Eisenhower Denounces Debts and Sees No Deals in Speech
General Dwight D. Eisenhower tossed aside prepared lines at Olympia Stadium in a crowd of about 10,000, declaring he is strictly a no deal man with no political debts and blasting the administration over the steel strike. He warned of corruption in government and asserted an urgent need for a change in federal governance, signaling a sharp taft opposition under GOP flap.
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FNS
Etroit
Dwight S. Fisenhower
Strieth
Olympia Stadium
Eisenhower
New Era In Atomic Energy Foreseen By Truman
President Truman announced a near complete full sized atomic engine to power a new U S submarine the Nautilus. He said the device could run nearly indefinitely without refueling and noted the nation stands on the threshold of a hydrogen era with Russia blocking cooperation. He criticized Eisenhower as a political figure and warned about the year’s campaign dynamics while Sen McMahon claimed readiness to produce H bombs.
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Earnest B. Vaccaro
Sen
Brien McMahon
Joint
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Soviet Russia
Eisenhower
McMahon
Sen. McMahon
Arco
Idaho
Navy and
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Gas Breaks Up Defiant POWs
At Fose Island Korea on a Sunday in June 1950 guards used tear gas to dispers e three stockades holding North Korean prisoners. Officials said 900 detainees were moved and 15 Red leaders plus 273 anti Communist prisoners were identified or freed after gas grenades halted a mass exercise and a fingerprinting check.
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Robert B. Tuckman
Fose Island
Korea
Col
Rhee
Taft Opens Way For Texas Delegate Fight
Senator Taft signaled possible national GOP handling of Texas 38 votes in the 1948 convention. He met with Rep. Reece after controversy over Texas delegates, a fight seen as pivotal to the presidential nomination. Harriman previews a Western campaign push for Truman. Page 10 TEXAS DELEGATES.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
National Committee
Harriman
Truman
California
New Mexico
Utah
Arizona
Pacific Northwest
Taft
Texas
Ike
Rep
Reece
Rtenn
Reese
Mineral Wells
Mystery shock rattles three eastern states
A rumbling mystery shock shook Pennsylvania Delaware and New Jersey affecting about a million people. Officials said no earthquake and Franklin Institute seismographs found no quake cause. Many residents rushed outdoors and some feared a hydrogen bomb.
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International News Service
Philadelphia
Pennsyvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Franklin Institute
Congress weighs price fixing bill reshaping retail rules
State stake in measure shifts learning toward federal action. House and Senate members express mixed views with Rep. Kilday calling the law vague while Sen. Connally and Sen. Johnson offer varied positions. Interstate Commerce panel backs the bill amid hearings, but opinions split on applicability to Texas. Price fixing debate centered on fair trade versus federal mandate implications.
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Sarah McClendon
Fen
Wright Patman
Texarkana
House Select Committee
Texas
Paul Kilday
San Antonio
Tom Connally
Lyndon Johnson
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Fort Lee
One Dead Four Hurt In Crash Near Smyer
A head on collision near Smyer about 12:15 a.m. left one man dead and four injured. Lewis Goodluck Mitchell was pronounced dead on arrival at Lubbock Memorial Hospital. Cpl. James Marshall remained in critical condition and James Taylor had minor injuries while two others in Levelland remained critically ill.
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Smyer
Lubbock
Levelland-Lubbock
Lubbock Memorial Hospital
Lewis Goodluck Mitchell
Levelland
James Marshall
RAFB
James Taylor
Mitchell
Philips-Dupre Hospital
British jets accused of border violation over East Germany
Russia charged that two British jet fighters violated East Germany's frontier and said British authorities bear full responsibility for the consequences of the flights.
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Berlin
Russia
East Germany
Haley Gets Americanism Post At Texas Tech
Two leading scholars join Texas Tech faculty as J Evetts Haley and Dr. Lewis M. Cline assume new roles. Haley becomes Director of the Institute of Americanism under the Maedgen Foundation, while Cline is named distinguished professor of geology. They join Carl Coke Rister to form a trio of top scholars. Haley, a noted historian and former Panhandle Plains Historical Museum head, is described as a rugged individualist fitting the Americanism department created under the foundation approved by the Tech board two months earlier.
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Bob Corbett
Avalanche-Journal
Texas Tech
D. M. Wiggins
J. Evetts Haley
Lewis M. Cline
Tech
Haley
Texas
Institute of Americanism
Charles E. Maedgen Foundation
Cline
Carl Coke Rister
Maedgen Foundation
Panhandle¢ Plains
Three Justice Department aides resign in reshuffle
Attorney General James P. McGranery announced with three top assistant attorneys general resigning H Graham Morison Harold I Baynton and William A Underhill all presidential appointees from the Anti Trust Alien Property and Lands divisions A new special assistant attorney general Dr Rowland F Kirks will run the Alien Property Office while investigations by Senate and House committees proceed.
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Washington
Atty
James P. McGranery
Justice Department
H. Graham Morison
Harold I. Baynton
Alien Property Office
William A. Underhill
Senate
House
McGranery
Rowland F. Kirks
National University School of Law
Ninth Army Combat Intelligence
Philadelphia
J. Howard McGrath
Newbold
Traffic Group Meeting Announced
City traffic committee schedules a gathering to discuss roadway safety and planning. No further specifics given in the brief listing.
Red artillery shells hit Iron Triangle in heavy frontal barrage
Seoul reports a new core bombardment of the Iron Triangle area by Communist forces. The United Nations command says Allied artillery fragments wounded a Korean civilian in the neutral zone while the Communists allegedly still maintain three infantry observation posts inside the zone.
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Seoul
Iron Triangle
Panmunjom
United Nations Command
Hydrogen bomb call spurs push for mass production
Sen McMahon declares the U S has found the hydrogen bomb and urges manufacturing hydrogen weapons by the thousands. He warns of a hydrogen arms race and urges a new U N disarmament commission while Truman's 1950 directive to develop the H bomb remains in force.
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McMahon
Atomic Energy Commission
Atomic Energy Committee
United States
U.S
Kremlin
Iron Curtain
Washington
Connecticut
Hartford
United Nations Commission On Disarmament
Truman
White House
HST
Briton Charged in Spy Case in London
William Martin Marshall a 24 year old British radio operator who handled coded diplomatic messages was charged with passing information to Pavel Kuznetsov second secretary of the Soviet embassy in London He was jailed under the Official Secrets Act and ordered to return for a further session on June 21 If convicted he faces up to 14 years in prison matching the sentence given to Klaus Fuchs in 1950.
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International News Service
London
Foreign Office
William Martin Marshall
Pavel
Kuznetsov
Heat Wave Hits Lubbock With 99 Degree Scorching Heat
Sunday forecast expects 100 as humidity remains high across Texas. In Lubbock Saturday the temperature reached 99 degrees the hottest of the year, just six below the 106 record set in 1948. Over 1,000 relief seekers visited Mackenzie Park pool Saturday, far above typical attendance, with no relief in sight.
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Kenneth May
Avalanche-Journal
Weatherman
Lubbock
Yessiree
Mackenzie Park
Texas
Amarillo
Slaton celebrates 41st birthday with parade and speeches
Slaton marked its 41st birthday with a daylong celebration from morning to night. An estimated 9,500 people joined parades, band concerts, and speeches, including a welcome by Dub Williams and a feature address by Charles A. Guy of The Avalanche at city hall square.
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Dorrance
Avalanche-Journal
Laton
Slaton
Frontier Day
Reese Air Force Base
City Hall
Dub Williams
Slaten Chamber of Commerce
Chas. A. Guy
The
Avalanche
Slaten Lutheran Church
Slaten
Lubbock Area Weather Forecast for Today and Monday
Clear to partly cloudy and warm in Lubbock and vicinity. High near 100, low around 74. Record shows yesterday’s max 99 and min 72 with sunrise at 3 36 and sunset at 7 59 p m. Humidity ranged from 22 to 68 percent.
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Lubbock
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P. B. L. Abilene
el Paso
Albuquerqua
Houston
Amarilig
Okia
Dallas
San Antonio
Denver
Fallswee
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