Thick Dust Clouds Sweep Three States
Fort Worth reports thick dust clouds over western Kansas Oklahoma and parts of Texas with 50 to 60 mile an hour gusts. Officials say no immediate dust bowl danger though conditions could worsen. experts cite drought poor crop establishment and improved soil practices reducing erosion since the 1930s. Local farmers recall past dust episodes and stress mulching and stubble preservation to protect soil.
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Fort Worth
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Louis P. Merrill
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
Kansas Plains
Oklahoma Panhandle
Enid
Oklah
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Alva
Cherokee
Okla
Texas Panhandle
South Plains
Merrill
Soil Conservation Service
Cimarron
Texas County
Raymond Astin
Stamford
Tex
Astin
Albert McGarraugh
Perryton
McGarraugh
Chamber Board Opposes Elective Police Chief in Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce directors unanimously oppose making the police chief position elective. The resolution cites training experience and stability as reasons, urging citizens not to sign petitions for change. Mayor Gage and others vow to inform the public of the board and city council stance.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce
Harold Downs
Chamber
J. L
Dusty) Rhoades
J. W. Rainer
Downs
Fred Gage
Jess Cariker
Cariber
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Public Safety
Homer Garrison
Cariker
Chamber Board
Board of
Ben Jenkins
Jenkins
Gage
New York City called a “city of terror” by congressman
Rep. Powell a Democrat from New York tells a House judiciary subcommittee that New York City is a city of terror for minorities and that Police Commissioner George Mona ghan should be fired. He claims an agreement with Justice Department officials last July kept the FBI from questioning New York policemen in cases of alleged brutality. Monaghan denies any such agreement. The FBI had no comment. Powell cites the 1951 shooting of John Derrick as a key case underpinning his charge.
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Washington
Powell
House
New York City
George
Monaghan
Justice Department
FBI
New York
John Derrick
Derrick
8Th Avenue
Five Billion Savings Proposed for Defense Department
A citizens commission told the Defense Department it could save five billion dollars by a 10 percent across the board cut in personnel, money, and material. The report suggested ideas such as longer draft service, curbing extravagance, and unification to reduce waste, but offered no specific implementation plan. David Sarnoff chaired the commission and said the body could reduce about half a million workers with gradual actions.
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Washington
Defense Department
Citizens’ Commission
David Sarnoff
RCA
Commission
Four Dallas men charged in nitro bomb case
Four Dallas men arrested in January were indicted on possession of bombs. Ray Junior Donihoo faces an additional robbery charge. The group identified as Adolph Lee Setciatuar and Leslie Ben Drake also go by Edward Melvin Hailey. Police said they found enough nitro glycerine to blow up City Hall.
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Fort Worth
Dallas
City Hall
Ray Junior Donihoo
Peeinst Donihoo
J. E. Donihoo
Adolph Lee Setciatuar
Leslie Ben Drake
Edward Melvin Hailey
Scientists Report Hydrogen Bomb Test Seen as Successful
Scientists told a congressional committee that last fall’s tests at Eniwetok involved two highly successful thermonuclear explosions. The term thermonuclear refers to the hydrogen bomb.
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Washington
Congressional
Eniwetok
Risks in China Coast Blockade
Washington reports cautious study of an Allied blockade of Red China amid fears of incidents with Russian ships and planes. Dulles said pressure measures include naval action and embargos, while Defense Department review awaits presidential guidance. Risks hinge on Soviet reaction near Port Arthur Dairen and potential retaliation.
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Washington
Red China
State
Defense Department
John Foster
Dulles
State Department
Eisenhower
Britain
Port Arthur
Dairen
Manchuria
Reds
Korea
Far East
No On
United States
Norther Threatens Winter Wheat Crop
A strong norther with north winds moved toward Texas threatening the winter wheat crop with potential damage. Pre-dawn light rain and drizzle covered eastern Texas while blowing dust reduced visibility in several cities. The Weather Bureau warned misty dust would intensify as the day progressed.
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Texas
Weather Bureau
el Paso
Amarillo
Panhandle
Lubbock
South Plains
Tulsa radio rebroadcast stirs Orson Welles like panic
A Tulsa KTUL broadcast of the 1947 Woodward tornado prompted frantic listener calls to highway patrol and civil defense. Troopers rushed to Woodward to aid victims as announcers described the disaster and search efforts. The program cited Brotherhood Week aid as the reason for the simulated bulletin.
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Tulsa
Woodward, Okla
Highway Patrol
Woodward
Jack Morris
KTUL
Raiio
Okla
Oklahoma
Texas
Judd Urges U S To Set Its Own Bonfires Abroad
Rep. Walter H. Judd of Minnesota told an Inter Denominational Brotherhood banquet in Houston that the free world should light its own bonfires rather than chase fires started by the Soviet Union. He urged using American strength in air and sea and argued Asia’s fate ties to Europe, suggesting goods flow to Communist China could be curbed without a full blockade.
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Houston
Walter H. Judd
R-Minn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Free World
Soviet Union
Russia
Judd
First Methodist Church
China
United States
Europe
Asia
Final Arguments in Clinton Owens Murder Trial
Final arguments were heard in the Clinton Owens murder trial where Owens is accused of shooting his 18 year old niece Hazel Kirksey. A state witness testified the shotgun could not fire unless cocked and the trigger pulled, arguing the death gun discharged accidentally.
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Groesbeck
Clinton Owens
Richland
Hazel Kirksey
Owens
Slum clearance and annexation bills move to committees
Texas House and Senate committees debated slum clearance and annexation measures. A San Antonio plea cited slum conditions and disease. a bill would let large cities form redevelopment agencies with federal funds. The annexation bill faced sharp opposition as a potential curb on city growth.
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Austin
House
Texas State Teachers Assn
San Antonio
Stanley Banks Jr
State Affairs Committee
Banks
Congress
Senate State Affairs Committee
Texas
Ohnnie B. Rogers
Trueman O’quinn
Fort Worth
Palestine
Lubbock
House Revenue and Taxation Committee
D. H. Buchanan
Longview
Legislative Council
Confederate Pension Fund
Buchanan
Presidents and Solons Briefed on Grim Global Outlook
Congressional leaders from both parties met with President Eisenhower at the White House for an hour and a half briefing on the Korean War and wider military and diplomatic conditions. Generals Omar Bradley and Allen Dulles outlined the picture, with Halleck describing it as grim and a burden on the economy.
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Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Hkisenhower
White House
Omar Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
Robert J. Cutler
National Security Council
Rep
Halleck
R-Ind
Congress
Taft
Fabeck
Jail Break Sparks Manhunt as 10 Escape Texas Prisoners
A massive North Texas manhunt is under way for ten inmates, including Floyd Hill, after a jail break at Tarrant County jail. Deputies, sheriffs, Texas rangers, bloodhounds from Huntsville and surrounding agencies pursue five suspects seen in a westbound car near Eastland. Recaptured Lonnie Baugh is held again. others named include Walters Bayless Baker Lesher Hill Davis Hernandez Crane Ford and two more. The escape follows a plan on the fifth floor involving jailer Jim Holcomb. The group also involved earlier in a $248000 robbery of two Cuban exiles at Western Hills Hotel last October.
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Fort Worth
North Texas
Tarrant
Texas Rangers
Huntsville
Highway Patrol
Eastland
Charles W. Foster
Batman Floyd Hill
Hill
Western Hills
Jim Holcomb
Jason Young
Jim Smith
Trusty Eulon Knight
Lonnie J. Baugh
Fred H. Walters
Ray Bayless
Bobby Dean Baker
Lloyd D. Lesher
William P. Hill
Michael Kenneth Davis
Manuel Hernandez
Glenn C. Craneford
Tarrant County
Longview
Tex
J. H. Forster
Forster
Trans World Airliner Lands Safe with One Dead Motor
Shannon Airport Ireland reports a Trans World Airliner arriving from New York with 28 passengers landed safely though one of its four engines failed, crew reported no injuries and the craft proceeded to a normal taxi.
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Shannon
Ireland
New York
Would-Be Police Reporter Slays Fleeing Bandit
An 18-year-old youth who aspires to be a police reporter shot a bandit after a police inspector gave him a gun. Braden and Inspector Don Moffett pursued a green Ford hijackers’ car, Braden fired at the suspect’s feet then hit him in the back of the head as he fled, killing him.
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Houston
Barry Braden
Don Moffett
Wong Fong
Braden
Bus Hit by Train Kills Braceros in California
A Southern Pacific passenger train struck a bus carrying Mexican farm workers in Brawley California about dawn. Initial reports tally four dead and 12 to 15 injured. Police said all victims were aboard the bus as it carried workers to fields.
Jelke Vice Trial Echoes Balkan Spy Drama
New York, Feb. 19. The Jelke vice trial drew Balkan spy drama notes as plainclothes detectives shadowed witnesses and press access was barred. Key witnesses including Richard Short and several alleged call girls were to testify, with defense protests over leaks and records shaping courtroom tensions.
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Jelke
Yor&g
Minot F
Mickey) Jelke
O Il Girls
Open House Tonight At City Hall Fire Station and Police
The city hosts an open house tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. at City Hall, the Fire Station and Police Department. Mayor, city manager and council members will greet visitors and show department operations to reveal how tax dollars are spent. Dick Pepin urges Odessans to attend. Open house repeats Friday 7 to 9 p.m.
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Dick Pepin
Sabrejets Down Two MIGs in Korea Battle
In battles near the Yalu River Sabrejets claimed two more MIGs while protecting more than 200 UN aircraft. Col. Royal N. Baker notched his 10th MIG kill, a double ace, as Col. James K. Johnson scored a MIG kill.
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Seoul
Yalu River
Royal N. Baker
McKinney
Tex
James K. Johnson
Phoenix
Ariz
Sunchon
Air Force
Woodard Named SMU Grid Coach
Chalmer E. Woodard of McPherson College was named head football coach at Southern Methodist University succeeding Rusty Russell who resigned under alumni pressure. Woodard, SMU athletic director, will report Sunday and begin spring practice a day later. The job pays about 12000 dollars annually.
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Dallas
Chalmer E. Woodard
McPherson
College of Kansas
Southern Methodist University
Woodard
H. N
Rusty) Russell
SMU
Russell
Mike Brumbelow
Texas Western
el Paso
Andy Pilney
Tulane
J. O
Rudy) Brothers
Tulsa
Milburn
Catfish) Smith
East Texas State
Gom R Jones
Oklahoma University
H. D. Mouton
Mouzon
Matty Bell
Prisoner May Have Kidnapped His Girl Friend
Fort Worth police say Glen Crawford, one of 10 inmates who escaped the Tarrant county jail, may have kidnapped his 20 year old girlfriend who was pregnant. Crawford drove off with her about 3 a.m. after the break and a roommate reported she appeared frightened.
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Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Glen Crawford
Crawford
Young Confession Used In Trial
Gottfried Joseph Young 49 confessed at trial that he got rough with his wife before she died on December 23. Dr John A Blaschke testified intestines torn and death from violent hemorrhage. tests showed Young was not drunk that night. Defense suggested Mrs Young may have been masochist or sought suffering.
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Dalhart
Tex
Gottfried Joseph Young
Young
John A. Blaschke
Ex Patrolman Cayetano Riojas Dies in Crash
Cayetano Riojas 41 a former river patrol rider for the Foot and Mouth Disease Commission was killed yesterday when his police truck struck a car and crashed near Laredo authorities said Riojas died at the scene and the crash is under investigation by local police and highway patrol units.
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Laredo
Cayetano Riojas
Foot and Mouth Disease Commission
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