McCarthy Readies Equitable Deal to Rework Finances
Houston oilman Glenn McCarthy secures approval for a readjusted plan with Equitable Assurance Society of America. The settlement paves way for a new McCarthy venture with about 20 million in stock, likely at two dollars a share, and seeks to settle debts tied to McCarthy Oil and Gas Co and mortgage holdings on Shamrock hotel.
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Gas Pipeline Blast Blows Hole in Texas Pasture
An underground natural gas line in the Texas Panhandle near Amarillo ruptured and exploded, creating a 100 yard crater. Witnesses saw a fireball and debris but no body was found. The line supplied 145 million cubic feet of gas daily to the West Coast. the fire prompted immediate shutoff by the pipeline company. An Amarillo Air Base observer reported seeing no wreckage from low altitude flights.
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Veterans affairs center closes as secretary announces changes
Grace alerd alerts a veterans center in Houston as the center will close Thursday. hours shift to Friday and Saturday. Cedar line Ciut president Ra from to ea blue jean noted. Patterson and King SCAM feature in a Wednesday meeting with Lee Wwe Democratic worker introducing a candidate for State Position No. 3.
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Fragmentary notes from a town vacation scene and locals
The text sketches a jumble of names and places including New Orleans, Crowley, St. Louis, and a vague political undertone. It references residents such as Miles, Joe, Mrs. Jack Fut, and Mrs. L Sige, with scattered mentions of parlor discussions, a hibiscus plant, and house locations. The overall piece reads like informal, partial fragments from a social page with no clear sequence of events.
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Extension of Gurbs Voted to Extend Controls
Washington reports the House Banking committee voted to extend price wage and rent controls until June 30 1953 and to abolish restrictions on installment buying and down payments on houses. It adopted an amendment to keep price supports at 90 percent parity for basic farm crops next year. The consumer credit curbs on housing would be removed, relaxing Regulation XII to permit lower down payments.
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House Banking Committee
Three Highlands People Critically Injured in Wreck
Three members of Highlands families were critically injured in a two-vehicle wreck on South Main near Jones Road in Highlands Tuesday night. Mrs A P Wilson of 1014 Jones Road suffered a broken ankle and facial injuries, her husband sustained serious chest injuries and a nearly severed left ear, and their daughter Brere Da Bone 18 faced a serious back injury. Car driver DuBose had minor injuries, while Ruby Gomer of 503 San Jacinto Highland, driver of the second car, was cut on the face and head and treated at an office.
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Army sergeant faces court martial for criticizing Gen Clark
Sgt Dean Chase of Salt Lake City was ordered to stand trial after writing a letter in which he attacked General Clark over the handling of the Rose prisoner of war camp incident. He called Clark’s actions repugnant and invoked infamy alongside Dachau and other camps. The Sixth Army referred the matter to a court martial under Article 39 for disrespect to a superior officer.
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Ex-Convict Sells Old Oil For Insecticide
Houston June 11 Caleb Andrew Clay, an ex convict, is jailed on charges he sold 65 gallons of used motor oil to a Greens Bayou woman as termite exterminating fluid. He billed 150 for treatment but the oil was merely used oil likely from a service station.
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Caleb Andrew Clay
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E. Harris
Clay
Strike May Delay Texas Allotments
Dallas June 11 The steel strike threatens to hold up $635,169,104 worth of controlled materials for July August September for 63 Texas construction projects. J Ernest L Tutt NPA director said 25 projects are new and first supplies of steel copper and aluminum are involved.
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National Production Authority
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Red POWs Seized For Killings On Kose Island Korea
UPI reports on June 11 that seven top Communist leaders were seized from compound 77 by American military police. Paratroopers found mutilated bodies of victims who were murdered in kangaroo courts before the compound’s evacuation. Maj. David Korn cites 15 prisoners murdered within 12 hours and suggests more leaders and hundreds may be buried or hidden.
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Richmond
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Senate rejects seizure power plan in steel dispute
The Senate on Wednesday votes 63 to 26 against Sen. Wayne Morse of Oregon proposing to grant the President authority to seize steel plants for 60 days during a national emergency or when threatened, in the ongoing steel dispute.
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Truman
Wayne Morse
Three MiGs Shot Down by Sabres in Korea Clash
Sixteen Sabres battled Communist jets and ground forces near Sinulju and Chorwon as North Korean troops launched a heavy night assault on the UN front. The Fifth Air Force downed three MIGs while ground fighting around Chorwon produced multiple Reds casualties amid fierce 24 hour bombardment and counterattacks. Fifteen more rebels were killed and 20 wounded in one night action. patrols reported heavy enemy activity and continued artillery salvos along the 155 mile front.
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Korea
Fifth Air Force
Sinulju
United’ Nations
Chorwon
Guily Tadar
Eighth’ Army
Sinto
Completed Freeway To Be Opened Aug. 2
The Gulf Freeway between Galveston and Houston will open officially August 2. State highway engineer W J Van London announced the date and ceremonies planned by the Houston Chamber of Commerce. Jim Douglas said paving from Dickinson to League City is nearly done and three bridges require final work.
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W. J. van London
Houston Chamber of’Commerce
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Baytown Polio Effort Stresses Cleanliness and Cooperation
City health officials urged residents to keep garbage cans closed and alleys clear to deter dogs and scavengers. Munnink cited reports from across Baytown and noted year round cleanliness as key to stopping pests. He asked residents to cooperate and reminded about fines for violations.
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Polio Strikes Baytown Victims Hospitalized At Hedgecroft
Two Baytown men are hospitalized at Hedgecroft with polio and show limited improvement. George Mathis, 33, in critical condition though described as fair, is hospitalized after a fall from a croft while John Rankin, a La Porte schoolboy, recovers at home. Weathers, painting his Wynnewood Addition house, suddenly became ill and was treated as a possible heart stroke before polio was diagnosed and he was sent to Hedgecroft.
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Punch Nearly Sinks Show Boat at Municipal Opera
In St Louis on Tuesday night actor William Olvis with a house punch nearly knocked out the Show Boat character in a staged brawl. Krawi’s stand in Jack Olsen filled in the role, finishing the scene after Olvis’s near KO.
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Municipal Opera
Texas National Guard Camp Praised in Fort Hood Notes
The 36th Texas National Guard two week training period at Fort Hood drew praise from Col. B Abrams Pentagon officers branch chief who called it the best Texas camp he has seen The exercise featured 250 men as aggressors and included a Beaumont Port Arthur Port Neches engineer battalion that built a bridge and repelled a sudden attack under the watch of Gen William Hoge The event highlighted strong performance amid ongoing maneuvers in the region
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Apartment Blaze Blamed On Wiring
Defective wiring caused a Wednesday apartment fire at a North Jones Street residence owned by T. F. Crawford. Wayne Barfield alerted Crawford, who used a garden hose to combat the blaze until firefighters arrived. Damage to the building and contents estimated around $1,000, with mattresses and tools destroyed. Neighbors assisted with bucket brigades.
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Wayne Barfield
Three Teen-Agers On Jeep-Trailer Trip Across U.S.
Three teenagers embark on a cross country jeep and trailer journey from Seattle to Fort Lauderdale. They travel via San Francisco Denver Chicago Quebec City and Wadesboro visiting Sammy's guardian in North Carolina and have already toured the Grand Canyon. They camp, fish, and hunt with bows and arrows while cooking aboard. The journey includes an umbrella tent and a fully equipped jeep with radio and supplies. They expect to send letters every week and call every three weeks.
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Fort Lauderdale
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David
Arnett
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Raymond
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Daya
Rayne Horace-Mann
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Canada
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Grand Canyon
Meeting Set With Ousted Delegation in Texas Visit
Texas trip by General Dwight D. Eisenhower will include talks with the disputed Texas delegation to the Republican national convention. H J Jack Porter and others say Eisenhower will meet at Denison, his birthplace, as Taft supporters push for a Denver convention alternative amid a split among GOP factions.
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D. Eisenhower
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H. J. Jack Porter
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Denison
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GOP Chiefs Face Suit
In Brownsville Texas Mrs Emily Geroni sues the Republican Party and state officials alleging violation of constitutional rights as a delegate and obstruction of her bid as presidential elector candidate. The suit targets party secretary Carlos Watson and the state executive committee over delegate certification for the May 27 state convention and claims rejection of Harris County delegates backed by Gen Dwight Eisenhower.
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4Ley Geroni
Carlos Watson
Brownsville
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Houston
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Knowland Boomed for Veep in GOP Split
Californian Knowland rises as potential vice presidential choice amid Eisenhower Taft rivalries. Reports say Knowland could be the second ticket spot regardless of nominee, with MacArthur as possible keynote at the convention.
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