Boat's Fall Over 54-Foot Dam Hurts Killeen Captain
Captain Oran Rupert 35 of Killeen Texas was injured when his motor boat hit the 54 foot dam at Lake Taneycomo Branson Missouri He was alone in the craft standing up to take pictures and did not see the dam The boat dropped to the dam apron where only 18 inches of water covered it He was treated at Skaggs Memorial Hospital for fractures and shock
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Killeen
Branson
INS
Oran Rupert
Texas
Lake Taneycomo
Pic
Tures
Skaggs Memorial Hospital
Rupert
Texan in Boston Faces Kidnap Charges in 1947 Case
Louis Conley, 29, a former Army lieutenant, arrives from Amarillo to face court in Massachusetts. He is arraigned in federal court on fugitive charges with bail set at 1500 dollars and later ordered to Brockton for superior court arraignment on a secret indictment. The case stems from the June 26, 1947 abduction of his two year old daughter Lynette from his estranged wife in Brockton and subsequent custody disputes.
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Boston
Louis & Conley
Amarillo
Texas
Conley
Francis J. W. Ford
Brockton
D. Edward Sullivan
Lucille
Bertha R. la Croix
Lynette
Massachusetts
US District Court of
David
Fire sparked by quarrel ends with arson charge in Wichita Falls
John W. Mercer aged 32 quarreled with his wife as she left the home in Wichita Falls on June 13. He piled her clothes on the bed and set them on fire, prompting a fire department response. The wife forgave him, but the landlord and the fire department did not. Mercer was jailed Tuesday on an arson charge.
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Wichita Falls
John W. Mercer
Mercer
Oklahoma inmate escapes Dachau yet again
Homer Cook, 27, an American from Oklahoma described as a badman, escaped Dachau Prison in Munich for the second time in a month. Police across Bavaria were mobilized to find him as he faced 19 charges including two prior jail breaks and was to be tried next week. He vanished after a second escape lasting 56 hours.
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Munich
Germany
Homer Cook
Dachau
Bavaria
Cook
Jury rules not guilty in bailee theft case
Hollis Bert Schlueder was found not guilty of theft by bailee by a County Court at Law jury. The case was the sole jury trial scheduled in Judge Mace Thurman's court this week.
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Hollis Bert Schlueder
Schlueder
Mace Thurman
City Real Estate Board Holds Routine Meeting
The Austin Real Estate Board met at the Ste phen F. Austin Hotel for a routine session at noon. Members attended a quiz on real estate practices and common problems.
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City Real Estate Board
Austin Real Estate Board
Stephen F. Austin
Trial Postponed In Carlino Case
The Houston murder case of Diego L. Carlino was delayed to October in 53rd District Court after a continuance motion. District Attorney Bob Long cited a state witness heart attack, forcing eight weeks adjournment from the original start date.
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Houston
Diego L. Carlino
53Rd District Court
Bob Long
Carlino
Vincent Vallone
Langston G. King
Travis County
King
Harris County
Police Investigate Variety of Thefts
Police investigated two burglaries that occurred in the early morning. At Bob's Cafe on Brazos Street an intruder climbed a ladder, slipped through an exhaust fan, and stole nickels after breaking a marble table while cooking and eating a steak. The Longhorn Driving Range on South Congress saw losses of about 5 dollars in change and a cigarette vending machine. a candy vending machine was removed from a small building but left outside. A glove compartment theft sidelined a car with a stolen baseball glove, a watch, and two billfolds totaling about 10 dollars. The Transmix Company crane boom yielded missing turnbuckles. hens were reported stolen from two locations.
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Brazos Street
Longhorn
South Congress
G. W. Dodge
Bill Gainer
Bowman Street
J. E. Motheral
Transmix Company
Barton Springs Road
F. Crider
Clarkson
J. H. Barber
Bennett Street
Pollution Charge To Be Heard In Luling District Court
An injunction hearing in 126th District Court Wednesday at 10 a.m. targets Allied Oil Company of Austin and related defendants for polluting the Guadalupe and San Marcos Rivers with salt water. The suit by the Attorney General's Office, State Health Department, and State Game Fish and Oyster Commission argues Gonzales Cuero and Victoria rely on these rivers for municipal water and face a serious water problem without the injunction.
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Salt Flat
Luling
126Th District Court
Allied Oil Company of
Austin
Guadalupe
San Marcos
Attorney General's Department
State Department of Health
State Game, Fish and Oyster Commission
L. D. Ormsby
Bexar County
Now Flat Water Company
Houson
Gonzales
Cuero
Victoria
Not Enough Colleens To Go Around in Eire
The Census Bureau reports Ireland will not have a equal female to male ratio until 2000 A.D. The latest census shows 2,955,107 people in the Irish Republic with 977 females per 1,000 males. Experts say the balance will occur by 2000 A.D.
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Eire
Census Bureau
Irish Republic
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Fulton Sun Shade
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By Alessio
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San Antonio
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Ride Continental
Continental Trailways
Silverliner
Continental Bus Center
Brazos
Jewel Baylor
Elgin
Jewel Elgin
Hamilton
Speidel
Cortez
Sale Jewelry Co
Austin, Texas
Anson
Sterling Buckle
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