Neer Gets 20 Years for Slaying Wife in Palestine
In Palestine Winnie Merson, a former International and near Northern engineer, was sentenced to 20 years in the peculiary after a jury found him guilty of murdering his wife months earlier. The verdict came after the jury deliberated since midnight.
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Weather Summary for West Texas
West Texas reports generally fair conditions with mostly sunny skies and some lingering cloudiness in parts of the state. Light to moderate breezes expected with no significant precipitation anticipated.
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Pond Guilty Of Assault With Deadly Weapon
The jury found C A Pond guilty of assault with a deadly weapon on Miss Mable Canady and her companion near Austin on June 5 and fined him 75 dollars after eighteen hours of deliberation. Four Pond relatives face related charges in the case.
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Breckenridge man takes oil division post amid embezzlement case
Earl Callaway of Breckenridge assumed the chief clerk role in the oil and gas division of the State Railroad Commission today under $3000 bond. He faces three Shackelford County indictments connected to alleged embezzlement stemming from a suit against his former oil company associates.
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Austin
Earl Callaway
Fof Breckenridge
Oil and Gas Division
State Railroad Commission
Liberty
Shackelford County
Callaway
Abeen
Northeastern Texas Sees Scattered Showers Relief Heat
Scattered showers across Northern Texas bring light relief from heat. A heavy rain fell at Corsicana marking the first in a month, with lighter showers reported in Penham Paris and Dallas areas.
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Paris
Government reports large year end bank surplus
The United States government closed its banks for the fiscal year ending with a surplus around 260 million dollars. The unexpected profit could enable more than 600 million dollars for a potential tax relief plan to be devised by Congress. Last year only about 300 million dollars was available after a 24 percent cut.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Farm Bureau to distribute large cotton checks
Checks totaling 5 772 881 44 will be distributed July 15 by the Texas Farm Bureau Cotton Association to members of the cotton cooperative marketing association. Secretary treasurer Terry Williams says the season's total advances reach 626 180 270 706. Practically every cotton county participates in this distribution and about 25 000 checks will be written in the coming days.
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Cotton Co-Operative Marketing Association
Per Capita Cash in Nation Rises to 41.89 Dollars
The Treasury Department announced that the country's per capita cash on June 30 this year was 41.89 dollars, up from 42.78 dollars a year earlier. Total cash in circulation stood at 4,771,812,000 dollars and the population was about 215,000,000.
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Treasury Department
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