Death Row’s Cell 2455 Reprinted as Serial Book
The Press Telegram begins serial publication of Cell 2455 Death Row by Cary Whittier Chessman. The doomed convict on San Quentin’s death row recounts his life of crime from St. Joseph Michigan to California. Chessman faces execution July 30, 1954 as his legal bid unfolds.
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Death Row
Chessman's
Preseelegram
Cary Whittier
Chessman
San Quentin
Ander
Daryl Whittier Chessman
California State Prison
Whit
Radio Signals Spur New Search for Raft Lehi
Radio signals from the drifting raft Lehi prompted a relief boat to search the coast near Point Sur as five men aim to drift to Hawaii. An all day effort failed, fog hindered rescue, and Don Smith urged shore pickup while begging amateurs to stop sharing details. The Coast Guard kept hands off until a contact SOS is received.
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San Francisco
California
Weather Bureau
Arthur W. Fearon
Don Smith
Coast Guard
Amateur Radio Opera
Tors
Iret
Smith
Lehi
Verjan
Cape San Martin
San Simeon
The
Akipper
Devere
Baker
Sam
Francisco
Hawaii
Bawail
Eisenhower presses quick approval of tax and farm plans
President Eisenhower urged Congress to swiftly enact his tax and farm programs to spur growth and create jobs. He defended health insurance opposition, touted unity with Koreans, and criticized butter pricing while signaling support for a national highway program and an international peace plan. He quoted Britain’s Churchill and discussed a potential atomic pool without the Soviet bloc.
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Washington
Hisenhower
Congress
Eisenhower
House
Hel
Syngman Rhee
United States
Korea
Seoul
Rhee
Eisenschower
United Nations
Churchhill
Senate Agriculture Committee
Baby Girl Kidnaped Assaulted in Hobbs near Texas line
Five month old Jackie Jo Davis daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Davis was abducted from her home by a dinner guest Bill Hughes 34 of Seminole. The child suffered abdominal lacerations and was sutured. Hughes was held in Seminole awaiting charges of kidnapping or rape. The incident occurred after Mrs Davis left Jackie Jo sleeping in a two room cabin to go to a nearby club across the state line.
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Hobbs
N. M
Jackie Jo Davis
Jack Davis
Texas Line
Bill Hughes
Seminole
Tex
Hobbs News-Sun
Hughes
Gaines
Bill Curry
Jackie Jo
Curry
Davis
Geneva Conference: US to Send Undersecretary Bedell Smith
Paris dispatch reports that Walter Bedell Smith, the US Undersecretary of State, will travel to Geneva to represent the United States at the Geneva Conference. The Big Three foreign ministers issued a communique stating the move aligns with their positions on Indochina while keeping to US policy limits. They affirmed the need for high level US presence without altering established principles. Attlee criticized the US absence, warning it would be strategically harmful to peace efforts.
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Paris
Walter Bejdell Smith
U. S
Geneva
United States
State Dulles
Anthony Eden
Pierre Mendes-France
Smith
Genneva
Indochina
Be State
Eden
France
Jarea
Dulles
Aules
Hisen- Hower
Walter Bedell Smith
Clement
Attlee
Britain
Bail Appeal Delays Finn Twins' Release Hope Dims
The U S Circuit Court of Appeals took bail under advisement for Charles and George Finn, brothers aged 40, who have survived a 22 day starvation protest at Terminal Island’s State Medical Facility. Government counsel Bowler urged a quick ruling while Cohen pressed for immediate release and planned appeals to higher courts. The case hinges on alleged improper conduct and the men’s claim that Waters acted within official duties during a confrontation.
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U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Charles
George
Terminal Island
Manley Bowler
Bernard Cohen
Cohen
Laughlin Waters
Edward Murphy
San Francisco
Waters
Triaal
Bowler
Albert Lee Stephens
Cohn
James Alger Fee
Dollar Day Savings Promote Downtown Store Ads
In the Press-Telegram Dollar Day edition shoppers are urged to visit downtown stores Thursday and Friday for semi annual Leong Beach Downtown Doar Day savings.
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Press-Telegram
Leong Beach
Religion Helps Addicts Get Chance At Hospital Cure
Long Beach couple Gordon Clark and Diane Lee, both on Speroin, were sent from local courts to Metropolitan State Hospital Norwalk for narcotics treatment. Their religious conversion impressed officials and judges, with Clark's mother Evelyn Clark pushing for the hospital program. The pair, arrested June 5 after heroin was found in their apartment, seek recovery through a new state narcotics program previously used for sexual psychopaths.
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Diane Lee Clark
Superior Court
Gordon Clark
Diane Lee
Metropolitan State Hospital
Norwalk
Evelyn Clark
Clarks
Joe Raycraft
Narcoticcs
Obispo J Ave
Clark
Union
Main St
Los Angeles
Now It Ain't the Humidity It's the Heat
The Long Beach area saw humidity return with warm dry air and a forecast of fog patches late tonight. A high of 82 degrees was recorded at noon in downtown Long Beach, while Tuesday reached 90 degrees around 1 PM.
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Long Beach
California
Where to Find It in the Newspaper
A brief index lists where to locate features by section and page. It names Billy Rose Boyle Bridge Classified Comics Crossword Editorial Financial Obituaries Ratio TVV Shipping Sports Theaters Tides Temperatures and Women pages across A B C sections and page numbers.
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Billy Rose
Boyle
Hanoi Paris Parade as Vietminh Threat Looms in Geneva Talks
In Hanoi a 20 000 crowd watched 10 000 French and Vietnamese troops amid tanks and guns. The parade honored France and warned Vietminh critics that France can still field men and matériel for a possible crackdown if Geneva cease fire talks falter. General Cogny observed as paratroopers landed in a lake after a Kota transport flyover. French positions along the Red River Delta faced renewed Vietminh pressure with Camp Brulin encircled and supplies parachuted to the garrison.
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Hanoi
Indochina
Vietminh
France
Geneva
Red River
Smal Lake
Rene Cogny
Luc Nam
Fhu Lang Thuong
Brulin
Weather Brief: Clear Skies Amid Morning Fog Patches
A largely clear day is expected with lingering fog patches in the morning. Temperatures show little change as visibility improves and winds stay light.
Tragic boat capsizing kills twelve Montreal children
In Lake of Two Mountains northwest of Montreal a pleasure boat carrying about 62 children from a picnic overturned as youths jumped in for rides. Three girls and a boy were recovered, others missing and feared drowned. two adults and several children were rescued.
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Montreal
Here
Lake of
Jack Seligman
No Bizard
Seligman
Jack Harrison
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Lke
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U.S
Ainey Sweigart
Newport
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Phan van Dong
Pierre‘Mendes
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