Polio Stricken UT Student Shows Signs of Improvement
Barry Bish Jr., a University of Texas student, is being treated at Hedgecroft Hospital with a new drug after a severe poliomyelitis attack. The father, a US Embassy press attache in Mexico City, reports the patient began rallying this morning with fever easing and strength returning, and he asked for a radio as improvement appears.
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Houston
Barry Bish Jr
University of Texas
Edgecroft Hospital
United States
Mexico City
Bishop
Port Lavaca
Hedgecroft Hospital
Texas
Dallas News
Barry
GOP Leaders Blast Democrats In Long Indictment
Sen Styles Bridges and Rep Joseph Martin charged the Truman administration with mismanaging Korea, enabling theft of atomic secrets, infl ation, and corruption investigations. They defended the 82nd Congress and attacked Democratic policy as muddled and failing to secure peace or world position.
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Washington
Korea
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Rep
Joseph Martin
Massachusetts
United States
Senate
House
Truman
Fedocrat
Demorat
Douglas MacArthur
Inchon
Two Odessa Boys Hospitalized for Polio in August
Two Odessa youngsters, Roger Duckworth eight and Dan Guyer five, were admitted to Medical Center Hospital for polio boosting Ector County’s 1952 tally to 27 victims. Both boys are sons of local families and were the seventh and eighth Odessans struck in August. The health unit also reported diarrhea, strep throat, sore throat, tuberculosis, and other cases in the past week.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County
Roger Duckworth
S. A. Duckworth
W. 20Th
Dan ‘Guyer
Maurice C. Guyer
N. Admas
Searchers Find Loot Buried Near Odessa
A group seeking a missing child uncovered buried tools under mesquite bushes south of Odessa. The assorted items valued at hundreds of dollars were identified by a sheriff’s office as to their owner. The cache included a 24% upset Tuban elevators, a spider, 21% slips, and 2" upset slips.
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Odessa
Tuban
Double Day School Plan Slated For Odessa
Odessa schools plan a double day program for grades in all elementary schools to offset a projected deficit of about 35 classrooms. Enrollment is expected near 10 000 in September and could reach 11 000 in March as 39 new elementary and 13 high school rooms are built.
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Odessa
W. T. ‘Barrett
Barrett
Alamo
Austin
Zavala
Rusk
Fannin
San Javio
of Houston
Lamar
Travis
Eisenhower to address nation from Philadelphia in Sept
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower will give his first major campaign address to the nation via radio and television from Philadelphia Convention Hall on September 4. The announcement outlines a nationwide effort to rally support ahead of the campaign season.
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Denver
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sadio
Philadelphia
Convention Hall
What Heat Wave Snickers Denison We've Had It
Denison notes recall of 1934 52 day stretch with temperatures over 100 from July 2 to Aug. 23. This year’s 15 day run over 100 feels cool by comparison, while 82 days without rain in 1934 dwarfs current droughts despite periodic showers.
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Denison
Lewis Calls Five Day Memorial Strike by Coal Miners
John L. Lewis ordered a five day stoppage from Aug. 23 to Sept. 1 for 475,000 coal workers after signaling a new contract battle. The memorial period aims to pressure operators amid large above ground stockpiles, with potential full strike if talks fail by September end.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers of America
Centralia
Ill
James Boyd
Bureau of Mines
United Mine Workers Journal
Iecord
Minister Dolan to be Honored for Jail Service
Rev J B Dolan of the Im manuel Baptist Church will be honored by Odessans and local ministers Sunday at 2 30 p m for long work with county jail inmates. For three years he has led Sunday services in the jail. W E Howell donated a piano for jail services and a local Negro choir will sing.
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J. B. Dolan
Immanuel Baptist Church
Dolan
W. E. Howell
Missing Child Found Alive in Dallas After Kidnapping Plot
Blonde haired nine year old Eva Lois Phillips missing from Odessa since last Wednesday was found alive and unharmed in Dallas. Chiefs and deputies traced a kidnapping plot by Vernon George Woods and his wife Helen Corrine Pool Woods who confessed to taking the child to provide a home for themselves. The pair, both from Odessa, were charged in justice court with kidnapping after Eva was located in Dallas.
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Dallas
Eva Lois Phillips
Odessa
M. New
Justice Court
Vernon George Woods
Police Department
Sheriffs Office
Woods
George Carnes
Andy Fenton
Jack Tomlin
Helen Corrine Pool Woods
Cecil Edge
C. H. Phillips
Eva
Heat Wave Grips Texas With 110 Degree Peak Record
Texas endures 100 degree plus heat with Dallas reporting a 15th straight day above 100. Denison hits 110, Seymour 109, Fort Worth 108, Dallas 107 as Comanche minister Rev. Arthur Johnson dies from heat related stress and two other heat casualties arrive in hospitals. Lubbock early tonight sees a shower but most of the state remains sweltering.
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Odeseans
Mercury
Associated Press
Comanche
Dallas
Arthur Johnson
First Baptist Church
Texas
A. L. Brister
Alice
Oakville
Live Oak County
U. S. Weather Bureau
Denison
Seymour
Wichita Falls
Mineral Wells
Fort Worth
Corulla
Galveston
Amarillo
Lubbock
Oklahoma
Waco
College Station
Midland
Dalhart
Tyler
San Antonio
Lufkin
Childress
Funeral Services Held For 2 Months Old Child
Tony Ruiz two months old son of Mr and Mrs Richard Ruiz 606 Magnolia was buried Friday afternoon in Odessa Cemetery after services at St Mary's Catholic Church He died Thursday morning in Medical Center Hospital He is survived by his parents and three brothers Richard Jr Henry and Paul Funeral arrangements were in charge of Primrose Griffith Chapel
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Tony Ruiz
Richard Ruiz
Magnolia
Odessa
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Medical Center Hospital
Richard Jr
Henry
Paul
Primrose- Griffith
Nurse Convicted Of Child Poisoning Jury Asks Death
An all male jury convicted 54 year old nurse Mrs Earle Dennison of poisoning her 2 year old niece Shirley Diana Weldon. The jury fixed the penalty at electrocution after a three day trial and two hours fifty minutes of deliberation. Prosecution introduced alleged confessions linking the murder to insurance policies totaling at least 6 500 with another 1 000 policy noted but not confirmed.
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Wetumpka
Ala
Earle Dennison
Alabama
Alabama Surs
Dennison
Shirley Diana
O. G. Weldon
Hospital Board Seeks 750000 for Expansion
The Medical Center Hospital Board of Managers aims to submit a $750,000 bond issue to Ector County voters on Sept. 26 to expand capacity from 100 to 190 beds and move the boiler room, with plans expedited by George Dahl of a Dallas firm. Hospital officials note prior losses have flipped to a small profit this year and stress the need for modernization.
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Medical Center Hospital
Ector County
Board of Managers
Parkis
Earl Benson
Benson
Ross Garrett
Dahl
Garrett
Odessa
Chinese halt Bunker Hill assault after seven charges
Battered Chinese Red troops halted further attempts to seize Bunker Hill in Western Korea after seven charges against U S Marines. Allied planes hit a Communist headquarters northwest of Chinampo as clashes continued along the Front, with high casualties reported on the Communist side. Marines and UN forces maintained pressure with artillery and air power.
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Seoul
U. S
Bunker Hill
Korea
Chinmampo
Fannie Anilotss
Panmunjom
Ramond Chenette
Worcester
Mass
United Nations
Pukhan
U. S. Eighth Army
Reds
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Scientist Looks to Prove Starlight Bends Near Sun
National Geographic Society scientist Dr. George Van Biesbroeck heads to Kartoum to extend a February eclipse study. He plans to photograph the same star field six months later to measure the Einstein shift and test light bending caused by the sun’s gravity.
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Washington
National Geographic Society
Sudan
George van Biesbroeck
Kartoum
van ‘Biesbroeck
Society
van Biesbroeck
Albert Einstein
Geographic Society
Brazil
Einstein
Last Bus Victim Is Identified
In Waco on August 15, Salvador Saldana y Lugo, football coach at Monterrey Institute of Technology in Monterrey, Mexico, was identified as the last unnamed victim of the August 4 bus crash that killed twenty eight. Francisco Saldana and Neximo Morales arrived from Mexico City to identify the body, and Ricardo Camarga, athletic director at Monterrey, was on the scene.
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Waco
Salvador Saldana Y Lugo
Monterrey Institute of Technology
Monterrey
Mexico
Texas
Fort Worth
Francisco Saldana
Neximo Morales
Mexico City
Mexico City and ‘denGhe
Ricardo Camarga
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