Supreme Court frees murderesses over technicality
The column criticizes a Supreme Court decision reversing murder convictions of Dorothy Krueger Smith and Dorothy Covert, arguing the court improperly freed two women for killing their husbands while abroad. It attacks the ruling as condoning murder and warns of shifting legal standards affecting military and civilian courts.
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New York
Supreme Court
Tom Clark
Dorothy Krueger Smith
Charlie B. Covert
Justice Black
U.S
Missus Covert
England
Missus Smith
Japan
Brother Black
Eniwetok
Clark
Madame Krueger-Smith
Col
Aubrey Smith
Kentucky
Madame Covert
Lizzie Borden
New England
Washington
Smith
Covert
Constitutional Amendments and VA Veteran Bonus Proposals
The article explains how Pennsylvania constitutional amendments pass after two General Assembly sessions and voter approval. It outlines past temporary debt authorizations, notes four 1957 proposed amendments to reduce voting age to 18, raise school district borrowing, elect the attorney general, and move to annual legislative sessions, and discusses a November referendum to authorize a $150 million Korean veterans bonus bond issue.
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Pennsylvania
General Assembly
Commonwealth
Leave The Place Clean and Respect Rural Property Rights
A local column urges picnickers to keep outdoor spots clean and respect private property in Lawrence County. It warns that owners may close access if litter and waste persist and advises carrying out all trash to ensure return visits.
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Lawrence County
Down Town
Soviet anxiety evident over disarmament and aerial inspection
The article notes Soviet concern about nuclear tensions, citing Bulganin threats to adversaries, Gromyko's bitter complaint about Norstad's war destruction remarks, Khrushchev's hydrogen bomb claim, and the Allied push for aerial inspection as the key to enforcing any disarmament pact amid looming third world war risks.
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Soviet
Russia
Nikolai A. Bulganin
Gromyko
Norstad
Miner Rescued After 142 Hours Trapped 200 Feet Deep
Fred Sabol one of five miners saved from 200 feet underground describes the ordeal cold and frightening. In Washington the Dodger president denies pressuring New York politicians to expand the stadium. In Hollywood Yvonne De Carlo comments on Jane Russell criticizing old fashioned red flannel nightgown for bedtime.
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Steubenville
Ohio
Fred Sabol
Washington
Dodger
Walter O'Malley
New York
Hollywood
Yvonne de Carlo
Jane Russell
Jane
You re Telling Me
A column by William Ritt pokes fun at world travel costs and cultural quirks. It cites Paris taxis, sugar ideology, Yankee signs abroad, and a fugitive fox that outsmarted Scotland Yard. It also notes opium gang violence in Iran and a Buffalo tailor with a one lapel dinner jacket.
Burgess Career Trail From Defense to TWA CEO
Carter L. Burgess born December 31 1916 in Roanoke Virginia is a Virginia Military Institute graduate. He served as assistant to the President 1947 1953 assistant secretary of Defense 1954 special assistant to the Secretary of State and executive officer Office of Defense Mobilization 1945 1946. He chaired a 1955 10 member committee to draft a code of conduct for American military personnel captured by Communists. He resigned as assistant secretary of Defense in December 1956 to become president and chief executive officer of Trans World Airlines. The flag of the Confederate States known as Stars and Bars is noted.
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Carter L. Burgess
Roanoke
Virginia Military Institute
Trans World Airlines Company
Voice Of Broadway notes and show business headlines
Box office outlook for Marilyn Monroe’s The Prince and the Showgirl hints at a small fortune from her first independent production with partners. Monroe eyes Marion Brando as co star for a future solo project.
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Marilyn Monroe
Marion Brando
Tight Money and Its Political Theater
The piece reviews Treasury Secretary George M. Humphrey and Senator Kerr arguing over tight money and inflation. It notes shortages in commodities, the Fed’s money-supply actions, and hints that inflation may be easing. It also mentions entertainment and society items scattered through the page.
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Washington
Humphrey
Kerr
Senator
Federal Reserve Board
Try And Stop Me By Bennett Cerf
A string of jokes and quips opens with a TV referee insult and ends with light humor about a Kentucky mountaineer’s marriage to a 14 year old. A Cape Codder jokes about his wife’s new costume and its coastline.
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Bennett Cerf
Kentucky
Early U S A History Facts Preview
A compact historical note recounts early U S origin facts including the first U S A abbreviation on gunpowder casks for Washingtons Army. It mentions Washington and the Constitutional Convention lasting 96 days, Theodore Roosevelt as the youngest president at 43, and Washington named dictator on December 27 1776.
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U.S.A
Frankfort
Pennsylvania
Washington
Constitutional Convention
George Washington
United States
Americans Favor Classical Music Over Jazz and Pop
A survey of American record buyers and concertgoers shows a strong preference for classical composers like Beethoven Chopin Brahms Ravel Mozart Strauss Tschaikovsky and Gershwin over jazz and popular novelties. records and concerts of these composers outsell lighter fare.
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Beethoven
Chopin
Brahms
Ravel
Mozart
Richard Strauss
Tschaikovsky
Gershwin
Cold War Tensions Rise Over Hungarian Uprising
Anrei Gromyko and Chou En Lai launch blistering attacks on the United States as UN indictments detail Russian slaughter in Hungary. The unrest prompts arrests and deportations, while resistance persists in Budapest and among intellectuals. Chinese leaders acknowledge internal restiveness amid UN findings.
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United States
Andrei Gromyko
Lauris Norstad
NATO
Europe
UN Special Committee
Gromyko
Hungary
Moscow
Matyas Rakosi
Budapest
Peiping
Chou En-Lai
Chou
When Couples Clash The Silent Treatment Heals
The speaker recalls ongoing marital strife with mutual wrongs and silent treatments. He describes how arguing failed to win and how he conceded when faced with his partner’s tears. The piece closes with a historical note about money, noting dollars were once divided into halves dimes and cents and lacked quarters.
Fire Ant Plague Ravages Southern Farmlands
James Keller warns of the worst insect outbreak in the South with more than 20 million acres infested by fire ants. Mounds up to 16 inches high host about 25,000 ants each, threatening crops livestock and people and prompting warnings to apply God’s truth in human affairs.
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South
Little
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