Topic: Caryl Chessman seeks appeal to stay his execution scheduled for the next day.
NOTE: Chessman would be executed in the San Quentin gas chamber on May 2, 1960 for kidnapping, rape, and grand larceny crimes he committed in January 1948. He wrote many articles while awaiting execution on death row over a period of 12 years. He appealed his conviction 42 times but it was never overturned.
Also, news of Queen Elizabeth who gave birth to a son.
Ron Cochran presents the news topics of the day.
Queen Elizabeth gives birth to a new Prince.
Convicted robber, kidnapper and rapist, Caryl Chessman, sentenced
to death for a series of crimes committed in January 1948 in the Los Angeles area, gets a 60 day reprieve.
NOTE: Caryl Chessman will be executed on May 2, 1960.