Two Youths Hanged in Kansas for Valdosta Murders
George Ronald York 22 and James Douglas Latham 23 were executed at the Kansas Prison after confessing to seven killings across multiple states. They faced the gallows with repentance, each expressing faith and forgiveness as they prepared for death. They had previously boasted of the crimes and committed a savage spree linked to robberies, ending with the murder of Otto Ziegler near Wallace Kansas. They donated their eyes to KU Medical Center.
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Lansing
Kan
George Ronald York
Jacksonville
Fla
James Douglas Latham
Mauriceville
Tex
Kansas
York
Latham
Edgar Meissner
Ft Hood
Florida
Tennessee
Illinois
Colorado
Utah
Otto Ziegler
Wallace
Althea Ottavio
Patricia Anne Hewitt
Valdosta
John A. Whitaker
Tullahoma
Tenn
Albert E. Reed
Litchfield
Ill
Martin Drenovic
Granite City
Rachel
Linkletter to headline CBS Talent Scouts as Hollywood show
CBS shifts Art Linkletter from daytime Houseparty to Hollywood Talent Scouts, turning to an evening format with real human interest and stars in a summer trial. CBS News aired Bundy in a Viet Nam Dialo gue with five professors, a panel that proved four too many and lacked clear challenge to the administration.
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Art Linkletter
CBS
Linkletter
Arthur Godfrey
CBS News
McGeorge Bundy
Viet Nam
Eric Severid
Bundy
Santo Domingo Strike Response Said Spotty
Rebel union leaders report more workers staying home to support Dominican rebellion on day one of a three day general strike. Nine of 40 Santo Domingo factories struck. sugar mills and U S Aluminum Co operation disrupted. no violence reported.
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Santo Domingo
Robert Berrellez
Dominican Republic
Miguel Soto
Hain
Barahonda
la Romana
U.S. Aluminum Co
Cabo Rojo
Antirebel
Autonomous Confederation of Christian Unions
Junta
Santiago
Juan D. Bosch
Parking Areas Opened In Cairo
Cairo reports completion of hard surfacing on two new off street parking areas near the central business district. City acquired and demolished old warehouses and partly removed buildings to clear space. Areas aim to relieve street congestion and favor shoppers without metered spaces.
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Cairo
Train Piles Up The Admiral In Delphos Ohio
A fast Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train known as the Admiral leaped the rails and wrecked at Delphos in northwestern Ohio. No further details are given in the readable text.
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Delphos
Ohio
Japan and South Korea establish relations after 60 years
Japan and South Korea sign a basic treaty and four agreements to normalize relations after 60 years of on-and-off talks. Premier Sato watches as thousands of students protest in Seoul and Tokyo. Police clash with demonstrators. Takeshima Island status to be debated later.
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Tokyo
Japan
South Korea
Seoul
Trea
Lee Dong Won
Etsusaburo Shiina
Eisaku Sato
Sato
Zengakuren
Korea
Liquor Waste from Colorado Flood Cleared for Destruction
Denver AP reports flood damage forces destruction of about a quarter million dollars in liquor from McKesson & Robbins Inc. stored in flooded basement rooms. A 1950s court ruling states any liquor exposed to flood water is unfit for consumption.
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Denver
Colo
Lquor Division
McKesson & Robbins, Inc
Machines And Peaches Discuss Mechanized Harvesting
Agricultural engineers at the University of Georgia convention say consumer fruit shortages may rise if harvesting remains labor intensive. Dr Walter M. Carleton cites need to cut labor to keep fresh peaches and apples available, while Deere and Co engineer C B Morrison notes hybrid crops support mechanical harvest.
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Athens, G.a
Walter M. Carleton
Beltsville
American Society of Agricultural Engineers
University of Georgia
Center For Continuing Education
C. 8. Morrison
Moline, Ill
Deere and Co
Tender loving touch vital to infant learning
AP report cites Dr. Sidney Cohen saying skin contact in early infancy shapes later development. He warns maternal deprivation lacking warm handling can affect character, noting skin stimulation is the first line of communication and comfort for babies.
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New York
Sidney Cohen
Los Angeles
Cohen
Wadsworth Hospital
University of California
American Medical Association
British colonel serves as Salvation Army private Sundays
Col. George Crooks leaves the army to join the Salvation Army each Sunday. He commands a British gunnery school on weekdays and participates in Salvation Army parades as a private with a sousaphone.
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Blackdown
England
George Crooks
Salvation Army
NAACP Opens Rights Project in Alabama
The NAACP resumes activity in Alabama after court approval ending an eight year ban. Volunteers statewide plan a door to door and county to county voter registration drive aiming to register 100000 Negro voters by summer's end while strengthening county leadership and reshaping Alabama's image. The operation includes 240 assigned volunteers from across the nation and begins with a two day workshop.
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Birmingham
Ala
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
NAACP
Johnson Aides Rally Markets To Lift Confidence
Johnson administration moved to reassure investors and steady the economy amid a month of stock-market declines. Officials including John Johnson Henry Fowler Gardner Ackley asserted optimism as markets swung from loss to robust gains driven by policy pledges and strong statements from Commerce Secretary John Connor.
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New York
Johnson
Wall Street
Viet Nam
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry Fowler
John T. Connor
Gardner Ackley
Ackley
Moving Prevents Political Hassle
Niagara Falls New York state Assemblyman Donald J. O'Hara plans to sell his home and relocate with his wife and six daughters to dodge a Democrat primary clash with Assemblyman Gregory Pope. A reapportionment shift placed them in the same district for this fall's special elections. By moving a few blocks north O'Hara will reside in a different district. Both previously won seats last fall.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
Donald J. O'Hara
Gregory Pope
O'Hara
Private Telephone Network Goes Into Operation
The Federal Tele communications System connects 750000 phones in 8000 government offices across 400 communities letting users dial codes plus numbers to reach agencies. Bulk rates save time and taxpayers money. A machine may recite Shakespeare via cards and a grammar based process, but it requires direction. School is out and drivers are urged to be careful during vacation.
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Federal Telecommunications System
United States
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