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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1952
Page
3
Egyptian belly dancer Samia Gasnal steps from a Dallas airliner in a miniature cowboy sombrero to attend a pre-dawn party. Her Playboy husband, Sheppard W. Abdullah King III, follows with suitcases as a playful reception erupts at a local nightclub.
A Texas couple’s dinner conversation on wine escalates to violence when the wife strikes the husband with a telephone receiver and he fires back with a pistol. The man was hit in the stomach but is expected to recover in hospital. The piece then shifts to international romance, detailing the marriage of Samia and Abdullah King, their travels from the Near East to New York, his conversion and quick divorce, and plans for parties and travel including a Miami engagement and a Dallas club appearance.
Julius Boanikowski, 90, told Circuit Judge William O'Neill he had only 250 in cash but would give it to his wife Fulia as grounds for divorce on desertion. He denied running around with other women despite claims.
A Korean War veteran from Pittsburgh requests no fuss and asks to be sent home promptly. He tells a colonel not to stage any funs over him but to start the process quickly. A later line mentions a fatal track incident in Nashville and a separate theft case in Tennessee, all reported in the same brief.
San Antonio police reveal an alleged insurance scam involving a prominent attorney a doctor and a city officer. The chief refused to name those involved stating only an affidavit describes a $750 injury settlement where $275 went to the claimant while the rest was shared by the officer the doctor and the lawyer. Police say they are pursuing another similar case and have received related complaints.
False teeth loosening causes embarrassment yet FASTEETH offers a non acid alkaline solder to hold plates firmer and more comfortable. It claims not to sour and reduces odor, advising purchase at any rug store for better denture stability.
In Paris Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky sees his UN prestige slip amid Western resistance to Korea talks. He boasted of a peace plan but failed to secure Security Council action, while his disarmament quip drew Western and delegations’ derision. A second item notes a $25,336 bequest to Daas Theological Seminary in a St Louis circuit filing.
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