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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 21, 1960

Page

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Father Kills Child As Wife Leaves Home

In Dallas police found 21 month old Teena Cheri Humphrey dead on a couch after her father Frank Hooks Humphrey Jr. 38 admitted strangling her. He told officers he loved his daughter and planned to kill her if his wife did not return. He described himself as a devoted father and said he was not crazy. His father recalled a wartime head injury and a recent decline after the wife left, with the son quitting his delivery job.

Dallas UPI Frank Hooks Humphrey Jr Marine Corps Teena Cheri Humphrey Frank H.humphrey Sr Koréas Naval Hospital Oakland Calif Texas Delivery Service

Pope John XXIII names Msgr OConnor to Congress press head

Pope John XXIII appoints American born Msgr Martin John OConnor as head of the press and exhibitions secretariat for the Ecumenical Congress. OConnor currently heads the pontifical commission for radio television and cinema.

Vatican City API John XXIII Msgr Martin John O’connor Msgr. O'Connor Pontifical Commission For Radio Television

Corri mocks British and continental film versions

In London actress Adri enne Corri contrasted British and continental cuts noting the continental version removes water from the bath. In Wichita Falls a 22 year old burglary suspect escaped by shedding clothes lathering with soap and slipping through a food hole. In Portsmouth a magistrate ordered an Indian family to stop dances and rituals after complaints. In Middlesbrough town officials cracked Marston Hall vaults finding only an old cracked teapot.

London UPI Adrienne Corri Wichita Fall Tex William J. Hoover Portsmouth England Middlesbrough Eng Marston Hall

Test Your Horse Sense Quiz Questions and Answers

A fragmented OCR quiz item lists questions on tea color forms, percolator contents, and vocabulary choices with example pairs. It includes multiple prompts about feinted pare on and off, choosing words, and a final numeric/letter answer line, all presented in a cluttered line of text.

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