Third Secretary Of Negro Solon Is Found Guilty
Roy Lennon 53 of New York, secretary to Rep. Adam Clayton Powell, convicted in federal court on four of six counts of income tax evasion totaling 4210 for 1949 to 1954. Lennon claimed two fictitious sons as dependents. bail set at 5000. Sentencing planned Monday with maximum 20 years and 40000 in fines. Powell testified at Lennon and Dodson trials as other aides face tax charges. Powell, a Harlem Democrat, denied switching parties due to staff tax issues and defended his stance on desegregation vs Stevenson 1952.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
Roy Lennon
Lennon
Harlem
William J. Hampton
Powell
Hattie Freeman Dodson
White House
Eisenhower
Stevenson
James C. Hagerty
Dallas Young Democrats back NAACP desegregation drive
The Dallas County Young Democratic Club voted Friday to support the NAACP effort to desegregate Texas public schools and to back legal actions by Dallas county Negroes to end school segregation. The group also approved financing and presentation of such actions and backed NAACP against Attorney General John Ben Shepperd’s move to shut the group down in Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Dallas County Young Democratic Club
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Texas Public Schools
Doyle King
NAACP
John Ben Shepperd
Texas
Dallas County
Lawyers Battle Judge Laughlin In South Texas Feud
Four South Texas lawyers Luther Jones O C Carrillo Werner Gohmert and Gerald Weatherly freed on 1000 bonds after a habeas corpus writ kept them out of jail while their appeal proceeds Their clashes with Judge C Woodrow Laughlin of the 79th district included protests during Laughlin's vacation when Gohmert was named special district judge in Duval county jail visits followed.
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San Diego
Tex
South Texas
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Luther Jones
Corpus Christi
O. C. Carrillo
Benavides
Werner Gohmert
Alice
Gerald Weatherly
Laredo
George Parr
Laughlin
Gohmert
79Th District
Duval County
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Criminal Charges In Bank Collapse Looming In Texas
The state alleges illegal stock sales by Provident American Trust Co linked to the River Oaks bank collapse in Fort Worth. An attorney general suit seeks action against Provident American Trust, Legal Guaranty Life, and Provident American Life with temporary restraining orders on their Fort Worth assets.
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Fort Worth
Tex
River Oaks State Bank
Provident American Trust Co
Robert C. Duke
Secretary of State’s
River Oaks Bank
Duke
Attorney General's Office
Fred Jones
Texas Insurance Commission
Attorney General’s Office
Legal Guaranty Life Insurance Co
Provident American Life Insurance Co
Jones
Charles O. Betts
Betts
Legal Guaranty Trust Co
Floridian slaying suspect fights nine officers in 30 minutes
James G. Burmeister held for grand jury in the fatal stabbing of his wife and two children fought nine officers for half an hour as they tried to move him from city to county jail in Clearwater. He proclaimed innocence, described imagined hooded men, and was later linked to 93 stab wounds found on the victims.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
James G. Burmeister
Clearwater
Burmeister
M. Kissinger
Power Company
Robert Stokes
Stokes
Long Attacks GOP in Florida Campaign Talks
Sen. Russell Long of Louisiana told Palatka audiences that Republicans are "enjoying an Easter egg hunt for golden eggs." He also labeled the 1953 GOP tax relief bill a "rich man's Easter egg hunt for golden eggs" and contrasted Democratic progress with GOP scorn as the November election nears.
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Palatka
Fla
Russell Long
D-La
Daytona Beach
Florida
Long
South
Democratic Party
GOP
Awards in Flower and Horse Divisions at Fair
Awards were announced at the Bi parish Franklin and Richland Fair in Winnsboro with triumphs in both flower shows and horse competitions. The tri color grand championship went to Mrs Asa Norwood for a perennial and to Mrs W O Gwin for an Celesta in the annual class, while junior and garden club arrangements earned top honors for multiple Winnsboro and Wisner clubs. In the horse show, Faith Robinson won horsemanship under 10, Marlon Valentine under 15, and Charles Robinson over 16, with an in halter class noted for mare and colt Lowry.
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Franklin and Richland Fair
Franklin and Richland Parish
Asa Norwood
W. O. Gwin
Laura Stein
Johnny Adams
Jane Ruth Lee
Alice Gowan
Garden Club
Mother Nature
Garden Gate Club
Wisner Garden Club
Daffodil Garden Club
Wisner
Dumaine Denies Threats On Life In Graft Probe
New Orleans police Lt. Louis Dumaine denied threats against his life after testifying on involvement in a graft system. Police Superintendent Provosty A. Davries said Dumaine and his family received protection following reported threats. Dumaine led a platoon of officers and testified in the Sbisa graft case alongside six other officers.
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New Orleans
Louis Dumaine
Provosty A. Davries
Dumaine
Edwin H. Sbisa Sr
Gas Well Blaze Extinguishes Itself After 24 Hours
CAPLEN Texas October 19 The gas well fire resisted firemen for nearly a day then blew itself out Friday The blaze sent flames 150 miles into the air and sand and salt water expelled from the ground helped quench it Three workers Theo Waller J T Knight and J H Street were reported in good condition after being burned Thursday
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Caplen
Tex
Theo Waller
Shepperd
J.T. Knight
Cleveland
J. H. Street
Cold Springs
Kidnap Assault Trials Of White Men Postponed
In Magnolia Mississippi on October 19 the rape and kidnapping trials of Ollie Dillon Duron Duncan and Olen Duncan all white men charged in the May abduction of a teen aged Negro girl were postponed to the March term. Judge Tom Brady granted the continuance citing a newspaper story might hinder jury selection and a fourth man undergoing a sanity exam could not testify this term. The three defendants are held without bond in Pike County jail since the May incident.
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Magnolia
Miss
Tom Brady
McComb Enterprise Journal
Pike County
Ollie Dillon
Tylertown
Duron Duncan
Olen Duncan
Detective Held On Drug Charges
Alfredo Gil Villegas a 33 year old Mexican detective from Matamoros was charged with bringing 27000 dollars worth of marijuana across the international bridge to Brownsville. He was held in lieu of a five thousand dollar bond. Customs agents said the refined marijuana was in a seed bag under the hood of his truck at the crossing.
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Brownsville
Tex
Alfredo Gil Villegas
Matamoros
Rio Grande
International Bridge
Villegas
No Funds For Moving White Statue At Capitol Dilemma
The bronze statue of Edward Douglass White, former U S Supreme Court chief justice, sits in the Capitol rotunda as Louisiana failed to provide about 175 for its relocation. The statue awaits a permanent site in the Senate connecting corridor facing the old Supreme Court chamber, with officials hopeful to move it. Sculptor Arthur Morgan of Shreveport created the statue and dignitaries including Chief Justice Earl Warren attended the dedication.
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Washington
Louisiana
Edward Douglass
White
Capitol
Senate
Justice White
Edward Douglass White
Will Chandler
Edwin Willis
Willis
Sam A. LeBlanc
Napoleonville
State Supreme Court
Commission
U. S
Earl Warren
80 Charged For Tax Evasion In Harris County
Houston officials say 80 Harris County motorists were charged Friday with registering their cars outside the county to dodge a special tax. Twenty nine other owners were charged last week I officials estimate at least 7 500 motorists will be charged and forced to re register their cars.
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Houston
Tex
Harris County
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