Gray appeal fails two year term for aggravated assault
In Odessa, Gray’s conviction for aggravated assault against M E Locker at the Brash-Ross Tool plant is upheld by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. The court says the act was designed to publicly embarrass Locker, and the sentence stands as two years in Ector County jail.
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Wiliam Allen Gray
Ector County
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
M. E. Locker
Odessa
Brash - Ross Tool Company
High Court
W. A. Norrison
George Kelton
Locker
Gray
Ouessa
Charles Butts
Kelton
Bhior County
Attourney
Butts
Baash-Ross
The
Tool Company
Couty
Predict Arrest In New Orleans Socialite Slaying
In New Orleans authorities expect an early arrest in the death of socialite Amelie Cooper 30 found bludgeoned with a stained iron pipe believed to be the murder weapon. Detective notes show the pipe was found behind a stove in her apartment as James L Cooper 42 was questioned for a second time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
District Attorney's Office
Amelie
Diddie) Cooper
James L. Cooper
Three Mexicans Held In Kidnap Torture Of Texas Boys
Chihuahua State Police detained three men accused of luring two Texas youths across the border, torturing them, and holding one for ransom. Authorities name the victims as Kit and Dean Bramlett, sons of farmer John Bramlett, with one suspect still at large including a former state officer.
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Juan ZZ
Mexico
Dee
Texas
Chhuahua State Police
Gregorio Dominguez Marrufo
Kit
Dean Bramlett
John Bramilett
Rio Grande
Bosque Bonito
Domminguez Marrufo
Sierra Blanca
Tex
Odessa College Plans Open House for $1 Million Expansion
Odessa College prepares for a Sunday open house from 1 30 to 5 30 p m to dedicate four new buildings Main Homemaking Gymnasium and Industrial Arts boosting total campus buildings to five The dedication program features Murry Fry Dean Rodgers Dr Arthur DeLoach Mayor Fred Gage and other officials with student guides highlighting facilities including library offices laboratories art engineering drawing music and a new auditorium built at about 630 000 for the Main building and 160 000 for the gymnasium The expansion underscores the college founded 1946 in collaboration with the Odessa Public School system and the Don Cossack chorus opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permian Basin
Murry Fry
Jack Rodgers
Arthur DeLoach
First Baptist Church
Fred Gage
Mr. Fly
Chopin
Irma Reve Gluck
D. M. Wiggins
Robert N. MacCallum
St. John’s’ Episcopal Church
Joe M. Brown
First Presbyterian Church
Odessa Junior College
Odessa Public School
Fry
Don Cossack Chorus
Solons Reject Idea to Limit Editorial Space for Candidates
Washington reports Rep Clare E Hoffman proposes a law curbing editorial space for political campaigns. Chairman Boggs calls it unconstitutional and Rep Frame calls it impractical as the House Government Operations Committee plans to study federal election laws next year.
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Washington
Congress
Congressional
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
House
Hoffman
Boggs
D-La
Hoff
Rep. Frame
New York
Dulles Promises Loyalty for Foreign Service Officers
John Foster Dulles told the State Department that loyal servants of the government have nothing to fear from the Eisenhower administration. He pledged protection for the foreign service as a nonpartisan career group and said many angles would be thoroughly examined. He conferred with Secretary Acheson and later with Defense Secretary Lovett at the Pentagon.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Foreign Service
U. S. Board
Dulles
State Acheson
Pentagon
Defense
Lovett
Grand Jury Brings In 18 Indictments
A district court grand jury returned 18 indictments late Tuesday led by foreman James Key. Albert Cromer, 33, faces murder charges for fatally stabbing Mary Keys, 42, in a Flats cafe. Forgery counts target Gwyn Koenerhans Manning and E G Roberts with others linked to forgery, passing, and theft.
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James Key
Albert Cromer
Mary Keys
Cromer
Gwyn Koener‘hans
Gwyn Manning
E. G. Roberts
Marlin Ainsworth
Denver City
Lloyd Fletcher
Carter C. Cutbirth
Author Targets Newsstand Prostitution In Comics
Novelist Margaret Culkin Banning testified before a House committee that about 1 169 magazines on newsstands sell with no purpose beyond sexual content She said 1 231 magazines are published now and about 100 are considered obscene She noted two billion copies of the so called girlies are sold annually The hearing also reviewed Detroit style censorship of comics and pocket size books and Inspector Herbert Case described enforcement of a state obscenity law reducing such material locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Margaret Culkin
House
Duluth
Minn
Congress
Reader
Michigan City
Case
Chamber of Commerce Board Meets in New Building
The Chamber of Commerce board of directors holds its first meeting this afternoon in the new chamber building after staff moved in Tuesday. Reports touch on sports committee by Carlos Clover, open house December 14 by Harold Downs, election committee by W B Stowe, and financial status by A R Happy Dyer. Clover discusses bringing the Texas High School Coaches Association convention here next summer and plans for the West Texas Relays.
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Chamber of Commerce ‘Board of Directors
Carlos (Cotton) Clover
Harold Downs
Election Committee
W. B. Stowe
A. R. (Happy) Dyer
Clover
Texas High School Coaches Association
West Texas Relays
Odessa
Stevenson says GOP victory not disaster for labor at CIO gathering
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson urged CIO leaders in Atlantic City to view the Republican win as not a disaster for labor. He honored Philip Murray, urged focus on industry relations within national interests, and noted gains in wages and conditions while warning against gambling with labor advances.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Adlai E. Stevenson
CIO
Labor Organization
Philip Murray
Stevenson
Murray
Walter P. Reuther
Auto Workers Union
Allan S. Haywood
Illinois
NLRB
Cal Lovelace Dies From Heart Attack at 82
Texas resident Cal Lovelace 82 father of Pete and Jake Lovelace Crane and Mrs C C McNeal Odessa died in Weatherford at 4 p m yesterday of a heart attack He moved to Crane in 1929 and later ranched at Tolar Funeral services will be 1 p m Thursday at White Funeral Home Weatherford with interment in Tolar Survived by two other sons Dick Sonora and Lee Ft Worth a daughter in Odessa and Mrs Drawner Ft Worth plus the Crane and Odessa siblings
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Texas
Cal Lovelace
Pete
Jake Lovelace
Crane
C. C.mcneal
Odessa
Weatherford
Lovelace
Tolar
White Funeral Home
Sonora
Lee
Ft Worth
D. S. Rawner
Ft. Worth
Six Of Seven Bond Measures Get Okay In City Balloting
Odessa voters at four polling places approved six of seven bond proposals in a $2,648,000 city plan. The $45,000 garage and warehouse transfer failed while waterworks, sanitary sewers and fire department projects passed about two to one. Street, storm sewer and park improvements squeaked through by roughly 100 votes.
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Odessa
Southside Fire Station
Eastside Fire Station
City Hall
Cigy
Wiser
Parecer
Ukraine
Southside
Tola
Eastside
Old City Oo So — Hall
Margi
Old City Hall
Ector County
Medical Center Hospital
Golder
27Th Street
S. Dixie
Murphy
Kennedy
Dixie
Crane Hwy
Fog Shrouds Odessa as Voters Approve and Defeat Bond Proposals
Widespread fog slowed travel and caused accidents across East Texas. Odessa voters approved water and sewer upgrades, street and storm sewer improvements, and a park expansion bond while opposing a city garage and warehouse transfer. County measures include a Medical Center Hospital expansion, road paving, and a southeast Odessa recreation area with a pool for Negro residents.
Taft Faces Possible Showdown With Eisenhower Over Durkin Choice
Senator Taft blasted Eisenhower’s labor secretary pick Martin Durkin as a union official Democrat who opposed the new president. The clash could signal a broader fight as Taft may seek the Senate majority post and influence over confirmations, with Republicans wary of a prolonged confrontation.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Congress
Truman
Ohio
Martin P. Durkin
Labor Post
Taftt
Taft
Capitol
GOP
Durkxin
Durkin
Ohioan
Senate
Tait
Yaft
Vaiu
Ohioan Scin
Cabinet i
White House
Thomas E. Dewey
Brownell
Dewey
Senate Labor Committee
Slansky Executed Among 11 in Prague Purge
Rudolf Slansky once top aide to the Czechoslovak Communist Party was hanged in Prague with 10 others at Pankrac Prison. The executions came six days after sentencing and signaled a wider purge of Stalinist loyalists, including Jews who confessed under pressure to charges of Trotskyism Zionism and bourgeois nationalism.
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Vienna
Austria
Rudolf Slansky
Czechoslovak Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Prague
Pankrac
Prague Radio
Slansky
Communist Party
Vlado Clementis
Klement Gottwald
Ussr
Soviet Union
Tarmar
Treo
Purge Trials Rise Across USSR Satellites Amid Gold Embezzlement Charges
The article notes heavy sentences for embezzlement tied to a Ukrainian underground revival and hints at broader crackdowns. It lists victims and suspects in Czechoslovakia notably Slansky’s circle, with officials like Clementis and Geminder among the dead, signaling a sweeping purge.
Loneliest Lifer to Wed in Courthouse Ceremony
Mrs. Addie L. Jackson 68 and Ere nest Lindquist 62, a paroled Iowa penitentiary lifer, will marry in a simple courthouse ceremony in Omaha tomorrow.
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Omaha
Iowa Penitentiary
Addie L. Jackson
Erenest
Ole) Lindquist
Badman Billy Cook Faces Dec. 12 Execution Date
San Quentin Calif Dec 3 Death is nine days away for Billy Cook who killed six during a West spree two years ago He is to die in the San Quentin gas chamber on Dec 12 for the murder of Seattle salesman Robert H Dewey Cook earlier received a 300 year sentence for the kidnap murder of the Carl Mosser family of Atwood Illinois The Mosser kidnapping occurred in Oklahoma and the family was slain near Joplin Missouri The December 12 date was set two months ago with no change indicated.
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San Quentin
Calif
Billy Cook
West
Cook
Seattle
Robert H. Dewey
Dewey
Carl Mosser
Atwood
Mossers
Oklahoma
Joplin
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Poland
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Gottwald
Clementis
Bedrich Geminder
International
Kremlin
Otto Sling
Ludvik Frejka
State Economic Commission
Bedrich Reiin
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Rudolf Margolius
Andre Simone
Rude Pravo
Josef Frank
Foremly Slansky
Karl Svab
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