Evansville man pleads innocent by insanity in mother slaying
Augustus Watson, 41, formerly of Evansville, Indiana, pleaded innocent by reason of insanity to a murder indictment. Prosecutors say he shot his mother in a small restaurant attached to a filling station in October 1954, dismembered the body, hid remains in an oil shed, and buried them nine months later near Crawfordsville. Watson was captured in Cincinnati while living with his wife and children.
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Evansville
Ind
Augustus
Clifford) Watson
Ollie Reeves
Watson
Crawfordsville
Cincinnati
Pearl
Hardage
Denton Criticizes Handley On Flood Aid Action
Rep. Winfield K. Denton accused Gov. Handley of delaying flood relief for Indiana. Denton urged the governor to seek federal disaster designation from President Eisenhower to unlock grants and loans for farmers. He criticized Handley’s stance against federal aid.
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Denton
Handley
Washington
Winfield K. Kenton
L Handley
Eisenhower
Indiana
Agriculture Department
Atd
Rotarians Hear Delco Safety Head in Luncheon Program
The Rotary Club meets in OKARCHE with speaker Mr Yelton discussing the federal interstate highway system and its impact on roads while a derelict block of concrete was opened to reveal a live toad imprisoned inside. This odd incident accompanies remarks on safety and road projects as George Surbaugh acts as program chairman.
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Okarche
Okla
Avelice
Yelton
Son
George Surbaugh
lSver
Large Damage Suits Filed In Circuit Court
Two large damage suits filed in Madison Circuit Court involve personal injury claims from a 1955 auto-truck crash and a 1957 auto-train wreck. Myrtle Borkman seeks 10000 dollars for injuries from a North Indy 9 collision with a semi-trailer owned by Fred Searcy, while Jerry Ellis seeks 7500 dollars for injuries in a February 1957 New York Central crossing accident.
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Madison Circuit
Carl T. Smith
Myrtle, Borkman
Fred ‘Searcy
Bobby Ray Andrews
Tuscumbia
Ala
Jerry
Ellis
Tt Ellis
Tor i
Ind
New’ York Central
Frankton
Young Ellis
Tom Marsh
Byers and Gaus
Myrtle Borkman
Fred Searcy
Bobby
Ray - Andrews
Earl Brumfield
Jenniefeld Kirk
Johnson and Austin
Jerry Ellis
Violatta Ellis
New York Central Railroad Company
Byer
Circuit Court General Finance’ Corporation
Lyndle Sutherland
Beauty contestant turns snake bounty foster in Newington
Lorraine Pisk, a runnerup in a beauty contest, now works as a town clerk's assistant in Newington Connecticut. Her duty includes paying a dollar for each poisonous snake brought in. She says she tries not to scream when the boys deliver the reptiles.
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Mensa
Neve
Chicago
Ford Foundation
Willis
Dawn
Indianapolis
Gerlach
Quinn
Germany
Indiana Air Patrol cadets staff emergency exercise
Thirty cadets from the Anderson Civil Air Patrol squadron assisted state staff during a three day Dixie Montgomery exercise at Lebanon. Second Lt Ruth Miller and 2nd Lt Regina Barrett coordinated mobile headquarters with 18 semi trailers from the Indiana Motor Truck Association.
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Anderson
Civil -Air
Aderson
I Patrol
Ruth
Lebanon
Main
Indiana
Miller
Dixie Montgomery
Corp
Terry
Trs
Simone Davis
Paul
Barrett
Regina Barrett
Robert Her
Dean Davis
John “Westerfield
WO Jos
Americans living in Cologne on small budgets
A married U S couple and a California student detail life on 72 to 85 marks per month in Cologne. They rent in a stone house, cook simply, ride five cent streetcars, and avoid PX privileges while managing on minimal income.
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Cologne
Germany
Cologne Stadt Wald
U.S. Army
Bavaria
Long
Louisville
Jacques Jenny
University of Pennsylvania
New York City
Chicago
Pomona College
Legion Asks For Service and Trials Change
The American Legion in Indiana calls for arming overseas forces under US jurisdiction amid a prison escape case. Governor Hand’s office notes the move while recounting Reynoso’s return to custody and the planned status of forces amendment.
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Legion
Reynose
Indianapolis
United Ley’s
Annie Miahing
Jne Bulletin and Herald
William's
Girard
Aus
Supreme’ Court
American Legion
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Delco
Toad
Superior Court
Delsa Mae Skinner
Virgil IL. Skinner
Rosalyn
Burgan
Robert Blevins
Teels
Strickler
Medison
American Security Corporation
Stephane, Mgr
George Mauer
Jean Mgr
Momn
Eph. Schroeder
Dennis Fisher
Indiana Motor -Truck Association
John B. Crane
Europe
Tite Es
Mother Lon
United] States
Trodecap. CO
Chrysler
Saratoga
Chrysler Engineering
Chrysler Car
Broadway Sales CO
Broadway
Copher Motor CO
Alexandria, Ind
E. M. Peterson Motor Sales
Main Street
Elwood, Ind
Salling
Jackson
Gree Westinghouse
Bebbia
Electro-Hygiene Sales Corp. Et
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