Clean Record Is Required Before She Will Marry
Macon Georgia report says 24 year old Charles Raymond Stepherson sought marriage after a legal stumble. He fled to Pensacola Florida, returned to Macon, appeared in Recorder's Court, and received a judge’s letter declaring his Macon record clear to win his fiancée’s approval.
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Macon
Charles Raymond Stepherson
Stepherson
Pensacola
Fla
Recorder's Court
William W. Hemingway
Fox Trap Fines Police Trap Case in Braintree
In Braintree England Claude Grimwood of Wethersfield paid a 5 pound fine today for illegal fox trapping. A trap allegedly caught a village constable during the incident, prompting police action and a legal penalty.
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Braintree
England
Claude Grimwood
Wethersfield
Slaying Ends Notorious Gang Leader's Career
Chicago AP reports the shotgun slaying of Roger Touhy ended the career of a famed Prohibition era gang boss 23 days after his release from Stateville Prison. His bodyguard Walter Miller was seriously wounded. The Touhy clan’s violent history spans murder, kidnapping and bank robberies, tied to a feud with Al Capone’s outfit and marked by multiple deaths within the family.
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Chicago
Roger Touhy
Statesville
Touhys
Touhy
West Side
Walter Miller
Gangland
al Capone
Reeger
Beéthéri
James
Roger
James Jr
John
Joe Touhy
Eddie
Tommy
Arizona
Leavenworth Penitentiary
Capone
Capones
Pretty Boy Floyd
Basil
the Owl) Banghart
Willie Sharkey
Jake the Barber
Factor Oo
Morton Grove
Gus Schaefer
al Kator
Banghart
Factor
Stateville
Cts
Torchlight reception planned for Ike’s return home
Washington officials plan a torch light welcome with calcium flares when President Eisenhower arrives from overseas next Tuesday night. District Commissioner McLaughlin said 10 000 torches will be handed out to celebrate the president who carried the torch of freedom abroad. The event will be at Lafayette Square near the White House after his arrival at Andrews Air Force Base.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Robert E. McLaughlin
White House
Andrews Air Force Base
Lafayette Square
McLaughlin
Willapus-Wallapus Named In Age Old City Ordinance
Lexington officials puzzled over a 50 year old ordinance authorizing repairs “upon the willapus wallapus” at a cost not to exceed fifty five dollars. Traffic Engineer Joe Heidenreich sought clarification amid guesses. City Engineer George Gard identified willapus-wallapus as Supabeed’s name for a steamroller.
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Lexington
Cap
Joe Heidenreich
George Gard
13th Century Manuscript Sold For Record $182000
New York AP reports a 13th century Apocalypse manuscript bought by book dealer H. P. Kraus for $182,000 arrived by ordinary mail to its new owner after a London auction two weeks earlier. The price set a record for books since J. P. Morgan's $158,000 purchase thirty years ago.
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New York
H. P. Kraus
London
J. P. Morgan
Utilities and auto stocks face earnings and dividend shifts
Texas Utilities raised its quarterly dividend to 4 cents while signaling a potential 3 for 1 stock split. Gulf States Utilities, Southwestern Public Service and Sinclair Oil show varied earnings forecasts through 1962 with dividends under review. General Motors faces lower near term earnings due to a steel strike, while Arkansas Louisiana Gas eyes growth in gas, air conditioning and cement ventures and plans a stock split with a likely dividend hike.
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Texas
Gulf States
Southwestern Public Service
General Motors
Arkansas
Louisiana
Commpany
Federal Power Commission
Manley Loses Appeal Over Wife Shooting Trial
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals denies Willard J. Manley’s writ of habeas corpus seeking freedom after five year term in the Late Penitentiary for shooting his wife. He argued his court-appointed attorney favored his mother-in-law who funded the case. Court found no supporting evidence and dismissed the petition.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Willard J. Manley
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Manley
Muskogee
Johnson-For-President Wins Two-Thirds Vote
McCulloch County Johnson supporters claim a pet record for voter Berens and have 1 031 signatures on petitions urging Sen Lyndon Johnson to seek the Democratic presidential nomination. County club president Ben Greate of Brady says the petitions reach nearly two thirds of the county's voting strength.
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Austin
McCulloch County
Johnson + star-president
Lyndon Johnson
Ben Greate
Brady
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