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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1950
Page
8
Dorothy Verkay, 26, said husband cut her hip length hair with razor and scissors in a bid to curb her power as police report. She was hospitalized in shock while her six year old son remained in the polio ward. Verkay, married five times, claimed revenge for pride in her hair and that a brother watched the act.
In Austin the Texas state hospitals and special schools board reviews a tentative worksheet estimating emergency needs at 1 735 000 dollars. The study, covering four of 13 institutions, seeks a report for a late January special session, citing shortages in the current appropriation and outlining needs at Kerrville Mission Weaver Baker Memorial Tyler Terrell and other facilities to expand beds, surgery capacity, and operating funds.
In Russellville Ale on January 1 a 6 day old girl was delivered via caesarean using a pocket knife after a accidental gun discharge. Mrs Carol Key Hargett was shot in the eye by a 22 caliber revolver while holding by her mother Airs W H Key Jr. The husband Pelham Blargett stood nearby as the weapon discharged. The newborn boy survived, placed in an incubator, while medical detail notes the surgeon Dr W H Spruell rushed from two weeks away.
Prices on the new 1955 Plymouths remain unchanged from 1949 models per a telegram from D. S. Medins, Plymouth Division president. The cars will debut in Gulf Motor Company Wigginbotham Motor Company and Franta Motor Company showrooms. Plymouth cites absorbing higher manufacturing costs due to steel and other materials, with factory retail prices from $1295 to $2245.
GRAND RAPIDS Mich Jan 11 02 Mrs Helen Bishop 23 charges her husband Victor 35 begged for a divorce so he could marry a younger woman and then wed her 68 year old daughter by a previous marriage Assistant Prosecutor Claude Van der Ploeg of Kent County said Mrs Bishop told him she gave her husband a divorce effective last month He told me he wanted to be free so he could marry a younger woman s with whom he was in love Mrs Bishop said Then I got note from my daughter dean that said they were going to be married
Mexico report says government raids during October to December destroyed about 2,060,000 square feet of poppy fields in Sinaloa and Durango. Attorney general says opium and opium traffic dropped notably with army aid, signaling a sharp cut in cultivation and smuggling.
A Tulsa judge ruled 98 year old William G Bruner incompetent and named his granddaughter Annabelle Cates as guardian to protect his affairs. Bruner owned 40 acres in Tulsa County and houses valued at about 38000. He joked about needing no guardian but the court appointed one to oversee his interests.
Chicago makers Beltone announce the Phantomold device that enables clear hearing without any visible in ear receiver. The firm offers a free brochure and home test option to demonstrate the invisible device in plain wrapper from Beltone, Dept. 40, 1450 VY. 19th St.
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