Texas polio cases near three thousand as deaths rise
Polio cases climbed toward 3000 in Texas with two new cases in Houston Dallas and Fort Worth one in Tyler and one possible case. Deaths were reported in Fort Worth and Sugar Land. Houston totals 336 cases and 12 deaths citywide 234 in Harris County and eight in non residents.
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Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Dallas
Fort Worth
Tyler
Sugar Land
New Houston
Harris County
Smith County
Barry Bishop Jr
Bishop
Albert Trencavel
Mexico City
Mexico
Public Health Ministry
Trencavel
Dallas Parkland Hospital
Five Runoff Races Face Vote Test in Ector County
Voters in Ector County will choose five runoff races at 25 polling places from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Only about 1,000 of 18,500 qualified voters expected to cast ballots. Contests include Harris and Tarrant state Supreme Court candidate race and county commissioner, constable races across four precincts. A state liquor law delays alcohol sales until 8 p.m. after polls close.
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Ector County
Spurgeon Bell
Harris County
Frank P. Culver
Tarrant County
Supreme Court
J. Ted Roby
Roy W. Holder
H. L
Sgt.) Rich
L. B. Henson
George Carnes
Grady Maxwell
John W. Fernandes
H. L. Cowsar
Elmer (Pewee) Norman
Claud B. Toles
Train Crash Kills Motorist on Chicago Milwaukee Line
A high speed electric Chicago to Milwaukee train struck a car near Racine Wisconsin killing the motorist Episono Leal 31 of Racine and injuring 65 passengers. Motorman Hiram M Bryant said the train was traveling 75 mph with limited braking. One car overturned two others tilting others stayed upright and track power was out for three hours. Sixteen people remained in hospitals. others released after first aid.
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Racine
Wis
Hiram M. Bryant
Waukegan
Ill
Chicago North Shore
Milwaukee
Episono Leal
European Nudists Plan Olympics in Switzerland
European nudists accuse Helsinki Olympics of travesty and prepare their own naked meet at Lake Neuchatel this weekend. The British team departed for the Swiss training ground amid sparse crowds, one organizer quipping the clothes will come off there.
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London
Lake Neuchatel
Switzerland
Helsinki
Thomas Ivle
Fake Judge Puts Americans In Sin In Bogus Weddings
In Chihuahua Mex an unknown number of American men and women wed in quickie ceremonies by a fake judge named Diego Jiminez. They are not legally married and the consulate is seeking authentication for certificates while Mexican authorities pursue Jiminez on a charge of performing illegal marriages.
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Chihuahua
Mex
Diego Jiminez
Vado Decedillos
Rios Grande
Fabens
Tex
Jiminez
U. S
Amercan
Alberto Rico
Rico
Nixon Eisenhower Back McCarthy Nominees Without Endorsing Ideals
Sen. Nixon and Gen. Eisenhower will back all Republican Senate and House nominees if McCarthy is renominated, but will not endorse McCarthy's views or methods. They call for fair investigations, protect rights of the innocent, and seek a Republican Congress to carry out their program. In Texas, soaring pilots head toward Odessa and nearby prize targets with $100 to $125 rewards for first arrivals.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Joseph McCarthy
Wisconsin
McCarthy
Nixon
Eisenhower
Senate
House
Congress
Wahington
Grand Prairie
Tex
West Texas
Odessa
Midland
San Angelo
Tom Hanlon
Ector County
Fred Turner Jr
Midland- Odessa
S. D. Steed
Concho Air Field
Mon‘ey
Lubbock
Starksville
Miss
Odessa man accused after seven gunshots injure wife
A 31 year old Odessa laborer allegedly fired at least seven shots at his wife during a reunion attempt at a Midland trailer home. Mrs Vivian Grumbaugh is in critical condition at Midland Memorial Hospital. Grumbaugh was arrested by Sheriff L B Eddins at his mother's home in Kermit after the 6 am incident following a six hour argument and threats to kill. The couple had separated and Mrs Grumbaugh had filed for divorce.
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Ross Davis
Odessa Construction Company
Midland
Kermit Today
Brownette
Midland Memorial Hospital
Vivian Grumbaugh
Oran Leo Grumbaugh
T. O. Wilson
Kermit
L. B. Eddins
Grumbaugh
Mac’s Tourist
Gourt
Billy Adair
Meteors Reported Form Figure Eight Over City Sky
Mrs. Pati Owens of 1005 N Jackson reported at 10 20 last night a meteor display of 25 to 30 falling stars forming a figure eight shape as they flashed across the sky. Scientists note Earth passes through a comet debris stream making meteors visible for weeks after midnight in New York and around 11 p m locally.
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Pati Owens
N. Jackson
Telegrams Roll In As Governor Considers Relief
Telegrams from county agents editors judges and farmers urge or oppose a drought disaster declaration for Texas Governor Shivers in San Antonio for a telegraphic poll results show 44 of 59 telegrams favor declaring a disaster to gain cheaper federally supplied hay while 14 oppose and 3 favor.
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Austin
Shivers
Texas
San Antonio
Truman
Kilmer Corbin
Lubbock
Charlie Guy
Wired
Washington
Greenville
Hunt County
Brown County
F. A. Loudermilk
Brownwood
Tom Lineberry
Kermit Wired
J. W. Sartwelle
Houston
Schools Caught in Wise Squeeze of Enrollments and Costs
The NEA reports a nationwide squeeze on schools with rising enrollments and shrinking space and staff. Among 1,270 districts, 47 percent need building projects to serve 343,000 pupils, delayed by funds. Materials shortages and rising costs affect 115,315 pupils in 162 systems. Local support for education remains steady despite the pressures.
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Washington
National Education Association
NEA
Sleeping Sickness Epidemic Creeps Across California
San Francisco AP reports a sleeping sickness outbreak moving through California's central valleys. Encephalitis has killed 30 and sickened about 500, with 12 deaths in the past week. Health officials deploy mosquito spraying and barriers. 499 cases reported, 315 diagnosed.
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California
San Francisco
State Health Department
Spraberry Rules Hearings Slated
A Railroad Commission hearing in Austin on September 11 will consider adoption of field rules for Spraberry production across nine West Texas counties. The application by 27 operators seeks new or updated regulations in Borden Dawson Glasscock Midland Martin Reagan Upton Howard and Sterling counties.
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Austin
West Texas
Railroad Commission
Borden, Dawson
Glasscock
Midland
Martin
Reagan
Upton
Howard
Sterling
Warplanes Smash Reds on Warfront
U N fighter bombers hit Communist targets across Korea including a daylight raid on Anak and warehouse strikes near Wonsan. U S Sabre jets damaged two MIG 15s while Allied ground forces repulsed two light Red assaults and crewmen claimed several enemy bunkers mortars and positions destroyed.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Korean Peninsula
U. S
Anak
Haeju Peninsula
38Th Parallel
Wonsan
Susho
Manchurian
Robinson Risner
Oklahoma City
Louis A. Green
Lexington
N. C
Sinuiju
Air Force
Bunker Hill
Canadian Austrian diplomatic exchange announced
Ottawa reports a swap of diplomats between Canada and Austria. Dr Victor Dore a Montreal born 72 year old scholar becomes Canadian minister to Austria and will also serve as minister to Switzerland. Dr Max Loewenthal Chiumecky Austrian ambassador to the United States will be Austria's minister to Canada.
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Ottawa
Canada
Austria
Victor Dore
Switzerland
Max Loewenthal - Chiumecky
U. S
Heat Ravages Texas Amid Record Heat Wave and Drought
Texas endures a severe drought and ongoing heat wave with temperatures above 100 degrees for a 22nd day. Rain showers occurred in Southeast Texas but failed to relieve most areas, while the death toll rose with two fatalities in Mexia and one in Vernon. Weather efforts face limited success as early forecasts show scattered showers in some counties.
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Texas
Gulf Coast
Austin
Colorado Water Association
Irving Krick, Inc
Lamesa
Waco
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
C. J.schmid
Seymour
Victoria
Orange County
Beaumont
Palacios
Galveston
Palestine
Alice
Houston
Mexia
Vernon
W. G. Price
E. J. Thomas
Thornton
H. J. Mulller
Draft Head Says Fathers Are Next
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service director, said the farmed forces would begin drafting fathers next summer. He told an American Legion commission that births to reduce armed forces would require drafts, as the National Security Commission met to discuss policies for the 34th American Legion convention.
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New York
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
American Legion Commission
National Security Commission
American Legion
SevenYearOld Hit by Auto In Street Mishap
Gary Joe Morrison seven year old son of Mr and Mrs Olan Morrison of 51844 Monahans St was seriously injured last night when he dashed into the street after a toy shovel and was struck by a passing car. He suffered a fractured skull and was taken to Medical Center Hospital. His condition improved today. Police report the boy tossed the shovel into the street near his home and then retrieved it. He was struck by a car driven east by James M Gillim Jr 27 of 1504 S Texas about 7 45 p.m.
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Gary Joe Morrison
Olan Morrison
Monahans St
Medical ‘Center Hospital
James M. Gillim Jr
S. Texas
Two Ships Collide Off Southern California Coast
The Swedish motor ship Stratus and the American Steamship Coos Bay collided in fog six miles east of Anacapa Island near Ventura. No injuries reported though Coos Bay suffered a 15 foot hull hole and was towed as Stratus stood by until tugs arrived.
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Long Beach
Calif
Stratus
Coos Bay
California
Coast Guard
Anacapa Island
Ventura
Los Angeles
Coast Bay
Straits
Santa Barbara
Morris
Longach
Marine Exchange
San Francisco
Los Angeles Harbor
Brisbane
Australia
San Pedro
Wetumka Sucker Day invites Taft to fete
Wetumka civic leaders nicknamed Sen. Robert A. Taft No 1 sucker of 1952 and invited him to bring a steamroller to the annual Sucker Day Aug 30. The town has held the festival since 1949 after a promoter’s hay for imaginary elephants scam. They also invited Sen. Kerr to attend as Oklahoma’s top sucker of the year.
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Wetumka
Okla
Robert A. Taft
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Dokla
Kerr
Taft
Ratte Club
Argie Taylor
Lewis Gives Formal Notice of Coal Contract Expiration
John L. Lewis has filed formal notice that UMW contracts with soft and hard coal industries expire at end of September. The move risks a nationwide coal strike if no new deals are reached, affecting about 400,000 soft coal and 78,000 hard coal workers and major production volumes.
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Lewis
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Welly Hopkins
UMW
Harry M.moses
Bituminous
Coal Operators Association
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Associations
Moody
Moses
Federal Mediation Service
Rators Association
Pennsylvania
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