Parson murder trial features Hawaii alibi and insanity plea
In El Paso court Mary Jean Parsons, 22, daughter of Tulsa parents, faces murder with malice charges for Lt. Richard O. Parsons Jr. Her father testified she spent Christmas in Hawaii with Bartner Fleeger, who testified they took a hurried trip. Rebuttal witnesses described her as of sound mind.
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Wichita Falls
Mary Jean Parsons
Hawaii
Bartner Fleeger
Dist
Atty
Will Clayton
Honolulu
Fleeger
Tulsa
Okla
Richard O. Parsons Jr
Pleasantville
N. Y
Pan-American Airlines
San Francisco
Haaii
Mary Jean
Timberlawn
Dallas m Tal Hospital
Tas
Walter E. Swearingen
Parsons
P. H. Scott
Cassie Mae Fenter
el Paso
Texas Toll Rises With Two State Fatal Mishaps
The weekend death toll in Texas reaches 32 from two major incidents nine people died in a farm house fire near Tyler and nine in a Weatherford head on collision. Other fatalities include a Garland crash, a Nacogdoches stabbing, a Mineola suicide, a Seminole child hit by a car, a Rockwall tractor accident, and a Houston train crash.
Galveston Madam Details Payoffs to Ex Chief Ford
Galveston madam Margaret Lera testified in Austin she paid $100 monthly pay-offs to former Police Chief Fred Ford from late 1945 to May 1947 as part of a federal tax evasion case. Ford pleaded innocent to income tax charges on about $40,000 earned 1945–1947 and bought an $18,000 home with cash in early 1947.
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Austin
Galveston
Fred Ford
Margaret Lera
U. S
Charles Herring
Herring
Lera
Ford
State Tidlands Title Predicted By Senator Anderson
Senator Clinton P. Anderson predicts the Senate will pass a bill granting states ownership of tidelands. He spoke in a CBS Man of the Week interview while authoring a contrasting bill to affirm federal ownership. He warned that New Mexico could claim revenue from public lands under state control. He also forecast continued beef price reductions as packing houses clear lower grade stock.
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Wasfngton
Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
Senate
Tidelands
CBS
Anderson
New Mexico
Odessan Man Reported Armed Robbery Near Highway 80
W H McCarthy of 411 Vine Street told sheriff deputies he was robbed at gunpoint by three men on Sunday around 4 15 a m along Highway 80 near West County Road. He said the trio demanded money, took between 800 and 900 dollars, and ordered him to sit still before fleeing eastward in an old Chevrolet.
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Odessa
Sheriff's Deputies
W. H. McCarthy
Vine Street
Pistol Point
Highway 80
West County Road
County Road
Mc_carthy
McCarthy
Sheriff's Office
Meddling Quoted by Stalin Hurts Foreign Relations
Moscow reports quote Premier Stalin saying war could be averted if countries stop meddling in others affairs. Argentine Ambassador Leopoldo Bravo described a 43 minute interview in which discussions centered on general topics and the Korean conflict was not raised. Bravo conveyed greetings from President Peron and expressed interest in expanding Soviet Argentine trade beyond barter. London Guardian notes Stalin may view Peron as a potential ally against Western pressure.
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Moscow
Leopoldo Bravo
Stalin
Bravo
Argent
Juan Peron
Soviet Union
Argentine
London
Manchester ‘Guardian
Joseph ‘Stalin
Russia
Poara
Ector Court Buys 50 Vote Machines
Odessa and Ector County adopt Shoup voting machines as the first West Texas county to use modern casting systems. The $1,498 per machine bid includes five years free service and on-site demonstrations by factory experts. Delivery promised by Sept. 30 with four units for the April city election.
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Odessa
Ector
West Texas
Shoup Voting Machine Company
League of Women Voters
Shoup
League
Paul Linerode
Shoup Co
Automatic Voting Machine Co
Ector County
Ike approves 1 million for hay program in drought regions
President Eisenhower has approved use of 1% million dollars from the emergency relief fund to sustain the government hay program in drought areas of the South and Southwest. Oklahoma senators and House members said they were advised of the action after urging extra funds to bridge to spring pastures relief.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Oklahoma
House
Cold Front Threatens Texas with Freeze Tonight
A western cold front crosses Texas bringing freezing temperatures to Odessa tonight with expected 32 or 33. Panhandle and West Texas face bitter cold, heavy snow, strong winds and showery severe storms in places. Ranchers urged to protect livestock as warm spell ends. A dust storm previously hit West Texas with 70 degree readings.
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Texas
Odessa
U. S
West Texas
Panhandle
el Paso
Prominent Oilman and wife die in Missouri crash
Edward Pace a 47 year old Dallas oilman and his 45 year old wife Maryita were killed instantly in a three vehicle wreck six miles west of Mount Vernon Missouri The Pace car collided with a tractor trailer as it turned left A second car swerved into a ditch and overturned Dr L Jensen and Ray Snyder of St Louis were seriously injured Kennedy the truck driver 24 of Monett was uninjured Pace had worked as an independent oil operator in East and West Texas for 25 years
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Mount Vernon
Edward Pace
Dallas
Maryita
Missouri
L. Jensen
Ray Snyder
St. Louis
Monett
Joe W. Kennedy
Moey
Pace
East
West Texas
Congress Hopes for July 4 Adjournment on Broad Legislation
Senate Republican leaders report agreement with President Eisenhower on a wide program. Key items include reorganization of executive agencies, Hawaii statehood, Taft-Hartley amendments, price controls, tidelands ownership, reciprocity act extension, customs simplification, extending social insurance to more groups, aid to schools, and adding two DC commissioners.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Sen
Taft
R-O
Feader
White House
Congress
Senate
Hawaii
Tidelands
District of Columbia
Four Die After Beechcraft Air Crash Near San Antonio
Four men died when a Beechcraft plane owned by Claude Hutcherson Air Service crashed 17 miles north of San Antonio around 9 am on Monday. Rev J R Naylor and three others were thrown clear as the craft burned, with wreckage strewn across 200 yards of Ashley Ranch. Civil Aeronautics officials investigated the cause.
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San Antonio
Rev. J. R. Naylor
Lockney
T. B. Mitchell
George Farmer
Glenn Mitchell
Claude
Ashley Ranch
Antono Friesenhan
A. A. Uecker
Teachers To Press Pay Hike At Texas Capitol
More than 1,000 Texas teachers planned to crowd the legislature, with a 7:30 p.m. Senate Education hearing on Sen. A. M. Aikin Jr.'s bill to raise teacher pay by 600 a year. Speakers include R. Proffer Rae Files Still and Elsie Parnell as the session opens with public hearings.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Committee On Education
Charles H. Tennyson
Texas State Teachers Association
Senate Chamber
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
R. Proffer
Denton
TSTA
Elsie Parnell
Mineral Wells
Texas Classroom Teachers Association
H. W. Stilwell
Texarkana
Rae Files Still
Washachie
Gilmer-Aiken
Shivers
Soldier Escorts Body Of Brother In Korea
In Seoul on February 9 a young Army medical corpsman flies home to escort the body of his wounded brother Pvt Irwin Reitz of Rock Island Illinois. Irwin tended a dying comrade on the battle line and died later as his unit pulled back. Edwin Reitz prepares to meet the ship bearing his brother.
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Seoul
Korea
Irwin Reitz
Rock Island, Jr
Camp Drake
Japan
United States
Edwin
Reitz Brothers
Irwin
Detectives Seek Suspect in Odessa Car Lot Theft
Odessa detectives seek a 26 year old suspect believed to have entered Jack Clark Used Car Lot on East Eighth and fled with a large haul. Items stolen include a check writing machine about 750 checks and a bank statement, plus three brown suits a top coat a green hat a gray jacket an Underwood typewriter and a Remington adding machine.
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Odessa
Jack Clark
East Eighth
Clark
First National Bank of Midland
Polly Henderson
Carpot
Remployes
Taft Opposes Frontal Attacks in Korea War
Senate Majority Leader Taft said a direct frontal push on enemy troops in Korea is not being considered to end the war. He advocates a naval blockade of Red China and suggests Chiang Kai Shek's forces raid the mainland from Formosa while opposing renewed bombardment of bases across the Yalu unless a ground assault is allowed.
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Washington
Senate
Robert A. Taft
Korea
White House
Eisenhower
Taft
Red China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Formosa
United Nations
Yalu River
Manchuria
Taft sinks July tax cut hopes in Congress
Senate GOP leader Taft opposes a July 1 personal income tax cut and backs delaying relief until federal spending is sharply reduced. House Republicans seek to offset with deeper spending cuts and advance the personal tax cut to align with the end of the excess profits tax on corporations.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
House
Senate
GOP
Congress
Taft
Eisen
82Nd Congress
Daniel A. Reed
R-N. Y
Ways and Means
Call Girl Refuses Testimony Unless Court Closed
In New York the judge ordered press and public barred from Prosecution evidence in the Jelke vice trial. Pat Ward, the red haired call girl, refused to testify unless the court is closed, saying she would rather go to jail. Her attorney said she would testify only in private due to potential moral impact on youth.
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New York
Playboy
Minto F. Jelke II
Pat Ward
Minot F. Jelke II
J. Roland Sala
General Sessions
Francis L. Valente
Miss Ward
Jelke
Sara
Valente
Sala
Miss’ Ward
Weekend Mishaps Hospitalize Three
Three men were injured in weekend accidents near Odessa. Vernon Harrison, 44, a Monahans driller for Humble Oil, suffered a fractured skull when a heavy hose struck him while cleaning a mud pit. Harrel Thetforce, 26, an Odessa pipeline worker for Oilfield Transportation, broke his ankle when eight inch pipe rolled onto his leg. Ernest Hamil, of 2425 Andrews Highway, hurt his shoulder when his truck overturned 27 miles south of Odessa.
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Odessa
Monahans
Medical Center
Vernon Harrison
Humble Oil and Drilling Co
Harrel Thetforce
Oilfield Transportation Co
Ernest Hamil
Andrews
Hwy
Dulles Sees European Unity After Europe Trip
Secretary of State Dulles returned from a 10 day survey of seven Western European nations saying he was encouraged by leaders on unity prospects. He and Mutual Security Director Harold E. Stassen planned to brief President Eisenhower and Congress about the European Defense Community and a West European military alliance amid tensions over China policy.
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Washington
Dulles
Europe
Harold E. Stassen
Luxemburg
Eisenhower
Stassen
Gether
U. S
China
European Defense Communty
EDC
France
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Chiang Kai-Shek
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Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Mrs. Fleger
Hawaiian
U. S. Air Force
Associated Press
East Texas
Tyler
Weathford
Fort Worth
Weatherford
Susie ‘Holt
Eula Mae Thomas
Bergham
Rickey Dale
Roy Calvin Mosley
Lester E. Roberts
Carlton
iTex
Walter’s Air Force Base
Roosevelt Jones
Garcia Martinez
Curtis Haughton
George A. Bondurant
Bondurant
Carswell Air Force Base Hospital
Garland
E. M. Hudgin
Hudgins
Nacogdoches
Deey Shofner
Justice of the Peace
Pendleton
Mineola
Moore
Linda Marie Bartell
George R. Bartell Jr
Seminole
Highway 59
Lufkin
Don Spurling
Rockwall
Spurling
Missouri Pacific
Houston
G. B. Perry
Palestine
John F. Hatsenbuehler
George W. Richardson
Hillsboro
Colorado
Odessan
Ector Court
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Capitol
Knowland
R-Calif
Taft Balks
Unity
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