Police Led to Body By Confessed Rapist
In Rome Georgia on June 23 a 14 year old girl Patricia Ann Cook was found murdered in the Etowah River near Cartersville. Willie Gray Cochran a 37 year old sawmill worker with a criminal past confessed to the crime leading authorities to the body after a multi day hunt. The victim was clothed and weighted with a quilt chains and a monkey wrench. Cochran said he lured the girl from her home and killed her after promising a swim.
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Rome
Patricia Ann Cook
Etowah River
Cartersville
Willie Gray Cochran
Cochran
National
Mrs Lucas Ill at Daughter’s Home in North Twenty-Fifth
Mrs J L Lucas is seriously ill at the home of her daughter Mrs Oscar A Olsen of 3124 North Twenty Fifth Street, ongoing family concern reported by local newspaper.
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J. L. Lucas
Oscar A. Olsen
North Twenty-fifth Street
Vernon Green Reports 1948 Car Stolen Friday Night
Vernon Lee Green of 1116 Bosque Avenue complains to Sheriff C C Maxey that his 1948 automobile was stolen Friday night.
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Vernon Lee Green
Bosque Avenue
C. C. Maxey
Italian Tanker Amalita Snares by U.S. Authorities
Deputy U.S. marshals boarded the Italian tanker Amalita at Hess Terminal in Houston and issued a libel to force bond. The vessel remains docked while authorities pursue claim over a collision with the SS Joyce Kilmer in Suez Bay off Egypt three years ago.
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Houston
Amalita
U.S
Hess Terminal
Joyce Kilmer
Suez Bay
Egypt
Derby Racers Prove Best Yet in Early Waco Inspect
Eighty seven entrants completed preliminary checks with Chief Inspector Mike Cumpston noting fewer specification variances than last year. Most cars will pass final inspection, though one driver weighs 14 pounds over limit and must diet. final checks and time trials are set for next Saturday at the Municipal Airport track for the July Fourth Derby sponsored by the Waco Tribune-Herald and local sponsors.
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Hernan Londenberg
Mike Compton
Fred Kleypas
Herman
Cumberland Avenue
Hopkins
Mike Cumpston
Cumpston
Don Frazier
Fifth Street
Columbus Avenue
Municipal Airport
Woody Barra
Waco Tribune-Herald
Waco Chevrolet Company
Waco Doptimist Club
Plenty Cops No Robbers In City Treasure Office
A burglar alarm in Salt Lake City at the city treasurer's office triggered a shift change in the sheriff's office nearby. Deputies found only a reddened janitor, Richard Hathaway, who said he bumped the alarm while moving a waste basket from under a cashier's counter.
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Salt Lake City
Sheriff's Office
Richard Hathaway
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