Eight-Year Anniversary Marked in Nazi World War II Massacre
Washington reports on the eighth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge atrocity where 350 prisoners were killed. Of 73 SS troopers convicted in 1946, Gen. Lucius Clay reduced many sentences and eliminated all death penalties. Senate scrutiny followed. hearings found limited evidence of brutality but confirmed ongoing life and long terms for some defendants.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Landsburg
Belgium
Lucius D.clay
Dwight Eisenhower
U.S
Europe
Clay
Sen
Joneph R. McCarthy
Wisconsin ‘Publican
Senate
Mr. McCarthy
Army
Europe reels from hurricane winds killing twenty two
Hurricane winds across Europe killed at least 22 people and caused extensive damage to shipping and property along the coast. Britain recorded 111 mph gusts, Italy saw four deaths and 3000 Homeless, Yugoslavia nine dead, France one dead, with snow and floods blocking routes.
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London
Europe
Italy
Britain
Pl Wens
Yugoslavia
France
Atlantic
United States
Southampton
New York
CBS To Broadcast Polio Research Developments
CBS will air a 15 minute report on polio progress from 10 30 to 10 45 tomorrow night Rip McKenzie announced urging public listening Basil O Connor will present the latest globulin and vaccine developments and details of the 1953 March of Dimes campaign directed by Mr McKenzie Limestone county director.
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CBS
Rip McKenzie
McKenzie
Limestone’ County
Civil suit filed after fatal wreck near Waco
A lawsuit names the defendant in connection with a fatal wreck near Waco last August. The exact cause of the collision has not yet been determined.
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Waco
Southwestern’ Grephound “Lines
Drifl
Butcher Billy Cook Buried In Secrecy
William Billy Cook, who killed six people, was buried in secrecy in Joplin Missouri after a brief service led by Rev Dow Bove. Only Cook’s wife sister-in-law and a plain clothes officer attended the private burial as crowds gathered earlier in Comanche Oklahoma for a public funeral. The body had been on display in Comanche before burial.
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Joplin
William
Billy" Cook
Comanche
Okla
Dow Bove
Cook
Bove
Plains Clothes
Bertha Macsenginister
J. C. Stevensom
San Quentin
Fire destroys home as Shirley Bryant burned aftermath
Hospital attendants faced a grim chore as they told 32-year-old Little Rock girl Shirley Bryant that her family died in a fire that destroyed their home. Bryant was seriously burned when a kerosene stove caused the blaze.
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Tadiy
Little Rock
Shirley Bryant
A W Sales Owners Named Mexia Dealer For Philco
A W Sales owners Paul Page and Clint Reed named Mexia dealers for Philco products and plan a grand opening with door registrations for gifts. Prizes include a $41.95 Philco Transitone radio first, $36.50 second, $50 and $25 gift certificates for purchases. Lester Hart joins Monday as radio television technician.
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Paul Page
Clint Reed
A&w
North - Sherman
Philco Products
Philco Transitone Radio
Reed
Page
Mexia Daily News
Lester Hart
Houston
Coyne Radio and Television School
Chicago
Ari
J. B. Clendenen
A&‘W
Alten Kee
Bil
Bloodhound chase ends escape from Harlem Prison farm
An escapee from Harlem Prison farm fled into a wooded area near Westville last night as a pack of bloodhounds pursued him. The prisoner, identified as Ben G. Pancheco, a Harris County Latin American inmate, had previously boarded a prison truck before slipping away into the surroundings.
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Houston
Harlem
Westville
Ben G. ‘Pancheco
Harris County
Nativity scene to be set up in Mexia by Las Amigas ladies
Mexia residents were reminded that a nativity scene will be erected in the Southern Pacific Railroad park on Railroad Street under the Las Amigas club. Mrs. Ralph Petty chairs the committee with lighting by Rip McKenzie and live animals planned. Also, La Belle Maison warns of the homefront decoration contest with $25 top prize, $10 second, and $5 third, entry blanks at stores or the Chamber of Commerce.
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Mexia
Las Amigas Club
Ralph Petty
Southern Pacific Railroad
Railroad Street
Herman Focke
Rip McKenzie
Charlie Measels
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma duo held in juvenile crime wave suspects
Potau, Okla officers detained a Texas boy and a Texas girl, both 18, in connection with a juvenile crime wave that included kidnapping a Air Force Base airman and injuring a woman in Talihina. They were arrested late yesterday by McCurtain County officers at Hairpin Turn on U.S. 271 while changing a flat tire on a stolen car.
Private court decree allows name change to Texas and Mary O Rourke
A court granted a private decree yesterday permitting a name change to Texas and Mary O Rourke. The action reflects a formal legal process for altering personal identifiers.
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Texas
Mary O'Rourke
Record Crop By Farmers During 1952
Washington UPI report says U S farmers produced the second largest crop in history despite higher costs and drought. The Agriculture Department notes record harvests across 52 crops totaling 354,699,000 acres with higher per acre yields and mechanization, led by Texas, Kansas, and Iowa in acreage and by Texas in cotton and several other crops. Net income likely near 1951 levels.
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Washington, D. C
Taeiurue
Texas
Kansas
Iowa
Laughlin Dies Mexia Grain Owner. Funeral Set
Hubert Jack Laughlin longtime Mexia resident and owner of Mexia Grain died this morning in a local hospital. Born January 6 1898 in Liberty County he leaves a wife four sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. at the Riddle chapel with Weldon Hamill officiating and burial in Mexia City Cemetery. Masonic aid will oversee the arrangements handled by Riddle Funeral Home.
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Hubert
Jack) Laughlin
Mexia Grain Company
Mexia
Morrow Mornig
Mr. Laughlin
Liberty County
Bernice Laughlin
Arthur Collier
Johnnie Smith
Beaumont
RK. Murphey
Anacoco
Singing at Shiloh Planne
A singing will be held at the Baptist church in Shiloh Sunday afternoon beginning at 2 o'clock. Billie Sterling, president, invites the public to attend.
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Shiloh Planne
the Baptist
Waco Man Burman Black to Call Bi-Stone Square Dance
Burman Black of Waco will be caller at the Bi-Stone Square Dance Club event at the Tehuacana gymnasium starting at 8 tonight. The dance marks the club's pre Christmas gathering.
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Waco
Burman Black
Bi-Stone Square
Tehuacana Gymnasium
Siamese Twins Separated In Delicate Chicago Operation
Chicago doctors perform a delicate separation on the Brodie Staines twins after a rare congenital malformation. The operation, a historic medical milestone, leaves the siblings dazed but stable.
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Chicago
Brodie Staines Twins
Escaped Prisoner Sought as Suspect in Oakwood Bank Heist
Houston police seek Baytown jail escapee Carl G. Davis, 38, as a suspect in yesterday Oakwood State Bank robbery. Two gunmen forced three tellers to lie on the floor while vault and cash drawers were looted of about 10 000 dollars. Davis, a parole violator from Alabama, allegedly told a Liberty girlfriend he had one more big job in Texas before leaving the state.
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Houston
Baytown
Oakwood State Bank
Oakwood
Frank Murray
Homicide Department
Carl G. Davis
Liberty
Murray
Davis
Texas
Alabama
Sisters In Alabama Become Men After Doctor's Operations
In Alabama a physician disclosed he transformed three sisters into men through operations after discovering their sex had been disguised by anatomy. The siblings, raised as girls by an Alabama farm couple, began shaving in adolescence and later legally changed names and adopted a child. One brother is married.
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Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Post-fterald
Alabama
Charlotte
Training Unit 4 Calvary Church Members Listed
Members of the Training Unit 4 Calvary Church are identified in a local notice. The document cites a church group and names associated with a training unit within the Calvary congregation.
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Gaeva
Paptigts
Calvary
Church of
Ranch Style Motel Under Construction Near Mexia Circle
J C Gilstrap of Austin and A T Lancaster of Mexia build a ranch style motel across from the Mexia circle on Highway 14. The 6800 square foot, 20 unit project includes living quarters for a manager a laundry and an office. Completion projected around March 1.
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Highway Circle
West Mexia
J. C. Gilstrap
Austin
A. T. Lancaster
Mexia
Gilstrap
Highway 14
Live Oak County
South
Texas
Funeral set for Mrs. E L David pioneer resident
Funeral for 81 year old Mrs. E L David, a Bi Stone area pioneer, is planned Sunday at 2 p m at St John AME Mexia with burial at Rocky Branch cemetery Wortham. She died Monday in Mexia after 35 years here, survived by six sons including W C of Prairie View A&M, two daughters, and many grandchildren. Rev A W Jackson to officiate. Dorsey Keatts Funeral Home in charge.
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E. L. David
St. John Ame
Mexia
Rocky Branch
Wortham
David
Freestone County
Arthur
Larnell
Los Angeles
Roby
Kermit
S. D
Oakland
Calif
W. C
Prairie View A&m
Alice Lyon
Dayton
Ohio
Jessie Pigford
A. W. Jackson
Dorsey-Keatts Funeral Home
Waterfowl season nears close with fairly good finish
The annual waterfowl season, which opened October 31, progresses toward a fairly good finish as it nears the final period before sunset. The season concludes one hour before sunset, signaling the close of hunting hours on ice.
Eisenhower Seeks MacArthur Counsel In Korea Briefing
President elect Eisenhower met with General MacArthur in an informal briefing to discuss Korea policy alongside General Omar Bradley and Defense Secretary elect Charles Wilson. The talks followed Eisenhower’s Korea trip and stressed deeds over words to pressure Communist forces.
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Beck
Dwight Eisenhower
U. S. Army
Douglas MacArthur
U. S
Far East
NEA
Ike
Japan
New York City
MacArthur
Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Mark Clark
James van Fleet
Gen. MacArthur
Truman
Korea
Gen
Feet Absorb Sweat Pores In Dense Foot Surface
The description notes an extreme density of sweat pores on the soles of the feet with estimates around 3000 per square inch, highlighting the high level of perspiration concentrated in that area.
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Lee Aenh Iar
Billy Cook
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Pritts
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Venta
Bloodhounds
Jack Laughlin
Odessa
Claude
Martin’ Jr
Mexia Circle
Gen. Mac
Gen. Eisenhower
Pat McCarran
Nevada
BlacArthur
Henry L. Larsen
Denver
Colo
National Association of State
United Nations
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Chican
Calcan
Seoul
Iglsat
Merak
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