Why Does 'Good Boy' Get What Did / Do Wrong
New York 1940s feature interviews reveal four Brooklyn teens, once praised as bright and well raised, confess to a spree of beatings torture and murder for thrills. Parents recall a loving child who changed after a brief college stint and menial jobs, sparking questions about warning signs and family roles.
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Sims
New’ York
Ang
AHL
Ry Elizabeth Toomey
New York
Brooklyn
Sam Koslow
Jack
Koslow
Atk
Baytown auto dealer Jack Saunders found dead in home
Prominent Baytown Liberty auto dealer Jack Saunders was found dead in his bed at 609 Hpat Texas. A pistol lay on the covers and notes were scattered on a desk. His son LD Saunders of Liberty reported the scene to investigators. Funeral services are planned for Saturday at First Christian Church with burial in Rosswood cemetery.
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Jack Saunders
Liberty
Hoir
Texas
Borly
LD. Saunders
Ing
Young
Saunders
A.d. Saunders
California
Baytown Valuations Rise and City Budget June
Baytown property values grew by about $1.7 million in the past year bringing total valuation to over $66 million and nudging the 1954 city tax bill to roughly $573,000. The council tentatively approved a $1,008,535 general fund and a $1,177,789 total revenue forecast for the coming fiscal year, with small changes to the water and traffic funds and a single salary adjustment for an electrical inspector.
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Clyde Sturray
Baytown
Meani
Cty
Actin
Council
C. CO. Redd
A. C. Chadwick
Civil Service
La Porte Police Chief Appeals to Parents Over Delinquency
La Porte Police Chief Walter Pedersen urged parents to monitor youths more closely amid a rise in juvenile delinquency in the bayshore area. He cited a 14 year old’s home break in on North Sixth Street netting $17, plus missing batteries traced to Lack's Auto Supply and La Porte service stations, with five batteries recovered.
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la Porte
Walter Pedersen
Bayshore
Shief
North Sixth Street
Roberson
Lack
Walt Baumbach
Baumbach
Baytown Realtor event offers free park admission
Last minute reservations for the Baytown Real Estate Board family outing and barbecue at Lyondell Park are available by phone and mail. More than 100 attendees are expected with free admission for muckers and their immediate families and Realty members’ employees, plus pool use and a barbecue supper at 5 p.m. Special tickets required.
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Piente
Baytown
Bnard
Lyondell Park
Ing
South Jen
Cilf. M. Bond
General Arrangements Committee
Iron Curtain Delegate Praises Ike Speech at Council
EVANSTON Ill Aug 20 A World Council of Churches Iron Curtain delegate Dr Joseph Hromadka of Prague praised President Eisenhowers call for prayers for peace He said the Eisenhower speech underlined a worldwide effort for lasting peace and urged a mighty simultaneous act of faith.
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Willian . Meyers
Evanston
Ill
Second World Council of Churches
Eisenhower
Joseph II
Hromadka
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Eisenhow
Thinais
Constanly
Council
Canterbury
Geoffrey F. Fisher
W. A. Visser
WCC
Marc Boegner
French Reformed Church
World Council
Rain and Heat Sweep Texas With Scattered Showers
A trough brought heavy showers to North Central Texas with Dallas tallying .27 inch and Fort Worth slightly higher. Del Rio saw .64 inch, Laredo and surrounding areas had showers, while temperatures maxed near 102 and lows ranged in the 60s with varied readings across the state.
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United Press
Texas
Dallas
Fort Worth B
del Rio
Laredo
Arthur Krick
Denver
Jack Corn
Texas Research Foundation
KLIF
Fort Worth
Marfa
Alpine
Galveston
Dalhart
Amarilla
Lubbock
Midland
Lufkin
Congress Ready To Quit As Social Security Bill Standoff Looms
Washington reports Congress moves toward adjournment tonight if House and Senate bridge a deadlock on the administration social security bill. Senator Millikin said a solution seemed possible, while a 5 percent pay raise bill and postal rate increase threats added pressure. The Senate opened early to push legislative business as administrators pressed for pay rises tied to postal rates. Congress faces a veto risk if the pay measure lacks postal offsets.
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Raymond Lane
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Eugene D. Millikin R-Couut
Init
Aion
GOP
William F. Knowland
Round Up Time For Scout Workers East Harris District
Round up scheduled for Boy Scout workers in the east Harris county district. Friday dinner at the Community house will feature host Thr ajy trick commutter and planning led by Frank Plans. John Martin publicity chairman announced the fall program discussion for invited district committee men, commissioners, cub masters, den mothers, Semsi masters, assistant Scout masters, post advisers, and assistant post advisers.
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T's
Boy Scout Workers
Harris County
Thrajy
Frank
John Martin
Shivers Campaigns Coast Area in Texas Race
United Press reports Gov. Shivers and opponent Yarborough renewed sharp rhetoric on the campaign trail. Shivers denounced Yarborough as captive to unscrupulous forces while touting a third term bid. He planned three speeches in Galveston and stops in LaMarque, Dickinson, and Texas City as Yarborough countered with a tour across the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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United Press
Allan
Shivers
Maklow
Gulf Coast
Yarborough
Auy State
Austin
Rio Grande Valley
Yarbor ‘Shivers
J. J. Holmes
Galveston
LaMarque
Dickinson
Texas City
Power
Texnghe
Jouger
Leo Polliizx
Baytown Fire Marshal declares schools safe after inspection
Fire Marshal T I Bounds reports Baytown school buildings free of fire hazards after a summer program to remove dangerous conditions. In a letter to School Superintendent Jorge Gentry, Bounds commends authorities and notes hazards were found but now largely eliminated during vacation.
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Baytown
T. I. Bounds
Jorge Gentry
Bounds
George Scott
C. D. Middleton
Ayaton
Rotary Chief To Visit Area In Early September
Rotary International district governor Street, 197th district, will visit area clubs Aug 31 and Sept 1. He will attend La Porte noon meeting, Baytown club assembly, and Baytown regular meeting. His Highlands visit is planned for Nov 6 and 7 with directors' and wives’ meetings. Street heads engineering drawing at Texas A&M and belongs to Bryan Rotary.
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WLS
Street
Rotary District 197
Tha
la Porte
Art
Rotary International
Seattle
European army plan crisis prompts French compromise bid
In Brussels Belgium Foreign Minister Paul Spaaleg proposes a compromise to break the deadlock over the European army plan. In Washington President Eisenhower warns that France and Italy must ratify the plan to ensure West European defense. A defense official reports Chinese pressure in the UN over the release of 15 U.S. Air Force personnel held as political prisoners.
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Brussels
Paul Heuri Spaaleg
France
Washington
Eisenhower
Italy
West
Europe
United Nations
US Air Force
Myers
Hiker Rescued From Death Trap in Grand Canyon
Al Cane, 24, of Los Angeles, was trapped for two nights and a day in a water hole with a one foot rock wall on one side and a 50 foot drop on the other. He contemplated suicide but was saved Friday and said he feels reborn.
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Grand Canyon
Ariz
Aug
Grang Canyon
Sal
al Cane
Log Ane Doles
Caney
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