European Storm Toll Tops Fifteen Hundred Across Nations
The death toll from the European storm and flood rose past 1,500 with Holland reporting 991 deaths and 50,000 evacuated. Britain faced receding seas but dangers remain as floods threaten inland areas. final toll could reach 2,000. Rescue efforts continue with sandbags and aid as Premier Drees calls it a national catastrophe.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Britain
England
Belgium
Willem Dress
Drees
U. S. Air Force
Air Force
Herbert Branch
Oakdale
Lane
Hot Suspect Named In Long Unsold Pawnshop Slaying
Houston police seek a 92 year old black ex convict as a hot suspect in the November pawnshop murder of Mrs. Rose White. A cleaning shop remark led officers to a pawn record listing eight pawns on the day of the shooting and tied one suspect to a .38 caliber pistol. Detectives pursue whether the gun was pawned and later used in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Rose White
Charles White
Massachusetts
Sonora Plans 66 Percent Wheat Harvest Increase
In Mexico's Sonora state on the U S border Deputy Rafael Contreras says the 1955 wheat harvest will rise to about 250000 tons or 950000 bushels from 150000 tons or 575000 bushels last year. He adds that expanded acreage could end Mexico's wheat imports by 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Sonora
U. S
Rafael Contreras
Contreras
Mexico
One Hurt Badly on Wild Gasser in Pecos County
Three men were injured on a Pecos County gas well near Monahans when a blowout preventer failed. Lewis J. Fennell suffered serious neck injuries and was hospitalized in El Paso. two others received treatment for shock and bruises at a Monahans hospital. The Cities Service No. 1 Payton well, drilled by Parker Drilling Co., had blown out earlier, with efforts to kill the well by mud and multiple preventers to control pressure. A Parker Drilling spokesman denied a rumor of a $1000 derrickman offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Wildcat
Pecos County
Here
Lewis J. Fennell
Southwest General Hospital
el Paso
Farr Funeral Home
Fennell
Payton
Parker Drilling Co
Odessa
Pecos
Parker Drilling
Dallas Fort Worth Turnpike Authority Naming Dispute
Dallas Senator George Parkhouse accused Fort Worth Senator Doyle Willis of secretly changing the bill name to Fort Worth Dallas Turnpike Authority before its joint Senate introduction. The 22 page measure by Dallas and Fort Worth chambers would authorize a toll road authority to issue bonds, condemn land, and build the road with tolls paying debt then transferring ownership to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
George Parkhouse
Dallas
Doyle Willis i
Fort Worth
Dallas-Fort Worth
Dallas and
Parkhouse
Willis
Chambers of Commerce
Israel says mine disrupts Haifa to Lydda rail line
An Israeli military spokesman said an electric mine blasted a railroad bridge derailed a train and halted traffic on the Haifa to Lydda line. Authorities blame the blast on Jordanian troops.
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Tel Aviv
Israel
Haifa- Lydda
Jordan
Wichita Falls area phantom killer tracks dairy farmer death
State and local police hunted a phantom killer after Ermin E. Monday was shot at a Windthorst dairy farm and Marie Thorman narrowly escaped a second early morning attack near Wichita Falls. A man identified as S Sgt Richard A Strausbaugh, Thorman’s boyfriend, reported hearing a second shot as the assailant drove away.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Texas
Robert C. Thorman
Berend
Marie Thorman
First National Bank
Miss Thorman
Richard A. Strausbaugh
Shepperd Air Force Base
Strausbaugh
Jim Geer
Miss Thurman
Windthorst
Murder charge filed in Texas man’s tavern shooting
In Hugo Oklahoma charges of murder were filed yesterday against George Ed McNeal age 27 of Paris Texas in the Sunday shooting of Dewey Hutson 20 of Deport Texas. The incident happened in a beer tavern on the Oklahoma side of the Red River Bridge between here and Paris.
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Hugo
Okla
George Ed McNeal
Paris
Tex
Dewey Hutson
Deport
Oklahoma
Red River Bridge
T Here
Reds Prefer Pen to Russia Conspiracy Sentences Given
NEW YORK Seven Communist leaders were sentenced to three years in prison and $6,000 fines each for conspiracy against the government. Five others received two years and $4,000 fines, one received one year and $2,000. Claudia Jones, a British subject, got the one-year term. Judge Dimock noted penalties reflected only the gravest conspiracies to violate the Smith Act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
Elizabeth Gurley
Flynn
Pettis Perry
Alexander Trachtenberg
Victor J. Jerome
Louis Weinstock
Arnold S. Johnson
Kermit Man Charged In Sale Of Horsemeat In West Texas
Kermit Provision Company owner Tom Gordy was released on $1,000 bond after being charged with possessing and selling horse meat for human consumption. The case involves multiple West Texas towns and stems from samples showing horse meat in products from Gordy’s firm. Authorities noted the charges could carry a $1,000 fine or up to two years in prison.
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Kermit Man
West
Texas
Tom Gordy
Kermit Provision Company
Gordy
Kermit
Lubbock
Big Lake
Odessa
Midland
Menahans
Pecos
Seminole
Andrews
Crane
West Texas
J.F. Lakey
Food and Drug Bureau
F Gordy
Lakey
Houston
John R. Lee
Aoe
Earl
Repeal of cross filing survives second Texas House test
A 71 vote in the Texas House defeated sending the repeal bill back to committee on cross filing. The measure would strike the cross filing provision from the election code under which Allan Shivers was elected governor. Supporters argue it limits voter choice while opponents say it preserves clear party lines.
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Austin
Rep
A. D. Downer
Center
H. A
Salty) Hull
Fort Worth
Hull
Capitol
House
Elections Committee
Allan Shivers
Cross Filing
Lillian Collier
Mumford
Democratic Party
Horace Houston
Dallas
Doug Crouch
Denton
Cross
Russia
Hitler
Joe E. Webb
Madison County
Downer
S. J. Isaacks
el Paso
Maury Maverick Jr
San Antonio
Kathleen Voight
Vonnie Ray Vace
Bryan
Houston
Maurice Pipkin
Brownsville
Anita Blair
Senate
Gus Strauss
Hallettsville
State Land Board
Doyle Willis
Ottis Lock
Lufkin
State Agriculture Department
William Moore
State Affairs Committee
Government Workers to Lose Jobs by March 5
President Eisenhower's wage and price control death sentence leads to dismissal notices for 1,700 Wage Stabilization Board and 310 Salary Stabilization Board workers. Most are to be discharged by March 5 with limited reprieves through April 30 as price-wage control laws lapse.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Wage Stabilization Board
Salary Stabilization Board
Congress
Salary Board
Wage Board
White House
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Ector County March of Dimes Raises About 19000
Ector County’s 1953 March of Dimes campaign ended last weekend with reported receipts near 19000. Final totals may reach 20000 after iron lung containers and pledges are counted. Downtown solicitations accounted for roughly half the haul, with Kiwanis and allied clubs raising 1395 and others adding smaller sums.
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Ector County
Brooks Harman
Grace Hendricks
Kiwanis Club
Circle K Club
Key Club
Tri Hi-Y
Elks Club
Police Seek War Bride In Slaying
Police admit no trace of German war bride suspect in the slaying of ex Army Sgt William Thomas Pelton. Alameda County sheriff's office reports no definite leads to Hildegaard Garni Pelton, 32, last seen after leaving Pelton's South San Francisco apartment with his recently divorced wife. A suitcase of women's clothing and the pistol with lipstick on the victim's cheek were found at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niles
Calif
Alameda County
Pelton
Jitter Bomb Stuns Reds Then Kills Them on Front
Marine Corsair pilots used delayed action 1000 pound bombs on a Chinese held hill last night. Fuses timed to explode at intervals. Frontline observer said the explosions rattled the enemy all night, signaling a dramatic strike on the Western Front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Front
Korea
Marine Corsair
Johnson seeks new federal judge for East Texas
Senator Lyndon Johnson introduced a bill to add an East Texas federal district judge and make permanent a Southern Texas judgeship created in 1949. The proposal aims to expand federal judicial capacity in the region.
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Washington
Sen
Lyndon [Johnson
D-Tex
Senate
Texas
Salinas Leaves Jim Wells Court For Own County
Alice visiting District Judge E D Salinas refused to hear new matters in Jim Wells County directing the matter to his Laredo docket He set aside a transfer order on a corrected conspiracy to murder indictment against Nago Alaniz The case involves murder and conspiracy to murder in the slaying of Jacob S Floyd Jr and relates to a change of venue to Brownwood from Alice Texas authorities indicated the writ of habeas corpus became moot due to the set aside order
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ALICE
Dist
E. D. Salinas
Jim Wells
Laredo
Nago Alaniz
Jacob S
Buddy) Floy Jr
Salinas
Brownwood
Alaniz
Young Floyd
South Texas
George Parr
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Texas
Jim ‘Wells County
Associated Press
Mario
el Turko) Lopez
Floyd
Arthur Klein
Brownsville
Sopez
Constable Blushes After Turning Back Queen at Beach
A constable near Snettisham Beach stopped a station wagon entering a flood ravaged area. He did not recognize Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh who ordered the chauffeur to turn about. The constable learned today he had turned back the Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snettisham Beach
Eng
Elizabeth H
England
Duke of Edinburgh
Supreme Court Drops Plea in Jury Dismissal
The Supreme Court dismissed the Jim Wells County grand jury case as moot after Judge C Woodrow Laughlin dismissed the order to reinstate the panel. County Attorney Sam Burris had sued over the jury dismissal following Laughlin taking office January 1. The court had agreed to hear the dispute before declaring it moot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Supreme Court
Jim Wells
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Laughlin
Sam Burris
Goleman Facing Execution Set for Tomorrow
The Texas Pardons Board will not intervene in the scheduled execution of Dave ious Goleman for the 5 year old murder of Cloyce Eloise Twitchell on a backwoods road near Beaumont. Goleman confessed. accomplice Alec Leviness received a life sentence.
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Austin
Pardons Board
Daveious Goleman
Lyle C. Harris
Goleman
Cloyce Eloise Twitchell
Beaumont
Golemon
Alec Leviness
Wow
Detective testifies Parsons shot in his sleep
El Paso detective testified in Tulsa that it appeared Army officer Richard O. Parsons was shot in his sleep in the El Paso apartment. Parsons, 24, of Pleasantsville New York, was killed Feb 16. a .32 caliber revolver with three empty and three live shells was found on a chair.
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Parsons
Wichtia Falls
el Paso
Tulsa
Mary Jean Parsons
Earl C. Harris
Harris
Smith and Wesson
Berne
Eeroe
Funeral Home
Leslie Humphrey
Humphrey
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George Butler
Salem
Ore
Butler
Dallas, Fort Worth
Boyfriend Goodnight
Ermin E. Monday
Department of Public Safety Laboratory
Reds
Touight
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