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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
15
An all male jury was chosen in McAlester Oklahoma for the murder trial of Dr Ben T Galbraith 24 accused of killing his wife Mary Katherine and three children. Notes from the defendant described thoughts of killing to spare them and details of beating and arson.
Budapest radio broadcast Rakosi's pledge to push for friendly ties with Yugoslavia amid Tito's complaints about regional arrests despite his Soviet pact. He echoed Moscow in seeking détente with Belgrade and pledged all efforts toward peace in the bloc.
A fragmented note quotes overheard gossip about a person labeled someone and implies self reference. The fragment hints at unnamed individuals and uncertain identity, with the speaker asserting personal certainty about being involved.
Seoul reports a South Korean army court martial condemns Lee Chang Kwang a Communist intelligence officer for aiding the enemy by passing information to the Communists from Maj. Gen. William F. Dean after his capture early in the Korean War. Death sentence requires higher approval. Lee was arrested in July by counterintelligence agents and tried over 50 hours.
A farm tractor overturning on a downhill old road pinned two boys, David George Vining 12 and Donald Lee Hoff 8, both of Catskill Mountain area. Vining was driving the tractor on his father’s land when it struck a large tree limb before the fatal topple. State police reported the incident.
Egypt announces a multimillion dollar order for 290000 kantars of cotton from Red China, boosting its faltering economy. The agreement, to be paid in sterling, raises questions about potential closer political ties with the Communist bloc.
The Atomic Energy Commission announced it declassified all technical information on current methods for extracting unrefined uranium concentrates from ore. Acting Chairman Dr. John von Neumann said the information no longer has security sensitivity, signaling a shift during the atoms for peace conference in Geneva.
Geneva AP. An exhibit guide at the Atoms for Peace show told a stranger around the American nuclear reactor not to touch the controls as they are very complex. Dr Otto Hahn, Nobel laureate for splitting the uranium nucleus, claimed he did a little fission himself.
In Durham North Carolina a defendant named William Henry Booze pleaded guilty to two charges of public drunkenness and received 30 days on each count.
A 6 year old Salt Lake City boy angered by a film tossed a malt at a theater screen. The projectile struck the screen six feet up during Mr. Roberts drawing police custody before releasing him to parents. The tale also mentions a general wandering 100 days seeking remnants of his 24th Division before capture by Korean farmers.
An explosion rocked the Bell X1A rocket plane seconds before a B29 carrier was to release it from 30 000 feet over the Mojave Desert. Pilot Joseph A Walker 34 scrambled to the mother ship but the X1A dropped damaged onto a bombing range as fuel danger kept the B29 from landing.
Mrs. Geraldene Terry, 23, pleaded innocent to charges in a fatal knife slaying of her husband Bill Lee Terry after a three week marriage. She posted 10 000 bond with security offered by Glenyer McConnell, former Tulsa water commissioner. Judge Lewis C Johnson ordered trial for August 20. Terry claimed her husband attacked with a butcher knife after a drunken argument and fell onto the blade during a struggle.
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