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Austin American

Location

Austin, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jan 12, 1951

Page

12

Young Mother Confesses Long-ago Shop Theft

A 21 year old Houston woman walks into police headquarters to confess an eight year old crime. She says at age 13 she took $3 from a dime store while handling money, and she now fears being seen as a criminal by her baby. The detective notes the manager told him to forget it.

Houston Detective Headquarters M. L. Singleton Singleton

105 year old man gets chest X ray in Wis health drive

Joseph Wojcik Sr aged 105 visited Stevens Point Wisconsin on January 11 and underwent a chest X ray at the state health department mobile unit as he prepares for another birthday on February 26.

Stevens Point Wis Joseph Wojcik State Health Department Wojcik

Odessa and Ector County Roots and a Hidden Mine Tale

This day marks the 1891 organization of Ector County named for Matthew Duncan Ector. Odessa, its seat, once hosted the legendary Old Ben Sublett who mined gains from a mystery source and vanished into Guadalupe Mountains with gold. A nearby 10 acre meteor crater near Odessa holds nickeloid steel in its basin.

Ector County Matthew Duncan Ector Court of Appeals Odessa Ben” Sublett Ben Guadalupe Mountains Sublett United States Diablo Canyon Arizona

Guay Reprieve Denied

The federal government denied a last minute reprieve to Jd Albert Guay who time bombed an airliner killing his wife and 22 others and he was to be hanged early Friday.

Ottawa Ont CAP Albert Guay

MacArthur Under Washington Gag Order Reported

Chicago Daily News via Tokyo reports Washington stripped General MacArthur of authority to speak on the Korean War while he retains command of UN forces. Lieutenant General Ridgway now oversees ground operations and censorship is centralized under Col. Echols.

Chicago Chicago Daily News Tokyo Washington MacArthur Keyes Beech Daily News Foreign Service United Nations Korea Mathew B. Ridgway Eighth Army Beech Marion P. Echols Japan

Millionth US Traffic Victim Predicted to Die 1951–52

The 1,000,000th American killed in a traffic accident is predicted to die probably next December or early January 1952, according to the Association of Casualty and Surety Companies.

New York Association of Casualty and Surety Companies

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