Texas Rangers investigated and witnesses appeared before a Ward County grand jury, but the case never was resolved. In political news, during the July 24 election, State Sen. J. T. Rutherford of Odessa unseated Rep. Ken Regan of Midland in a race for Congress. The first congregation met at a chiropractor's office in Monahans, whose own congregation started in 1940. Three people were injured. Hearings end in June, with McCarthy discredited for his false or exaggerated accusations.
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