Chessman offers to die to end death penalty for others
Caryl Chessman on death row at San Quentin writes Governor Brown proposing abolition of capital punishment for everyone else. He asks to be excluded from any bill, arguing lawmakers should act to spare him while ending the death penalty. He recalls news of a reprieve and praises bold leadership.
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Sacramento
Calif
Caryl Chessman
California
Chessman
Edmund Brown
San Quentin
Capitol
Brown
California Supreme Court
1000 Believed Dead In Agadir Disaster
In Casablanca Morocco two earthquakes and a tidal wave devastated Agadir killing about 1000 people with equal injuries. Crown Prince Moulay Hassan and officials returned from the scene as King Mohamed V ordered a relief command post.
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Casablanca
Morocco
Agadir
Moulay Hassan
Mohamed V
Casbah
Counter Issue Appears Slowing in Southern Sitdowns
In Montgomery Alabama the push for integrated lunch counters appears to be slowing as Negro student leaders resist abandoning sitdowns. Across the region demonstrations continue with planned mass walkouts at Alabama State College for Negroes if expulsions occur. Violent incidents are limited to a manager striking a photographer in Tampa and arrests in Durham and Chapel Hill.
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South
Alabama State College For Negroes
Montgomery
John Pattersonf
Alabama State
Voorhees Junior College
Denmark
S.C
Tampa
Fla
Chapel Hill
N.C
Durham
Linda Ellen Teston
Ronnie Dale Broadwell
Montgomery, Ala
London boycott targets South African goods in solidarity move
A month long boycott of all South African consumer goods was launched in Britain to protest apartheid. Housewives were urged to avoid fresh South African produce and canned goods as the Labour party backs the effort and organizers claim broad Conservative support. The campaign relies on 120 volunteer committees nationwide.
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London
Reuters
South Africa
Britain
Labor Party
Calgary ambulance drivers face ex convict ban proposal
Deputy police chief Ken McIver told Calgary city council that some ambulance workers have criminal backgrounds and have robbed patients. He cited complaints from patients who were robbed after rides and said stolen property was recovered at an ambulance company. The bylaw to bar ex convicts from ambulance roles will be studied further.
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Calgary (Cp
Ken McIver
Calgary
Melver
British distrust may last 100 years says German papers
West German newspapers warned that British distrust of Germany could endure for a century. Editorials in Abendpost and others criticized Britain’s attitude to Adenauer and Spanish bases, suggesting Britain and France pursue actions outside NATO, while Russia benefits from the rift.
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Bonn
West Germany
Reuters
Konrad Adenauer
Spain
Frankfurt
Abendpost
Independent
der Mittag
Germany
Britain
France
NATO
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Russia
Defence Notes Discrepancies in Finch Case
In Los Angeles a defence counsel outlines a dozen discrepancies in the housemaid Marie Anne Lidholm testimony about Barbara Jean Finch’s fatal shooting. The Swedish maid, a key witness, described Mrs Finch entering from the right door while the doctor claims she entered from the left, a point tied to blood on the driver's seat.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Jean Finch
Miss Lidholm
Mrs. Finch
Finch Estate
Finch
Cooper
Marie Anne
Male Jury Will Get Case Today
Boston AP Trial Judge Frank Murray says Willem Van Rie’s first degree murder case will go to an all male jury today. Prosecution rests on circumstantial evidence regarding the strange death of Lynn Kauffman as a pathologist testifies she was beaten before drowning. The couple were shipboard lovers during her 44 day voyage from the Orient last summer. The state contends Van Rie feared possible pregnancy and exposure of the affair.
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Boston
Frank Murray
Willem van Rie
Lynn Kauffman
Murray
van Rie
van Pie
Khrushchev Flies to Calcutta to Meet Nehru and U Nu
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev traveled from Jakarta to Calcutta where he is to meet Indian Prime Minister Nehru and Burmese Prime Minister U Nu. He will spend the night there before visiting Afghanistan on the way back to Moscow.
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Indonesia
Khrushchev
Moscow
Calcutta
Nehru
India
U Nu
Burma
Afghanistan
Six Apply For Licenses For Edmonton Calgary TV Stations
Applications have been received for four television stations at Edmonton and two at Calgary. The Board of Broadcast Governors will hold hearings on the Edmonton applications May 11 and in Calgary May 16. The filings seek second station licences in each city already served by private TV stations.
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Ottawa
Edmonton
Calgary
Transport Department
Board of Broadcast Governors
Medicine Hat hit by the coldest March day on record
The city endured a frigid 27 degrees below zero as Canada faced a sweep of sub zero temperatures across the prairies. Winds from the northwest reached 25 to 30 mph and police urged motorists to limit travel while a water main leak in the Twelfth Street block disrupted households.
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Whitecourt
Kindersley, Sask
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Public Works Department
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