Gambler Benny Binion Faces Texas Tax Trial Removal
Federal authorities seek a court order to move Benny Binion to Texas for trial on evading about 25 000 in 1948 income taxes. Hearing date pending judge assignment after Roger Foley recuses due to a prior connection. Binion, Las Vegas casino operator, also faces Texas state charges and a 1949 tax case resolved by no contest plea and transfer agreement.
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Carson City
Benny Binion
Texas
U. S
Binion
Las Vegas
Dallas
Nevada
U.S
Funeral rites set for Korean War victim Pfc Joe Leamon
Funeral and memorial services are planned for Pfc Joe Zane Leamon killed in Korea. Services at 2 30 p m Sunday in Higginbotham Funeral Home chapel Lamesa with Reese Air Force Base chaplain officiating Graveside rites by RAFE personnel Interment at Lamesa Memorial Park Leamon aged 20 July 24 1950 survivors include father step mother three sisters five brothers three step brothers and three step sisters
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Lamesa
Pfc
Joe Zane Leamon
Korea
Higginbotham Funeral Home
Reese Air Force Base
Lubbock
Rafe
Veterans Organization
Lamesa Memorial Park
Washington Ballot Issue Goes To Court
The Washington Supreme Court case questions if Gen Douglas MacArthur may remain on the ballot as a Christian Nationalist Party candidate for president Republicans fear his name could siphon votes from Eisenhower. The suit seeks to stop state certification and the court set a hearing for October 14. MacArthur has not publicized his stance.
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Olympia
Wash. W
Supreme Court of the State of
Washington
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Stevenson
Earl Coe
Coe
Christian Nationalist Party
Costello Begins Final Prison Span in Atlanta Penitentiary
Gamb ling czar Frank Costello started the last 18 months of his sentence at the Atlanta federal penitentiary. Warden William H. Hiatt offered no remarks beyond stating Costello is “here, and that's all. He's just another number.” The convict faced contempt of the United States Senate case.
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Atlanta
Frank
The
Costello
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary
William H. Hiatt
United States Senate
Funeral Services For Roy Davis In Levelland Today
Funeral rites for Roy M. Davis 54 owner of the Texas Machine and Tool Co. Levelland and Snyder are set for 2 p m at the First Baptist Church. Interment will be Tech Memorial Park Lubbock. Survived by wife a nephew Leroy Hessler and an aunt Mrs Cora Brown Butler George C Price Funeral Home in charge. New Zealand has a Larkman Plan to get people out of bed at
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Roy Davis
Levelland
Roy M. Davis
Texas Machine and Tool Co
Levelland and Snyder
First Baptist Church
Tech Memorial Park
Lubbock
Davis
Leroy Hessler
Cora Brown
Butler
George C. Price
El Paso Bar Owner Convicted in Major Opium Smuggling
Ernesto Augustin Aguirre Cano, a 29 year old Chihuahua bar owner and state policeman, was found guilty by a federal jury after a 15 minute trial. He faces charges of smuggling and selling 47 pounds 5 ounces of opium hidden in a suitcase and a truck tire at Presidio Texas. The case involved a staged sale arranged by Agent George Scales with Cano observed by officers at a Marfa tourist court. The defendant claimed no knowledge of the opium and said he carried the tire and box after wading the Rio Grande. He alleged he traveled from the border to collect 30000 pesos for friends risking murder charges if they crossed the border.
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EL Paso
Chihuahua
Mexico
Rio Grande
Ernesto Augustin Aguirre-Cano
Presidio
Tex
George Scales
Sale
Cano
Marfa
Scales
Death penalty for man in stabbing death of woman
In Houston on October 11 1960 Gerhard A Cordes was sentenced to death for the July 23 stabbing death of Mrs Cleora McCord The 12 man jury in Judge Langston G Kings Criminal District Court deliberated 40 minutes Victim s son J W Sears called the verdict right Cordes 41 faced the ruling with a dazed look The Nigerian government plans to sell chemical fertilizers below cost to entice farmers to use them for the first time.
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Houston
Gerhard A. Cordes
Cleora McCord
Langston G. King
Criminal District Court
J. W. Sears
Cleburne
Cordes
Southern Democrats Confident After Stevenson Speech Rally
In New Orleans on Oct 11, 10 southern state leaders heard Gov Adlai Stevenson address civil rights and voiced belief Stevenson can win in November. Governors Fuller Warren Florida Hugh White Mississippi Gordon Browning Tennessee Johnston Murray Oklahoma attended along with Arkansas nominee Francis Cherry and Alabama Kentucky emissaries. A separate report notes Cliff Johnson 62 Honey Grove Negro drowned after falling into Lake Crockett while fishing.
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New Orleans
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
South
Fuller Warren
Florida
Hugh White
Mississippi
Gordon Browning
Tennessee
Johnston Murray
Oklahoma
Alabama
Kentucky
Francis Cherry
Arkansas
Negro
Bonham
Cliff Johnson
Honey Grove
Lake Crockett
Sees Sie Baise We Fe Ritiin Yaic Aie Marcas
The readable fragment mentions Marcas and a rippling scene with Germanic phrasing. Key names are unclear, but the snippet implies a local item about a person or place named Marcas possibly involved in a civic notice or brief.
Fire at Sam Houston Coliseum damaged cars
Houston authorities sought the cause of a blaze that began in the storage basement of the Sam Houston Coliseum on Friday. The fire endangered about 500 parked automobiles above and was quickly controlled in a few minutes.
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Houston
Sam Houston Coliseum
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