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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
9
In Wichita a man named Barree faced first degree murder charges tied to the killing of Paes. Trial details reveal the defendant confessed after a brief period of questioning. The case proceeded with disputed evidence and a defense strategy aiming to challenge the charges.
Topeka Kans March 6 A county jurist reports Contessa farm laborer David Willis 23 admitted after long questioning to be behind a robbery at the Host Kans State Bank with a 10 to 50 year sentence possible upon conviction The case involves a May 19 1942 robbery and a second suspect 23 year old Al Touhaon confessed from a Topeka church but fled prior to arraignment
A New York dispatch reports a nationwide religious revival at flood tide. Bible and Testament sales surge with estimated 12 million Bibles sold in the year, Bible distribution doubling in a decade, and church membership outpacing population growth.
Two jet pilots, one British and one American, bailed out at six thousand feet after their planes collided during RAF US Air Force exercises. They landed in London's southern suburbs three miles apart, each asking what hit them. The British pilot landed on a sidewalk and reported tail damage. the American, Capt Mil ton G Whiteford, avoided chimneys and landed near a householder's rose tree.
Harrisburg authorities plan to file charges tomorrow against fourteen year old John Sarver II in the fatal shooting and disemboweling of thirteen year old Kenneth Teacher Jr. Sarver admitted accidentally shooting him and then stabbing to hide the wound. The crime occurred on the northeastern outskirts of Harrisburg near the boys' homes.
Eimmett Beauchamp of Community Public Service cites expansion of rural electric service in Pecos with power to farms doubling or tripling by March 1953. Farm meters are being read and construction could begin after site approval. a steam plant plan is considered but not discussed.
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