Four Ex-Car Workers Surrender After 4-State Manhunt Ends
Four former car plant workers charged with murder in Alabama and armed robbery across Alabama Texas and Oklahoma surrender in Milam County after a manhunt centered near Buckholts Texas. Sheriff Black fired warning shots, the fugitives emerged from a farmhouse, weapons and gear found in their car, and all signed statements admitting charges.
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Dero Lokos
Alabama
Buckholts Community Thanks Officials After Patrol Action
A Buckholts letter thanks Mr. Carl Black and the officer staff including Texas Rangers for capturing suspects. Residents praise coffee, warm doors, and service stations run overnight at Mrs. Albert Abel cafe and by Frank Tomascik and A. R. Waischak. The note closes with peace on earth good will toward all men.
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Car! Black
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Albert Abel
Frank Tomascik
A. R. Waischak
Alvin Fuchs
Oklahoma Wilemans and Texas Lewises Linked by Robbery
Oklahoma's Wileman family and Texas Lewis family are connected by a December 10 robbery. Four masked gunmen broke into the Wileman home near Buckholts, fleeing with clothing, guns, and valuables. The Lewises, targeted that night, were abducted near their Little River area home and later found their house ransacked. their car was later recovered burned in Alabama. Authorities named suspects and a fund was established to aid the Lewises.
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Buckholts
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Lewis
Alabama
Lewises
Edwards Traces Trail Of Terror
A 20 year old, the youngest of four captured after a week of violence, tells Milam County Sheriff’s Office his story. He describes hunger and fear driving the spree starting with a break in Cameron and a river escape, involving a car stolen from the Lewises after the Wied Hardware robbery.
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Walters
Okla
Larry
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Milam County
Herald
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Roudlett
Oklo
Wied
Shell to Drill 16000 Foot Wildcat in Milam County
Shell Oil Co of Houston plans a 16,000 foot Smackover wildcat on the No 1 Adone Estate lease in eastern Milam County near Milano. It will be the deepest test in the area and follows a large lease block assembled over the past year amid royalty buying reports.
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Milam County
Texas
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San Antonio Express
Nancy Heard
Adone
James G Eldridge
Milano
Gause
Milam . Burleson County
Shell
Gulf, Texas Company
Sinclair
Milan County
General Crude Oil Company of
Houston
Burleson County
H. H. Coffield
Edwards
Navarro
Geologist estimates Shells oil odds at one in four
Cameron geologist Lane Horstmann cites national averages that one in four wildcat tests reach production for Shell Oils deep 16 000 foot Milam County drill. He notes strong company expertise and funds boost odds though commercial output remains uncertain. Horstmann says even if unsuccessful the venture boosts local economy via land leases and crew payroll. He holds degrees from A M College and formerly worked for Lone Star Gas Producing.
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Cameron
Lane Horstmann
Shell
Milam County
Horstmann
Weil
A&m College
Lone Star Gas Producing Company
Captives Waive Extradition to Alabama in Slaying Case
Four suspects captured after a six state crime spree waived extradition to Alabama. They face murder charges in York while Oklahoma and Texas file armed robbery charges. The men Gerald June Eaton Harold Leon Edwards Dezso John Lokos and Clarence Cecil Coon are returned to Alabama for trial as authorities coordinate cross state prosecution.
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Texas
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Buckholts
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Roudlett
Okla
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Minnesota
Clarence Cecil Coon
College City
Calif
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