Ex Deputy in McCarthy Case Ruled Sane by Lunacy Court
Houston November 22 The six man lunacy court jury found Raymond Chambers former Harris County deputy sheriff sane regarding the charge of attempted extortion of $50 000 from Oilman Glenn McCarthy Chambers formerly at Shamrock Hotel was released from the county psychopathic ward to his attorney Jo Ed Winfree The case background includes testimony from county psychiatrist Dr C A Swyer Jr and other psychiatrists with conflicting conclusions about his mental state at the time of the alleged offense.
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Houston
Glenn McCarthy
Glenn A. Perry
Raymond
Good Buddy) Chambers
Harris County
Jo Ed Winfree
Chambers
McCarthy
Swank Shamrock
Tom Shelley
Shamrock
C. A. Swyer Jr
A. Hauser
Dwyer
Former State Official Harry D. Bishop Dies
Amarillo reports former Assistant Attorney General Harry D. Bishop, 64, died Tuesday. A No cause of death was released. Bishop served under Governor James Allred, later worked as FBI investigator and as an attorney for the Texas Railroad Commission.
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Amarillo
Harry D. Bishop
Bishop
James Allred
FBI
Texas Railroad Commission
Monty warns West ready for tough battle if attacked
In Washington Montgomery of Britain says any attack on Western Union nations will trigger a strong response. He notes Western Europe must rebuild its forces and stresses the atomic bomb does not change war tactics. He calls Europe restless and in distress amid NATO support and arms aid debates.
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Western Europe
Viscount Montgomery
Great Britain
Victor
Rommel
Afrika Corps
North Africa
Europe
Western Union Defense
Montgomery
National Press Club
Planned Revenge Arrest Cited in Montreal Flight Plot
Patrick J. Parker, 18, of Plainville Massachusetts, arrested on armed robbery charges claiming the money would fund travel to Montreal to kill the man linked to a plane bombing that killed 23 including his father. Parker is a Brown University freshman and said his father was Russell J. Parker, former Kennecott Copper Co. VP and Quebec Iron and Titanium Co. president.
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Patrick J. Parker
Plainville
Mass
Montreal
Brown University
Russell J. Parker
Rye
N. Y
Kennecott Copper Co
Quebec Iron and Titanium Co
Hunter claims self defense in plane shooting trial
Denver real estate executive Henry C. Van Schaack Jr. says he fired at a low flying plane in self defense after a duck hunt ambush from a blind. He faces assault charges from photographer E. G. Tammany, with trial set for January 31 in Colorado.
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Denver
Henry C. van Schaack Jr
Greeley
Colo
E. G. Tammany
van Schaack
Tammany
Taking Life Easy Beaming Veep and New Bride at Sea Island
Vice President Alben Barkley and his new bride enjoy a relaxed honeymoon at Sea Island Georgia. The pair, joined by General Omar Bradley and other leaders, share tea and seaside strolls while Barkley, turning 72 on Thanksgiving, courts privacy and smiles from vacationers.
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Sea Island
Alben Barkley
Carleton Hadley
St. Louis
Barkley
Thurmond Elected Southern Governors Chair At Dixiecrat Meet
J Strom Thurmond of South Carolina was chosen unanimously as chairman at the Southern Governors Conference in Biloxi. The group adopted a modified states rights resolution urging tide land ownership by states, uniform fugitive return procedures, and broader Reconstruction Finance Corporation support for public services. The policy also defended free enterprise and state sovereignty.
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Miss
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Thurmond
Tidelands
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Perez
Earl K. Long
Louisiana
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
James F. Byrnes
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