Cop Killer Executed by Firing Squad at Point of the Mountain
Don Jesse Neal, convicted of the 1951 murder of a Salt Lake City policeman, was executed by a firing squad at Point of the Mountain Utah. He proclaimed innocence seconds before four rifles fired. one blank cartridge was used and a black heart target marked his chest. Warden Marcel Graham said Neal received a sedative before the execution at 5:02 a.m. local time.
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Point
Utah
Don Jesse Neal
Salt Lake City
Beckstead
Neal
Marcel Graham
Eisenhowers Celebrate 39th Wedding Anniversary
President and Mrs. Eisenhower mark their 39th wedding anniversary with a private picnic at their Gettysburg farm in Pennsylvania for about 150 White House staff and families. After the event they will move to Camp David for the Fourth of July weekend, with plans to return Monday night.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
White House
Camp David
Thurmont
James C. Hagerty
Union Wage Pact Boosts Steel Workers Pay
The Wage Policy Committee stewards celebrate as leaders lift McDonald for photographers after a wage deal. The pact raises the basic hourly rate by 41 cents and increases the spread between 32 job classifications by 1 cent to 6 cents, lifting the industry average from 2.33 to 2.48 per hour. Effective now, the two year agreement is a reopening of last year’s contract and runs to June 30, 1956. Both sides hail the accord as favorable.
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McDonald
U.S. Steel Corp
Corporation
Union
Eisenhower gifts U Nu Burmese leader a New England landscape
President Eisenhower presented Prime Minister U Nu of Burma with a New England landscape he painted. He gave the gift during a White House tour after a formal luncheon.
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Ike
U NU
Washington
Eisenhower
Burma
New England
White House
New York Comics Ban Seen as Legal Battle Ahead
The New York Legislature restricts publication of material deemed obscene including crime and sexual content with a broad sweep across comics, films, books, and magazines. Gov Harriman defends it while critics warn of vague definitions and potential book bans, noting a 1948 Supreme Court ruling on similar laws.
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Harriman
New York City
U. S Supreme Court
New York State
GE Wins Six Million Air Force Arms Contract
General Electric Co. aircraft products department in Johnson City New York will build remote controlled radar directed armament systems for Boeing B 47 Stratojets under a six million dollar Air Force contract. The deal follows a 22 million dollar contract signed in 1953 and involves plants in Johnson City and Burlington Vermont.
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Johnson City
N.Y
General Electric Co
Air Force
Aircraft Products
Burlington Vt
McAneny’s Body Found In Wreckage
The body of Lt. Alan Murdock McAneny of Yonkers New York was identified in wreckage on Oshima Island near Tokyo. The FJ2 Fury jet disappearance occurred during a search for two other Marine fliers amid foggy conditions as weather improved.
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Tokyo
U.S
Oshima Island
Marine Corps
Alan Murdock McAneny
Yonkers
N.Y
McAneny
B. C. Bernard
Rome
Ten Die As C47 Crashes On Sitkinak Island Alaska
Ten people died when a U S Air Force C47 transport from Elmendorf Air Force Base crashed on Sitkinak Island during a supply mission. Four crew members and seven accompanying personnel were aboard, with stormy conditions slowing search efforts.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Sitkinak Island
North Pacific
Elmendorf
Anchorage
Western, Electric Co
Governor urges careful driving during Independence Day weekend
Albany notes Governor Harriman calls for careful and courteous driving to protect lives during the Independence Day weekend. He cites the Declaration of Independence pledge to each other our lives and urges adherence to safe driving to save lives on the holiday period.
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Albany
Harriman
Color coded filing cards in Houston clerk office
Federal District Clerk W Bailey Thomas adopted a new color scheme for filing cards. Red cards mark bankruptcy cases, blue cards denote admiralty cases, and fawn cards list naturalization applicants. The clerk described the color system as a simple categorization method.
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Houston
Tex
W. Bailey Thomas
Segni Seeks Aids With Time Limited For Italian Premier Bid
Rome reports Antonio Segni of the Christian Democrats seeks coalition backing for Italy’s next premier. President Gronchi grants grace until Saturday after Segni’s four day soundings, with party obstacles and Liberal hesitation over land expropriation as chief hurdles. The Social Democrats and Republicans back Segni, while right wing CD factions push for a one party rule.
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Rome
Antonio Segni
Giovanni Gronchi
Italy
Segni
Gronchi
Liberal Party
Christian Democrats
Chamber of Deputies
Mario Scelba
Center Bloc
Christian Democrat
Social Democrats
Week's steel tieup may reduce auto production
Detroit reports that a week long halt in steel could halt car production overnight if supplier inventories fail. Carmakers hold steel stocks enough for weeks to 45 days, but fear replenishment delays after a strike. GM and Chrysler appear better prepared than Ford, which relies on in house furnaces and cannot build large reserves.
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Detroit
General Motors
Chrysler
Ford
Burglary at Omaha Home Steals Purse
A burglar reached through a window at Mrs. Carol Hite’s home in Omaha and grabbed her purse. The thief took a small amount of change and keys to the psychiatric ward at the hospital where she worked.
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Omaha
Carol Hite
Six Guerrillas Slain in Algeria Battle Near Conde Smendou
French authorities reported at least six nationalist guerrillas killed in two skirmishes with French troops in troubled Algeria near Conde Smendou between Constantine and Philippeville. No French casualties were mentioned.
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Paris
Algeria
Conde Smendou
Constantine
Philippeville
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Zann
Sears
Pireseye
Tan Ar ME
MOVLE
Salina St
Syracuse
Hershey
Busy Bee
Davy Crockett
Bird-Galton
ALS
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