Kidnappers Die Calmly in Missouri Gas Chamber
Editor note describes Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady’s execution for the Greenlease kidnapping. Witnesses say they spoke softly to each other as the cyanide gas filled the chamber, with guards and convicts observing in a quiet, cold prison yard.
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Greenlease
Missouri
Larry Hall
Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Missouri State Prison Hall
Heady
Hall
Bobby
Ralph N. Ejidson
George L. Evans
Episcopal
Kansas City
Kan
Longtime NYC Transit Engineer Retires in Toledo
After 41 years with the New York Central System, engineer Andrew Stoll nicknamed Highball Andy retires in Toledo Ohio at age 66. He hints at future plans and claims to have introduced Ohio’s first permanent wave, ending a storied career with a surprising postwork move.
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Andrew J
Highball
Andy
Stoll
Toledo
Ohio
Istate
County Departments Decide Yea or Nay on Christmas New Year Break
County departments will choose long or short holidays for Christmas and New Year. The commissioners took no action, leaving offices to decide. If approved, workers may leave Thursday afternoon and not return until Monday morning. The 1954 meeting is set for January 4, with bills due by the 10th.
Local Weather Summary from United States Weather Bureau
Weather data shows variable cloudiness with forecast of decreasing clouds this afternoon. Temperatures ranged from a high near 50 to a low around 22 with warmer conditions expected tomorrow. Sunrise at 6 56 and day length about 10 hours. Precipitation totals for the period are minimal with normal values noted for month and year to date.
Woman Dies Of Collision Injuries Here
Mrs. Doris Roberts age 58 of 1608 S Kansas Ave died at St Marys Hospital from injuries in a December collision at Pennsylvania Ave and Summit St. The crash left two others injured and marked Cha ves Countys 22nd traffic death this year.
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Doris Roberts
S. Kansas Ave
St. Mary’s Hospital
Pennsylvania Ave
Summit Street
Ey Rhoades
E. Summit
Francis Frederick Moore
Walker Air Force Base
Moore
Pennsylva
Young Chemist Confesses Cyanide Killings of Parents
A 20 year old chemist, Harlow Fraden, confessed to poisoning his physician father and teacher mother with potassium cyanide to obtain about 150000 dollars. His friend Dennis Wepman aided the plot for a share of the inheritance. The Bronx grand jury was to hear indictments as Fraden and Wepman remain jailed.
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New York
Bronx
George B. de Luca
Harlow Fraden
Fraden
William Fraden
Shirley
de Luca
Dennis Wepman
Wepman
Bronx County Grand Jury
Bellevue Hospital
Asst
George Tilzer
St. Moritz
Extra Continental DC3 Flights Added for Roswell Students
Continental Air Lines says two extra DC3 flights and possibly a third will be added today at Roswell to handle New Mexico Military Institute students returning home for the Christmas holiday.
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Albuquerque
Continental Air Lines
Roswell
New Mexico Military Institute
Death by own action ruled in Albuquerque case
A coroner's jury returned a verdict of death by own action in the death of Mrs. Phyllis A Rise 38 of Albuquerque. She had been in ill health for some months.
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Albuquerque
Phyllis A. Rise
In Again and Out Again Albuquerque
Fred Olds, 48, released from state prison on December 6, was jailed yesterday on a charge of breaking into the National Carloading Co. on December 7. He had been serving a term for robbing the same company.
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Albuquerque
Fred
Olds
National Carloading Co
Army Allows Close Look at Nike Missile
Army reveals Nike guided missile capabilities and first battery deployment at Fort Meade Maryland. It can reach about 1500 miles per hour, locate and destroy evasive bombers, and knock down jets of any known capacity. Nike serves to defend American cities and strategic sites in the Chesapeake region.
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Washington
Army
Nike
Ft. Meade
2Nd Army
Itation
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Potomac River
U. S
Air Force
Navy
Parking Woes Grow As Wrecker Target Private Lot
Roswell faces parking friction as private lot owners fight intruding cars. Crane O Fallon Co. reports demand for rear parking, fence setback, and towing after meters along Virginia complicate access. A rezoning clash lingers over the 600 block on South Virginia from duplex to commercial, with city records showing previous denials and ongoing contention.
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Brownie Emerson
Roswell
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Edgar F. Johnson
Crane O'Fallon Co
Commission
Virginia
Johnson
Crane O’fallon Co
Virginia Ave
Duplex
South Virginia
Hondo
Bland
Dan Lehman
Charlie O’neal
Highland School Wins First Prize for Lighting
Highland School at 1000 S Virginia Ave won the first prize in the Jaycee Christmas lighting contest in Roswell. Principal Marshall Clark led the school to receive the rotating loving cup to keep for one year. Judging for homes and apartments at Walker Air Force Base takes place Tuesday from 6 to 10 p.m.
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Highland School
Virginia Ave
Jaycee
Ray Thompson
Jaycee Committee
Marshall Clark
Jaycees
Roswell
Wherry
Walker Air Force Base
Albuquerque Court Ends Police Court DWI Jurisdiction
Dist. Judge Edwin L. Swope ruled Albuquerque Police Court has no jurisdiction in drunken driving cases and dismissed a DWI charge against Florencio Benavidez. The ruling follows earlier holds in Carlsbad and Las Vegas and centers on a new state law superseding city ordinances in DWI prosecutions.
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Albuquerque
Dist
Edwin L. Swope
Swope
Carlsbad
C. Roy Anderson
Las Vegas
Luis E. Armijo
Supreme Court
Gilberto Espinoza
Florencio Benavidez
Carlsbad Judge Rules City Courts Lack Drunk Driving Jurisdiction
District Judge C Roy Anderson ruled Carlsbad police court cannot try or punish drunk drivers under the state traffic statute effective July 1. He joined two other New Mexico judges in finding municipal ordinances on drunk driving unenforceable.
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Carlsbad
C. Roy Anderson
Sstate
Anderson
New Mexico
Artesians to See Christmas Parade
Final plans for the first Christmas Pageant Parade in Artesia were announced by the Chamber of Commerce. The event is set for Tuesday December 22 with floats gathering at 6 30 p m and the parade starting at 7 in the evening from Rich ardson between Tenth and Thirteenth Streets. The procession includes carols by the high school choir and scenes from many local churches.
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Church of the Nazarene
Church of God
Gabriel
Bethlehem
Immanuel Lutheran
Sleeping Shepherds
Loco Hills
Egypt
Wise Men
Thompson Chapel
Colored Methodist
Bethel Baptist
Ralph L. O'Dell
Roswell Chamber Banquet Welcomes Wisehaupt and Santa Fe Officials
Howard J. Wisehaupt of Red Bank New Jersey arrives for the Roswell Chamber of Commerce stockholders banquet. Nine Santa Fe Railroad officials and guests from nine nearby communities and Walker Air Force Base are also arriving for the event at the NMMI Mess, starting promptly at seven.
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Roswell
Valiant Sled Dogs Spill Santa at Chadwick School
Six huskies pulling Santa Claus and a gift laden sleigh ran loose at Chadwick School in San Pedro. Children rushed out to greet him and the dogs bolted scattering the toys. After the crowd quieted the dogs resumed delivering Santa and his gifts.
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San Pedro
Calif
Santa Claus
Chadwick School
Santa
Woman Injured in Union and 17th Two-Car Wreck
Marjorie Lee Howard, 20, of 304 N Montana Ave, suffered a bruised right knee and shock after a collision at 1700 N Union Ave and W 17th St. The 1942 Ford coach driven by Monte Ray Patterson, 18, collided with a 1950 Ford sedan driven by A G Vaughn, 39. The injured woman rode in Patterson's car. both vehicles sustained damage and were removed from the scene.
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Marjorie Lee Howard
Montana Ave
St. Mary’s Hospital
Union Ave
W. 17Th St
North Union
West 17Th
Union
Monte Ray Patterson
A. G. Vaughn
Pontiac Drive
Patterson
McNally-Hall
Reluctant POWs May Be Given One More Chance to Return
The neutral officer in Korea signaled a possible last chance for reluctant prisoners including 22 Americans to change their minds after the explanation period ends. Prospects of Allied teams meeting the Americans before the Wednesday midnight deadline faded. The Neutral Nations Repatriation Commission postponed Monday deliberations on pro-Communist South Korean prisoners’ demands. Lt. Gen. K. S. Thimayya said he might consider screening all refusers later, though no concrete plan exists.
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Forrest Edwards
Stan Carter Panmunjom
Korea
K. S. Thimayya
Repatriation Commission
Thimayya
Stockmen decry drought feed program cutoff
O. F. Crawford, chairman of the Chaves County ASC, warns a sudden shutdown of the emergency drought feed program harms stockmen. He argues cottonseed and mixed feed shortages will extend through winter and into 1954, worsening cotton and cottonseed markets and the drought’s long-term impact.
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O. F. Crawford
Chaves County
ASC
PMA
Washington ‘Ton, D. C
Crawford
Flores Cleared of Wage Charge in New Mexico Case
Eddie Flores of the Employment Security Commission is cleared of misrepresenting domestic wage scales in a Luna County farming dispute. John E. Gross, regional ESC director, said the investigation found Flores blameless and ruled out charges related to overcharging for imported labor.
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Las Cruces
Eddie Flores
The
Employment Security Commission
Luna County
John E. Gross
ESC
Flores
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