Two Dangerous Inmates Escape State Hospital
Howard Pierson and accomplice Waggoner, both described as dangerous, fled the Texas state hospital in Austin after using a door lock and window grate to drop from a third floor. Pierson, the 38 year old son of a former state supreme court justice, previously killed his parents in 1935 and escaped from the same facility in 1938.
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Austin
Howard Pierson
Moody
State Hospital
William Pierson
Judge Pierson
State Supreme Court
Pierson
Houston
GiDert
Manor Road
Travis County Sheriff’s Office
Leo Allen
Allen
Minneapolis
Waggoner
Millionaire Guarded From Escaped Men
Chief Deputy Sheriff B E Williams said a private investigator guards oilman Hugh Roy Cullen in Houston after Gilbert Wagner one of two Austin state hospital escapees reportedly threatened Cullen. Dr R C Rowell, superintendent, said Wagner believed to hold a grudge and had made threats against Cullen.
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B. E. Williams
Hugh Roy Cullen
Austin
The
Houston Chronicle Today
R. C. Rowell
Austin Hospital
Gilbert Wagner
Cullen
Rowell
Mr. Cullen
City Signs Agreements For Andrews Y Land
The city council finalized land purchase deals for nine tracts and agreements with the State Highway Department for the Odessa end of the Andrews Kermit Y intersection project. Bids for improvements will be called Dec 15, with widening of Highway 51 to the county line and right of way costs under $24,000.
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Andrews Highway
17Th
42Nd
State Highway Department
Odessa
Highway Department
Andrews County
W. S. Dickey Clay Manufacturing Co
San Antonio
Lubbock
Parkhill, Cooper and Smith
Donald Otis
Rauscher-Pierce Co
N. ‘Amburgey
Crestwood
McConnell
Anderson
Junior Service League
Wayne
Browning - Farris Equipment Co
Northeast
East County Road
Assault to Murder Charges Are Filed in Odessa Fracas
James O. Eubanks a 43 year old Odessa nurseryman was charged in Justice of Peace Court with assault with intent to murder He is accused of choking his wife Thelma during a fracas Tuesday in the Texas Hotel on South Grant.
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James O. Eubanks
Odessa
Justice of Peace
Murer
Eubanks
Thelma
Texas
South Grant
Hospital room becomes court in paralysis case settlement
An agreed settlement of 35000 dollars was paid to paralyzed patient Eugene Jensen in a 70th District Court session held in his hospital bedroom. Jensen, 25, was injured in a March 19, 1952 crash between Mc Camey and Crane when Roy Lee Bowen's car struck a rear parked United Trucking Co. truck.
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Medical Center
Eugene Jensen
Jensen
McCamey
Crane
Dallas
Odessa
Roy Lee Bowen
United Trucking Co
Bowen
R. W. Hamilton
L. P. Boone
John Ford
Midland
Hardy Moore
Bedfast
Martelle McDonald
Neva Rose
Anderson County man gets five years in tomato dispute shooting
In Palestine Texas a Black man was sentenced to five years for shooting his neighbor during a tomato argument. Reuben Morrison was also convicted of murdering Andrew Sadler without malice on the prior day.
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Palestine
Tex
Anderson County
Reuben Morrison
Andrew Sadler
Denounced Bible Sparks Rally At Denver High School
About 1,200 attendees at South Denver High School denounced the Revised Standard Version as the work of Satan. Rev. Carl McIntire, linking liberalists and modernists to the new Bible, led a rally attacking the National Council and predicting nationwide protests starting Jan. 30.
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George Cornell
Denver
Carl McIntire
Collingswood
N. J
Christ
McIntire
National Council
Churches of Christ
International Council of Christian Churches
South Denver High School
Mclntire
North Carolina
Christine Jorgensen Offered Hollywood Film
Christine Jorgensen said she received a Hollywood film offer but hasn’t decided. Producer Al Rosen announced signing her for a version of Mary Had a Little while she may also do stage appearances. She was in hiding but said a decision would come in a few days.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christine Jorgensen
Hollywood
al Rosen
Mary
Christine
Rosen
Miss Jorgensen
Rigs Hospital
Juvenile Problems Discussion Friday Night in County Court
A public meeting to address rising juvenile delinquency is set for 8 p m Friday in the county courtroom. Parents teachers ministers and civic leaders are urged to attend as moderator Brooks Harman leads a discussion focusing on a proposed curfew law and local youth activities.
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Brooks Harman
Butcher Billy Cook To Be Buried In Sooner Cemetery
OKLAHOMA CITY December 10 UP Butcher Billy Cook the killer of an Illinois family and a Seattle salesman will be buried after his execution Friday in Peace Cemetery near his Joplin Missouri home The body will be picked up after Cook is executed in the San Quentin gas chamber Funeral services are planned in Comanche Oklahoma where there are no known relatives.
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Oklahoma City
Billy Cook
Seattle
Peace
Glen Boydston
Comanche
Okla
California
Cook
San Quentin
Boydston
Peace Cemetery
Joplin
Oklahoma
Carl Mosser
Atwood, Sr
Wichita Falls
el Paso
Mosser
Plans Completed For Open House At C C Building
Plans for the open house at the Chamber of Commerce building were completed. The public is invited Sunday from 2 to 6 p.m. with guides from the chamber staff and board. A radio broadcast will originate from 1211 W. Third behind City Hall.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
J. L
Dusty) Rhoades
Third
Tthe City Hall
Navy Planes Crush 4 Big Red Targets
U S Navy warplanes hit four rail and supply targets near Manchuria in the Korea war’s largest seaborne raid. Carrier jets destroyed rail facilities and equipment while 352 flights were flown. Far East Air Forces also attacked near the Yalu reservoir as ground fighting slowed.
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Soviet Siberia
Vladivostok
Honyang
Musan
Najin
Hyesanjin
Inkany
Bon Homme Richard
Essex
Honyung
Korea
Sea of Japan
Hyeisanjin
Task Force 77
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Far East Air Forces
Suiho
Yalu River
Eighth Army
U. N
Rochester
Judge Denies Stay of Rosenberg Executions
Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan refused to stay the planned January executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg at Sing Sing. He also denied their lawyers' bid to overturn the convictions and rejected Morton Sobell’s request to set aside his 30 year sentence on constitutional grounds. Sobell has been moved to Alcatraz.
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Julius and
Ethel Rosenbergs
SingiSing
Sylvester J. Ryan
Ryan
Morton Sobell
Sobell
Alcatraz
Soviet Union
Delayed reaction hits long sleeper after big wager
Midland Texas. Larry Cook, 32, won 1000 for staying awake 97 hours 41 minutes in a bet with Jess Hensley, 30. Cook reports a delayed reaction leaving him leggy and yawning after first sleep since last Friday. Hensley, who stopped at 97 hours, says money isn’t everything and both men slept poorly after resuming rest. Their boss L. L. Hensley holds the stakes and plans payout when Cook returns to work.
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Midland
Tex
Larry Cook
Jess Hensley
Cook
Hensley
L. L. Hensley
Shivers Traffic Safety Panel to Hear Public Support
The Texas Traffic Safety Committee led by Gov. Alan Shivers will meet Friday to hear public backing for its mission. The panel was created to advise the Legislature convening in January on road safety measures.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Miller Appeal Suit Dismissed by Court
The Court of Criminal Appeals in Austin dismissed the appeal of S. M. Miller Jr. an Odessa man sentenced to life for a Midland holdup. Miller’s attorneys argued the appeal should be granted but the court upheld the prior conviction and sentence.
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Miller
Court of Criminal Appeals
Austin
S. M. Miller Jr
Midland
Stuntavalls
Aioe
Norther Passes Over Texas With No Rain Seen
Weather Bureau reports no rain in sight across the Gulf region as a quick norther sweeps Texas. State Board for Water Engineers notes November rainfall about 150 percent of normal, offering a potential drought break. Panhandle towns see mixed skies, snow, rain, and sun with cooler temperatures spreading statewide.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Austin
State Board For Water Engineers
Panhandle Plains
Borger
Panhandle
Vernon
Snyder
Big Spring
Childress
Lubbock
Alice
Amarillo
del Rio- Eagle Pass
Worther
State Board of Water Engineers
Red River
Guadalupe
North Concho River
Carlsbad
San Angelo
Constitution Did Not Bar Separate Schools
Supreme Court debate on 14th Amendment limits to racial school segregation. John W. Davis argues amendment aimed at equal protection but not bans on separate schools. NAACP counters segregation violates equal protection. Arguments cover Kansas South Carolina Virginia Delaware and DC with Ben Davis and Thurgood Marshall among speakers.
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John W. Davis
Supreme Court
New York
Congress
Davis
District of Columbia
South Carolina
South
Kansas
Virginia
Delaware
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
High Court
Thurgood Marshall
Marshall
Robert L. Carter
Paul E. Wilson
Korean Children To Get Bales Of Clothing Gifts
A Texas officer’s letter from Korea sparked a large aid drive for Korean children. Lt. Joe L. Glass of Denton, adjutant for the 216th transportation battalion, organized more than 1,000 pounds of clothes, toys and candy in a warehouse near Pusan. Air shipments and further packages are planned, with postage totaling over 300 dollars.
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Texas
Korea
Joe L. Glass
Denton
America
Air Force
Glass
Carswell Air Force Base
Janetta Watson
Denton Record Chronicle
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