Dapper grocer held in sadistic Joplin murder case
Police detained a well known grocer in the killing of Mrs. Gwendolyn Creekmore, 50, whose nude body was found in her Roanoke district home. Investigators say the victim was bludgeoned with a meat cleaver in the basement and moved upstairs. A blood stained meat cleaver and fingerprints are being checked.
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Gwendolyn Creekmore
Luther Laster
Pstrolman Barney Walker
Airs
Doris Bulger
Mrrs. Creekmore
Bulger
Mr. Creekmore
Roanoke
Creekmore
Jasper County
Calvert Seeks Texas Supreme Court Seat No. 2
Robert W. Calvert of Billsboro announced his candidacy for associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court, Place No. 2. He has served in the Texas House, chaired the State Democratic Executive Committee, and practiced law with Morrow and Calvert for 16 years. He has been active in Hillsboro civic affairs and is married with two children.
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Supreme Court of Texas
RH Harvey
Texarkana
Beauford Jester
Calvert
Texas
House of Representatives
Hill County
Democratic Executive Committee
Corsicana
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Hillsboro
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Supreme Court
Galvert
Hillsboro School Board
NBC Swipes Groucho Program From CBS
Hollywood reports NBC signed Groucho Marx to an eight year exclusive deal to move You Bet Your Life from CBS to NBC, renewing the networks talent war as the program heads to the new network next fall.
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Groucho Marx
Columbia‘ Broadcasting System
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Barbers Hill Seniors Receive Awards at Graduation Week
Barbers Hill High School honored graduating seniors with diploma presentations and a closing chapel. Award recipients included Artie Carmody Wilbur Dugat David Lee Johnson William King Ray Boyd Riccary Harry Rucker Ben Smith Glenn Smith Walter Swint Frank Sylvie Edward Turner Patricia Avera Mary Langston and Barbara Ulrich among others. Leadership music and sports awards plus senior banquets and field trips marked graduation week with activities led by W C Underwood and J Justin Jenson.
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William King
Ray Boyd RicCary
Harry Rucker
Ben Smith
Glenn Smith
Walter Lloyd Swint
Frank Sylvie
Edward Turner
Patricia Avera
Barbara Bonds
Chaple Cuzzart
Mabel Goss
Bobbie Bonds
Ella Naquin
Barbara Ulrich
Mollie Shoe‘aker
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David Johnson
Barry Rucker
Howard Turner
Walter Swini
Keen Franklin
W. CG
Under- Wood
WC. Underwood
J. Justin Jenson
Kay Dugat
Himan Hertzog
Baytown
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Bertown
Memorial Day Observed For One Dead Cat
METHUEN Mass. Memorial Day is observed by unveiling a 11 ton granite headstone on the grave of a pet cat named Good Kitty. Attor ney Edgar W. G. Lindner of Lawrence and his sister Grace unveil the marker which sits among about 2800 pet graves. The stone is described as refined, intelligent, devoted.
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Mass
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Lawrence
Grace
Teen-Aged Girl Leader In Liquor Store Robbery Killings
A 15 year old girl named Peggy Burns is described by police as the brains of a teen age gang that killed a liquor store owner during a robbery in Long Beach California. Her mastermind role is alleged alongside accomplices Tom Cook 27 and Mauriel Downs 17 who planned the hold up and related crimes.
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Beach
Calif
Peggy
Burns
Tom C. Cook
Mauriel G Downs
Water Main On Schedule for Goose Creek Link Finish in 10 Days
Public Works Director C. W. Grantham said the water main linking Goose Creek and Old Baytown is progressing on schedule. About 8,000 feet of main completed with 2,424 feet remaining. total project cost lower than bids. The project consolidates three city water systems and paves the way for a unified fire insurance rating. Storm sewer on Fourth Street to follow. other linked mains planned for next year.
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Old Beytown
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Red) Grantham
Gretham
Old Baytown
Old Pellyslong West Main
Niles ‘Construction Company
J. H. Brett
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D. Middleton
Lutheran Church
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Cop Won't Forget Gun Next Time
Denton Texas reports Mrs Emily Hate Davidson a 60 plus coed at Worth Texas State College receiving her bachelor's degree in art with a journalism minor this spring. Canadian born, she began studies in 1945 after her mother 92 died at Fort Worth.
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Texas
Emily Hate Davidson
Worth
Texas State College
Davidson
Fort Worth
Will Rogers Quips on Paris Dinner Speech
Will Rogers joked at a 4 dinner toastmaster event in Paris about the thrill of seeing if friends back home had wired money. He quipped that the Chinese states rise when he finished, remarking on the speech’s tone and timing.
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Paris
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