Sweetwater Rancher Dies In Aerial Self Destruct
Ollie William Cox a 23 year old Sweetwater rancher and owner of Double Heart Hereford Ranch plunged his yellow plane 6300 feet toward a gravel pit choosing death in a crash. Radio contact with friends at the airport and Civil Aeronautics Administration officials followed a rambling plea laden dialogue before the plane crashed. Cox last spoke from about 6800 feet and was last seen alive when airport personnel found the diving aircraft at 2000 feet. The motive remains unclear after a tape of the radio conversation was reviewed.
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Sweetwater
Ollie William Cox
Cox
Here
West Texas
Civil Aeronautics Administration
James W. Greenway
Arlington
Fort Worth
Louisiana
Greenway
Jimmy David
Virginia M
Abilene
Mack’ Merchant
Singie Weisman
Oklahoma City
Mary Muse
Merchant
Texas
Glenn Fulbright
Houston
Corpus Christi Hospital
Aransas Pass
Abilene Man Crashes Plane After Radio Pleas to Land
William Ollie Cox ignored pleas from Earl Critz L M Hubbard and CAA agents to land at Sweetwater or Abilene. He talked of losing his wife and friends, then dove the five passenger craft into a gravel pit near Sweetwater after four hours aloft, with investigators awaiting regional guidance.
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Cox
Critz
Willie
Abilene
Cruz
Hubbard
Earl
Sweetwater
Tye
CAA
George Duncan
Duncan
Hot Rod
Karren Kay
Karren
Lake Sweetwater
Roger
Pioneer
National Death Toll Reaches 725 During Christmas Holiday
The Associated Press reports 725 Americans died in the Christmas four-day period 6 p m Wednesday to midnight Sunday. Traffic fatalities reached 539 with 82 fire deaths and 104 from other accidents. The all-time high was 789 in 1951, and 555 traffic deaths in 1936.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Pecos Police Stop Alleged Hold-Up Men
Pecos officers halted three suspected robbers fleeing a Ft. Stockton service station theft around 4 50 this morning. The Michigan men Charles Joseph Charles Russell and C J Alvin Stewart were jailed after a roadblock on the highway back toward Pecos. The Ft Stockton stakeout theft totaled about 96 dollars and the suspects were traced by radio alerts across the area.
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Pecos
Ft. Stockton
Michigan
Charles Joseph
Charles Russell
C. J
Alvin) Stewart
Red Turner Still Sought By Police
The search for James Ray Turner and his companion Juanelle Dyson continues with no new leads. Officers say a tip about a late-model car in Oklahoma is unconfirmed as the pair, linked to over 20 burglaries across three states, remain at large with recent activity traced to Odessa Hobbs Crane El Paso and Cloudcroft New Mexico.
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James Ray
Red) Turner
Oklahoma
Borois
Ar. Turner
Juanelle Dyson
Odessa
Hobbs
Crane
el Paso
Arizona
New Mexico
Cloudcroft
N. M
Raymond Waters
Lubbock
John Wood
Texas Rangers
Groves Clothing Store
Jo Ann
Coast Guard expands search for missing Mexican jeweler
The Coast Guard intensified an Atlantic search on Monday for William Spratling, renowned Mexican jewelry maker, missing since Sunday night after a solo flight from Havana to Nassau.
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Miami
U. S. Coast Guard
William Spratling
Havana
Nassau
Texas Civil Death Toll Surpasses Seventy-Two
Texas led the nation with the Christmas violent death toll recording at least 100 deaths in a statewide count since Dec 23. More than half were from traffic mishaps with several fatal crashes reported across the state including four members of the Greenway family near Arlington and multiple fatalities near Abilene Seguin and Houston.
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Associated Press
Texas
State Department of Public Safety
DPS
Rocket experts inch toward space satellite by missile test
Washington officials say a 500000 pound thrust rocket could reach 20000 mph and leave Earth’s gravity. Scientists seek an unmanned satellite to spy from space, with costs estimated at three to five billion dollars for a full system.
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Washington
Earth
Moon
Air Force
Finletter
Mist and fog cloak Odessa area weather report
Light rain touched Cotulla Laredo Big Spring Alice and Brownsville but Odessa saw only heavy fog and a light mist. U S Weather Bureau predicted little moisture for the Permian Basin while Texas and national forecasts called for mild temperatures and mainly fair conditions with scattered showers in parts of the region.
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Permian Basin
South
Texas
Odessa
U. S. Weather Bureau
Cotulla
Laredo
Big Spring
Alice
Brownsville
Midland
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Pacific Northwest
Midwest
New York
California
Canadian
Rocky Mountains
Atlantic Ocean
Minnesota
New England
Florida
Union Denounces Foolish Charge in Korean War Context
The International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers denounces a report linking strikes to the Korean war effort as unfounded. Four international officers sign a 1,000 word statement condemning Pat McCarran’s panel testimony citing Harvey Matusow as an unreliable witness.
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Denver
International Union of Mine, Mill and ‘Smelter Workers
Senate Subcommittee On Internal Security
Salt Lake City
John Clark
Orville Larson
Charles Wilson
M. E. Travis
Sen
Pat) McCarran
Dnev
Harvey Matusow
Matusow
New York
Judge Declares Taft-Hartley Injunction Constitutional
Federal Judge John Knight declared the Taft Hartley Act injunction provisions constitutional and granted an 80 day injunction at the Dunkirk Plant of American Locomotive Co. The CIO United Steelworkers challenged the ruling as the first court test of the act. The order forces workers to stay on the job until March 2 to protect national health and security.
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Buffalo
N. J
John Knight
Dunkirk
American Locomotive Co
CIO United Steelworkers Union
Knight
New Congress Eyes Civilian Use of Atomic Power
Washington reports that the incoming Congress may push atom use into civilian life within years. Proposals seek industry-government partnerships, pilot plants, and early private investment, while costs and regulatory hurdles shape the path to practical nuclear power.
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Congress
Washington
Atomic Energy ‘Commission
Defense
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Carl T. Durham
D-Nc
Congress‘sional Committee
AEC
Office of Industrial Development
U S
Uncle Sam
General Motors
United States Steel
United States
England
America
Britain
Alee IL
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L. M. Hubbard
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Don.Patterson
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Patterson
Sweetwater Filling
Justice of the Peace
M. C. Monroe
Sweetwaters
Fort Stockton
M. H. Osburn
Crutz
Arthur Dyson
Brand
Red Turner
Silas L. Stice
Inverness
Calif
Los Angeles
Louise G. Clark
Memphis
San Francisco
Seguin
Nolan Vorphal
la Vernia
Dudley Martin Lenz
Carl Allen Eckols
Clarence Graham Ferguson
Kingsbury
Gonzales
Harvey Felts
Bonham
Berger Felts
Antonio Romo Jr
San Antonio
Edward Stauert
Bryan
Robert Lewis
T-H
By Sterling F. Green
L. R Hafstad
DOW Chemical Company
Detroit Edison Company
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