Starkweather Seeks Federal Appeal After Delayed Execution
Charles Starkweather and his father Guy pushed an appeal to federal courts after missing a halt to the scheduled dawn execution. They asked for attorney help as Judge Robert Van Pelt rejected the stay request, saying Charles had not been properly represented at his trial for the murder of Robert Jensen. The deadline to file an appeal remains June 4.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Guy
Guy Starkweather
Charles
Robert van Pelt
Robert Jensen
Bennet
van Pelt
Front Royal Livestock Market Hogs Veal Sheep and Cattle Prices
Market report from Front Royal listing hog classes with price ranges for barrows gilts sows and feeders. veal by weight with price brackets. sheep and lambs premium to utility pricing. slaughter cattle by grade. cows bulls and stock feeder cattle including yearling steers and ranges from good to inferior. Prices shown per hundredweight with several weight bands.
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Choice & Prime
Cutter
U S Economy Expands Amid Mixed Signals
U S economy advances toward new highs with incomes and spending at record levels while factory employment flags. Consumers keep buying without inflation fears, savings rise, and loan growth accelerates as auto output surges amid steel strike jitters.
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New York
America
Norman Strunk
United States Savings & Loan League
Arthur O. Dietz
C.1.t. Financial Corp
C.1.t
Detroit
Ford
Falcon
Chrysler
Valiant
General Motors
Texas
National Industrial Conference Board
George Champion
Chase Manhattan Bank
Arabian American Oil Co
U.S
Standard Oil Co
N.J
Harriman Cleared to Visit Red China as Newsman
The State Department approved W Averell Harriman to travel to Red China as a reporter for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Secretary Herter signed the passport validation after talks with former Secretary Acheson. Harriman, touring the Soviet Union, would be the NANA correspondent arriving amid Peiping visa uncertainty.
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Washington
State Department
W. Averell Harriman
Red China
Herter
Dean Acheson
Harriman
Alliance
New York
Russia
Soviet Union
Nana
Pharmacists Fill In as Wilmington Doctor Recovers
In Wilmington Ohio pharmacist Charles Mires undergoes emergency appendectomy leaving his store without a pharmacist. Fellow pharmacists from the area take over behind the prescription counter with a new face appearing every other day to cover duties.
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Wilmington
Ohio
Charles Mires
Jealous Husband Kills His Wife Takes Own Life
Police found Bill Whitaker and Arline Whitaker dead in their bed in the suburbs. A note from Bill explains he killed Arline after she confessed love for another man and then took his own life citing jealousy and loss, leaving behind two young children.
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Bill Whitaker
Arline
Whitaker
London Subway Expands to About 250 Miles
London’s subway network now covers roughly 250 miles, reflecting continued growth in urban transit. The expansion underscores ongoing modernization and increased service reach for commuters and visitors.
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London
Symington to Show Presidential Wares in Wisconsin
Senator Stuart Symington heads space and agriculture panels while avoiding a Kennedy Humphrey clash. He sighs at third place in polls yet remains active with speeches in Wisconsin and nationwide as he positions for 1960 nomination.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Milwaukee
Senate Space and Agriculture
Wisconsin
Symington
Credit Corp
Missouri
Sens
Fuls
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Wiscon
Jean Ann Woods aims for mission field after James Wood
Jean Ann Woods, 18, plans a science major and aims to enter the Assembly's Training School to prepare for the mission field. She follows Miss Shirley Ann Gilliam, the 1954 James Wood leadership winner, and is from Sunnyside with a noted family history in art and religion.
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King
Assembly
Shirley Ann Gilliam
James Wood
Jean Ann
Leslie Neill Woods
The
Evening Star
W. H. Woods
Baltimore
Tri-Hi-Y
Hi-Y
Beta Club
Future Homemakers of America
Monogram Club
Model General Assembly
Y.M.C.A
Richmond
Shenandoah Valley Manufacturers Association
Mission
Leslie Neill
Thelma Woods Shearer
Berlin
Poe
Shakespeare
Miss Gilliam
Nalda Baughman
Charles David Symons, Jr
Harold Kurstedt
Wendell Dick
Sunnyside
Mt. Falls
Oil Industry Seeks New Fuels and Catalyst Breakthroughs
A 1950s era overview notes billions spent on catalysts to crack crude oil into gasoline and other products. It highlights 10 000 varieties of catalysts from marbles to powders and aims for higher octane fuel and new, transformative products, while acknowledging the fundamental mystery of how catalysts work.
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Tomor
Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N. Y
Sam Dawson
United States
Dustry
Child Bruised When Hit by Car In Berryville
A 2 year old boy Allen Courtney was struck by a car on Main Street Berryville at 12 30 pm. He was tossed about 10 feet then taken by Berryville Red Cross Ambulance to Memorial Hospital with bruises and cuts.
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Berryville
Robert L. Hicks
Hicks
Allen Courtney
Lewis Courtney
Main St
Lee Roy Garrison
Rt. 2
Red Cross
Memorial Hospital
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Starkweather
Front Royal Livestock Market
bPonna Helens
Ing Post
Phoenix
Ulcer Gulch
Hill's
Rex
Lostoen
Christian A. Herter
Winchester Retail Merchants Association
Winchester
Patronize
RIO Vlea Lea
Retail Merchants Association
Denmark
Penney’s
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old — Strong Bank
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
F. W. Pamperin
V. P. Commonwealth Life Insurance Company
Lyric Bldg
Virginia
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
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