Texas Poll Points to Rainey and House in August Runoffs
The Texas Poll completes with Rainey narrowly leading Jester for governor and House ahead of Shivers for lieutenant governor. Daniel gains on Neff in attorney general race while undecided voters remain high across contests. Negro turnout expected high, with 8.5 percent black voters in the sample.
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Joe Belden
Texas
Austin
Homer P. Rainey
Beauford Jester
Boyce House
Allan Shivers
Jo Ed Winfree
Turner Walker
Larry Mills
House
Shivers
Pad Mnt
Oeak Soa
Stein Price
Daniel
Neff
Atomic tests show lethal blast radius for ships
Atomic tests describe a half mile death circle for ships hit by the air burst on July 1 and the underwater test yesterday. No vessels survived in the central zone receiving full blast. the bomb is described as a killer of ships both in the air and water.
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Don Whitehead
Bikini Lagoon
Death Circle described in atomic test near Nevada ships
Observers report a death circle half a mile wide from a underwater bomb drop near the battleship Nevada. Five ships within the radius sunk while Independence burned and became useless. Arkansas and Saratoga sank after the blast. Nagato and lagoon ships also battered. Describes desert test parallels in New Mexico.
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Nevada
Independence
Nagato
Arkansas
Saratoga
New Mexico
Watering Schedule Imposed On Amarillo Lawns
Amarillo faces a severe water shortage as the city imposes a strict lawn and garden irrigation schedule. N. V. Moss, water department superintendent, warned that consumption risked ending supplies by sundown if usage remains high. From 6 to 8 a m and 6 to 9 p m on Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays, residents may irrigate for a total of five hours per day three days weekly.
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Amarillo
N. V. Moss
Water Department
Moss
Palo Duro
Record Vote May Be Cast In Texas Primary
V Day in Texas as about 1.8 million voters qualified to cast ballots with forecasts of surpassing the 1940 governor race record. Gov race contenders closed campaigns in Dallas Austin Fort Worth and Greenville. Jerry Sadler canceled a radio appeal due to his wife illness.
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Jack Rutledge
Associated Press
Texas
Jerry Sadler
Austin
Pat M. Neff, Jr
Waco
Longview
Mac Coker
People of Texas
Texas Democratic primary races heat up statewide
Texans vote in a statewide Democratic primary with 12 state offices and key races for U S Senate Congress and governor. Polls open at 7 or 8 A M depending on county as voter turnout and a high number of qualified voters are noted amid campaign stops by Gene Autry Lyndon Johnson and other candidates.
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Homer P. Rainey
University of Texas
Texas
Associated Press
U. S. Senate
Congress
Beauford Jester
Grover Sellers
Jerry Sadler
John Lee Smith
Case
John Boles
Gene Autry
Tioga
Tex
Lyndon Johnson
Ing Johnson
Hardy Hollers
Charles E. King
Murray Garsson
Labor Department
Department of Labor
Garsson
Chicago
al Capone
Cook County
Warren Turner Named Santa Fe Traffic Manager at Topeka
Promotion of Warren H. Turner to freight traffic manager of the Santa Fe Railway at Topeka Kansas announced today. Turner has been general freight agent with headquarters at Topeka since 1939 and succeeds M C Burton retiring after 45 years of service. Ralph E Brooks, a veteran of 37 years with Santa Fe, succeeds Turner.
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Chicago
U.P
Warren H. Turner
Santa Fe Railway
Topeka
Kan
Turner
M. C. Burton
Ralph E. Brooks
Santa Fe
Congress Approves Civilian Atomic Control Board
Congress approves a bill to create a five member civilian control commission for atomic energy with a military head for the military division and harsh security penalties. The measure, backed by President Truman, aims to centralize patents and inventions under civilian oversight and awaits final signature.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Control Commission
Senate House
Amarillo Horse Show Opens With Night of Thrills
The Amarillo Horse Show opened with about 75 top Southwest horses across eleven classes. Spectacular entries included Miss Josephine Abercombie and Stonewall Lee in fine harness, and Invader claimed top honors in the Tennessee walking horse class amid bright pageantry and a power-light glitch.
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David Rasco
Amarillo
Josephine Abercombie
Houston
Stonewall Lee
Pat Cameron
San Antonio
Southwest
Top Entertainment
Tucker
Palomino Farm
Hollis Springs
Marshall to Confer With Chiang Amid Civil War Fears
General Marshall the President's envoy arrived at Kuling for talks with Chiang Kai-shek to halt the fighting feared to spark a civil war. He had earlier met with Chou En-Lai in Nanking after a rough flight that deterred another plane due to bad weather.
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Nanking
Marshall
Truman
China
Kuling
Chiang Kai-shek
Chiang
Chou En-Lai
Shanghai
Italian Premier De Gasperi Success in Confidence Vote
Premier Alcide De Gasperi and his coalition government won a solid confidence vote in the constituent assembly. The tally stood 388 for and 53 against with seven abstentions, after Communist members pressed the hour.
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Rome
Alcide de Gasperi
Constituent Assembly
Weather summary for Amarillo and West Texas weekend
Fair and hot conditions expected across Amarillo and vicinity with continued heat through the weekend. West Texas remains fair on Saturday while New Mexico sees isolated afternoon storms in the mountains. Highs reach 90 to 100 degrees with little temperature change.
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Amarillo
West Texas
New Mexico
Austria nationalizes 81 industries defying Soviet claim
Vienna reports Parliament unanimously approves seizure of 81 key industries including Zistersdorf oil fields and Danube Shipping Company. Chancellor Figl rejects Soviet note asserting German assets in eastern Austria are under Soviet military command. United States objects to viewing seized properties as German assets. The Soviet note says Moscow supports the claim with pride and warns consequences.
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Vienna
Russia
Leopold Figl
Austria
Zistersdorf
Danube
United States
May and Friends TaxInquiry Ties to War Profits
The House military committee heard that May delayed responding to a subpoena due to a heart condition. President Truman offered access to income tax returns via the Justice Department for officials in the Garsson lumber and Cumberland company probe, with May named among those potentially examined.
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Mead
New York
May
House
Henry M. Lowden
Lowden
Combine
Washington
Truman
Justice Department
Mittee
Garsson
Cumberland Lumber Company
Andrew J. May
Kentucky
Henry Garsson
Murray Garsson
Cumberland Company
Munitions Combine
Jackson Pins Nazi Guilt at Nuremberg Trial
U S Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson urged the conviction of 22 Nazi leaders including Goering as ruthless conspirators in aggressive war. He called their acts the acts of Hitler, saying they fueled his power and put a loaded gun in his hands. British prosecutor Shawcross joined in seeking death for the defendants as common murderers. Hess was present in the courtroom. Bormann was tried in absentia.
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Mernberg
U.S
Robert H. Jackson
Hitler
Jackson
International Military Tribunal
Herman Goering
Hartley W. Shawcross
Goering
von Ribbentrop
Streicher
Schadcit
Keitel
Jod
Adolf Hitler
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Martin Bormann
Malcolm
George Dorsey
Dorsey
Early Degnan Suspect Faces Questions on Frame Murder
Phoenix July 26 Detective Sgt Clem Hoyt said Texas Rangers requested that Richard R Thomas who confessed to killing Suzanne Degnan in Chicago be investigated for possible involvement in the torture deaths of Mrs Hazel Frome and her daughter Nancy in Berkeley California. The inquiry links the Degnan case to the Berkeley murders as authorities review the suspect's connections and possible serial pattern.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Clem Hoyt
Texas Rangers
Richard R. Thomas
Suzanne Degnan
Chicago
Hazel Frome
Berkeley
Cal
Nancy
Price Control Office Extends Open Hours For Holiday Work
Local Price Control Board offices on the courthouse third floor remain open all day today. Although the board is typically closed on Saturdays, employees will make up a work day lost during the double July 4 holiday.
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Price Control Board
Polls Open for Democratic Primary in Local Election Day
Polls open at 8 am and close at 7 pm for today’s Democratic primary. Precinct conventions at 2 pm nominate delegates to the county and state conventions. Election judges begin ballot counts after closing. results released promptly.
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Texas Regulars
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Price Daniel
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Fort Worth
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Sellers
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Texas Election Bureau
Dallas County Medical Association
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Jefferson
Potter County
Warren Turner
Civilian Atomic ConTrol Board
Good Old Mountain Music
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Lubbock
Bernie Howell
KGNC
Troy Whatley
Groom
Young Whatley
Pete
Degnan
Globe News
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Monroe
Lou Harrison
Harrison
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Tom Clark
Civil Rights Section
Department of Justice
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Oconee
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George
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