Chessman Seeks New Trial Confidence On Hearings
Daryl Chessman on death row at San Quentin voiced strong confidence in winning a new trial after a federal court hearing set for January nine on his habeas corpus writ. The case hinges on disputed trial transcripts and impounded stenographic notes from the 1948 trial.
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San Quentin
Calif
Daryl Chessman
Death Row
Chessman
San Francisco
Louis E. Goodman
George T. Davis
Goodman
Davis
Pittman
J. Miller Leavy
Los Angeles
Lover’s Lane
Explosives Seized in Cyprus Monastery Sweep
British police seized a small quantity of explosives during a search of 25 Cypriot monasteries in NICOSIA. Eight people were arrested including one monk amid ongoing Greek Cypriot calls for union with Greece and continued violence in the colony.
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Nicosia
Cyprus
Greece
East Germany Seizes Border Control in Berlin
East Germany announces its frontier police will guard borders with care while respecting four power access rights for Western garrisons. The shift, nine days old, separates zonal frontier duties from the Western sector boundary handled by the regular police. The move follows East Germany gaining sovereign border rights while traffic to the West remains under four power oversight.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
West
East Berlin
Johnson Denies He Is Candidate
A aide to Senate Majority Leader Lyndon B. Johnson denied a New York Herald Tribune dispatch claiming Johnson plans to be a favorite son at the 1956 nominating convention. The aide said Johnson has not decided on any candidacy and remains neutral while recovering from a July heart attack at his Texas ranch where Stevenson and Kefauver have visited him.
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Austin
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
New York Herald Tribbune
Johnson
Washington Dispatch
Walter Kerr
Adlai E. Stevenson
Averell Harriman
New York
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Democratic Party
Texas
Kerr
Stevenson
Kefauver
Two Convicted Men Freed In Weird Case In Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court freed Arnie Roark and Jay Holcomb who had received 10 year auto banditry sentences after aiding a distressed woman. The court ruled no proof they planned to use their car for theft and reclassified the act, noting potential petit larceny.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Supreme Court
Arnie Roark
Jay Holcomb
Lawrenceburg
Ind
High Court
Indiana Reformatory
Dearborn
Supreme Court
Charles
Zolla Wiesham
Wiesham
Roark
Holcomb
Ed Coronett
Joseph Dall
S. Coronett
Jury Awards 327000 in Suit Over Rail Collision
A district court jury awarded 327069 damages for the deaths of two East Texas railroad men after a July 21 1954 collision near Pittsburg. The widow of a third trainman accepted a 360000 settlement. awards to Cain and Phillips families totaled 259689. another widow received 60000. Defendants were the Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Co Bulldog Transport Co and Earl James Hewitt.
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Houston
East Texas
Pittsburg
Mary Frances Cain
Greenville
J. D. Cain
Cain
Josephine Phillips
Mount Pleasant
O. W. Phillips
Ruby Smith
Billy Bob Smith
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Co
Bulldog Transport Co
Earl James Hewitt
Threat Letter Worries No One
Sheriff and deputies investigated a threatening note dropped in the mailbox of Mr and Mrs Walter Doviat in Rosemead California. The note demanded $2 cash by Friday morning at 7 55 am and warned the wife would be gone if the money was not paid. It signed The Dart and attributed to an anonymous boy about six or seven years old.
Gaitskell Refuses Withdrawal In Labor Leadership Fight
In London, Hugh Gaitskell signals he will stand for Labour leader after Attlee resigns and accepts an earldom. Bevan and Morrison are potential rivals but Gaitskell insists the party should choose its new figure. Scotland by election also boosts Labour with J Dickson Mabon defeating Tan MacArthur 19 698 to 17 004 in Greenock.
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London
Hugh Gaitskell
Labor Party
Gaitskell
Clement Attlee
Attlee
House of Commons
House of Lords
Aneurin Bevan
Herbert Morrison
Bevan
Morrison
Scotland
Greenock
Hector McNeil
New York
J. Dickson Mabon
MacArthur
Mabon
McNeil
Kashmir Hosts Red Leaders in 48 Hour Soviet Visit
Soviet Premier Bulganin and Nikita Khrushchev arrived at Srinagar airport for a two day visit to Kashmir. Crowds hailed Bulganin as Maharajah while both leaders wore Indian turbans and shouted Indians and Russians are brothers. The trip underscores India Pakistan Cold War alignments as the region seeks allegiance amid postcolonial tensions.
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Srinagar
Kashmir
Nikit S. Khrushchev
Bulganin
Kremlin
Jaipur
India
Maharajah Bulganin
Khrushchev
Pakistan
Indian Subcontinent
Washburn Case Ready For Jury
Texarkana AP reports in Texarkana Texas that Elmer Dolan former St Louis patrolman was released from federal prison after serving two years for perjury in the Greenlease ransom case. Dolan and Louis Shoulders were implicated in misreporting the 303 720 ransom money.
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Texarkana
Federal Correction Institute
Wick Temple
The
Texarkana ‘Gazette
Dolan
Temple
Dallas
St. Louis
St. Louis, S
Louis Shoulders
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown
Bobby Greeniecase
Kansas City
Hall
Bobby
Robert C. Greenlease
Shoulders
Live televised murder trial ends with defense resting
In Waco Texas a jury of 12 will hear the murder case of Harry Washburn charged with booby trapping his former mother in law’s car. Both sides rested their cases as the trial neared its live television hour with Judge D W Bartlett to charge the jury Friday morning.
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Waco, Tex
Harry Washburn
D. W. Bartlett
Washburn
Harry N. Weaver
Adele Henninger
Helen Harris Weaver
San Angelo
Tex
J. E. Knight
Grady School
Houston
Gregory
Tom Moore
Knight
C. V. Murray
Bartlett
Kwtx-Tv
Waco
Nationalists Throw U N Into New Uproar
Nationalist China in New York moved to block admission of new U N members. Security Council to meet as Chiang Kai Shek rejects U S plea not to veto a list of nations including Outer Mongolia. Assembly had urged 18 entries but nations named exclude communists and Red China allies.
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United Nations
N. Y
China
Security Council
Taipei
Chiang Kai - Shek
U.S
Karl Rankin
Outer Mongolia
General Assembly
Albania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Romania
Austria
Cambodia
Ceylon
Finland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Jordan
Laos
Libya
Nepal
Portugal
Spain
Red China
Republic of Korea
South Viet Nam
Giles Refunds State in Two Civil Rulings
Former Texas Land Commissioner Basco Giles signed a $15,000 check after the state won two civil judgments worth about $75,000 in total. A $33,000 judgment plus interest was awarded in Crystal City and a $41,010 judgment plus interest in Austin. Giles did not contest the case and J W Youngsblood of Waco paid $28,050 to clear title in Falls County. District Judge J Harris Gardiner presided.
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Austin
Basco Giles
Giles
Crystal City
J. W. Youngsblood
Waco
Falls County
J. Harris Gardiner
Weather forecast from the Weather Bureau
Fair and continued cold this afternoon and tonight. Partly cloudy and warmer Saturday. Fresh southerly winds increasing Saturday. High today 50, low tonight 28, high tomorrow 65, yesterday’s high 438, overnight low 23.
Death sentence assessed in Texas murder case
In Travis County, Calvin White 46 an ex convict was convicted of murdering 78 year old rancher Felix Heidel near Bastrop last July. Heidel was strangled with wire. White faces the death penalty. His brother Charley White 43 also an ex convict awaits trial on the same charge.
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Austin
Tex
Travis County
Calvin White
White
Felix Heidel
Heidel
Bastrop
Charley White
Doctor Sainburg Heads to Longview in Flight Prosecution Case
Dr. Frank Sainburg travels by car to Longview Tex amid at least two court actions after arrest in Yuma Ariz with his young son and step daughter. He faces flight-to-avoid-prosecution charges in Yuma and Longview, with hearings set for December in Yuma, and bonds adjusted to 1500 dollars.
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Longview
Tex
Frank Sainburg
Yuma
Ariz
Sainburg
Big Spring
Texas
Phillip
Mary Jean Nance
John Westover
Samburg
Philip
Doris Blanchard
Mary Jean
Neal Smith
New York State
Ithaca
N.Y
Paratyphoid Cases Rise in Lancaster County
Lancaster County reports 27 new paratyphoid cases yesterday, bringing the total to 81 known cases. Health officials warn the peak date is uncertain as most victims are children. Mass inoculations and antibiotic treatment continue under state aid.
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Lancaster
Lancaster County
Assassination Deepens Capone Mob’s South Side Toll
Alex Louis Greenberg a 64 year old brewer and former mob financial adviser was shot to death on a South Side street as he and his wife prepared to enter their car after dining. Police say the slaying may involve a disputed payment and could be a gangland killing tied to the Capone syndicate.
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Chicago
Old Capone
Alex Louis Greenberg
Greenberg
Hickory Pit
S. Union Ave
Ace Brewing Co
New York City
Capone
Charles
Cherry Nose
Gice
Louis
Little New York
Campagna
Paul DeLucia
Phillip D’andrea
Gioe
Lee Frank Maritote
Frank Diamond
Florida
Andres
California
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Greenlease
U.N
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Yey
Cccesnensis
Denver
Eeeereeneeese
el Paso
Svovense
Fort Worth
Galveston
Oklahoma City
San Antonio Sane
Dr. Sainburg
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