UN Forces Penetrate Deep in Korea Amid Counter Attacks
Reports from Korea describe UN troops driving a deep advance near the east coast as South Koreans seize a hill north of the 38th Parallel following a major UN artillery barrage. Communist counterattacks slow but continue as heavy losses mount for Reds and airfields near Pyongyang face renewed strikes.
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Korea
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Roter
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Pyongyang
Texas Golf Champion Stuns at Rice Boy Scout Tourney
Honeycutt and Seligman headline a Houston weekend gala as Kid Brunson hosts a 10:30 am event. Scores from Fort Worth Dallas and Austin cities are noted, with participation from Rams and Aggies. The state final marks a standout in the season and the event highlights youth athletes and regional clubs.
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Ee Seligman
Kid Brunson
Rice
Tournement Wekend
Houston
Boy Burned In Gas Fire At Farm Home
Thirteen year old R. D. Causey Jr. suffered second degree burns when gasoline spilled on a hot carburetor during refueling a tractor with the engine running. He hurriedly removed his shirt and rolled on the ground to extinguish flames. The boy was treated at a Highlands doctor’s office and sent home.
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R. D. Causey, Jr
RD. Causey, Sr
Highlands
Sheriff Seeks Clear Message With Direct Tactics
Sheriff Meyer proposes blunt method to force action after five mutilated animals were found. He stakes claims and demands stockade support from five county commissioners. They refuse, prompting an ultimatum and eventual approval of a stockade plan.
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Meyer
Mayer
Railroads Hike Rates Triggering Meat Price Rise
Railroads approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission raise freight rates by about nine percent in the east and six percent in the south and west. The higher costs are to be folded into wholesale meat ceilings, with possible pass through to consumers and other goods such as automobiles. Officials note the Defense Production Act lacks power to curb prices, while price safeguards may not prevent increases.
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GEI
Detroit
Interstate Commerce Commission
Eric A. Jannsson
Baytown Personal Property Taxes Compared With Houston
Baytown officials Barber and Steele McDonald traveled to Houston to compare personal property taxes with those of Houston. City Manager Middleton and Councilman Ral Pruett joined the assessment team. They plan to visit other large cities to gauge Baytown's tax position.
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Humble Plant Receives Five-Year Tax Write Off
Humble Oil and Refining Company gains a 10 percent tax write off for five years for a Baytown Refinery plant under construction to produce aviation gasoline. The concession is part of 260 tax reliefs approved by the Defense Production Administration, totaling 7.1 billion dollars.
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Baytown
United Press
Washington
Humbie
Defense Production Administration
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Defense 2
Charles EB
Sonto
DPA
Italy seeks OSS killers extradition from US
Verbania court demanded the extradition of two American ex OSS soldiers Aldo Pittsburgh and Carlo Loddie from Rochester New York for the 1934 murder of their commanding officer. The case travels Rome to Washington with an in absentia option if the U S refuses to extradite. Holdan died in December 1841 while arming partisans near Lake Maggiore and Lake Orta.
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Italy
Verbania Criminal Court
United States
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Pittsburgh
Caro Loddie
Rochester
New York
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Siator
Wiliam
Holohan
Office of Strategic Services
AOL
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Rome
Washington
Carlo Rama
Holdhan
Lake Maggiore
Lake Orta
Baytown Woman Struck By Car In Market Area
Baytown woman was critically injured when a car driven by Dudley O. Kirkland of Tomball struck her as she stepped into the street outside a Market area. The woman, identified as Mrs. Barrisan, and her infant child suffered injuries. the driver said the woman and baby suddenly appeared in the roadway. The injured mother had recently recovered from prior injuries and was visiting friends in Channelview.
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Mesa Thelman
Harrison
Channelview
Allen Harrison
Lakeview Courts
Injunction May Halt Strike Over Copper Workers Defy Plea
Washington reports the Wage Stabilization Board weighing a show cause order to copper workers who walked out. President Truman urged end to the walkouts while hearings begin, with possible court injunction to force a settlement between unions and the four big producers. An El Paso union official heads to Washington for talks likely to affect the dispute.
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Washington
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George W. Taylor
EL Paso
Ie Paso
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Crane
City Manager Gets Wage Boost In City Budget
City Manager C D Middleton receives an $8000 annual salary under the 1951 62 budget as agreed at a council budget meeting. Several rough edges remain before a public hearing, with final budget session scheduled and part of funds moved to a general contingent fund for vehicles and building projects.
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C. D. Middleton
Middleton
J. A Ward
BR. HL Pruett
A.H
E.W
Linielman
Fults Gergeroh
Tédaay
Odis Mucanink
Muennink
Baytown Pressed to Fund Second Harris County Nurse
Harris County asks Baytown to pay the salary for a second county nurse for East Harris area at about 3400 dollars yearly. East Harris now has one nurse, Mrs A N Johnson, as city officials consider legality and scope of the request.
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Harris County
East Harris
East Harris County
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Ward
City Council Approves Police Budget Increase and New Patrols
The city council approved adding three beat officers to the Police Department for about 13,560 annually, boosting the budget to roughly 92,000. Two of the three new patrolmen will serve as motorcycle officers, with one motorcycle unit slated for nightly duty and up to three cars planned for police service.
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McKee
Truman rebukes Czech envoy over Oatis case at White House
President Truman scolded the new Czechoslovak ambassador Vladimir Prochazka, saying relations would not improve until Prague frees AP correspondent William Oatis. He noted no discussion until Prague changes policy and called for Oatis’s release as proof of cordiality. Short and witness accounts differed on tone after the formalities.
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Prowiszka
Joseph Short
Truwhan
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Jan Masaryk
Masaryk
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William Watts
Czechoslovakia
Dean Acheson
Cove Man Is Injured in Oil Well Accident
Sherry I A Morgan, 35, of Cove, was critically injured today when a length of casing pipe fell on a drifting rig on the Texas Gulf lease at Mont Belvieu. Morgan, on Well 3, suffered a crushed hip, two bruises, a concussion, and a severe head injury while working on the derrick floor.
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Cove
Texas Gulf
Judge Gives John Agar Five Months
Los Angeles report says actor John Agar former husband of Shirley Temple received 150 days in jail for drunk driving. The judge called him a potential killer. Also actors Cesar Romero and Bruce Cabot were scheduled for Beverly Hills court on similar charges.
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John Agar
Shirley Temple
Ceasar Romers
Bruce Cabot
Beverly ‘Hills
Vernon W
Fudge
Cabbies May Lose Permits In City Taxi Shutdown
Houston officials threaten to revoke taxi company permits as cabbies refuse to drive since 5 am. Mayor Pro Tem Tom Reswebder and Public Service Director Clinton Owsley push council meeting to air grievances and discuss emergency ordinance power to cancel licenses amid stalled service.
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Tom Joe
Public Service
Clinton Owsley
Resowether
Owsley
Les Cabbies
Reds staged incident for propaganda
Tokyo dispatch reports General Ridgway’s supreme command accuses the Communists of using a Soviet plane to fake a bombing at Kaesong, aiming to influence armistice talks. The statement questions UN air presence and signals rejection of a new probe on Communist terms, awaiting Ridgway’s reply.
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U.P
Matthew B. ‘Ridgway
Supreme Headquarters
Kaesong
Supreme UN
Kacone
Peiping
Red
Ridgway
Mendanartars
Ridsway
New A-Bomb Tests Planned at Las Vegas Site
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a new series of blasts using atomic and ordinary explosives will be set off in the near future at the Las Vegas Nevada test site. The announcement comes as authorities outline ongoing weapons development and testing programs conducted under federal supervision.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Las Vegas
Nevada
Feathers Spoil Good Sea Mystery at Hogg Island Beach
Four Baytown residents saw what looked like a human leg bone entangled in a brine rotted lifebelt near Hogg Island Beach late yesterday. Police and deputies searched the area with a doctor called in to examine suspected remains amid a mystery described as an old sea tragedy or unexplainable bar accident.
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