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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1956
Page
4
Salt Lake City observes Utah's 60th anniversary with Gov J Bracken insisting the best defense of freedom is strong local self government. He praises the people as endowed with inalienable rights and notes Utah became a state on January 4 1896. The proclamation marks the occasion without ceremonies.
Huntsville Texas, the slayer Farrar, who told newsmen it is better to die all at once than a little at a time, was executed in the electric chair at the Texas state prison. He died at 12 06 a m after the first current was applied at 12 04 a m. Farrar had appeared cheerful after a last meal of seafood dishes. He was convicted for killing Houston policeman Fred Maddox in a gun battle on February 24 1954 during an attempted arrest for a liquor store holdup while on parole from a prior sentence.
A nail punctured a tire delaying Fayetteville Tennessee firemen from answering an alarm. The incident marks the first delay since the department was motorized in 1917, ending a long-standing promptness record for the 39 year period prior to today.
Oklahoma City judge urges the school board to focus on teaching basics and discipline not just modern practices. He criticizes poor penmanship and lack of fundamentals among students and blames parents for neglecting traditional duties.
Thousands flee Merapi on Java slopes as lava descends eastern flanks and ash clouds darken skies. Experts abandon observation posts while anticipation grows for a major eruption after a history of deadly blasts near densely populated areas.
A German railway expert predicts the atomic locomotive of the future will cost four times as much to build but use only one tenth of the fuel of present conventional types.
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