Starkweather Executed Calmly After Brutal Crime Wave
Mass killer Charles Starkweather faced the electric chair at Nebraska State Penitentiary after 17 months of deadly crime. The execution was marked by an ironic death as the prison physician collapsed from a heart attack just before pronouncing him dead. Starkweather offered no last words and showed a calm, self controlled demeanor as he sat in the chair.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Starkweather
B. A. Finkel
Nebraska State Penitentiary
Nebraska
Guy Starkweather
Robert
Rodney
LaVeta
Richard Starkweather
Charles
Debbie Faye Mize
Covington
Harold Wayne Rouse
Rouse
United Fund Sets 353 290 Minimum for 1960 Drive
The United Fund announces a bare minimum goal of 353 290 for the 1960 torch campaign after an executive committee meeting. The figure funds 26 health welfare and character building services including USO Vigo County clinic and Indiana Health Foundation. James Conover to lead the campaign.
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United Fund
John T. Rouse
United Services Organization
USO
Vigo County Adult and Child Guidance Clinic
Indiana Health Foundation
James Conover
The Weather Map On Page 19 Sunset and Times
Weather note from The Weather By U. S. Weather Bureau mentions sunset at 8 21 and a Weather Map on page 19 with standard sunset times and related details.
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Region
Local conditions report yesterday high 88, low 66 with .67 inch precipitation. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies through Friday in Indiana and Illinois with scattered late day thundershowers and warm temperatures. highs near 88 and lows in the upper 60s to mid 70s.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Leon
Long in Radio Talk to People in Louisiana Mental Case
Gov Earl K Long appeals to Louisianans in a taped radio address denying mental illness and claiming he was railroaded by wife Blanche Long and nephew Russell B Long. He plans a habeas corpus hearing at Covington Junior High School Friday as supporters may gather for the court action. Blanche fled the state amid allegations, while attorneys seek a sanity hearing to challenge charges of instability.
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Baton Rouge
UPI
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
U. S
Russell B. Long
Covington Junior High School
Long
Blanche Long
New Orleans
WNDE
Joe Arthur Sims
Doctors Report Condition of Satchmo Grave
Louis Armstrong lay gravely ill in a coma in Spoleto Italy after heart disturbances worsened pneumonia. American physician Dr. Alexander Schiff said Armstrong never had a heart attack, noting long-term wind instrument strain weakens the heart.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis
Satchmo) Armstrong
Satchmo
Alexander Schiff
Senate approves repeal of travel and phone taxes
The Senate votes to repeal the 10 percent transportation tax on domestic train air and long distance bus tickets and ends the 10 percent tax on telephone telegraph and other communications services by June 30 1960. The move accompanies debate over extending higher corporate and excise tax rates through June 30 1960 to avoid a three billion dollar revenue loss. The repeal would cost about 235 million dollars a year and was sponsored by Sen. George A. Smathers.
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Senate
Treasury
George A. Smathers
D-Fla
Attorneys for Syndicate Win Witness Issue in Tax Trial
Defense argues against crowding the Terre Haute gambling tax case courtroom with witnesses. Judge Holder upholds a limit while allowing witnesses to confer. proceedings move to public openings with 9 30 a m start and 45 minutes for state ments. Tabbert contends up to 200 witnesses may testify and notes risk to a fair trial.
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Dan Davies
Newport
Terre Haute
U. S
Don A. Tabbert
Dale J. Holder
Davies
Tabbert
Holder
Chamber Roundup Banquet Tonight at Terre Haute Country Club
Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce reviews committee duties and current projects at a 6 PM dinner. About 150 attendees expected as 24 committees drive the chamber’s summer roundup under William M. Grimes.
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Chamber of Commerce
Country Club of
Terre Haute
John K. Lamb
Chamber
William M. Grimes
Semi Truck Strikes Slow Moving Car Killing Two
A crash on U S 40 near Casey Illinois killed Orville O Stover 67 of Miami Florida and his granddaughter Barbara Anne Marshall 9 of Dayton Ohio. The truck driven by Charles J Stras burger 44 Berkley Missouri rear ended a car pushing a motor troubled vehicle. Mrs Mayme Stover 62 and twins Donald Lloyd and Diana Lynn Marshall were injured. Coroner to hold an inquest when possible.
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Orville O. Stover
Miami
Fla
Barbara Anne Marshall
Dayton
Ohio
Mayme Stover
Donald Lloyd
Diana Lynn Marshall
John Roberts Jr
Stover
Phoenix
Ariz
Pauline Marshall
Marshall
Roberts
Charles J. Strasburger
Berkley
Clark County
Donald Hosch
Fight Postponed After Weather Delays Title Bout
New York June 25 Floyd Patterson and Ingemar Johansson heavyweight title bout at Yankee Stadium postponed to 9 30 p m EST Friday night due to bad weather. Weather bureau offers no brighter outlook for Friday.
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New York
Floyd Patterson
Sweden
Ingemar Johansson
Yankee Stadium
Castro Regime Faces Trouble Amid Economic Crisis
Fidel Castro's revolution struggles as Cuba nears one million unemployed with 300000 sugar workers soon jobless. Six months after Batista's ouster, business is near standstill and new laws have paralyzed construction and farming sectors.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
New York
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Queen Elizabeth II Opens St Lawrence Seaway In Canada
In Montreal the Queen addressed crowds during a 13 hour program on her six week Canada tour. Prime Minister Diefenbaker and President Eisenhower attend the Seaway opening and Britannia cruise, amid a minor docking scrape managed by Philip at Trois Rivieres.
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Montreal
Eisenhower
John Diefenbaker
St. Lawrence Seaway
Canada
Prince Philip
Monreal
Trois Rivieres
Philip
Royal Navy
St. Lawrence
Peter Dawnay
Oppenheimer legacy tied to $15,000 life policy
Albert Oppenheimer left his wife Hilda a $15,000 life policy when he died in 1924. Mrs. Oppenheimer died at 83 in October. her estate, valued at $441,246 in the Superior Court inventory, consisted entirely of stock investments, including the $15,000 from her husband.
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San Francisco
P—Albert Oppenheimer
Hilda
Prom Night Tragedy at Shelbyville Railroad Crossing
Eight youths set for the high school prom note their calm approach as they travel home. Seven die at a Shelbyville railroad crossing in a tragedy AP News outlines step by step. The feature by Saul Pett appears Sunday June 28 in The Tribune-Star and urges cautious driving this July Fourth weekend.
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Shelbyville
Ill
AP News
Saul Pett
Tribune-Star
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U. S. Weather Bureau
Sam
Jack V. Fox
Washington
UPD
The
David Raab
United Hebrew Congregation
Edward Chaikin
Theodore Rich
W. L. Loewenstein
Raab
Martin
Attorneys For Syndicate
Win Witness
U. S. 40
Here
the Weather Bureau
Castro
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