Odessa Cafe Owner Shot by Jealous Man in triple shooting
Marion A. Gilcrease, 43, a roustabout from Orlando, survived a .38 caliber blast after witnessing Elsie Sanders, 34, Waits Cafe owner, killed by Roy A. Ray in Odessa. Ray, 41, later killed himself in the same incident. A note found on Ray mentioned money owed and past relationships. Justice of Peace ruled murder for Sanders and death by own action for Ray. Services for Sanders planned at Hubbard Funeral Home.
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Ross Davis
Marion A
Ace) Gilcrease
Gilcrease
Orl Field
Odessa
Flsie Sanders
Waits Cafe
Ray
Elsie
New Mexico
Ben
Clyde Ray
Fen
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Sanders
Sanders Willl
Chapel of
Hubbard Funeral Home
Ferrall Odom
First Methodist Church
Tay
Corsicana
Marion A.ace
Elsie Sanders
Roy A. Ray
Lie Defector May Break Open Smithwick Case
Texas public safety director says a voluntary lie detector test was given to a man from Jim Wells County. Homer Garrison Jr declined to reveal if the test relates to a 1948 letter to former Gov. Coke Stevenson by Sam Smithwick implicating the missing precinct 13 ballot box. Smithwick hanged himself in Huntsville while serving a murder sentence.
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Austin
State Department of Public Safety
Jim Wells County
Homer Garrison, Jr
Coke Stevenson
Sam Smithwick
Jim Wills County
Smithwick
Huntsville
Stevenson
Man Found Guilty of Murder in Christmas Day Dog Fight
James Tellas Collier, 43, operator of the Dog House Case, is convicted of murder without malice after a three day trial in 70th District Court. Jury recommends five year suspended sentence, Collier released by Judge R R Hamilton as he awaited sentencing remarks.
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James Tellas Collier
Dog House
70Th District Court
Collier
Judd Davidson
Harold Young
RR. W. Hamilton
Paris raids seize red documents and riot weapons in Communist offices
Police flying squads hit Communist party offices in Paris and six other cities including Lyon Marseille Clermont Ferrand Bordeaux and La Rochelle seizing documents and weapons. The raids aimed to gather evidence for charges of a Red revolution linked to the Ridgway riot while smoke rose from burning papers and doors were barred at the Paris headquarters.
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Paris
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Lyon
Marseille
Clermont-Ferrand
Pordeaux
la Rochelle
Italy
Jacques Duclos
Franc
Red Front
Communist Party
Czty
All Quiet On Police Front In Odessa
It was a quiet Saturday night with no calls to the Odessa police between 6 and 9:30 p.m. Captain J. J. Wise remarked this was the first time there were no complaints by that hour, noting the unusual lull for the force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
J. J. Wise
Civil Defense Head Charged In Robbery
Amarillo police report Robert J. Foight 38 chief of the city civil defense office confessed to armed robbery of the Herring Hotel office taking 1300 dollars. He was arrested an hour after the crime and the money pistol mask jacket were found in the civil defense office. Foight held on no bond awaiting court action.
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Amarillo
Robert J. Foight
City-Council
Civil Defense Office
Panhandle
Herring
Foight
J. L. King
Sid Harper
Paul Gaither
Feight
Rotary
Maverick Club
Athetic Club
Kids, Inc
Chizen
Pampa
District Attorney’s Office
Potter County
Ada Denton
Margaret Slemp
Chief King
Sheriff's
Detective King
Michigan State Prison
Malik Takes Over UN Post Monday
United Nations observers note Russia's Jacob A. Malik assumes the presidency of the Security Council for June, aiming to renew pressure on stalled Korean armistice talks and expand propaganda at the UN while marking the war's second anniversary.
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United Nations
N. Y
Russia
Jacob A. Malik
Security Council
Malik
UN Disarmament Commission
United States
Korea
Reds Tighten Grip On Berlin Absorb Two Small Hamlets
Nocturnal thieves raided a Brooklyn Regina Pacis shrine stealing gem encrusted crowns donated by hundreds of women during World War II. Police say two crowns valued at $2 million were insured for $100,000 and damaged during the theft between 6:45 p.m. and 9 a.m. The crowns hung above the Virgin and Child and were recently blessed by Pope Pius XII before shipment to Rome.
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New York
Brooklyn
Regina Pacis
St. Rosalia Catholic Church
Mary
Msgr
Angelo R. Cioffi
St. Rosalia Church
Rome
Pius XII
Holiday Deaths 1 Sunday Toll Raises Memorial Weekend Count
The Memorial Day weekend toll stood at 222 deaths after two days, including 160 traffic deaths 35 drownings and 27 other mishaps. National Safety Council president Ned Dearborn called the toll stupid and criminal and urged a last-ditch effort to cut Sundays fatalities. The council had projected 310 traffic deaths for the 78 hour period ending Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Ned Dearborn
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Dearborn
Yarborough Rejects Gambler Backing in Texas Governor Bid
Ralph Yarborough told a Lindale crowd he will not accept entertainment by gamblers or gambling leaders. He vowed not to be entertained on yachts owned by notorious gamblers and urged other candidates to make the same pledge. He spoke at the Lindale Blackberry Festival, recalling his Texas roots.
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Lindale
Tex
Ralph Yarborough
Yarborough
Smith County
Texas
Gulf of Mexico
Reno
Nevada
Miami
Fla
Nameless Waif Returns to United States for Burial
A nameless waif of war, a 22 year old who died in Korea, is brought home. Found by the 34th Red Bull Division in Africa who gave him a name, he became a citizen by Congress. His body was received by Mrs Lou Nora Spiller Axelrod of Houston and will be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Houston
Alexander Stewart
Stewart
Korea
34Th
Red Bull
Africa
Congress
Lou Nora Spiller Axelrod
Two More Enter D A Race In Odessa
Two Odessa attorneys James Clay Hancock and Charles Butts joined Warren Burnett in filing for the district attorney post in the 70th Judicial District covering Ector and Midland counties. The filing deadline is midnight June 2, after incumbent W. O. Shafer withdrew. Hancock, 30, a veteran and attorney in Odessa, runs from a West Texas background with ties to local theater and bar associations. Butts, 31, a native Texan, previously worked with John Watts firm and opened his Odessa office. he is a veteran and active in community groups and Boy Scouts. He seeks the district attorney role on active trial experience and commitment to equal justice.
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Odessa
Thomas J. Pitts
James Clay Hancock
Charles Butts
Warren Burnett
D. A
W. O. Shafer
Ector
Midland
Hancock
Blanton, Deaderick, McMahon, Fuller and Hancock
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Permian Playhouse
Oklahoma
Eetor County
Texas Bar Associations
University of Oklahoma
Butts
Wichita Falls
John Watts
University of Texas Law School
Ector County Bar Association
O. E. Gerron
Wichita County
United States
Charles Jr
Robert
N. Bernice
Texas
Communists Tighten Grip on West Berlin Amid Transit Fears
East German authorities impose new transit visa rules and tighten security belts around Berlin, while West Berliners fear a renewed blockade. Two border hamlets Bu rgerablage and Steinstuecken were absorbed as troops move to secure the zone. General Handy protests Soviet interference with Allied patrols on the Berlin Helmstedt Autobahn.
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Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Helmstedt
Freedom
Red
Buergerablage
Steinstuecken
Thomas T. Handy
Vassily I. Chuikov
Berelin-Helmstedt
U. S
Europe
Soviet Control Commission
Geremany
No-Man’s - Land
Baltic
Bavaria
Public Works Head Hired For Odessa
T. G. Morris of Amarillo hired as Odessa public works director by city manager Dick Pepin. Morris, 42 and a Texas Tech graduate, will start June 15, filling Clyde Yarbrough’s vacancy after Yarbrough left for private business. He previously ran paving and dirt contracting in Amarillo and worked for a Fort Worth engineering firm and as a resident engineer for the Texas Highway Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Morris
Amarillo
Odessa
Dick Pepin
Morris
Texas Tech
Clyde Yarbrough
Pepin
Fort Worth
Texas Highway Department
Vernon pastor wins zone D toastmasters speech title
The Rev. Kenneth L. Teegarden of Vernon Texas won the zone D title in the Toaste masters International annual speech contests held in Dallas. He serves as pastor of the First Christian Church in Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Kenneth L. Teegarden
Vernon
Tex
Toastemasters International Organiation
Forst Christian Church
Austrian League seeks recall of U.S. high commissioner
In Vienna on May 31 the rightwing Austrian League of Independents announced plans to ask President Truman to recall Walter F. Donnelly, the U.S. high commissioner.
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Vienna
Austria
Austrian League of Independents
Truman
U.S
Walter F.donnelly
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Tracy Byers
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George Kelton
Shefer
Davidson
Tiny
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Jack D. Broadhead
Broadhead
Civil Defense Head
Ces Eh
D.A
Phi Delta Phi
W. 23Rd St
The
Oklahoma Law Review
West Texas
Junior Chamber of Commerce
American Legion
Knights
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Lions Club
Texas University
Ector County
State Bar
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