Parole decision due for Leopold in Illinois case
Leopold, 32, once labeled an intelligent savage, appeared before the Illinois Pardon Board at Stateville Penitentiary seeking parole after 32 years for the 1930 Loeb-Ye Franks kidnapping murder. Supporters included Carl Sandburg, while Cook County State's Attorney Benjamin Adamowski urged continued imprisonment. The board meets Feb. 20-21 to hear Leopold and Roger Touhy parole applications with potential immediate release decisions.
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Joliet
Nathan Leopard
Stalevile Penitentiary
Tate
Illnois
Carl Sandburg
Leopold
Cook County
Benjamin Adamowski
Freedom
Ackonowski
Fiveman
Springfield
Prohibition
Roger Touhy
Leopold-Touhy
Stateville
Richard Loeb
Bobby Franks
Loeb
U S Accidents 1957 Tolled 95 000 Killed and 934 Million Injured
National Safety Council reports 95 000 deaths and 934 million injuries in 1957 U S accidents. Motor vehicles caused 38 500 deaths. economic loss near 12 billion dollars. Death rate 54.8 per 100 000, lowest on record.
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United States
National Safety Council
Tate
Lengthy Beating Trial To Resume
Riverside California news reports the trial of Felicitas Nicholson on charges of beating her 5 year old daughter Heidi to death last July. An outburst interrupted testimony as Gates testified Nicholson threatened to get rid of the child and put her in a home. Heidi’s body was found in a Riverside motel closet with multiple injuries and a brain hemorrhage listed as the cause of death.
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Riverside
Calif
Felicitas Nicholson
Heidi
Nicholson
Harry Gates
Los Angeles
Gates
Joan G. Gabbert
J. V. Gates
San Francisco
Gales
Costly Paintings Cut Tax Money By Charitable Deed Loop
James Marlow explains a tax tactic where wealthy individuals use art gifts to museums to boost charitable deduction limits. A millionaire could funnel value through short term leasings of paintings, claiming up to 20 percent of income as deductions, then repeat annually until full ownership transfers to the museum, whereas a posthumous gift would allow estate deduction.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Jake Mortimer Mistletoe
Mortimer
Internal Revenue Service
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Air Forest
Raymond Nicholson
Stillswater
Okla
Long Beach
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Geronimo Motel
Starline
Valentine
Sears
Gore
Lawton
Oklahoma
Bill McCowan
C Avenue
McCowan
Chet Attechnie
Tob
Batiste
McCord
Monty
Dial
Gore Lewten
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