Reporter Visits Mental Hospital Recreation Night
A reporter tours Hudson River State Hospital in Poughkeepsie observing patients in a basement recreation room. Patients include PTA-like women, a boy in a cashmere sweater, a glazed facaded figure, and a limp gray-haired woman. They play bingo, sing, and dance between moments of inner distress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
PTA
a_ college
Hudson River State Hospital
Helen
Casey Jones
Ear worn Conotone hearing aid weighs half an ounce
A new Conotone hearing aid is described as worn entirely in the ear with no cord or external parts. It weighs about half an ounce and promises a compact design for discreet use.
Punctured Tires Produce Charges
Cecil Slifer, 46, of 1115 North Grant, held in Ector County jail on a charge of puncturing four tires with an ice pick. Arrested Friday night by deputies, he appeared in Justice A. P. Boyt's court with bond set at 1500 dollars. Robert B. Burnett of 404 East Ann testified his car tires were punctured Thursday night while parked in front of his home.
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Cecil Slifer
North Grant
Ector County
Slifer
Justice A. P. Boyt
Boyt
Robert B. Burnett
East Ann
Burnett
Suspect Jailed On DWI Charge
Grover W. Turnbow a 43 year old Andrews man was jailed in Ector County on a second offense DWI charge. Arrested Thursday 2100 block East County Road by city police Captain M L Buhn filed charges in Justice Thomas D Murphy to whom Turnbow previously pleaded guilty to DWI in 1955. Bond was set at 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Ector County
Grover W. Turnbow
East County
Thomas D. Murphy
M. L. Buhn
Turnbow
Murphy
Funeral services scheduled for Margarita Martinez in San Angelo
Mrs Margarita Martinez 59 of San Angelo died Friday at Medical Center Hospital after illness at her son Frank Martinez residence on Andrews Highway. She leaves three other sons and three daughters. Arrangements by Johnson Cox Funeral Home San Angelo.
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San Angelo
Margarita Martinez
Medical Center Hospital
Pension Raise Leaves Veteran Without Funds
In Houston Texas the Legislature moved to raise Confederate veteran Walter W Williams age 114 from 200 to 300 a month but funding is delayed until September causing Williams and his ailing wife to lose current relief. State officials weigh interim aid of 30 monthly for both, with checks arriving next month.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Walter W. Williams
Williams
Hood
Texas Brigade
Wille Mae Bowles
William i
Bob Calbert
Will Wilson
John H. Winters
Monahans Banker McWhirter Resigns from Odessa Bank Board
M H McWhirter prominent Monahans resident and West Texas banker resigns as board chairman from the American Bank of Commerce in Odessa. Joan Ben Shepperd elected to fill vacancy. he had sold his bank interest and cites ill health. Rodman Noel interests purchase McWhirter’s share. Morton remains bank president. Shepperd, former attorney general, retires from public life. serves as general counsel for Rodman Noel interests. Public office defenses include notable fights over politics and civil rights.
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M. H. McWhirter
Monahans
West Texas
American Bank of Commerce
Odessa
Joan Ben Shepperc
Texas
McWhirter
San Angelo National Bank
E. G. Rodman
W. D. Noel
American Bank
Uo Commerce
Rodman
Noel
Lester Morton
Shepperd
Rodman-Noel
George Parr
Duval County
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Crescent Park Church Drives Building Bond Effort
Crescent Park Baptist Church has sold or subscribed to $34,950 of a $125,000 building bond drive after a kickoff rally at Bonham Junior High cafeteria. Report sessions run daily at 8:30 p.m. through the week, drive chairman Bud LaQuey said. Wright Construction Co. of Midland won the bid at 117,100 and will begin construction June 17. Groundbreaking is set for noon Sunday, June 16.
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Crescent Park
Baptist Church
Bonham Junior High School
Bud LaQuey
Wright Construction Company of Midland
Growing Sign Causes Hazard in Odessa
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce Keep Odessa Growing sign in the 300 block of North Grant was removed by firemen Friday night after winds whipped it and caused a short in wiring. No damage reported. Early Saturday another fire call caused minor damage to a car owned by Mrs. W. J. Wheeler at 320 Foster when the Plains Drive-In Theater carburetor flooded and firemen said the fire started at about 12:30 a.m.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
North
Grant
W. J. Wheeler
Foster
Plains Drive-In
West County Road
Homemade Bomb Found at Harvard College Dorm
A homemade bomb was found today near the front door of Lowell House at Harvard University in Cambridge Massachusetts. Police Chief Patrick F Ready said the device was capable of blowing out the side of a building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Lowell House
Harvard University
Patrick F. Ready
Two Cleared in Car Theft Case
Police said a 26 year old man and a 13 year old boy were cleared of stealing a car reported by Henry Victory at 211 South Hancock. The vehicle, later found in Andrews, prompted detectives to pursue four additional theft reports in the area. Victory will not press charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Victory
South Hancock
Andrews
Victory
Elton Proper
Alpine
Kors. Proper
Groves Drugs
North Grant
One Man Wake Ends With Drunken Insurance Claim
London police arrest a man for breaking into a store. He told the judge he drank to celebrate his mother in law's death hoping for insurance after insuring her eight times. The suspect's name was not released.
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London
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