Coincidences Link From Japan Photo To Old War Memories
ERNIE DEANE reflects on chance moments such as a Mexia Daily News photo from May 6 showing a American youngster with a Japanese boy in Japan. He recalls a friend at Itazuke Air Base who photographed it and won an award, and notes reunions with old neighbors in London and Paris. He then discusses East German riots and Western reactions, plus U S policy questions about Korea and Syngman Rhee amid post election GOP hopes.
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Mexia Daily News
Japan
Bob Jorda
Itazuke
Far Eastern Air Force Command
Mexia
NEA Service
Jorda
USA
Tokyo
Bob Watson
London
Texarkana
Paris
France
United States
Pacific
Europe
Russia
Texas Farm Outlook Grim Says Top Official
Texas Agriculture Commissioner John White warns the 1953 outlook for farmers is grim. He cites a threeway squeeze of drought high costs and low prices and urges water conservation reduced outside labor and minimal short-term debts as the best plan amid expected lower yields and near record drought effects.
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Austin
Texas
John White
White
Drouth
Graveside Services Held in Mexia for Mrs Ruth McFarland
Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. in Mexia cemetery for Mrs Ruth Finch Mc Farland a Tehuacana native who lived in Dallas where she died Saturday at her home 5617 Morningside She is survived by her husband R T McFarland and a sister Mrs Fred Flaniken of Cedar Hill
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Mexia
Ruth Finch McFarland
Dallas
Morningside
McFarland
Tehuacana
R.T. McFarland
Fred Flaniken
Cedar Hill
Film Star Fred MacMurray's Wife Lillian Lamont MacMurray Dies
In Santa Monica California Lillian Lamont MacMurray wife of film star Fred MacMurray died early today two days after their 17th wedding anniversary She 45 had been hospitalized for three weeks after lengthy illnesses Survived by MacMurray and two adopted children Susan 13 and Robert 9 Also Chicago reports gasoline price hikes with Standard Oil of Indiana raising wholesale price a cent a gallon across 16 Midwest states potentially leading to higher pump prices.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Fred Mace
Murray
Lillian Lamont MacMurray
Pac Murray
Mr. MacMurray
Susan
Robert
Chicago
Standard Os
Indiana
Indecency Suspect Bond Set in Groesbeck
Bond set at $1500 for Endoras Lee Brown by County Judge Norton Fox after an examining trial Saturday. Brown, 25, faces an indecency charge involving young girls at Fort Parker State Park and has been in a Waco hospital with bullet wounds believed to be from Murphy Walton, park manager. He returned to Limestone County Jail for the trial. Jurors chosen for Helen Tackett arson case in the 77th District Court of Judge Clarence Ferguson. Twenty-one jurors qualified in the morning and 11 in the afternoon as the prosecution sought to present evidence today.
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Groesbeck
Spl
Endoras Lee Brown
Norton Fox
Brown
Fort Parker State Park
Waco
Murphy Walton
Limestone County
Helen Tackett
Clarence. Ferguson
Tackett
Silver Rim
Mexico
Don Barfield
Mexia Jaycees Decorate Teague For Rodeo
Mexia Junior Chamber of Commerce members travel to Teague to decorate the town for its Fourth of July rodeo. President Arlando Allbright says a 6 PM meeting at the Chamber of Commerce office is required, with pickup trucks hammers and ladders. Teague becomes the second town decorated by the Mexia Jaycees after buying their own decorations last year. Home made ice cream will be served after the project.
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Mexia Junior Chamber of Commerce
Teague
Arlando Allbright
Mexia Jaycees
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycees
Allbright Savs
Christie pleads not guilty in London sex killer case
John R. Christie, described as London's worst sex killer since Jack the Ripper, pleads innocent to the strangling of his wife Ethel Christle as he goes on trial at the Old Bailey. The “house of horror” on Notting Hill reportedly yielded eight bodies.
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London
John R. Christie
Jack the Ripper
Christie
Sikes Nets Fourth in Calf Roping at Gladewater Rodeo
Sonny Sikes a lefthanded roper from Mexia won fourth place in calf roping at the Gladewater roundup with a 14 second time.
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Sikes
Gladewater
Sonny Sikes
Mexia
Committee Chairs of Mexia Chamber Meet Tonight
The 10 committee chairmen of the Mexia Chamber of Commerce will meet at 7 tonight in the Southwestern Electric Co. office to select personnel for their committees for the coming year.
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Mexia Chamber of Commerce
Southwestern Electric Co
Riots Spread in Germany Reds Using Firing Squads
Heat wave hits Texas and Midwest as official and unofficial temperatures soar. Water shortages strain cities like Fort Worth with new penalty rates. A brush fire threatens a Scout camp near Austin. 106 campers evacuated. Weekend storms devastate Kansas and New York areas with fatalities and injuries.
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Germany
Mexia
Josie Newman
U. S
Presidio
Galveston
Mercury
Salt Flat
Marfa
Panhandle
North Texas
Texas
Fort Worth
New York
Michigan
Jackson
Miss
New York City
Kansas
Wichita
Clark Prefers Truce Signatures Despite Rhee Tension
Gen. Mark W. Clark said he is authorized to sign a Korean truce with or without South Korea and believes he informed President Syngman Rhee. He noted success depends on Communist cooperation and did not present an ultimatum to Rhee. Clark plans another meeting and is joined by Gen. J. Lawton Collins and Walter S. Robertson in Far East talks.
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Seoul
Korea
Mark W. Clark
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Clark
Pres. Rhee
Pre
Pres
Rhee
Pyun Yung Tae
Winningham Opens Own Business In Mexia
Clifford Winningham announced he is starting his own business in Mexia offering floor covering awning and venetian blind repair. He will initially operate from 308 North Ross Avenue and make further announcements later. Winningham has 15 years of experience in this type of work in Mexia.
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Clifford Winningham
North Ross Avenue
Winningham
Ike plan loss on committee vote sparks control concern
The House Government Operations Committee rejected key aspects of President Eisenhower's Defense Department reorganization, which would have expanded Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman authority. Critics led by former President Hoover warned of potential military dictatorship, with the panel's nonbinding but influential recommendation. More than 200000 acres of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park are preserved in primitive wilderness.
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Ike
Washington,d. C
House Committee On Government Operations
Eisenhower
Defense Department
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Hoover
House
Great Smoky Mountains’ National Park
Truman Visits Capital With No Plan To See Ike
Former President Harry S. Truman returns to Washington for a quiet stay amid heat and no agenda. He plans dinner with ex-cabinet members and lunch with senators, touches on Truman Library plans in Independence, and says no need to meet President Eisenhower, calling him too busy for visitors.
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Harry
Capitol City
Pres. Ike
Washington, D. C
Harry S. Truman
White House
Sednesday
Margaret
New York
Mr. Truman
Eisenhower
Tom
Rosenbergs Buried After Public funeral in Brooklyn
Thousands gathered outside a Brooklyn mortuary for the Rosenbergs funeral and burial after their executions for atomic espionage. Emanuel Bloch denounced President Eisenhower as a military dictator while mourners hissed the rabbi urging restraint.
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New York
N. Y
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Brooklyn’ Mortuary
Rosenberg
Michael
Robert
Hoots Family Reunion At Ft Parker State Park
Children of the late Mr and Mrs Jake Hoots held a weekend reunion at Ft Parker State Park with about 60 attendees from Texas and Louisiana. Ten surviving children 471 grandchildren and great grandchildren and friends attended. The late Mr Hoots born 1865 in Hillsboro died 1942 was a farmer. Attendees included Homey Hoots Maggie Johnson John Hoots Odis Hoots Verdie Carruth Roy Phipps George Hoots Marion Hoots Jack Hoots Arthur Hoots.
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Jake Hoots
Fallon
Ft. Parker State Park
Texas
Louisiana
Mr. Hoots
Hillsboro
George Hoots
Virginia
Homey Hoots
Calf Creek
Maggie Johnson
Van
John Hoots
Fredericksburg
Odis Hoots
Fort Worth
Verdie Carruth
Lubbock
Roy Phipps
Denton
Vivian
Marion Hoots
Orange
Jack Hoots
del Rio
Arthur Hoots
Bay City
Wehrle Maintains Regular Schedule Births in Ohio
Mrs. Frank Wehrle Jr welcomes a fourth child, a seven pound five ounce son born Friday in Wapakoneta Ohio. The family previously includes Laura Joan born June 49 1950, Nancy Jane born June 19 1951, and George Joseph born June 19 1 p86g.
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Wapakoneta
Ohio
Frank Wehrle Jr
Wehrle
Laura Joan
Nancy Jane
George Joseph
Texas Death Toll Climbs in Weekend Accidents
A United Press survey records at least 21 deaths in Texas over the weekend from traffic crashes, fires, drownings, and homicides. Notable incidents include the Joe Wayne Bannister family wreck near Winnsboro, a fatal gas-fire at a Sweetwater plant, and drownings at a San Benito area hole.
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Texas
United Press
Dallas
Joe Wayne ‘Bannister
Louisiana
Arkansas
Winnsboro
Roby
Minnie G. Boatman
Cisco
Margaret McGough
Sandra
N. M
Groesbeck Sailor Returns From Korea
Howard J. Andrews, seaman and son of J D Andrews of Groesbeck, is due to arrive in San Diego June 24 aboard the USS Valley Forge after seven months of combat duty in Korean waters. The carrier completed its fourth tour in the forward area with planes conducting frequent bombing and strafing missions over North Korea.
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San Diego
Calif
Spl
Valley Forge
Howard J. Andrews
Seaman
J. D. Andrews
Groesbeck
North Korea
Soviet Forces face wide East German revolt and martial law
West Berlin reports say Soviet troops were stoned in Luckenwalde as general strikes and anti Red demonstrations paralyze East German industry. Martial law extends to Mecklenberg and other districts as authorities crack down while offering concessions to workers. A 14 year old boy was shot in the British sector amid clashes.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Luckenwalde
Leipzig
Mecklenberg
Otto Grotewohl
Communist Party
Priscilla Fleming Rites Held in Mexia
Funeral services were conducted yesterday in the Riddle chapel Mexia for Mrs. Priscilla Fleming who died in Abilene Saturday. Rev E A Seals of Bi Stone Baptist Church led the service with interment in Cotton Gin cemetery. She was born Sept 20 1909 in Wise county and lived most of her life in Limestone county. Survived by husband O A Fleming two sons Sidney and Lonnie O Neal Fleming all of Mexia and her father W J Moody Maple. Also surviving are two brothers W B Woody Gainesville and O D Woody Abilene and three sisters Mrs J P Mullins Clute Mrs Milton Basham Portales NM and Mrs Amos McMillan O Donnell. Riddle funeral home in charge.
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Priscilla Fleming
Abilene
E. A. Seals
Riddle Chapel
Cotton Gin Cemetery
Fleming
Wise County
Limestone County
O. A. Fleming
Sidney Fleming
Lonnie O'Neal Fleming
Mexica
W. J. Moody
Maple
W. B. Woody
Gainesville
O. D. Woody
J. P. Mullins
Clute
Milton Basham
Portales
N. M
Amos McMillan
O'Donnell
Riddle Funeral Home
Explosion kills man in Hugo Oklahoma downtown
A series of explosions and a fire in Hugo Okla destroyed half a block of downtown businesses. A. M. Hughes, 58, bakery owner, died after the first blast ignited by a gas pocket near an oven and a pilot light.
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Hugo
Okla
A. M. Hughes
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