The Case For Free Speech In Chaplin Film Showings
ERNIE DEANE argues in Houston that a local American Legion group cannot bar Chaplin’s Lime Light from theaters. He defends individual rights to read hear and believe, warns against censorship by organized groups, and urges citizens to judge films on merit.
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Houston
American Legion
Horsh Chaplain
Chaplain
le Rian
Fea
Charlie Chaplain
Mr. Chaplain
Houston Legion Niures
Thanulier
Chaplin
Truman Warns Against Cutting Defense To Cut Taxes
Former President Truman urged against cutting the defense program to lower taxes. He told the National Convention of the Reserve Officers Association that fiscal relief cannot justify jeopardizing national security and warned Democrats to support policy against isolationist pressure. He dismissed claims the Communist threat has lessened and called for sustained defense funding despite high taxes.
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Philadelphia
Truman
Eisenhower
Janus
Ruary
Congress
Reserve Officers’ Association
Joseph R. McCarthy
State Department
Germany
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
U. S
Russia
Air Force
Talks Brighten Prospects for End to Crisis
In Seoul President Eisenhower's truce envoys met with Syngman Rhee for 40 minutes to discuss the Dulles peace plan. Optimism rose that Gen Clark and Walter Robertson were gaining Rhee's backing for the armistice document, despite cabinet meetings and Communist complaints.
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Seoul
Korea
Eisenhower
Syngman Rhee
Waulter Robertson
Mark W Clark
John Foster Dulles
Gen. Clark
Mr. Robertson
Robertson
Pres. Rhee
Kaesong
Panmunjom
United States
Rhee
Mrs. Frank Shields Dies In Groesbeck Funeral Set
Mrs. Frank Shields 60 longtime Limestone County resident died Saturday at her sister M Luther Simmons home in Groesbeck after six months illness. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at Holcomb Chapel with Rev S A Baker officiating. Burial follows at Fort Parker Memorial near Groesbeck. Survivors include husband and two sisters Mrs Luther Simmons of Groesbeck and Mrs W E H Simmons of Oddy.
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Frank Shields
Limestone County
M Luther Simmons
Groesbeck
Hi Fox
Holcombh Chapel
Groesbeek
Odds
Luther Simmons
W. E H. Simmons
Oddy
Austice Gambie Dies In Marlin Hospital Funeral Sunday
Austice Gambie 41 died in a Marlin veterans hospital. Funeral services will be Sunday at 11 a.m. at Sweet Home Baptist church in Mexia, conducted by Rev. F. W. McIntiveen. Burial will be at Wortham. Dorsey-Keatts Funeral Home in charge. Born February 18 1912 in Teague, he lived most of his life in Mexia and worked at Majestic and Ferrell Cleaners. He served in the U S Army in World War II. He is survived by his widow Macie Juanita, a daughter Helen Warden Gamble, his father Edd Gamble, two sisters Trudie Bell Campbell and Ernestine Gamble, and three brothers Theo Howard Gamble and Charles Gamble.
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Sweet Hone Baptist Church
Mexia
Autice
Fro
Majestic Cleaners
Ferrell Cleaners
Sweet Home Baptist Church
Gamble
Macie Juanita Gamble
Helen Warden Gamble
Edd Gamble
Mema
Trudie Bell Campbell
Waco
Ernestine Gamble
Nora Eddington Ends Divorce Battle With Haymes
Nora Eddington, ex-wife of Errol Flynn, announced that her marriage to singer Dick Haymes is over and that she intends to pursue a divorce. The couple wed on July 17, 1949, and separated last month, ending their troubled union.
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Hollywood
Nora Eddington
Errol Flynn
Dick Haymes
Cost of living inch up in government index
The government reported a slight rise in its old index on Friday, edging 0.1 percent below the level required to trigger a wage increase for about 3 million railroad workers. The index stood at 188.8 percent of 1935-39 prices, small progress toward the disputed pay raise.
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Washington, D. C
Wisconsin approves cap pistols for youths in state
Madison Wisconsin law signed by Gov Walter Kohler legalizes cap pistols for boys saying the noise harms adults nerves. The measure notes protection for children and underscores a break with stricter prior limits.
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Wisconsin
Madison
Wis
Walter Kohler
Groesbeck Cattle Sale Yields 675 Head Despite Light Receipts
Receipts at Groesbeck auction total 675 cattle and calves with a steady market except for lightweight stockers. Prices ranged from 5 to 16.50 dollars for fat calves, 4 to 12.25 for canners, and 6 to 11 dollars for stocker cattle. hogs to Mexia announced next week due to hog disease quarantine. Also reports Grandma in Illinois refusing a ten dollar fine and Groesbeck boy Jack Stone earning Lone Star Farmer degree of the Future Farmers of America.
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Groesbeck
Irvin de Cordova
Jo. Jackson
Mexia
Jackson
Lone Star
Jack Stone
C. C. Stone
Big Hill
Lone Star Farmer
Future Farmers of Amerea
Staite Association
FPA
Jack
Groesbeck Ffa
Grand Jury Studies Indecency Charge Of Brown Monday
The 77th District Court grand jury will consider Endorus Lee Brown case at the June term in Groesbeck. Brown faces an indecency charge related to an incident at Fort Parker state park on June 12. Also to be considered are forgery hot check cashing and child desertion cases. Brown received treatment for gunshot wounds at a Waco hospital and was released on a 1500 dollar bond after an examining trial before Judge Norton Fox. Grand jurors named for the term include Bill Kennedy DL Long Henry Rivers Lloyd Waite Jack Jim Denman L. E. Bennett Don Kennedy Marvin Harrison T. R. McLelland W. L. Slaughter and A. T. Campbell.
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77Th District Court
Endorus Lee Brown
Groesbeck
Brown
Fort Parker State Park
Waco
Murphy Walton
Norton Fox
Grond
Bill Kennedy
DL. Long
Henry Rivers
Lloyd Waite
Jack
Jim Denman
L. E. Bennett
Don Kennedy
Marvin Harrison
T. R. McLelland
W. L. Slaughter
A. T. Campbell
Moonshiner Caught in Dry County Near Nacogdoches
In Nacogdoches County, Joe Luni was arrested by three officers for operating an illegal whiskey still in a dry area. He pleaded guilty to possession of untaxed liquor and equipment. Authorities seized 150 gallons of mash, four gallons of whiskey, a heating cooker, copper coils, and 25 jugs.
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Nacogdoches
Joe Luni
Nacogdoches County
John Lestwich
Federal
Alcohol Tax Unit
Bill Seagu
George Brumley E
Slaughter of cattle amid hoof and mouth disease flare in Jalapa
Mexican cattlemen report at least 200 more head slaughtered at Gutierrez Zamora, the new hoof and mouth disease outbreak site. The report notes ample bread production in the United States enough to provide about 100 loaves per person annually.
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Jalapa
United States
Sitting Bull Feud Over Remains Sparks Historical Debate
Pierre South Dakota. Union Press reports state historian Will G. Robinson says the Sitting Bull dispute over his remains would have delighted the chief, famed as a showman and PR master. Bones moved from Fort Yates to a bluff near Mobridge. The account details Sitting Bull’s life, fame with Buffalo Bill, and the 1890 uprising ending in his death and the deaths of several tribesmen and police.
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Sitting Bull
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Wretel
Canada
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United States
Europe
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Bull
Berlin Rioters Deported As Soviet Rule Tightens
Reports from Berlin allege mass deportations of anti communists by Soviet forces after last week’s revolt. A West Berlin paper cites a 16 year old shot by a Soviet sentry in Red Berlin while watching tank repairs. Refugees describe a 125 car train of prisoners moving east toward Poland and curfews being cut to four hours nightly.
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Germany
Soviet Germany
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Deyen
Red Berlin
Red Germany
Poland
U. S
P. T. Dibrova
Kutzer resigns as Limestone County engineer for state post
Ralph Kutzer, county engineer of Limestone County for four and a half years, submitted his resignation to the commissioners court. He will become resident engineer for the State Highway department in the Longview district mid July. A native of Henderson County, he came to Limestone in 1949 and has been active in Groesbeck civic affairs and on the Groesbeck school board. He and his wife and three children attend the First Presbyterian church of Mexia.
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Spl
Ralph Kutzer
Limestone County
Commissioners Court
State Highway Department
Longview
Kutzer
Henderson County
G. E. Glimmie Blair
Mexia
First Presbyterian Church of
Cub Scouts to Hold Picnic for Parents at Meeting Tuesday
Cub master Rip McKenzie announces a monthly Cub Scouts meeting at Troop 60 cabin Fort Parker Lake next Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Boys should bring lunch while cold drinks and chips are provided. Rides will be offered and tank awards will be given to boys who earned them.
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Rip McKenzie
Fort Parker Lake
McKenzie
Winston Churchill Delayed Conference Postponed
Prime Minister Winston Churchill must rest for at least a month and the Big Three Bermuda conference scheduled for July 8 has been postponed indefinitely. Churchill, 78, was to sail for Bermuda next Tuesday aboard a warship. President Eisenhower said the illness is likely only a temporary deferment of the talks.
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London
Winston Churchill
Bermuda
Washington
Eisenhower
Mr. Churchi
Fireworks Death Toll Rises Before Fourth of July
United Press reports early July fireworks tragedy spreads across several states. In Kansas City two teen soda fountain workers died from smoke suffocation after a store of safe fireworks ignited. Six Melrose Fireworks Co. warehouses burned in Chicago. two firefighters injured. In Keithsburg Illinois an elderly man Joseph Fuller, 67, killed himself after shooting at neighbors. Three youths ages 14 to 18 were wounded during the incidents as residents stock up for the holiday. A Canton Illinois grocery store explosion followed by a storekeeper’s fire sale.
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United Press
Kansas City
Chicago
Joseph PB. Fuller
Keithsburg
Tll
Nancy Braden
Donna Hendrick
Gloria Beard
Sant
Melrose Fireworks Co
Fuller
Dean Nylin
Simdnia
Richard Nylin
Dean
Canton
Til
Clyde Ludlum
Revival Schedule at First Baptist Port Enterprise
Revival begins July 3 at the First Baptist Church of Port Enterprise and runs through July 12 with Rev L B Fowler leading services each night at 7 30 Alwin Sellers directs the singing The revival also marks the near completion of the new church building with church men doing much of the work Weldon Williams chaired the building campaign and Ike ua Weldon Williams named as chair
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First Baptist Church of
Port Enterprise
L. B. Fowler
Alwin Sellers
Chairan
Cam Ike Ua Weldon Williams
West Texas Heat Brings Disaster Talk and Federal Aid
Secretary Ezra Benson toured drought stricken West Texas promising immediate action while President Eisenhower designated parts of Texas and Oklahoma as major disaster areas. Benson warned of 13 million cattle and 2 million head in Oklahoma at risk, urged continued federal help, and spoke at the American Cotton Congress in Lubbock as a cool front eyed relief. Temperatures remained above 100 in most areas with scattered rain in Beaumont.
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United Press
Ezra T. Benson
Brouth
Eisenhower
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Benson
West Texas
Lubbock
Tohoka
Brownfield
Fort Worth
White House
Allan Shivers
Johnston Murray
Secy
Droiuthstuicken
Oklahoma Panhandle
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
U. S. Weather Bureau
Presidio
Galveston
Beaumont
Mexia Stores Close on Fourth of July
Shoppers are told area businesses will stay closed for the holiday next Saturday and Mexia Daily News will not publish July 3 edition. A Korea color note appears garbled in the text.
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MEXIA
Mexia Daily News
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