Midland Officer Charged After Bride-To-Be Shot
Midland police officer Charles Jenkins 21 was charged with assault with intent to murder after shooting his girlfriend Louise Hutchins 20 near Golf Course Road. Hutchins hospitalized in serious but not critical condition. Jenkins surrendered to Detective Sgt. Herb Runyon and is jailed.
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Midland
Brond
Charles Jenkins
Midland Police Department
Louise Hutchins
Golf Course Rd
Louise
Herb Runyon
Runyon
Tiny Rail Line Hit by Strike in East Texas
Lone Star reports engineers and firemen picketed the 8 mile Texas and Northern Railroad while company officials operated trains. The strike began at 10 30 p m last night with a wage increase dispute. retroactivity was denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star
Texas & Northern Railroad
East Texas
F. E. Newcomer
Newcomer
Lone Star Steel
Brotherhood of Engineers and Firemen
Southwest
Suspect Held In Theft Of Cash From Station
Twenty year old Elfred Clinton Miller of Geneva Street was held in the City jail on charges of stealing about $500 in cash from Phillips Service Station on Andrews Highway. Detectives recovered the missing money and Miller admitted being at the station earlier while denying the theft.
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Elfred Clinton Miller
Geneva Street
Phillips
Andrews Highway
Miller
Housewife Wins Clemency Plea for Husband Parole Violator
A Dallas housewife, supported by two attorneys, won the State Board of Pardons recommendation for continued freedom for her husband Ernest Vickers, a 57 year old parole violator and former death sentence recipient. The board sent its recommendation to Gov. Shivers for final action. Vickers, once chief bookkeeper at Sugarland Prison Farm, argued he had paid his debt, amid a tangled history including a commuted death sentence and a mistaken parole violation triggered by a misidentified car dispute.
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Austin
Dallas
State Board of Pardons
Ernest Vickers
Vickers
Huntsville
Shivers
John O’rouke
Fort Worth
Central Prison
Talent Auditions For Heidt Show In Odessa
Odessa invites talent for Horace Heidt show on January 6 with local American Legion sponsorship. Auditions start 6 p.m. Saturday at the Legion Hut East Eighth. up to four acts per group and at least 14 years old. Two performers chosen by Sandy Johnson join traveling troupe to compete at the High School Gym. tickets range 1.30 to 3.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Heidt
American Legion Post
Legion Hut
East Eighth
Heidt
Sandy Johnson
Legion Hall
Joe Corby
Legion
Lincoln Hotel
Building Permits Reach 13 Million Mark in Odessa
Odessa building permits neared 13 million dollars for 1952 as the city building inspector reported this week’s permits push the total to 13,000,000 from 12,926,239 the previous Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Riots in Madras After Potti Sriramulu Death
Three people were killed and ten injured in riots and demonstrations in the Madras area following the fasting death of Potti Sriramulu, a 51 year old follower of Gandhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
India
Potti Sriramulu
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Odessa Chamber of Commerce to elect new president today
The Odessa Chamber of Commerce board of directors meets this afternoon to select a new president. Cecil Trigg chairs the nominations committee as candidates are presented. Carlos Cotton Clover of the Permian Basin Oil Show will award plaques to school bands and float winners. The 1953 budget and changes to basic membership fees are on the agenda.
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Odessa ‘Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Trigg
Carlos
Cotton) Clover
Permian Basin
MacArthur Meets Ike duties to discuss Korean peace
Federal grand jury accuses Owen Lattimore of swearing falsely he never sympathized with communism. Indictment lists seven material falsehoods from testimony before the Senate internal security subcommittee. Lattimore, 52, denies charges and faces arraignment Friday. he has been a frequent McCarthy target and leaves Johns Hopkins with pay while awaiting federal ruling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Owen Lattimore
State Department
Senate
Internal Security Subcommittee
Lattimore
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
McCarthy
America
Walter Hines Page
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore
Detlev Bronk
Mundt
Sen. Watkins
Utah
Iaternal Security Subcommittee
Sen. McCarran
D-Nev
Justice Department
Subcommittee
Institute of Pacific Relations
IPR
Vincent
China
Two Men Rob Oakwood Bank in Morning Heist
Two armed masked men robbed Oakwood State Bank just before 9 a.m. as employees prepared to open. They fled in a stolen blue Ford toward Dallas or Waco, abandoning it near the Trinity River about an hour later. loot amount disputed, with estimates around 10 000 to 20 000 dollars. Bank officials declined exact figures.
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Oakwood
Trinity River
R. W. Wiley
R. R. Tubbs
Mise Maxine Barnett
Wiley
Leon County
Texas
Miss Barnett
Willey
Tubbs
R. R. Wiley, Jr
Twin Babies Die Of Suffocation In Home Here
Two month old twins Keith Allen and Karen Elains Martin died of suffocation in their trailer in Sanne Village Odes. The mother said she lit the stove and fell asleep after the husband left for work. An older sibling, 16 months, was unharmed. The bodies were taken to Rix Funeral Home with inquest pending.
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Claude Martin Jr
Sanne Village
Odes
Keith Allen
Karen Elains
Justice of Peace
Thomas Murphy
Rix Funeral
Phillips Petroleum Co
Gene
Mother Charged In Poison Death Of Infant Son
A grand jury in COLORADO CITY indicted 24 year old Mrs. Olevia Gunn for murder in the October death of her infant son Thomas Marion Gunn after an autopsy found arsenic in the child's body. She also faces charges for poisoning her husband Earl and two other children Earline and the family survived. The indictments allege poison was given on three consecutive days in iced tea a soft drink and a laxative. No trial date was set. Mrs Gunn remains jailed in Sweetwater after psychiatric evaluation in Galveston she told reporters she had spells since age 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado City
Olevia Gunn
Thomas Marion Gunn
Gunn
32Nd District
Cold Spell Hurts Florida Citrus and Farms
A record cold snap lingered in Florida last night with smudge fires burning in citrus groves and vegetable farms across the state. Local growers reported damage as temperatures remained unusually low for the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Florida
Evangelist Praises Racial Harmony in Far East Military Churches
Evangelist Bill Graham said he was very happy with non segregation among troops in the Far East after tours of bases and hospitals in Japan and Korea. He noted wounded soldiers lying together regardless of race as white and Negro servicemen attended his services in Pusan.
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Pusan
Korea
Bill Graham
Far East
Graham
U. S
Japan
Republic of Korea
Han Tai Young
Orgy Over Cook's Body Ends in Oklahoma Chaos
Private funeral plans for William E. Cook were ordered and the Comanche exhibition canceled within minutes after relatives complained. Lawyers and family members halted the Romian Holiday display as crowds swelled to attract thousands to view the executed killer’s remains before burial near Joplin.
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Oklahoma City
William E
Billy) Cook
Galena
Kan
Bertha Massengill
Joe Stevenson
Okla
John Connolly
Cook
Connolly
Glen Boydstun
Boydstun
Aag Eet
Joplin
Ber
San Quentin
California
Seattle
Wash
Ac Mosser
Atwood
Connolly Cane Boydston
Annie Cook
Galena Kan
William E. Cook Sr
Boydston
Peace
Lone Elm
Eisenhower to Meet GOP Leaders on Inflation Controls
President elect Eisenhower plans a series of meetings with Republican congressional leaders to discuss methods of controlling inflation and broader policy. He and Gen. MacArthur conferred with John Foster Dulles and will hold sessions with House Speaker hopeful Joseph Martin and others, plus Senate leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
GOP
Eisenshower
Commodore Hotel
House
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Leslie C. Arends
Illinois
Styles Bridges
New Hampshire
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Senate
Eugene D. Millikin
Colorado
Leverett Saltonstall
James C. Hagerty
Congress
Truman
George N. Craig
Korea
Craig
British Accepts Yugoslav Ambassador Appointment
Official sources report Belgrade confirms Vladimăr Willebit named Yugoslavia new ambassador to Britain as London accepts the posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Vladimar Willebit
Britain
Strangely Clad Woman Found Dead on New Mexico Highway
A strangely clothed reddished-haired woman in her mid thirties was found dead on U S 70 south west of Deming New Mexico after being struck by a pickup around midnight. State police investigated while clues included a handbag labeled J B Taylor from Seattle and a Pecos Texas matchbook.
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Deming
N. M
New Mexico
U. S. 70
Here
Dwight Mataba
J. M. Fortenberry
Carlsbad
N.M
Fortenberry
Oscar Hosmer
Associated Press
J. BR. Taylor
Seattle
Pecos
Tex
U S Planes Bomb North Korea Bases In Aerial Clash
American Superforts hit two major Communist supply areas in North Korea and Sabrejets scored a series of air battles over Mig Alley. Col James K Johnson led a MIG destruction with several pilots credited for damaged enemy planes amid heavy weather and continued bombing of transport routes.
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Seoul
North Korea
Yalu ‘River
Vincent E. Stacy
Crystal Fails
Mich
Vermont Garerison
Mt. Victoriy
Macrine
Edwin H. Finlay
Monticello
Fla
Fifth Air Force
Marine Air
Commu
Agricultural Department foresees farmers ending year even
The Agricultural Department estimates that farmers will finish the year with about the same net income as in the prior period. The report notes stable prices and crop yields across major regions, indicating minimal change in overall farm earnings for the year.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Vichy
Ieee
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O. D. Albright
Wayne Miller
Albright
W. T. Barrett
Roger Ashford
Sugarland
MacArthur
Ike
Oakwood Bank
Comanche
Robert Dewey
Dulles
U.S
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