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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1952
Page
9
Britain Conservatives seek more government economy and stronger propaganda. At Scarborough party conference they will discuss 180 resolutions to set policy for the coming year. Resolutions urge urgency and fighting spirit to prevent Britain becoming socialist and critique Labour and government spending.
The Federal Prison Bureau reports 105 executions by civil authorities in 1951, the smallest total in 22 years of national tabulations. Most were for murder, with 87. rape 17. armed robbery 1. Distribution spanned 26 states, led by Texas with 13, Virginia with 10, Florida Mississippi New York with eight each.
Washington report by Henry P. Chandler notes docket jams rise in civil and other cases as federal courts lack sufficient judges. He cites a Senate-passed bill for more judges but House inaction delays relief and risks litigant injustice.
Vatican sources emphatically denied the Protestant British Weekly's claim that the Roman Catholic Church had an accord with the Colombian government to wage a religious war. They warned Colombia's political situation is unstable and said any government action would target rebels, not the church.
United Press correspondent Richard Applegate reports a wounded Korean War soldier who lost his eyes and life during an ambush. The dying GI, who had served five months, spoke of duty, fear, and blame for failing to see the attack, then died as medics tried to reach him.
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