States weigh bills to outlaw capital punishment in 1960s era debate
Reuters style report notes movements to abolish the death penalty gain momentum in Connecticut Nebraska and other states amid ongoing capital punishment debates. It cites 1961 federal statistics on executions and details varying methods including electric chair hanging and firing squad while recounting state bills and notable cases in California New York and Rhode Island.
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Nebraska
Taborsky
Starkweather
Colombe
Rhode Island
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FBI
Ie Ae
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Edmund G. Brown
State Senate
Brown
California
New York
Rockefeller
Modern Etiquette Qs and Answers on Weddings and Parties
The piece presents etiquette guidance on wedding party dress coordination for mothers of the bride and groom, hostess greetings by rising when guests arrive, dinner menu sequencing, and cocktail party music norms. It also includes a political note on the Illinois death penalty debate, reporting low execution rates amid legislative talks and a six-year moratorium proposal.
Zentner's Orchestra to Feature Dance Night
Zentner leads a 17 piece band known as a top trombone talent. He rose to fame with his new Up A Lazy River arrangement and previously played with Les Brown Harry James and the Jimmy Dorsey orchestras. He also worked nine years as a Hollywood motion picture studio trombonist.
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Zentner
Hoagy Carmichael
Les Brown
Harry James
Jimmy Dorsey
Hollywood Motion Picture Studio
Broadway gag writer Solly Vielinsky dies at 78
Solly Vielinsky a Broadway gag writer song writer and vaudeville performer died Sunday in Binghamton New York at age 78 from cancer He was born Soly Ginsberg in
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Solly Vielinsky
Soly Ginsberg
Mexican drought leaves thousands hungry and stranded
A harsh drought and heat wave devastates northern Mexican farmers. Villagers suffer malnutrition and dehydration as crops fail and seeds, money, and supplies run out. Doctors reach remote areas by four wheel drive, delivering medicine and food to isolated shacks and adobe homes.
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