Texas Republicans meet in Austin to plot post election course
In Austin on December 15 Republican leaders gathered as 24 electors prepared to cast Texas votes for Eisenhower. Nation’s Committeeman Jack Porter warned of upheaval at the Falcon Dam site and pledged adjusted compensation for Zapata County residents being displaced. Governor Shivers and Defense Secretary designate Charles Wilson met socially, while talks touched on future Texan appointments.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Executive
Nations
Jack Porter
Houston
Eisenhower
James F. Welder
Victoria
H. E. Mizell
Lubbock
Porter
Oveta Culp Hobby
Gov
Shivers
Charles E. Wilson
Defense
Wilson
Rio Grande Valley
Falcon Dam
Graham Preaches To Korean Crowd In Open Air
In Pusan Dec 15 Evangelist Billy Graham spoke in a bone chilling open air to about 6000 Koreans and accompanying GIs. He preached a fervent sermon on repentance with a South Korean interpreter and many locals coming forward.
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Pusan
Billy Graham
Graham
Levittown Parents Drain Hazardous Rain Pit
Levittown parents armed with shovels and bulldozers cleared a dangerous 14 foot deep rainwater pit near Hicksville after two childhood deaths. Workers installed a pump and borrowed bulldozers to drain the 72 by 72 foot hole, ending a week of fear in the community.
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Levittown
N. Y
Long Island
Hicksville
Attorney Charged in Plot to Murder Wife in San Francisco
San Francisco attorney Charles E. Brown 46 is charged with conspiracy to commit murder after allegedly hiring Victor L. Stoner 24 to kill his wife Florence 46. Stoner and Joe Tenner 54 are jailed awaiting deportation actions as police say Brown paid for the crime, and the victim remains in critical condition.
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San Francisco
Charles E. Brown
Victor L.stoner
San Diego, Calif
Joe Tenner
Brown
Florence
Stoner
Lynch
Spokane
Tenner
Immigration Department
Sacramento
Two Mothers Five Children Die in Fire at Wonamy
In Winamac Indiana a two story frame house burned early Monday killing seven people seven family members including two mothers and five children. The sole survivor was husband Albert Crissinger who was severely burned and hospitalized after neighbors aided him from a window.
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Winamac
Ind
Margaret Crissinger
Danny
Jackie
Jane Hansen
Patricia
Dorothy Crissinger
Larry
Albert Crissinger
Ivan Bierrum
Harvey Zellers
Crissinger
Supreme Court Allows Wiretap Evidence in State Courts
The Supreme Court ruled that wiretap evidence obtained in violation of federal law is admissible in state court proceedings, signaling a shift in how such evidence may be used across jurisdictions.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Preacher Reaches End of Patience in Denison
In Denison on December 15, Presbyterian Pastor Edward S Bayless faced a peculiar encounter when a man cornered him in his study demanding his old shoes. After several denials the pastor revealed only the shoes he wore. The man accepted them saying they might be small but could be swapped at a second-hand store.
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Denison
Presbyterian
Edward S. Bayless
Wets and Drys To Battle Over Liquor Taxes Again
Washington reports a renewed split between wets led by the distilling industry and drys in Congress over liquor taxation. Wets seek tax cuts from 10.5 dollars per gallon, arguing current rates fuel bootlegging and hurt legal firms. Drys push to keep taxes high, noting bootlegging remains below prewar levels.
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Washington
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
One Believed Dead In Bonham Fire
Bonham Texas early Monday fire destroyed two buildings housing six Bonham businesses and an upstairs hotel. One hotel guest named Graham was missing and feared dead. Fifteen others escaped into the cold as crews fought smoldering ruins at eight o clock.
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Bonham
Tex
Graham
Chinese Reds Capture Outpost on Triangle Hill
Chinese forces attacked over rain and snow along the Central Korean Front taking one outpost from South Koreans. They overran Pinpoint Hill Rocky Point and other positions while RRKO counterattacks recaptured a larger post. Artillery and night assaults described with 80 Chinese in paddled uniforms. Allied air power reported in multiple strikes across Northwest Korea.
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Seoul
Roks
Reds
Pinipoint Hill
Sniper Ridge
Rocky Point
Eighth Army
Big
Little Nori
Korea
U. S
Kyomipo
Pyongyang
China Rejects UN Peace Plea Based On Indian Plan
Peiping denounces the UN General Assembly call for a Korea truce as illegal and unfair. Chou En Lai demands resumption of Panmunjom talks on Russian terms. He rejects the Indian plan for a POW repatriation commission and calls for unconditional, speedy POW repatriation.
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Tokyo
Red China Today
Korea
United Nations
India
Peiping
Chou Enilai
U. N. General Assembly
U. S
Panmunjom
Fosieng
Andrei Y.vishinsky
Red China
North Korea
Pearson
Chou
Wage Stabilization Board back in action under new setup
Washington reports 12 068 wage boosts awaiting approval as Truman shifts control to Economic Stabilizer Roger Putnam who appoints Killingsworth and three public members to run wage controls. Labor and industry members are asked to standby for advice while a broader staff delegation may clear a 12 000 item backlog affecting over a million workers.
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Washington
Truman
Wage Stabilization Board
Roger S. Putnam
Putnam
Charles ©. Killingsworth
WSB
Killingsworth
Reepublican
Kills
CIO
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Busy Session Slated for CC Board of Directors
The 1952 final Chamber of Commerce board meeting will elect officers for 1953 install seven new directors review the 1953 budget and honor individuals and groups with plaques. Odessa school bands receive plaques for their oil show parade role along with Midland Andrews Jal and Kermit bands. Desk and Derrick Odessa wins first in float contest KOSA takes second and DeMolay Club third. Next chamber meeting scheduled for January 7.
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Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
Odessa
Midland
Andrews
Jal
Kermit
Desk
KOSA
Secon
DeMolay Club
Christine Jorgensen Declines Beauty Contest Invite
Christine Jorgensen, the Bronx native who became Christine, said a NY Press Photographers Association beauty contest invitation is a big honor but she has no plans to attend in person. She offered to allow use of any existing photos and noted no definite return to New York, while preparing a color film showing in Denmark.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Christine Jorgensen
New York Press Photographers Association
Bronx
New York
Christine
82 Communist Prisoners Die in Pongam Riot
The Allied POW Command reports 82 Communist civilian internees died and 120 wounded in a mutiny at UNC Camp No. 10 on Pongam Island off Korea. U N and ROK troops, aided by American forces, quelled the uprising with two U S soldiers and two ROK soldiers injured by thrown rocks.
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Pusan
Korea
Allied Prisoner of War Command
Pongam
Coe
Allied
Aga Los
Canine Hl
United Nations
United States
Republic of Korea
U. N
U. S
Republic of Korea Army
UNC
Odessa Names Jess L. Cariker New Police Chief
Odessa appoints Jess L. Cariker as police chief succeeding J. J. Heaton. Cariker arrives from Dallas after 27 years in law enforcement and assumes duties at 6 a.m. Heaton stays on as assistant chief.
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Odessa
Jess L. Cariker
Dallas
Cariker
J. J. Heaton
Heaton
Weekend Texas accident toll sinks amid wintry cold
Texas records a sharp drop in weekend fatalities as icy weather keeps drivers off roads. Early counts show 10 violent deaths and four traffic deaths from 6 p m Friday to Monday. Two Austin men, M Sgt John Vander Meer and Melvin Vander Meer, died in separate crashes near Manor. Another Austin pair, Wayne Price and Dub Wharton, perished near Corsicana. An Archer City woman died after losing control on U S 281 near Mineral Wells, her husband hospitalized.
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Texas
Austin
Manor
Travis County
Msgt
John Vander Meer
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Melvin Vander Meer
Wayne Price
W. W
Dub) Wharton
Corsicana
T. B. Wilson
Archer City
U. S. 281
Mineral Wells
Doomed Spies' Sons Play At Sing Sing
Sing Sing prison officials say Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s sons Michael aged five and Robert nine often visit their parents and believe the facility is a hospital where their mother and father are receiving medical treatment. Relatives bring the children to see the Rosenbergs as their appeal and clemency options proceed.
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Sing Sing Prison
N. Y
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Russia
Rosenberg
Michael
Robert
Fatal shotgun accident kills Bay City boy
In Palacios Texas Ernest Randolph Hogg 13 was fatally shot when a shotgun his cousin Roy Lee Hogg 10 was handing him discharged at the grandparents home while adults were away at church. The incident happened Sunday afternoon at E B Hogg's residence.
Formal Ceremony Electors Cast Ballots for President
Washington reports the 531 electors have formally cast their votes for the next president under the Electoral College. The piece notes rarity of faithless electors and references past incidents, including 1948 and Tennessee’s vote for Truman versus Thurmond.
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United States
Electoral College
Adlaid Stevenson
Gus
Dwight
Eisenhower
Tennessee
Truman
J. Strom Thurmond
Eelectoral College Sys
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