Convicted Slayer Prefers Death Over Life Imprisonment
Reed Leroy Hatton, 20, condemned for the 1947 Christmas Eve killing in Collier County, asks Gov. Fuller Warren for a death warrant instead of life imprisonment. Hatton says he seeks rest after a life of unrest and cites his troubled youth in a California Boys Home and insanity ruling. The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the death sentence, and State Attorney General Richard Ervin examines the commutation appeal.
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Tallahassee
Fla
Reed Leroy Hatton
Florida State Prison
Fuller Warren
California
California Hospital For the
Florida
Warren
Hatton
Willie Riley
Collier County
Board of State Hospital Physicians
Richard Ervin
Florida Supreme Court
Oldest Pensioner Found Dead in Columbus Rooming House
Police in Columbus found Howard Degood believed to be 107 years old dead in his rooming house. Coroner Dr. Robert A. Evans and officers identified his age from cards in his pockets. Degood had moved from a Lima rest home six weeks earlier and liked counting a large roll of play money, with only $40 real currency among the piles.
Word Hunt Puzzle From Scrambled Clues
A mixed grid of horizontal and vertical word clues lists terms from various categories. Readers solve by filling cross letters to reveal a hidden message or theme across the puzzle.
Naughton Family Welcomes Newborn During Hospital Visit
In Scranton Pennsylvania Patrick Naughton and his three sons Joseph Patrick and John were admitted for tonsillectomies at Mid-Valley Hospital Peckville. Their mother joined them later that day and welcomed a newborn sister while Mr Naughton recuperates at home.
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Scranton
Patrick Naughton
Mid-Valley
Peckville
Naughton
Joseph
Patrick
John
Death Penalty Given Man At Second Trial
Aaron Turner, 28, convicted of murdering Frank Endres during a December 1945 Philadelphia broom company holdup, was again found guilty of first degree murder after a new trial. The jury imposed the mandatory death sentence. the defense was granted four days to seek a further retrial.
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Philadelphia
Aaron Turner
U. S. Supreme Court
Turner
Frank Endres
High Court
Supreme Court
Edward P. Rome
Americans In Germany Learn Occupation Etiquette
In Germany the ordinary American civilian faces life under occupation rules. Soldiers from the U S Army at times mistreat locals, while some troops conduct themselves professionally in businesslike duty. Incidents range from rude identity shoves to dangerous driving and controlling gaze, amid reflections that many occupiers are youths away from home.
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Richard K. O'Malley
Frankfurt
Germany
Army
State Department
U. S
Mainz
Willys-Overland Exports Hit 111 Million Mark
Willys-Overland export sales since the war exceed 111 million dollars. Marcel F. De Muller reports vehicles totaled about 10.75 million of the figure, with parts farm implements and equipment making up the rest. The 100,000th overseas sale, a civilian jeep, has just shipped as part of a 20-vehicle batch to Istanbul.
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Toledoo
Willys- Overland
Marcel F. de Muller
Willys-Overland Export Corporation
de Muller
Jeep
Istanbul
Y Teens Plan Overseas Candy Drive for Christmas
The Middletown Y Teens led by adviser Miss Veda McCray will send 798 chocolate bars to the YWCA World Emergency Fund in New York for distribution to overseas children. Jars in the high school cafeteria collected nickels and dimes to fund the effort. Each box will be wrapped in Christmas paper with the senders’ name and address.
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Veda McCray
Middletown High School
Ywca World Emergency Fund
New York
Ywca's
Miss McCray
Akron City Council Backs No Rent Decontrol Move
After five hearings Akron City Council rejected rent decontrol and urged the regional rent advisory board to study removing controls on sleeping and light housekeeping rooms yesterday.
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Akron
Area Rent Advisory Board
Steam Shovel Dynamited At Pennsylvania Coal Mine
A large steam shovel at Henry Kenner’s Coupon Pennsylvania strip mine was blown apart in a dynamite blast. A prior blast damaged a Kenner deep mine tipple. Kenner valued the damage at 10000 dollars. State police opened an investigation into the attack.
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Altoona
Pennsylvania
Henry Kenney
Coupon
Kenner
United Mine Workers
Robert Hill
Erie Railroad Wins 100000 Damages in Crossing Crash
A federal court jury awarded the Erie Railroad 100000 in damages after a freight train struck a Breuer trucking unit. The truck was left stalled on the tracks at Ravenna for seven minutes with no signal, according to the railroad which had sought 246000.
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Cleveland, C
Erie Railroad
Elmer C. Breuer
Erie
Ravenna
Hole in City Hall Needs Fifty Five Thousand Dollars
Columbus city officials estimate about 50000 in dough to fill the hole in the city hall building. The two section structure from 1928 and 1935 now surrounds roughly 5000 square feet of empty space once the construction crew moved in with equipment.
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Columbus
City Hall
City Builds Inside Building for Tax Office
With downtown office space at a premium in Columbus the city fathers decided to erect a building within a building to house their city income tax department.
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Columbus
Express Highway Talk Scheduled
TOLEDO O AP Representatives of the Association of Ohio Municipalities will meet with Theodore Kauer state highway director in Columbus at 11 a m November 3 to discuss revision of the present formula of city and state participation in the cost of express highways Mayor Michael V Disalle To
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Toledo
Association of Ohio Municipalities
Theodore Kauer
State Highway Direct
Columbus
Michael V. Disaile
Local association to hold meeting on regional freeway plan
Toledo president of the association said Mayor Disalle announced the meeting after a telephone talk with Auer. The executive and highway committee will include Arnold V. Finch and mayors from Cincinnati Columbus Cleveland Lima Monrovia Youngstown Portsmouth and St. Clairsville. Current funding splits show city and state share 25 percent each with 50 percent from the federal government. The Brahmaputra River is noted as the world’s longest at 1680 miles.
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Ledo
Associa’tion
Disalle
Wauer
Arnold V. Finch
Highway Committee
Cincinna Columbus
Cleveland
Lima
Mdina
Yoongstown
Portsmouth
St. Clairsville
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