Cariker’s colorful crime fighting career highlighted
Writer LAREY KING profiles Jess Cariker, longtime lawman and undercover operative. From his early druggist past to chief deputy in Waxahachie, his cases include the Maypearl bank robbery and murders, with ties to notable Texas criminals and a pardon from Governor Ferguson shaping his path.
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Cariker
Waxahachie
Floyd Hamilton
Raymond Hamilton
Texas
Little
East Texas
Maypearl
Jess
George Williams Sentenced to Fifteen Years for Murder
A man named George Williams received a fifteen year penitentiary sentence for murder in a district court. The case details describe the conviction and terms of imprisonment.
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George Williams
Crow Massacre Sparks bounty and public outcry in Texas
A Texas report describes a large crow killing using dynamite traps set by Joe Browder. The explosion slain an estimated 50 000 birds, with two men accused of handling crow carcasses for pie. A Dallas store offered prizes for crow feet collected February to April, amid debate over legality and ethics of the massacre.
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Browder
War-bound troops reach Manchuria in new deployment
Tokyo reports fresh movement as war ships and troops arrive in Manchuria amid ongoing hostilities. Officials say forces reinforce positions under a new deployment window, signaling intensified regional posture.
Massive U S Air Force B36 Crashes Near London
A U S Air Force B36 bomber crashed after a midair emergency during a routine training flight from Carswell Texas. Fifteen crew parachuted to safety in Oxfordshire Berkshire and Wiltshire, with one injury and no fatalities among the crew. Fire crews controlled a woodland blaze as wreckage spread across farmland near Lacock.
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Fairford
Eng
U.S. Air Force
U. S. Seventh Air Force
Carswell
Ft. Worth
Tex
Oxfordshire
Berkshire
Whiltshire
London
Herman Gerick
Cameron
Newton Benham Jr
Dallas
Lacock
J. P. Hollick
Stripper Loses Custody Of Children
Chicago report says Candy Lee Reynolds a 25 year old stripper lost custody of two girls after a police report found the children living in squalor and filth in her rooms. Detective Sgt Nick Reidy ordered the children taken and placed in a juvenile home. Candy Lee had taken the children from their Detroit mother saying she did not think the living conditions were right.
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Chicago
Candy Lee Reynolds
Nick Reidy
Candy Lee
Detroit
Ike Chooses Luce As Italian Legate
President Eisenhower announced he would nominate Mrs. Clare Luce as ambassador to Italy. Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker will remain in place temporarily until Italian elections end, with Bunker agreeing to the arrangement. Mrs. Luce is a playwright former Connecticut congresswoman and wife of Henry Luce.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Clare Tey
Luce
Ellsworth Bunker
White House
Bunker
Connecticut
Henry
R. Luce
Eisenhower Signs Bill Creating Undersecretary of State
President Eisenhower signed a bill establishing an undersecretary of state for administration and immediately sent to the Senate the formal nomination of Cape Te Piste former president Quakers Cor for the post.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Senate
Cape Te Piste
Quakers Cor
Aiken assails Democrats over beef and farm price issue
Senator Aiken charged Democrats seek to use a drop in beef and farm prices to regain control as the GOP aims to stabilize cattle and wheat prices. He noted the new administration under Ezra Taft Benson will not be stampeded and discussed meetings with Benson aides amid a price decline.
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Washington
Sen
Aiken
GOP
Ture
Ezra ‘Taft Benson
Benson
Senate Agriculture Committee
Karl Loos
Agriculture Department
Don Parrberg
Kerr
D-Okla
Agri- Department
Russian trawler leaves Yell Island after eight days of bebop
The Soviet crew anchored at Yell Island for eight days playing jazz while residents wondered why the trawler stayed. A customs man joined the concert. the ship sailed northeast at dawn without docking or fishing. The islanders heard a Soviet polka before the vessel departed.
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Yell
Scotland
Yell Island
Happy Yell
Dulles Views Destruction In Holland From Floods
Secretary of state Dulles toured the Netherlands and Belgium flood zones with Harold Stassen noting salt water inundation over farmland, broken dikes, isolated villages, and ongoing rescue efforts. Dutch engineers surveyed the floods as aid and donations poured in, including 10,000 guilders from Korean relief troops and 30,000 guilders from Pius XII.
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Dulles
Eisenhower
Dallas
Harold Stassen
Amsterdam
Brussels
Ijsselmonde
Rotterdam
Meuse
Belgium
Poortvliet
Tholen
Holland
Korea
Pius XII
Odessans Favor Voting Machines in County Survey
A survey in Ector County shows strong support for adopting Shoup voting machines. About 413 residents back the plan while 53 oppose. 487 voters tested the machine, with 257 voting for Eisenhower and 148 for Stevenson in a mock presidential ballot.
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Shoup
Vegue of Women Voters
Paul Linerode
Ike
Stevenson
Ector County
Slator Elected Bank Board Chairman at Odessa
Paul Slator was chosen chairman of the board of directors for First State Bank of Odessa. He succeeds H. H. Beagle, who retired and moved to Longmont Colorado but remains on the board. The board added Dr. E. V. Headlee as a new member while holdover directors include Glenn Allen Tom W. Davis A J Hunt Q B McMahon E G Morrison Charles B. Perry and Cal M. Smith. Officers were re elected with two assistant cashiers added.
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Paul’ Slator
First State Bank of
Odessa
H. H. ‘Beagle
Beagle
Longmont
Colo
E. V. Headlee
Slater
Glenn Allen
Tom W. Davis
A. J. Hunt
Q. B. McMahon
E. G. Morrison
Charles B. Perry
Cal M. Smith
Mexico to grant U S workers agricultural roles in 1953
A Mexican government plan on allowing U S agricultural workers to assist in Mexican crop harvests was discussed for 1953. The proposal aims to address labor needs in Mexican fields and may involve cross border arrangements.
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Mexico
U. S
Four dull witted children win state care in Texas
DENISON Feb 7 Four dull witted children will be taken care of by the state after Van Alstyne woman Mrs R H Veazey campaigned for them. Their mother is dying of cancer and their father cannot provide. The four boys aged 5 to 17 lived in a shabby cabin with no windows or furniture, sleeping on ragged pallets. The case prompted a Denison Herald appeal and raised criticism of past community inaction.
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Denison
R. H. Veazey
van Allstyne
Tom Bean
Algo & Paper
America
Odessa Man Held On Assault Charge
A 41 year old Odessa man Charles O Sherman was jailed in Ector County on assault charges after a 25 year old woman filed a complaint with Justice of the Peace M Newman. Deputy Bosley and Constable Maxwell arrested him after the alleged incident when she said Sherman entered unannounced and declared he would stay awhile before she fled to file the charge.
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Odessa
Ector County
Earnest Broughton
Charles O. Sherman
Justice of the Peace
M. Newman
Rge Bosley
Grady Maxwell
Earline Payne
Tom Green
Sherman
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Manchuria
Congress
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Slator
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Darden
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