Gas chamber ends Bobby Greenlease killers night
Ward Colwell reports the Missouri gas chamber execution of Austin Hall and Bonnie Heady for the 1957 kidnapping and murder of Bobby Greenlease. The pair died within minutes after the lethal chamber doors closed, shortly before dawn as Christmas carols echoed outside the prison.
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Ward
Colwell
City
Austin Hall
Bonnie Gaat
Hall
Jydie
Missouri River
Ralph Eidson
Heady
Death Toll Rises In Texas Fire And Accidents
A string of tragedies in Texas ends with a fatal fire at a home near Dallas killing two young children and their mother among others. Additional deaths include a Waco pedestrian, a Dallas hote room suicide, a shotgun accident, a Houston irrigation canal drowning, and two Air Force instructors killed in a trainer crash near Navasota. Authorities are sorting causes and confirming identities.
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Texas
Fr United Press Ag
Yfarton
Dallas
Wpress
Mimishap
Anium
Bessie Fern McDowell
Waco
Hugh T. Mulvaney
Shepperd Air Force Base
Wichita Falls
Tex
Robert Pinson
Tommy
Trinity
Houston
Herman McWhorter
Air Force
Navasota
Davis Hart Jr
San Jose
Calif
Leon S. Murphy
Elma
Quetin Manik Sighting Report From Ireland Air Mission
A cryptic wartime note from Ireland reports Dec. bAr Seach planes on patrol Friday sighting no Navy plane in the fuel north at oo Triftsday with thine. The fragment hints at aerial reconnaissance and unclear details about the aircraft involved.
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Manik
Ireland
Noes Navy
Community cake sale boosts choir funds in scattered locations
Police report a Saturday plan to hold cake sales at multiple sites including Robert E Lee building via booths in a furniture store district. Funds intended for the choir, baked by members, were to be raised across several venues amid a broader scramble of items found in a disturbed scene.
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Robert E. Lee
Menn
Sturday
Ineopor Furniture Store
Macy
Sears
Brannon nursing health after poisoning scare
Fragmented report notes Brannon recovering, medical staff treating alleged poisoning. Several garbled lines mention holidays, meetings, shopping, and local figures such as Chief Walter Bibker and Bill Baugh, with unclear dates or places.
Father Son Tragedy: Ranch Tractor Crushes 38 Year Old Death
Herman McWhorter 38 is killed in an accident on a Huffman ranch when a tractor tipped into a sunken canal. His father L A McWhorter found him at about 3 pm after he failed to return for lunch. Justice of the Peace Rosca Zierlein ruled accidental death, noting a nine foot drop to the canal bottom.
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Kidson
Hall
Heady
Bobby Greenlease
Betty
Kennneth
Jim Russell
Annette
Linda Scales
Charlies
Vernon Scales
Patty
Huffman
Herman McWhorter
McWhorter
L. A. McWhorter
Justice of the Peace
Rosca, Zierlein
Zierlein
Noell Clearing Co
Temple
Baylor University
Sac
Aid Offered Repatriation For Captive Americans
Thimayya said the neutral commission plans to offer repatriation to three to five Americans believed held as unwilling prisoners of communism. He hinted at later steps for individual prisoner applications while deadlines for home interviews approach next Wednesday. UN officials pressed accusations of withholding access, but Communist delegates denied them.
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Joun Sack
Thintayya
Iso
Thimayya
Joint Military Armistice Commission
J. K. Lacey
United Nations
Feds
Lacey
Kim Mun Zo
ROK
Gulf Ship In Trouble Near Galveston Coast Guard Aids Freighter
The SS Florida Sword owned by Sword Line of New York ran out of fuel 50 miles southeast of Galveston Texas. Two Coast Guard cutters raced to aid the helpless freighter in unusually heavy seas on Friday. The vessel carries a crew of 36 men.
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New Orleans
Coast Guard
Galveston
Texas
Florida Sword
The
Sword Line
New York
Rotary Club Feeds Korean Children Through CROP Drive
Baytown volunteers rally for CROP in 1954 to feed 400 Korean children. The drive aims to provide two bowls of rice daily for a year per child, costing ten dollars each, with local churches and individuals pledging support as the appeal continues.
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Baytown
Dan D. Clinton
Harris County
Korea
Wartern
Houston Area
Scout Honor Court Sunday Twenty awards and 18 merit
Scout honors to be awarded at East Harris Scout District Court of Honor at 2 pm in the Community House. First and second place troop awards, a Webelos graduation ceremony for Cub Scouts, with Fans N. Kueler and C. Matthews in charge. Cecil Fisher and David Evans to receive bronze palms. four star, nine first class, and five second class awards to be presented. Webelos badges are the high Cub awards, only Cub badges worn on uniforms.
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East Harris
N. Kueler
C. &. Matthews
Cecil Fisher
David Evans
Youths Saved After Their Boat Sank
Two 18 year old Houston youths were rescued from Burnett Bay after their boat sank. Calvin Whitaker and Gordon Wallace heard cries for help at about 8 pm and located the drenched boys clinging to a dilapidated duck blind. They warmed them at Whitaker’s home before a hunter from the banks returned them to safety.
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Houston
Burnett Bay
Calvin Whitaker
Refinery
Gordon Wallace
Omer
Whitaler
Oil Well Fire Rages Along Gulf Suburb Area
A $500000 oil well fire raged out of control on mud flats 50 miles south of New Orleans along the Gulf of Mexico. Two men were severely burned and hospitalized as Welders moved to detach two equipment barges near the 4800 foot well west of East Timbalier island in LaFourche parish. The blaze started Wednesday night when shallow gas sands were drilled.
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New Orleans
Gul
Mexico
Here
Gulf Refining Co
Timbalier Island
LaFourche Parish
Warren J. Bourgeois
Thibodaux
Roy Ford
Keither
Trotsky Killer Up For Parole
The man who murdered Soviet refugee Leon Trotsky in 1940 will be eligible for parole Sunday after two thirds of his 20 year term. Jacques Mornard alias Frank Jackson has not sought release. Trotskyist and Soviet agents reportedly await his freedom.
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Mexico City
Leon Trotsky
Jacques Mornard
Frank Jackson
Mornard
Weather Woeslinger Baytown Sees Wet Cold Spell
Baytown endured a miserable day with wet icy rain and a chill wind. Temperatures dipped to a frigid night low around 89 and 0.24 inches of rain was recorded. Forecasters warn a continued cool spell with skies improving as a pressure wave moves eastward from the Gulf coast.
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Baytown
Gulf Coast
Texas
Discarded Toys Bring Joy To Baytown Kids
Baytown Health League clinic at San Jacinto Memorial hospital hosted a toy giveaway for needy children. Boy Scout Troop 326 collected a large batch of toys and delivered them to the clinic, inspiring ongoing donation efforts.
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Baytown
Baytown Health League
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Boy Scout Troup No. 326
East Texas Avenue
Hal Bouligny
Julia Pierson
Baytown Goodfellows Toy Drive Spurs Christmas Cheer
Area residents rally for Baytown Goodfellows delivering toys nuts and gifts. Donations exceed twelve hundred dollars in cash with Girl Scout Troops 31 60 and local groups contributing handmade items pecans and candy. Gifts packed at K nesseth Israel hall by PTAs and volunteers with packing and delivery slated for the days before Christmas.
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Goodfellow
Baytown
J. J. Bradshat
Robert ©. Lee
Blair Mann
H. N. Mosley
R. Stovall
W. A. Welch
Jendons
Baytown Business and Professional Women
Ehh
J. M. Gilbert
Santa Claus
Goodfellows
Larry Stoerner
Baytown Sun
Billy Heintschel
Key Club
K’nesseth Israel
Parent- Teachers Association
Gassed Children Are Somewhat Improved
The three Surrey children in San Jacinto Memorial hospital show improvement after near asphyxiation at home Wednesday. James Franklin Surrey remains in critical condition, while Thelma Sue and Robert Thomas are in serious condition. Parents Edward and Mrs Surrey found them unconscious at 5 pm after returning from Houston.
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Sheldon
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
James Franklin Surrey
Thelma Sue
Robert Thomas
Edward Surrey
Houston
Truck Strikes Man Hurls Him 30 Feet on Market Street
Harris county engineer Reuben Kendrick Baisden was killed when he stepped into the path of a passing truck on Market Street Road near the San Jacinto river. Driver Frank Thompson tried to brake and swerved but couldn't avoid the impact. Lt. White investigates with two other witnesses confirming Baisden stepped into the road from near a stalled car.
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Houston
Market Street
Reuben Kendrick Baisden
San Jacinto River
Baisden
Frank Thompson
Ag Aa
Baytown
Tuck
Freddis Lee Harris
Thompson
Harris
Untrained Ground Crew Blamed For Bomber Crash
El Paso Herald-Post reports that teen age ground crew with minimal training gave wrong directions for a B36 bomber nearing Biggs Air Base. Nine died when the 16 engine aircraft crashed into Mount Franklin during a snowstorm on its second landing attempt. Brig. Gen. Reynolds disputed the report and said the plane was steered correctly before the fatal error.
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EL Paso
el Paso Herald-Post
John M. Reynolds
Biggs Airorce Base
Biggs
Mount Franklin
Herald- Post
Scripps- Howard
GCA
Reynolds
CAA
el Paso International
Thomas Gore
Christmas Holidays Begin For Area Students
Most area schools start a two week Christmas holiday with all students returning January 4. Baytown pupils dismiss a day earlier next Tuesday while La Porte Cedar Bayou Crosby and Barbers Hill finish Friday and head into holiday break after Christmas programs. Lee College also ends classes until January 4.
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Baytown
la Porte
Cedar Bae You
Crosby
Barbers Hill
Lee College
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