Air Crash Kills 33 Guardsmen near Myrtle Beach
A U S Air Force transport carrying National Guardsmen from war games crashed near Myrtle Beach South Carolina killing 33 men and possibly 34. The C46 exploded after takeoff en route to Nashville and burned in a pine thicket as rescuers watched. The National Guard unit involved was the 105th Fighter Squadron of the 118th Fighter Group with a Miami reserve crew of four. Casualties were to be notified to next of kin by state authorities.
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Myrtle Beach
S&s. C
Nashville
Tennessee Air National Guardsmen
Air Force Reserve
Miami
George Hux
Conway
S. C. Undertaker
Air Force
P. S. Wood
Shaw (S.C
South Carolina
Here
Berry Field
Tennessee Air National Guard
Adjutant General’s
State Capitol
D. A. Gasser
Teen car crash near Pampa kills two and injures sixteen
A head on collision on Texas Highway 273 near Pampa left Mildred Jones 16 of Pampa and Mrs. Mary Jo Harris 19 of Hoover dead. Seventeen others, including eight teenagers and nine people from the Harris family, were injured. The Dawes driven Pampa car crossed to pass a third vehicle when it collided with the Harris car.
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Pampa
Here
Mildred Jones
Mary Jo Harris
Hoover
Texas
Miss Jones
Lefors
Charles McRae
Juanita Cox
Elsie Houston
el Dean Bettert
Denice Isbell
Dawes
Juan O. Harris
Johnnie Fay Harris
Florence M. Harris
Sprinkman
Okla
J. W. Clark
Skellytown
Helen Clark
Melba Jo Harris
Brinkman
Charles Roy Trotter
Cecil L. Harris
Val Lavern Harris
Candidates for 6 Texas Offices Facing Runoffs
Energetic Pierce Brooks with a hillbilly caravan and quiet Ben Ramsey, a veteran politician, faced the run-off Sunday for lieutenant governor of Texas. Governor Allan Shivers dominated the Democratic primary, with about a million votes cast, as Case March sought another bid. At 6 p.m. Sunday, 930,091 votes were tabulated with Limestone County outstanding.
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Associated Press
Pierce Brooks
Ben Ramsey
Texas
Allan Shivers
Case March
Texas Election Bureau
Limestone
Moody Wirtz propose fix for precinct convention tangle
Former Governor Moody and former Interior official Wirtz urged a remedy after a 7 pm convention at Blanco Street Fire Hall was deemed irregular for seating delegates. They proposed listing attendees and letting the county convention select the seated delegates if the 7 45 hour was not met. Moody noted no intent to gain advantage and indicated the dispute centered on time and proper seating procedures. The discussion followed a day of political fallout as Texas voters cast ballots in tight runoffs and statewide races with a large turnout estimated near one million.
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Blanco Street
Moody
C. N. Bustin
Dan Moody Jr
Dan Jr
Bustin
Joe T. Steadham
Ed Clark
Wirtz
Ben H. Powell
Thornberry Rolls Up Huge Lead In 10th District
Congressman Homer Thornberry secured a large victory in the 10th District returning to Washington for a second term. He defeated former Austin postman Magnesse Foster by 36 482 to 3 819 as results from counties poured in. Thornberry campaigned from Washington. County results followed Sunday by The Austin American.
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Homer Thornberry
10Th Congressional District
Washington
Thornberry
Magnesse Foster
Austin
Foster
Austin American
County
Thornberry Foster Bastrop
No Sign of Change Forecast in Weather
Austin shows little change expected Monday or Tuesday. The weatherman notes a possible slight warmup from Sunday's 96 degrees. Rains drenched Wichita Falls area with 2.11 inches in 24 hours ending 6 30 p.m. Electra reports flooded lowlands and full creeks after 1.5 inches fell Saturday night and Sunday morning.
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Austin
Wichita Falls
Texas
Electra
AT THE THEATRE AS YOU LIKE IT INSIDE A PAPER
A fragment from a column notes crowds hoarding items amid calls to reserves and sales staff. It hints at a century mark in a Michigan hospital and jokes about parking costs in Galveston. The piece mocks trust and mentions Dick Tracy appearing unexpectedly.
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Michigan
Galveston
Dick Tracy
Centex Voting Disrupts Incumbents In Tight Races
In Central Texas counties incumbents were ousted as results neared final. In Hays County a three way mayoral style battle left only 41 votes separating top and bottom contenders for county school superintendent, forcing a runoff between R. L. Bunting and George Wentz Jr. In Lee County August O. Zoch narrowly lost by one vote to Oscar Urban, who may challenge the ballot. Sheriff John Burtschell and District Attorney Leslie D. Williams were defeated in Lee County, with Fayette County officials also falling in a wide post-election turnover. Spacek won re election for State Representative. Pitman and Hart were defeated for county offices.
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Zavala
Texas
Shivers
Woodville
Texas Election Bureau
J. E. McDonald
John C
Meade Griffin
Plainview
George Harwood
Dallas
Ken Regan
Midland
Far West Texas
Paul Moss
Odessa
Panhandle
Altavene Clark
Amarillo
Leroy Lamaster
Perryton Farmer
Walter Rogers
Pampa
Lamaster
Beauford H. Jester
March
Baylor University Law
The
Silk Stocking Boys
CIO
AF of L
Brooks
Ben Ramsey
San Augustine
Jester
W. O. Reed
House of Representatives
G. C. Morris
Greenville
Preston Smith
Lubbock
Agriculture
State Supreme Court
John C. White
Wichita Falls
Charlie McClellan
Eagle Lake
Sam Rayburn
Bonham
el Paso
Lee County
August O. Zoch
Oscar Urban
Zach
John Burtschell
Leslie D. Williams
Fayette County
R. B. Spacek
Spacek
L. J Sulak
Henry J. Schovassa
H. W. Pitman
Walter Oe6celtsen
J. P. Hart
Fritz Lobories
la Grange
Adolph Jurajda
Ike J. Petras
FE. H. Luck
Elo Rhode
Hays
Hottes
R. L. Bunting
George Wentz Jr
Bunting
Wentz
New Travis County Officials to Take Office in January
Nearly complete figures show Leslie Proctor M M Thorp and Robin Forrester winning key county posts. Proctor defeated County Attorney Perry Jones by more than a thousand votes. Thorp will return to a former post as constable of precinct 3, narrowly beating A W Murchison. Forrester will become justice of the peace for Precinct 3 after a win over incumbent P L Nairn. About 17 000 people voted, with three boxes still unreported. results suggest no change in margins.
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Leslie Proctor
M. M. Thorp
Robin Forrester
Proctor
Perry Jones
Jones
Thorp
A. W. Murchison
Forrester
P. L. Nairn
Nairn
Kimbro
Hamilton Pool
Brykerwaskie
Allan Shivers
Pierce Brooks
Pierce Johnson
House of Representatives
Kie Jones
Johnnie B. Rogers
Ernest Best
Bob Long
Abbey
Shivers
Hutchinson
March
Wren
Porter
Lawrence
Brooks
Governor and Mrs Shivers Named Democratic Delegates
Governor and Mrs Allan Shivers were named delegates from their Port Arthur precinct voting box on Saturday night. Two years earlier CIO unionists at the precinct meeting blocked Shivers from the Jefferson County Democratic delegation.
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Port Arthur
Allan Shivers
CIO
Shivers
Jefferson County
Korea Force Captures Kwangju 80 Miles From Taejon
Allied air support aided ground troops in repelling a major Korean armored thrust east of Taejon. US and Australian pilots reported destroying 18 red tanks in close air and ground attacks, while North Korea captured Kwangju 80 miles southwest of Taejon, threatening rail and highway links to Pusan. MacArthur noted Red reinforcements moving toward Chungju and other fronts as US forces held the Taejon-Yongdong line.
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Tokyo
Taejon
Fifth Air Force
Eighth Army
Kwangju
Korea
Pusan
Pusan-Taejon
Douglas MacArthur
Taejon-Yongdong
Seoul
Chungju
MacArthur
Kunsan
Kum River
First Cavalry Division
Yongdon
Pyongyang
Yongdong
North Korea
Hope Rises As General Dean Escapes Taejon
Major General William F. Dean escaped burning Taejon and joined a small group led by Lieutenant Arthur Clarke. Clarke reported Dean uninjured, though the general later disappeared seeking his men, while Clarke and Colonel Jimmie Kim were wounded amid the fighting near Taejon.
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Taejon
Arthur Clarke
Boone, Town
Clarke
Cts
North Korean casualties cited by Defense Department
Washington dispatch reports a Defense Department briefing officer estimates North Korean Red Army casualties at 14 000 to 18 000 since invading South Korea. He cannot provide a breakdown of killed wounded or captured and notes possible reliance on Manchurian replacements is uncertain. The briefing also recounts details of a B 29 crash near Seoul on July 12 and rescue of 10 crew members by a British amphibious plane.
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Washington
Red Army
South Korea
Defense Department
Manchuria
Seoul
Ile
Death and Dancing Amid War Smiles in Korea
In Japan near an American air base, Korean War scenes unfold as 24th Infantry Division families gather in a hotel. Wives await news of their husbands while jet missions loom. An old sergeant contemplates years of Army life as the fare of war echoes in a quiet bar.
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Korefa
Japan
24Th Infantry
Korea
24Th
Air Force
24Th Division
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Paul Jackson Jr
Shelbyville
Mich
Fairfield- Suisun Air Force Base
Calif
Marsha Lang
Yale
Ore
Jackson
Chochiwon
Moody, Wirtz
Editorial
RADIO
Reuben
Oreeee
Centex
Hays County
Travis
Travis County
William F. Dean
Far East Air Force
Gen
Dean
Flaming
Eral
Jimmie Kim
Kim
Okchan
Bill
Jim
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