Virginia Hill Barricades Hotel Room In El Paso Scene
Red haired Virginia Hill, linked confidante of mobsters, locked in a El Paso hotel room hurling insults and a shoe at reporters while denying authorities. She said she planned to travel to Spokane and later Buenos Aires, while Treasury agents pursued her as a flight from San Francisco drew attention.
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Aso
Virginia Hill
Aper
Miss Hill
Neil McNeill
el Paso Herald Post
Pab
McNeil
United Press
Kefauver Committee
New York
el Paso
Hotel Cortez
San Francisco
Treasury Department
Spokane
Texas
Miss Huh
Lilymae Ward
Las Vegas
Nevada
Mrs. Harper
Miss Ward
Pacts with Russia Hungary and Bulgaria face pressure
United States agreed to long trade pacts with Russia Romania and Bulgaria, while seeking amendments with Hungary. It threatens to cancel these pacts if satellite nations resist changes. Military and civilian jurisdiction tensions test postwar alignments in the region.
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United States
Russia
Roa
Bulgaria
Hungary
Sheriff Denies Dice Reports After Tour
Galveston County Sheriff Frank L Biaggne said he and a Galveston official toured Kemah and nearby towns overnight and found no gambling. He reported no dice, roulette, or poker rooms were observed and noted business owners were cooperative. The inquiry followed newspaper claims the county had reopened after a June 15 shutdown.
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Galveston
Frank L. Biaggne
Kemah
Edgewater Inn
Biaggne
State Crime Committee
Macee
Algoa
Dickinson
Raymond Magee
Galveston County
Crime ‘Committee
Merchants of
Kemah Puesday
Red casualties rise in Korea to 1.19 million
The Army reports Communist casualties in Korea total 1,191,422 from the war's start through June 23, marking a five day increase of 5,958. The estimate breaks down to 863,949 battle casualties, 164,343 nonbattle casualties, and 163,130 prisoners.
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Washington
IEBI
Korea
War Balance Sheet For Week Roundup Of Good News And Bad
UP round up reports a tentative cease-fire in Korea progressing with concessions from Ridgeway and Communist commanders, and a reduced front. Russia accepts a four power trade proposal signaling a pause in world tensions. British worries over Iran oil threaten Western access. Red China warns that Formosa and Japan peace issues persist, with U.S. rearmament urged to continue.
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Harry Ferguson
Matthew B. Ridgeway
Korea
Russia
Iina
Yugoslavia
United Nations
America
Britain
France
Soviet Union
Moscow
Iran
Herbert Morrison
House of Commons
Far East
Red China Radio
Broadcas
Formosa
Japan
Washington
United States
Truman
Europe
Baytown Veteran Returns from Korea with Courageous Escape
Corporal Curtis S. Jenkins, 22, of the Fifth Regiment Combat Team, arrives home to Baytown after a year of combat in Korea. He helped two comrades and carried three wounded buddies to American lines, and he served in three US battalions that fought a Red Chinese trap. He plans to attend college after discharge, having previously studied at Allen Military Academy.
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Jenkins
Gresham
Curtis S. Jenkins
Seattle
Korea
Marine Lynx
Allen Military Academy
Hawaiian Islands
Ores
Libby
Robert E. Lee High School
Atamo
Curtis
William Edward
Sam Houston State College
Bank Grill
West Baytas
Mercury stuck and weather notes drift in report
A fragmented report recalls a stalled Mercury column and persistent heat readings. It notes a 21 day stretch with highs around the upper 70s to 80s and mentions training activities at a center in San Advanced Train 2. The text also references Navy entry by an individual and a Beatrice Alphonse Schilling report.
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C. R. Kressma
Beatrice Alphonse Schilling
San
Navy
Fragmented Morse Postcard Notes From Sork Home Scene
A garbled draft records scattered names and places including Oklahoma, Marjorie, Fox trim, Yankee, Rosenfeld, McCauley, Sare, Garner State Park, Jessie Lunsford, Lesley, Duncan, Barfield, Cedar Bayon, Alford, Baytown, Lyondale Park, and a De xroley picnic. It hints at neighbors planning a ranch purchase and family routines amid a collage of local figures and settings.
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Sork
Marjorie
Oklahoma
Mammoth
Yankees
Dick Rosenfeld
McCauley
Iares Cole
West Texas
Fulkerson
Lee Bunn
Garner State Park
Jessie Lunsford
Lesley
State of Spit
Duncan
Herrington
Barfield
Ewa
Baytown Street Program Faces Big IFs and Costs
Baytown considers a $500000 bond issue to pave 13 streets with concrete or asphalt. Homeowners face front-foot charges up to 3.24 dollars per foot for shell paving, with costs varying by street width and curb presence. Council urges signups to start paving, as owner consent and local percentages drive progress.
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Baytown
She's Base
North Pruett
Texas Avenue
George Chandler
H. S. Berlin
Seaman Albert Erickson Pays Fine After Wooster Crash
Albert Erickson paid a 28 dollar fine and was released after being charged with driving without a license and reckless driving in Wooster. The wreck occurred on Market Street when a car veered off a curve, hit a parked vehicle and struck the Joe Kulak home, damaging a gas regulator until a wrecker moved the car and shut off the gas. Deputy Sheriff M. M. Brown filed the charges, with Justice Roscoe Zierlein overseeing.
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Seaman Albert Erickson
Erickson S
Justice of the Peace
Roscoe Zierlein
M. M. Brown
Market Street
Wooster
Brown
Paul Anderson
Joe Kulak
40 Market
Deranged intruder breaks into Buckingham Palace
A man about 30 entered Buckingham Palace. he crouched a corridor below Princess Margaret’s sleeping suite. King George VI and Queen Elizabeth were away at Windsor. Detectives questioned him for 10 hours, then deemed him insane and committed him to a mental hospital.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Polite
Princess Margaret
King George
Queen Elizabeth
Palace
Windsor
Seattend Yard
Gannon Street
US Demands Ships Back in Soviet Lend Lease Row
The United States, via two notes from Secretary of State Acheson, demands immediate return of 672 lend-lease ships from the Soviet Union. Washington cites the master agreement requiring return of vessels that survived the war and are needed for U.S. defense, with Moscow having refused.
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Washington
United States
Russia
United Issues
Soviet Union
State Department
Dean Acheson
Boris I. Baravaer
Acheson
Truman
Excited Baytonian youths join World Scout Jamboree trip
Two Baytonians, John Henry Gasch and John A Hor somback, both 16, join about 1000 American Boy Scouts bound for the World Jamboree in Austria. They depart for pre jamboree training in Dallas then New Orleans July 5, travel via New York and Naples to Rome and Innsbruck, with a homeward route via Cherbourg and Niagara Falls. They anticipate sightseers and report packing challenges for the six nation border crossings.
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John Henry Gasch
John Gasch
John A
Robert Hoisembach
J. C. Horsomback
United States
Austria
Dallas
New Orleans
Itnerary
Washington, D. C
New York
Argentina
Algiers
North Africa
Naples
Rome
Florence
Venice
Bolzano
Italy
Innsbruck
Brenner Passio
Bad Ischi
Paris
Cherbourg
France
Brazil
Wiagara’ Falls
Canada
Rescue Scream Signals Tug Dan Quinn Tragedy
New Orleans dispatch reports rescuers heard screams from crew trapped as the tug Dan Quinn sank after colliding with tanker Morris Hess on the Mississippi River. Six men likely went down. four escaped including one woman cook. Salvage crews expected up to seven bodies. divers sought the submerged vessel amid swift current and rising water.
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New Orleans
dlPi
Mississippi
Dan Quinn
Dan
Wes
C. Ro Délaney
Merlin Fayard
Huey Longbridge
Wee
Delaney
Preparations For Parleys All Complete
Korea cease-fire talks near start with United Nations predicting a fighting end by week’s end. Ridgway promises safe conduct to Kaesong delegates and Pyongyang radios confirm agreement. Red troops repair Kaesong City Hall as patrols note traffic control and no booby traps. preliminary talks expected to begin in Kaesong Sunday.
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TOKYO
Korea
United Nations
Matthew B. Ridgway
Kaesong
Reds
Pyongyang
Kim Il Sung
North Korea
Peng Teh-Huai
38Th Parallel
O. P. Weysend
Far East Air Force
Pyongang- Kaesong
CST
Yeung
Trojit
Dewey May Join Korean Peace Talks
TOKYO EP Thomas Dewey governor of New York and Republican leader will fly to Korea Sunday as a private citizen with President Truman's blessing. Speculation rose he could join Korean peace talks or be named a UN negotiator, though officials dismissed the talk.
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Tokyo
Thomas ¥. Dewey
New York
Republican Party
Dewey
Truman
Korea
Reds Open Attack and Army Buildup Reported
Communist forces attacked east central front two days before cease fire talks. U.N. forces retreated after a 45 minute battle near Hwachon. Reds reportedly massed 350000 troops for a west front assault. B 26 bombers and Marine planes hit 300 Communist trucks, while Fifth Air Force jets bombed Sinanju airfield.
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Eighth Army
Korea
United Nations
Hwachon
United Press
Air Force
Sinanju
Torrents Of Rain Raise New Flood Threat
Rain in the Grand River Valley of northwest Missouri surged flood risks across towns. Seven inch to nine inch totals swelled the Grand River, flooding lowlands near Pattonsburg and Excelsior Springs. The Missouri River rose, flooding farmland, washing out rail and roads, and prompting evacuations in St. Louis area.
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Missouri
United Press
Grand River
Missouri River
Pattons_burg
Pattensburg
Lexington
Waeverly
Excelsior Springs
East
Fishing River
Midwest
Front Street
St .Louis
Driver Charged After Houston Auto Crash
L. W. Howard, 28, of 696 Yupon, charged with assault by motor vehicle in a wreck in Houston. Helen Mae Scott, 25, of Houston, admitted to Saint Josephs Infirmary with a skull fracture after the collision at Washington and Houston at 12:20 am Thursday. The case was filed in Justice Tom Macs court.
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L. W. Howard
Yupon
Houston
Helen Mae Scott
Boys May Lose Sight From Oklahoma City Firecracker Incident
Four boys ages 3 to 11 in a middle class Oklahoma City suburb tested a giant repeater firecracker after the Fourth of July. Young Madden opened the device and spilled powder around the container before covering it with dirt and debris. Sandra Miser, age 10, alerted her family, fearing the danger as the incident unfolded and medical attention was sought for potential permanent blindness.
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Oklahoma City
KPI
Resten- Hills
Woolsey Madden
Harold Sanford
Max Ramilton
Steve Miser
Madden
Sandra
Boy In Serious Shape After Copperhead Bite
Nine year old Henry Cordova of Fairbanks was in a serious condition at Jeff Son Davis Hospital today after being bitten by a copperhead at home yesterday.
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Houston
Henry Cordova
Fairbanks
Jeff Son- Davis Hospital
Iran Tightens Travel Curbs For British
Tehran tightens restrictions on foreign travel and movement of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company personnel. The interior ministry bans Eric Drake, AIOC general manager, from leaving Iran and cancels his residence permit as uncertainty grows over Hague rulings. A five member board of supervisors from Iran Britain and a neutral may be appointed to oversee the industry.
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Tehran
Iran
OH Company
Ministry of Interior
Eric Drake
AIOC
Drake
London
Basrak
Iraq
Unger
International Court
the. Hague
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