Chessman Execution Fells California After 12-Year Battle
Daryl Chessman, 38, condemned for kidnapping and sexual abuse, was executed by cyanide in a California gas chamber after years of legal appeals. Gov Brown faced protests as Chessman proclaimed innocence and urged abolition of capital punishment. Chessman named executor and heir, directing royalties to anti death penalty causes. his ashes to be sent to Glendale.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Chessman
Edmund G. Brown
Hangman of
California
Europe
Stanley Mosk
Los Angeles
Fred Dickson
Eleanor Garner Black
Glendale
DiSalle orders impartial review of mental hospital bill drive
Gov Michael W DiSalle announced a study by Dr Charles Bush of the American Psychiatric Association to review Ohio laws and the bill collection program for long overdue patient care charges. He said the review aims to safeguard the program while considering hardship for those unable to pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Michael W. DiSalle
Charles Bush
American Psychiatric Assn
Bush
Cleveland Press- News
Atty
Mark McElroy
di Salle
Senator Says War III May Be Inevitable
U S Senator Stephen M Young warned at Kent State University that World War III seems unavoidable unless the arms race with the Soviet Union and Red China is halted. He urged a definitive agreement ending armaments races and disbanding large armies and nuclear weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kent, Ohio
U. S
Stephen M. Young
Young
Kent State University
Soviet Union
Red China
Network Chief Denis Clark Pampered In Probe Of Payola
ABC president Leonard H. Goldenson defended the network amid payola questions as Dick Clark faced testimony over a payola plug on American Bandstand. Harris pressed Clark on ethics and the $7000 airline plug while Moss called it illegal and labeled the situation Clarkola.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denis Clark
Washington
American Broadcasting Co
Today
Dick Clark
ABC
Leonard H. Goldenson
Oren Harris
D-Ark
Goldenson
Hoberman
Clark
Harris
Congress
American Airlines
John E. Moss
D-Calif
Moss
Miss Householder and Mrs Switzer Join Cheer Club
The Logan Lions Club asks greetings for new Cheer Club members Miss Maudie Householder and Mrs Lucy Switzer who are currently ill at home. Each will receive a bouquet of flowers from the club. Previous members Nell Spencer and Emanuel Wolfe thank friends for notes and calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Lions Club
Maudie Householder
Fourth St
Lucy Switzer
New Cheer Club
Miss Householder
P. 0. Householder
Nell Spencer
Emanuel Wolfe
Harold Brimner
Delmar Freeman
Eisenhower urges Congress to act on foreign aid and farm bills
President Eisenhower told Congress to enact his legislative program without politics interfering. He praised foreign aid and farm measures while warning against overspending and overcentralizing government. He urged approval of a 4.175 billion dollar foreign aid program and called for corrective farm legislation within broad guidelines.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
America
Nehru Links South African Policy to World Peace Threat
In London Nehru blames apartheid for destabilizing world peace while attending a Commonwealth prime ministers conference. He asserts South Africa's racial segregation violates the UN charter and basic civilized conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Nehru
India
South Africa
Commonwealth
Nixon Likes Rockefeller as Running Mate Says Report
The New York Herald Tribune reports on high authority that Vice President Richard M. Nixon wants Nelson A. Rockefeller as his running mate, stating the assertion as definite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Herald Tribune
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Eisenhower appeals for support against foreign aid cuts
President Eisenhower urged public backing to block a proposed billion dollar reduction in foreign aid. He framed the fight as a clash between freedom and communistic imperialism, praising Senate passage of an authorization bill while noting later decisions will hinge on appropriation.
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Washington
Eisenhower
America
Senate
Congress
Free World
Harry S. Truman
House
State Department
United Arab Republic
Suez Canal
Athens Judge defers release in juvenile hubcap theft case
Judge Harold J. Rose of Athens County Juvenile Court deferred disposition on March 19 for Nelsonville Logan area youths linked to a hubcap theft ring. The policy is not to disclose dispositions including BIS sentences, with details limited to court records.
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Nelsonville Area
Logan
Nelsonville
Harold J. Rose
Athens County Juvenile Court
Lancaster
Rose
Athens
Newark
Columbus
Claybank Hill
Hocking County
Rhea Bangert Brown
Hoffa Wins Delay In Ouster Trial
James R. Hoffa secured an indefinite postponement of his ouster trial as Teamsters Union president. The U.S. Court of Appeals halted the proceeding 2-1 to allow time for related union appeals and to resolve questions about the monitors and trial validity. Attorneys for many Teamsters seek intervention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoffa
Washington
James R. Hoffa
Teamsters Union
U.S. Court of Appeals
Teamsters
Methodist Conference Ends Racial Policy Fight In Amity
In Denver the Methodist General Conference approved a constitutional amendment by a 723.57 vote to connect regional jurisdictions more closely with the national church while keeping racial integration steps voluntary and regional. A return to traditional worship forms was urged for Methodist churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colo
Amity
Methodist General Conference
Presbyterians Back Racial Integration for Mission Work
The General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church adopted a report urging open admissions to institutions for qualified students without racial distinctions as part of their mission efforts. Pulitzer Prizes awarded to Allen Drury’s Advise and Consent, Fiorello! and LA Times reporter A. M. Rosenthal for Poland reporting. Paraguay claims to have routed invaders.
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Associated Press
General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church In the
United States
NEW York
Allen Drury
Los Angeles Times
A. M. Rosenthal
New York Times
Poland
County Races Stir Interest in Logan Primaries
Voter turnout at noon shows 692 total ballots across 15 Logan and Falls precincts with Democrats leading Republicans 293 to 239 in Logan. City polling places report 592 votes in 11 Logan precincts and 160 ballots in Falls 4 precincts. Falls 2-A leads Falls precincts with 51 ballots.
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Logan
Four Falls
Shor
Falls
Logan and Falls
Logan 1
Falls 2-A
Falls 1-B
Weather forecast for Ohio turns sunny and warm
Official Weather Bureau summary notes fair and warmer conditions across Ohio. Sunrise skies were clear with temperatures near 40s to mid 70s in the Hocking Valley, high pressure dominating the eastern states and a gradual warming trend expected over the next 24 hours.
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Columbus, Ohio
Official Weather Bureau
Ohio
Toledo
Cleveland
Zanesville
Columbus
Cincinnati
Ohio Voting Begins Amid Light to Normal Turnout
Ohio voters turned out in light to normal numbers as polls opened across 88 counties for primary elections. The day saw scattered delays from election machinery in Youngstown and early activity sparse before noon, with heavy balloting expected in later hours in Cleveland and northeast Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Youngstown
Cleveland
Cincinnati
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
George H. Bender
Nixon
Michael V. DiSalle
Sen
Kennedy
Cuyahoga County
Ray T. Miller Sr
Cuyahoga
Lausche Backs Foreign Aid Bill in Senate Vote
Senator Frank Lausche of Ohio votes for the $4.1256 billion foreign aid bill as the Senate passes it 60 to 25. Senator Stephen Young is absent. Lausche also supports an amendment removing foreign currency use from surplus farm commodity sales for overseas redevelopment projects. amendment passes 45 to 38.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Senate
Stephen M. Young
Lausche
U. S
Library Receives 10000 Gift From Ben Singer Estate
Logan Hocking County district library gains 10000 from the estate of Ben Singer. Co executors Melville Frank and Herman Luckoff present the check in probate court to library president Vivian Poston. Also approved gifts include 1000 to United Jewish Fund of Columbus and a 108 acre tract to Logan Girl Scout Council, to be used as decided at May 24 board meeting.
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Logan-Hocking County
Melville Frank
Herman Luckoff
Ben Singer
Hocking County
Rhea Bangert Brown
Vivian Poston
Library Board
Singer
Logan Girl Scout Council
Falls and Green Twps
Hocking Hills Country Club
Edwin Johnston
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DiSalle
Godenson
Alan Freed
Freed
King of
WABC
Ben Hoberman
Mrs
Solons
Rockefeller
Ike
OK Aid
Committee For International Growth
Committee To Strengthen the Frontiers of Freedom
Asuncion
Paraguay
Argentina
Seoul
South Korea
National Assembly
Mine, Pa
Pittsburgh
Logan Daily News
Iff
Hocking Valley
Albert S. Porter
Porter
Miller
James A. Rhodes
James Ferguson
Joseph T. Ferguson
W. T. McCort
St. Clairsville
Belmont County
Charles H. Hubbell
John A. Christopher Jr
Ohio Supreme Court
James Garfield Stewart
Ohe
William O'Neill
Willard D. Campbell
Elizabeth Bell Winter
Medina Municipal Court
Richard Murray Stewart
Akron
Paul W. Brown
Ohio Senate
Ohio House
Common Pleas Court
Hunter and
Front Sts
Israel
Louis Singer
Evanston
Betty Singer Wax
Chicago
Melvin Morris Singer
Park Forest
Brown
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