Owls Acid Test Of Steer Hopes
Texas faces Rice in a key SWC showdown at Rice Stadium with the Owls underdog but capable of upset. The Longhorns then travel to SMU a week later in a critical pair of tests for their claimed strength.
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Texas Longhorns
Rice Stadium
Steers
Longhorns
Mustangs
SMU
Rice Owls
American Statesman
Williamson
Rice
Jess Neeley
Longhorn
Houston
Texas
West Coast Storm Destroys Property. Casualties Reported
A third gale struck the Pacific coast with winds up to 72 mph and at least two deaths were reported along with extensive damage. Trees fell, telephone lines were down, and power outages lingered as a fourth storm potential loomed while crews assessed wreckage from Southern California to Victoria.
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Weather Bureau
California
Canada
Cottage Grove
Ore
San Francisco
Pacific Highway
Yea
Saic
Salt Lake City
Victoria
B. C
San Francisco Bay
Year of Hope Miss Liberty Birthday Party Plans
The Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor will turn 64 on Saturday. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary will host a birthday party for Miss Liberty on Bedloe's Island. The statue, a gift from France, was completed in 1883 and presented on July 4, 1884, with final assembly completed on October 28, 1886.
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New York
Veterans’ of Foreign Wars Ladies Auxiliary
Liberty
Bedloe’s Island
France
United States
Bitter Fighting Rages In Northwest Korea Front
Bitter fighting raged in Northwest Korea as US and South Korean forces battled Red and guerrilla units near Onjong and Unsan. Reports quoted captures of a Chinese prisoner from a three battalion regiment and the mass killings at a field hospital 100 miles behind front lines. A Chinese unit claimed by some to be 30 000 to 60 000 strong was said to bolster Korean Red lines as UN forces advanced toward the Manchurian border.
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Northwest
Korea
US First Army Corps
Man
Onjong
Tom Lambert
Manchurian
United Nations
Ichon
Pyongyang
Kojo
Wonsan
Army
Kum
Chongchon
Lambert
Sixth Republic of Korea
ROK
Kojang
Huichon
Chosan
Eighth Army
Unsan
Li Shin-man
Eisenhower Likely to Lead Allied Europe Command
Washington dispatch reports growing support for General Dwight D. Eisenhower to become supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe. Ike indicated willingness to take the post, while SHAEF shifts to SHAPE and defense ministers plan the new multi national structure. France cautions on German rearmament as talks focus on armed strength and German role.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Supreme Command of Allied Forces
Europe
Eisenhower
Truman
North Atlantic
Gen. Eisenhower
Committee of
North Atlantic Defense Ministers
Gen
Canada
National Defense
Brooke Claxton
Conference of Defense Ministers
SHAEF
Supreme Headquarters
Charleston
W. Va
Columbia University
Carlino Defense Accuses Reno in Vallone Murder Trial
In Travis County Texas 1949 the Carlino defense pressed witness Peter Reno alleging he killed Vallone and not Carlino. Reno acknowledged trips to Carlino's grocery and a loaned house down payment while denying murder and revealing Mafia ties and threats.
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Reno
Percy Foreman
53Rd District Court
Peter Reno
Diego L. Carlino
Vincent Vallone
Houston
Foreman
Vallone
Harris County
Tony Lamanchia
C. V
Buster) Kern
Klevenhagen
Lloyd Frazier
Eddie Knowles
Lattick
Chocolate Bayou
Pete Reno
A. Winborn
J. Harris Gardner
Milwaukee
Wis
Mafia
University of Texas Law
Travis County
Gardner
Tony Vallone
Vincent
Texas City
Gee Gee
Maurice Pinto
Calero
Col
Austin curb on amusements stalls civic auditorium plan
City of Austin tightens controls on building places of amusements and stalls its civic auditorium project. Reports say local authorities face delays as new rules bite the entertainment district.
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Austin
French Air Powers Strike Vietminh in Indochina War
French Junkers transports and King Cobra fighters bomb Vietminh positions along the border in Indochina. A Langson power plant was destroyed as French reinforcements move to Dinhlapmoncay to guard Hanoi Haiphong and the Red River Delta amid ongoing conflict.
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Vietnam
Indochina
France
Junkers
Ho Chi Minh
China
Langson
Laokay
Gulf of Tonkin
Moncay
Hanoi
Haiphong
Red River
Southeast Asia
Burma
Thailand
Siam
Malaya
Indonesia
Pharr Burglary Found To Be Inside Job
Police concluded the $1,600 burglary at the Jose Caranza home was an inside job. Ten $100 bills and 12 $50 bills disappeared from a wooden box later buried under a family pup mistook it for a bone.
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Pharr
Jose Caranza
Mily Pup
Man Killed by Car At Fredericksburg
Fredericksburg onlookers report Emil Mayer a 67 year old farmer struck and killed by a car on Highway 16 near the city. Justice of the Peace William Bruwn ruled instantaneous death from a broken neck. Driver Luther Alexander of Willow City cooperated with Sheriff Robert Loth and Deputy Nance Felps. Mayer was walking on the road when hit. Mayer survived by one sister Mrs Bee Loennecke. Funeral arrangements at Schaetter Funeral Home pending.
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Fredericksburg
ANS
Emil Mayer
Justice of the Peace
William Bruwn
Luther Alexander
Willow City
Robert Loth
Nance Felps
Mayer
Alexander
Loth
Bee Loennecke
Fredericksg
Schaetter
Telephones face nationwide strike by Western Electric workers
The Congress of Industrial Organizations calls a walkout of 16 000 Western Electric employees in 43 states at 6 a m on November 9 over wage disputes. About 10 000 installation, 6 000 distributing, and 685 Havre?ill manufacturing workers face job action, with Michigan Bell voting to strike as well. Beirne warned the walkout could cripple much of the Bell system and noted talks with Federal Mediator Maggiolo are ongoing.
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Wire Services
Washington
Peep Workers of America
CIO
Western Electric
Maggiolo
CWA
Bell Telephone System
Beirne
Maine
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
R Island
Haverhill
Mass
Bierne
Michigan Bell Telephone Co
Western Electric Company
Bell System
National Federation of Telephone Workers
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan
Funeral for Mrs. W. S. Drake Sr. in Oakwood Cemetery
Private services will be held at 4 p m at No 2 Niles Road for Mrs. W S Drake Sr mother of Mayor Pro Tem W S Drake Jr who died Friday in St David's Hospital Rev Joseph M Harte will officiate Burial in Oakwood Cemetery under Weed-Corley Funeral Home direction No flowers The family notes she was founder of Calcasieu Lumber Company born in Austin November 10 1874 married W S Drake Sr January 15 1896 survived by two sons three daughters fifteen grandchildren three great grandchildren and a sister
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Niles Road
W. S. Drake Sr
W. S. Drake Jr
St. David's Hospital
Joseph M. Harte
All Saints Episcopal Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Targets Leave To Fly Home With Doorkeys
Able Seaman C. Templer flew home from Malta to bring his mother the keys to their front door. His mother Mrs Bella Templer had been working in Israel while he served on a minesweeper in the Mediterranean. She needed the keys urgently and the Navy granted compassionate leave for the journey.
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London
C. Templer
Malta
Bella Templer
Mediterranean
Navy
Crippled Wife Crawls For Aid For Husband
Mrs. Anna Havydusk, 70, crippled by arthritis, crawled 300 yards to reach a neighbor after her husband Frank, 75, suffered a heart attack in Mt. Clemens Michigan. Deputies arrived to help but he died an hour later.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Anna Havydusk
Frank
Haydusk
Macomb County
Sweden Sees King Gustaf Gravely Ill At 92
Swedes learned Friday night that King Gustaf 92 is gravely ill with a heart strain and a tiring breath after attending a cabinet meeting. Three physicians report increasing coughing and breathing difficulties with rapid, irregular pulse and great fatigue as the king lies at Drottningholm Castle.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf
Drottningholm Castle
Hjalmar Casserman
Casserman
Nathan Schwartz
Anders Kristenson
Three San Saba Traffic Accidents Leave One Dead
San Saba reports three traffic accidents Thursday into Friday. Charles Raymond Hail, 15, died from a truck car collision west of town. Jimmie Hall and Monte Robbins were seriously injured. Robbins unconscious Friday. Other injured include Rogers Daniels, J Hardy, and survivors listed. funeral for Hall held at Full Gospel Church.
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San Saba
ANS
Charles Raymond Hail
Hall
Jimmie Hall
Monte Robbins
Robbins
Glen Williamson
Jesse Robbins
Rogers
Cap Daniels
Daniels
Lampasas
J. Hardy
Logan Hardy
Weatherford
Sheriff's Department
Hardy
Full Gospel Church
Lela Hall
Reve Anderson
Wallace Creek Cemetery
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Joseph A. Beirne
New York City
Walter A. Maggiolo
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