Youth Admits Battling Slain Priest in Linton Case
Jack Kenneth Nixon testified he fought Rev. Leonard Petrykus to the point he left him alive on a bed as a murder charge looms for Feb death at Gregory Catholic Church. Nixon, 18, described alleged priestly advances and gifts, while witnesses placed him at the scene and linked footprints and clothing to the suspect.
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Red Guns Are Big Guns at Gregory Catholic Church
A body was found in a room at Gregory Catholic church with the priest’s trousers on the bed. Police are investigating the scene amid a tense inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death.
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China Reds Send Troops to Aid Indochina Rebels
Reports from Formosa claim 30,000 Chinese communist regulars under Gen Liu Po-cheng are to move into Indochina to assist the Viet Minh. The unconfirmed reports say the force would enter through Langson, a town recently abandoned by French forces.
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Pot Luck Supper at Mount Zion Church
The Women's Missionary Union of Mount Zion Baptist Church sponsors a pot luck supper tonight at 8 in the church social room. Pastor Rev F N Marshburn says all church members are invited. Two ducks hatched from one egg tops a clutch of 12 on Mrs Cahill’s Kilkenny farm in Eire.
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Trapped Schoolboy Gets a Wiggle On
In Chicago on October 27 a seven year old boy named Bobby Hartman wedged himself in a narrow passage between two buildings near Shakespeare School to beat the tardy bell. Firemen freed him after he wriggled out backwards. He arrived late and was given the day off to recover from his ordeal.
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400 Billion Is A Lot of Smokes
Claude Harrison, president of the National Association of Tobacco Distributors, told a regional convention in Los Angeles that America uses about 400 billion cigarettes annually. He cited 133 packs per person per year and 2% per week, adding the industry could double this amount and that $1.5 billion of tobacco is in storage.
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Scientist Setstle A Ticklish Toa d Distinction
London news reports a Fanama scientist, Gustav Engler of Almirante, advises in the British Medical Journal on distinguishing gentleman toads from lady toads for pregnancy tests. He notes gentlemen toads croak when tickled, solving a vexing issue for British doctors.
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Texas Woman Elects Camp Council President
Mrs. Richard W. Blalock of Marshall Texas was reelected president of the national council of Camp Fire Girls at a meeting in Saint Paul Minnesota on October 27.
Fire Girls at convention name Adams to board
The annual convention closed with the Fire Girls scene. Mrs George F Adams of Fort Worth was selected for a seat on the board of directors as part of the announcements from the gathering.
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