Freezing Weather Reaches Texas Basin and Panhandle
A cold front swept across Texas lowering temperatures to 22 degrees at Dalhart and forecast freezing in the Permian Basin and much of the state tonight. Odessa dipped to 42 overnight while Dallas and Fort Worth saw light rain and drizzle as storms formed from Rocky Mountain air and moist southern air.
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Texas
Dalhart
Panhandle
Permian Basin
Odessa
Tornight
Rio Grande Valley
Winter Garden
Okloa City
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Childress
Amarillo
Rocky Mountains
Tyler
Lufkin
Texarkana
Dallas
Beaumont
Fort Worth
Galveston
College Station
San Angelo
del Ret
Wichitaalls
el Paso
Wink
Brownsville
Alice
Laredo
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Austin
Houston
Waco
Salt Flat
Lubbock
Round the Clock Bombers Hit Red Supply Centers Near Yalu
U N Air Force B-29s and escort fighters bombed supply hubs near Siniju and Charyongwan on the Manchurian border in round the clock raids. Thirteen planes reported heavy bomb loads as medium bombers joined to strike 70 acre and 75 acre targets with 240 and 85 buildings respectively. Thunderjets and Mustangs supported attacks on bunkers caves and gun positions along the front amid light snow and patrol activity.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations Air Forge
Yalu River
Okinawa
Charyon-Gwan
Sinuiju
Manchurian
Antung
Manchuria
Sinjiju
Kaesong
Egyptian Military Plane Crashes Between Suez and El-Arish
An Egyptian military plane crashed between Suez and El-Arish killing 32 of 35 personnel aboard. Reliable sources report the fatal accident occurred Tuesday and casualties include major units.
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Cairo
Suez
El-Arish
Roje Island POW Riot Kills One Wounds Thirty Eight
In Koe Island prison riot on Monday one North Korean prisoner was killed and 38 others injured. Thirteen prisoners suffered serious injuries while UN troops reported no casualties. Far East Command cited use of irritants during attempted suppression.
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Tokyo
Koe Island
Far East Command
State Toll Road Idea Develops In Legislature
A statewide toll road plan surfaces in the Texas Legislature as a Dallas Fort Worth toll turnpike faces delay. Public hearing set for Feb 24. Aikin's bill would raise teachers salaries by 600 across the board, funded by the state, with applause from supporters. Governor Shivers approves the overall toll plan, while education advocates push for higher pay and living standards for teachers.
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Austin
Senate
Dallas-Fort Worth
Texas
Senate Highway Committee
Dallas
John D. McCall
Fort Worth
McCall
Shivers
Sen
A. M. Aikin Jr
Paris
Aikin
Sch
Rae Files
Waxahachie
R. L. Proffer
Denton
Texas State Teachers Assn
Willie, Kocurek
H. W. Stilwell
Texarkana
House
Marshall Bell
San Antonio
Jury Sets Trials for 7 Of 17 Blom Indictments
Houston February 10 seven of seventeen cases against Erwin W. Blum former Houston Housing Authority director were set for trial February 27 in Criminal District Judge Frank Williford's court. He faces 17 counts of mishand ling HHA funds and fraud.
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Houston
Erwin W.blum
Frank Williford
Blum
Houston Housing Authority
HHA
Parson bridegroom murder trial closes arguments begin
Closing arguments opened in the Parsons murder trial in Wichita Falls. The Tulsa heiress Mary Jean Parsons is accused of killing her husband in El Paso in 1952. Defense argues insanity, prosecution says malice. The jury could be sequestered for verdict by midafternoon.
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Wichita Falls
Mary Jean Parsons
Tulsa
Arthur Tipps
Burtner Fleeger
el Paso
Parsons
C. C. McDonald
Ormer
Texas
McDonald
Okla
Bartner Fleeger
Fleeger
Hawaii
Gulf Coast
University of Oklahoma
N. Y
Dist
Atty Will Clayton
Mary Jean
Dallas
Mobile
Ala
San Francisco
Royal Hawaiian Hotel
Honolulu
Los Angeles
Timberlawn
Attorney Blames Newspapers For Rape Conviction
Amarillo attorney Harold Acksner told the State Pardons Board that extensive newspaper publicity inflamed jurors against Samuel James Gasway. Gasway, convicted of raping a 9 year old girl, faces execution Feb. 19 after Galway’s trial in 1951 with alleged coerced confessions cited in appeals.
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Austin
Amarillo
Samuel James Gasway
Harold M. Acksner
Gasway
State Pardon Board
Lottie Gasway
R. L. Gill
Jack Gasway
Acksner
Aml
T. B. White
Galway
U. S. Supreme Court
Sheriff Arrests Forgery Suspect In Big Spring Case
A 28 year old Big Spring man Darwin Robert Prather is jailed on burglary and forgery charges. Sheriff Earnest Broughton said detectives traced him from a night club to a Odessa motel room where 18 checks stolen from Big Six Trucking were found. He cashed some checks, carrying 292 dollars, while others were signed G B Cree. Bond was not set.
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Big Spring
Earnest Broughton
Darwin Robert Prather
Prather
Odessa
Big Six Trucking Company
S. Grant Street
Broughton
G. B. Cree
Warren Burnett
Murrell Jefferson Young
Young
Burnett
Austin
Jimmie ‘Harris
The
IDA
Clyde Ray
Pee
Victory Village
Dulles Maintains No Decision on China Policy Yet
Secretary of State Dulles told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee no decision has been made on a China blockade or other Far East action. Dulles said discussions remain premature and the president has not moved beyond orders for the Seventh Fleet.
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Washington
Dulles
Eisenhower
Red China
Far East
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
H. Alexander Smith
Wiley
R-Wis
Smith
Fulbright
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Bradley
Murray Hopes To Know Plans On Farm Prices
Senator James E. Murray seeks by Monday to learn Secretary Benson's approach to falling livestock prices. He asks if the government should act, if current law allows price supports, and whether emergency loans for cattlemen should be provided. Republican critics say Benson has not stated a farm program.
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Washington
James E. Murray
Ezra T. Benson
Montana Democrat
Benson
Fred Marshall
D-Minn
Marshall
Jamie L. Whitten
D-Miss
Republican Party
Whitten
Departing General Van Fleet Demands Strong Korea Offense
Gen James A Van Fleet in his farewell to the Eighth Army urged renewed UN action in Korea and a million-man RO K army with 20 divisions. He said the Communists were defeated in 1951 and warned luck of peace unless forceful action resumes, hinting at further remarks after returning to the United States.
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Seoul
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Korea
Eighth Army
U. N
Republic of Korea
van Fleet
U. S
Eisenhower
United States
Kaesong
Panmunjom
Tokyo
Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Shattle Line
Korea Criticizes Feeding Gap Between POWs and ROK Troops
Seoul reports that Communist prisoners of war are better fed than South Korean soldiers. Gen. Pak Sun Yup cites lack of provision to distribute American Army rations to ROK troops. ROK soldiers receive about four bowls of rice daily with limited meat or fish. A black market emerges as troops trade gear for food.
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Seoul
Korea
Republic of Korea
Pak Sun Yup
ROK
Eighth Army
U. S
By-Pass Bill Introduced In Water Tiff
In Austin Senator Grady Hazlewood of Amarillo introduced SB 126 to create the Canadian River Municipal Water Authority bypassing the State Water Board. The plan would unite 12 West Texas cities to finance a dam project via revenue or tax bonds after local votes, with public or private financing allowed.
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Austin
State Water Board
Canadian River Authority
Senate
Grady Hazlewood
Amarillo
Panhandle Plains
Water Board
Hazlewood
Canadian River
Ward names more than a dozen men in vice trial
In New York Pat Ward says she will name at least a dozen men who patronized a society vice ring linked to Minot F Jelke. Assistant D Atty Liebler disclosed the figure as press and public were barred from the courtroom by a judge order. Ward testified behind closed doors while reporters pressed for identities.
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Pat Ward
New York
Cafe Society
Oico
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
Asst. Dist
Anthony J. Liebler
General Sessions
Francis L. Valente
Liebler
Miss Ward
J. Roland Sala
Sala
Pat
Case Society
Vice
Daily News
the Post
The
Journal-American
Jelke
el Borracho
Ray Russell Davioni
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Bernard J. Berry
Flanagan
Jersey City
N. J
Roje
FEC
Odessan
China
Murray
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