Zenger Trial and the Birth of American Free Press
A legal column recalls the 1735 Zenger case where Andrew Hamilton defended John Peter Zenger. The jury acquitted, defying Governor Cosby and establishing press freedom as a foundational American liberty.
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Philadelphia
John Peter Zenger
Zenger
New York Weekly Journal
Cosby
New York
Andrew Hamilton
Hamilton
Menger
Merica
Morris
Morning Star
America
State Bar of Texas
Wedding Shower Honors Mr and Mrs Eddie Holden
A wedding shower honoring Mr and Mrs Eddie Holden will be held Saturday night June 11 at the home of Mr and Mrs Jessie Reed in Sidney. Friends and acquaintances of the couple are invited to attend.
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Eddie
Comanche Letter Shows North American Aviation Link
A reader in Comanche writes to subscribe The Chief, sending a blank amount check and noting his role as North American Aviation representative covering vast routes from Karachi to Norway. The item includes a pastor's service and a widow’s obituary with a sentimental verse about missing a mother.
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Gustine Bank
Europe
North American Aviation
Karachi
Pakistan
Biggie
Norway
Texas
Morris
Sipe Springs
Bohan
Germany
Arctic Circle
Comanche County
McGee Moore
A. M. Moore
North American Aviation, Inc
Hos
USAFE
APO
New York City
New York
Van Dyke Obituary for Cora McDaniel in Brownwood
News arrives of the death of Mrs. Cora McDaniel at a Brownwood rest home. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at Comanche Funeral Home following the announcement received last Wednesday.
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van Dyke
New
Cora McDaniel
Brownwood
McDaniel
Massingill Visits Parents in Miami
Dudley W. Massingill of Miami Florida is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs R D Massingill. This would be a better world if we had more wildlife in our forests and less in the big cities.
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Dudley W. Massingill
Miami, Florida
His
Mr. and
Mrs
R. D. Massingill
Jeanette Read Awarded Degree in Harding College Ceremony
SEARCY Ark June 4 Jeanette Read received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harding College June 2. Miss Read daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Read, is survived by her husband, one daughter Mrs Juanita Ozee of Fort Worth one son Wilton E Wyche of San Antonio one sister Mrs Lilla Daniels Gustine two brothers Hubert Wyche Long Beach California Ferman Wyche Gustine three grandchildren and many relatives. The Rev Ralph Ulas will lead the revival tonight through Sunday with prayer at 8 09 O clock and the public is invited.
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Jimmie Mase Mapes
Juanita Ozee
Fort Worth
Wilton E. Wyche
San Antonio
Lilla Daniels
Gustine
Hubert Wyche
Long Beach
California
Ferman Wyche
Ralph Ulas
Comanche High School Grad 1956 Highlighted in Local Notes
Miss Read and Mrs Ronald D Read of Route 3 Comanche are noted for graduation from Comanche High School in 1956. She pursued music as a major and belonged to the A Cappella Chorus A Tempo Club and the Student National Education Association.
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Miss Read
Ronald D. Read
Route 3
Comanche
Comanche High School
Wyche Funeral Rites Held for W J Wyche in Gustine
Final rites for William Jackson Wyche were conducted June 6 at the Gustine Church of Christ. Wyche died after a brief illness in a Dublin hospital and is buried at Siloam Cemetery. He was born July 24, 1887, and lived on Gustine Route 1 sixty years. He married Katy Dora Sorres on October 7, 1906 and had three children. she preceded him in death.
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William Jackson Wyche
Gustine Church of Christ
Wyche
Dublin
Sterling Isham
Siloam Cemetery
Comanche Funeral Home
Mr. Wyche
Benjamin Jackson
America Eugenia Wyche
Gustine Route 1
Katy Dora Sorres
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Lawyers of Texas
Majestic Theatre
Scott Brady In
Keith Andes
Susan Cabot
Yul Brynner and
Gina Lollobrigida In
Sheba
Sun Drive-In
Irvin Dunn
Comanche, Texas
Piez Todd
Zion Hill
G. 8
Sam) McDaniel
Mother
Jesse A. Tiner
Flordia
Lete Insurance
Virgil Norris
Service
Goodyear
Blackwall
Blackwell Plus Ted
Jeanette Read
W. J. Wyche
Joe Tupin
Downing Roy McNutt
Gustine Allen
Servic McGlothlin Fary
Ned Stewart
F. Hall
Aubrey Johnson
Oklahoma
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