Victim in trance after Chessman execution in 1960
Mary Alice Meza, 29, one of Chessman’s victims from a crime decades earlier, remains in a mental trance and may never be released from the institution. Her mother Ruth Shaw voices long pain while another victim, Mrs. Andrew Brennan, seeks to forget and recover from polio era abuse.
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Los Angeles
Caryl Chessman
Mary Alice Meza
Ruth Shaw
Chessman
Mandan
Chessmen
Andrew H. Brennan
Five Killed and Dozens Wounded After Baghdad May Day
In Baghdad on May Day, hired agents opened fire during a city fete, killing five people and wounding about forty others. Military Governor Ahmed Saler Abdi announced the incident today, detailing the violence as the city reels from the attack.
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Baghdad
Iraq
UPS
Ahmed Saler Abdi
Embassy stoned in Chessman protest at Quito site
Demonstrators protesting Daryl Chessman’s execution stoned the U S embassy in Quito before dawn. A window was broken as about 200 university students later protested in front of the embassy. Police detachments guarded the area and Post Offices.
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Quito
Ecuador
Daryl Chessman
U. 5
Ike Seeks Public Help on Aid Bill
President Eisenhower urged public support to block a proposed billion-dollar reduction in foreign aid. He praised Senate action to cap cuts, warned that real funding will be set by later appropriation, and said deep cuts would harm U.S. security, allies, and trade prospects. He framed the fight as a battle against Communistic imperialism.
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Eisenhower
America
Senate
Congress
Free World
Ninth Death Sentence Given for French Rebel Leader
Omar Nlaraigue, head of an Algerian rebel organization in southeast France, was sentenced to death for the ninth time by a military court. Convicted of aiding a bomb plot on the liner President de Cazelet in 1958, the explosion 20 miles off Marseille killed one crewman and injured 14 others.
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de Cazelet
Traditional Worship Officials Urged by Methodists Views on Execution
Denver dispatch reports Methodists at their quadrennial conference urged a return to traditional worship with set prayers and liturgies. A 253 page worship book was presented for trial use, echoing Episcopal forms.
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Edwin’ K. Voight
Aberdeen
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Episcopal
Church of England
Solin Wesley
Castro Moves to Name New U.S. Envoy to Washington
Cuban Premier Castro quietly moves to send an ambassador to the United States and has proposed former Prime Minister Jose Miro Cardona, asking U.S. preliminary approval. State Department expected to grant approval in days as Cuba resumes formal envoy ties. The development follows Castro’s anti American rhetoric and a long absence of an ambassador in Washington.
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UPI
Witel Castro
United States
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Cuba
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Chess
Rique Patterson
Chessman
Gas Chamber
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Mussolini
Nenana Ice Pool Winners Split $100,000 Prize
The Tanana River ice broke up near Nenana at 9:12 p m Monday and seven ticket holders share a $100,000 prize. The 1959 ice pool total was just over 13,060 tickets.
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Alaska
UPI
Tanana Rivers
Pam
2000 Call Turk Chief a Murderer
About 2000 students staged a peaceful protest in Istanbul against Prime Minister Menderes government marching along Istiklal Street near a NATO ministers’ pre-summit site. They sang the national anthem and shouted anti Menderes slogans before dispersing at the request of army officers.
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Presbyterians End Annual Meeting in Florida
Southern Presbyterians moved rapidly through major agenda items at the 100th General Assembly in Jacksonville Florida adjourning a day early. Commissioners declined to oppose a Roman Catholic for President but reaffirmed the church state separation principle.
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Cyrus Eaton Awarded Lenin Peace Prize in Moscow
The Soviet press announced industrialist Cyrus Eaton, born in Canada and living near Cleveland, received the Lenin Peace Prize for notable efforts toward peaceful coexistence between the United States and the Soviet Union. The award, valued at about $35,000, was previously known as the Stalin Prize. Eaton had met Premier Khrushchev in Moscow in 1958 and has advocated better U.S.-Soviet relations.
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Soviet Union
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Cleveland
Reprieve battle ends as Chessman dies in California
The governor faced protests as Charles Chessman was executed after a narrow Supreme Court vote. Advocates condemned the death, while supporters urged legal reform. Chessman’s ashes were planned for Forest Lawn pending family handling, with executor Miss Asher releasing details of his estate and past earnings from books and film rights.
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Press-Telegram
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Los Angeles Civil Liberties Union
George Davis
Miss Asher
California
Chessman
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Hangman of
Dee Isadore Ziferstein
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Teener Tries to Run Down Officer Slain in Pursuit
GRANADA HILLS police shot and killed Donald H. Greear after a chase in which he allegedly tried to ran down a policeman. Greear ignored four warning shots and had recent arrests for auto theft and assault. he and a companion were in a stolen sedan during part of the pursuit.
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France-Tunisian border clashes prompt UN protest
Paris reports Algerian border incursions into Tunisia amid Tunisian claims of French violations. Both nations exchange accusations over air space and territory with the UN Security Council urged to address the border tensions and Algeria’s actions along the Tunis border.
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