Burial of Badman Billy Cook Sparks Secret Joplin Farewell
The family of executed killer Billy Cook halted plans for a public display in Comanche Oklahoma and buried him in Peace Cemetery Joplin beside his mother after outraged relatives threatened legal action. An unannounced late service followed a rushed grave dig at dusk as guards guarded the scene. Cook’s Texas and Oklahoma cross states crimes were cited as motive behind the abrupt funeral shift.
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Joplin
Mob
Billy Cook
Camanche
Okla
Snoopy
Cerane
San Quentin
Calif
Peace
Tundown
Lone Elm
Billy
Cook
Ben V. Hunter
State Embalming Board
Oklahoma City
Don Rose
Booe
Jeannin
Comanche
Glen Boydston
Water Festival Lights Naples Canal for Weekend Parade
Naples Canal and Alamitos Bay host a Christmas water festival with 45 illuminated boats. The Naples Improvement Association urges motorists to park on E Second Street blocks 5600 to 6000 or on streets south of Second. A trumpeter band will lead the parade with carolers aboard several floats.
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Naples Canal
Alamitos Bay
Naples
Travis Air Base Endangered by Reds Alert
Fairfield residents heard Lt Col Don Ald M Hyland air provost marshal warn there are about 1500 Communists within 100 miles of Travis Air Force Base who could disrupt communications in a military emergency. He cited a letter stating the Communist party aims to destroy the Strategic Air Command in a world war.
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Fairfield—Ip
Donald M. Hyland
Travis Air Force Base
Communist Party
Strategic Air Command
Robbery Suspect Escapes City Prison In Flight
An armed robbery suspect described as dangerous slipped away from a California city prison during a talk with a probation officer. Robert Crawford, 30, had spent 13 years in Canadian prisons and hurried past officials who recognized him but assumed he was free on bail.
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San Francisco
Robert Crawford
Lawrence Sailsbury
Crawford
Charles Perry
William Roche
Jet crashes near King Salmon Air Field killing pilot
An F-945 jet fighter crashed at King Salmon Air Field about 300 miles southwest of Elmendorf Air Force Base Alaska killing the pilot on Wednesday.
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Elmendorf Air Force Base
Alaska
King Salmon Air Field
Here
Seven Children Die as Fires Sweep Homes in Two States
A kerosene stove explosion near Little Rock killed Hilton Bryant and his wife Marie and six of their children, with Shirley, 12, critically burned. In Houston, an eight unit apartment fire killed five residents, injured others, and left Ezra Adams critically burned. victims included Carrie Hell and baby Willie Gilbert Davis, while others were Eugene Walker and Jack Adams.
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Little Rock
Ark
Houston
Tex
Hilton Bryant
Marie
Ruth Ann
Patsy
Billy
Ronnie
Jean
Johnny Bryant
Shirley
Baptist Hospital
Ernest Mikle
Mikle
Carrie Hell
Willie Gilbert Davis
Eugene Walker
Jack Adams
Ezra Adams
J. B. Williams
Mary Alice
Grady Edmon
Intha Maeley
Travel Film Slated for Oregon-Washington Society Meeting
Dr. John A. Harris will present films from his Africa trip at a 7:30 p.m. Saturday gathering of the Oregon Washington State Society. The event, announced by President W. R. Harris, will take place at the Silverado Park clubhouse.
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Long Beach
John A. Harris
Africa
Oregon
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Badman
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Mosser
Oklahoma
Texas
Seattle
T Robert Dewey
William E. Cook Sr
Bertha Massengill
J. C. Stevenson
Travis
Reds
Santa Anita Foundation
Los Angeles County
San Bernardino County
Riverside County
Orange County
Ventura County
USO
Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc
Santa Anita Park
Arcadia, California
Wolf's
Sheaffer & Parker
American Ave
Los Angeles
AJR
Hemament
TN Tiesamn
Moonbeam Brand
del Monte
Sucar
Ima
Ory
Pelos
Washington State
Tan
Uncle Ben
Edwards Coffee
Nob Hill
Rath's
Black Hawk
Cragmont
Sikmia
U. S
Safeway
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