Army Officer Freed By Unwritten Law Trial
A regular Army officer was found not guilty by reason of insanity in a complex case. Petersen, a World War II veteran, shot Maurice Chenoweth at Chenoweth's tavern after his wife testified Chenoweth raped her. Jury rejected temporary insanity but returned five verdict options, choosing guilty of first degree murder carries life imprisonment. Petersen claimed temporary insanity due to psychic shock.
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Aquette
Mich
Circuit Court
Pang
Coleman
Petersen
Maurice K
Chenoweth
Ihe
Petersen Spear
Sanity Commission
Eesen
Charlotte
Charles O. Arch Tola
Here
Camp McCoy
Wis
Chen
Sheriff
Greyhound veers off highway tumbles down 65-foot embankment
In brief items report a Greyhound bus leaving the highway and tipping end over end down a 65-foot embankment leaving one dead and several others injured. other briefs note memorials, promote events, and local notices across multiple cities and topics.
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Greyhound
Sheriff Hargrave Names His Deputies For Baytown Fair
High Sheriff Norman Hargrave of the Law East of the San Jacinto on Tuesday deputized four male civic groups and a feminine Jaycee-ette unit to enforce order during Baytown’s fair opening. Lions Kiwanians Jaycees Rotarians will manage crowd control across days with advance ticket sales brisk. Tickets priced at 1.50 for adults and 0.60 for children, plus stockade lumber donated by Home Lumber Co. and signs by Lawrence Bourge.
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Norman Hargrave
Law
San Jacinto
Baytown
West Texas
Gaillard
Lions
Mose Sumner
Hargrave
Roy Blan
Chamber of Commerce
Boxtown
The
Home Lumber Co
Lawrence Bourge
Three United Fund Copaig Division Leaders Named
Three division commanders were named for the 1952 United Fund campaign opening October 13. Vernon Wright in West Bay town Rev Karl Brackey in East Baytown and George Chandler in South Os are tasked with leading efforts to meet the 119880 dollar goal. Hartman said they were chosen for community interest and will organize team captains and solicitors to contact firms and employee groups.
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Community Chest United Fund
Harry
Hartman
Vernon Wright
West Baytown
Karl Brackey
East Baytown
George Chandler
South One
Baytown
Lve
United Fund
Tribute Paid Mose Sumner As Lone Star Farmer Award Recipient
Southeast Texas Future Farmers gathered for an area meeting to honor 10 adults with Lone Star Farmer degrees. Mose Sumner, a retired businessman active in youth work, was praised for his Sumner Foundation and dairy stock donations. Also honored were Steve Berger Jr, A O Miller, Alfred Renfrow, Arthur Brandt, and two Robert E. B. Lee students Harold Hovard and Tommy Himmey, with certificates presented by Harvard at the event in Lamar Consolidated High School. The nominating announcement came at Dallas during the state convention last July.
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Texas
Ares
Lone Star
Mose Summer
Oran Little
Schulenberg
Setun
Sumner
Bobby Donhem
Missouri City
Summner
Sumner Foundation
Baytown
Lamar Consolidated High School
Steve Berger,Jr
Thorndale
O. Miller
Katy
Mose Sumner
Alfred Renfrow
Arthur Brandt
la Grange
Hison
Lone Star Farmer
Robert EB. Lee
Lee College
Dallas
O. M. Holt
Houston
Festival Weekend Barbecue and Dance at Knights of Columbus
The Fall Festival of the Knights of Columbus San Jacinto Council No 2788, to be held next Saturday and Sunday at 2500 West QUICKIES, features two barbecues, a Chester LeRoy ventriloquist show, sideshows, clowns, donkey rides, and a Sunday night dance. Admission is free. dinners cost 1 dollar for adults and 8 cents for children.
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the Knights of Columbus
San Jacinto
Grand Keight LW
Maher
2500 West
Chester LeRoy
Dante
LeRoy
Phenix
Wil
Fund furor spreads as Stevenson admits appointees aided
United Press report details a political furor over private funds for Sen. Richard Nixon and Stevenson appointees. Nixon disclosed receiving 18,235 dollars from wealthy Californians in two years, while Stevenson acknowledged his state appointees benefited from a fund. Dwight Eisenhower awaited Nixon's explanation as Republicans split on support. Senator Patt defended campaign funds, Stevenson and Sparkman avoided direct criticism, noting some Stevenson appointees were aided by the fund after a Telegram from Chicago industrialist Kent Chandler urged acknowledgment.
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United Press
Richard M. Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Robert A. Patt
Stevenson
John Sparkman
Kent Chandler
Chicago
Chandler
New York
Nison
Annexation Skirmish Ends In La Porte Accord
La Porte city commission accepted about 25.06 percent in back taxes and 3.40 percent in court costs from DuPont and Jumble Oland Refining Co. The action settles a long dispute over de annexation and boundary adjustments that freed eight industrial sites. An ordinance set a deadline of Dec 31 1952 for payment to avoid a 6 percent penalty on 1931 taxes. The panel also approved compromises on claims and costs totaling 23,400 dollars from Hareble Oil and DuPont and amended the de annexation ordinance to fix legal description gaps. Mayor Burgin and Commissioners Rigby White clashed over passages but Burgin supported the measure on costs.
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George Prentice
la Porte
DuPont and Jumble Oland Refining Co
J. E. Muldoon
Hareble Oil
DuPont
M.D. Burgin
L. R. Rigby
Robert
A. White
Burgin
Ridge Known As Old Baldy After Bloody Battle
Soldiers on the western front describe Old Baldy as a scarred ridge now called death by own action. A wounded man is evacuated after a brutal fight that ended Friday through Sunday, leaving troops tense and exhausted.
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Leprederick Painton
Old Baldy
Raphael J
Leif
Omaha
Plea For Blood Drives In Baytown Area
VA service officer Grover Edge urged Baytown merchants to push employee blood donations for Houston VA hospital. He warned contributions are slipping as 25 to 26 pints were expected Wednesday for Baytown hospital staff. People unable to visit between 4 and 6 p.m. Wednesday could call Dr. W. T. Jones to reserve a donation time.
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Grover Edge
Baytown
Veterans Administration’ Hospital
Houston
Edge
WT. Jones
Father Charged For Beating Baby in Baytown Case
Raymond Ramirez, 44, faces degraded assault charges after beating his two year old daughter Mary Lou. Police report a bloody rolling pin found in the car. Angeling Ramirez, 14, and Tommy Ramirez, 11, describe the assault as the child cried from mosquito bites. The infant was taken to Earthman Baytown Hospital with a deep forehead gash and extensive bruising.
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Raymond Ramirez
Mary Lou
Ramirez
Tommy Ramirez
Angeling Ramirez
Baytown
Patice
G. E. Allen
Autumn Arrives with Cooler Texas Weather and Rain
Autumn reached the area as a cool front pushed south from Wyoming toward the Rio Grande bringing a rain-soaked Texas plains. Temperatures dipped to 61 degrees at night and rose to 75 by noon with lingering cool conditions and possible scattered showers the next day.
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Wyoming
Rio Grande
Texas
Abilene
Little Denies Owing KLBS Radio Time Debt
Baytown attorney Dick Little denies owing Radio Station KLBS 1201.89 for radio time used in his unsuccessful bid for district attorney. KLBS filed suit Monday in Harris County District Clerk’s office naming Little and Frank Slack as co-defendants. Little had not seen the petition and says he believed friends arranged the time and payment was made in advance.
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Dick) Little
Baytown
KLBS
J. W. Mills
Little
Frank Slack
Harris County
Little Pace
St Marks Opens Fund Drive For Building Sanctuary
St Mark's Methodist church on Wednesday launches a $175,000 fund raising drive to build a sanctuary and extra Sunday school rooms. Banquet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Robert E Lee cafeteria marks the kickoff with H G Cornel as chair and A A Draeger as building fund chair. Wells organization of New York assisting. James R Ray to host the banquet.
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St. Mark's
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Robert E. Lee
H. G. Cor
Nel
Church Board of Stewards
Corneil
A. A. Draeger
Building Fund Committee
Draeger
HLM
Ring
Board of Mission and
Church Extension
The
Methodist Church
Wells Organization of
New York
James R. Ray
Wells Organization
Church Committee
Mark
Tod
St Mark’s
Pioneer Club Banquet Tickets On Sale For Humble
Tickets for the annual Pioneer club banquet went on sale Tuesday at 2.50 each. C L Bouil lign, vice president, announced sales close October 1. The banquet is at 7 p m in Robert E Lee Cafeteria on Saturday October 4. Each member may purchase two tickets and a dance from 9 p m to midnight at the Community building is optional for pioneers and guests at extra charge.
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Humble
Pioneer Club
C. L. Bouillign
Robert E. Lee
Pioneers
Senators Cain And Knowland Are Possible V P Picks
Washington report lists Senators Cain and Knowland as leading possible Republican vice presidential candidates if Nixon withdraws. Eisenhower’s pending decision after Nixon’s televised confessional may force an emergency committee session to name a replacement, with Taft and other Western figures as potential options.
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Nixon
John Lasteele
William F
Harry P. Cain
Washington
M.nixon
A. Taft
Ohio
Pel
Dwight
D Eisenhowe
Eisenhower
Intd
Cain
GOP
Chicago
Nix
Gavs
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Howard Pyle
Thomas E. Dewey
Honeymoon Over on Car Stickers In Bay Town
Bay Town police plan a crackdown on overdue vehicle inspection stickers. Chief H E McKee announced enforcement will follow state plans, with violators facing fines from two to two hundred dollars. The extension deadlines were scheduled as stations were overwhelmed.
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Bay
Austin
Glen Rose
Houston
Stick Pee Rose
É.beeh
Sagar
McKee
Bay Town
Brother's Death In Korea Confirmed
The report confirms the death of a brother in Korea. Barnes and Tester are noted in relation to the case, with limited readable details from the fragment.
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Korea
Barnes
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