Chessman letter seeks innocence via missing body claim
Daryl Chessman told Gov. Edmund Brown a missing body would prove his innocence, though he gave no location or description. Brown released the 1,500 word letter after Chessman agreed to public disclosure amid a 60 day reprieve as California debates abolition of capital punishment.
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Sacramento
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Edmund Brown
Brown
Chessman
Los Angeles
California
State Department
Eisenhower
Convict Writer Seeks “Unequivocal” Exit to Governor
Davis notes the convict author plans a further letter to Brown and intends to offer the governor an unequivocal way out. Specific proposal details were not disclosed.
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Davis
Brown
Cops Track Murder: 15-Year-Old Arrested in Billings Case
In Billings Montana detectives traced a bloody path from a slain 15 year old girl's home to that of a 15 year old boy. The youth wore blood stained clothes and claimed a fall injured his nose. Juvenile custody was taken under a petition by William J. Spear. Judge Charles B. Sande withheld charge details.
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Billings
Mont
Jodie Anderson
Atty
William J. Spear
Dist
Charles B. Sande
Montana
Slender casual acquaintance linked to stabbing case
The slender curly haired youth known as a casual acquaintance of the girl attended a different high school. Jodie was stabbed 25 times in the neck and shoulders with scissors. A rifle with a shattered stock near her body was used to bludgeon her head. Police Chief R L Wilson said there was no evident sexual mistreatment and a motive could not be established.
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Jodie
Dog Boarded While Jury Locked Up
Dorothy Mercready of Plainfield served on a six week murder jury in Elizabeth New Jersey and billed the court 51.75 for kenneling her cocker spaniel during nightly lockups. The Union County Court ordered the bill paid.
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Elizabeth
N. J
Dorothy Mercready
Plainfield
Jury recessed in $50,000 suit against Middletown Hospital
The jury deliberating a $50,000 case against the Middletown Hospital Assn. recessed for lunch after three hours of testimony and planned to reconvene at 1 30 p m. Also in Rio de Janeiro President Eisenhower greeted by vast crowds during a triumphal ride.
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Middletown Hospital Assn
Titan missile launches on record test flight to ocean target
CAPE CANAVERAL AP An intercontinental Titan missile completed its longest test flight today. The launch carried a dummy warhead and reached nearly 5,000 miles to an ocean target, marking a crucial success for the troubled program.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Titan
Two Children Die In Jefferson Township House Fire
A Jefferson Township house fire in Dayton area left two children dead Charles Wayne Lawson 22 months and John Albert Lawson 5 of Lucille Lawson 28. A mother and two other children were rescued by a nearby stone mason who was working.
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Dayton, Ohio
Jefferson Township
Here
Charles Wayne Lawson
John Albert Lawson
Lucille Lawson
Widow Accused In Murder Of Detroit Car Dealer Bill Lassiter
Nelle Lassiter, 38, charged with first degree murder and conspiracy in the April death of her husband Parvin Lassiter. Gordon Watson, 44, arrested in Los Angeles, waives extradition. Prosecution cites $500 award to intermediary Richard Jones and motives of money. Lassiter estate valued around $107000 with substantial assets to her.
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Nelle Lassiter
Parvin
Bill) Lassiter
Gordon Watson
Royal Oak
Dearborn
John L. Mokersky
Ing
Michigan
Jones
Hicks
Lassiter
Willow Run
Hick
Theody
Rhodes
Oakland County
State
Howard Whaley Nelle
Nellie Lassiter
Detroit
Sube Urban Royal Oak
Rio Crowds In Holiday Mood As She Arrives
Jean Allgayer found her 4 year old son Ronnie nude and nearly blue with cold after two hours in a refrigerator. Ronnie and a girl playmate used the appliance as a tub during play. He shouted for help from an empty apartment and was later treated with a hot bath at City-County Hospital.
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Houston
Tex
Jean Allgayer
Ronnie
Mommie
Eisenhower Visits Rio With Message of Hope for Peace
President Eisenhower arrived in Rio de Janeiro on a four nation South American tour. He urged diverting arms spending to fight disease poverty and ignorance. Brazilian leader Juscelino Kubitschek welcomed him praising peace and friendship between nations.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Eisenhower
South America
Juscelino Kubitschek
Rio
North America
Subversive Charge Over Air Force Manual Alarms Church Council
James Wine of the National Council of Churches General Board alleged servicemen face totalitarian training and said an Air Force manual hints at Communist infiltration of American churches during a Tuesday night meeting in Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
National Council of Churches General Board
James Wine
Council
Air Force
Jail Break Will Cost Crum Told
Hillsboro Ohio AP Ever Ett Crum’s 55 hours of freedom led to eight charges including two kidnapping counts. He faced grand jury bonds of 16500 set by Judge Forrest Beery after shootings and break ins. Crum escaped Wilmington jail at gunpoint, seized a minister's car, triggered two gunfights, and was trapped near Cherry Park before surrender.
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Hillsboro
Ohio
Everett Crum
Clinton County
Crum
Forrest Beery
Highland County Common Pleas Court
Wilmington
Trotter
Shelton
Manchester
Cherry Park
More Bodies Found In Mine Fire Traps 84 Missing Miners
Berlin AP reports 22 more bodies recovered from the Karl Marx Mine at Zwickau as rescue teams search for 84 miners trapped by a two day fire after a gas explosion.
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Berlin
Karl Marx
Zwicka
Air Force subcommittee reviews resume amid subversive indoctrination charges
The General Board to hear a report from its policy and strategy subcommittee after Wine described a pattern in military manuals. Heintz said the Air Force Reserve training manual may be influenced by subversive forces and included passages alleging Communist church infiltration and church influence on a Bible revision subcommittee.
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General Board
Wine
U.S. Air Force
United States
Air Force Reserve
Air Force
Communist Front
National Council
Risks Life Doing Job Risks Life Doing Job
Patrolman Thomas Reilly Jr. attempted to revive Concetta Loris who died of meningitis. He was ordered to isolate at home after exposure and reports feeling fine despite fear of illness. Doctors say meningitis symptoms appear four to eight days after exposure. Reilly lives with his wife and two children.
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Thomas G. Lanphier Jr
Convair
Administration
New York
Thomas Reilly Jr
Reilly
Concetta Loris
Ttwo
Doctor urges wives to keep husbands active at home
Dr Paul Dudley White told Dayton area physicians that wives should assign evening chores to husbands to promote longevity. He dismissed fears about snow shoveling being uniquely dangerous, saying it is not more risky than driving, and cited his role as Eisenhower’s former medical advisor.
No Reason To Change Elvis Says About Returning
Elvis Presley says he will not change his singing style after leaving the Army. The rock star, 24, notes he has no reason to change and that the people will guide him. His two year service ends next month, with date withheld to avoid a repeat of the crowd reaction in Germany. He calls the army experience good and says he made friends he would not have otherwise.
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Bad Nauhetm
Germany
Elvis Presley
Presley
Elvis
Army Satisfied With Elvis In Duties and Off Duty
The Army expresses satisfaction with Elvis Presley noting he has performed remarkably well in his duties and off duty, as stated by a commander.
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Elvis
Why did Robin Hood rob only the rich
A light joke notes that Robin Hood targeted the rich because the poor lacked money, presenting a playful historical angle on wealth and theft.
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Robin Hood
Midwest Snow Deepens Across Plains and Midwest
Snow fell again across the storm battered Midwest with heavy areas in Missouri Iowa Kansas Nebraska and parts of Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota and Oklahoma. Temperatures linger near zero while schools close on slick roads as a new storm targets New Mexico and flurries reach the Great Lakes and the Northeast.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Plains
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
Prospect
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Illinois
Indiana
Oklahoma
Dakotas
North Central
New Mexico
Rockies
Montana
Great Lakes
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Upper
New York
New England
Weather Update From Regional Forecast
Rain likely across the Ohio Valley with light showers extending from east Texas to central Arkansas. Northern Atlantic coast areas and New England should see clearing skies while southern Florida remains drier as showers abate.
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Ohio Valley
Texas
Arkansas
Florida
Atlantic
New England
Frigid Arctic Air Heads Toward the Miami Valley
A cold snap grips the region with temperatures in the 20s through Thursday. Expect cloudy skies and light snow with highs around 35 today, dipping to the mid 20s tonight and near 30 Thursday. Light snow or flurries possible. Middletown yesterday reached 34 and 27 this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Leatherneck Rescued From 600-Foot Waianae Cliff
In Hawaii, Army rescuers saved Pfc. Roy W. Kocurek an 18-year-old from La Grange Texas after two days in a cleft 600 feet down a Waianae Mountains cliff. He was lowered by rope to the valley floor and flown to Tripler Army Hospital. His companion Pfc. Burr C. Osbonlighter 20, of Albany New York, said a belt belt led to their descent.
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Honolulu
Waianae Mountains
Oahu
Leatherneck
Pfc
Roy W. Kocurek
la Grange
Texas
Tripler Army Hospital
Burr C. Os. Bonlighter 20
Albany
N.Y
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