Key West Denies Navy Sin City Charges
Key West officials challenged a Navy report accusing the city of gambling prostitution and sailor racketeering. They insist the town is clean as a whistle and demand access to the full Navy findings while Navy leaders threaten drastic action if conditions don’t improve.
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Civic Brass
Navy
Key West
ED Planer
U.S. Navy
Florida
Snessard
Holland
George Smathers
Thomas S. Gates
Key Weet
Georga C. “Bull” Towner
Kew West Naval Base
Secretary of the Navy
Towner
Harry Henderson
Charlac S Thomas
Sen. Holland
Thomas
U.S
Jack Delaney
Charleston
Norfolk
Bienvendido Perez
Perez
Parolee Receives Death Penalty for Sandwich Shop Slaying
Houston report states Yancy McGowen, 1, received the death sentence for the October 17 sandwich shop killing of Herbert Schwartz. McGowen claimed self defense after stabbing Schwartz and wounding two others as patrons fled the crowded shop. He was on conditional parole from a life sentence for a 1937 murder in Cherokee County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Yancy McGowen
Herbert Schwartz
McGowen
Schwartz
Cherokee County
Ave. J
Local Servicemen Reach Korea And Base News
Four area servicemen arrived at Inchon harbor aboard the Marine Phoenix to join the 1st Marine Division in Korea. Marine Pfc John C Jarrott, Bobby G Stone, Kenneth Penny, and Harold K Harris are named with their home towns and parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inchon Harbor
Marine Phoenix
1St Marine Division
Korea
Marine
Pfc
John C. Jarrott
J.C. Jarrott
Lubbock
Bobby G. Stone
Navy Hospital
Lois Stone
Ralls
Betty J. Webb
Perryton
Kenneth Penny
W. A. Penny
Brownfield, and Marine Pfc
Harold K. Harris
Zehan Harris
25Th St
Lubck
Daughter Of Riot Leader Decides To Return To Classes
Barbara Toby Green daughter of Theodore Green bank robber returns to Girls Latin School after prison riot ends. She visited her father to urge peace and plans to study to become a doctor. Principal Louisa McCoy welcomes her back saying classmates will be kind despite awareness of her father’s notoriety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara
Toby) Green
Theodore Green
Toby
Louisa McCoy
Latin School
McCoy
Man Wins Damages Against Five Loan Firms
Dallas jurors awarded Robert Dean seventy two thousand dollars after finding five loan companies violated debt collection rules by harassing him with letters and calls. The suit named Life Insurance Co Western Loan Triangle Loan and Bankers Co as defendants with a general denial. A judgment will be entered later and some parties settled out of court. Separately a geographic note mentions the Sea of Galilee in Palestine being 14 miles long 5 miles wide and 80 feet below the Mediterranean level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Robert Dean
Coi
Ern Life Insurance Cenance Co
Western Loan _Co
Triangle Loan and Bankers. Co
Dean
Sea of Galilee
Palestine
Mediterranean
Dior Promises No H Bombs In H Line For Spring Fashion
Paris fashion opens February 1 as Dior pledges slim lines and modest hems while other designers follow with long sleeves three quarter length and high daytime hems. Designers promise bright colors, light fabrics, and new vests as they unveil feminine, youthful silhouettes for a capricious spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dior
Nadeane Walker
Paris
Christian Dior
Balmain
Fath House
Wareden
Lanvin
Mazzy Rouff
Ald
Heim
Ney
Christian Div
Overton School Celebrates Sixth Anniversary Growth in Lubbock
Officials highlight Overton Grade School on 29th Street and Louisville Avenue as it marks its sixth anniversary. Since opening in September 1980 with 180 students and 10 teachers on half-day classes, the campus has grown to become the largest of Lubbock's 27 trade schools with about 580 students and 25 teachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VEW
Lubbock Post of
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lubbock
Ray Nichols
Harold Stewart
VFW
Frank Scruggs
Scruggs
M._C
Overton
29Th St
Louisville Ave
Rasene Wilson
Quertan
Carroll Thompson
R. W. Matthews
George MM. Hunt
Lennon Hill
Princal of
Sadie Hazelwood
Ruby Powers
Viola Carter
Low Smiths
St. St
Toledo Ave
19Th Street
8Th Street
Hartford
Orlando Ave
Ith St
Nas’ Histor
Stubbs
Wheelock
Sith Street
Gin Avenue
Northwazty
Spain reports lowest prison population in years
Madrid officials announced January 27 that Spain's prison population was at its lowest level in years with all staff on hand. The report coincides with tensions following the Spanish Civil War era, noting a lull in inmate numbers despite ongoing unrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madrid
Spain
Seid Ila
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Kefauver
Tady Juck
Enith
Ake Ollie B. Livingston
Tess
Jimmie Dorsett
Paris Ave
McClellan Air Force Base
Sacramento
Calif
C Dorsett
Marvin Dorsett
W. Broadway
Monroe Eaves
Corporation Court
Joseph R. McCord, Jr
USN
Rollin McCord
Tohoka
Los Angeles
Long Beach
Far East
California
B. H. Dennison Jr
Arlington
B. H. Dennison Sr
2St St
Las Vegas
N.M
Denizson
Texas Tech
Meplar, Inc
Westinghouse Air Brake
Congregational Methodist Church
Ave. C
D._D. Humphries
82Nd St
Engineer Pools, Inc
Oscar Lee Smith
Tahoka
West Texas Hospital
P. K. Palmer
Broadway
sheriff's _deputies
Buffalo Lakes
Boston
E. E. Cockerell, M.D
Victoria Street
Airbone, Texas
Levelland
Cal Boykin
Lubbocksman Hotel
Post
Tri
Formosa
All In
Overton School
Ding
Rae Wisslaw
MC. Overton
Clovis
N. Mex
Army Air Base
H. Vaughan
Stanley
National Storm Window Company
Chons Lubbock. Texas
Ance
Plainview Area
Pantex Storm Window & Door CO
Columbia Ot
FORD
Mercury
DODGE
Plymouth
Tao Adliss
Ethatee
Dalton Motor Exchange
Cook’s
Cook
Shadotone
Kentile
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