Midland Man Threatened by Escaped Maniac in Desert Search
Police widened a manhunt for ex Odessa resident Paul Langley a mentally deranged killer believed to target his family and possibly strike again. Officers traced the suspect from El Paso across the desert toward the West Coast as they race against time in bleak terrain and sparse towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Langley
el Paso
West Coast
Wee Weewes
C. C. Key
Bill Silvey
Odessa
Langley
Josephine
Aman
Midland
Key
Houston
Jess Wilkerson
San Antonio
Fowler
R. V. Lewis
Knoch
Lewis
Langleys
Odessa St
Shah Returns to Tehran Amid Royalist Triumph
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi lands at Mehrabad Airport to a tearful and loyal welcome as Mossadegh era foes are detained. Premier Zahedi and Fatemi are in motion, while Tehran tightens security. Separate U.S. and Soviet diplomats stand with the new regime as Langley manhunt and a hospital escape probe unfold in Texas and San Antonio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Mehrabad
Shah
Rome
Mohammed Mossadegh
Bagh- Ga
Mossadegh
Hossein Fatemi
Mossadgh
Fazollah Zahedi
Fatemi
Zahedi
Ghulam Reza
Hamid Reza
U. S
Loy Henderson
Anatoly Lavrentiev
Official POW List of War Prisoners Released in Korean Armistice
Sunday August 3 report names American prisoners of war returned in the Korean armistice exchange. The list includes Pfc James D. Spears, Cpl Robert E. Sitler, Cpt Thomas M. Caroland, Sgt Otia E. Kennemer, Cpl Leroy Solinger, Pfc Lloyd Watson, Pfc Raymond I. McGinnis, Sgt Willam Hallmark, Cpl Daniel Quilanta, Cpl Hipolito Gonzales, Pfc James H. Berry, and others from multiple states and cities including New York, California, Texas, Ohio, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Virginia, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mionsan
Pie
Pedi Lopez
New York
Poe
J. W. Jarrette
Baskin
Dahlas E. Leeprick
Leonard
Lucio M. Gonzales
Oxnard
Calif
James D. Spears
Philadelphia
Miss
Marceline JT. S. Sanchez
Cheyenne
Robert E. Sitler
Greentown
Ohio
Thomas M. Caroland
Cedar Hill
Tenn
Okla
Otia E. Kennemer
Anderson
Ala
Leroy L. Solinger
Albany
Minnty Chong Hor
San Francisco
Francisco A. Garcia
Las Cruces
Lloyd Watson
New Orleans
Stanley Kuras
Gaylord
Mich
Raymond I. McGinnis
Memphis
Willam E. Hallmark
Garden City
Isaac Martinez
Waco
Daniel C. Quilanta
Cerralvo
Mexico
Hipolito P. Gonzales
San Dimas
Willard L. Caplinger
Parkersburg
W. Va
James H. Berry
Wolftown
Rodolfo C. Guerra
Alamogordo
Odessa American expands with United Press Telephoto service
The Odessa American adds United Press Telephoto network access delivering world pictures by wire and radio. The system uses a compact Telephoto Transceiver to receive and transmit images in minutes, linking to papers across the United States Canada and Mexico and enabling rapid publication of distant events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
United States
Canada
Mexico
Atlantic and
Pacific
South America
Odessa
American c
Telephone Company
San Francisco
London
New York City
Globe
America
Army
Navy
Air Force
South Pole
W. L. DeBolt
Jim Scott
Col
Cy Wilson
Humber
Tex
508Th Strategic Fighter Wing
Albany
Lakenheath
England
Civil Service Chief Ike Holds Parley on Sizable Dismissals
Denver reports Chairman Philip Young of the U S Civil Service Commission met with President Eisenhower to discuss a plan to cut 100000 federal payroll positions by next July with half to be discharged and half by not filling vacancies. Young cited 80000 job losses in six months, saving 300 million dollars, and urged Civil Service reorganization to centralize responsibility. He also urged Veterans Preference Act changes to limit protections to disabled veterans, arguing current law hinders hiring and job prospects for veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas League of Municipalities
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jim Wright
Weatherford
League
Bell
CIO Communications Workers of America
Wright
Walter Prehn
Dallas
Texas
T. E. Webb
Texas Cwa-Cio
Prehy
Municipalities League
Bell Company
Denver
Philip Young
U. S. Civil Service Commission
Eisenhower
Young
Civil Service Commission
Congress
San Angelo approves water rights agreement with Colorado River Authority
San Angelo Texas voters approved Saturday by 2 537 to 52 an agreement with the Colorado River Authority granting the city exclusive rights to withdraw water from North Concho Lake.
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San Angelo
Tex
Colorado River Authority
North Concho Lake
Pecos Citizens End Jimmy Card Week with Gifts
Pecos Texas residents closed Jimmy Card Week after raising 1133.58 for three year old Jimmy Card. Citizens organized door to door drives and a KIUE Pecos broadcast with a toy matinee for children and adults. The campaign aims to provide a new toy each day for a year.
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Pecos
Tex
Jimmy Card
Emmett Beauchamp
Jimmy
Ace
Cobalt bomb warned as next step in arms race
A British nuclear scientist warned that a cobalt bomb could create a radioactive dust lasting over a year, contaminating most of the world. The design would combine an A bomb and a hydrogen bomb inside a cobalt shell costing about $2,000 per ton, with uneven global distribution likely.
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London
United States
Woman claims murder after beating gives pistol to officer
Chicago police receive call of murder at south side address. Sgt James McMahon arrives to find a woman who says she killed her husband then later claims she could not stand the beatings. The husband awakes and says shots were fired but missed.
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Chicago
Homicide Department
Texans Return Home From Korean POW Camp
Thirty two Texans freed from North Korean POW camps land in San Francisco returning members include Marine Lt George OBrien of Big Spring, Medal of Honor recipient. Army says most will fly home within hours, families await arrivals at Texas doors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur Martin
Associated Press
North Korea
San Francisco
Army
Texas
George O'Brien
Big Spring
Cpl
Felipe Pacheco
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico
Scroggins
Tex
Pfc
J. D. Martin
Brooks Army Medical Hospital
San Anonio
Harold L. Grant
Temple
Set. L. V. Swain
Houston
Engineer Survives Shock At Odessa Signal Box Incident
Odessa city traffic engineer Roy Patton escaped serious injury while inspecting a signal light box at West 10th and North Texas Streets. He reported a pair of pliers touched hot wires, causing a shock and brief unconsciousness. He received emergency care at Medical Center Hospital for head and facial bruises and lacerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Roy Patton
West 10Th
North Texas
Patton
West Third
Medical Center Hospital
Rix-Parr
Cowboy Yells Mark Repatriation
PANMUNJON Aug 23 American soldiers freed from Communist camps celebrated with cowboy yells and laughter as they regained freedom. South Korean repatriates clashed with Red Korean officers in anger as Red Cross workers reported demands to release all North held ROK soldiers. The repatriation included 150 Americans and 250 South Koreans amid reports of thousands held for forced labor.
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Panmunjon
Red Cross
Republic of Korean
Reds
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Robert G. Chappell
Brooklyn
Henry S. Padilla
Boulder
Colo
Jesse J. Doberty
Bowden
Thomas OD. Wilkerson
Shawnee
Msgt
Bobby L. Caruth
Abilene
U.S
City League
THE
Civil Service
Ike
Tiny Jimmy Card
Cowboy
Mark
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