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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1950
Page
15
COBOURG Ont March 23 Ralph Kilbon a retired engineer was acquitted of murder after admitting he shot his wife Irene claiming she was legally and medically dead before the mercy bullet. The 12 man jury ruled his act self defense and not murder citing expert testimony that her self inflicted stomach wound would have been fatal.
Courthouse records list transfers between owners for many blocks and lots across Famous Heights Eakle Ridgemere San Jacinto Heights and University Heights in transfers to names such as Eugene A Willis Hugo H Loewenstern Constance Underwood Schueler Gilliam John Stinson Frank McNeill W A Otter Albert Snow Ed G Smith Willard Bay W A Brown E L Craghead J H Cope L M Griffin and others. District Court shows multiple divorces including Campbell James Duff and Williams cases.
Harry Lee Logan former Bryan Chamber of Commerce manager is free on 1500 bond after indictment on three counts of embezzlement. Indictments total 1900 to 2000 dollars involve chamber funds and an industrial foundation fund. Logan resigned last December after three years in post.
Minerva Ohio March 23 a veterinarian received an American Feline Society citation for distinguished care of Miracle a calico cat that survived 36 hours in a kiln heated 600 to 900 degrees. Dr William Orr praised for prompt skilled attention saving the cat amid severe burns dehydration and tail loss. Robert L Kendall called the achievement a benchmark for veterinarians.
In 47th District Court a jury returned a directed verdict of not guilty for Freddie Abrahamson of 1019 North Polk who faced forgery charges over an allegedly forged $60 check from September. Attorney Reynold Gardner argued for the directed verdict after a state's witness failed to identify Abrahamson.
In Rhode Island near Providence a turkey farmer avoided loss as a freezing blast preserved the birds. Firemen evacuated frozen stock from a Thornton plant after a blaze, with vacuum packed turkeys saved but kept from thawing by the cold.
John Davis aged 22 a Texas Trade School student died in Dallas yesterday after his car overturned and pinned him beneath it. The Hague reports say the first two feature films made in the Netherlands have had little success there thus far.
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