Justices Deny Chessman Hearing for Death Row Inmate
The Supreme Court refused to grant Daryl Chessman another chance for a hearing. Chessman, a Los Angeles sex offender on death row at San Quentin, had pursued numerous legal challenges to delay execution after his 1949 death sentence, and he authored Cell 3455, Death Row.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Daryl Chessman
Los Angeles
California
San Quentin
Death House
Chessman
McCarthy Accuses Watkins Of Prejudice On Censure
Senate debate nears as McCarthy charges Sen. Watkins and the censure committee with prejudice in McCarthy's push for public reprimand. He cites a letter alleging deception to the vice president and questions impartiality of Johnson and Ervin.
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Sen
McCarthy
Wis
Watkins
Utah
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Ervin
D-Nc
Senate
Army
Ralph W. Zwicker
Johnson
Wisconsin
Senate Investigations
Investigations Subcommittee
Peress
Salt Lake City
Maj
Irving Peress
New York
Zwicker
Camp Kilmer
N.J
Watkins Committee
Eisenhower weighs late campaign swing as unemployment falls
The White House says President Eisenhower would like to tour key states before Tuesday’s election but has not decided. He highlighted unemployment dropping 400000 to 2700000, the first sub three million figure this year, while urging turnout and stressing economic progress in a speech to the National Security Industrial Association.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
White House
Eisenhower
GOP
European Defense Alliance
James Hagerty
Republican Party
Hagerty
Ohio
Ilinois
Iowa
Michigan
Massachusetts
Delaware
National Security Industrial Assa
Mitchell
Polio Cases Drop in Ohio Says Health Director
Ohio records show polio decline with 85 new cases last week totaling 2 052 for the year Dr Ralph Dwork acting state health director said The week prior reported 120 cases and the year 2 304 cases at the same date in 1958 One new Montgomery County case raised the county total to 81 while Richland County remained at 18 as some students participate in a nationwide Salk vaccine test.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ralph Dwork
Montgomery County
Richland County
Woman breaks down seeks excuse but seated as juror
In Cleveland the juror pool returns to court for the Dr Samuel H Sheppard murder trial. Genevieve A Pelsay a replacement for Gerald L Liederbach sobbed and asked to be excused saying she did not want to be on the case. Judge Edward Blythin later seated her as tentative juror No 11 after a brief recess.
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Cleveland
Samuel H. Sheppard
Fred Garmone
Genevieve A. Pelsay
Blonde Biscuit Company
Sam Sheppard
Sheppard
Liederbach
Marilyn
Cost Of Murder Case Reaches 819000 Mark
The Sheppard murder case has spent over 19000 in court costs plus 4000 paid by the Pard family for reporters stenographers and other expenses. Bail bonds and private investigator fees 1000 more. Prosecutor cites about 1500 in office costs and travel. A 13200 bill from Cleveland Police to Bay Village covers major investigation costs.
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Cleveland
C AP
Sheppard
William J. Corrigan
Corrigan
Samuel H. Sheppard
Frank T. Cullitan
Cuyahoga County
Bay Village
India urges arms truce at UN as debate nears end
In a near final session of the U.N. disarmament debate India’s V. K. Krishna Menon urged a halt on weapons production until a global pact is reached and proposed the U.N. Disarmament Commission study an armament truce. Russia’s Andrei Vishinsky attacked Western plans and warned against new pacts that allow aggression while disarmament talks continue.
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N.Y
U.N
India
S V. K. Krishna Menon
U.N. Disarmament Commission
Menon
Russia
France
Britain
United States
Canada
London
Andrei Vishinsky
Paris
Vishinsky
Piper
Assia
Cosp
Erie
Embassy Reports Contact With Freed Cleveland Architect Field
A U S Embassy spokesman in Vienna says contact has been established with Cleveland architect Hermann Field who was freed from a Polish prison. State Dept in Washington had not seen the report yet. Field disappeared in 1950s after traveling from Warsaw to Prague to search for relatives.
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Austria
U.S
Cleveland
Hermann Field
Poland
State Department
Washington
Field
Warsaw
Security Service
Noel
Herta
Prague
Berlin
Count To Five Survival Tip For Atomic Blasts
Alton L Blake s ee outlines a simple rule from Col Harvey C Slocum to survive a nuclear blast. If you duck and count to five you may gauge distance from the center and survival chances. The method hinges on blast sound travel and assumed safety if you are a mile away.
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Cincinnati
Col Harvey C. Slocum
American Society of Anesthesiologists
Slocum
Surgeon General
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Japan
Adenauer Leaves Bonn for U S Visit
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flew from Bonn for an eight day trip to the United States. He will meet President Eisenhower and Secretary Dulles to discuss Paris accords on freeing and rearming West Germany and reunification talks. He promised to submit the accords on return and cited aims to save peace in Europe and Germany.
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Bonn
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
United States
Eisenhower
Dulles
Paris
West Germany
Western Defense Alliance
Europe
U.S
James B. Conant
Dulles Lists Asian Problems After Germany Pact Victory
Secretary of State Dulles shifts focus to Communist threats in Asia after West Germany gains Atlantic Pact status. He plans White House NSC talks with Eisenhower on Indochina Formosa and other crisis spots while rejecting new Soviet talks on Germany. Dulles says Western Europe will remain solid and warns Russia against disarmament schemes. France is expected to ratify West German military accords soon.
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John Scali
Washington
Dulles
Asia
Russia
West Germany
Eisenhower
National Security Council
White House
Indochina
Formosa
Western Europe
Germany
West Europe
United States
United Nations
Europe
Atlantic Ocean
Ohio Grange Picks Officers At Three Day Convention
Ohio State Grange begins election of officers during its three day convention in Columbus with Grange Master Byron Frederick addressing about 1,000 delegates. Frederick praised the state’s secondary road system and said the state fair is in good hands while criticizing 1954 fair as smelling of politics.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State Grange
Byron Frederick
Frederick
Plane wreckage sighted in French Alps may be C47
Bulletin NICE France reports sighting high in the French Alps of wreckage that could be the missing U S Air Force C47. Helicopter crew found weathered remains of a smaller craft. Search teams from American, Italian, and French forces broaden the hunt for the C47 missing with 21 air men after a Rome to Manston flight. Parachutists were sent to survey wreckage near St Martin about 49 miles from the Mediterranean Coast.
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Nice
France
U. S
Rome
Manston
England
St. Martin
Mediterranean
Floods Ravage Salerno Coast as Death Toll Rises
Salerno Amalfi coast floods kill more than 150 across a dozen cities with dozens more missing. Reports say 62 bodies found in mud filled streets and a building collapse in Canalone killed seven families, while Alege Sia reports indicate victims there. No foreign casualties reported yet.
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Salerno
Italy
Salerno Amalfi
Canajoni
Alege Sia
Korean Scandal Hits Park and Finance Officials
Former Prime Minister Paik Too Chin and several Finance Ministry officials were charged with improper loan procedures to aid friends and acquaintances. The 10 member National Assembly committee reports loans totaled about 100 million hwan, and calls for removal and legal punishment of those officials. Paik, as economic coordinator, liaised with American officials on the 700 million dollar bid program for the current fiscal year.
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Seoul
Park Too Chin
Finance Ministry
South Korean National Assembly
Syngman Rhee
Liberal Party
Paik
Bea
Churchill Rejects Russian Proposal for Big Four Talks
Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the House of Commons rejected a Russian bid for Big Four discussions next month on German unification. He said it was not the moment to engage with the Russians while Western parliaments must ratify the London agreements calling for a rearmed and sovereign West Germany.
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Churchill
House of Commons
West Germany
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