Texas Faces Oklahoma In Cotton Bowl Clash At Dallas
In Dallas for the 44th Oklahoma Texas game the Longhorns seek a turnaround after slipping in the national ranks as Oklahoma aims for a 13th win in this edge filled rivalry. Texas hopes to upset a strong Sooner squad in front of a sellout crowd of 75 000 plus at the Cotton Bowl.
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University of Texas Longhorn
University of Oklahoma Sooners
Longhorns
Sooners
Texas
Oklahoma
Red River
Oklahomans
Blair Cherry
Longhorn
Waco
Melrose Hotel
Cherry
Steers
Texas Tech
Philadelphia
Temple University
Austin
Idaho
Senators Reject High Parity Plan
The Senate voted 45 to 26 against pegging price supports for six crops at 90 percent of parity and approved a flexible Anderson Bill setting supports between 75 and 90 percent. The move abandons wartime peak supports and marks a shift toward a long-range farm program. Senator Russell and Senator Young sponsored the defeated high level proposal.
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Washington
Senate
Anderson
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Milton R. Young
RSD
Resum e Talks Ordered as Coal Strike Pressures Grow
The government urged John L Lewis and major coal producers to restart private contract negotiations and warned the soft coal strike must be settled promptly. Mediation chief Cyrus S. Ching said substantial progress is needed and that the nation faces a growing crisis as strikes threaten over 2 million workers. A steelwalkout intervention is not planned, while Aluminum Co of America faces a new 20,000-worker strike threat in eight states if a contract isn’t reached.
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Washington
John L Lewis
Cyrus S. Ching
United Mine Workers
Ching
Lewis
Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
CIO
United Steelworkers
Basic
Alcoa
Demented veteran shoots self after attic stand off
Roger Kohlenberger 32 a Ferris Institute graduate and former Tenth Mountain Division veteran shot himself in the head with a German souvenir pistol after a three hour attic standoff with a psychiatrist and Grand Rapids police. He died three hours later at Butterworth Hospital as his wife and mother pleaded for him to surrender.
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Roger Kohlenberger
Hmself
Butterworth Hospital
Kohlenberger
Dewey Beaver
Grand Rapids
Ferris Institute
Big Rapids
Mich
Tenth Mountain Division
Mize Delivers Pinch Hit as Yankees Edge Dodgers 4 3
Big Johnny Mize, 36, pinch hits a two run single in the ninth to spark a three run rally and give the New York Yankees a 4 3 win over the Brooklyn Dodgers in game three of the World Series at Ebbets Field. Joe Page seals the victory after Branca falters, marking a 2 1 Yankees lead.
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Dodger
Roy Campanella
Ebbets Field
Brooklyn
Brooklyns
Brooks
Johnny
Luis Olmo
Joe Page
Mike
Ralph Branca
Page
Tommy Byrne
Pee Wee Reese
Dodgers
Olivio
Campanella
Joe
Bruce Edwards
Yankees
Chucker
Edwards
Yanks
Bryne
Gene Woodling
Bible-Reading Slayer Will Be Put in Asylum
Howard B. Unruh who killed 13 people last month was found insane and will be committed to a mental institution in Camden New Jersey. Prosecutor Mitchell Cohen plans to oppose release and notes homicidal indictments remain while state law bars trial of an insane person. Four psychiatrists diagnosed dementia praecox prompting commitment after exams at the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton.
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Howard B. Unruh
New Jersey
Unruh
Camden County
Mitchell Cohen
Ial
New Jersey State Hospital
Trenton
Cohen
New French Voting For Mandate Urged
Paris reports say General Charles De Gaulle's party urged fresh general elections amid a two day old political crisis. President Vincent Auriol sought a quick coalition and planned to invite Socialist Jules Moch to form a new government. Gaullist Rene Capitani said a solution comes only by asking the electorate for new mandates.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
France
Vincent Auriol
Auriol
Jules Moch
Rene Capitani
Gaullist
National Assembly
Radford Accuses Johnson of Ignoring Navy Defense Views
Admiral Radford testifies that Defense Secretary Johnson ignores Navy input on vital defense matters. He denounces the B36 bomber as a bad gamble and urges Congress to force a comprehensive review of military plans, including unification impacts and potential Air Force dominance.
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Washington
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Truman
Georgia Democrat
Air Force
Arthur W. Radford
Defense
Louis Johnson
Navy
Vinson
Congress
Defense Department
Weapons Evaluation Board
Radford
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of
Jaff
Freak Accident Tangles Traffic on Congress Avenue Bridge
Police report a chain reaction collision on the Congress Avenue Bridge. Clarence Enis's truck hit Marvin Buck's truck, which then struck Ruby Rhodes's car and Elizabeth Wood's car. Rhodes sustained bruises and shock. others uninjured.
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Congress Avenue Bridge
Clarence R. Enis
West Mary
Marvin L. Buck
Webberville Road
Ruby Rhodes
Peacock Lane
Elizabeth Wood
East Monroe
Rhodes
Floods and Tornadoes Strafe Houston Area
A series of storms drenched the Houston region with heavy rain and tornado activity. Waters from Turkey Run Gulley flooded Jacinto City and Pasadena while Bayous swelled near Houston, prompting evacuations and damage to property and boats. An Angleton tornado damaged a McCarthy Oil office. Tomball stores sandbagged as six inches fell locally.
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Baytown
R. J. Putney
Harris County
Austin
Bray’s Bayou
Oil Company
Pasadena
W. C. Stephens
Jacinto City
Edd Miller
Vince
Angleton
McCarthy Oil and Gas Corporation
Alvin
Tomball
Lopat to Start Game Four of World Series at Ebbetts Field
Ed Lopat will pitch for New York in the fourth World Series game at Ebbetts Field against Don Newcombe or Joe Hatten. Texas Longhorns had a light Waco workout. Baylor-Arkansas clash looms as top Southwest game with about 20,000 expected. Austin Maroons defeat San Jacinto 14 to 6.
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New York
Ed Lopat
Don Newcombe
Joe Hatten
Ebbetts Field
University of Texas Longhorns
Waco
Southwest
Baylor
Atomic bombs ready for long range bombers at President's order
Congressional secrecy marked a session where Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission officials assured the panel bombs could be delivered to long range bombers instantly if the President orders. The meeting, attended by Lt Gen Curtis LeMay and top air and AEC leaders, discussed civilian versus military control and the B36 bomber role.
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Air Force
Atomic Energy
Congress
Truman
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joint Congressional Committee
Atomic Energy Commission
McMahon
AEC
Curtis Lemay
Japan
Strategic Air Command
Mrs H B Granberry Hurt in Accident
Mrs H B Granberry sustained fractures to the nose and forearm in an automobile pedestrian collision at West Sixth Street and Lamar Boulevard. She was treated at Brackenridge Hospital Friday evening by her son Dr Howard Granberry. condition listed as good. Resident of 912 West Sixth. Driver identified as F E Franklin of Ellington Field Houston.
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Brackenridge Hospital
Howard Granberry
West Sixth Street
Lamar Boulevard
F. E. Franklin
Ellington Field
Houston
Oil Field Worker Dies In Automobile Wreck Near Sherman
Sherman, Oct 7. William Harris Henslee, 24, oil field worker from Anson, was killed Thursday night in an automobile accident south of Sherman. Miss Geneva Wood, 18, Sherman, was seriously injured.
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Sherman
William Harris Henslee
Anson
Here
Geneva Wood
Germany Splits Into Two Governments and Capitals
Berlin reports that East and West Germany officially divide into two states. The Soviet zone forms the German Democratic Republic with a People’s Council and a chancellor Otto Grotewohl. The Western zones establish the German Federal Republic with a two-house structure and future president Wilhelm Pieck expected.
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Rhine
Hitler
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People's Council
Soviet Zone
East Germany
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German Democratic Republic
Wilhelm Pieck
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