FDRs Godson Drops Libel Action for 5000
Lanaden P Marvin Jr, Franklin D Roosevelt godson, settles a libel suit in New York Supreme Court for 5000 dollars. A signed statement by Jean Broward Shevlin Gerard, granddaughter of a former Florida governor, denies kidnapping allegations and says no complaint was made. The case dated to June 21 1955 linked to a planned wedding involving Lt Col James Watson Gerard. Marvin was a Washington legislative consultant for the Kennedy administration.
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NEW York
Laneden P. Marvin
Marvin
Vin
Gerard
Shevlin
James Watson Gerard
Evlin
Minneapolis
Minn
Mason City
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Edwin Leonard Shevin
Napoleon Bonaparte l Brownard
Florida
Paris
France
U8. Senate
House
Tyler's Annual Flower Trail Opens April 3
Tyler will launch its sixth annual Azalea and Spring Flower Trails April 3 continuing through Sunday. More than 50,000 visitors are expected to view crimson blooms against snowy dogwood and explore landscaped home gardens with winding paths and terraces. Maps and arrows guide visitors from the Chamber office and courthouse square, with notable plantings including wisteria, azaleas, forsythia, jonquils, dogwood, and a four foot diameter wisteria vine on the antebellum Butler home estate.
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Tyler
Commercal
Mobile
Elvis Presleys Father Testifies In Fraud Case
Elvis Presley’s father Vernoni Presley testified in the Tenn Tex Land and Cattle Co fraud case describing losses and cattle conditions. Witnesses include Dr Hans Duerr and others claiming El p ress y purchased cattle and money was invested, with claims of inadequate feeding and missing cattle.
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Elvis Presley
Dallas
Tenn-Tex Land &Cattle Co
U.S. Dist
Sarah J. Hughes
Vernoni J Presley
Memphis
Tenn
Hans Duerr
Little Rock
Ark
Presley
Tenn-Tex
First National Bank
Weatherford
Better Business Bureau
Cyril Post
Poplar
Bluff
Robert Phillips Jr
Chicago
Ray Ellis
Elis
J. A. Windham
Leighton Dotsor
Everett Hogan
Carroll‘ton
Iowa
Denist
Lester Smith
Aledo
Tex
Duerr
Texan Gets Third Death Sentence
Monterrey Mexico AP reports Fort Worth resident Dykes Askew Simmons received a third death sentence from the Nuevo Leon state Supreme Court for roadside slayings of two sisters and a brother from Monterrey in 1959. The ruling orders execution by firing squad as a prelimary step toward possible commutation. Simmons showed no emotion as guards returned him to prison.
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Monterrey
Mexico
Simmons
Nuevo Leon
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Leonov
Graham
North Main Baytown
Culpepper
Gaines Hi Back
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Craft Modern
Broyhill
Vow
Ont
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Robela
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Mason-Tyler
Tony
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