Brown & Root Injunction Suit Ends Abruptly in Texas
In Houston on November 20, Brown & Root Inc. halted its injunction suit against AFL unions after union officials offered a temporary injunction. The case, connected to alleged conspiracies to end open shop policies, moves to Austin for papers, with further talks in Beaumont. Union and company lawyers plan to meet Wednesday with A J Wirtz to draft papers.
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Long Brown & Root, Inc
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Brown and Root
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Sparks
Everett Looney
Bauknight
A. J. Wirtz
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Brown & Root
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Clreed
Nat Wells
Hillcrest Farms Raises Milk Prices in Austin
Hillcrest Farms announces a one cent per quart price increase on pasteurized and homogenized milk effective Thursday. The move comes amid drought, rising production costs, and reduced feed supplies impacting Central Texas dairies. Co owners Harry Peterson and Fred Barge say higher costs force the raise to secure milk supply for Travis County.
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Hillcrest Farms
Hillcrest
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San Antonio
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Fred Barge
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Superior Dairies
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Travis County
Contempt Indictments For 12 Involving Congress Questioning
A federal grand jury in Washington indicted ten men and two women on contempt of Congress charges for refusing to answer House un American Activities Committee questions during a probe of Communism. Accused include atomic scientist Clarence Hiskey and heiress Louise Berman, with a mix of union officials and professionals facing up to 68 counts each and possible penalties of up to one year in prison and $1,000 per count.
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Washington
House Committee On un-American Activities
House of Representatives
Justice Department
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers Union
CIO
Julius E
James J. Maties
New York
Thomas J. Fitzpatrick
Frank Panzino
Thomas Quinn
Pittsburgh
Esther Tice
Cincinnati
Talmadge Raley
Lockland
Ohio
Philip Bart
The
Daily Worker
Pasquale Leonard James Branca
District of Columbia Public Schools
Frank Hashmall
Oklahoma Sooners ranked No. 1 in AP poll
City officials eye a new revenue source to cover rising expenses. Mayor Glass predicts a sewer tax. Also noted is Oklahoma Sooners as the only football team to defeat the University of Texas Longhorns in 1950, earning the top AP ranking.
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Oklahoma
Sooners
University of Faye Longhorns
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Associated Press
Lint Futures Reach New Peak At 43.85 Cents
New Orleans reports cotton futures for December rising to 43.85 cents a pound, the market’s highest since trading began here. It marks a fifth straight session of record highs as mills buy and shorts cover, aided by tight spot supplies and favorable dry goods reports. Prices later gave back some gains but closed with a net rise of 0.55 cents to 1.55 dollars.
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New Orleans
Underground Conduit Explosion Burns Six In Detroit
An explosion in a giant water conduit 95 feet underground burned six workers, one critically. Twelve others trapped in the tunnel endured a 15 minute delay before rescue teams brought them to the surface unharmed.
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Detroit
AEC Chairman Warns Fuchs Spy Betrayal Vastly Aids USSR
Washington Nov. 20 Gordon Dean head of the Atomic Energy Commission said British spy Klaus Fuchs’ betrayal advanced Soviet A-bomb work by more than a year and possibly two. He described Fuchs as among about 150 people who knew all about the bomb and said the treachery is very disturbing to U S atomic officials.
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Gordon Dean
US Atomic Energy Commission
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Fuchs
Dean
US News and World Report
Congress
Czechoslovakia
Saxony
Soviet Union
Britain
Manhattan
London
FBI
Philadelphia
Harry Gold
Zweifel Elevated to National Post by Texas GOP
Henry Zweifel was unanimously chosen by the Texas Republican State Executive Committee to succeed R. B. Creager on the National Committee. He resigned as state chairman and Orville Bullington was named to lead the Texas GOP. Porter withdrew to support party unity and a bid for Texas electoral votes in 1952. Zweifel vows to build a strong minority party and make Texas a two party state.
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Henry Zweifel
R. B. Creager
Creager
Republican National Committee
Jack Porter
Houston
Zweifel
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
Zweifer
Porter
Harry S. Truman
Zweitel
National Committee
Carl G. Stearns
San Antonio
Buck West
Carlos Waston
Brownsville
National Party
Harry S Truman
Dry northern air chills Texas with 30 degree start
The weatherman warns a dry cold front will dip Texas morning temperatures to 30 in Austin with clouds forming by Wednesday. East and West Texas warm slightly Tuesday while Central Texas sees cold nights and mild days with freezing temps Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
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Texas
Austin
Central Texas
Vale Withdraws From 79th District Judge Race After Protest
State Rep A J Vale of Rio Grande City officially declined the 79th District judge post won by write in. Sam G Reams of Falfurrias, the Democratic incumbent, warned of a vote contest as the Texas Election Board prepared to tally results.
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Vale
Sam G. Reams
Falfurrias
Reams
Yale
Corpus Christi
Texas Election Board
San Diego
Duval County
79Th Judicial District
79Th District
A. Garcia
R. F Luna
Vaile
Allan Shivers
John Ben Shepperd
Price Daniel
State Election Board
Seventh Division reaches Yalu frontier with no opposition
US Seventh Division infantrymen reach the Manchurian border at the Yalu near Hyesanjin in Northeast Korea. The 17th Regimental Combat Team becomes the first American unit to cross the border, with no reported opposition and reinforcements nearby.
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Seoul
Seventh Division
Yalu River
Hyesanjin
Herbert B. Powell
Yalu
Manchuria
David G. Barr
Kaplan
E. M. Almond
Stan Swinton
Waist-High Rescue At Sea Alleges Brave Yell
In Leonar do New Jersey a man stood waist deep in 18 feet of water two miles offshore. Nick Tortorella on a fishing cruiser waved to him as rescuers approached. Albert Fick, swamped in a foundering boat for three hours, was saved after a line was thrown to him.
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Leonardo
N. J
Nick Tortorella
Tortorella
Nick
Albert Fick
Flights Over US Zone Germany Threatened Over Safety Violations
United States officials threaten to halt all Russian and Czech flights over the American Zone of Germany after flagrant safety violations. McCloy accuses a Russian pilot of attacking a Soviet transport and warns further violations could curb Zone flight permissions. Czech air services may also face suspension as over 100 unauthorized Czech planes carried delegates to Warsaw.
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Germany
United States
John J. McCloy
Maurice Thorez
Moscow
McCloy
McClay
Wassily Chuikov
US State Department
London
Brussels
Warsaw
Special High Commission
China Volunteers Denied by Prisoners in Korea
Chinese Communist prisoners said they did not volunteer for Korea and described morale shock from Allied firepower. They recounted equipment as a mix of Russian, Japanese, Canadian, and American weapons and noted limited North Korean contact with the 38th Army advancing from Manchuria toward the Yalu.
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Korea
MacArthur
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Manpojin
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