Rhee warns of renewed struggle if armistice talks fail
South Korea leader Syngman Rhee urged continued resistance if the Allied counter proposal on a Korean armistice is rejected. He ordered a semi emergency alert and recalled U S trained officers as Panmunjom talks showed no ceasefire. Meanwhile, UN and Communist negotiators edged toward a general agreement as staff met in secret to finalize prisoner exchanges.
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INS
Syngman Rhee
United States
ROK
Panmunjom
Rhee
South Korea
U.S
Munich
United Nations
Red
National Assembly
Korea
Yoon Thai Yung
South Korean
Eisenhower Moves To Counter Rhee Opposition
President Eisenhower sent a message to Syngman Rhee to prevent South Korea's opposition from derailing a near term Korea truce. A White House meeting with top aides followed, and Dulles cancelled a Bucknell speech as talks suggested an imminent armistice within a week to ten days.
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Ashington
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
South Korea
Korea
Secy
Dulles
Bucknell University
Roks
Frank Nash
J. Lawton Collins
Army
Rhee
United States
White House
Sect
Houston Seeks Fireworks Ban After Deadly Blast
Houston officials moved to prohibit fireworks storage after a massive explosion killed four people and wounded about ninety. Mayor Roy Hofheinz and city council members urged a strong ordinance, noting the Alco Fireworks warehouse lacked a permit for the 40 000 pounds of explosives involved.
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Houston
Roy Hofheinz
Hofheinz
P. W. Clooney
Alco Fireworks and Specialty Company
Law Press Reports Czech Clashes With Troops in Revolt
Belgrade reports say Czech workers clashed with Czech security forces during mass demonstrations against the Soviet dominated Prague government. Official notices describe large protests in major Czech cities as open revolt and widespread casual ties.
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Law Press
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Prague
Taft predicts Senate upholds Air Force budget cut
Senator Taft said the Senate will sustain Eisenhower’s cutback in Air Force funds in a very determined fight. He noted a potential Korean truce could save billions but not affect the 36 billion dollar request. Wilson and Pentagon officials back a plan to build 110 to 114 wings next year and 120 by 1955, keeping 143-wing goals as feasibility allows.
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Senate
Air Force
Associated Press
Ashington
Sen
Ohio
Eisenhower
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Congress
Wilson
Secy
Pentagon
White House
Vandenberg
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Airorce
Air National
AI Force
Four Die in South Plains Wrecks Amid Early Morning Crashes
Three men died in a head on collision near Smyer at 2:20 a.m. Two other fatalities occurred when a late model car struck a vehicle parked near Crosbyton. A 7 year old boy was gravely injured near Shallowater. The toll on the 1953 South Plains auto death count reached 44, with victims named from Idalou Pep Crosbyton Levelland and Albuquerque.
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South Plains
Smver
Crosbyton
Shallowater
Smyer
O. E. Eubank Jr
Idalou
Jack Dalton Hardin
Pep
King R. Clabhorn
Levelland
Virgil Homer Lawson
Edward Lafayette Hardin
Jack Hardin
Johnny Hardin
Edward Hardin
Loney Eugene May
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
William Edward Martin
Albuquerque
N.M
Eubank
May and
Claborn
Vandenberg warns Soviet jet bombers threaten Europe
Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg says Soviet light jet bombers can strike Europe within an hour. He cites risk of initial atomic blows and warns the U. S. must rely on allies and bases close to the Iron Curtain. He urges rapid mobilization and notes long range bombers remain limited.
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the Associated Press
Ashington
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Russia
Europe
Vandenberg
U. S
Moscow
Ural Mountain
Lake Baikal
Upstream County To Release Water For Parched Laredo
Maverick County will release stored water 100 miles up the Rio Grande to aid Laredo’s drought. For the fourth day no river flow past Laredo and water should reach in days. County Judge Robert Bibb says flow can start if irrigation pumps follow proration schedules and hold back until water arrives. Webb County irrigation pumping halted. See Laredo page 16.
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Associated Press
Laredo
Maverick County
Rio Grande
Robert Bibb
Eagle Pass
Webb County
Brownfield Rodeo Set
Brownfield hosts rodeo events with page and section references noted across the paper. The notice invites readers to follow up for more details and access to the latest local sports and community happenings.
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Brownfield
Stratojet Breaks Speed Record On Atlantic Flight
Stratojet bombers cross the Atlantic from Limestone Maine to England in five hours 22 minutes at 575 mph, besting the infant U S Britain speed record. The cross Atlantic leg is part of a three day transfer of 45 planes from MacDill Field Florida for 90 days at an American air base near Gloucester England.
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Sea Air Base
England
Atlantic
U. S.-Britain
Limestone
MacDill Field
Fla
Sleepy Gloucester
ROK Troops Regain Part Of Lost Ground
South Korean infantrymen at close quarters by flare light regained more than half the Eastern Front ground lost to North Korea. Frontline reports say the ROK forces drove the Communists back about 300 yards and regrouped for a renewed counterattack.
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Seoul
ROK
Luke the Gook’s Castle
Floods Heat And Twisters Plague U S
Floods and heat hit the United States with Tornado Alley activity in Oklahoma and Montana. Over 300 flood victims evacuated along the Milk River in Montana as two to three funnels were sighted. Harvey Montana faced rising river levels and dikes. President Eisenhower approved federal disaster funds for flooded Montana areas amid rail and dam damage and water restrictions spread in Texas towns like Corpus Christi.
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Milk River
Montana
Oklahoma
Leedey
Harvey Mont
Havre
Fresno
Great Northern Railroad
Zurich
Mont
Paradise Valley
Eisenhower
Panhandle
North Texas
Texas
Corpus Christi
Wind and Hail Ravage Panhandle and South Plains
Violent weather swept the north Panhandle and northwest South Plains on Saturday with high winds rain hail and blowing sand. Canadian 120 miles northeast of Amarillo appears hardest hit with a 5 15 p m heavy storm bringing golf ball sized hail. Four inches of rain drenched the area damaging businesses and homes. bricks were ripped from a fire wall outside Pinson's Department Store and portions of Hoover Office Building rear wall were crushed. glass fronts at Bestway Grocery shattered and Trueblood Motor front wall collapsed.
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North Panhandle
South Plains
Amarillo
Pinson’s Department
Main St
Hoover
Bestway Grocery
Trueblood Motor Company
Brothers Reunited After Forty Years in San Francisco
Roy Hill and Rod Hill, once separated for four decades, described their unlikely reunion at the Fairmont Hotel Nob Hill. Amnesia, an auto accident, pet crows, and a tourist's misread remark set the stage for the brothers to reconnect in San Francisco.
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Associated Press
AN Francisco
San Francisco
Roy
Hill
Rod
Fairmont Hotel
Nob Hill
Red
Fairmont
See Brothers
Red Prisoners Stage Protest Near Pusan
More than 1000 anti Communist Chinese war prisoners staged a Friday protest at POW Camp No. 7 near Pusan demanding unification of Korea and opposing forcible repatriation. About 1500 chant, tear gas dispersed them with no violence, per Lt. Jack Vermeul.
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Pusan
International
Jack Vermeul
Viola
Wis
Vermeul
Jury Returns Guilty Verdict In Shooting
Jack Killingsworth, a Sundown School teacher, is found guilty of murder with malice in the February shooting of Richard McChristian. The jury recommends a five year suspended sentence, ending a four day trial and drawing a crowded courtroom audience.
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Killingsworth
Sundown
McChristian
Victor H. Lindsey
Lindsey
Murderer Guilty In Hockley County Death Case Verdict
A Hockley County jury found Killingsworth guilty of murder with malice in the Feb 27 shooting of Richard McChriestial. He received a five year suspended sentence as spectators filled the courtroom in a dramatic, emotional verdict hailed by supporters. District Attorney Travis Shelton and defense attorney George Dupree conferred outside the courtroom after the decision.
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Jack Killingsworth
Hockley County
Levelland
Richard McChristian
Phil Record
Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Evelland
Mars A
McChristian
Lindsey
Killingsworth
Travis Shelton
George Dupree
Weather summary for Lubbock area with temperatures and pressures
Partly cloudy conditions with possible late evening thundershowers and southerly winds 20 to 25 mph. Temperature range from morning mid 60s to afternoon mid 90s with hourly readings and humidity figures. prior day highs 92 and lows 62. Sunrise 5:36 am sunset 7:35 pm. Southwest weather overview notes precipitation and temperature patterns.
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Lubbock
U. S Weather Bureau
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South Plains Oil News
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