Sandra Facing Life Term In Sensational Mass Trial
Sandra Peterson a Somerville Mass teen faces life for murder after a jury found her guilty with malice in the killing of Lewis Patterson. The trial featured dramatic testimony including a hitchhiking companion claiming Sandra held the gun. Loretta Fae Mortongo, another juvenile involved, was found moaning in her jail cell after a gas stove incident. Police and family reactions varied as officials considered sentencing and possible appeals.
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Chum
Brady
Sandra Peterson
Somerville
Mass
Lewis Patterson
Sandra
Loretta Fae Mortngo
Juvenia
Austin
Willbert Aold
Wen
Patterson
Loretta Wee
Evans J. Adkins
Ladie
Howard Patterson
Loretta Fae
County Jail Trusty Flees City in Weekend Escape
Fidel Gonzales, 38, of 1091 Fitest, escaped from the county jail while on trusted duty Saturday after a Friday incident. He had served 66 days of a theft sentence and is the first inmate to escape the county jail in years. Jailers reported the escape to Sheriff’s office.
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Fidel Gonzales
Frank Newman
Sheriff's Office
Girls in Theft Club Disrupted in Oklahoma City
Police ended a theft club in Oklahoma City after arresting two girls and seeking about 210 more members. The group, dedicated to shoplifting, allegedly stole hundreds of dollars in merchandise from city stores. Members began by stealing school supplies before targeting larger items.
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Oklahoma City
Liquor Deputy Quits After Guilty DUI Plea
In Austin on January 21, Thomas N. Williams Jr, El Paso district liquor control deputy, pleaded guilty to a drunken driving charge and resigned. He as fined 200 dollars plus costs and indicated retirement plans. State Administrator Coke Steven sion Jr reported the action.
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Austin
Liquor Control Board
All Zervigor
Devnken
Coke Stevension Jr
Thomas N. Williams, Jr
Willams
el Paso
Killer of Tot Doomed in Gas Chamber for Murder
Superior Judge Charles W. Fricke ruled 69 year old Tati. 22-(7) Pred. Strobte sane after finding him guilty of first degree murder in the death of Linda Jones Glucoft, a six year old. The law requires the death penalty by gas chamber with no leniency, and the sentence will be pronounced next Friday.
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Los Angeles
Tati
Strobte
Linda Jones Glucoft
Charles W. Fricke
California
Local Forecast Predicts Cloudiness and Warmer Weekend
Weather summary notes cloudy skies with a warmer Saturday afternoon and night and Sunday. Occasional drizzle possible Saturday morning. Winds shift from variable to southerly by Sunday. Expect low Saturday morning in the 50s and similar highs on Sunday, with sunny intervals and seasonal temperatures.
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Itonal Worther
Flood Menace Less as U S Warmth Improves Regions
Floods eased across the midwest south and Pacific northwest though Mississippi Missouri Illinois flood crisis seemed over. About 11 400 refugees from Birds Point New Madrid floodway warned not to return home yet. Weather improved with a few cold pockets and some hot spells in the Rockies as temperatures rose 30 to 40 degrees. Subzero areas persisted in Minnesota North Dakota and northern New England. Rain belt stretched from northern California through the Pacific Northwest into western Montana. Rivers overflowed as northwest floods continued. National guard units in Washington were alerted for flood emergencies. Some improvement noted along the St Francis river Arkansas but conditions remained critical.
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Midwest
South
Pacific Northwest
Imrajor
Missouri-Ilinois
Birds Point
New
Madrid
Missouri
Ipurca
Rocky Mountains
Sheridan
Wyo
Binings
Monty
Rockies
Ceontral Great Plains
Pueblo
Colo
Gloomy Weekend Forecast for San Antonio Weather
The San Antonio area faces a gloomy weekend with considerable cloud cover and patchy drizzles through Sunday morning. Variable winds shift to a southeasterly breeze, with Saturday's high around 62 and Sunday morning low near 40 degrees.
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San Antonio
Theo
Fair Deal Stall Seen In Truman Program Setback
Washington reports that administration leaders see little prospect of smooth sailing for the Truman program after a GOP Dixie coalition won control on April 9. They credit civil rights battles for a 26 to 4183 Republican vote loss and expect little comfort from a Republican hint that House rule changes may come later.
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Washington
Iyuse
O'Dwyer May Quit Amid Health Rumors
New York reports circulated that Mayor William O'Dwyer’s ill health could force resignation. A close aide dismissed the claims. The mayor, who began a new six year term earlier this year, is currently vacationing at Key Largo, Florida with his wife, the former Sloan Simpson.
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O'Dwyer
New York
William O'Dwyer
Adust
Key Largo
Fla
Fonner Sloan S!mpsan
Labor Aid Urges Repeal of Taft-Hartley Law
Oklahoma City January 21 John W Gibson assistant secretary of labor called the Taft-Hartley act a fead ile preserver and urged repeal restoring strike settlement to the labor department Gibson spoke to the CIO Oklahoma state industrial union council urging government action to end the law's constraints.
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Oklahoma City
John W. Gibson
Taft-Hertley Law
Labor Department
Gibson
CIO
Oklahoma State Industrial Union Council
Liquor Store Owner Robbed in Nogal Nighttime Robbery
Colle Denison, owner of a liquor store at 1614 Nogalitns, reported to police Saturday that three armed men with knives robbed the shop of 109.37 dollars and a carton of cigarettes.
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Colle Denison
Nogalitns At
Navy Sets Now Try to Float Mo in Beaching Effort
NORFOLK VA Jan 2 UP The navy plans a second heavy beaching gear attempt to tug the battleship Missouri off a Chesapeake Bay shoal after 19 tugs failed for over an hour. Washington announced a naval inquiry into how and why Missouri ran aground. Feb 2 was set for the next attempt to haul the ship free. officials weighed high tide timing and sea conditions. The Missouri’s plight drew a mock offer from the Air Force to help by luring the ship with buoy tricks, which was denied by Gen Hoyt S. Vandenberg chief of staff who urged air power only if needed for complete unification. Adm Forrest Sherman faced ribbing over the incident as the Navy sought a coordinated rescue effort.
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Norfolk
Navy
Washington
Naval Court of Jnquiry
Rmy
Chesapeake
Missouri
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Ale
Adm
Forrest P. Sherman
Naval Operations
Two Brink Men Questioned Over Armored Car Holdup
Boston detectives grilled William E. Manter a 49 year old maintenance worker and Gerard Pialfi a guard in separate rooms as the $4000 armored car holdup was probed. Deputy Police Superintendent Daley said no charges yet and noted Manter’s hazy answers after he reported to work and triggered a buzzer seeking access to the vaults.
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Boston
Jen
Ace
James Datey
Wiliam E. Manter
Mainteinee Department
Gerard Pialif
Mantér
Pellee
Daley
Tf Manter
Eiher
Manter
Ter
Pullce
Punk
Palle
Defense in Geyer Trial Opens
Defense for Dr. George H. Geyer opens in federal narcotics case with testimony showing an informer purchased drugs at the Maverick Building office and $800 paid, marked money found on the informer, while the physician allegedly sold hypodermic tablets without a proper order. The trial proceeds before Judge Rice with J. M. Hobrecht and A. L. Rachel testifying on narcotics activity and seized contraband.
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George H. Geyer
HB. Ashby Pi
Geyer
Hen H. Rice Jr
J. M. Hopreens
Yer Ayother
Nabrecht
Bheen
Goyer
Pirchager
A. L. Ralchel
J. M. Hobrecht
de. Geyer
Maverick Bldg
Hobrecht
Korea to Make New Plea for Aid
The Korean national assembly votes to seek reconsideration of the Korea aid bill after its narrow House rejection. Leader Tan Shoal urges renewed U.S. financial support and diplomatic backing amid ongoing postwar relief efforts.
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Korea
Shoul
Tan
Korean National Assembly
U.S. House
China Reds Deny Soviet Annexation
Hong Kong report states Chinese Communists rejected claims of Soviet annexation moves in northern China. They dismissed U S Secretary Acheson’s Jan 12 assertion that Russia was extending influence into Manchuria outer and inner Mongolia and Sinkiang, calling such charges unfounded and labeling critics as running dogs of the Soviet Union.
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Hong Kong
Russia
China
Soviet Union
U._S
Acheson
Menthuria
Outer
Inner Mongolias
Sinkiang
Kidnap Hoaxer Put on Probation
Detroit January 21 58 year old George Thomas a union night watchman was placed on two years probation for a faked kidnapping story. He helped found the now defunct dynamite plant at CIO United Auto Workers headquarters on December 20.
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Detroit
George Thomas
Thomas
CIO
United Auto Workers
Crash injures mother and two children in city neighborhood
A mother Thelma Holland 24 and her two young daughters Glenda Jean 2 and Clara Mae 2 months were treated at Senta Ross hospital after a Friday night crash. Driver Lusian B Holland 20 was injured and said he lost control of his car at the 2200 block of West Commerce Street, colliding with two parked cars and another auto. The incident prompted police to investigate the cause and assess injuries including a possible hip fracture and head lacerations.
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Senta
Ross Hospital
Wey
Lusian
B. Holland
Thelma Holland
Glenda Jean
Clara Mae
Holland
Commerce
Gang Boss Moves Guarded by FBI in Detroit Return Plan
MIAMI January 21. E preparations to return Harry Fleischer to Detroit were shrun ed in secrecy as FBI alerts and the U S marshal's office guard against any possible attempt by mobster friends to free the notorious Purple gang leader. Since his capture Wednesday as he sprawled on the sand at Pompano beach, a small army of FBI agents has accompanied his every move.
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Miami
Fya
Harry Fleischer
Detroit
FBT
U. & Marshal's Office
Pompano Beach
FBI
Big Steel Plant Idled After Rail Strike
Pittsburgh on January 21 1948 a strike by the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen halted service to Jones & Laughlin Steel southside works. About 400 BHT members walked out causing the idling of 12 000 workers all United Steelworkers members. In Floydada officers reported 45 lambs rustled from a nearby pasture belonging to Wills Cooper.
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Pittsburgh
Brotherhood of Railroad
Jones & Laughlin Steel Corn
U. S
CIQ
United’ Steelworker
Floydada
Wills Cooper
juror chosen in Smithwick murder trial at Belton
Belton dispatch reports that on January 24 the jury selection began for the Sam Smithwick murder case. Special Judge Wesley Dice said the pool of 135 names had been exhausted after 22 men were questioned. eight jurors were selected and the trial continued with extended questioning into the night if needed.
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Belton
Samday
Mon Smithwick
Magon
Allee
Wesley Dice
Halyenire
Hiss Jury Tries Again in Perjury Case
The Alger Hiss jury, after a seven hour and 95 minute halt, is back for another verdict bid in New York. Eight women and four men faced extended deliberations yesterday as Judge Henry W. Goddard instructed the panel on the perjury counts. Hiss, 45, defended by his lawyers, denied Whittaker Chambers’ charges that he turned over State Department documents to a Soviet spy ring. The trial previously ended with eight convictions and four acquittals in a long earlier jury.
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New York
San
Alger Hiss
Jonge
Henry W. Goddard
Niss
Mims
Mi Jheart
Mis
Whittaker Chambers
State Department
Chambers
Lilss
Steing
Phat
Tae
Churchill Opens Campaign for General Election
London January 24 Winston Churchill opens the Conservative party campaign to unseat the Labour government in the February 23 general election with two radio speeches tonight. The prime minister outlined a plan to rally support and defend national interests as the race begins.
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Churchill
London
Winsston Churchill
Conservative
Labor
Alarm Justified Alarm Justified
Police received a dispatch from a Paterson, New Jersey resident describing two men arriving in separate cars. One climbed into a car trunk, the other locked him inside and drove off. Officers then located the men returning to the scene. The woman spoke with a shaken voice as details emerged.
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Paterson
N. J
Jon
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Smithwick
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