Killer Dies in Quentin Gas Chamber
Michael E. Cavanaugh, a killer, Navy deserter, and forger, died in the Quentin gas chamber at 10:04 a.m. after eight minutes of phases of the execution. Warden Teets said he was prepared to die and had talked with Rev. Father Edward Dingberg. He made no final statement and spent hours before death writing letters and listening to the radio.
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San Quentin
Michael E. Cavanaugh
Marine Corps
Harley
Teets
Cavanaugh
Navy
Edward Dingberg
Knight Signs Titles Funds Compromise
The article details a new law empowering state bodies to pass on title funds and mentions a conviction in San Diego. It cites Ralph R. Welch, 32, a World War II Marine veteran, whose beaten and stabbed body was found in New Mexico.
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State Lands Commission
San Diego
Long Beach
Superior Court
Titel
Inacas
Ralph R. Welch
Marine Corps
New Mexico
Middle East Tensions Ease With Cease Fire Plea
Tension eased after pledges from Israel and Egypt to avoid new shooting except in self defense. Hammarskjold reported both nations would keep patrols from the demarcation line. Casualties rose with a Fedayeen attack. one boy died, raising victims to four dead and 32 wounded. Independence Day celebrations were planned across major cities as peace talks continued.
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Ygypt
Hanmmmarskjold
Nasser
Ben-Gurion
Israel
Egypt
Sel D-Efense
Negev Desert
Gaza
Cairo
Fedayeen
Jerusalem
Tel
Aviv
Haifa
Hammarskjold
Palestine
Mahmoud Fawzi
Fawzi
U. N
Four on Trial for Attacking Singer Cole
Four of six defendants in the assault on Negro singer Nat King Cole faced tri als in records court in Birmingham Alabama. They are charged with misdemeanors carrying up to 180 days in jail and a $100 fine per charge. Two others charged with assault with intent to murder will have preliminary hearings April 20 on a felony count with potential 2 to 20 year sentences. Cole was attacked on stage before an all white audience at the municipal auditorium and canceled several southern appearances to return to Chicago for rest.
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Birmingham
Ala
Nat King Cole
Tris
Recorders Court
Municipal Auditorium
Cole
Chicago
Ship Limping to Bermuda After Blast
The 7,000 ton freighter Antonio is proceeding toward Bermuda at half speed after an explosion flooded the starboard bow hold. No injuries were reported. The Coast Guard received the first report at 7 p.m. Thursday and dispatched an aircraft and the Coast Guard cutter from Bermuda, though the vessel later declined air aid. The Antonia was about 150 miles northwest of Bermuda at 6:15 a.m.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Antonio
Bermuda
Coas Bay
Antonia
Marie Dionne to Open Montreal Flower Shop
Marie Dionne plans to open three flower shops in Montreal in May 1970 as part of a business venture by the Dionne Quintuplets. She will name one shop Emilie Salon in memory of her sister Emilie who died in August 1954. the sisters share a $1 million trust fund.
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Marie Dionne
Montreal
Dionne
Marie
Emilie
Grace Kelly Wedding Saga Stuns Monaco Harbor
Rainier bans photographers at Grace Kelly wedding scenes unfold in Monaco. The couple, Roman Catholic, plan mass at Monaco Cathedral next Sunday. Grace arrives aboard yacht Deo Juvante II amid fireworks and gifts. Rainier hosts a family dinner with ten relatives present. Grace's quarters redecorated. blooms cost 500. The couple will wed next week after a day of public and private events.
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John E. Kelly
Phila
Delphia
Grace
Kent Weel
Aristotle Grate
Onassis
Monaco
Monaco Cathedral
Palace
Rainier
Reid Family Bequests Support Scouts and Camp Fire Girls
A will leaves seven million dollars to youth groups including Boy Scouts Camp Fire Girls and Ducks Unlimited for permanent improvements and maintenance of Will J Reid Scout Park and for Local Sea Scouts. Mrs Ella Mancock Reid named executrix without bond and Virginia Reid Moore and Mrs Reid as heirs. Also includes stock bequests to family members and church related funds amid estate administration concerns.
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Virginia Reid Moore
Ella Mancock Reid
Reid
Boy Scouts
Camp Fire Girls
Ducks Unlimited
Five Russian Baptist Leaders to Visit U S This Spring
Five Baptist leaders from Russia will arrive May 18 for guest status with American Baptists. They will attend two conventions in Kansas City from May 30 to June 2 and in Seattle from June 1 to 22. The Russian church counts about 800,000 Baptists.
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Sew
York
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Southern Baptists
Kansas City
Seattle
Eisenhower faces Farm Bill decision amid White House talks
Washington dispatch reports President Eisenhower will decide by April 24 whether to sign or veto the farm bill after it reaches the White House. Benson plans to meet the President at Augusta National, while remaining allies urge approval despite objections. The measure includes a soil bank subsidy up to 1.2 billion and ends flexible price supports, sparking Republican and Democratic pressure as rhetoric intensifies.
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Kansas City Star
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Benson
True D. Morse
Don Faarberg
Gabriel Hauge
Fred A. Seaton
Kevin McCann
Augusta National Golf Club
Congress
Truman
Oere
McCann
New York Times
Washinglin
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A. Curtis Smith
Theodore Gabrielson
Los Angeles
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