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Thrill-Killer Nathan Leopold, 48, serving a life term in Joliet, Ill. prison for teaming with Richard Loeb (knifed to death by a fellow inmate in 1936) in the 1924 Chicago murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, learned that the parole board had turned down his bid for freedom after 28 years in stir because he "is not the right type of man to go back to society." Told not to apply for parole again until 1965, Leopold, a Phi Beta Kappa who has studied 26 languages in prison, said he was "somewhat disappointed," but could "only accept...
...Joliet, Ill.. prison, where he was sen tenced to life in 1924 for his part in the wanton slaying of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, 48-year-old Nathan Leopold felt that he had paid his debt to society and asked for parole. Said he: "I have changed completely. My personality, even my physical being has changed. No cell that was in my body at the time of the crime is there today. I have learned my lesson.&" The parole board is expected to announce its decision sometime this month...
...Stateville prison in Joliet, Ill., the warden said that Inmate Nathan Leopold, now a bald 48, who teamed with Richard Loeb in the brutal 1924 "thrill murder" of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, has been a "very good" prisoner. He works as an X-ray technician in the prison hospital. Through the prison school and correspondence courses, he has learned "about 25 languages." Next New Year's Day he will be eligible for parole. His plans? Said the warden: "I don't think he knows himself what he'd do if he ever gets...
...uranium (now principally the Belgian Congo and Canada) by imports from Australia and South Africa. ¶ Domestically, the AEC has developed uranium mines on the Colorado Plateau (where it is building 783 miles of new roads), has found good prospects in the Black Hills of South Dakota. ¶ In Joliet, Ill., the Blockson Chemical Co. will soon begin full-scale production of uranium from a new source, phosphoric acid. ¶ Barely started on its new $3.5 billion expansion program, the AEC already employs about 3% of the total construction force of the nation...
Reveille. In Joliet, Ill., William A. Hall, 22, dozed while his car swerved into a power pole and plunged 100 ft. to the bottom of a quarry, where he stepped out unhurt but wide awake...