The Jewel Theft Ends in Desert Tragedy
In a desert ruin Madame Thistlebun’s jewels tempt Martinus and Thumb, but a failed hoard exposes fakes. A struggle over the diamonds ends with Thumb dead and Martinus gravely wounded, while Columbine escapes and is met by a highway patrol officer and companions arriving at the scene.
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Thamb
Milanie
Martins
Thumb
Mariinus
Columbine
Shumb
Martinus
Madame ‘Thistlebun
Marius
Artemus
Fidan
Madame
Ium
Madame Thistlehun
Thhen
Columbina
Highway Patrol
Meban
Barbara Green
Sam Jones
Suturnine
Plenie Prauids
New Trial Ordered in Land Case
The Arkansas Supreme Court ordered a new trial in a land ownership dispute over 30 acres. George Best and relatives of Mertice Miller challenged Jim Miller and Tom Miller’s heirs, alleging improper deed description and conflicting possession since 1982. The case cites 1935 death without a will and ensuing title claims across Union and Ouachita counties.
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John R. Starr
Little Rock
Arkansas Supreme Court
Arkansas
Arkansas Circuit Court
George Best
Mertice Miller
Best
Jim Miller
Tom Miller
Union County
Supreme Court
Chancery Court
Levi Richard
Waller J. Smith
Roy J. Richard
South
F. M. Woodard
B. A. Yount
Donald L. Holliday
Priscilla Holliday
Lois Holiday
Woodsard
Count
Lois Holliday
Donald Holliday
Counts
Woodard
Judsonia
Yount
West Bend Aluminum Co
Wagnon
Gene Kester
Portia
Arlene Johnson
Sebastian
Desegregation Delays Deemed Moral Rot by NAACP Official
Pine Bluff Arkansas AP report notes Jack Greenberg, NAACP Legal Defense Fund director, condemns delayed desegregation as the real moral rot in America. He cites pupil placement laws and gerrymandering as tactics that slow integration, arguing local citizens partly enable such delays.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Heart of
America
Oxford
Miss
New Orleans
Little Rock
United States
Greenberg
NAACP
NAACP leaders urge split ticket to aid civil rights
National NAACP figures blamed segregationist forces and urged African Americans to vote split tickets to back federal civil rights actions. Gloster Current of New York City accused Southern Democrats and some Northern Republicans of blocking progress. George Howard was elected Pine Bluff chapter president as the group endorsed desegregation suits in Pine Bluff schools.
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Gloster
New York City
Arkansas
NAACP
Daboli
Cal
Congress
Greenberg
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Meredith
Ole Miss
Kennedy
White House
L. C. Bates
Little Rock
George Howard
Pine Bluff
Man Charged in Extortion Plot
Clarence Lee Wright 46 of Arizona waived extradition to face a federal grand jury in Phoenix after arrest in Memphis for a $75,000 extortion plot linked to the missing bank robbery victim. Wright's girlfriend Wilma Bomar 26 stands charged as an accessory and awaits a U.S. commissioner’s hearing December 3.
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Memphis
Arizona
Phoenix
Eral Grand Jury
Clarence Lee Wright
Wright
Wilma Bo
FBI
W. W. Clore Sr
W. W. Clore Jr
Miss Bomar
U.S
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