Mistake Claimed in Slaying to Begin Monday in Dallas
Dallas June 15 Television coverage marked the murder case of L Washburn who seeks a new trial for the 1955 car torch slaying of Helen Harma Weaver 51 of San Angelo. He had been given a life sentence by a Waco court in 1955. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ordered a new trial after ruling the state erred in allowing convict Andrew Nelson to testify.
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Jim Bowman
Dallas
Harry
L. Washburn
Washburn
Helen Harma Weaver
San Angelo
Waco
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Andew H. Nelson
Nelson
Aubrey Stokes
Stokes
Moore
Kever
Earl Smith
Weaver
Charles W. Tessmer
Dist
J. Frank Wilson
Tessmer
Houston
Clyde Vinson
Cliff Tupper
Robert Benavides
Adele Heninger
Carl Heninger
Weaver Ranch
Sears catalogs to Texas Tech preserve American merchandising history
A near mile of Sears Roebuck catalogs dating 1892 to 1956 was gifted to Texas Tech University’s Southwest Collection. The gift, presented by George W. Dupree, will support graduate research and place Tech among 10 regional repositories. Catalogs include early styles, notable contributors, and items from five cent skates to a cabin cruiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sears-Roebuck Co
Texas Tech
Sears
George W. Dupree
Lubbock
Southwest Collection
Seymour V. Connor
Tech
U. S
Connor
Burroughs
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Lauren Bacall
Joan Caulfield
Susan Hayward
Frederic March
Anita Colby
Gloria Swanson
Jean Arthur
Norma Shearer
Walt Disney
Eisenhower Brother Discharged After Kidney Infection
In Baltimore on June 15 Dr. Milton Eisenhower, youngest brother of the President and head of Johns Hopkins University, was released from Johns Hopkins Hospital after treatment for a kidney infection. He will convalesce at home. Separately, plans were announced for an $8,100,000 pharmaceutical plant at Tejgaon East Pakistan.
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Baltimore
Ilton Eisenhower
Johns Hopkis Hospital
Eisenhower
Johns Hopking University
Hospital
Tejgaon
East Pakistan
DeMolay Conclave Installs Officers in Lamesa
The Northwest Texas district conclave in Lamesa installed Vernon W. Bryant Chapter officers led by Ronald Kutch as Master Councilor and honored installing officers Dennis Lamphere Tom Roger Carl Cox and others. Representatives from Big Spring Lubbock Tahoka and Lamesa attended. a DeMolay Ball followed. Don King George Peacock and Jerry Taft elected state executive committeemen.
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Lamesa
Northwest Texas
Order of
Vernon W. Bryant
Masonic Hall
Ronald Kutch
Alan Bratch
Jim Martin
Ross Woodson
Kenneth Flippin
Charles Allen
Gerald Huffaker
Tommy Doyle
Donald Bethel
Jay Claiborne
Sentinel
Richard Spraherry
Stanley Cox
Marshall
W. W.neely
Donald Woon
Howard Wright
Lorator
Benny White
Claude l Walling
Eddie Holder
Jimmy Don Mason
Benny Cason
Phillip Digby
Ray Dillard
Dennis Lamphere
Counscllor
Tom Roger
Carl Cox
Vay Claiborne
Felix Crawford
Big Spring
Lubbock
Tahoka
Lamesa Country Club
Don King
George Peacock
Jerry Taft
Order of DeMolay
Alan Bratcher
Innocent Ruling In DWI Case For Walter Starnes
Walter Maurice Starnes, 54, was found innocent of driving while intoxicated in County Court at Law. The judge waived a jury and declared him not guilty in the morning session. Several others faced penalties for liquor law violations and assault on a peace officer with varied fines and jail days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter ‘ Maurice Starnes
Robert J. Allen
Starnes
Lester Duty
18Th St
Revy Mitchell
Walnut Ave
Walter Emory
E. Ash
Jim Alba
Slaton
Franklin Higginbotham
Odessa
Arvie Singleton
Tulane St
H. C. Malone
31St St
Mable Gant
Vanda Ave
Nathan
Command of Naval District Changed in New Orleans
At ceremonies on the U S Naval Station in New Orleans Rear Admiral John M Higgins will be relieved as commandant of the Eighth Naval District. He will be succeeded by Rear Admiral Walter G Schindler who will take command and arrive at headquarters in August.
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Eighth Naval District
New Orleans
U. S. Naval Station
John M. Higgins
USN
Higgins
Walter G. Schindler
Naval Forces
Germany
Schindler
British Olympian Derek Ibbotson welcomes baby girl
Derek Ibbotson became father to a baby girl in Glasgow and immediately ran a mile in 3 minutes 58.4 seconds to mark the moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scotland
Derek ‘Ibbotson
Naval District Commander to Relinquish Post in Tokyo
Adm Higgins, who has led the Eighth Naval District since June 1954, will move to Tokyo as chief of the Military Advisory Group. Capt Nickelson, currently chief of staff at district headquarters, will act as commander. Higgins visited Lubbock in late January 1956 to inspect the reserve training center on the Tech campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William R. D. Nickelson
USN
District Headquarters
Adm. Higgins
Lubbock
Tokyo
Japan
Eighth Naval District
Naval Reserve
Johe Dter
German doctors flee East Germany exceed 1,200 in five years
Bonn reports 1,206 doctors fled from Red ruled East Germany over five years. In the same period the Federal Statistical Bureau notes more than 1,250,000 East Germans and East Berlin residents migrated to West Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bonn
The
German Medical Society
East Germany
Federal Statistical Bureau
East Berlin
West Germany
Col James E Winston Funeral Held in Texas
Funeral services were held today for Col. James E. Winston 78 prominent philanthropist planter and cattle man in Richmond Texas. He was great grandson of Jane Long the first white woman to settle in Texas. Austria reports a stable cost of living index since 1952 up 2 to 3 percent.
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Richmond
Tex
James E. Winston
Jane Long
Texas
Col. Winston
Austria
Trio Held After Girl Abduction In Lubbock
Three Lubbock men aged 22 24 and 23 were jailed on possible counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor after allegedly abducting a teen from her home early Saturday and taking her to a deserted farm road. The teen was not harmed but was frightened. One man had just been released from the Huntsville state penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Huntsville
Houston Man Dies From Baton Rouge Crash Injuries
Jack Morgan of Houston died yesterday from injuries sustained when he was struck by an automobile near Baton Rouge on Wednesday. Local authorities continue to investigate the incident.
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Baton Rouge
Jack Morgan
Houston
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Harry Weaver
Miles
Waco Court
James Ray Fife
Johnny McKinnis
Fife
MecKinnis
Vis Florist
Charlie Mae Anderson
Date Ave
Naval District
W. G. Schindler
Pioneer
A. G. Barsh
M.D
F.A.C.R
W. R. Cashion
D.A.B.R
Association OF
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American Board of Radiology
Barsh
Broadway Lubbock, Texas
Academy
Thorsen
National Mechanics List
Sawteam
AIR Force
ICE
Gov't
TOOL
O.D
Els
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Isquito
T. V
Specie
Spes
BIG
Nashc Garden Hose
ROE
Ringer
NCU Ae Alou Mas Ccs
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