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Lubbock Avalanche Journal

Location

Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 17, 1956

Page

3

North Korea Shifts Blame to Stalin Over Korean War

Communist sources report North Korean Premier Kim Il Sung after visiting Moscow will allege that Joseph Stalin instigated the Korean War to gain rapid control of the Korean peninsula. The new line says Stalin sought leverage through Korea to pressure broader aims.

Joseph KR Singer Berlin Kim Iung Moscow Stalin Kim Korean Peninsula Mao Tse-tung Mao East Berlin North Korea Nikita Khrushchev Soviet Communist Party Red China Sao Kang Kao United Nations Korea Red

Man Who Broke Big Greenlease Case Ends Prison Term

Former police Lt Louis Shoulders, linked to the Greenlease ransom case, completes a three year perjury sentence in Missouri. He left Springfield medical center by ambulance with his wife, after serving nearly full term with good behavior credits.

ST _LOUIS Louis Shoulders Greenlease Shoulders Kansas City US Medical Center Springfield Nan Elm Patrol Dalan Carl Austin Hall Bobby Greenhase Trowas Hall Bean Con Ofan Shoulcore Dolan FBI

Flier Killed Testing Glider Invention At Fort Worth

Fort Worth, June 16. Army Air Force veteran Charles William Hilburn, 26, died while testing his homemade glider intended for Air Force sale. Tow plane towed the 65 pound plywood and metal craft at Eagle Mountain National Guard Base. Strong winds 35 to 45 mph caused a steep dive at 110 mph. the glider crashed into a tree and Hilburn was thrown clear.

Fort Worth Army Air Force Charles William Hilburn Air Force Hilburn Eagle Mountain Natonal Guard Base

Texas And Pacific Railway Names New VP and Counsel

James Finegan will become vice president of the Texas and Pacific Railway on August 1 succeeding retirement of executive vice president Marshall Clay. Russell Dearmont of Missouri-Pacific is elected to T P and will succeed Donal ter after Dearmont joins as vice president and general counsel.

Dallas James Finegan Texas and Pacific Railway Finegan Marshall Clay W. G. Vellmer Russell Dearmont Missouri-Pacific Railroad Ca T&p Dearmont

Phony Columbus News Triggers Frantic West Virginian Call

A Williamson West Virginia man phoned Columbus police after reading a newspaper tale in a penny arcade era shop that four friends were hurt in a crash. Police confirmed no Columbus Tribune exists and the address matched a former phony newspaper outlet.

Columbus Ohio Williamson W.va Columbus Tribune Lillian Black Black

Farm Union opens state headquarters in Denton

The Texas Farmers Union celebrated a formal opening in Denton with President Alex Dickie J. announcing rapid Texas growth. The group now lists more than 15 000 voting members, up from under 1000 in 1953, and aims for 25 000 by 1957 as it expands to about 30 counties and pledges 100 percent income for all farmers. Airlines offer easy payment plans to help Northern Ireland families travel with cars for vacations in Britain or the Continent this year.

Denton Texas Farmers Union Alex Dickie J Farmers Union Organization Texas Dickie Farmers Union Northern Ireland Britain

Diabolical windshield eye doctor slams wraparound design

Dr. Dupont Guerry, AMA convention speaker and ophthalmology chair at the Medical College of Virginia, denounces wraparound windshields as distortion causing glare and fatigue. He calls for design correction, warning of indirect links to accidents and praises safety while condemning style over function.

Chicago Dupont Guerry Department of Opthmalmology Medical College of Virginia American Medical Association Guerry

Mother aids police in long distance trap arresting son and two others

In San Antonio a mother helped police set a telephone trap that led to the arrest of her son Edward Poole aged 20 and two others, Gene Reeves 18 and Benny Baker 19, in a beauty salon safe theft. The recovered safe contained about $4 000, with around $1 200 in cash reported stolen. Reeves called his mother from Dallas, triggering the trap that netted his capture while on the line.

San Antonio Dallas la da Meer Edward Poole Gene Reeves Benny Baker Reeves Poole Baker

Soviet Citizen Arrives For U S Visit Faces Finger Printing

The first Soviet citizen finger printed for a U S visa arrived in New York on a Scandinavian Airlines flight and faced immigration delay before heading to Dallas to visit her mother. Eva Tsirul and her daughter Dolores, 8, were held due to a passport validity issue but allowed to proceed after agreeing to contact the Soviet embassy for an extension.

New York U. S Dallas Eva Tsirul Dolores Tsirul Riga Latvia Copenhagen Scandanavian Airlines Rosal Brovisky

Returncoat William Cowart Struggles to Hold a Job After War Refusal

Monticello Arkansas reports William Cowart, a Korean War veteran who refused repatriation, is back home seeking work. He has been fired from a Cleveland restaurant after his past came out, having worked various jobs in Texas Oklahoma and Ohio. Cowart questions if his past will ever let him hold a job again.

Monticello Ark Red China William Cowart Arkansas Cowart United States

Youth Threatens Five Story Jump At Ventura Hotel

In Ventura California a 17 year old boy Frank A Williams sat on a five story ledge above a street with his girlfriend Sandra Swinton 17 pleading for him to come down after an argument. After about thirty minutes he dropped into police hands on the roof and was hospitalized for observation. The girl also was hospitalized for shock. World opium production is about 2909 tons annually.

Ventura Calif Sandra Swinton Frank A. Williams Williams Santa Monica Miss Swinton

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