FBI letters threaten Dallas residents in extortion plot
FBI and Dallas police investigated letters demanding money and promising forgiveness if paid. One recipient, identified as Schepps, said he was shocked. The letters, postmarked April 28 with a May 1 ad in the Dallas Morning News, urged payment in large bills and warned against tracing.
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Si Hepps
Dallas Morning News
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Florence
FBI
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Schepps
Bell Telephone eyes solar battery test for rural power needs
Bell Telephone System aims to test a solar battery to keep storage cells charged for rural lines in Americus Georgia. Solar plates generate about 50 watts per square yard and could power a small home with stored energy, though daylight is required and storage units handle night use.
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Winass
Americus
Bell
Pittsburghers Walk To Work As Transit Strike Paralyzes City
Pittsburgh residents faced a mass transit outage as 2,700 AFL operators of Pittsburgh Railways Co walked out after failed negotiations with the railways and the Operators Union. About 60 percent of workers joined by walking or hitching rides while city officials warned the stoppage could last months. Operators sought a 30 cent hourly raise and 48 contract changes, while fares had just been raised to 20 cents for trolleys and 25 cents for buses last December.
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AFL
Sam
Daval Lu
Lawrence
Davision 85
AFL Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employees Union
Railways Company
Commund
Escapee Melvin McCreary Returns to Apologize in Louisiana
Melvin J McCreary a 27 year old holdup suspect escaped from a Los Angeles court room to visit his minister in Baton Rouge Louisiana He later surrendered to sheriffs deputies on Monday while awaiting a record ball to apologize to Superior Judge Burdette Daniels from whose court he escaped in April
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Los Angeles
Baton Rouge
Melvin J McCreary
Burdette Daniels
Texa s Research League Recommends Phasing Out State Orphans Home
A May report to the Board for Texas State Affairs by the Texas Research League urges gradual abolition of the state orphans home at Corsicana. The recommendation calls for placing children in private homes through the league funded system to ease the transition.
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UPDA
Corsicana
Texas Research League
League
Ino
Hospital Board
State Department of Pub- In Welfare
Waco
Rainrain City Tragedy After Pickup-Truck Collision With Train
Reported fatality after a pickup crash with a Katy passenger train. Winds reached 58 mph in Abilene with 1.18 inches of rain and a tornado sighting in Andrews not touching ground. Waco floodwaters surged into homes and stores as a brewery explosion followed the downpour. Lubbock to Amarillo reported heavy rainfall. temps ranged 45 to 74. A state welfare plan would move Corsicana orphans to the State Dept. of Public Welfare saving about 220000 annually.
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Waco
Austin
23Rd
W. D. Brannan
Best Time for Stressing Soil Conservation in 1994
Albert H McDonald secretary treasurer of the Fannin Soil Conservation District says this is the best time to stress soil conservation. Soil Conservation District Week runs May 10 to May 16 1994 with Soil Stewardship Sunday on May 16. Local service staff offer help on outlets terraces ponds pasture seed and cover crops.
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Fannin
Fannin County
Soil Conservation Service
McDonald
Security Council Meets With Ike On Indo China War
President Eisenhower held a 90 minute security council session on the Indo China crisis and steps toward allied talks. Diplomats said the United States Britain France Australia and New Zealand may meet soon in Singapore or Washington to discuss military measures to guard southeast Asia. Secretary Dulles rushed to the State Department for further talks with British and New Zealand envoys as a new strategy appears to be developing.
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Eisenhower
National Security Council
Southeast Asia
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France
Australia
New Zealand
Singapore
John Foster Dulles
White House
Security Council
State Department
Indo-China
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1953 Cotton Crop Reaches 16,465,000 Bales
The Agriculture Department places the 1953 cotton crop at 16,465,000 500 pound bales, slightly higher than December estimates, the fourth largest on record. It compares with 16,437,000 bales last December and 15,139,000 in 1952.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
McCarthy Cross-Examination Sparks Army Hearings Debate
The Army-McCarthy inquiry enters its seventh day with Senators debating cross examination limits. Senator McCarthy objects to a time cap while Army Secretary Stevens advocates testimony from all witnesses as necessary, and committee members weigh speed versus fairness amid calls for consensus.
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Flee
Army
Robert T. Stevenson
McCarthy
Stevens
Weg Fey
Stan Tange Doves
RT Grett
Community board hears rock wool plant proposal
Kimmett Thompson appeared before the board of directors regarding a rock wool plant. The proposal was to be placed before the industrial committee of the chamber as Stroud and Perrin Field officials participate in Armed Forces Day events with speakers and a band program this Sunday.
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Bonham
Sperakers
Perrin Field
Tee
Foonhi
Kimmett Thompson
Board of
Chamber
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