Bus Truck Collision Injures 22 in New Mexico
A Continental Trailways bus carrying 37 passengers collided with a gasoline transport on U.S. 65 near Albuquerque. Twenty-two people were injured, with three sailors and the truck driver listed in serious or critical condition. The driver of the bus, C. L. Ripple, escaped injury. a second bus was sent to transport uninjured passengers to Los Angeles.
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Albuquerque
N. M
U. S. 65
Here
Othorinigs
Acciae
Waco Tex
New Mexico
C. L. Ripple
E. C. Harrison
Roswell
Sandia Base Hospital
William J. Farrelli
Donald E. Jones
Lawrence Pusch
San Diego
Calif
Naval Training Station
Sandia Base
Albuquerque Hospital
Los Angeles
Jerry Martin
Piercetown
Ark
Harriet M. Robinson
Mary Flynn
Eegle Mountain
Donald Steele Colton
Ethel Rhynes
Pro U S Jap Leader Dissolves Parliament to Hasten Vote
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida dissolved the lower house of the Diet and set an October general election to forestall rivals. Yoshida, under attack as an American puppet, acted quickly with an imperial rescript dissolving the House, while hatoyama faction planned a November contest and argued rearmament.
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Tokyo
U. S
Shigeru Yoshida
Hirohito
House of Councilors
Yoshida
Liberal
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatoyama
Japan
UN Planes Rain Destruction on Communist Supply Centers
U S Air Force bombers hit supply centers near Pyongyang and Chosen area targets as Navy carriers Essex Boxer and Princeton launched 222 flights. B26s struck Sohung and B29s attacked dumps at Sopo and a rail yard at Chinnampo amid ongoing front action.
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Seoul
Korea
Pyongyang
North Korea
Tombad
U. S. Eighth Army
U. N
Eighth Army
Navy
Essex
Princeton
Chosen
Kojo
Chongjin
Sohung
Sopo
iChinnampo
Odessa Youth Wounded in Rifle Accident
Cecil Lee Eudaly ten year old son of Mr and Mrs C C Eudaly 501 W May was injured at home in a rifle incident. A .22 slug struck his right leg around 4 pm Wednesday when he and six year old Larry Garrett pulled the gun from a closet in the Garrett home. The Garrett boy’s handling of the rifle caused the discharge. Eudaly’s condition is reported not serious.
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Cecil Lee Eudaly
C. C. Eudaly
W. May
Medical Center Hospital
Eudaly
Larry Garrett
Luther Garrett
Garrett
Young Garrett
McCarthy Faces Challenge as Wisconsin Campaign Heats Up
In Milwaukee on August 28 Senator Joseph McCarthy shows signs of campaign strain as Leonard Schmitt holds a 26 hour talkathon to unseat him in the September 9 Republican primary. Schmitt’s marathon questions draw attention while McCarthy plans a major address after illness has slowed his effort.
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Milwaukee
Wis
Joseph McCarthy
Leonard Schmitt
McCarthy
Senate
Schmitt
Madison
Communist Party of Wisconsin
Dominie
Communist Party
Wisconsin
Legion chief urged support for Navy strength and defense
Secretary Kimball urged the American Legion to back appropriations to build and sustain four Forrestal class carriers and atomic power. Pace praised Army progress since Korea, noting growth from 593,000 to over 1.55 million and a shift to more reserves and veterans, while warning of the strains of rotation and training demands ahead.
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New York
Kimball
American Legion
America
Legion
Lewis K. Couch
Pasadena
Canf
Walter E. Alessandroni
Philadelphia
Navy
Europe
Pace
Korea
Baby Hurled Two Floors is Unhurt
A two year old girl was hurled two floors and trapped under debris for 20 minutes after two explosions shattered the Abingdon apartment back wall in Alexandria Virginia. She escaped with only scratches as five others were injured, not seriously. The blasts, origin undetermined, were said to have started in a basement where new oil heating equipment was being installed per rescue Capt. L W Fevers.
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Alexandria
Abingdon
L. W. Fevers
Legion To Vote On National Commander Today
The American Legion votes for its national commander at Madison Square Garden as two main contenders, Lewis K. Gouch and Walter E. Alessandroni, lead a four day convention with auxiliary sessions ending. Other names were floated briefly with Connell potentially withdrawing. The group also proposed 1954 site in Washington and backed tougher actions against Communist influence and ongoing NATO support.
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New York
American Legion
Lewis K. Gouch
Navy
Pasadena
Calif
Walter E. Alessandroni
Philadelphia
Madison Square Garden
The
Legion Auxiliary
National
Arthur J. Connell
Middletown
Conn
Seaborn P. Collins
Las Cruces
N. M
Walter J. Fenlon
Chicago
Connell
Legion
John O. Newberry
Jefferson City
Washington, D. C
St. Louis
Spain
NATO
Germany
Southeast Asia
Far East
Middle East
Korea
Associated Press
William Oatis
Lone Wolf Subscribers Strike Over Phone Rates
In Lone Wolf Oklahoma 84 of 165 telephone subscribers told Southwestern States Telephone Co to remove their phones after residential rates rose from 2.50 to 3.75 dollars on August 21. Manager M. E. Barnes said the move reflects a statewide rate hike and not personal opposition to the company.
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Lone Wolf
Okla
Thissmall Kiowa County
Alexander Graham Bell
Southwestern States Telephone Co
M. E. Barnes
Drouth Persists as Texas Heat Eases Slightly
Texas endures a third year of drought with cotton losses near 50 percent and cattle moved to other states as prices slump. A heat break brings scattered storms but dry wells and low reservoir levels persist amid urgent calls for statewide soaking rains.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
Waco
Dallas
Presidio
Seymour
Childress
Abilene
Wichita Falls
Big Spring
del Rio
Wink
Cotulla
Galveston
Panhande
Amarillo
Borger
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Blacklands
Lane Charges Fraud In Galveston Vote
Sheriff T W Buckshot Lane of Wharton alleges irregularities in the Ninth District race against incumbent Clark Thompson. Lane and L W Atkinson filed an affidavit under a new election law asking the attorney general to investigate alleged voting by unqualified residents and fraud in canvassing and reporting in Galveston County.
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Austin
T. W. Buckshot Lane
Wharton
Lane
Clark Thompson
Galveston
L. W. Atkinson
Galveston County
Clark W. Thompson
T. W.buckshot Lane
Odessan Stabbed In Family Fracas In Odessa
Apolonio Rodrihez a 40 year old Collins Construction employee sustained a deep stab wound to the back in a family dispute in southeast Odessa. He remained overnight at Medical Center Hospital and was released. Jose Valensuela 25, his son in law, is sought by officers and charged with assault in Justice of Peace Thomas Murphy's court.
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Elmer (Pewee
Nor- Man
Rodrihez
Valensuela
Juana Valensuela
Lirada Rodrihez
Shivers Hints Ike May Be Placed On Democratic Ballot
Gov. Allan Shivers of Texas hinted that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower could share the Texas Democratic presidential ticket with Adlai Stevenson. He said tidelands oil and other Truman era policies shape his views and urged Texans to decide how to vote while noting support for Eisenhower within the party.
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Shivers
Ihe
Austin
Tex
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Allan Shivers
Tidelands Oil
Whch
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Truman
Texas Tidelands
Oscar Ewing
Washington
Great
Texars
Price Daniel
U.S. Senate
Tom Connally
Texas
Amarillo
Eisenhower
Illinois
Congress
Herbert Hoover
Johnson
General Eisenhower
Republican Party
Johnson Rebuffs Stevenson on Texas Tidelands
In Austin Lyndon B. Johnson states he disagrees with Adlai Stevenson on Texas tidelands but will support Stevenson for president. He warns a Republican victory would not protect tidelands and that he opposes Shivers over the issue while still backing the Democratic ticket.
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Austin
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Adlai Stevenson
Texas Tidelands
Polio Cases Top 3,500 in Week Nationwide
The U S Public Health Service reports 3 503 new infantile paralysis cases for the week ending Aug 28, with Michigan leading state tallies at 300 and Texas totaling 2 953 for the year. Illinois 272 last week, California 121.
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Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
Michigan
Illinois
Texas
Iowa
California
Murder Shaft To Be Closed
JOPLIN MO Aug 28 The mine shaft where William Billy Cook tossed five Mosser family bodies from Atwood NL will be permanently closed. Mayor H Chris Oltman said he will take personal action to seal the shaft and end any pleasant memories connected with the site.
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Joplin
Badman
William
Billy) Cook
Carl Mosser
Atwood
H. Chris Oltman
Reine
Glider Queen Chosen For National Soaring Meet
Dallas reporters note a national beauty queen will be chosen today for the National Soaring meet at Grand Prairie. Glider pilots expect the winner to embody the lift spirit and grace of the event.
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Dallas
Grand Prairie
Price boss vows tour to gauge public view on controls
Tighe E. Woods, new head of the Office of Price Stabilization, will tour the country next month to ask housewives and others what they think about price controls. He says he may recommend scrapping controls if the public opposes them or lacks understanding of the program.
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Washington
Tighe E. Woods
Woods
Congress
Truman
Arnall
Capital Bill
Homer Ferguson
Michigan Republican
Housewives
Office of Price Stabilization
Ellis Arnall
Claims Bureaucrats Meddled in Tax Case
Washington Aug 2 House investigators heard a sworn statement from Federal Judge George H Moore that the Justice Department interfered with a grand jury probe into St. Louis tax scandals last year The late U S Attorney Drake Watson said Ellis Slack then a Justice Department tax attorney wanted the partial report Slack now heads the tax division and denied responsibility for the report before the House Judiciary Sub committee
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Washington
House
George H. Moore
Justice Department
St. Louis
Moore
Drake Watson
U. S
Ellis N. Slack
Slack
House Judiciary
Tide sharing plan blocked by Interior and Justice
Washington reports the Interior and Justice Departments aborted a compromise to grant Texas and other coastal states a larger share of tidelands revenue. Senator Murray criticized the proposal as an evil surrender to oil interests, noting the plan would have let states receive 37 12 percent of royalties in exchange for state control and federal rights in disputes.
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Washington
Interior and Justice Departments
Texas
Tidelands
Murray
D-Mont
Senate Interior Committee
Interior Committee
Justice and Interior Departments
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Committee
Supreme Court
Truman
Congress
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Linda Jane Fuller
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J. D. Fuller
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Washington Street
Linda Jane
National Polio Foundation
Odessa
Odessan
Rodrinez
Perry St
Adlaion Tides
Atty
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