Cheyenne
Wyo
Russia
Mahon
D-Tex
House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
United States
Secretary of Defense
Neil McElroy
Army
Air Force
Defense Department
Warren Air Force Base
Apa
Wyoming
Plans For Missile Probe Set By Senate and House
The Senate Preparedness subcommittee will meet to finalize a swift inquiry into the U S missile program. Rep Mahon and Rep Flood urged immediate production of 1500 mile intermediate range missiles after secret Pentagon testimony. Nixon warned the U S lags behind Soviet progress but announced a massive current effort and operational programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
House Group
Rep. Flood
D-Pa
Pentagon
Nixon
Committee For Economic Development
United States
Russia
Unused Treasures To Be Sold From Mrs Carmody Estate
Dallas set features wedding gifts and fine wares stored since 1927 for Mrs. T J Carmody who died in 1955. Pinkerton guards monitor unpacking while Neiman Marcus appraises items for a private sale. Director Garrity notes museum bequest of silver may total about 75000 but value remains uncertain.
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Dallas
Pinkerton
Neiman-Marcus Co
T. J. Carmody
Corsicana, Tex
J. N. Garrtty
Corsicana First National Bar
Carmody
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts
Garrity
Turn the other cheek and win emotional battles
The writing argues that losing temper harms both sides by harming self-respect and provoking the opponent. Controlling anger preserves respect and prevents the opponent from achieving their aim. Christ’s teaching to turn the other cheek is framed as training for strength under pressure.
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Christ
Year End Check Could Add Another Income Tax Dependent
This wrap of four articles from the AICPA and NC CPAs outlines dependency tests for 1957 tax returns. The key rule: you may claim a dependent only if you provide more than half their support, otherwise you lose a $600 exemption.
Squillante Indicted In Extortion on Long Island
MINEOLA N Y Vincent Squillante a self styled godson of the murdered mobster Albert Anastasia was jailed on an indictment charging extortion and attempted extortion in the Nassau County garbage carting business Also implicated are his brother Nunzio and Cartmen De Cabia The racketeering case centers on contracts at Mitchel Air Force Base and nearby areas and follows a night grand jury session with a witness present County Judge Paul Widlitz issued warrants and police arrested the defendants at their homes
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Mineola
N. Y
Vincent Squillante
Squillante
Albert Anastasia
Nassau County
Long Island
New York City
New York
Washington
Senate
Nunzio
Cartmen de Cabia
Nassau - Suffolk
Cartmen's Assn
Tortion
Mitchel Air Force Base
Angelo Recchia
Squillante Group
Recchia
Paul Widlitz
National Manhunt Ends in California for Wetzel
A nationwide manhunt ends as Frank Edward Wetzel, an escapee from a North Carolina facility, is captured in Bakersfield California. Wetzel, 160 pounds with blue eyes and a scar, confessed some travels but did not mention North Carolina. He was wanted for the killings of two state patrolmen and had evaded police since November 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bakersfield
Calif
Wetzel
New York
Frank Edward Wetzel
North Carolina
California
Timkeeper
NATO Studies Aggression Scale For Nuclear Use
London reports say the Atlantic Alliance seeks a formal scale of aggression grades to guide Allied retaliation in a future crisis. Informants say all 15 members discuss when massive, limited, or conventional responses could be permissible and plan to settle key points by the December NATO summit in Paris.
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London
Atlantic
NATO
Atlantic Alliance
Alliance
Richmond County Likely Site Of Trial
The man accused of murdering two State Highway Patrolmen likely will be tried in Richmond County for the slaying of Patrol Pfc. Wister Lee Reece, the first of his two killings.
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Raleigh
Richmond County
Wister Lee Reece
Widow Hopes for Capture of Wetzel in NC Slaying
Mrs. Reece and Mrs. Brown spoke after Frank Edward Wetzel was captured in Bakersfield. Wetzel, 37, a NY mental institution fugitive, is to be turned over to North Carolina authorities for trial in Richmond or Rockingham counties. FBI steps aided the capture, and plans for extradition or federal process were outlined by Motor Vehicles Commissioner Ed Scheidt and Col. James R. Smith.
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Wister Lee Reece
Reece
Frank Edward Wetzel
Bakersfield
Calif
Sanford
J. T. Brown
Brown
Air Force
Ed Scheidt
FBI
North Carolina
Wetzel
New York State
Ellerbe
Richmond County
Pfc
Lee County
Scheidt
Rockingham
Robert Terry
Norman
Terry
Asheboro
Greensboro
California
Bakers
Edward Scheidt
James R. Smith
New York
Erer Wetzel
Smith
Attorneys Protest Choice Of Death
In a Supreme Court filing attorneys for condemned killer William A. Wetzel argue Mississippi law effectively forces suicide by offering a choice between lethal gas and electrocution for those condemned before 1955. Wetzel, jailed at Parchman, was convicted of the 1953 murder of Edgar McGraw in a case tied to gangland revenge.
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Jackson
Miss
William A.wetzel
U.S. Supreme Court
Mississippi
Wetzel
Joe Patterson
Parchman
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Edgar McGraw
McGraw
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Ath
Ross McAfee
Ronnie Graves
Nashville
Tenn
Baptist Hospital
James O'Dell Graves
Ronnie
R. L. Dieffenbacher
D.D
NEA Service
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
North Carolina Association of Cpas
Mrs. Reece
Hamlet
N.C
Frank Wetzel
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi National Guard
Patterson
Curtis F. McClane
William Wetzel
Howard McDonnell
Biloxi
Sieedene
High Point
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