Governor ‘Powerless’ to Halt Execution

March 11, 1960: Gov. Pat Brown says he is powerless to interfere with Caryl Chessman’s May 2 execution … and a Los Angeles County official says U.S. automakers are resisting attempts to reduce pollution from car exhaust.

“You’ve Given Me the Lead Story for My Home Edition!”   James Reston writes that former Illinois Gov. Adlai Stevenson is slowly losing Harvard’s support to Sen. John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Look at some of these familiar names: Archibald Cox, Walt Rostow, "Harvard is not notorious as a den of conservative thought, yet most of these men have been available to the Republican administration in Washington." Mickey Mantle reports for spring training with the Yankees after all.