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...Near Holbrook, Ariz., one Carl J. Folk, 60, a burly (215 lbs., 6 ft.) carnival operator, invaded a roadside trailer and tied up Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Allen, a young Pennsylvania couple who were parked there for the night. He raped Allen's wife, set fire to her hair and seared her body with burning newspapers. After five hours of torture, he choked her to death. Allen managed to get loose after Folk had gone, got his pistol, gave chase, and shot and wounded the killer. Folk is a paretic who was declared insane in New Mexico after beating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Moon-Gazers | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

...more than a century-while Portland (pop. 373,628) grew bigger than its namesake-few people bothered to wonder whether or not it had been misnamed. Last week, however, Portland Author Stewart (Holy Old Mackinaw, Ethan Allen, Murder Out Yonder) Holbrook, a transplanted Vermonter himself, was suggesting that Portland should be Portland no longer. Backed by a committee of six, he petitioned the city council to let Portlanders vote on changing the city's name in a special election this autumn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CITIES: Misnomer, Ore. | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

Eleven students who were granted a continuance in Friday's trial go before Judge Louis Green at 9 a.m. this morning. They are David W. Cudhea '53, Augustus B. Field III '55, Charles Flather '54, Robert E. Giffen '52, Frederick Gooding Jr. '54, Frank M. Hardy '55, William S. Holbrook III '52, George H. Rose '54, Paul R. Rugo '55 and Norman Well...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Councillor Wants 3 College Curfew | 5/27/1952 | See Source »

...Tuesday, the cases of David W. Cudhea '53. Augustus B. Field, III, '55, Charles Flather '54, Robert E. Giffen '52, Frederick Gooding, Jr., '54, Frank M. Hardy '55, William S. Holbrook, III, '52, George, H. Rose '54, Paul R. Rugo '55, Oliver F. Wadsworth, Jr., '55, and Norman Weil, Jr., '54 will come before the court...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Judge Dever Grants 24 Postponement of Tria | 5/24/1952 | See Source »

William S. Holbrook; Lowell; Freshman football; CRIMSON, Business Mgr.; Crimson Key; House Dance Committee; Hasty Pudding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Record Number of Candidates Vies for Places | 2/28/1952 | See Source »

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