Caryl Chessman clemency bid blocked by California Supreme Court
The California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 against recommending clemency for Caryl Chessman, leaving his Friday 10 a.m. execution at San Quentin likely. Gov. Edmund G Brown said he cannot grant clemency without the court's recommendation and will wait on a reconsideration petition.
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California Supreme Court
San Francisco
Caryl Chessman
Chessman
San Quentin
Los Angeles
California
Edmund G Brown
Supreme Court
Brown
George It. Davis
Davis
U.S. Supreme Court
Sacramento
Kennedy sees street campaigning as plain hard work
Sen. John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts promotes a hands-on stumping tour in Wisconsin ahead of the April 5 Democratic primary. He praises door-to-door contact, cites a dairy price plan of 3.22 per hundredweight, and warns that rising interest rates will make a $20,000 home cost about $43,000 over 30 years compared with eight years ago.
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Oshkosh, Wis
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Wisconsin
Henry Cabot Lodge
Eisenhower
Four Cols Columbus Men Indicted for New Year’s Eve Murder
Four young men in Columbus, Ohio, were indicted on second degree murder charges for the New Year’s Eve death of an eastside woman. The Franklin County Grand Jury upgraded the initial manslaughter charges. All four were re arrested and held on $5,000 bonds each.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus
Franklin County
Helpful driver gets his signals crossed
Milford Ohio resident W B Goodman learned a good turn can go wrong when he started pushing a stalled car after misreading the driver signals The motorist tried to back into a space and used unprintable words as Goodman sped up and then halted after a proper stop signal was shown.
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Milford
Ohio
W. B. Goodman
Goodman
NAACP Questions Cincinnati Police Shooting Report
The NAACP disputes Police Chief Schrotel's account of the Jan 27 shooting deaths of Charles 23 and Virgil Brady 17 after a car stop. Two officers injured. brothers and other riders were involved. NAACP leaders condemn the police use of force as unwarranted.
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National
Assny For the Advancement of Colored People
Stanley Schrotel
Charles
Virgil Brady
Donald Freese
Harold Williams
Charles Brady
Freese
Brady
Williams
Ellison Jeffries
NAACP
Schrotel
Harvey Johnson
Naacp Legal Redress Committee
Police Action
DJ Reveals Payola Involving Boston Disc Jockey
Norman Prescott of Boston testified to the House subcommittee on Legislative Oversight that he accepted nine thousand nine hundred fifty five dollars from four Boston record distributors over three years starting in 1957. He quit last July saying he was ashamed of himself and the industry.
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Norman Prescott
Boston
House Subcommittee On
Legislative Oversight
Prescott
WBZ
Carter
Nurse Takes Pulse Subtracts Five Beats for Her Personality
A humorous quip about a conceited nurse who measures a patient pulse and reduces the count by five to fit her ego, showcasing light medical workplace humor.
Sugar Deal Ratified In Cuba Pact With Soviet Union
The Cuban Cabinet ratified a sugar heavy trade pact signed by Fidel Castro and Anastas Mikoyan. The agreement makes the Soviet Union Cuba's largest customer after the United States.
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Fidel Castro
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Cuba
United States
Allied Group Isolated In Soviet Zone Over Travel Passes
Allied officers in Potsdam faced isolation as Western powers resisted Soviet issued passes allowing travel into the German Democratic Republic. About 39 American British and French personnel in Potsdam and similar numbers in West Berlin were affected with high level talks ongoing and a likely protest to Soviet officials by week’s end.
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Germany
Soviet Union
German Democratic Republic
Potsdam
East Germany
West Germany
West Berlin
Berlin
Family Is Back Home
In Atlanta, eight Quisenberry children returned to their parents after a six month separation sparked by their father's departure to Toledo. A court denied a bid to adopt three year old Darrell, who was reunited with his parents as Carl Quisenberry faced 18 months probation on an abandonment charge.
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Darrell
Carl D. Quisenberry
Toledo
Ohio
Opal
Florida
Soviet and Chinese Communist Tensions Highlight Pravda Article
A Soviet Pravda piece by Andrei Gromyko marks the 1950 mutual aid pact with China but hints at a petulant tone amid Sino Soviet strain. It recalls Soviet aid, stresses peaceful coexistence, and criticizes China for actions in India and Indonesia while praising Khrushchev’s balance with the West.
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Andrei A Gromyko
Pravda
Moscow
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India
Southeast Asia
Gromyko
China
Lenin
United States
House To Probe Air Force Manual Controversy
Washington AP A House subcommittee promises an immediate inquiry into Air Force manual practices after a manual alleging Communist infiltration of churches was withdrawn and repudiated. The document cites 30 of 95 Bible revisionists with alleged pro Communist ties and compares mishandling classified information to signaling in football. It also notes prior manuals stirring uproar and hints at another on officers clubs with martini recipes.
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Air Force
Melvin Price
House
Subcommittee On
Frank Kowalski
D-Conn
Cold and cloudy with light snow expected today
The official forecast calls for cloudy and cold weather today and tonight with occasional light snow. Temperatures reach a high near 32 and a low around 22 for today and Friday’s expected high around 25. Middletown records show a 40 degree high at 2 p.m. and a 7:30 a.m. low. last night’s snowfall was only a trace.
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Middletown
2 Knifed Search On For Nephew
Police sought 22 year old Charles Russell after Walter Tucholski 53 was found dead with a knife in his back in a ransacked Toledo home. Ruth Tucholski 45 was stabbed and beaten, neighbors saw an afternoon departure with clothing and the suspect left in the victim’s car.
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Toledo, Ohio
Walter Tucholski
Tucholski
Ruth
Walter Dalko
Charles Russell
Bean
Beating and stabbing reported in neighborhood incident
Police were alerted Wednesday night after neighbor Stanley Wnorauski found disarray around the Tucholski residence. Mrs. Tucholski alleged Bean attacked her husband with brass knuckles, knocked her unconscious, and she did not witness the stabbing.
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Tucholski
Stanley Wnorowski
Queen in labor rumors hover at Buckingham Palace
London AP reports doctors at Buckingham Palace remained by the Queens side as speculation grows that her baby may be born soon. An official labor announcement was considered likely in the near term.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Farm bill proposal would cut wheat supports
Secretary Ezra Taft Benson presented Congress with a farm bill plan that would sharply reduce agricultural supports and end production controls for wheat, signaling major policy changes.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Congress
U.S. citizen Herman Marks loses citizenship over Cuban service
The U.S. Embassy notified Herman Marks of Milwaukee Wisconsin that his American citizenship is revoked due to service in the Cuban army. He became Havana's chief executioner.
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Havana
U.S
Herman Marks
Milwaukee
Wis
Governor Roasted By Miller
Cleveland AP report covers political clash between Governor Michael V. DiSalle and Cuyahoga County Democratic Chairman R. T. Miller Sr. as they trade barbs over party delegates and leadership. Miller accuses DiSalle of dictator tendencies while DiSalle paints Miller as old line boss resisting party reform and endorses Kennedy tied delegates.
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Michael V. DiSalle
Cuyahoga County
R. T. Miller Sr
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Miller
DiSalle
Ohio
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Democratic Party
Sen
John F.) Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Cuyahoga
Five Libyan desert bodies linked to World War II bomber
U S Army mortuary team reports five bodies found in the Libyan desert are linked to the Lady Be Good bomber discovered last year 500 miles from the North African coast. Capt Myron C Fuller and Hugo A Schaefer flew from Wheelus to inspect the remains about 85 miles from the wreck site. Dental and bone checks will aid identification with further searches planned for additional remains.
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Germany
U.S. Army
North African
U.S. Air Force
Myron C. Fuller
Placerville
Calif
Hugo A. Schaefer
Philadelphia
Wheelus
Tripoli
Naples
Italy
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