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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1972

Page

3

Dear Abby wedding proposals collection

A Reader letters page collects multiple Dear Abby marriage proposals and anecdotes from Ellen Aston, Fred H. Zimmerman, F J D, and others. The notes recount humorous and pragmatic proposals, engagements, and wedding moments spanning 1927 to 1937 with towns like Menlo Park and Bloomington. The column ends inviting replies and Abby's booklet offer.

Inmates Escape from Orleans Parish Prison

Fourteen inmates slipped out of Orleans Parish Prison under floodlights early Sunday. Two were recaptured within hours. one was arrested on marijuana charges by a federal agent who traced his address to the prison. The escape involved climbing to the roof, scaling a six foot wall, and escaping via a makeshift rope to a roof near Judge Bernard J. Bagert's chamber. Warden A J Falkenstein said some guards would be fired.

New Orleans Orleans Parish A. J. Falkenstein Criminal Court Bernard J. Bagert

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