I Am Innocent Firing Squad Executes Cop Slayer
Don Jesse Neal, who proclaimed innocence to Sheriff George Beckstead, was executed by firing squad at Utah State Prison for the 1951 murder of a Salt Lake City police officer. Five marksmen fired from 20 feet as Neal sat strapped in a chair. The fatal signal came at 5 02 a.m. MST. Witnesses were admitted 60 seconds prior. Neal's foster mother claimed his body for burial under an assumed name in Cincinnati. The warden called the execution very clean.
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Point of the Mountain
Utah
Don Jesse Neal
Salt Lake City
George Beckstead
Neal
Beckstead
Robert Pollock
Salt Lake
Marcell Graham
Irene O’brien
Covington
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana Adds About Sixty Thousand People Per Year
Indiana continues to grow as around 60,000 residents join the population annually. The figure reflects ongoing migration and natural increase, highlighting urban and regional shifts across the state.
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Indiana
Mexican Women Vote First Time
Mexican women vote for the first time in a general federal election in Mexico City. Twenty of 373 candidates seek 161 seats in the Chamber of Deputies after suffrage was authorized by a 1953 constitutional amendment. Aurora Jiminez de Palacios was the first female candidate elected from Baja California. The governing party is expected to win about 150 seats amid weak opposition and apathy.
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Mexico City
Chamber of Deputies
Mexico
Aurora Jiminez de Palacio
Baja
California
Man Jumps Through City Building Window After Urge
Detroit police detained George Waits of Pulaski Tennessee for investigation of malicious destruction of property after he ran through a large plate glass ground floor window of the City-County Building. Waits, a railroad worker, injured his hand but explained the impulse came from not liking the building and wanting to see such a big window.
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Detroit
George Waits
Pulaski
Tenn
Waits
No Cadillacs Needed for Farm Electric Loans
A farm columnist recalls envy of Cadillac owners and explains why a group of farmers face $750,000 yearly payments for 35 years plus interest to borrow from a government agency to build electric lines. The piece argues the debt dampens smiles despite electricity access.
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Shade
Thief Dons Loot in Salt Lake City Escape
Police suspect a thief fled yesterday from Mrs. Leo V. Toombs’s home wearing the stolen clothing. A pullover shirt and pants were taken, while the thief left behind his own pants.
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Salt Lake
Leo V. Toombs
Woman Driver Sees Car Wreck Yard Then Hits Two Cars
In Madera California Mrs Joan Baddeley momentarily looked at a wrecking yard full of smashed cars and collided with the rear of one vehicle pushing it into another. No injuries were reported and the crash caused minor damage to the involved autos.
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Madera
Calif
Joan Baddeley
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