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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1952

Page

3

Draft Board Keeps Busy As Agencies Advise Citizens

In Harrison New York a draft board reports activity as service agencies issue guidance to the public. The notice mentions a draft card and related procedures indicating ongoing conscription administration amid public attention.

Give The Siren Fiell Fire Scene Report

A chaotic incident on Treceday details a volunteer response under Poestor. Only fragments survive describing siren actions, firespots, and damage to residences barns and small businesses including a parallel note on warehouses and a local business co. ceberites and off warehouses.

Poestor

Unclear text fragment on names and places

Fragmentary OCR note mentions names like Turco and Stevenson and places in California but content is garbled and incomplete. No coherent event or outcome can be determined from the readable text.

Thompson Holds Slim Lead Over Buckshot

Thompson of Galveston held a slim 655 vote lead over Buckshot Lane in Texas ninth district Democratic primary returns from 12 counties. Thompson had 29,712 votes to 29,057 for Lane as unofficial figures from the Texas Election Bureau tallied incomplete results.

Dallas U.S Lark W.thompson Galveston Texas Democratic Fund Thompson Wharton County T. W Bucksnot Lane Congress Oaks Texas Election Bureau M. Combs Lindley Beckworth U. S. Senate Tom Pickett Jack Brooks Beaumont Brady Gentry Tyler John Dowdy Athens Washington Martin Dies House Un-American Activities Committee Brooks Joe H. Townhill Jaspe Combs House Texas Election Bureau Vetern Geniry R. L. Whitehead Longview Dowdy Jim Norton Nacogdoches Buckshot Lane Galveston Island TEB Manard Smith Lane

Battle event at Bunker Hill as Chinese attack stalls

Chinese forces launched a battalion assault on Bunker Hill, five miles east of Panmunjom, but Allied fire repelled the attack in about ninety minutes. Maj. Gen. Selden noted more Chinese attempts, while reporting heavy Allied losses inflicted on the attackers.

Seoul Korea Bunker Hill Panmunjom John T. Selden U.S Selden Air Force Inawa Pyongtng

British Canberra jet crosses Atlantic in four hours thirty minutes

A British Canberra jet bomber flew east to west across the Atlantic in 4 hours 33 minutes then resumed for a return flight to Aldergrove Northern Ireland. Piloted by Ronald Beaumont the crew aimed to complete a round trip within a single day hoping to beat the west to east record.

Gander Mid Atlantic Aldergrove Northern Ireland Canberra Britain Newfoundland Ronald P. Beaumont

Sparkman backs Steversons stand on tidelands oil

Senator Sparkman endorsed Adlai Stevenson's refusal to modify his position on federal ownership of tidelands oil fields. He called the stance one of integrity and said it respects the Supreme Court decision upholding federal ownership. Sparkman urged congressional action to balance federal and state interests.

Washington John J. Sparkman Vfonday Adlai E. Stevenson Idelands Allan Shivers Texas Stevenson Illinois Sparkman Supreme Court Tidelands

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