Jehovah's Witnesses sue Duncan residents for 150000
Seventeen members of the Jehovah's Witnesses sue Duncan Oklahoma residents and the Duncan Board of Education in federal court for 150000 in damages after a July riot at a meeting in the Duncan High School auditorium. Plaintiffs seek actual and punitive damages plus injunctions to protect future meetings.
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Muskogee
Okla
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Duncan
Oklahoma
Duncan Board of Education
Clarence Devis
Henry Adkins
E. A. Groves
Frank Lemon
Cook Calderon
James Tu Nemececk
Don White
Luther R. Henderson
Raymond C. Webb
C. S. Powers
R. J. March
Mary
March Sheppard
Robert Shested
Ed Blair
W. H. Sharp
Robert J. McVay
Otto Utt
George L. Smith
Jerry Pittman
Herbert Strachan
Roy Morton
Jack Cohen
Witnnesses
Temperatures Dip Below Freezing Across Texas
Cold snap lowers to 31 degrees in many towns with readings from Dallas 22 and Abilene 20 as frost covers the state. Forecasters expect a rise to the mid 30s to 60s later, with cloudy skies and melted ice possible by dusk in some areas.
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Baytown
Texas
Anit- Press
Dalkart
Amsrilia
Wink
Lubbock
Saltais
Abilene
Big
Dallas
el Paso
Fort Worth
Wichite Falls
San Antonio
Austin
Beaumont
Lofkin
Brian
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
San Angelo
Junction
Houston
Pelacios
Weco
Neighbors and residents stir activity in Grants Pass Baytown
The text notes new residents in Grants Pass Oregon and Baytown Texas including K Pevoto William Falleaf and MB McPhail as well as local chatter about mint tea a Marine recruitment and a missing billfold reward. It mentions Sue Gilette and Harry Dryden among others and references the Robert E. Lee campus.
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Preva Briggs
K. Pevoto
Grants Pass
Oregon
Sue Gilette
William Falleaf
Baytown
McPhail
Harry Dryden
Big D
Houston Press
Si Moore
Oglesby
Bill White
Rufus - Honeycutt
Ann Printi
Nick
Billy Glenn
Dseh
UJF
Billy
Robert E. Lee
Lee
Carlino Murder Trial Set for February in Houston
Houston January 7 judge Langston King set February 13 as the trial date for Diego L. Carlino one of two Houston men charged in the July roadside storage death of Vincent Vallone. Bail denial had been previously ordered in a habeas corpus ruling.
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Houston
Diego L. Cerlino
Vincent Vallone
Criminal District Court
Langston King
Judge King
Carline
Tidmon Holding On In Fight For Life
W. O. Tidmon remained critically injured and fighting for life in a Beaumont hospital after a collision on Highway 90 five miles west of Beaumont. His wife has stayed at his bedside since yesterday morning and coworkers offered blood donations as doctors performed six hours of surgery. The 1949 car wreck occurred when Tidmon drove into the rear of a broken down truck in dim dawn light during light rain, with the truck driver later charged with aggravated assault.
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W. O. Tidmon
Beaumont
Baytown
Tidman
Woodmen of the World
Tidmon
R. R Johnson
Johnson
Chine
Baptist Memorial Hospital
First Negro Enrolls in Texas White University
Craig S. Cullinan announced a contract allowing Texas State University for Negroes to send graduate students to the University of Texas in Austin this spring. W. Astor Kirk, a Tillotson College teacher, has been approved to enter UT for the February term, becoming the first Negro to enroll in a Texas white school under the agreement.
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Houston
U.P
Texas State University
University of Texas Graduate School
Austin
Craig S. Cullinan
University of Texas
Cullinan
W. Astor Kirk
Tillotson College
Kirk
Callinan
Army Troops Deployed to Combat Midwest Floods
The Army sent troops to battle midwestern floods that left 4000 homeless and crippled utilities and travel across the mid- South and Eastern states. A cold weather system threatened a north central area from northeastern Wisconsin to eastern Kansas City, with Chicago weather officials warning of bitter conditions.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
Easter Town
Hydrogen Bomb Project Reported By U S Sources
Washington reports from unofficial sources that the United States has launched a hydrogen bomb program using the same light elements as the sun. The Atomic Energy Commission may have moved from theory to technical development, with economists and politicians offering cautious comments while officials deny firm plans.
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Washington
Jan
US Atomic Energy Commission
Truman
Casimman Brien McMahon
Connecticut
Senate House Atomics “Energy” Committee
Atomice ‘Commission
United States
Ultramodern Humble Station Planned for Baytown
Humble Oil officials announce a two canopy ultramodern service station to replace Humble Station 31 at Texas and Main. Houston contractor L. W. Spitler Sr. to start Monday. cost over 30000 dollars. Station to stay open during reconstruction with two islands and lanes. three to four new hires expected when it opens in roughly three months.
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Humble Station
Texas and Main
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Baytown
Tom Rainbolt
Houston
L. W. Spitler Sr
J. L. DeLoach
DeLoach
Alice's Amnesia Victim Regains Memory
A Pennsylvania man identified as Richard Elis Boone, a former U S disciplinary bar inmate, wandered into Alice and, after chiropractic treatment, regained his memory. Police checked his identity with FBI and New Cumberland officials, and Boone’s mother said he left Enola last August with his second wife.
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Alice
Pennsylvanian
Richard Elis Boone
Boone
Gordon Clare
Gerprints
PBS
Washington
FBI
U.S
Ness Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Bert Creeg
New Cumberland
George Allen
Berracks
Clare
United Press
Duncannon
Enola
Louise Seiler
Eccone
Dale Gives Up Pinballs Lack Of Money Blamed For Failure
In Houston on January 7 1934 Constable Date Richardson withdrew his crackdown on illegal pinball machines after failing funds. 83 machines were moved from a warehouse to unknown destination with Horton described as their owner handling removal. Richardson cited lack of money for storage and legal costs and admitted the effort was too large for one man. The machines known as Cosstown were expected to be removed from Harris County if operated again.
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Dale
Houston
Date Richardson
Xeids
Dauntless
Barris County
Flo
Horton
Richardson
Bekins
Harris County
Cosstown
Detroit Dynamite Scare Unfolds As Janitor Admits Hoax
Detroit January 7 police questioned George Thomas a 58 year old janitor who confessed to faking his kidnapping to cover a self inflicted death attempt. Investigators seek linkage to the December 20 dynamite blast at the CIO United Auto Workers headquarters and possible attacks on Walter Reuther and his brother Victor. Thomas faces a sanity evaluation as authorities pursue a full break in the violence against the union.
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Detroit
Mich
Reuther
CIO
United Auto Workers
George Thomas
FBI
Joseph Viking
Thomas
UAW
Walter Reuther
Victor
Union
Chicago Police Vet Joins Force Here
Joseph Thomas Shaughnessy a Chicago veteran with 11 years on the force has been hired by Police Chief H E McKee to replace patrolman Edgar Rountree who resigned January 1 He previously worked in Port Arthur and served as an Oaklawn Illinois police instructor for three years He is unmarried and 88 years old in suburban Dearborn Michigan where he appeared dazed and described being forced into a car tied with rope and dumped in a snowbank before attempting self harm and revealing a strange knot used by police to secure the rope
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Joseph Thomas Shaughnessy
Chicago
H.E. McKee
Edgar Rountree
Shaughnessy
Port Arthur
Oaklawn
Tllinois
McKee
Dearborn
Michigan
Detroit
Semie Mhay
Thomas
Houston City Units Need More Money
Houston city departments face higher operating costs in 1950 with a proposed total budget of 2,320,100,000. Comptroller Roy B. Oakes notes increases across departments, led by the police at 2,361,369, about 280,000 above 1949. The council backs budget for March 3 action.
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Houston
Jan
Roy B. Oakes
Oakes
Gekes
B. W Payne
Youth Admits Knife Killing Of Student In Dorm Room
In Dubuque Iowa a 36 year old Korean student at the University of Dubuque admitted through an interpreter that he slit the throat of fellow Korean student Shun Oh 24 of Seoul after a dispute over a check. Police said there were no signs of a struggle in the dormitory room where the attack occurred.
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Dubuque
Iowa
Jan
T.P
University of Dubuque
Reg Shun
Seoul
Korea
Aoe
Duk San
Choi
Witnesses Say Pilot Drowned in Galveston Bay
In Galveston on January 7, statements from two crewmen aboard the tanker Duragas report Captain Mason Wiggins fell from the rope ladder between the tanker and Houston pilot boat No 3 and drowned. Coast guard interviews corroborate an accidental fall near midship as four eyewitnesses, including Myer Hanser first mate and Elmer Almuelen seaman, place the incident. A radio report to Sheriff Biagene notes the men witnessed the tragedy from aboard.
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Galveston
Duragas
Mason Wiggins
Galveston Bay
Frank L. Biagene
Coast Guard
Houston
Eins
Myer Hanser
Elmer Almuelen
Santos
Brazil
Wiggins
Itragas
Hoa
Davenport Fire Ravages Mental Hospital Killing 26
Coroner reports 26 bodies recovered and 11 women still missing after a blaze at Mercy Hospital that trapped inmates in steel barred rooms. First alarm sounded at 2:07 am as wind fueled flames. 31 survived, nurses and staff aided rescue but sprinkler system delays loomed.
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Davennport
Town
Jans
Mercy Hospital
C. H. Wildman
Wildman
Mary Annunciata
Catholic Institution
Davenport
Ann
Lester
S¢hic
Othmar Biangels
Ingrid Bergman Divorce Talks With Lindstrom Continue
In New York attorneys for Ingrid Bergman and Dr. Peter Lindstrom pressed toward a divorce agreement that would let her wed Roberto Rossellini. Bergman offered to grant as much as half her property with funds set aside for their daughter Pia. The talks, stalled previously, resumed as both sides seek a firm settlement before next week.
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New York
Ingrid Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Roberto Rosselling
Miss Bergmen
Pia
Rossellini
Witness Found In West Killing In Sheriff Report
The sheriff’s department announced a witness has been located in the West killing case. A .22 caliber pistol was recovered from the street and traced to its ownership as part of the ongoing investigation. Sheriff C V Custer commented on the progress and cited continued efforts to determine motives and identify suspects.
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Sheriffs Department
Rigiber
C.V
Custer
Two Men Found Living In Trees In Turkey
ISTANBUL Jan 7 two men were found living naked in the top branches of a large oak tree in a forest near Giresun. Identified as Bekir and Mehmet Tenriverdi, aged 25, they had reportedly lived there for seven years. Their father Mustafa Tanriverdi was summoned but could glean little more as the twins spoke haltingly and refused clothing. Doctors suspect they are incapable of coping with society’s complexities and reverted to a simple life.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Giresun
Bekir
Mehmet Tenriverdi
Mustafa Tanriverdi
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