Truman Sees Good Chance For Peace
President Truman told reporters the world outlook for peace is better than a year ago though no new Korean War end plan had been submitted. He announced a January 15 radio TV address and commented on dairy import restrictions, MacArthur, Vincent, Churchill talks, Taft's reforms, and possible Senate filibuster actions.
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Far East
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Ohio
Girl Wears Two Engagement Rings At Wedding
Catherine E. Larson will marry Glen E. Andrews tomorrow at Trinity Augustana Lutheran Church in Buffalo. She will wear two engagement rings one from Andrews and another from her late childhood sweetheart Robert E. Heath who was killed on Heartbreak Ridge in Korea.
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Odessa Sergeant Shot Dead by German Bride
In Edinburg Indiana a Texas soldier, Sgt Clyde W Rose, was killed by a revolver shot fired by his German wife Ursula. Coroner ruled the death accidental after investigation and a lie detector test. Rose, 130, served as a cook in the 31st Infantry Division at Camp Atterbury.
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Odessa
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Germany
Hal Sayles Steps Down as Abilene Editor
Hal Sayles resigns as managing editor of the Abilene Reporter-News effective January 17 to devote full time to private interests. He will remain president of the Longhorn Baseball League, and his career with the paper spans from 1933 to 1947, with service as reporter, sports writer, sports editor, nights editor, and managing editor.
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Abilene
Hal Sayles
Texas Airman Wins 1952 World's Champion Liar Title
Airman C. Harry V. Cummings of Dallas claimed the 23rd Ananias Award from the Burlington Liars' Club for the best tall tale of the year. Stationed at Johnson Air Base near Tokyo, he spun a yarn about six foot mosquitoes debating whether to eat him there or carry him home. An honorable mention went to John S. Kendeix of Brooke Army Hospital for a boiler-in-a-ship story, with others praised for dog-and-rod anecdotes and a tale of a Democrat who switches to Eisenhower.
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C. Harry V. Cummings
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John S Kendeix
Brooke Army Hospital
San Antonio
Fred Craven
Atlanta
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Elliot Stein
Bristol
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Eisenhower
Fibber Credits Father in World Liar Title
Tokyo world champion airman 3C Harry V. Cummings credited his father George D. Cummings of Dallas for his talent. He said I got the knack of lying from him and noted barracks mates agreed he was the best liar around here as the Liars Club decision was made unanimous.
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Poisoned Woman Promises To Help Police Find Culprit
Beaumont on December 31 a well to do brunette Mrs D M Morris 29 promised to aid police in finding who has poisoned her over two years. Chief Deputy Sheriff Grant transported her to his office for questioning after she told reporters her story. Doctors at Mayo Clinic found arsenic in her urine hair and nails. Morris said she believes the poisoner tampered with her food and that she has no enemies. Her husband spent about 50000 on detectives while noting attacks began in 1951 with most recent incident after a hospital stay in Rochester.
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Beaumont
Morris
Galveston
Tex
Louisiana
Acheson Says UN Subversives Do Not Endanger Security
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a House subcommittee that UN employment of Americans with questionable loyalty does not threaten national security but gives the United States a black eye. He cited no security risk since UN staff do not handle defense matters and defended executives over releasing employee names in investigations.
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Violent Death Toll Climbs as New Year Nears
Texas deaths from holiday violence rise sharply with New Year approaching. Public Safety forecasts 202 total fatalities, 105 from crashes and 42 from homicide or self harm. At least 134 deaths already recorded, including 33 homicides. two men, John L. Prado III and Matias C. Garcia, were killed in an Austin car crash amid slick roads and rain.
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Austin
Judge Continues Attack On Big Housing Project
Dist. Judge Roy F. Campbell, 67, urged that Houston's San Felipe Courts housing project is unfit for children. He cited 3,028 police cases since 1943, listed crimes involving minors, and criticised a housing notice on illegitimate motherhood. Eversberg denied comments pending his reply.
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Sheriff’s Office
Police Morals Division
New Year's Eve Weather Clears Across Texas
A cool clear New Year’s Eve expected for Odessans and much of West Texas. Last night’s low reached 27 degrees with a 56 degree high yesterday. Rain that drenched East Texas eased to wispy clouds as lakes refilled and cattle tanks benefited, though some roads were slick from recent high water. Forecast calls for generally fair weather except eastern areas, with freezing readings in several northern towns and mild to warm conditions in East and Central Texas.
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Midland
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Houston
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Panhandle
South Plains
Assurance Sought on U.S. Arms Denial to Arab States
Washington reports indicate Israeli diplomatic teams will press the State Department for assurances that the United States will deny substantial arms shipments to Egypt and other Arab states.
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State Department
U.S
Egypt
Odessan Begins Life Penalty Term
S. M. Miller Jr., a 22 year old Odessa ex convict, started a life term at Huntsville for habitual criminal. He was moved from Midland County jail by Sheriff Ed Darnell after being found guilty of robbing the Harwell Motel in Midland for $114. Miller and two accomplices were captured by Odessa detectives two weeks after the robbery and still had their hold up weapons.
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Huntsville
Midland County
Midland
Ed Darnell
Miller
Harwell
New scalp flap given to twin in brain surgery
Chicago surgeons on December 31 reported a 15 month old boy Rodney Dee Brodie received a new scalp flap across his brain to reduce cerebral infection risk after his separation from his weaker twin Roger Lee. The operation lasted two hours and fifteen minutes on Tuesday, following the August separation.
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Tower Bridge opens, injuring fourteen passengers
Fourteen people were injured slightly when Tower Bridge opened abruptly as a passenger bus crossed at night in London.
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London
Tower Bridge
Atom Energy Extends Reach From Cancer to Fertilizer
An editors note surveys a decade of peaceful atomic applications across medicine agriculture and industry. Brookhaven and other sites explore radioactive tracers patient treatments including thyroid cancer and leukemia, fertilizer optimization, plant growth improvements, and industrial quality controls using isotopes and neutron beams.
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