Rapist Given Justice 36 Hours After Crime
A 2-year-old Hobbs man Homer Kelley was sentenced to 70 to 99 years in prison less than 36 hours after the rape of three teenage girls. He pleaded guilty in district court to raping a girl under 16 after breaking into a slumber party in Tatum. Kelley, oil field worker and probationer, claimed threats were used. Sheriff Horace Owens called the sentence swift justice.
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Carlsbad, N. M
Homer Kelley
Hobbs
Tatum
Die Walkure Soprano Shuffles Through Met Debacle
News of Die Walkure at the Metropolitan Opera recounts a last minute cast scramble. Sieglinde and Brunnhilde replacements struggled with sickness and laryngitis before Helena Braun stepped in, delivering a strong Brunnhilde performance alongside Sieglinde’s Regina Resnik. Critics praised Resnik’s Sieglinde and Braun’s dramatic soprano prowess, despite a rocky start and a sparse cast.
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John Randolph
New York
Metropolitan Opera
Met
Regine Resnik
Helwige
Sieglinde
Maxine Stellman
The
Valkyries
Astrid Varnay
Miss Traubel
Miss Varnay
All America
Helena Braun
Wotan
Mme. Braun
Brunnhilde
Vienna
Munich
Fritz Stiedry
Lauritz Melchior
Siegmund
Jerome D. Bohm
New York Herald Tribune
Howard Traubman
New York Times
Miss Braun
Monroe City Court action reports from separate sessions
City Court Monroe reports show multiple defendants fined for fighting and disturbing the peace, with penalties ranging from 7.50 to 200 dollars. West Monroe sessions record similar charges including drunkenness and weapon display, plus a $10 speeding case in state court.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Willie Crawford
Washington
Eloise Sims
Flynn Street
Maurice Coleman
Louisville Avenue
West Monroe
Jesse
Virginia Moore
Lola Bee Sherman
Philips Street
Luther Phillips
George Eudy
G. Lumm
John Parker
Buster Berry
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Hogan
Mandrake the Magician
Som
Tinhorn
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Phil DavIs
Deadeye
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J. R. Williams
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NEA Service, Inc
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Orphan Annie
Harold Giay
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Annie Boc
Andy
Shirle
Lavender
Gus Edson
Bugs Bunny
Rasslin
MR Woomin
Chile
Les
Mary Worth
AI Capp
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Mary
Horace Owens
Southwest
Kelley
Seminole
Okla
Wichita
Kas
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
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Monroe, LA
DIE Walkure
Wotan the God
Pappy
Valhalla Women’s Army Corps
Polyna Stoska
Henel Traubel
Miss Stoska
J. B. Poindexter
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Melville
James T. Jester
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Edgar Smithhart
DeCater Street
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Farmerville
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