Two Women Rescue Invalid Mother From Fire at 1119 Airhart Drive
Fire at the Garcia home gutted an apartment and damaged the house after a wisp of smoke was seen. Mrs. Frank Garcia, 54, paralyzed since a stroke, was saved by her daughters-in-law Frances Herrera and Stella Martinez who entered the burning house around 4:10 a.m. to extract her. Fire Chief Art Lintelman cited possible causes as a vacuum cleaner or a cigarette. total damage estimate not available by noon.
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Frank Garcia
Airhart Drive
Garcia
Retha Garcia
Frances Herrera
Stella Martinez
Art Lintelman
Monage Gumm
Houston
Jim Nelson
Pete Sultis
Ronnie Calloway
Betty Sutton
Tadio
Catherine Buchanan
Betty Risinger
Jewel Edwards
Frenchy Broussard
Eddie Cox
Eddie Huron
Deckert Drive
Meeting With Senator Revealed McCarthy Strikes Schine Aid
Army Secretary Stevens testified that Senator McCarthy asked him to obtain an officer’s commission for G David Schine weeks after Schine was deemed unqualified. The request was made September 16 1953 at the Schine family in Manhattan. Stevens said he discussed McCarthy’s probe of Communist influence in the Army with McCarthy and Schine present, noting McCarthy’s talk of Schine as a special assistant to himself or the Army’s G2.
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Raymond Lair
Jierbert Foster
Washington
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Joseph R. McCarthy
G. David Schine
Schine
Stevens
J. Myer Schine
McCarthy
McCarthy Committee
Roy M. Cohn
Sun Spots Reported as Congress Debates Wool Subsidy Fight
A Washington dispatch notes White House pressure against extending high price supports for six basic commodities. Debate centers on a wool subsidy bill and a proposed two year extension amid a broader price support clash. Senate action is expected next week as administration favors a sliding scale of 75 to 90 percent parity.
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William M. Bates
Washington
White House
Senate
Senate Farm Bloc
Drive Opens For Needy Negro Kids In Baytown
An alliance of the colored churches of Baytown has opened a drive to raise funds for underprivileged children of Oak Addition. H. Haynes chairs the campaign conducted in downtown Baytown to support the Underprivileged Boys club and provide a clubhouse. Funds will buy baseball uniforms for district youth.
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Oak Addition
H. Haynes
B. H. Robinson
Russell Trial Passed By District Court
Cleveland Bobby Russell faced murder charges in the case of Thomas Weaver of Houston. The district court postponed the trial indefinitely as state attorneys were not ready, with defense attorney Dick Little confirming the delay.
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Bobby Russell
Thomas Weaver
Singer
Houston
Dick) Little
Russell
Unemployment Stabilizes in Texas March Report
Texas Employment Commission data shows a 6,000 gain in season farm jobs and a small rise in non farm work lifting total employment to 2,639,300, while unemployment fell 4,600 to 40,400. The year-ago totals were higher, and April rains boosted farm activity, especially in West Texas, with crops improving prospects for nonfarm workers tied to farm prosperity.
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Autin
WUP
Texas
Texas Employment Commission
TEC
Eisenhower Urges World Understanding for Enduring Peace
President Eisenhower told the American Newspaper Publishers Association dinner in New York that the United States must lead in creating genuine international understanding to avert atomic hysteria. He urged balanced, factual reporting by newspapers magazines radio and TV to counter misinformation and strengthen both global peace and domestic unity.
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Eisenhower
America
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Anpa Bureau of Advertising
Hower
Fall Of Indo China Could Lead To World War Nixon
Vice President Nixon warned at a Republican rally that while the policy aims to avoid fighting abroad, the loss of Indo China to the Communists could trigger the fall of all Asia and World War III. He asserted the administration would prevent American fighting but warned consequences if policy fails. Nixon spoke from a raised dais to about four thousand supporters at a fundraising dinner and said recent speeches reflect official Eisenhower policy.
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Richard M. Nixon
Indo-China
All Asia
Asia
Washington
Sen
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Carthy
Army
United States
Xon
Nixon
Eisenhower
Dallas A Guynes 62 dies retired Texas Gulf employee
Dallas A Almon Guynes 62 of Mont Belvieu died Thursday at home. A retired Texas Gulf Production Co. employee, he had lived in Mont Belvieu more than 20 years. Funeral services Saturday at Mont Belvieu Assembly of God with Rev James Farmer officiating. Burial in Hardin Cemetery Kountze under Paer-Stawcil Funeral Home of Liberty. Survived by widow Brssie J Guynes two sons Almond and Delmer two daughters Tone Flowers and Eridone Smith six sisters and 10 grandchildren.
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Almon Guynes
Mont Belvieu
Guynes
Texas Gulf Production Co
Mont Belvieu Assembly of God
James Farmer
Lannie Bolen
Central
City Faces Possible Abandoned Water Well After Sand Contamination
City water crews battled sand in the South Baytown system causing shutdowns of the main supply and a second well. A Layne-Texas Co. representative will inspect the sanded well, with abandonment a possibility and a new well costing up to 40 thousand dollars. Officials suspect oil drilling activity may affect the water sands and will involve the Railroad Commission to review cement casing standards. The city relies on eight inch mains linking systems to prevent a total outage.
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City Water Department
South Baytown
West Baytown
Public Works
C. W. Grantham
Layne-Texas Co
Grantham
C. D. Middletow
Texan Railroad Commission
East James
Seventh
MBA
Cool Front Fails To Reach Gulf
United Press reports a cool front failed to reach the Gulf while a separate cool air mass headed into Texas. Rain showers dotted the state with measurable totals in several cities including Del Rio Abilene Mineral Wells Amarillo Midland and San Angelo. Temperatures varied from near 39 to 69 degrees as thundershowers drifted along a Texarkana to Del Rio line.
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Texarkana
Junction
del Rio
Rockies
Texas Panhandly
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Ich
Abilene
Mineral
Amarillo
Midland
San Angelo
Texas
Trom
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Laredo
First Airlift Lands in Saigon as Dien Bien Phu Airlift Opens
U S Air Force makes history with a 20 reinforcements airlift from Paris to Saigon to aid French forces at Dien Bien Phu. Globemasters shuttle troops and materiel as Gen Navarre seeks relief. Paris reports bolster for Castries defense amid Red advances. Laniel opposes European army concessions. Nimt NK foreign minister arrives Moscow for Geneva talks.
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Unitet
U.S. Air Force
Paris
Saigon
Dien Bien Phu
Josep Laniel
Laniel
Bidault
Indo - China
North Korea
Nim Tl
Pline
Moscow
Five Radio Hams Rescued In Pacific After Long Ordeal
Five amateur radio operators from Niagra, long sea drifting aboard a 20 foot cruiser, were rescued by a Mexican patrol boat more than 100 miles from Clipperton Island. The crew had faced storms and a ripped mainsail before drifting toward the Pacific atoll. They planned to establish a radio contact from Ishin The island but were diverted to safety with food supplies aboard.
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Pacific Vriday
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Niait Hi
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Arapulico
Pudio
Clipe Perton
Qriy
Tas Wuers
Radio Aprisalors
Mexia
Mississippi lawmaker toys for war implements debate
Mississippi lawmakers debate buying so called implements of war for legislators. Speaker Walter Siflers sends a resolution to the military affairs committee to pause action on the purchase of bean shooters and tink for members who have had to content themselves with paper alr solves.
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Jackson
Blanes
Walter Siflers
Record of Corporal Dickenson Red Collaboration Trial
In a court martial at Crackers Neck Virginia witnesses testified about alleged Communist broadcasts by Corporal Dickenson in Korea. Chief prosecutor W. Jacobson of Butte stated Dickenson labeled a co‑prisoner a “rat” for informing on escape plans. Dickenson reportedly relayed messages to Communist captors and to a mother the prisoner named Dickenson’s mind was read as he faced the accusation of collaboration.
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the Army
Broadea
Mrnday
Edward
Dickaison
Korea
Cpl C
Robert Hard
Crackers Neck
Mountaineer
Dickenson
W. Jacobson
Butte
Sturt
Poral
Oben
Dickerson
Bso
Fast Texas Chamber Weighs World Trade Proposal
The Fast Texas Chamber of Commerce discussed a world trade plan at its April meeting with about 300 delegates. The proposal would privatize timber revenue sharing and allocate about 635,000 to nine Texas counties, prompting concerns from Houston and San Augustine counties over revenue loss. Members will vote on a private r vote and press Congress to back the plan.
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Este Con
TL Texas Enumlins
Chambers
Houston
San Augustine
Binkaugas
Prac
Chamber
Fort Worth Rapist Executed In Chair
A condemned rapist was executed in Huntsville Texas for a 1952 assault on a Terran county housewife. The inmate, named Gage, faced his death with defiance and claimed innocence while later recounting Bible reading during a lengthy appeal. He had also been accused in a second rape case but was tried only on the first charge.
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Tex
Mig Walker
Vpaor Gage Evicion
Chatber
Stragnerdt Wheen
Jesus
Wistal
Tarrant County
Gage Epromalty
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