Walk-Way Roof Collapses At Houston School
Houston May 5 six children trapped when the frame roof of a walk way collapsed at Marshall Junior High School. Principal John Ratliff and teachers freed the youngsters before ambulances and police arrived. Six pupils hospitalized for emergency treatment included Jo Ann Pipkin Barbara Truitt Carol Ann Mitchell Teddy Johnson Guadalupe Bustita and Bobbye Lewis all reported not badly hurt.
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Marshall Junior High School
John Ratliff
Jo Ann Pipkin
Barbara Truitt
Carol Ann Mitchell
Teddy Johnson
Guadalupe Bustita
Bobbye Lewis
French Firing Squad Executes Four Traitors
Paris May 5 A French firing squad executed four men labeled traitors for involvement with the Nazi Gestapo in occupied Paris. Maurice Bay wore a rose and asked for no head shot to spare his eyes for a Paris hospital, and the squad granted his request. The others were Henri Nicolas Maurice Lion and Rene Lefevre.
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Paris
Maurice Bay
Henri Nicolas
Maurice Lion
Rene Lefevre
Bakery Menu Highlights and Parking Promise
A bakery advertises orange coconut cake butter scotch macaroons and assorted coffee cakes with French pastries plus plenty of parking space and a dozen items featured in the display.
Ex-Deaf School Employee Denies Refusal to Talk
Bonnie L. Flanagan former secretary at the Texas School for the Deaf says she did not refuse to speak to the Board for Hospitals and Special Schools attorney. She notes overcrowded dorms and supervision concerns involving Superintendent Roy M. Stelle and plans to present criticisms to the board if given the chance.
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Texas School For the Deaf
Board For Hospitals and Special Schools
Claud Gilmer
Roy M. Stelle
Joseph Jancke
Robert B. Thrasher
Janeke
Stelle
Drunken Wheel Chair Operator Fined in Manchester
Legless Daniel Gemmell, 27, was convicted in Manchester on May 5 of driving a motor propelled wheel chair while drunk. He was fined one pound and his license suspended for a year. The government will provide a hand operated chair until his license is restored.
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Manchester
England
Daniel Gemmell
Ministry of Pensions
Gemmell
Electrically Operated Artificial Arm Invented
IBM announces an electrically powered artificial arm controlled by the amputee's foot. The silent motor runs on a compact storage battery that fits in the amputee's pocket, enabling portable operation.
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New York
International Business Machines Corporation
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