Probers Quickly Clear Johnson in Election Dispute
Johnson says the investigation cleared him of the charge after a long dispute over votes in Jim Wells County. He notes cases in state and federal courts and a Senate committee previously considered the matter. He says he is not angry, just wants to get home to his daughter before she sleeps.
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Harry S. Truman
Hamer
Johnson
126Th District Court
Pt. 10
Stevenson
Dibrell
Jim Wells County
State Executive Committee
Jim Wells
Alice
Texas
Austin
Congress
98Th District Court
Grand Jury
Oswald Golfe
J. Harris Gardner
Charles O Betts
US Circuit Court
US Supreme Court
Senate
Justice of the Peace Court
Austin Pair Escapes As Car Hits Porch
An Austin couple on East 11th Street escaped injury when a car owned by W. W. Stevens rolled down a hill and crashed into their porch tearing the roof into the car. Police investigated the incident at 401 East 11th Street.
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Austin
East 11Th Street
W. W. Cunningham
W. W. Stevens
C. H. Petri
W. R. Swinney
Yugoslavia Climbs UN Security Council Amid Cold War Rift
World opinion weighed heavily in Yugoslavia's UN Security Council election. Vishinsky fought hard for Czechoslovakia while Western powers faced a sharp east west choice. The vote signals a hardening stance at Lake Success as Moscow’s Camp was rejected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Roberts JR
Russia
Yugoslavia
UN Security Council
Peace
Andrei Vishinsky
Assembly
Vishinsky
Czechoslovakia
United States
Tito
Eastern
Europe
Council
Moscow
Cominform
England
Security Council
Kremlin
Lake Success
West Berlin Aid Program Slated
Bonn report says an Allied West German plan for West Berlin finance is being shaped. Chancellor Adenauer met with US British and French high commissioners. The proposal may use ECA counterpart funds to support West Berlin's economy and restore property rights for allied nationals.
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Bonn
Germany
West Berlin
Allied High Commiss
Konrad Adenauer
Commission
Economic Cooperation Administration
ECA
United Nations
Texas Exhibit Tops Gem Parade With Texas Ranger Fob
In New York a Plaza Hotel diamond show features a Texas crafted heart shaped fob with an 85 carat honey diamond and 300 diamonds outlining a Texas Ranger with lariat. Attendees include fashion and jewelry leaders while jewelry trends focus on three dimensional forms and multiple planes.
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Dorothy Roe
Associated Press
New York
Jim Brady
Plaza Hotel
Texas
San Francisco
US Considers Providing B29 Bombers to England Aid
A Defense Department spokesman said consideration is being given to arming the United Kingdom with B29 Superfortress bombers under a $1.314 billion aid program. The USAF stores over 1,000 B29s and may transfer some to the RAF, with debates on armament and training levels amid ongoing diplomatic talks.
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Washington
Defense Department
United Kingdom
Royal Air Force
England
Britain
State Department
British Foreign Office
USAF
RAF
United States
Germany
Father of mass killer to pay upkeep in asylum case
Camden N J October 20 The state ordered Samuel Unruh father of Howard B Unruh to contribute 15 weekly toward his sons upkeep at the New Jersey State Hospital for the Insane in Trenton The 56 year old cook earns 61 weekly but after taxes and debts has 42 95 left with 21 sent to his wife and 10 for delinquent taxes The judge ruled the 15 weekly support to the state takes precedence over other obligations
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Camden
N. J
Howard B. Unruh
Unruh
Camden County
Bartholomew A. Sheehan
Samuel Unruh
New Jersey State Hospital For
Trenton
Sheehan
Girl Confesses Slaying Mother In Alameda County
In Hayward California 15 year old Celeste Morrow confessed stabbing her mother Celeste Morrow 41 to death with an eight inch butcher knife after a dispute over dating boys. She cried her mother drank and offered no affection. A mental exam was scheduled and the juvenile court will decide whether she is treated as a juvenile or tried as an adult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayward
Calif
Celeste Morrow
Celeste
President Wilson
Alameda County
Two 4-H youths win Texas highest honors
College Station reports two Guadalupe County stockmen win top Texas 4-H awards. Howard Altenhof 20 wins the 1949 Texas achievement award and Harry Lee Schneider 18 of Sequin wins the State leadership contest. Other winners include Jackie Brock 20 Floydada in boys citizenship and Nelda Ann Sheppard 18 Robert Lee in girls citizenship.
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College Station
Guadalupe County
Texas
Extension Service
A&m College System
Howard Altenhof
Harry Lee Schneider
Seguin
Altenhof
Schumannsville
Jackie Brock
Floydada
Nelda Ann Sheppard
Robert Lee
Termites Advancing On Vatican Records
Vatican officials face invading termites threatening centuries old records in the secretariat of state. Chemists and exterminators were called in while Gio vanni Cardinal Mercati’s private apartment is invaded and his library attacked.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Vatican Secretariat of State
Giovanni Cardinal Mercati
Milk Free Duel Sparks Muskegon Gas Station Grocery Feud
In Muskegon Michigan a gas station operator and a local grocer engage in a merry price war over milk. Ronald Mulder offered a quart free with large gas purchases while Martin Kloet countered with cheap anti freeze and later free milk with meat purchases. Both businesses report boosted sales and extra staff as housewives ride the quirky promotion.
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Mulder
Henry Street
Ronald Mulder
Martin Kloet
Muskegon
Kloet
Clark's Mother Sees Son on Supreme Court Bench
Mrs. Jennie Clark, 84, from Dallas, made a second visit to Washington to watch her son Justice Tom C. Clark on the Supreme Court bench. She sat in the guest section first, then moved to a bronze fenced area directly in front of him, finally shaking hands with Chief Justice Vinson after the session.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Jennie Clark
Dallas
Tom C. Clark
Clark
Tom
American Dental Officers Elected
The American Dental Association elected officers and named St. Louis as the 1951 convention site, with Dr Harold W Oppice to be president elect and Dr Philip E Adams as president. Other officers and trustees were announced, and allied groups named their leaders including the Dental Assistants and Dental Hygienists associations.
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San Francisco
American Dental Association
St. Louis
Washington, D. C
Harold W. Oppice
Chicago
Philip E. Adams
Boston
B. C. Kingsbury
Don M. Hamm
Clarksville
Ark
Gerald C
Indianapolis
C. S. Foster
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
American Dental Assistants Asociation
Mary Haney
Omaha
Evelyn Brett
Etna
Grace Robinson
Miami
Fla
Marie Johnson
Portage
Wis
Steve Ann Montgomery
Houston
Lorena Kelly
Wichita
American Dental Hygienists Association
Evelyn B. Maas
Blanche Downie
Philadelphia
Betty H. Krippene
Oshkosh. Wis
Evelyn Hannon
New York City
Laura Peck
New London Conn
Rebekah Fisk
Elizabeth Ferm
Minneapolis
Recreation Values Depicted for PTA Pleasant Hill Meeting
Morris Collier of the Lower Colorado River Authority spoke at the Pleasant Hill School PTA meeting on New Horizons Through Enriched Recreation. He used audience members like fishermen swimmers and boaters to illustrate recreations. Representative Johnnie B. Rogers of Austin discussed ten proposed amendments to be voted on November 8. The meeting at Pleasant Hill School opened with a sing song led by Roger Raney.
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Morris Collier
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Pleasant Hill
Parent-Teachers Association
Collier
Johnnie B. Rogers
Austin
Pleasant Hill School
Roger Raney
Retailers Parley Told A&P Case Not Over Prices
Washington officials told retailers the Justice Department is not seeking to break up the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company over prices. Assistant Attorney General Bergson said the government will not pursue a breakup for being large and noted the civil suit aims to curb illegal below cost sales and secret rebates found in a prior Danville conviction. The A&P contends the suit threatens living standards by claiming the chain sold goods too cheaply.
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Washington
Justice Department
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Herbert A. Bergson
A&p
Federal District
New York
Bergson
American Retail Federation
Danville
Til
Supreme Court
Law Class Plans Reunion Tonight
The 40th reunion of the University of Texas law class of 1909 will be held tonight in Houston with a dinner at 7 30 p m in the Driskill Hotel Pan American Room following a cocktail hour. Organizers include John A McCurdy and Raymond F Dickson with notable attendees such as Bob Holliday Hilmar H Weiner Cecil Storey Charles S Potts and Richard Kleberg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Texas Law
John A. McCurdy
Ex-Students Association
Driskill Hotel
Tom J. Caldwell
Houston
McCurdy
Raymond F. Dickson
Bob Holliday
el Paso
Hilmar H. Weiner
Seguin
University Regents
Cecil Storey
Longview
Charles S. Potts
SMU Law School
Richard Kleberg
King Ranch
Arabs Preferred Moon In Southern Arabia Devotion
In southern Arabia the moon god was the supreme deity over the sun, with nocturnal travel and worship shaping nomadic life. The National Geographic Society notes that the hot days drove people to the night, using the moon to light paths and mark time by its phases.
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Arabia
National Geographic Society
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