Ochoa Says His Fatherland Saved Him From Execution
Mexico City reports George Ochoa a former Laredo customs broker charged with the July 1949 killings of Henry Whittenburg Jr. and Cpl. James Lindsay claims his Mexican citizenship shielded him from extradition and the electric chair. He notes the Mexican Supreme Court ruled evidence insufficient for U S trial and portrays his escape from Texas jurisdiction as justice from his fatherland.
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Mexico City
George Ochoa
Larédo
Rio Grande
Debonair
Laredo
U. S
Ochoa
Mexican Supreme Court
Texas
High Court
Federal District Attorney General
Mexico
Henry Whittentenburg Jr
McAllen
Tex
James Lindsay
Oneida
Tenn
Jess Debonair
United States
Jose Villalobos
Villalobos
Jose
Rosa
Rio Bravo
Supreme Court
Villa- Jobos
Whittenburg
Cpl
Lindsay
David O. Gallagher
Gallahher
Gavo
J. J. Ballesteros
Ballesteros
VU. S. Te. Department
O. W
Blackie) Morrow
Presidio County
Marfa
Presidio
Felipe Ped
Galindo Hernandez
Chihuahua City
Hagerty Eight Years Late Getting White House Job
Albany dispatch notes James C. Hagerty, Ike's press secretary designate, has waited years for a White House post. Hagerty, a former Dewey aide and Times reporter, rose through Gov. Dewey’s office, pioneered open press conferences, and will take a $2,000 year salary cut from his prior 20,000 rate to join the Eisenhower administration.
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Hagarty
White House
Albany
N.Y
James C. Hagerty
Eisenhower
Hagerty
Washington
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jim
Truman
Ike
New York
Plattsburg
Blair Academy
Columbia University
Marjorie Lucas
New York City
Bruce
Roger
Columbia
The
New York Times
James A. Hagerty
the Times
Calm Returns To New Mexico State Prison After Riot
Eight guards were freed when 14 inmates seized the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe then surrendered as the rebellion ended. Six more inmates faced punishment. eight captives were isolated with gunfire and a car demanded to flee. Governor Mechem ordered an investigation as Warden Abram noted the episode began as a spontaneous plan led by Robert Eads. Leopold Mares was wounded, receiving minor injuries from shotgun pellets.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico
Morris A. Abram
Edwin L. Mechem
Abram
Phoenix
American Priest Granted Visa to Enter Russia
The Rev. Georges Bissonette, connected with Assumption College Worcester, Mass, has been issued a visa by the Soviet embassy to enter Russia and become the only Roman Catholic priest there. He will be the fourth priest in Moscow under the 1933 treaty recognizing Russia's revolutionary government, replacing Rev. Arthur Brassard.
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Washington
Georges Bissonette
Russia
Father Bissonette
Assumption College
Worcester
Mass
Moscow
United States
Arthur Brassard
Laval University Honors Woodward and Pearson with Doctorates
Laval University awarded honorary Doctor of Law degrees last night to U. S. Ambassador Stanley Woodward and Canadian Foreign Minister Lester B. Pearson who presides over the United Nations General Assembly.
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Quebec
Laval University
U. S
Stanley Woodward
Lester B. Pearson
United Nations General Assembly
Fragmentary Report Describes Isolation in Prison Cell
Fragmentary OCR notes reference isolation rather than confinement in a dark bare concrete cell beneath the prison. The text hints at severe solitary conditions without full context.
Boston student spells names backward and forward
Boston Farm and Prades School student Ramer 1, a great grandson of Indian Chief Sitting Bull, is among the few people in the nation who can spell both names backward and forward.
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Boston
Tevet Ramer 1
Boston Farm and Prades School
Sitting Bull
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