District Court Actions and Local Moves Report
State vs. Lawrence Lorraine Leigh proceeds on second degree burglary and larceny charges. Foust granted to withdraw from defense. associated with Conderman. Fields parole revoked for violation. sentence not to exceed 10 years. Fager motion for new hearing. state seeks dismissal. Kowolski v Kowolski dismissed. New case Oleen et al. vs Johnson et al. partition real estate near Chanute. Marriage licenses issued to Hindle Frank and Russell Cox. Whitworth and Hadley moves. Deeds filed by Iola Abstract Co. involving multiple Chanute area properties. Michigan claims first concrete road built in Detroit in 1907.
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District Court Action
Erie
Lawrence Lorraine Leigh
Kenneth Foust
Iola
C. J. Conderman
Siste
Henry Fields
State
George Fager
Justice Court
Eula Irene Kowolski
Walter Kowolski
Christmas Card Writ Denied for Convict Appeal
Circuit Judge Sam C. Blair rejected a habeas corpus writ from inmate J. Johnson who sent a Christmas card to appeal to mercy at Missouri State Penitentiary. The attempt failed as Blair denied the request.
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Jefferson City
Sam C. Blair
Missouri State Penitentiary
J. Johnson
Blair
New Type Army Gun Found in Kansan’s Car
FBI identified 21 year old Thomas Alvin Cox of Wichita after a new type U S Army submarine gun was found in his car. He was arrested and charged with violation of the Dyer Act.
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Kansan
Salt Lake City
Wichita
FBI
Thomas Alvin Cox
Stolen Car Driver Found With New Reiser Gun
Officials said the suspect was driving a stolen car from Amarillo Texas and possessed a loaded Reiser pistol, a new weapon not in general use.
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Amarillo
Tex
Total tragedy as boy shoots sister in Denver home
In Denver a 11 year old boy, Grover Cook, fired a pistol left by his carpenter father as the family prepared for Christmas. Donna Marie Cook, age 2, died in her crib. Police and neighbors surrounded the scene while detectives described it as a unfortunate accident and the boy was released to his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derver
Lloyd D. Cook
Louvina
Cook
Grover
Donna Marie
Shome
Dry Ice in Efforts To Halt Hurricane
The Weather Bureau plans to use dry ice seeding next year to alter a hurricane path. Robert Simpson outlined the experiment to the Washington Meteorological Society as part of a new study group on hurricane development and movement. If successful, it could steer storms away from populated areas or from land entirely.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Washington Meteorological Society
Robert Simpson
No Opening Date Change Mentioned for Dec 26
The notice states the event proceeds on December 26 without indicating a postponement from December 23. No reference to earlier schedule changes or reasons for any delay is provided in the readable text.
Soviet Parliament to Hold Special Session
Front page brief reports a special session of the Supreme Soviet to convene in Moscow on December 26. Pravda and Izvestia note the Assembly will address urgent national matters amid ongoing political developments.
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Moscow
Pravda
Izvestia
Supreme Soviet
Soviet Union
California Woman Claims Higher Speed In Roswell Case
A 74 year old California woman driver paid a speeding fine in Roswell New Mexico to Justice of the Peace Perry Bean and claimed she was wrongly charged saying she was not doing 80 but 90 miles an hour. The officer who stopped her allegedly erred and she insisted the verdict could not be changed.
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Roswell
N.M
California
Justice of the Peace
Perry Bean
Bean
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First National Bank of Chanute
Wilson
Tribune
Bob Truster
Our Lady of the Ozarks College
Carthage
B. J. Truster
Veterans Hospital
Carol Barber
Ira E. Barber
N. Lafayette
Neosho County
University of Kansas
Rex Parsons
Fredonia
Wilson County
Kenneth Vaughn
Yates Center
Woodson
Coffey Counties
Daily Transcript
George G. Oleen
Caroline Johnson
Chanute
George Irvin Hindle
Ontario
Canada
Mary Evelyn Frank
Chanute Russell PD
Cox
Elsmore
Patricia Ann Norgarten
Parsons Robert D. Wilson
Neva May Hanson
Jack Hadley
N. Steuben
Evergreen
William K. Whitworth
Santa Fe
Central
Allen County
Iola Abstract Co
J. C. Lemm
Same
Alma Cassity
E. W. Haney
Ellen Fowler
C. W. Starling
Walter T. Haney
Joe N. Haney
Maurine Schulty
Michigan
Detroit
Jerry Sinclair
Humboldt
Emporia State College
Sinclair
Chanute Junior College
W. J. Sinclair
Lassman & Steeves
Merry
Harvey Rhodes
John York
Steve Griffiths
Christ
Wyatt
S. Santa
Tot
Denver
Reds
Bulding
East Main
Krone
Nso
Ches Hee A Anon
NOUR
Chevroletz
South Evergreen
Bill Young Chevrolet
Merry Christmas
Bain’s Bakery
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