Teenager Given Death Sentence
A 16 year old boy, Frank Ross Jr., was sentenced to die in the electric chair for the November 15 1976 murder of 64 year old Helen Dixon in Avon Park Florida during a $6 robbery. The judge noted the brutal killing of a helpless elderly woman. The six man six woman jury had convicted Ross of first degree murder in February and recommended the death penalty.
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Sebring
Fla
Frank Ross Jr
DeSoto City
10Th Circuit
Clifton Kelly
Helen Dixon
Avon Park
Kelly
Ross
Cressie
Juniper Hunting Club Holds Fast Through Time
Astor Florida residents recall the Juniper Hunting Club once owned 33 000 acres near Lake George now down to 3400 as part of Ocala National Forest. The 45 Kentucky members visit seasonally to enjoy the lodge trophies, historic mottoes, and a slice of old era life preserved in the forested river region.
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Astor, Fla
Juniper Hunting Club
Budd English
Louisville
St. Johns River
Lake George
Florida
Astor
Ocala National Forest
Kentucky
Shangri-La
White Man Dies Trying To Win Black Acceptance
Robert Murray, 28, and his wife Carol moved into Sobrante Park in Oakland to win acceptance in a predominantly black neighborhood. He was beaten to death after attending an evening meeting to donate athletic equipment for a youth center, with police calling it a racially charged incident amid local tensions.
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Oakland
Calif
Robert
Carol Murray
Murray
East
Ed Subica
Sobrante Park
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Odd Cornell
San Quentin
Exeter
Tulare County
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Skull of the
Miss Rawlings
Virginia
Henry Howell
Chuck Robb
Ed Lane
Blue Ridge
Donna Dick Treas
Jersey
Elmhurst
Leonard Scott
Larena Epperson
Bernie Murray
Star
Warren County Front Royal
Thors
Kresge
Kreages
Ron Fabric
Daddy
Pal 'Na
S$. Kresge Company
Ward Plaza
TeGaNe Coe
Savelle
Ombres du Pont
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