West Berlin braces as Ulbricht calls anti Western measures
East German leader Ulbricht urged youths to sabotage Western Germany to block re armament. West Berlin police heightened readiness after his speech in Marx Engels Square. US bases tighten security as Bonn weighs banning the Communist Party. Communist officials claim over one million youths attended the East Berlin rally while US observers estimate about 350000. A color TV display in West Berlin aims to lure delegates to the West.
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Western Germany
Ulbricht
Bonn
Lenin
Marx- Engels
Lust~ Batten
Adolf Hitler
Germany
Xouth
United States
East Berlin
West Berlin
West
City Hall staff moods shift after vacation return
George ler returns from a week away and faces a push to get back to desk duties at City Hall. Odis Muennink and reporter words describe Tuesday scene as tensions rise while planning a talent spot on KPAC EV matinee. Hanratty notes building inspections resume after trip with 98 degree heat and trumpet to indoor tasks.
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George Ler
City Hall
Town Grant Seeks Walk Amid Social Visit Details
Dennie Tee Smith, 68 friends, visits John Ellises and others. Edwards wears a day at work after Sox. Char receives an early tt. McKee at City Hall. Sid Chicken and Miss Matura wale visit El Campo. Gould Letter sup of Coffee. Talks on how it’s done. quiet visit as people dart between places during vacation.
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Sox
Char
McKee
Pomsan
Bro- el Campo
Syd Gould Lette
Twelve Men Aboard Navy Plane Missing Near Alaska Island
A PB-2 Navy aircraft carrying twelve crew disappeared while en route from Kodiak to Adak Island. Four planes have been lost in the Northwest in three weeks, with 60 people aboard the missing crafts. Weather hampered search efforts as planes stood by ready to resume the search.
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Alaska
API
Adak Island
Northwest
Frank Brink
Naval Operating Base
Baytown
With Air Rescue
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Anchorage
Brink
Peru Ecuador border clash renews 100 year dispute
Unofficial sources say Peruvians fired on Ecuadorian border forces six times since a century old territorial quarrel flared five days ago. Ecuador reports two soldiers killed and two wounded after attacks on Zumba area border garrisons. Dispute tied to demand for Amazon outlet via the Maranon River.
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Quito
Ecuador
Penu
Zumba
Amazon River
Maranon River
City Weed Plan Ready and Machinery to Begin
City officials announce weed abatement plan with a purchased tractor to clear neglected lots after ten days notice and charge owners for work. A six ton street roller also bought will be moved from San Antonio toward Houston as crews prepare to cut weeds on property and ditch banks this week.
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A. V. Barber
C. D. Middleton
C. W. Grantham
San “Antonio
Houston
Barber
Arange
Fountan
Insane man hunted near Houston after jail escape
Forest Ward 39 of Sealy, described as extremely dangerous and armed with pistol and dirk, escaped Bellville jail, forced a fellow prisoner to drive him to Brenham, then vanished. Austin County Sheriff issued statewide pickup. Ward, once jailed after a Sealy street gun battle, was found insane and ordered to Austin State Hospital. Ward reportedly unlocked his cell, freeing another inmate and forcing a ride to Brenham. Ward’s escape prompts manhunt and safety warnings across Houston area.
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Houston
Bellville
Brenham
Austin County
Forest Ward
Sealy
Steck
Ward
Clarence Lewis
Lewis
Kenney
Bellvile Ward
Hungary warns Yugoslavia over repeated iron horn violations
Budapest reports the Hungarian Communist government accuses Yugoslavia of repeated and aggressive provocations and warns that if not stopped immediately Yugoslavia will be held responsible for every possible consequence.
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Yugoslavia
Budapest
Hungary
Baytown Housewife Wounded By Burglar
Thelma Holt 39 of 201 West Homan was wounded in a Baytown burglary as police reported blood on the kitchen floor and a butcher knife on the drain board. Coins and small bills were missing from a desk, while seven drawers were opened and a window screen cut from hinges. Mrs Holt was taken to San Jacinto Memorial Hospital shortly before midnight as her husband Jack Holt Sr. disputed details with investigators.
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Baytown
San Jacinto Memorial Hospital
Thelma Holt
West Homan
Jack J. Holt
Ozark Mountain Valley Water
Holt
Cleve Dickens
Herbert Freeman
Largest Army Air Maneuvers Begin In North Carolina
In Southern Pines North Carolina an advanced unit of the 32nd Airborne Division began dawn maneuvers signaling the start of the biggest Army and Air Force exercise since World War II. The two week drill tests an air ground team with 130000 officers and men and 460 aircraft as a rehearsal for Europe bound National Guard units the 25th of Pennsylvania and 43rd of Connecticut Vermont and Rhodesia.
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Southern Pines
N.C
Iab
32Nd Airborne Division
John R. Hodge
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Vermont
Rhodesao
W.wolfinbarger
Erce
Hey
Bragg
Worth
Caralina
Ares
Unproductive Meeting Blasts Compromise Hint in Korea Talks
North Korea and Allied delegates met 78 minutes at Kaesong as Pyongyang Radio quoted Nam Il denouncing any progress unless the UN shifted to a cease-fire line along the battle front. The communists insisted on the 38th Parallel as the armistice basis, signaling another deadlock.
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Korea
United Nations
South
North Korea
Pyongyang
Nam II
Nam Il
C. Turner Joy
Nam
Anies
Joy
Goi Munists
Pusan
Yung Tsai Pyun
Baytown
Wam Tl
38Th Parallel
Hodges Named Vice Chairman of Texas Defense Fund Drive
General Hodges is named vicechairman of the Texas United Defense Fund Committees by General Chairman Price Daniel and Campaign Chairman Ben H. Woeten. The drive aims to raise 70,000 for the GSO and support activities nationwide.
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GSO
Hodges
Texas, United Defense Fund
Price Daniel
Ben H. Woeten
Old Maids Will Celebrate In Denton Wednesday
Denton plans mark Old Maid's Day with a Denton Old Maids celebration on August 15. Dorothy Babb the Old Maid's Day originator and Denton Mayor Mark Hannah issued proclamations. Women from 32 states have written seeking to participate, many planning to attend or join events in their towns. The city program includes a tea free movie corsages a baseball game and gifts from merchants. The oldest Old Maid mentioned is Daisy Davis of Isles Island Maine at 76.
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Denton
Dorothy Babb
North Texas State College
Mark Hannah
Citizens’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Daisy
Davis
Ears Island
Maine
Dallas Operators Walk Out Over Hot Working Conditions
More than 500 telephone operators quit at two Southwestern Bell offices in Dallas as a protest against hot working conditions. 115 local and 408 long distance operators left posts at 9 a.m. Long distance calls operated on an emergency basis with supervisors and a few remaining workers. Company officials questioned the strike, noting ventilated buildings and regular relief breaks, while acknowledging a Texas heat wave. Reports said additional plant workers might join, pending confirmation.
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Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
W. L. Prehn
Prehn
Pany
Texas
Reds Frown On Beauty at Minsk Tractor Plant
The Minsk tractor plant, under manager Suslov, launches a 10 day beautification drive with flowers, whitewashed walls, and slogan art to impress a visiting USSR minister. Investia notes only seven percent of targets were met while workers adopt a culture push and brighter surroundings. Suslov cites observing culture as key, drawing questions about timing before the minister’s visit. Reds Join Treaty Talks in Washington then reports the USSR will attend the Japanese peace conference next month, likely to oppose the Western drafted pact.
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Victor PL
Susejov
Minsk
Ussr
Investia
Susiov
Leningrad
Suslov
Tevestia
Washington
Soviet Union
Ridgway Questions Communist Peace Intent in Korea
General Matthew Ridgway, leader of UN forces in Korea, said Communists have produced no concrete evidence of honest peaceful intentions. In a US News interview he stated he would judge intent by performance and criticized Communist media for deceit and duplicity, dissolving doubts among his command.
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EFI
Matthew B. Ridgway
Ridgway
United Nations
Korea
Radio-Telegraph
US News and World Report
Chinese Communists Crack Down on Catholic Clergy in Peiping
Reported by Catholic quarters that the Chinese Communist regime jailed 14 Catholic priests, placed 12 others under house arrest, and sealed 12 churches in Peiping in their largest operation to date. Eighteen lay Catholics were said to be arrested in the crackdown.
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Rong Kong
Peiping
Ciping
Tiber
UN Forces Face Relentless Probes Across Korean Front
Eighth Army reports heavy Red losses as Communist probing attacks number at least a dozen, with 50 to 10,500 troops in strength. Night battles north of Inje on the eastern front, seven enemy repulses near Kumhwa, and skirmishes south of Kaesong mark the sixth straight day of clashes near the cease-fire talks. Allied forces counterattack on a Kaesong hill, while air power hammers railway hubs at Hamhung and Sariwon, reflecting intensified operations aided by improving weather.
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Eighth Army
Korea
Inje
Kumhwa
Eid “Iron Triangle
Central
Kaeson Afonday
Kaesong
Far Eastern
Hamhung
Sariwon
Baytown Soldier Promoted to Sergeant in Korea
Robert Tucker Jr of Baytown has earned a combat promotion to sergeant for outstanding duty in ground combat action with the Seventh Division's 31st Polar Bear Regiment. His unit attacked north of Hwachon during a UN offensive to disrupt eastern Communist defenses. Tucker entered the army in 1959. wife’s address is 1311 Daiter.
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Korea
Robert Tucker, Jr
Baytown
Tucker
38Th Parallel
North Korea
Erus
Iron Triangle
Hwachon
Daiter
White Rites Held Today For Rev Pink White
Rev. Pink Ross White a 42 year ministry veteran who retired in 1937 died at 4 45 am yesterday at 201 West Miriam street. Funeral services were to be held at St Mark's Methodist Church with Rev Wayne McCleskey officiating. Assisting were Rev Walton Gardner formerly of Baytown and now at Central Methodist Galveston and J W Beeler layman of Texas City Methodist. Burial was to be in San Jacinto Memorial Park Cemetery under Paul A Lee Funeral Home. He had been confined to his home for two years and his condition worsened recently.
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West Miriam
St. Mark's Methodist Church
Switch
Wayne McCleskey
Walton&. Gardner
Baytown Methodist Church
Central -Methodist Church
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