Awaited decision in boy killer case sparks shock and doubt
Reno police reveal Miller admitted details of planned murder and expressed remorse, saying he considered killing his father for money. Sheriff officials expect juvenile examination and possible murder trial in Superior Court while a Redondo Beach funeral unfolds and the victim’s mother condemns the youth.
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Charles Mc
L Gowan
Miller
Reno
N. L. Peterson
F Sheriff's Homicide Squad
Tracy
Redondo Beach
Miler
Garcia Opponent Concedes Defeat in Philippine Election
President Garcia led after about 70 percent of ballots counted as Liberal Jose Yulo conceded defeat. Vice presidential race saw Diosdado Macapagal widen his lead amid ongoing tabulation.
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Manila
Carlos FP
Garcia
Jose Yulo
Yulo
Diosdado Macapagal
Commuter Line Adopts Slogan The Route of the Dashing Commuter
The Longstand Railroad, the nation’s busiest commuter line, announced a new emblem and slogan Taeem- Diem. The image shows a hurried man with a briefcase checking his watch, accompanied by the phrase The route of the dashing commuter.
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New York
Longstand
Funeral for Little Slaying Victim Held
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon for Laura Helen Wetzel, a baby girl slain at Rolling Hills Estates. nearly 100 relatives and friends attended at the chapel. The Rev Richard Dawson offered a plea for understanding toward 15 year old reform school escapee John Lawrence Miller, expresssing that the family holds no malice toward him.
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Laura Wetzel
John Lawrence Miller
Rolling Hills
Re Dondo Beach
Charles Wetzel
Donna
Barbara
Gary
Miller
Reno
Baxter Omorandro
Redondo Beach
Eyven
Laura Helen Wetzel
Lamily
Air Fe Force
Charles
Sehgal
Stafford
Thurmond
Chile
Hills
Wetzel
Richard Dawson
Dawson
Miler
Quieted Prison After 500 Boycott Meals At Wethersfield
Wethersfield Conn. inmates at the state prison refused meals in a noontime demonstration, leaving most cells quiet. After the protest, guards prepared a return to normal operations as officials praised the turnout and prayed for a bereaved family. A 55 year old convict died in his cell, with death attributed to a bleeding ulcer worsened by alleged medical neglect.
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Wethersfield
Conn
Dawson
Mark Is
Eaura Melen
Pichmond
Richmond
Charges Dismissed in Burglary Case for Keith McKenzie
Keith E. McKenzie, 37, of Glen Dale, had burglary charges dismissed by Superior Judge Beach Vasey here on Friday due to lack of evidence. The case proceedings ended with the dismissal, ending the local burglary matter for the Glen Dale resident.
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Keith E. McKenzie
Glendale
Beach Vasey
Cal Tech to Build Army Satellite for IGY Probe
Cal Tech scientists announced plans to build a cylindrical scientific payload for an Army launched Jupiter-C rocket under Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Alabama. The 20 pound unit will measure cosmic rays and temperatures and transmit data via a 4 inch extending rod, with microlock transmitter to reach the Moon. The design emerged from the University of Iowa and IGY plans, with early flight expected between year end and early 1958.
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Pasadena
Wnodn
Navy
Army
Jet ‘Propulsion ‘Laboratories
California
Institute of Technology
Marely
William. H. Pickéring
Pickering 4S
Redstone
Arsenal
Huntsville
Ala
Pickering
University of Towa
International Geophysical
IGY
Scleral
Cal. Tech Laboratories
Satel‘ite
Lee A
Cal’ Tech
Micrologic
Avill-Activata
a.Gelper
Bilby’s Sake
Space Blasts Probed and Missile Plans Outline
A press report outlines US space defense weapon tests and new missile leadership. McElroy seeks a space chief post to unify services, with Holiday named missile director and authority over research, development, and engineering.
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High Missile Center
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Armed Services
McElroy
Defense Department
Eee
Holaday
Train Wreck In Michigan Involves Western Division Staff
An overnight rail disaster near the Michigan Ohio border involves a Chicagoan flyer bound for New York. W.T. Alexander of Cleveland, general manager of the New York Central's western division, organized the immediate response from Elkhart. 126 passengers filled 4 coaches plus Pullmans. 38 in Pullman sections. Injured include nurses aiding mail cars. three railway post offices and several mail storage cars were derailed. Passengers describe the chaotic moment as a roller coaster experience with baggage and people scattered.
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W.T. Alexander
Cleveland
Generali
New York Central
Elkhart
Pullman
Pullmans
Alton P. Naval
Dunkirk
N.C
Ames
Nowak
Three Rivers
Michigan
Caleigo
New York
Chicago
Tolero
Joseph von Andrews
Alphonse Myrdek
Camillus
Bonnie
Ghana names first ambassador to United States
ACCRA Ghana announces Daniel Hamblin Chapman Ghanaian delegate to the United Nations is appointed as the first ambassador to the United States. Chapman previously spent years at Lake Success as an official of a U N Specialist Department.
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U. S
Ghana
Accra
Ghane- OE
Daniel Hamblin
Chapman
United Nations
United States
Lake Success
U. N
John Burnham Dies Designer of A Subs
John M Burnham a 40 year old designer of submarines including the nuclear powered Nautilus Sea Wolf and Skate died Friday of pneumonia A 1841 Naval Academy graduate Burnham was designated head of the Ehic Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp at Groton Connecticut
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New
Haven
Conn
John’ M."burnham
Pheumonia
Naval Academy
Burnham
Ehic
Divsion
General Dynamics Corp
Groton
Theft of a Blue Mink Stole Reported
A blue mink stole valued at 300 dollars was stolen from a firm on Pine Avenue. A woman was caught attempting the theft, concealed the fur under her coat, and burst into tears. Police reported no grand theft.
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Pelt i
Lockwoon
Pine’ Ave
Kasper Gets Added Six Months In Prison
U S District Judge Robert L Taylor sentenced John Kasper to six more months in prison for contempt of court. The act follows his prior year sentence and a pattern of violations of the injunction against interfering with court-ordered integration at Clinton High School. Defense lawyers plan appeals to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati.
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Knoxville
Tenn
U.S
U. S. Circuit Court ‘of ‘Appeals
Cincinnati
Taylor
Kasper
Clinton
North
Hern
Clinton High
Divorce Granted After Cruelty claim in Lamm Case
Mrs. Phyllis Lamm of Los Angeles wins divorce from Cecil Lamm on cruelty grounds. She testified he forced her to cook and iron while wheelchair bound after a car crash left her severely injured. The judge awarded alimony of 18 dollars monthly and child support for Leif, age 13.
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Los Angeles
Jing
Phyllis"Lamm
Cecil Lamm
Leif
Jane
Lamm
Sup Port
Clean Up Pledges From Senate Racketeering Probe
New York authorities vow swift action to purge the garbage hauling racket in New York City and environs after a Senate investigation. Donnelly Act penalties will guide civil and criminal charges. Lefkowitz and Hogan are prepared to proceed. Baron notes witnesses and testimony aided the inquiry. Bernie Adelstein testifies regarding threats linked to a labor dispute and a killing of John Acropolis.
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Washington
New York
New York City
Senate
Martin L. Baron
Sen
Ives
R-Ny
Lefkowitz
Baron
Bernie Adelstein
Teamsters Union
John Acropolis
Playwright Golding Dies at 48 in Los Angeles
In Los Angeles the heart attack claimed playwright Samuel F. Golding at age 48. During the 1920s Golding wrote Broadway plays including Bronx Express Open House and Divorce a Del, later moving into motion picture and television writing. Funeral services for Golding are scheduled and set for Thursday and will be conducted Monday.
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Los Angeles
Golding
Ex-Solon Dudley Doolittle Sr Dies in Emporia Kansas
Dudley Doolittle Sr., 78, a Kansas Democrat who served three terms in Congress, died Thursday in Emporia. He was elected to represent the 4th District in 1913.
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Emporia
Kan
Dudley
Doolittle
Kansas
Iran
Elderly Doctor Slain in Canyon. Youth Arrested
Los Angeles area investigators say 18 year old Delmont Franklin Johann Jr. admitted stabbing Dr Van Horne a 60 year old Olive View Sanitarium staff member, taking $5, and claiming improprieties. Two youths returned to the scene later in a car. one confessed to the murder and attempted to use funds for marriage plans. Authorities describe the killing as premeditated with motive questioned by detectives.
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San Fernan
Tortheast
Sher
Johann
Wanniff
Tubrick
Gene “Rhoads
Fernando
Rhoads
Dree
Vian
Lopez
Tra
San Westand
Robert Anderson
Wss
James Wahlke
Delmont
Franklin Johann Jr
Drv. Horne
Olive View
Sylmar
Johenn
Bigtime Bet Ring Nabbed by U S Agents in Los Angeles
Three men were held for questioning by federal authorities as Treasury Department agents raided a second floor apartment in Los Angeles. Two telephones a radio hookup to a race track and dating markers were seized. Officials say the betting center was connected with a nationwide ring reaching to the East Coast and the Canadian border.
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Los Angeles
Federal
Treasury Department
Perry August
Department
Coas
Plane crash in snowstorm kills four near Coleville California
Four people died when a Beechcraft Bonanza crashed in Sierra foothills during a snowstorm NE of Coleville California. The victims, all from La Canada California, were identified as pilot William James and three passengers Scott James Jack Glesler and Robert Church. The party was traveling from El Monte California en route to Reno Nevada to stay at the Holiday Hotel. Undersheriff Jack Gardner reported the wreckage scattered over a wide area.
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Coleville
Calif
Cei
Ingdine
Beechcraft
Bonanza
Sierra
Mona
Jack Gardner
William ‘B. “James
Scott
Jack
Glesler
Robert ‘Church
la Canada
Cali
Glenn. Spuller
Th ‘Holiday
Reno
Nev
el Monte
Sel
London council weighs park bench repairs after vandalism
London council considers leaving: the Baysay dark after about $650 worth of two London amps broken over park benches in recent months.
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Londo
Irea Council
London
Bacay
Army Draft Calls Rise To 10000 In January
Washington reports the Army issued a draft call for 10 000 men in January the highest figure since August. Assistant Secretary Milton says the increase is needed despite manpower pullbacks and that quotas may rise through next June as standards filings continue.
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Washington
Milton
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