Open New Office Shows Booster Activity Amid 1952 Buzz
A fragmented report notes boosters opening new offices and pressuring for candidates. It mentions Earl Warren, Frank Carlson, Cabot Lodge, and Senator Taft as potential targets, with European dispatches cited about General Eisenhower's political intentions and campaign management struggles.
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Europe
Robert Taft
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Thomas EB. Genr
Local Spots Club Honors and School News Highlights
Journal notes mixed items from the Spots club and school life. Eva Seere Shepperd and Ola Krenneck appear among members while Fred Hartman and Nell Guth are mentioned in teaching roles. A family crowd and holiday mood frame a busy week with several social and school events noted.
Gambler Tax Stamp Drive Tops Galveston County Numbers
The Houston Press reports about 120 Galveston County residents obtaining federal gambling tax stamps through the Austin branch of the Internal Revenue Service. A landslide majority of island gamblers reportedly appear on the tax list after the November 30 deadline, with Galveston leading state counts, accounting for more than half of a statewide total.
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Brouston
The
Houston Press
Teay
Galvestton County
Austin
Tnternal Revenue Bureau
Sf Island
Galveston
War Balance Sheet For Week Faces Mixed News
A weekly roundup reports both good and bad war news. Prisoner exchanges in Korea reveal many missing Americans and unaccounted-for names from Thai lists. In Europe, Churchill backs a Western Europe plan and the Schuman accord. Britain and Egypt seek renewed talks, awaiting Cairo’s next move on the Suez Crisis.
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Hisenhower
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Eden
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Mohammed Saiaah
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Suez Canal Zone
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Egypt
Mercury Drops as Three Bays Freeze Predicted
A chaotic weather update reports a sharp 57 degree temperature drop across regions, with forecasts predicting a new freeze tomorrow. Local fundraising notes mention brief totals from teams led by Stefens Murdoch and Meister, while temperatures fall from 65 to the 20s across cities such as Dallas, Amarillo, Lubbock, and Beaumont.
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Amarillo
Lubbock
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Dallas
Fort Worth
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Waco
Beaumont
Pe Rio
Galveston
Count Beatice
Corpus Christi
Laretio
Goodfellow Bags Deliver Christmas Gifts to Bartown Area
Volunteer Goodfellows begin delivering bags of Christmas gifts this afternoon and plan to finish by Monday afternoon. Carpenters Union Boys Scouts and PTA workers will help distribute to 425 children’s families in Bartown, with many gifts hidden until Christmas morning. The drive still needs about £65 to cover costs. Donations continue, totaling $934.52 including a $150 contribution from Lamar Sixth Grade students and gifts from Anne and Alan Melinger Waldren’s 6th Grade Lamar Students and others.
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Carpenters Union
Boys Scouts
Parent-Teachers Association
Bartown
Sears and Roesuck
Lamar
Station KRCT To Be Sold And Moved To Houston
FCC considers sale of Radio 9 Station KRCT to two Houston groups. Studios will relocate to Houston while transmitters stay. New company includes G Aldgredge Roscoe Cavitt Newman Dudley Dr AL Reese and C W Rice. B S Holland named executive vice president. Station to be operated by Negros as the sole all Negro station in the Southwest. It has served since 1847 under Bay Broadcasting Company.
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KRCT
Houston Group
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Houston
Ener G. G. Aldgredge
Roscoe Cavitt
Newman Dudley
AL R. Reese
C. W. Rice
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Bay Broadcasting Company
H. R. Grobe
Cis Tharp
C Q. Alexander
D. G. Kilough
Dixie
Howells
Sylvia McKinstry
Reds Begin Big Buildup In Korea Front
United Nations airmen reported a major Communist buildup in Korea with bombers and fighter-bombers hitting at least 2200 trucks along roads to the front lines. Strikes focused mainly on the western front as the week closed.
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Korea
United Nations
Youth Hurt On Cycle In Massachusetts Road Crash
Barfield 12 suffered minor injuries when his motorcycle skidded and threw him 15 feet into a ditch on Mass Tompkins Road yesterday. He was taken to Bartown Hospital by Earthman ambulance, regained consciousness en route, and was sent home after emergency treatment. Witnesses said Barfield leaned to the side to view something on the wheel before the crash.
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Lais Yesterdar
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Man accused after alleged theft of mother-in-law teeth
Police say David Ritchie, 35, knocked down his mother-in-law during a quarrel, sat on her, removed her false teeth, and fled with them. He faces grand larceny charges.
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Baytown Shops Roar With Last Minute Christmas Rush
Downtown Baytown endures crowded streets and traffic as merchants report strong last minute sales. Stores stay open late tonight and tomorrow before a Monday 6 pm close, driven by new fashions and quality materials attracting shoppers from La Porte and surrounding areas.
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Baytown
Texas
Pearce
DeFee
la Porte
291 Missing Soldiers Still Doubt Cases
The Defense Department said 291 Army names may not be on the Communist list of Korean War prisoners. Further checking is required before next of kin can be notified. Twenty are listed as prisoners but marked killed in action by the Army. Names lack or conflict with serial numbers and records. Official notification will be withheld pending investigation. President Truman urged cautious handling of the list.
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Korea
Auissing
Matthew Brudewa
Hungary
Ists
United Nations
Washington
U.P
Defense Department
Pentagon
Penington
Defense
Department
Truman
UN gives up island holdings to speed armistice
PANMUNJOM United Nations staff agreed to surrender all islands off both coasts of North Korea to the Communists to accelerate an armistice. The concession, reached at a two hour morning meeting, aims to satisfy future demands on troop rotation and airfield construction while negotiations continue on key truce terms.
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UN Hints Communists Hold More POWs Than Reported
The United Nations signaled that Communist forces may hold hundreds more American prisoners beyond the 1195 cited, citing discrepancies in the Reds list of 11,583 officers and men. Rear Admiral Libby urged a complete explanation of inconsistencies and noted propaganda reports naming over 10,500 officers not in the retreat list, calling the low South Korea POW ratio unbelievable.
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South Ware
Korea
Policeman Killed in Detroit Blizzard Shootout
Detroit patrolmen Clyde Harrison and Richard Staab stopped a car amid a snowstorm when it opened fire. Harrison died en route to hospital. Staab was wounded. The suspects Maurer and Gray were linked by a found sedan. Maurer, tied to the earlier murder of his mother and sister, fled after the attack.
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Owen Gray
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Baytown Men Among 400 Korean War Veterans Aboard
Three Baytown area men are among 400 Korean war veterans aboard the Transport General Joan Pone which docked in San Francisco yesterday. Private First Class Lawrence Burchfield of La Porte Corporal Milton L. Cole of 214 East Hunnicutt Baytown Corporal Michael M. Connealy of 3621 Missouri. Corporal Cole, son of Mr and Mrs Rodney L. Cole, was wounded in Korea on September 20. Connealy has been with the First Marines in Korea since last Christmas.
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San Francisco
Lawrence Burchfield
la Porte
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East Hunnicutt
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Missouri
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Some Will Some Won't Approve This City Luncheon Scene
Mayor Oscar Holcombe of Houston featured in a Christmas luncheon scene with gifts. Mrs. Octavia Holman, secretary to the mayor, supplied Christmas gifts for the City Council. Each councilman's plate held a little angel while the mayor's place setting displayed a red devil.
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Oscar Holcombe
Houston
Octavia Holman
Holcombe
Souncilman
Pipeline Valve Blast Spars Oklahoma Gas Firm Sabotage Claim
A valve on a 10 000 customer pipeline was dynamited during a snowstorm near Poteau Oklahoma. Sheriff says fallout suggests sabotage tied to a six week strike by LeFlore County Gas and Electric employees. FBI and State Crime Bureau to assist as crews repair the leak and prevent a total loss of pressure during freezing temperatures.
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State Crime Bureau
Gift Spotter guides holiday shopping in the Sun Classifieds
A playful note in the Holiday Hints column promotes the Sun Classifieds Gift Spotter for Christmas gift ideas. It teases age and identity jokes, urging readers to browse the Gift Spotter for shopping hints to satisfy friends and family.
Butadiene Plant Explosion Hospitalizes Three Men near Borger
An explosion at the government owned Pisins Butadiene plant four miles west of Borger released hydrocarbon gases and hospitalized Victor Ellig A D Ford and H L Hays amid a blaze that burned past 5 am Local residents about Buna Vista felt the shock as emergency whistles signaled the initial blaze The plant scales and damages remained undetermined with Phillips officials deferring estimates to Bartlesville office.
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Buna- Vista
Phillips
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Meat Packing Plant Strike at Fort Worth Armour Plant
Sporadic strik ing continued at the Fort Worth plant of Armour and Company with about 260 workers off the job. Some walked off while others remained laid off as departments were emptied following earlier walkouts and union action in the ongoing dispute with the Big Boy contract efforts in Chicago.
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Armour and Company
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