Heiress Free After Husband Slain in Texas
Mrs William Harrison Furlong an heiress, after six months of marriage, defends the shooting claiming fear and justification. Investigators found five bullets in the door and one fatal shot near his nose. he died 30 minutes later at a hospital. The Harris County grand jury will decide if charges are filed.
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William Harrison Furlong Ill
Harris County Grand Jury
Furlong
Milionaire
Glenn Mecar
Gisto Nen
Petes
Anyli
Margery North
Earle North
River Oaks
Houston
Lymsey Green
Gary Green
Lynsey
Gary
Port Arthur City Manager Fired by 5 to 2 Vote
Port Arthur officials ousted City Manager Charles Brazil after 10 years in office, citing overstepping authority in moving a condemned building from a redevelopment area despite commission orders. Brazil previously led Taylor and Colorado City administrations.
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Port Arthur
Charles Brazil
Horace Hebert
Brazil
Hebert
Taylor
Colorado City
No Arrests Yet In City Service Station Heist
Detectives continued probing an armed robbery at King Service Station 4820 Ave Q at 1 35 am Wednesday, the second holdup that week. Attendant Clark described a Latin man with a gun who took about 90 dollars plus coins, then fled across a nearby lot. Several men have been questioned with no arrests.
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King Service Station
Ave. Q
L. W
Skeet) Forrester
Clark
Aey Steerer
Pt Senet
Idalou Rd
Trans-Texas Airways eyes expansion in Texas and beyond
Airline firm seeks CAB approval to extend Convair trunk flights into nine Texas cities and 20 more in Oklahoma and New Mexico. Proposes new daily Austin to Abilene and Lubbock routes and multiple links to San Angelo Amarillo El Paso and Houston. CAB hearings set for September 27.
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Austin
Trans-Texas Airways
Chamber of Commerce
We 5
Civil Aeronautics Board
John Eichner
Houston
Branif
Continental Air Lines
TTA
Convair
Texas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Wichita Abilene
Temple
Waco
Bryan
Big Spring
Lubbock
Amerillo
Plainview
Abilene
Amarillo
San Angelo
Officers Probe Church Looting and Break-ins
Police report multiple burglaries including a church in SU Ancash where no forced entry was found though a filing cabinet and safe were pried. Another break‑in at Conley-Lott Machinery resulted in shattered glass and a missing vending cash. Additional thefts include a tire and wheel from a car and a juvenile case involving pennies, a ball, and a cigarette lighter.
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Sueein Church
SU Ancash
Conley-Lott Machinery Co
Ave. H
Paul West
30Th St
A. B. Hunt
Lubbock
Employment At New High
Washington UPI reports July total of 68 689 000 jobs a new record high up by 110 000 with unemployment at 4 017 000. Adults’ joblessness rose due to steel and auto plant cutbacks while 300 000 left the labor market and school age youths found work. A passage notes Chinese emigrants banned from entering the US and other local items. Three Lubbock boys injured in separate mishaps with hospital care noted. Sergeant Moore earns lawn degree after 13 years of part time study.
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Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Winooski, Vt
Air Force
Robert T. Moore
St. Michael's ‘College
B 52 Lands Safely After Explosions Over Columbus
A B 52 bomber from Columbus Air Force Base suffered two blasts at about 36 000 feet near Columbus Mississippi shortly after midnight. Pilot William Fango ordered bailouts as four crew members landed safely with minor injuries. Ground search teams located Lt Ollie Edwards M Sgt Charles Adar Capt Carl Freeze and Capt Frederick Shatter.
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Columbus
Miss
B. G. Boyd
Columbus Air Force Base
Boyd
Strategic Air Command
Itwaj
William Fango
Ollie Edwards
West Point
Charles ‘Adar
Webster Groves
Highway Patrol
Carl Freeze
Jersey City
N. J
SAC
Frederick Shatter
Pleasant Gap
ISAC
Aeroclub
Egg fight raid hits Coastal Egg plant in Houston
Houston based Coastal Egg plant was raided by vandals who staged an egg fight. Owner Olan Seale reported to police that about $500 worth of eggs were damaged or destroyed.
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Houston, Tex
UPI
Olan Seale
Po Uce
No Clues Found In Area Death
Snyder area murder case yields no suspects or clues says Scurry County Sheriff Earl Abercrombie Mrs Aubrey Wilson to the estate capital Wednesday in an effort to find leads. Wilson buried at Snyder Cemetery after being slain at a farm near here Monday An autopsy found bullets lodged in her body as investigators report limited evidence and no immediate suspects.
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Snyder
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Greff
Sunny South
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China
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Ave. C
West Texas Hospital
Rix Funeral Home
James Croy
Woodrow Croy
36Th St
30Th Street
Avenue F
James Cecil Wan
Penney
Jean Sizes
Slim
U.S
Cleveland
G. C. Turner
Association of
Lloyd L. Cole
Great Plains Life
Downtown
Monterey
du Pont
Penney's
Dan River
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