Notorious pair die together in gas chamber
Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady were executed for kidnapping and killing 6 year old Bobby Greenlease at Missouri State Prison. They spoke calmly as the cyanide gas took effect and shared a cigarette moments before the sentence was carried out in near freezing silence.
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Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Missouri State
Bobby Greenlease
Jefferson City
Missouri State Prison
Hall
Bobby
Hal
Eidson
Mrs. Heady
Heady
G. Donald Shull
Kansas City
Marshal K. ‘Hoag
Pleasonton
Kan
French Parliament Stalls in Third Bid for President
In Versailles a joint session of the French Parliament again failed to elect a president, with three candidates remaining after Foreign Minister Bidault withdrew. Naegelen led second-ballot votes, Laniel and Delbos trailed as talks of a compromise and possible retirements swirled amid a rare three-ballot deadlock.
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Versailles
France
Georges Bidault
Joseph Laniel
Marcel-Edmond Naegelen
Algeria
Yvon Delbos
Naegelen
National Assembly
Senate
Laniel
Delbos
Bidault
Popular Republican Movement
Vincent Auriol
Palace of Versailles
Belbos
Henri Queuille
Auriol
Eisenhower Leads Talks on Atomic Policy and Farm Prices
President Eisenhower meets GOP leaders to discuss relaxing export of atomic information to allies without releasing weapon secrets. He surveys a wide agenda including defense spending, foreign aid, housing, unemployment benefits, and farm price supports amid efforts to trim the federal budget.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Sen. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Congress
America
GOP
Republican Party
Treasury
Rep
Taber
House Appropriations Committee
Hickenlooper
War POWs May Get One Last Chance After Deadline
The top neutral officer in Korea indicated reluctant prisoners including 22 Americans may receive another chance to change their minds after the explanation period ends. Lt. Gen. K S Thimayya said he might take up the idea of screening all refusing prisoners at a later date. Six weeks ago he suggested a hut interview plan and a single file walk path to choose repatriation or nonrepatriation. A South Korean POW said four Americans and about 20 South Koreans could return home if given a chance.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Neutral Nations
K. S. Thimayya
Thimayya
al. S. Thimayya
Bandit Robs Dayton Store Of 32597 In Noon Heist
A lone bandit robbed the Rike Kumler company in Dayton yesterday, taking 32597 from the cashier’s room on the seventh floor. The theft occurred around 12 45 p m as Christmas shoppers milled in a noon crowd near Santa Claus. Brinks guards typically collect the day’s receipts from the cashier’s cage for deposit at Winters National bank. Several other bags with undisclosed cash were left on the table.
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Rike-Kumler Company
Dayton
Brink
Winters National Bank
Brink's
Si Re
Santa Claus
Second two headed baby born in Brazil hospital report
In Belo Horizonte doctors at Sao Vincente Hospital report a girl born four days ago to Geralda Francisca de Jesus, wife of a rural storekeeper. The infant has two separate hearts and respiratory systems, one digestive system, four arms and three legs. Previously the mother had four normal children.
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Belo Horizonte
Brazil
Sao Vincente Hospital
Geralda Francisca de Jesus
Brakes Fail Tractor Trailed Into Two Homes Near Middletown
A southbound tractor trailer left Ohio 4 at Oxford State Road and crashed into two houses, damaging the Fleming and Newman homes. Driver James Lee Boone, 31, of South Bend, Ind., said brake failure and a sharp left turn caused the wreck. He was trapped briefly but freed. no injuries reported.
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Lylburn Fleming
Lowell Newman
Ohio 4
Oxford State Road
James Lee Boone
S.carrol St
South Bend
Ind
Verity Parkway
Fleming
Oxford State Rd
Newman
Oxford - State Rd
Boone
Conrad
James Boone
Lysburn Fleming
Oxford- State Rd
Oxford-Steate Rd
Journal
Bill Weith
Nike Guided Missile Unit Set Up At Ft Meade Maryland Base
The Army unveils the Nike guided missile system as the first city defense weapon. Ft Meade hosts the first Nike unit guarding the capital region and Baltimore area with missiles capable of tracking and destroying enemy bombers.
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Maryland
Washington
Nike
Ft. Meade Md
Voc Army
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
Army
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Confessed Cyanide Cocktail Murders Tied to Heir Gain
New York prosecutors reveal 20 year old chemist Harlow Fraden admitted poisoning his parents with potassium cyanide in champagne to gain access to about 150000 dollars. He described a friend Dennis Wepman’s involvement in planning the crime for money and said his mother’s taunts over his sexuality motivated the act.
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New York
Browa Dist
George B. de Luca
Harlow Fraden
Fraden
William Fraden
Shirley
de Luca
Wepman
Christmas observances flagged by City Churches this Sunday
Sunday features in depth church plans and a complete roundup of Christmas observances. The Younger Generation writes Santa letters with photos by Bill Weith. A long weekend affects Middletown industries and holiday schedules across major establishments.
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Santa Claus
Bill Weith
North Pole
Middetown
FCC Approves New Color TV System for Broadcasts
The FCC authorized a new color broadcasting method developed by the industry NTSC. Broadcasters push ahead with color telecasts while public access remains months away and sets may start around $1000. Mass production is expected to lower prices later.
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Washington
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Columbia Broadcasting System
Commission
Naval Television System Committee
NTSC
Weather update from Vandalia station foresees cold night
Forecasters predict a low around eight degrees in the Miami Valley with a high near 30 tomorrow under increasing cloudiness. Residents report frost damage overnight while recent temps show a four degree low and a twenty degree high yesterday. five degrees at 7:45 a.m. today.
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Fatana
Vandalia
Miami Valley
Jack Frost
Middletown
Armeco
Associated Press
Ohio
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