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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1960

Page

4

Bank Theft Suspect Charged in Needham Vault Heist

Pris Hicks, father of three, is charged with taking 10300 from the Norfolk County Trust Co. vault in Needham and burying the money in relatives graves. He turned himself in after police traced a sudden impulse to steal and cash found in graves at Forest Hills, Fairview, and Cove cemeteries. Hicks, a former Pinkerton man with a clean record, worked part time at the bank and guarded Walpole State Prison. He told police he slept at Forest Hills Cemetery and said he took the money after seeing it in the vault.

Needham Mass Pris. Hicks Eugene Hicks Dedham Norfolk County Ham Trust Co Hicks FBI Norfolk County Trust Co Boston West Roxbury Fairview Cemetery Forest Hills Cemetery Needham Bank Walpole State Prison Pinkerton

Robber Sentenced After Fort Worth Purse Snatch

Wilburn J. D. Permenter, 57, jailed for a year for every three cents stolen from Inell Shropshire on May 1. An ex-police officer, he admitted grabbing Shropshire, forcing her into an alley and taking her purse. The robbery netted him a few cents, and 20 years Thursday in court.

Fort Worth UPS Wilburn J. D. Permenter Inell Shropshire Permenter Shropshire

Judge To Rule On Dismissal Plea In Talman Case

Beverly Hills CaliforniaUPI municipal judge eyed a dismissal motion today in the moral charge against actor William Talman and seven others. Talman testified deputy entry without a warrant sparked the March 18 raid on a nude party, recalling a scuffle and a deputy remark about Perry Mason.

Beverly Pills Calif UPI William Talman Talman Sheriff's Yalman Richard Riebold

Doctor Is Broke Despite Assets

Dr. Daniel Archie McLaurin of Garner, North Carolina filed for bankruptcy in U.S. District Court. He lists debts of 44,350 dollars and assets of 61,071 dollars. Most assets consist of about 50,271 dollars in amounts owed by roughly 3,000 patients.

Greensboro N.C U.S. District Court Daniel Archie McLaurin Garner

Mexico Sets Hearing In Slaying Case

Mexico City AP The First Penal District Court ordered Alfredo Cervantes Martinez to undergo an extradition hearing to decide if he should be sent to Texas for murder charges in the 1952 ambush slaying of Jacob Floyd Jr. Martinez, born in Mexico, claims U.S. citizenship and faces unclear extradition papers. Local officials discussed cooperation with the U.S. embassy as Martinez awaits formal charges.

Mexico City First Penal District Court Alfredo “el Tomorero Cervantes Martinez Texas Alice, Tex Jacob Floyd Jr Sam H Burris Halsey Wright Alice Trevino Rios John Ford U.S Mexico Jacob Floyd Martinez Jalisco Raul Gonzalez Gonzalez

Same Politicos To Battle Again

Homer Dahman, a schoolteacher and lifelong Republican, was defeated by more than six votes in the Cass County GOP primary for state’s attorney. About 35 write‑in votes appeared on the Democratic ballot, leading the county Democratic central committee to urge Dahman to run on its ticket. Dahman will face Mills again in November.

Virgenia Homer Dahman GOP Cass County Dahman Dick “Mills Democratic Central Committee Mills

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