Famed Preacher Rev J Frank Norris Dies at 74
Rev J Frank Norris longtime Baptist leader and Fort Worth Detroit pastor dies at 74 in Keystone Heights Florida from a heart attack after attending a Fundamentalist youth camp. He helped found Bible Baptist seminary in Fort Worth and led large congregations with a controversial public ministry. Survivors include three sons and a daughter.
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Keystone Heights
Fla
J. Frank Norris
Texas
Norris
Jacksonville
Baptist Churches
Chicazo
First Baptist Church
Fort Worth
Temple Baptist Church
Detroit
Mich
Bible Baptist Seminary
First Baptist Church of
World Baptist Fellows
John Franklyn
Arsan
D. E. Chipps
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Louisville
McKinney Avenue
Dallas
Lillian Gaddy
Waco
J. M. Gaddy
Pope Pius XII
J. Frank Norris Jr
Charleston
S. C
Jim Gaddy Norris
George Norris
Secretaries link to vice probe in Jelke case
Patricia Ward, 19, identified as Miss X and key witness in the prosecution of Minot Jelke, heir to a margarine fortune charged with compulsory prostitution. Ward, hospitalized after a suicide note, used the name Ward though her real name is Sandra Wisotsky. Jelke faces $50,000 bail as investigations extend to cafe society circles.
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New York
Comedienne
Martha Raye
Vice
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Jelke
New York City
Patricia Ward
Miss X
Miss Ward
Miss Raye
Hampshire House
Night Club
Nick Condos
Sandra Wisotsky
Ward
Masked bandit robs Reyno bank of about $18000
A masked robber entered the Reyno Farmers and Merchants Bank through a rear door and took about $18,000. He forced vice president Glenn Brown, assistant cashier Miss Oustean Ahrent and customer Don Athy into the vault, then escaped after locking them inside. Reyno lies on U S Highway 67 in Northeast Arkansas near the Missouri line.
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Reyno
Ark
Reyno Farmers and Merchants Bank
Glenn Brown
Oustean Ahrent
Don Athy
Brown
Athy
Miss Ahrent
U. S. Highway 67
Arkansas
Missouri State Line
Four Swiss Men Trapped in Cavern Known as Hell's Hole
Four Swiss men remain trapped in an underground cavern network near Moutathal after rising waters cut them off five days ago. A Zurich diver stands by for possible rescue while food for ten days has been left by prior explorers. Cold temperatures around 42 degrees Fahrenheit threaten the group led by Dr. Alfred Boegli.
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Moutathal
Switzerland
Hell’s Hole
Zurich
Alfred Boegli
Couple Held In Kidnapping Fail To Make Bonds
Vernon George Woods, 27, Odessa nightclub photographer, and his wife Helen Corinne Woods, 20, remained in Ector County jail on kidnapping charges. Bond set at 5000 dollars each by Justice of Peace M Newman. The couple allegedly spirited nine year old Eva Lois Phillips from her home last Wednesday. she was found safe in Dallas last Saturday night.
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Vernon George Woods
Odessa
Helen Corinne Woods
Ector County
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Woods
Eva Lois Phillips
Dallas
Absentee Votes Cast in Runoff Primary Dwindle to 134
Only 134 absentee ballots were recorded for Saturday's runoff primary as voters stay home. The deadline was Tuesday and six races were on the ballot including one state-wide contest and five local precinct battles.
Shaggy Saucer Story From Odessa Girl
Charleia Smith 11 describes a round silvery flying saucer seen about noon in northeast Odessa. She says it moved slowly and vanished in minutes, as she spoke to the editor. The girl is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Smith.
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Charleia Smith
Charleia
Saucer
M. R. Smith
N. Muskingum
Texas Polio Cases Hit All Time High For Year
Texas reports 214 new polio cases in a week, pushing 1952 total to 2 784 and surpassing the 1950 record of 2 778. Health Officer George W. Cox urges year round sanitation campaigns as 54 counties report cases, with several counties listing new local cases and total toll rising as the disease remains deadly across the state.
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Texas
George W. Cox
Cox
Cochran
Denton
Terrell
Harris
Tarrant
Dallas
Galveston
McLennan
Jefferson
el Paso
Nueces
Smith
Bexar
Hidalgo
Lubbock
Potter
Grayson
Traivis
Fisher
Gregg
Brazos
Brown
Calhoun
Ector
Hale
Midland
Tom Green
Victoria
Winkler
Bowie
Brazoria
Cameron
Cooke
Coryell
Duval
Floyd
Franklin
Gonzales
Hockley
Kleberg
Lamar
Lavaca
Reagan
Red River
Reeves
Rockwall
San Saba
Taylor
Titus
Upshur
van Zandt
Wharton
Wichita
Yoakum
Brazilian Gives Birth to Quints
A 38 year old woman in Sao Paulo state gave birth to five baby girls in three hours in Sao Carlos. Each infant weighs under three pounds and is placed in incubators at Sao Paulo Hospital. Father Jose Albano and mother Maria, married ten years, already had seven other children, five of whom are dead. Doctors say the quintuplets have a good chance of survival.
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Sao Paulo
Brazil
Sao Carlos
Jose Albano
Maria
Sao Paulo Hospital
Francisco Sucupira
White House denies Swedish press claims of Roughing Miss Truman’s guards
White House officials said preliminary reports found no truth to Swedish newspaper stories that Miss Truman’s three Secret Service guards roughed up Swedish citizens or a photographer. Secretary Short said no one was touched and photos of Miss Truman were taken at many locations.
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White House
Washington
Margaret ‘Truman
Joseph Short
State
Treasury Departments
Miss Truman
Sweden
Finland
Secret Service
Short
City Hall
Smuggling Ring Moves Aliens and Opium into Central Valley
State Narcotics Agent John Misterly reveals a ring smuggling Mexican aliens and opium into California from Mexico. He cites payments of 100 to 150 dollars per alien, marijuana and opium in cars, and a flow of about one thousand Mexican nationals weekly centered on Stanislaus County with aliens found in Yuba and Butte Counties. Canisters of raw opium were found in San Joaquin Valley labor camps, Fresno, and Los Angeles areas.
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Sacramento
Calif
California
Central Valley
Mexico
John Misterly
Misterly
Fresno
San Joaquin Valley
Stanislaus County
Yuba
Butte
Los Angeles
Iranian Reds Attack Americans in Tehran Through Streets
Six U S military personnel including two lieutenant colonels were attacked in Tehran as Red inspired rioters threw rocks bricks and cabbage at convoyed vehicles. Master Sgt. Paul Goodwin was hit on the arm while others were struck or stoned in separate incidents along Stalin and Istanbul Streets near the Soviet and Iranian ministries.
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Tehran
Iran
U. S
Paul Goodwin
Babbage
Army
U. S. Army
William B. Stelvenmuller
U. S. Information Service
Nixon Demands Stevenson Take Stand On Issues
In Hampton Beach New Hampshire on August 20 Senator Nixon urged Governor Stevenson to publicly declare positions on Truman's support Dean Acheson as Secretary of State and federal control of tidelands. He accused Stevenson of being handpicked by Truman and urged a clear choice between Truman and the people. Eisenhower has stated his own positions.
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Hampton Beach
N. H
Richard Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Truman
Dean Acheson
Stevenson
Nixon
Gov
Truman Machine
Truman Gang
Sen. Nixon
Mr. Stevenson
Eisenhower
Infant Electrocuted While Playing at Home in San Antonio
Six month old Susan Wieman daughter of T Sgt and Mrs William Wieman died from an electric shock yesterday in their living room while she and her twin sister played on the floor.
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San Antonio
Susan Wieman
T-Sgt
William ‘Wieman
New Third Party Forms in Texas Aims at MacArthur Ticket
Political roundup notes the Christian Nationalist Party backing Gen Douglas MacArthur for president and placing him on 28 state ballots. In Texas, Culver and Bell jockey for the Supreme Court race while election law questions about second primaries loom and Weldon Hart cites the new law. A. V. Grant promotes the MacArthur Tenney ticket and attacks New Deal and civil rights policies.
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Associated Press
Texas
Douglas MacArthur
Christian Nationalist Party
MacArthur
Houston
Spurgeon Bell
State Supreme Court
San Antonio
Frank Culver
Fort Worth
Harris County
Culver
Supreme Court
Bell
Runnels
Concho
Homer Hudgins
Concho County
Frank Coker
Capitol
A. V. Grant
St. Jo
New “MacArthur Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Illinois
Adlai Stevenson
Grant
America
Jack B. Tenney
Los Angeles
St. Joan
Tidelands
Dallas
Farmers Seek Disaster Aid for Texas Drought
Texas farmers pressed Governor Shivers to urge the President to declare the state a drought disaster area under Public Law 875. The move would allow CCC to import surplus feed, offset by cost sharing, as FHA loans for drought relief continue.
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Associated Press
Texas
Austin
Shivers
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Farmers Home Administration
Weather Bureau
Abilene
FHA
Secretary of Agriculture
Truman
Io Texas
CCC
L. J. Cappleman
Cappleman
Reorganization Precedes Big Party Congress
Russia readies a major party congress after new statutes abolish the Politburo and create a Praesidium to guide the Central Committee. Stalin is expected to speak. Malenkov named for a key committee post. directives for the fifth five year plan target 12 percent annual growth.
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Moscow
Communist Party of the
Soviet Union
Politburo
Central Committee
Communist Party
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
Politeburo
Bolsheviks
Russia
Communist Congress
Party
Georgi M. Malenkov
Malenkov
Churchill denies Baltic exercises altered to please Russia
London report states Prime Minister Winston Churchill's office denied suggestions that Allied Baltic Sea exercises would be canceled or scaled back to avoid offense to Russia. No official change announced.
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London
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Atlantic
Russia
U.S. Diplomats Call Russian Moves Propaganda Effort
American diplomats argued that Russia abolishing the Politburo and calling a Communist Party congress signals a staged democratization. They cited Malenkov as a likely successor and noted the move as both propaganda and party consolidation.
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Washington
Russia
Politburo
Communist Party
Moscow
Georgi Malenkov
Josef Stalin
Malenkov
Stalin
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Chicago
Erstwiie
Lynmouth
Britain
Star
Shaggy Saucer
The
Presdent
Baby
Weldon Hart
Democratic Executive Committee
U.S
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