Mansion-sized Medders auction drains Texas debts
About 4 000 people packed Colonial Acres Farm in Muenster for the Medders bankruptcy sale listing 700 items. Rancher Ernest Medders and his wife faced mounting debts as creditors pursued farms and Dallas home. The sale raised questions about the homestead claim and Medders legal troubles including a mortgage cattle scheme.
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Muenster
Tex
API
Texas
Ghrevepon
Ernest Medders
Medders
Colonial Acres
Wolbuger
N. L. Moore
Dallas
Erwin Guess
Colonial Farm
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Catire
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Donald J. Carter
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Shades of Summer 500 Favorites Imported Sunglasses
Sporty Riviera sunglasses for men and women imported from France and Italy in square wrap around and more styles. Light and dark tinted lenses provide eye protection. Solids on checks come in many colors. Price 7.50, item number 3001.
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Riviera
France
Jall
Valparaiso Jury Acquits Suspect Of Death Charge
A Valparaiso jury acquitted a suspect of a death charge after a 10 hour trial. The case centered on the March tavern shooting of Marlin Ivy 25 near Chesterton with the defense arguing it was justifiable homicide due to Ivy’s obscene remarks to a woman. Witnesses testified the shooter said Ivey made threats and searched for a gun before returning and firing five times. The defense argued Ivy provoked his own death.
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Chesterton
Marlin Ivy
Ivey
Drake
Gary
National Association ‘For the Advancement of Colored People
Cus
Here
Max Cohen
Supreme Court Upholds Burglary Case in Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court upholds Allen Circuit Court ruling in a burglary case. Charley J. Maydell of Fort Wayne was sentenced to 25 years after being found in a service station where no theft occurred besides a vending machine box. Maydell claimed he entered to check car work and found the door open. court defended trial court’s witness assessment.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Indiana Supreme Court
Allen
Charley J. Maydell
Fort Wayne
Maydell
High Court
Freighters Reach Aqaba Port After Canal Passages
Three freighters the Russian the French and East German arrived at Aqaba Jordan on Thursday after passing through the Suez Canal and Egypt guarded strait authorities said. The port's director noted possible changes when ships come from the east via Aden but had no notice of such arrivals yet.
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Jordan
Strait of Tian
Jonlanian
Sez Canal
Aden
Soviet Pilot Defects and Seeks Asylum in U S
A Soviet air force lieutenant crash landed a MIG jet in a Bavarian meadow and asked for political asylum. US Army officials said he sought asylum but not necessarily in Germany, and was taken to West German barracks for questioning. The defection, uncertainty, and potential for intelligence on Eastern European Russian plans were noted by US authorities.
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Germany
Upl
U.S. Army
United States
Europe
Kigklingen
Agrosa
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