Mrs Eleanor Walker Seeks Lawyer In Boulder Slay Case
Eleanor Walker, wife of accused slayer, in Boulder seeks legal counsel as her husband faces a rape slaying charge in the Theresa Foster case. George Blickhahn of Alamosa withdraws from defense, citing local upheaval, leaving Walker to pursue counsel for a fair trial.
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Boulder
Colo
Eleanor Walker
Walker
Theresa Foster
University of Colorado
George H. Blickhahn
Alonosa
Blickhahn
Rocky Mountain News
Alamosa
Miss Foster
Here
Canada Developing New Uranium Field
Ottawa reports that a second Canadian uranium field is moving toward production. Government sources say the crown-owned field in Northern Saskatchewan looks good but remains in exploration. Trade Minister C. D. Howe, head of the atomic committee, notes private prospectors have made interesting discoveries while the government retains control of the best sites.
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Ottawa
Ont
C. D. Howe
Saskatchewan
Howe
Atomic Committee
550-Pound Man to Be Buried in Custom Casket
George Thoms 42 will be buried Thursday in Circleville Ohio in a casket made to fit his 550 pound body Eight pallbearers will carry the huge coffin to Forest Cemetery after funeral services He wore tailor made clothes and joked about a necktie size He weighed 812 pounds at birth and grew rapidly due to a glandular disorder He worked as a bartender at the Eagles Lodge and kept beagle hounds in his spare time.
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Circleville
Ohio
George Thoms
Forest Cemetery
Thomas
The
Eagles Lodge
Mayor Probes Light Rate Hike and City Pay Policy
The mayor questions state minimums for firemen and police while citing Austin salaries. He notes state law set minimums of 180 to 210 dollars over service years, but Austin offers higher rates earlier and through training periods. He argues Texas should fix its own fiscal issues before directing city pay scales.
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Texas
Austin
Morgan
City of
Plane Missing Since Nov 18 Ends Allentown Search
Three Allentown residents and their pilot, Joel Ritter, were officially listed as lost as the search for their airplane, missing since November 18, ended after about 50,000 square miles had been combed. The Yorks, Mr. and Mrs. W. W. York, reportedly met Ritter after spending the night in Dallas on November 18, with flight plans from Tulsa to New Orleans via Mineral Wells and Bryan. His associates have offered up to $5,000 for the plane's location.
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Houston
INS
Allentown
James Nelson
W. W. York
Joel Ritter
York
Dallas
Ritter
Mineral Wells
Tulsa
New Orleans
Bryan
Fraulein Finds America Land of Many Husbands
Waltraut Fischer of Essen Germany arrives in Brownsville to learn two Americans have posted her entry bond for marriage. Leroy Westergreen of Chesterton and Walter Matthews of Dayton Texas are named as bondholders, while she claims no knowledge of the Dayton man. The Bremen consul mix up listed three other women named Waltraut Fischer for trips to the United States.
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Brownsville
America
Waltraut Fischer
Essen
Germany
Fraulein
Leroy Westergreen
Chesterton
Walter Matthews
Dayton
Liberty County
Texas
Clean Garbage Can Best Guard For Health
New Orleans report cites sanitation over chemical controls to curb flies. Public health researchers warn insecticide resistance grows, urging municipalities to adopt sanitary garbage disposal and residents to maintain clean, sealed trash containers.
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New Orleans
Public Health Service
K. E. Quarterman
W. C. Baker
J. A. Jensen
The
Health Service
Communicable Disease Center
Savannah
American Society of Tropical Medicine
Rehearing Move Filed for Slayer
A motion for a rehearing was filed by counsel for Dr. Lloyd L. Ross a San Antonio physician convicted of murder and sentenced to death in the rifle slaying of four members of the Willard York family on May 25 1947 Ross was convicted in district court at LaGrange Oct 23 1947 and the appeals court upheld the lower court on Nov 3 this year
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Lloyd L. Ross
San Antonio
Willard York
Ross
LaGrange
Pest Controller Urges Rules Enforcement in Home Rodent Fight
Herman Fellton of Atlanta, vice president of the National Pest Control Association, told the Texas Pest Control Convention in San Antonio that housewives avoid ordinary poisons to spare animals. He urged education, research and enforcement of pest-control rules and that individuals bear costs for extermination projects.
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San Antonio
America
United States
Herman Fellton
Atlanta
Fellton
National Pest Control Association
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