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THE YICTOMA ADVOCATE, Tktmiay, D«. S3, 1*6 rut l«DEATH ROr mMATIiSExecution Stays Granted1 AUSTIN (AP) — F t d cr a\ was .Joseph Johnson Jr., a Hous-|Mair J. Schcpps \w Ihelr Hwis-courls have granted Indefinite:Ion Negro, who died July 30,’ton home also are on I lie liL stays 'Of executions U 22 ;hcii{|064. {They are Calvin Sellars andon death row at Texas1 Hunts-; Among those grafted an in-!John Oscar young. yjl|e s^te prison, (definite stay fs Jae Edward^ Others under indefinite stay,Tlie Texas Bpard of Pardons'Srnith, convicted of the 1959lac-cordlng to board records, arc end Pard[cb jpldtltt stays vver^|slayin af a 12-year-old Houston mqbertf Edqie, Louis JacHspfli grar.tf^l to provide for ap-i^oy. He was transferred to'Edwin M’. Bertsch, Bennie Con-peals lo various federal coq^s. (icath rqw theigorla, Walter Lee Siro$,'MeKinAll of the cofidtmogl mep court of Criminal Appeals j];lt;Lee Dixon', Harold C, HlnU, hav£ h^d tbejr fle^th £^t*n?c*lheld his murder conviction. John Franklin Burns, Melvin approved by-lha TejjHa Court or Another is James Lee Marion,(Alexander Payton, Leon Spen-CrlmiTial Appeals ^ ^the sla{$ s convicted of pistol whipping jeer, ftennelh Bruce Marlin,Mrs. Fred L. Turner to deatfiiRalDh Carl P o w o r s, Eugene ft her Midland home in 1963. Welch, Clifford D, Carroll; Leon^auit' of Ifist resort for criminal cases.Doc. 31 wll mark the *«cond full ye?r Ip whlc^ no one has died in the fluQtsyjHe' electric chair. The last rqgn executedTwo moa convicted of armed robbery in *he March 5, 196-1, (orture'TOhbery ol Mr, and Mrs.Johnson, Johnny L. Clemons, Jimmie H. Gillory, Nelson Che-v^liicr and William C. Bryan,
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Victoria Advocate
Victoria, Texas, US
Thu, Dec 29, 1966
Page 20
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