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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1952
Page
7
Former Army major William S. Clark 39 of Lubbock admitted a four month burglary spree in Fort Worth and Dallas. He faces one charge with several more to be filed and a $5 000 bond set. Clark said drinking and a family quarrel started his crimes after being arrested in a tavern.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower will visit his birthplace Denison Texas on June 21 as a guest of the Gold Star Mothers of Denison. He is to meet Texas and Louisiana Eisenhower delegations to the Republican National Convention in Chicago amid factional splits over Taft and Eisenhower.
Alabama Court of Appeals reversed Birmingham Police Commissioner Eugene Connor’s conviction for occupying a hotel room with his secretary Christina Brown. Judge Harwood found the ordinance overly broad, covering lawful acts as well as illicit conduct. Connor and Brown were arrested December 21. a grand jury urged his removal, while impeachment proceedings faltered and a retrial was planned for October.
The wife of the nation's top jet ace will receive a Distinguished Service Cross on behalf of her husband missing since February 10, 1952. Mrs. George A. Davis at Reese Air Force Base in Lubbock on June 21. Major Davis credited with 14 enemy planes destroyed and probable additional losses.
New York press report that Bing Crosby will debut on television with Bob Hope in a 14 hour fund raising program for the American Olympic Committee. The marathon show, to be carried by CBS and NBC, starts at 10 p.m. EST on June 21.
Metropolitan Opera star Patrice Munsel aged 26 and television director Robert Charles Carroll Schuler aged 31 were married yesterday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Manhasset New York. It was the first marriage for both.
Salt Lake City vet era n sergeant C Dean Chase faces court martial for disrespect to a superior officer after publishing a letter criticizing General Mark Clark over Koje Island prisoner releases. Chase, 24, alleges Clark repudiated promises by Brig Gen Colson to release prisoners and calls the Wehrmacht style tactics cited as blackmail by Reds.
Arthur D. Miller, 79, enduring comedian and Dockstader Minstrel shows end man, singer, and pianist, died at his Los Angeles home. He had served as maintenance manager at Harold Lloyd's estate for 15 years.
Burglars entered Joan Bennett’s Bel Air residence early yesterday and removed no valuables. Police said the actress had moved her jewels to a bank vault in Chicago while appearing in a play.
Elmer E. Wiggin aged 91 continues to lead the Barrington Band in Barrington New Hampshire. He has been a member for 73 years and plays a bass horn bought by his uncle in 1940.
Democratic presidential hopeful W. Averell Harriman accused Republicans of being captured by weepers and wailers and lacking a positive home and abroad program. He praised Democratic policy, urged full Mutual Security funding, and warned against defeating progress in Europe and Asia.
Texas National Guardsmen of the 36th Infantry Division undergo training tests under Lt. Gen. William M Hoge. Division artillery fires 105 and 155 millimeter howitzers while infantry engineers and tankers complete field exercises.
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