Five Oil Firms Asked to Reply To Accusations
Five major American oil companies face formal replies to government charges alleging a Western world oil cartel. Leaders from Standard Oil of New Jersey and California, Texaco, Socony Vacuum, and Gulf Oil deny participation, while Anglo-Iranian and Royal Dutch Shell are named foreign partners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alance
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
Iruman
Standard Oil of
New Jersey
California
Texa Co
Scony Vacuum
Gulf Oil
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Royal Dutch Shell
Standard Oil of California
Middle East
Standard of California
Gulf Ont
Gulf
The
Texas Co
Samia and Abdullah Invite Ex King Farouk to U S
Samia Gamal and her husband Heir Sheppard King III say they tried to contact exiled ex king Farouk in Capri to invite him to live in America near Philadelphia’s main line. Farouk plans a Houston motel with a nightclub and pool called Abdullah’s Oasis.
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Philadelphia
Samia Gamal
Farouk
Egypt
America
New York
Texas
Sheppard King HI
Capri
Samia
Houston
Abdullah
Cities Service Man Visits Mossadegh
LA-W. Alton Jones chairman of Cities Service Oil Corp arrives in Tehran at Mossadegh's invitation to discuss restoring Iran's oil industry. He plans to inspect Abadan refinery amid the Anglo-Iranian Oil Co. nationalization and British withdrawal last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
W. Alton Jones
Cities Service Oil Corp
New York
Mossadegh
Jones
Abadan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Co
Two Men Sought in Odessa Robbery and Assault Case
Odessa sheriff’s deputies seek two men in an alleged robbery and assault reported Sunday night. A 43 year old waitress says Red Failey of Cravens Trucking Co. and a second man abducted her after meeting in a tavern and cafe, forced her to disrobe, robbed her of 35 dollars, and assaulted her west of town. Warrants issued. both men at large.
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Odessa
Sheriff's Office
Red Failey
Cravens Trucking Co
54Th
N. Golder
East Second Street
Bob Burkett
Bailey
Burkett
O F Peace M. Newman
Two More Die Of Polio In Texas
The Associated Press reports polio deaths and new cases across Texas in late August. Houston records four new cases including one city case and three from surrounding areas. Dallas reports two new cases outside the county. San Angelo notes Carol Ann Cornwell, 14, as a polio death, and Lampasas loses 38 year old Mrs. H R Buchanan, marking the county’s third polio fatality of 1952.
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Associated Press
Texas
Houston
Harris County
Dallas
San Angelo
Carol Ann Cornwell
E. A. Cornwell
West Texas
Lampasas
H. R. Buchanan
Lampasas County
Public Gets Peek At Farouk's Private Life
Cairo August 25 Farouk exiled king exposed in a staged glimpse of his private life as army open Abdin and Kabbeth palaces to reporters In rooms bedrooms and offices reporters saw sexual photographs nude statues gambling items diamond jewelry and a vast collection of neckties and clothing left behind after exile
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Cairo
Farouk
Abdin
Kabbeth
Montazah
Alexandria
Trapped Explorers Emerge From Cave
Four explorers emerged from Hell’s Hole in Switzerland after nine and a half days underground as rains threatened new floods. In Wales rescuers freed two 17 year olds and their injured scout master from Bridge Cave after entombment 150 feet deep.
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Muotathal
Switzerland
Hell’s Hole
Breconshire
Wales
Pierre St. Martin
Pyrennes
Alfred Boegli
Silberen
Europe
Boegli
Aberdare
Bridge Cave
Jim Case
Max Phillips
Michael Briscombe
Whistle Tooter Set To Stand Trial In Odessa Court
Eight North Odessa residents testified in Corporation Court against Sam Searcy operator of a kiddie carnival at the Y Ker mit and Andrews Hwy intersection. Searcy pleaded not guilty to excessive whistle blowing. trial scheduled for Thursday before a six member jury. He had previously pleaded guilty to a related nuisance charge and was fined 25 dollars.
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North Odessa
Corporation Court
Sam
Casey Jones
Kermit and Andrews Hwy
Intersecton
David P. Blaker
N. Lee
J. M. Denman
Searcy
Bakersfield Names Areas Of Disaster
An Aug 25 earthquake in Bakersfield expanded 20-block disaster zones to 63 blocks and added an east Bakersfield area. Four schools and several churches were wrecked, killing two. Churches held services in parks as civic buildings faced collapse and city hall was destroyed. City officials planned a house-to-house damage canvass.
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Bakersfield
Calif
St. Francis Catholic
Leland Gunn
Ino Corps of Structural Engineers
Midland Woman Much Improved After Husband Shooting
Mrs Vivian Grubaugh, 25, shot seven times in a Midland trailer by husband Oran Leo Grubaugh, 31, is much improved at Midland Memorial Hospital. Grubaugh is jailed on an attempted murder charge and to be arraigned today before Justice L C Stephenson. The shooting followed her filing for divorce two weeks earlier.
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Vivian Grubaugh
Oran Leo Grubaugh
Midland Memorial Hospital
Midland
Grubaugh
Midland County
Justice of Peace
L. C
Legion Convention Warns of a New War at New York Meeting
The 34th American Legion convention opened at Madison Square Garden with National Commander Donald R. Wilson presiding as Eisenhower prepared to speak. Eisenhower warned of Communist tyranny as national leaders urged vigilance against Communism and possible new global conflict.
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Legion Convention
New York
The
American Legion
Donald R. Wilson
Madison Square Garden
Dwight D. Eisenhower
FBI Arrests Girl Friend of Thief in Birmingham
Birmingham police arrested a brunette woman identified as the traveling companion of William Merle Martin, one of America’s ten most wanted criminals. Robert Rae Carter, 31, was found asleep in a stolen 1952 Buick in Birmingham. The car had been stolen in Valparaiso Indiana on July 22.
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Birmingham
Ala
William Merle Martin
America
Robert Rae Carter
FBI
Valparaiso
Ind
Drought Devastates Texas Cotton Crop Amid Heat Wave
The drought and 100 plus degree heat in North Central Texas threaten cotton as losses reach around 100 million dollars. Officials and growers report premature opening, poor fruiting, and suspected 50 percent cuts in some areas. Texas markets and state officials, including Karli G. Hunt, estimate a 250,000 bale shortfall this season.
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Associated Press
Texas
Karli G. Hunt
Dallas Cotton Exchange
Hunt
East Texas
Pecos River
Walter Robinson
The
Dallas News
Cotton Exchange
Mesquite
T. B. Doss
Trinity
Raymond Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Seagoville
R. A. Sanderson
Bois d’Arc
Sanderson
Seazoville
Collin County
Rockwall County
I. A. Walker
Garland
Walker
Blacksand
John C. White
Uncle jailed in Redlands case claims accidental death
The uncle of 16 year old Kathryn Knodel, John Chauncey Lawrence, is jailed on murder investigations but claims the girl died in an accident while they were fixing a flat tire. Investigators say he admitted having sexual relations with his niece and described a scenario of the car slipping off a jack to crush her head.
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Riverside
Calif
Redlands
Kathryn Knodel
Palm Springs
John Chauncey Lawrence
San Francisco
California
Cherry Valley
Riverside County
Carl Rayburn
Lawrence
400000 Coal Miners Idle Across Nation
Pittsburgh report notes John L. Lewis's memorial holiday idled nearly 400000 coal miners nationwide. Some miners voice skepticism about returning, while others expect work to resume after the memorial period ending Labor Day as talks with operators remain deadlocked.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania Coal Operators Association
Lewis
Philadelphia
Reading
Coal and Iron Co
King Hussein Returns to Amman to Claim Throne
King Hussein arrived in Amman to assume the throne after his abdicated father Talal, traveling with his mother Queen Zeine from Switzerland. The ceremony and official duties were expected to proceed under the new ruler's guidance.
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Amman
Jordan
Hussein
Talal
Switzerland
Zeine
Eisenhower Warns Soviets Threaten World Peace At Legion Speech
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered a prepared, hard hitting address to the American Legion in New York. He warned the Soviet Union is committed to subversion and war until all mankind are its slaves and urged a stronger Western alliance and readiness. He said time remains before Russia achieves dominance and stressed the need for military and economic strength.
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Eisenhower
United States
Soviet Russia
Defense
John R. Steelman
AFL
William Green
Wilson
Truman
E. A. Campbell
Homer
Legion Auxiliary
Legion
America
Korea
Europe
Legion—gray
the Argonne
Guadalcanal
Normandy
Bald Hills
John Sparkman
Richard M. Nixon
Abilene, Kans
Kansas
New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Russia
American Legion
Commodore Hotel
GOP
Free World
Kremlin
Asia
Soviet Union
Washington
Engineer Found Dead in Crash
William Clayton Witt 25 an IT engineer for Atlantic Refining Co. was killed in a crash eight miles south of Penwell on State Highway 1601 early Sunday. His car rolled six or seven times and he died of a crushed chest. He lived in Mid pond recently, home in Dallas. He was found at 7 a.m. by a Penwell pumper. Hubbard Funeral Home Odessa sent the body to Dallas for services Tuesday.
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William Clayton Witt
Atlantic Refining Co
Penwell
Witt
Midpond
Dallas
Texas
Hubbard Funeral Home
Odessa
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