Batchelor Trial Opens in San Antonio Court Marti
In San Antonio the general court martial of Corporal Claude Batchelor begins amid 15 former POWs testifying for the prosecution. The 24 year old Texan from Kermit faces charges of collaborating with the enemy and aiding fellow prisoners during 38 months in North Korea.
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San Antonio
Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Batchelor
North Korea
Ft. Sam Houston
Reds
Baseball Convicts Reclaimed After Prison Camp Escape
RALEIGH Two convict baseball players escaped during a Nash County prison camp game and were recaptured yesterday in a barn near Nashville. George Anders aged 31 from Smithfield had life for accessory before the fact in first degree murder. Robert Bovender 32 of Winston-Salem held sentences for conspiracy and later paroled in March 1952 after officers cited numbers for assault and larceny.
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Raleigh
Prisons Department
George Anders
Robert Ronvender
Nash County
Nashville
Zebulon
Anders
Smithfield
Johnston County
Bovender
Winston-Salem
Forsyth
Mexico City Quiet After Silent Campaign
Mexico City enforces a campaign of silence banning unnecessary horn use sirens and other noise in the downtown area. Officials aim to straighten traffic and reduce accidents amid a sharp rise in vehicle activity and changing urban mobility patterns.
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Mexico City
Politicians Rise as Economists Fade in Fall Business Outlook
SAM DAWSON reports economists and business leaders expect a cautious fall as demand remains steady, inventories fall by over two billion dollars, and labor unrest plus mergers draw attention. Credit conditions show mixed signals with firming rates while stocks waver and politicians loom over the outlook. Utah ratified the 21st Amendment on December 5, 1933.
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Sam Dawson
Department
Prison Inquest Set Over Inmate Death Riot Ties
RALEIGH An inquest is scheduled for next Tuesday at Women's Prison into the death of 18 year old Eleanor Rush of Albemarle who was found dead in an isolation cell the night of Aug 20 She wore leather restraints and a gag during a disturbance but coroner M W Bennett said the restraints were removed before the body was moved and that the corpse should not be moved until viewed He noted only later that the body lay partly off the mattress The case draws investigators from the State Bureau of Investigation and details surrounding the death remain under review Also noted is a mid western rubber company's new material for shoe uppers claimed to be water resistant reducing the need for rubbers
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Raleigh
Woman's Prison
Eleanor Rush
Albemarle
Kiale
Wake County
M. W. Bennett
Benett
Ines State Screens of Investigation
Mid-West Rubber Company
Former Cadet Dies In Chair In Texas Execution
Walter F. Whitaker Jr., 23, a former Air Force cadet at Reese AFB, was executed in Huntsville Texas for the 1953 murder of Joyce Fern White of Lubbock. He entered the death chamber at 12 02 am. first shock at 12 04 am. pronounced dead two minutes later. He spoke briefly to prison staff and his mother expressed love and thanks.
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Huntsville
Tex
Walter FE. Whitaker Jr
Joyce Fern White
Lubbock
Air Force
Connecticut
Whitaker
C.R. Shepherd
Reese Air Force Base
Joyce
San Antonio
Clovis
N.M
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