Sparse turnout trims Odessa county primary results
Only about 15 percent of registered voters turned out in Odessa and Ector County for the Democratic primary. About 2,200 ballots were counted, with Notrees contributing 45 votes. J Ted Roby won Precinct 1 commissioner, beating Roy W Holder, and several constables were elected or re-elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Ector County
Notrees
Tine Davis
O. L. Watts
Commissioners’ Court
Martin Dies
Grady Maxwell
George Carnes
Maxwell
Carnes
Elmer (Peewee) Norman
Norman
Claud B. Toles
John W. Fernandes
Ise
H. S. Cowsar
Seminole Grand Jury Indicts 12 In Long Session
The Gaines County Grand Jury in Seminole met all day and issued 16 indictments against 12 men including cases of assault fondling sodomy burglary theft and auto theft. Names listed include Harvey Wise Lewis Spencer Alvin Booe Bob Dunham Charles David Newton Earl Israel Noel Clinton Baker Jerry Gomez Ray Jones James M Stinson Wayne Edwards and J A Howard. In precinct 1 L B Henon defeated H Rich 587 to 396 for a local race and Culver 1313 Bell 657 vied for state supreme court. Odessans backed Culver in large numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaines County
Grand Jury
Harvey Wise
Lewis Spencer
Alvin Booe
Bob Dunham
Charles David Newton
Earl Israel
Noel Clinton Baker
Jerry Gomez
Ray Jones
James M. Stingon
Wayne Edwards
J. A. Howard
L. B. Henon
H. Rich
Justice
State Supreme Court
Frank P. Culver
Ft. Worth
Spurgeon Bell
Houston
Over 100 Jaycees Attend Bi-regional Convention in Monahans
More than 100 Jaycees and their wives gathered in Monahans for a bi regional convention opening Saturday. Texas Jaycees head Ray Roberts led a large Texas delegation of 17 cities with Dieter Kreplin of Texas Western College among featured speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Ray Roberts
Grand Prairie
Lstate
Organization of Young Business and Civic Leaders
Texas
Texan Theater
Dieter Kreplin
Texas Western College
el Paso
United States
Monahans Country Club
Cafe Royal
Dan Martin
Monahans Jaycee
Sid Nicks
Lee Sanders
San Angelo
Sanders
W. G. Marshall
Rocky Ford
Midland
Ed Dillon
Bob Brown
Houston
Charles Alexander
Conrad Dunagan
Jaycees
Pecos Lions Club
Ballard
Odessa
Brownwood
Stamford
San Antonio
Sweetwater
John Leno
Pretty Jean Wheeler
Wickett
J. P. Marchioli
Midland Club
Russia proposes big four meeting on German treaty
Moscow proposes a meeting of the United States Britain France and the Soviet Union by October to discuss a German peace treaty formation of an all German government and a time limit for withdrawal of occupation forces. The note also covers elections and an elections commission tied to the peace process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Britain
France
United States
Andrei Vishinsky
Germany
Hospital Board and Medical Staff Approve Addition Plan
The Medical Center Hospital board of governors and its medical staff agree on a 90 bed addition with at least 25 private rooms to total 190 beds. They plan a bond election for 750000 to fund the addition and building changes, consulting George Dahl, Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Hospital Board of Governors
American Hospital Association
James W. Rainer
Ector County Commissioners Court
Sidney Parkis
Commissioners Court
George Dahl
Dallas
Rainer
Winkler County Voters Favor Bell in Democratic Runoff
In Kermit Winkler County voters backed Spurgeon Bell by 72 to 46 over Frank Culver for Supreme Court Place 1 in the runoff. Martin Dies ran unopposed and received 115 votes. Total turnout was 118.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kermit
Winkler County
Spurgeon Bell
Frank Culver
Supreme Court
Martin Dies
East German Leader Pieck Returns to East Berlin
The East German news service ADN reported President Wilhelm Pieck returned to East Berlin after a several weeks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
ADN
Wilhelm Pieck
East Berin
Seminole Runoff Results Reshape Local Officials
Seminole and Gaines County voters cast over 2,600 ballots in a hot runoff. Incumbent R. Kirk defeated Mark Allen for county judge 1341 to 1275, Joyce Hairston lost county treasurer to Norma Wood 1469 to 1120, and E T Cornet won Precinct 1 commissioner 539 to 464 over McCloskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seminole
Gaines County
Odessa
Ector County
R. Kirk
Mark Allen
Joyce Hairston
Norma Wood
Hairston
E. T. Cornet
Mr. McCloskey
Joe Anderson
B. D. Marchbanks
J. R. Coker
Bill Westcott
Roy Ownbey
Olen Mathers
Roy Christian
Lee White
Supreme Court
Frank Culver
Spurgeon Bell
Cobbs
Ernest
Cobb Moxley Wins Andrews Elections Runoffs
In Andrews, Gerald Cobb won the state representative runoff with 340 votes against J R Earnest 252 in a newly redistricted area including Andrews Gaines Dawson and Lynn counties. J W Moxley edged incumbent H B Walters 160 139 for Precinct 3 commissioner. Spurgeon Bell 239 Frank Culver 324 for Supreme Court Place 1. Martin Dies 507 for Congress at large. Andrews total 592 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Gerald Cobb
J. R. Earnest
Gaines
Dawson
Lynn
Andrews County
J. W. Moxley
H. B. Walters
Spurgeon Bell
Frank Culver
Supreme Court
Martin Dies
Ellis and Price Win In Ward County Commissioner Races
In Monahans Ward County election Ellis was reelected to a third term as Precinct 2 commissioner, defeating Ed Cox 836 to 748. In Pyote Precinct 4 LeRoy Price beat John Wilson 187 to 174 to win the commissioner's seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
H. T
Bud) Ellis
Ellis
Ed Cox
One Polio Case Reported in Ector County Week
One polio case was reported in Ector County this past week bringing the 1952 total to 28. Louise Westerman, five year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Westerman, 606 North Elliott, is the latest victim admitted to Medical Center Hospital Thursday. Other weekly health unit reports include cases of diarrhea 124 sore throat 34 strep throat 27 trench mouth 2 measles 1 gastroenteritis 17 impetigo 1 and tonsillitis 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Louise Westerman
Gilbert Westerman
N. Elliott
Medical Center Hospital
Ector County Health Unit
Reds Build Permanent Truce House
At Panmunjom Korea August 23 the Communists begin a permanent debating house to replace the old tent used in armistice talks. Chinese carpenters lay a 24 by 36 foot brick and concrete foundation with white pine walls and windows as the talks pause until Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panmunjom
Korea
Shivers Cannot Vote for Stevenson Over Tideland Issue
Texas Governor Allan Shivers said he told Adlai Stevenson he could not vote for him due to Stevenson's tide lands stance and civil rights positions. He met Stevenson in Springfield, planned statewide remarks, and noted that Stevenson sided with Truman on tidelands. Shivers urged Texans to hear the facts before Sept. 9 Amarillo party meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Allan Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Tidelands
Shivers
Springfield
Stevenson
People of Texas
Texas
Truman
Amarillo
Ivray
Husband Charged In Midland Shooting Fray
Oran Leo Grubaugh, 31, a laborer from Odessa, is jailed in Midland on a charge of attempting to murder his wife Vivian Grubaugh after a Friday morning shooting at their Midland trailer. The woman, seriously wounded with seven 38 caliber shots, remained in critical condition in Memorial Hospital after a struggle during divorce proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
Leo Grubaugh
Odessa
John Wood
Midland County
Kermit
Midland
Grubaugh
Vivian
Memorial Hospital
Oran Leo Grubaugh
Midland Justice of Peace
T. O. Wisson
Kiner Targeted by Extortion Letter Demands 6200
Ralph Kiner, star slugger, received a pre-dawn extortion note demanding 6200 dollars with a threat that he is a target in left field. The letter prompted Kiner and 30 FBI agents to wait in a suburban schoolyard until 3 am without contact. He then returned to Forbes Field, hit his 27th homer, as agents kept him under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Ralph Kiner
FBI
Kiner
Forbes Field
Incumbents Win In Crane County Election Runoffs
Incumbents Vincent Andrews and Gay Miller won county commission seats in Crane County on Saturday. Andrews carried Precinct 2 Sand Hills 88 to 57 over I C Earp, while Miller won Precinct 4 northeast Crane 112 to 80 over W O Murray. Supreme Court Place 1 results were not reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincent Andrews
County Commission
Gay Miller
Crane County
The
Sand Hills
Andrews
Northeast
Crane
Miller
I. C. Earp
W. O. Murray
Supreme Court
Too Much Noise Whistleman Returns to Court
Sam Searcy a 60 year old carnival whistle operator known as Casey Jones faced Corporation Court again for disturbing the peace with his coal heated steam whistle powered train near the Kermit Andrews Highway Y. He seeks more time to hire a lawyer and plans to plead not guilty with a trial set for Monday. Searcy defends the noise as entertainment for children and notes his operation previously drew no trouble in Midland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross Davis
Sam
Corporation Court
Kermit-Andrews Hwy
Casey Jones) Searcy
Midland
Searcy
David P. Blaker
N. Lee
C. A. Johnson
Beserk
Drouth Began Seven Years Ago Says Scientist
Houston reports that Dr. C L Lundell of the Texas Research Foundation says the current Texas drought is part of a seven year drought march that began in California. He notes the cycle started in California seven years ago and spread eastward, with five to six years of drought across Uvalde Laredo to Waco before reaching the Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Texas
California
C. L. Lundell
Texas Research Foundation
Rennder
Dallas
Don Hinga
Houton Chronicle
Lundell
Doctor Lundell
Paris
United States
Atlantic Coast
Uvalde and
Laredo
Waco
Amarillo Boy Dies Of Polio
Polio claimed another Texan life as Cecil Weldon Broome 18 died en route to Amarillo from Dumas. Houston reported two new cases and two possible patients with totals rising to 369 cases and 12 deaths for the city and 235 cases and eight deaths in the county. Barry Bishop Jr., UT student, was treated with an imported drug from Mexico City but his physician halted injections as no improvement was found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Cecil Weldon Broome
Amarillo
Dumas
Houston
Maurine Schilder
Barry Bishop Jr
University of Texas
Mexico City
Hedgecroft
Scoutmaster recounts encounter with unknown object near Palm Beach
Deputy sheriff and two Scouts add details to the tale of a rural woods encounter. Desvergers, 30, said a ball of fire blasted him when he shined a light on a three foot thick object shaped like half a rubber ball. Scorched grass and sparks were observed as officers and Air Force officials investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Palm Beach
Fla
D. S. Desvergers
Desvergers
West Palm Beach International
Washington
Palm Beach
Ling
Matt N. Partin
Charles Steve Jens
David Rowan
Air Force
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright - Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
City Police to file break in charges
Police said they will file burglary charges against Franklin Swartz 19 of Odessa now held in Dallas for the March 15 1951 break in of Moore Construction Co 817 W Murphy. Dallas detectives report Swartz confessed and gave a written statement. He will be returned to Odessa to face charges after Dallas courts conclude proceedings.
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Franklin Swartz
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Red
Cobb
Moxley
Price
Reds
Adlai Tides
Tooter
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M. Denman
1814
N. A
Drouth
Scouter
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