Warned of injury to industry by oil import flow
Congress pressed for action to check oil imports as Rep Gavin warned of threats to national energy security. Imports rose from 377,000 barrels daily in 1946 to over a million in 1953, risking conservation programs and domestic oil livelihoods. Senate debate overlapped with a trade act extension vote.
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Tex Easley
Washington
Congress
Rep
Gavin
R-Pa
House
Windo
Senate
Sens
Butler
Malone
McCaran
MEWS BRIEFS WITH MILLSAP AND LOCAL EVENTS
Pic Howard L Millsap son of Mrs Vera L Millsap of Sudan serves as searchlight operator and gun crewman with a 1st Marine Aircraft Wing anti aircraft battalion in Korea firing 90 mm guns. About 177 Cub Scouts and dads attend final Cub Dad Camp at Camp Post with supper, meals, swimming and hiking. Also births and court fines summaries plus local health and history notes.
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Pic
Howard L. Millsap
Vera L. Millsap
Sudan
1St Marine Aircraft Wing
Korea
Post Mortem on Indian Skeleton at Tech Museum
A post mortem at The Museum at Texas Tech examines a wild Caprock skeleton unearthed near Clovis New Mexico. Dated death to 1200 1430 A D the Indian male likely aged over 45 and killed by two projectiles with stone points found in the rib cavity. Tribe undetermined possibly Pueblo Apache or Navajo from the Rio Grande area.
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Texas Tech
Caprock
Clovis
N. M
D. D. Peters
St.’ St
Lubbock
Jane Holden
Peters
Plains
Rio Grande Pueblo
Santa Fe
Construction boom eyed as reserves ease and lending grows
The Federal Reserve Board said the immediate future for construction looks strong with a projected 17 billion dollars in spending this year if trends hold. Private nonresidential and business construction stay high while housing, schools, hospitals, and churches rise. cheaper costs, efficiency, and federal credit policies boost funds for loans.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve Credit
Congress
Bonham Area Farmer Shot To Death In Plowed Field
Bonham area farmer Jim Holman, 60, was found shot to death early Friday in a plowed field near New Yope, about 20 miles northeast of Bonham. He was believed killed late Thursday with two shotgun blasts, one striking the face and the other the right arm. The body was discovered by his widow and a neighbor as Holman had not returned home after plowing with a mule team. County Attorney Hartley said investigators have ideas about the homicide. no arrests had been made.
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Bonham
Jim Holman
New Yope
Here
Holman
Atty, All
Brazil to settle WWII debt to United States
Rio de Janeiro reports Brazil will pay 35 million dollars Monday to liquidate its rent-lease World War II obligations, becoming one of the few nations to fully settle the debt.
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Brazil
Rio DE Janeiro
United States
Red Chinese Premier Nehru Open Talks On Asian Problems
Nehru and Chou En-Lai opened secret talks on Asian problems in New Delhi. The two leaders, part of a combined billion-strong population, met at Nehru's home after Chou En-Lai arrived with his foreign minister to a welcoming crowd of about five thousand. A small dinner was planned for the evening.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Red China
Chou En-Lai
Peiping
Nehru
Parr Prosecutor To Be Karnes County DA
Karnes County district attorney John Mays named prosecutor for George Parr and others in the Duval County Grand Jury indictment. Parr, accused of assault to murder rival Cristobal Ybanez, will face court on July 5 as Judge Maxwell Welch allows delay for state evidence. Norris was disqualified as too closely allied to Parr.
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San Diego
Tex
Karnes County
John Mays
Pol George Parr
Duval County
Parr
Critobal Ybanez
Maxwell Welch
Mays
Welch
Raeburn Norris
Swiss climber switch to deep sea diving in Nervi
Genoa Italy June 26 Raymond Lambert a 42 year old Swiss mountain climber who lost toes and fingers to frostbite on Mont Blanc years ago now trains as a deep sea diver at a school in Nervi near Genoa He has moved from high peaks to underwater exploration as part of a career change.
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Genoa
Italy
Raymond Lambert
Mont Blanc
Nervi
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F. L. Rogers
Rt. G. Lubbock
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Shakewater
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T. L. Heddins
Fort Worth
Harlan Holt
C. C. Rister
14Th St
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Texas Historical Society
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Texas
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