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fWife Leaves Hubby No. 2For No. 1, Held by Reds“iaftto]stiIBy l/nited PressATLANTA, Ga., Jan. 10. — A blonde and her second husband agreed to end their marriage because her first husband wrote that he is still alive in a Communist prisoner of war camp,Mrs. Agnes Dixon Sasser, 22, main character in a modern “Enoch Arden'* story, Hsked Fulton Superior Court yesterday to annul her marriage to Pfc. William S. Sasser. She indicated they were separated.Her petition said she was noti-lied in June, 181T1, that Her husband,Pvt. Walter B. Dixon, had beenkilled in action and that she later entered into marriage with Sasser, believing herself to be a “widow.” Sasser signed an affidavit agreeing to abide by the court’s judgment and a hearing was set for Jan. 28.Unlike “Enoch Arden,- the returning shipwrecked tailor who, inAllred Lord Vsonpsoo's poem, con*cealed his identity after learning his “widow had remarried, Dixon presumably will be reunited with ins wife when he is released by the Communists.Dixon probably was unaware that his wife remarried unless the Communists permitted the information to reach him following its widespread publicity in newspapers ol democratic nations. •The Sassers, who were stunned when Dixon's name appeared on the prisoner of war list released by the Communists last Dec. IS, refused to discuss the case with newsmen at her small duplex last night.A short time later Sasser left the duplex to return to nearby Ft. McPherson, where bpth he and his bride of four months work in an Army machine records center.T. Blake Jackson, Mrs. Sasser’s attorney, said she received a letter from Dixon, confirming he was alive and a prison as, on Jan. S.hi28toceteimiPIe:tc
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El Paso Herald Post
El Paso, Texas, US
Sun, Jan 10, 1965
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