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Newspaper
Ukiah Daily Journal
Location
Ukiah, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1957
Page
4
Roy M. Cohn former counsel to Senator McCarthy was indicted with 36 others and 11 firms on charges of conspiracy to sell indecent literature. A Union County grand jury named Cohn as general counsel and director of American News Co which distributes Tiger Magazine.
An 18 year old, Joseph Schwartz, was sentenced to 50 years for the bludgeon murder of a Negro boy as Chicago prosecutors push a crackdown on teenage killers. Trials begin for 11 fellow gang members in the hammer slaying of Alvin Palmer. Earlier a jury sentenced three youths to 99 to 110 year terms for a motel operator murder during a holdup spree.
Chief George Smith releases a memorandum detailing State Street traffic light operation. Pedestrians press the push button or follow car timing to signal crossing. if not used, no crossing time is allotted. Push to request time, wait for green, then cross safely.
Adlai Stevenson arrived in Lagos Nigeria on Wednesday night as he continues his tour of Africa and presses his diplomatic and political mission aboard the United States delegation.
BLOOMINGDALE Ohio UP five coal miners entombed for 14 hours by a cave in were rescued late Wednesday night through a shaft bored by a gigantic mine digging machine. The auger pierced 240 feet into the mine hitting the trapped men in a low chamber. The five men Kenneth Hamilton Joseph Lupinski Martin Kowalski Henry Horvath and Fred Sable escaped without injuries.
In Murray Utah Salt Lake County officials confront a 300 foot frontage lot on Main Street valued at $185 000. Despite three public auctions no bidders appeared prompting officials to seek alternative disposal methods.
A Brockton VA Hospital official reports that giving some mental patients keys to rooms and cabinets improves their conditions. He notes the “open hospital” trend, with about half Brockton patients in unlocked wards, and argues keys symbolize responsibility and autonomy, aiding recovery.
Castolon Texas UP search parties comb Big Bend National Park for Mrs. Clifford S. White of Houston while her husband, Clifford White, 45, lies dead of heat prostration after entering the arid terrain Tuesday. The couple's air conditioned station wagon was found miles away bogged in sand amid 114 degree heat.
At Orkney Springs Virginia the century old hotel still flies the Confederate flag and hosts a Sunday barbecue inviting patrons to pay with $2 in Yankee money or $1 in Confederate money. The event evokes a bygone era with southern style dining and a nod to the Lost Cause song.
Patrolman Homer Webb reported an envelope of money was stolen from the compartment on his motorcycle while he was away tagging cars for overtime parking. The funds were contributions to the policemen's ball fund.
In Rome you do as the Romans do. In Detroit auto dealer William M. Packer Jr was ordered to provide his ex wife with a new car every year as part of a divorce settlement.
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