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Newspaper

Lawrence Journal World

Location

Lawrence, Kansas, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1955

Page

5

Britain backs Hammarskjold Peiping mission stance

The British Foreign Office repudiates reports that Dag Hammarskjold failed in his Peiping mission to win the release of 11 American fliers. A formal denial says the UN secretary general has not failed, and contacts established during the visit show no immediate results but are being maintained.

London United Nations Dag Hammarskjold Peiping Foreign Office U.N Red China United Press Hammarskjold

Stevens Adams Betray Obligations in Peress Actions

Roy Cohn condemns Army Secretary Stevens and Army Counsel Adams for betraying public obligations in the Peress affair. He accuses them of wasteful spending and contempt toward congressional committees. Conn, McCarthy aide, resigned after the long Army McCarthy clash, linked to Peress. Major Irving Peress, an Army dentist, had been labeled a Fifth Amendment Communist by McCarthy after declining to answer questions. The following day Peress received an honorable discharge.

New York Roy M. Cohn Peress Secretary of the Army United States Cohn Army John, Adams Conn Joseph R. McCarthy Senate Investigations Subcommittee McCarthy Irving’ Peress

Anderson rules out Dixon-Yates compromise plan

Sen. Anderson says no compromise solution to the Dixon Yates power contract and Rep. Holifield plans to block the project. As prospective new chair of the Senate House Atomic Energy Committee, he vows to reexamine Dixon Yates and review AEC contracts with two private utility plants.

Washington Anderson D-Nm Dixon-Yates Holifield Calif Senate House Atomic Energy Committee Atomic Energy Commission AEC

Young Memphis Woman Recruiter's Dream Girl

Patricia Newberry a 20 year old from Rives Missouri visited the Memphis Air Force recruiting station for information on the Women’s Air Force. She persuaded her brother D L Newberry aged 18 and her boyfriend D G Wayne aged 19 to enlist. all three were sworn in yesterday.

Memphis Tenny Patricia i Newberry Rives Air Force D. L. Newberry D. G. Wayne

Convicted Killer Dies With Comment on Lips

Donald Hawkins Brown, 24, executed in Texas electric chair after declaring capital punishment “laid at the feet of psychopaths.” Death house witnesses said he was disappointed prosecutors and jurors were not present. Brown killed Edwin Campbell, 26, a loan collector, on New Year’s Eve 1952 and burned the body in Campbell’s gasoline-soaked automobile.

Huntsville Tex Donald Hawkins Brown Death House Brown Edwin Campbell Campbell

Life of Dog Is Saved But Youth Is Drowned

In Ann Arbor Michigan Jeff Yost, 15, heard a splash in Pleasant Lake and found a cocker spaniel that had fallen through the ice. Rescuers pulled the dog out while his skating buddy James Burkhardt, 14, remained missing and was later found dead.

Ann Arbor Mich Jeff Yost Pleasant Lake Jeff James Burkhardt Ames

Thief Is Thorough Muskegon Dog Theft Report

Muskegon Michigan reported theft of his black and tan hunting dog. The next day he returned with another complaint about a second loss or incident linked to the prior event.

Muskegon. Mich Theodis Spencer

Chessman Secures Fifth Stay in Death Penalty Case

Caryl Chessman, convicted in 1948 of kidnapping and attempted rape, was granted his fifth reprieve from San Quentin's gas chamber by Judge William Denman. The stay delays execution while appeals proceed, with hearings likely in about two months. The case spans multiple courts and orders, including Supreme Court denials and habeas corpus petitions. Main Big Inch pipeline details are noted separately: 1254 miles, 24 inches, 4,000,000 barrels capacity.

Caryl Chessman San Francisco Los Angeles Janes San Quentin William Denman 9Th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals Chessman Oefore Death Row U. S. Supreme Court Smart 9Th Circuit Louis E Goodman Goodman U.S. District Court of Appeals U.S. Supreme Court Supreme Court Federal District Court State Supreme Court U.S. District Court

Bodin Builds Service Station Corner Sixth and Vt Streets

Bill Bodin plans a new service station on the southeast corner of BIH and Vt Streets and will lease to Sinclair Oil Co. Sinclair gains 90 feet of frontage along Sixth Street while Bodin operates motor cars.

Bill Bodin Bih and Vt. Sts Sinclair Oil Co Sinclair Sixth Street Bodin

Service station to open by spring with two stalls

Bodin said Tuesday that the contractor P. D. Olmstead will retain 60 feet to be used as a used car lot and that the two stall service station work is to be completed in time for spring operations.

P. D. Olmstead Bodin

Grocer in K C Is Shot Resisting Two Bandits

Kansas City report says David M. Dillingham 82 was killed resisting a two bandit holdup at his Jackson County grocery. Stella Dillingham 77 was beaten. she said one bandit struck her and the other shot her husband as she reached for a pistol. The gunmen fled without loot. The Better Vision Institute notes executives spend 15 to 20 hours weekly reading reports and journals.

Kansas City David M. Dillingham Jackson County Stella Joe Better Vision Institute

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