Burglary at Sears-Roebuck Store Stolen Cash Only
Police investigate a non force entry burglary at the Sears Roebuck mail order house 605 East Highway. About $1,085 in cash taken from the safe between 6 PM and 8 AM with roughly $100 left behind. No other items reported stolen.
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Baroa
Sears-Roeck Co
East Highway
Walter Suttle
W. A. Stanley, Jr
Western District
Sears-Roebuck
Stanley
Jewel Barton
S Leamon Land
Ieman
Land
Scurry County
Rainbow Market
Twenty-fifth Street
Here
Fluvanna
Fluvanna School
Fluvanna Mercantile
Gordon's Drive
Avenue S
Humble Station
R. B. Sears Motor Co
Operations on Kent Wildcat Are Underway
San Antonio crew led by Tom Slick began drilling on No. 1 Edwin George Heirs, a 7500 foot wildcat about 12 miles WNW of Clairemont in Kent County. Depth reached 1483 feet with cement awaiting cure on 5/8 inch casing. site coordinates within section 197 G W NW.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Slick
San Antonio
Edwin George
Clairemont
Kent County
Scurry County
M. L. Mayfield
Houston
C. T. McLaughlin
Snyder
H&tc
Rotary
Jones and Roberts
Abilene No
C. A. Williams
Sharon Ridge
Westbrook
T&&p
Fisher
Robert M. Bass
Kilgore No. 1
J. B. Terrell
Fisher Wildcat
Round Top
Plymouth Oil
Oldham
North Howard
Sojourner No. 1
Patterson
Stonewall Wildcat
Strawn
Cog Dell Memorial Hospital Set to Open Jan 31
The Cog dell Memorial Hospital board announced a January 31 opening for the $1,000,000 plant with patient admissions starting February 1. Equipment delays persist, notably mattresses arriving at about 10 per day. four staff plus administrator ready to staff the facility.
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Cogdell Memorial Hospital
R. B. Fulcher
Fulcher
Resent
Oleita Mitchell
Norman Neundorf
Charles White
Virgil Walton
Rex D. Kitchens
Austin
Night Temperatures Dip to 33 as Warmer Weather Hits
Low temperatures reached 33 last night with 42 at 7 30 this morning and yesterday’s high at 48. Weather observer Mrs D P Strayhorn reports the readings.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Escapees Held In Abilene Lockup After Jail Break
Three prisoners from Dallas and Snyder recaptured after fleeing Roby jail, beaten sheriff injured. Dist Atty plans jail breaking and assault to murder charges. they were held in Abilene pending further action. Bloodhounds and mounted police aided their capture eight miles east.
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Wilkins
Bill ‘Ile Pen
Me Hughes Jack Pitts
Lenny Bolton
Dallas
John Tarlton
Snyder
Rotan
Abilene
Roby
Freeom
Here
Bolton
Taunton
Texas
Clyde Farrar
Texas sets January oil allowables after Spraberry revival
The Texas Railroad Commission boosts statewide oil production to 2,824,423 barrels per day for January, up 29,433, aided by restoring the Spraberry Trend Field in West Texas. Spraberry to receive 17 producing days. East Texas 17. Pantex 16. Picton 9. Kelley-Snyder 15. Pewett Ranch 10. Gas processing capacity planned to handle gas from oil output by January 1.
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Austin
Texas Railroad Commissioner
West
Texas
Gas Processing and Pipeline Company
East Texas
Pantex
Picton
Kelley-Snyder
Pewett Ranch
Humble
Gulf, Atlantic
Stanolind
Tidewater
Commission
Weather Comment Before Death Car Ride Captured
Jefferson City report notes driver C O Parker recounts Carl Hall remarking about the cold weather as he entered the car bound for the gas chamber. Parker says Hall and Bonnie Heady spoke calmly with others during the brief trip and showed no signs of tension.
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Jefferson City
C.O. Parker
Carl Austin Hall
Hall
Parker
Bonnie Brown Heady
Showers Hit Texas Coast as Weekend Outlook Remains Wet
The Associated Press reports rain along the Texas coast and inland areas with more showers forecast for the weekend. Winds from the Midwest drove moisture into cities including College Station Brownsville Corpus Christi Austin Victoria Houston Laredo and Galveston. Morning temperatures ranged from 21 at Dalhart to 55 at Brownsville with notable rainfall in Brownsville Houston San Antonio Beaumont Corpus Christi Galveston Laredo Victoria Palacios and Cotulla.
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Associated Press
Texas
Midwest
Gulf of Mexico
College Station
Brownsville
Corpus Christi
Austin
Victoria
Houston
Laredo
Galveston
San Antonio
del Rio
Midland
Cotulla
Panhandle
Dalhart
Weather Bureau
Beaumont
Palacios
Poisoner Says Mother Accused Him Of Abnormalities In Sex
New York 20 year old chemist Harlow Fraden confessed to poisoning his physician father and teacher mother with cyanide cocktails claiming his mother’s abuse over his sexuality drove him to murder. Prosecutors say he planned with Dennis Wepman to kill for $150000 inheritance and lied about getting a job to toast their deaths. A friend and a girlfriend provided key details leading to the case, with Fraden and Wepman facing homicide charges.
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New York
Bronx
George B. de Luca
Harlow Fraden
Fraden
Wepman
Bronx County Grand Jury
Ietmentsainst Fraden and Weman
Cin
Bellevue Hospital
Asst. Dist
George Tilzer
Norberts
O'Neill
Kansas City
William B. Tatman
Hall
No President Yet For French Parliament Fails Third Vote
In Versailles France the divided Parliament failed to elect a President in a third round. Premier Joseph Laniel received 358 votes, Marcel Edmond Naegelen 313, and Yvon Delbos 225. Georges Bidault withdrew before the third round. A fourth ballot will begin at about 2 30 p m EST to attempt to break the deadlock.
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Versailles
France
Joseph Laniel
Marcel - Edmond Naegelen
Yvon Delbos
Georges Bidault
Swedes Describe Flying Saucer as Russian Robot
Swedish pilot Ulf Christiansson reported a mysterious fast object seen over Stockholm. Aftonbladet ran the dramatic headline calling it a Russian robot from base at Libau. The WWII RAF veteran said the object appeared completely symmetric with a spherical shape.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Libau
Aftonbladet
Ulf Christiansson
Tip Leads To Capture Of Four Armed Robbery Suspects
Police captured four men wanted for armed robbery and burglaries after a tip from Ferrell Service Station attendants indicated a car matching the suspects’ descriptions bought gas near Lamesa highway. The vehicle was stopped near Hobbs New Mexico, where a fourth man was found hidden under a blanket in the rear seat.
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Ferrell Service Status
Here
Lamesa Highway
Ruby
Hobbs
N. M
Sis
Bill Love
Trent
Mad Dog Killer Sought in Oklahoma by Authorities
Oklahoma state and federal agents chase Quincy O Neal 33 after wife’s murder and flight from justice. Slug from Mrs O Neal matches same 25 caliber pistol used in recent Tulsa killings. Royster, 24, found dead after rental firm robbery. Unruh, 50, shot in his Washington County home.
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Brus
Quincy O'Neal
Death in the gas chamber for Hall and Heady in Greenlease case
Carl Austin Hall and Bonnie Brown Heady were executed in the Missouri State Prison gas chamber for the kidnapping and murder of 6 year old Bobby Greenlease. Witnesses reported calm departures as cyanide gas circulated.
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Jefferson City
Carl Austin Hall
Bonnie Brown Heady
Greenlease
Missouri State Prison Hall
Mrs. Heady
Hall
Bobby
Ejidson
Weather summary for Texas regions
North Central Texas remains mostly cloudy and cool on Friday then partly cloudy and warmer Saturday. West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with warmer conditions by Saturday across Panhandle South Plains and Friday. South Central Texas stays mostly cloudy and cold through Friday with a slight warmup Saturday. East Texas stays mostly cloudy and cold Friday with a warmer Saturday and coastal winds turning easterly.
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Texas
West Texas
Ceaty
Panhandle
South Plains
East Texas
POWs May Get Last Chance to Return Home
The neutral repatriation chief indicated a final chance for reluctant prisoners to change their minds before the Wednesday deadline. About 22 Americans and thousands of Koreans and Chinese remain unreturned amid stalled interviews and protest demands.
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Panmunjom
Korea
Neutral Nations
K. S. Thimayya
Repatration Commission
Thimayya
Alies
Allied Command
U.N
U.S
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Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Niels Bangs
Staten Island
N.Y
Syd Vincent
Newport News
Kent Wildcat
Sweetwater
R. L. Wilkins
Fisher County
Ing
Olin Culberson
Gulf Coast
Flying Saucer
Oklahoma
Military Armistice Commission
Ame
U.N. “Command
North Korea
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