AA Conference in Odessa Highlights Sobriety and Service
More than 300 Alcoholics Anonymous members gathered at the Lincoln Hotel for Texas state convention activities in Odessa. The program featured Tyler speakers urging sober living, with talks on 12-step participation, shared struggles, and safeguarding sobriety. Notables from Texas and other states attended, including lawyers, surgeons, and merchants, as the event proceeds toward an afternoon concluding service.
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Texas
Harold Downs
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el Pascan
Book ban shocks Detroit police read bans
DETROIT police discovered a novel in the juvenile detention reading shelf and briefly examined it after it had been banned by Police Commissioner Edward S. Piggins. The selection was Ten North Frederick by John O Hara, ban recently imposed in the city.
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Detroit
Ten North Frederick
John O'Hara
Edward S. Piggins
Black Cat Sees Man Executed At Death Chamber
In Columbia, a black cat roamed the corridor to the state prison death chamber as Willie Marion Daniels, a 29 year old Black man, was executed for raping a white woman. He prayed Lord have mercy and warned others not to repeat his actions before the electric chair took his life. The cat slipped from the doorway then wandered away.
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Columbia
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Willie Marion Daniels
Daniels
Fort Stockton Budget Adoption Expected After Hearing
Fort Stockton school board plans to adopt the 1957 58 budget after a public hearing. Business manager E Lee Triplett says the budget may show increases from teacher pay raises and higher maintenance costs.
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Elee Triplett
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