Texas braces for 500000 more safety inspections
Texas faces a Sept six deadline with about one million vehicles still without safety certificates. Captain George W. Busby estimates 500000 cars could be approved before the deadline as 3500 inspection stations cover 75000 to 100000 cars weekly. Governor Shivers questions strict fines and urges legislative revision or repeal.
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Austin
Texas
George W. Busby
Public Safety Department
Busby
Shivers
Justice of the Peace
Shivars
Carrier Blast Kills 8 Men Near Korea
An explosion of a jet aboard the U S carrier Boxer in Korean waters killed eight sailors and wounded others. The carrier suffered extensive aircraft losses and 63 crewmen were rescued after being driven overboard by flames. No enemy action was involved and repairs will occur in the Korean theater. Names of the dead were withheld pending notification of kin.
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Washington W
U. S
Navy
Korea
Officnrs
Nex of Kin
Polio cases rise toward Texas yearly record in 1952
State Health Department reports polio climbing to about 3000 cases for the year with a weekly total of 276 new infections. Fatalities rise to two as Bobby Don Willaford and Linda McMurry die. Harris County leads with 55 new cases. Dallas 17. El Paso 14. statewide counties reporting new cases expand to 163 of 254.
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State Health Department
Texas
Bobby Don Willaford
Hillsboro
Fort Worth
Linda McMurry
Guy McMurry
Route 2
Bangs
Harris County
Waco
McLennan
Dallas
Callahan
Cottie
Dickens
Hudspeth
Lipscomb
Lynn
Montague
Ochiltree
Walker
Washington
Wilson
Yoakum
Harris
el Paso
Bexar
Tarrant
Nueces
Calhoun
Galveston
Grayson
Jefferson
Travis
Wichita
Ector
Nacogdoches
Wharton
Brazoria
Brown
Hill
Lubbock
Orange
Potter
Taylor
Cooke
Grimes
Guadalupe
Hamilton
Hopkins
Jackson
Lavaca
Martin
Refugio
San Patricio
President Mulls Extra Session for Tougher Price Controls
President Truman said he is weighing an extra session of Congress to seek a stronger price control law. Arnall warned food prices rising and urged a tougher act, citing decontrol of fruits and vegetables and OPS funding cuts. He noted a drought reducing supply and possible shortages ahead.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Ellis G. Arnall
Arnall
White House
Office of Price Stabilization
Record Heat Hits North Texas As 108 F Mark Spikes
A brutal heat wave grips Texas with Fort Worth and Cleburne hitting 108 degrees the hottest in years. Severe storms spark damage across Tarrant and Wise counties injuring structures and property while fires burn large grassland near Throckmorton.
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Cleburne
Fort Worth
Seymour
Texas
van Zandt County
Dallas
Abilene
Big Spring
Lubbock
Texarkana
Tarrant
Wise
Snug Harbor
Eagle Mountain Lake
Silver Creek
Amarillo
Waulkinland Junction
Roland Thomas
Houston
James Willie Crawford
McGregor
McLennan
Throckmorton
Munday
Haskell
Stamford
Weather Bureau
Red Cross votes Germ War Probe at Toronto conference
The 18th International Red Cross Conferenceoverrode Soviet objections and voted 69 to 12 for an impartial investigation of Communist charges of U S germ warfare. A rival Chinese Communist resolution was postponed until today. Delegate Charles Burton Marshall said the United States was gratified by the vote and that the Communists have no case.
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Toronto
Red Cros
U.S
Charlies Burton Moarshall
United States
Reds protest truce shelling over neutral zone breach
Panmunjom August 7. Communist propagandists warned the United Nations that refusal to investigate alleged shelling of Panmunjom by allied forces is a serious violation. UN rejected demands for a formal inquiry, citing no evidence shells came from UN guns. The Red radio reported note delivery on Wednesday demanding an investigation and said UN jet fighters violated the neutral zone three times. Truce talks recessed until Monday.
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Panamuniomn
EmMunist
Suisgay
Emunists
Eee Unist
United Nations Socuunitiv O ‘Ss
Pei- Ping
Peiving
al- Hed
Steel Strike Slows U.S. Defense Output By Year
A censored defense mobilization report to President Truman by Acting Defense Mobilizer John R. Steelman finds 25 million man-days of work lost in the steel strike, delaying military production for up to a year and pushing steel output 14 percent below 1951. The report notes some gains in warplane output and a rolling T 48 tank, with ammunition schedules pushed to early next year.
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Washington
Defense Mobilization
Truman
Defense
Jonn R. Steelman
Steelman
Great Lakes
Electrician Killed by Electric Wire in Longview
A. Longview electrician R. L. Mitchell was electrocuted while on an electrical installation job after brushing against a live wire yesterday in Longview.
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Longview
A. Longview Electrician
R. L. Mitchell
Stayed With Dead Sister 6 Weeks
Detroit records reveal Miss Mattie Buck kept her sister Amelia dead in the house for six weeks hoping for a revival. The 67 year old described washing the body daily and giving it coffee. Buck, a self styled prophet, said she watched the porch corpse and believed prayers could revive the dead. Edward Buck, 59, said he was unaware of the death until police questioning.
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Detroit
Mattie Buck
Lawrence Eastman
Miss Buck
Eastman
Amelia
Edward Buck
Eight Bus Victims Still Unidentified in Waco Crash
In Waco Texas authorities labeled eight of the 28 dead as still unidentified after the two Greyhound buses collided on U S Highway 81. Civil Defense head James Le Blond said identification would finish by noon with six more already named and five probable victims added. Governor Shivers formed a citizen committee on traffic safety while a $400000 lawsuit was filed by Zamoudia family against Southwestern Greyhound Lines.
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WACO
Greyhound
James LeBlond
Waco Civil Defense
LeBlond
Allan Shivers
Shivers
State Department of Public Safety
The
Texas Highway Patrol
B. E
Billy) Malone
Milburn Berry Herring
Southwestern Greyhound Lines
Hilario Zamoudia
Fort Worth
Matilda
Zamoudia
Mexico
Lawn Watering Resumes Friday in Odessa
Odessa residents may resume regular lawn watering Friday after a three day ban on excessive water use. City officials cited recent work in the Martin County Well Field including installation of two boosters and a leak repair northwest of Midland Air Park as the reasons for the restriction.
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Odessa
Martin County
Midland Air Park
States Declare Disaster Areas Aug 7 1948 Truman Aid
President Truman declared Tennessee and Kentucky disaster areas and allocated three million dollars in emergency funds to buy and distribute feed. Funds run through the Housing and Home Finance Agency to the Agriculture Department for hay and feed on favorable terms. Additional states may receive immediate consideration as needed.
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Washington
Truman
Tennessee
Kentucky
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Agencies Appeal For Polio Nurses
Three health and disaster agencies appealed for more trained nurses and physical therapists to aid polio outbreaks nationwide. The call came from the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis the American Red Cross and the American Physical Therapy Association. Illinois Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Iowa Nebraska New Mexico Michigan Ohio and Washington cited as areas at greatest polio peril.
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New York
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
American Red Cross
American Physical Therapy Association
Kenneth S. Landauer
Foundation
Illinois
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Iowa
Nebraska
New Mexico
Michigan
Ohio
Washington
Deportation ordered for Finnish immigrant Latva in 1940s case
Carl A. Latva a 49 year old Finnish born mill worker in Wen dell New Hampshire signed a Communist party membership in 1934 to help a strike but the McCarran Act requires his deportation to Finland. Judge Charles E Wyzanski Jr ordered deportation though Latva remains free on bail as he prepares an appeal.
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Boston
Wendell
N. H
Charles E. Wyzanski Jr
Carl A. Latva
Finland
Wyzanski
McCarran
Latva
U. S. Navy
United States
Pori
New Hampshire
Communist Party
District Director of Immigration and Naturalization
Henry
U. S
United States Supreme Court
Greeks Open Fire On Bulgarian Troops On Gamma Island
Greek troops opened fire with machine guns and mortars on Bulgarian soldiers on Gamma Island in the Evros River after Bulgarian forces were seen there. The UN Balkan sub committee condemned the Bulgarian action. Greek troops reportedly warned Bulgars by loud speaker before firing.
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Athens
Greece
Gamma
Evros
United Nations
U.N. Balkan
United Nations Peace Subcommittee
Rain Fails to Save Crops as Drought Persists in Regions
Drought rains finally reached New England and parts of the South too late to avert heavy crop losses worth nearly a billion dollars. The moisture offers some relief for remaining corn tobacco cotton and vegetables and hints at fall recovery for some areas. The drought impacts include higher produce prices reduced milk supply in Southern Missouri and lower farm labor employment while government loans and disaster declarations expand to 10 states including North Carolina Arkansas South Carolina Tennessee Alabama Massachusetts Maine and 44 Missouri counties with relief efforts planned.
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New England
South
Missouri
Department of Commerce
North Carolina
Arkansas
South Carolina
Tennessee
Alabama
Massachusetts
Maine
Oklahoma
Texas
Atlanta
Dillard Lasseter
Farmers Home Administration
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma officers probe new lead in Yukon nude torso slaying
Dallas and Oklahoma investigators checked a promising lead in the Betty Jack Stevens case, the Yukon Oklahoma nude torso slaying of the 21 year old Dallas waitress. Authorities offered no details fearing the suspect may establish an alibi. Officials said progress was hindered by previous difficulties tying loose ends.
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Dallas
Oklahoma
Yukon
Okla
O. K. Bivins
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Texas
Bivins
Betty Jack Stevens
Will Fritz
Daillas
Miss Stevens
Texas Doubtful In November Shivers Declares
Gov. Shivers said Texas is in the doubtful column for November's presidential race. He described plans for citizen committees on traffic and water conservation, urged higher state salaries, and noted a potential impact from next weeks campaign actions on Texas voting in the election.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
Shivé
Waco
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