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PAGE ELEVENSoares Convicted of Art TheftOKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — night of Dec. 18, 1969, from an to explain a comment made by John Edward Soares, 40, faces art gallery, and the statues one witness in the Soares trial.10 years in prison were taken in two thefts Nov. The witness had said on the and a $10.000 fine today after 13 and 14, 1969, from the Na- stand that while Soares was in being convicted Thursday in tional Cowboy Hall of Fame Las Vegas last December, sewconnection with the theft of 53 and Western Heritage Center Picasso art works stolen in Ok- here.aahoma City a year ago.oral days after the Picasso theft, he had not asked about The director of the center, any Picassos, but had asked,$/ w *Fiftv-one of the etchings and 1)tan Krakel, said he learned Do I know anybody who mayithographs have been re- only Wednesday the statues had want Western paintings?”covered, 34 of them from a been recovered, “when somePalm Springs. Calif., art col- ™ agents came and told me.Weighing up to 130 pounds theeetor.U.S. Dist. Attv. William Bur-Katz, 36, ol Ix)s Angeles, still , spotted hyena can run 40 milesAs A Mi afaces trial here in connection an hour. His jaws reportedlykeUalsTdlscS after'the trial **«lt; '* u’ells Mc,re: a»e the greatest crushing pow-fused to testify in Soares trial er of any animal.Won grounds anything he said---that three bronze statues byfamed Western artist Charles t„ .it! ____ could end to incriminate himBussell, stolen a month earlier _ .in Oklahoma City, have been recovered in a narcotics raid in Las Vegas, Nev.He said the statues are be-Soares remains free on $10,000 bond until sentencing after U.S. Dist. Judge Luther Eubanks received a report from the U.S. probation office.Burkett disclosed the recovery of the Bussell statuesDial 542-9428 for Want-Ads.ing held by the government in connection with the pending LosAngeles trial of Gerald Katz. . .. . . , . .h f f . , ... . on v after a reporter asked himone of four men charged earlier I • 1this year in connection with thef/Picasso thefts.The Picassos were taken theChurchof Christ124 B Northwest BOBBY KEY, MinisterBIBLE STUDY10 a.m. MORNING WORSHIP
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Miami, Oklahoma, US
Sun, Dec 20, 1970
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