Man Dies Without A Friend In San Quentin Gas Chamber
Stephen Nash the confessed killer of eleven men and boys died in San Quentin’s gas chamber. He entered calmly with a fixed smile and winked at prosecutor Leary as cyanide dropped in. Nash, adopted and rejected by society, spoke of injustice and bitterness as witnesses sobbed and the world judged him.
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San Quentin
Amm (Ap
Tephen Nash
Nash
J Miller Leavy
Buorney
Los Angeles
Leavy
Leary
Owever
California
Long
Bronx
Bay Bridge Capacity Study Covers Traffic Headwinds
Ocean City Maryland AP state roads officials study increasing Chesapeake Bay Bridge capacity during peak traffic. Eastern Shore county commissioners hear Roads Commission Chairman John Funk propose raising minimum speed from 35 to 40 mph. He asks counties to prepare requests for the second four years of the 12 year roads program. Seven commission members attend SRC regional sentiment talks. Also: Washington AP reports police seek a 1957 58 green Ford pickup with Maryland tags starting 58 in acid attack on Rep Frank Thompson. No injuries. Thompson calls it a crank. British prisons fuller than ever in year to April 30 with daily average 26,709 inmates, up from 25,108.
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Ocean City
Chesapeake Bay
Eastern Shore County
Roads Commission
John Funk
Funk
Washington
Rep
Frank Thompson
Maryland
Thompson
Capitol
London
Death Row Inmate’s Final Fate Endures Silence
An inmate on death row faced isolation as fellow murderers fled his bragging about killings. He died with no money in his prison account and no one to claim or bury him. The University of California Medical School received his body for study.
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Nash
University of California Medical School
Defense Department bans book by Gen Power
The Defense Department blocked publication of an upcoming book on nuclear strategy by Gen Thomas Power chief of the Strategic Air Command. Secretary McElroy denied approval citing it inappropriate for a commander to author a book on his area while on active duty. Random House had suggested the project. Power provided only an outline. Also notes Cadet Randolph S. Cramer of Woodsboro attends summer ROTC at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa.
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Washington
Deffense Department
Strategic Air Command
Thomas S. Power
Gen. Power
Random House
New York
Power
Powers
Navy
Randolph S. Cramer
Steiner S. Cramer
Woodsboro
Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps
MacDill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
Cramer
University of Maryland
Compromise labor bill makes gains on reporting and penalties
Senate and House conferees push toward a compromise labor control bill tightening financial reporting for small unions while scaling back penalties for union officials violating members rights. Agreement reached on initial sections but hot issues in Taft Hartley amendments linger as talks pause. A separate note details a Gaithersburg shooting death and a Tibet arrest rumor denial.
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Washington
Senate
House
Phil M. Landrum
Robert P. Griffin Ur-Mich
National Labor Relations Board
Man Ends Life In Restaurant After Shock News
A chaotic fragment notes a man shooting himself in a restaurant and mentions aftershocks in Yellowstone Park Wyoming. It references James A. Frazier, a 35 year old former gas company employee, and notes potential further quake damage near Ridge Road Washington Grove.
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Washington
U.S Coast and Geodetic Survey
Yellowstone Park
Wyoming
James A. Frazier
Washington Grove
Space Capsule Test Ends In Ocean Splash
An overambitious space capsule blasted off ahead of schedule and splashed into the ocean Friday. The failed escape mechanism test leaves the booster on the ground as Mercury astronauts train for spaceflight under NASA.
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Washington
Mercury
The
National Aeronautics and
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New Windsor
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Jefferson Street
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Ray Eugene Stone
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