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Texans Pleased With New Country, Miss Ice Water

The Houston Post Section 1, Page 1

Tuesday, December 31, 1963

PILGRIMS IN PARAGUAY

Texans Pleased With New Country, Miss Ice Water

By BERNARD MURPHY

After we had recovered somewhat from the exhaustion of our six day flight, I tried to get some reactions from the settlers about their new homeland in the wilderness.

Everyone I questioned – men, women and children – with few exceptions spoke of…

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The Houston Post Section 1, Page 1, (lost)

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Cont. Page

Sunday, October 27, 1963

CAMP BEULAH GROUP (cont. from page 1)

[…] of land it plans to form.

The land has been made available for the group’s use by Pan-Western-Development Co of Paraguay.

IT IS AN AREA covered with palm trees and scrub called monte at Puerto Olympio, 325 miles by air from Asuncion, on the…

Texans Face Savage Peril With Bible, Rifle, Pistol

Pilgrims pray for relief of dysentery.

PILGRIMS IN PARAGUAY

January 1, 1964, Section 1, Page 1

Texans Face Savage Peril With Bible, Rifle, Pistol

By BERNARD MURPHY

Every man of Camp Beulah group has a Bible. He also has a rifle, as well as a six-shooter at his side.

As Brother Jack Wood of Houston put it, “Every man will have to take his life in his own hands. Here it’s a case of praise the Lord…

Angels from Above – Dilon’s Poetry

Prison Art

August 22, 2015

Angels from Above

Angels fly high And angels fly by Angels watch over me Even while I cry Sent by God to help me get by Angel’s love and Angel’s protect And show us their grace By the beauty they project Sworn to their duty And bound to protect Not only love me But also to those that are next To the Blessings that they give And to whom they love For they are a…

Black’s Law Dictionary defines a fact as, “A thing done; an action performed or an Incident transpiring; an event or circumstance; an actual occurrence.” In Texas, a judge requires an Affidavit of Facts to determine if the request follows the laws for reasonable cause or reasonable suspicion before issuing a warrant. CPS obtains a warrant, or court order, to retrieve children from their legal…

73 Fly from Harlingen to Paraguay

GREAT ADVENTURE BEGINS

73 Will Fly From Harlingen To New Homes in Paraguay By BERNARD MURPHY Post Staff Correspondent

HARLINGEN – For 73 men, women and children camped in a former restaurant and building project near here, Sunday marked the beginning of a great new adventure.

A chartered airliner was to arrive in the United States from Paraguay to take them on the first stage of a journey of…

In September 2007, after three years in foster care, Dilon’s eldest brother aged-out of foster care at the age of 18. Judge Montemayor spoke with the eldest brother, agreeing that he was ready to return home. The parents waited three years to put together their family but CPS had other plans. What was supposed to be a day of celebration and reunification turned into a guilt-ridden time for…

Allegations:

In July 2006, two weeks before Dilon’s 11th birthday, he and his 13-year-old sister visited Dilon’s 10-year-old male neighbor, who had a five-year-old sister. His playmate’s mother was home and Dilon’s mother asked her to call when the time came for Dilon to return home.

The next call was from Law Enforcement informing Dilon’s mother that the playmate’s mother filed an allegation of…

December 29, 1963 Pilgrims in Paraguay Temperamental Plane Takes 76 to Life in Lonely Land By Bernard Murphy

I have just flown 14,000 miles to bring back the story of one of the strangest pilgrimages of modern times.

It is the story of 76 Americans, most Texans and 24 of them from Houston, who have begun, a back-to-nature life in the lonely region of Northern Paraguay called the Chaco. During the…

Poisoned by his environment

Lead is a metal that occurs naturally in the earth’s crust. People have spread it through the environment in many ways. Lead used to be in paint and gasoline. Lead can still be found in contaminated soil, household dust, drinking water, lead-glazed pottery and some metal jewelry. Breathing air, drinking water, eating food or swallowing or touching dirt that contains lead can cause many health…

In 2004, in the midst of continual investigations into how children reported to CPS were dying at such a high rate, Bexar County CPS received a Release of Information (ROI) letter from Lincoln Meerdink, a social worker in Wisconsin, who had known the family since the mother was a teenager. The purpose of the ROI was to assist Social Workers in Texas to obtain special education services that…

http://wp.me/p5Q0lh-3k Cantero said "Wood is accused specifically of "being the moral author of the slaughter of a three-year-old steer."

The Brownsville Herald 1965, February 17 ASUNCION, Paraguay (UPI) -An attorney for a Baptist minister from Texas, imprisoned on cattle rustling charges, said today his client may soon be freed. Julio C. Cantero said the complaint filed against Jack Wood, 36, of Houston, lacks proper legal basis.”

Cantero said “Wood is accused specifically of “being the moral author of the slaughter of a…

Texas Minister Jailed in Paraguay

1965, February 17

A Baptist minister from Texas began his fourth week in jail today, awaiting trial on charges of cattle rustling.

Police said the Rev. Jack Wood will stay in the jailhouse until his trial date at a date to be set later. His Texas home was not listed. The Rev. Mr. Wood who heads a religious agricultural community 300 miles north of here, was arrested Jan 20, on the complaint of a…