Trimming Budget Is Mere Campaign Talk Says Solon
Sen Richard B Russell says trimming more than 500 million from defense is unlikely without weakening military strength and dismisses GOP promises to balance the budget by cutting Truman era military outlays. House panel chief Taber launches Econoy drive with 75 experts to trim 1954 budget, targeting unobligated funds and military savings.
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Solon
Washington
Richard B. Russell
D-G
Eisenhower
Truman
Pentagon
Jail Breaker Cole Meekly Surrenders After Escape
Sidney Cole a 24 year old ex convict from Odessa surrendered at 3 30 am Sunday to Sheriff R L Wilkins at the Boby courthouse. He and accomplice Hummel pried a jail window bar at Floydada jail and fled 1 30 am Saturday taking a stolen pickup to Petersburg before striking out toward Roby and Snyder. Both were later captured on Odessa police work and sentenced to five years for burglary in Pecos and Ector counties.
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Sidney
Slick) Cole
Odessa
Floydada
Cole
Boby
R. L. Wilkins
Bob
Hummel
Odes
Petersburg
Snyder
Roby
Wilkins
Pecos
Ector
Burrglary
James Ray
Red) Turner
Shreveport
Harlingen Blaze Destroys Nine Businesses in Downtown Fire
A late night fire in Harlingen destroyed nine retail establishments and damaged another, with no injuries reported. Fire Chief John Guseman called it the biggest blaze there in a decade as flames spread from a photography studio to adjacent buildings before being controlled after three hours with help from the Harlingen Fire Department and Air Force Base personnel.
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Harlingen
Citrus Center
John Guseman
McKelvey
Central Power and Light Co
Harlingen Air Force Base
Tail Winds Speed DC6 To New Mark
Tail winds powered an American Airlines DC6 from Dallas to New York in 3 hours 41 minutes setting a new scheduled carrier record. An A26 private plane from Burbank to Houston flew 1 3 74 miles in 3 hours 54 minutes 22 seconds also a record for that aircraft type. Pilot Paul Vance of Fort Worth completed the New York run 1 15 minutes early with 25 passengers.
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Associated Press
Texas
American Airlines
Dallas
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
Superior Oil Co
Houston
Burbank
Calif
Paul Vance
Fort Worth
New York
Arnold C. Falk
Burbank-Houston
Weather Bureau predicts norther Tuesday across Texas
The Weather Bureau forecast a norther for Tuesday bringing snow to the Panhandle and rain to the Lubbock area. Light rain fell today on the Texas coast and Rio Grande Valley while the Permian Basin stayed cold and cloudy. Odessa recorded 22 degrees and Dalhart 18 as the coldest in the state.
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Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Permian Basin
U. S. Weather Bureau
Panhandle
Lubbock
Odessa
Dalhart
Bohlen and White Nominated as Ambassadors
The White House announced President Eisenhower will nominate Charles Bohlen as ambassador to Russia and Francis White as ambassador to Mexico. Both are career diplomats. White will replace William O Dwyer in Mexico City, who resigned last December.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Charles Bohlen
Russia
Francis White
Mexico
Bohlen
White
Mexico City
William O’dwyer
New York
Nam I accuses UN planes of killing POWs in Korea raid
North Korean General Nam I charged that UN war planes killed 30 Allied prisoners and wounded 157 in bombing raids on Communist POW camps. He urged Lt. Gen. Harrison to address alleged crimes and condemned Allied refusals to accept Red protests.
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Panmunjom
Nam I
United Nations
Nam
William K. Harrison
Mark Clark
Heavy Communist patrol actions raise front-line tension in Korea
In Korea on February 23, Allied bombers hit Red supply centers as heavy patrol actions spread along the eastern Far Western and central fronts. The battlefront reported 130 Communists killed Sunday and Monday in clashes. South Korean Mustangs hit nine gun positions and four bunkers, while scattered air attacks claimed two more gun positions destroyed and 17 damaged.
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Seoul
Korea
Anchor Hill
East-Ern
North Korea
United Nations
Johnson Favored For Voice Post
Philadelphia college president Robert L. Johnson named by sources as Eisenhower administration pick to head the State department overseas information program ITA. He would oversee Voice of America operations under Senate investigations led by Senator McCarthy.
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Washington
Robert L. Johnson
Philadelphia
Temple University
Eisenhower
State Department
Secretary of State
Dulles
Johnson
International Information Administration
ITA
Voice For America
Senate
Sen
McCarthy
R-Wis
Single Defense Setup Branded As Unworkable
Washington reports a four year trial shows the Defense Department inefficient and near collapse under war strain. President Eisenhower warned of defense flaws and backed a Rockefeller commission to overhaul operations, define authority, and enable prompt civilian military decisions.
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Washington
Defense Department
Eisenhower Lis
National Defense
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Charles E. Wilson
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Wilson
Department
Commission
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs
Dishong and Todt Seek Reëlection to Ector County Board
Gayle Dishong and W. C. Todt announced Monday they will file for their current Ector County School Board seats ahead of the April first election. Both terms expire this year. candidates must file from March 10 to March 21 with board president George Tripp. The board consists of seven members serving three year terms.
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Gayle Dishong
W. C. Todt
Ector County
Wichita Falls
George Tripp
Board of Education
Ed Pokorny
D. M. Hawkins
T. B Harris
J. R. Wright
Former Baptist Leader Succumbs
NASHVILLE Tenn A former Baptist Church official and minister Dr FE P Alldredge 77 died at his home yesterday Alldredge served as statistician for the Southern Baptist Convention from 1920 45 and edited the Hand Book from 1921 45 He held pastorates in Amarillo and Dallas Texas and was state secretary of missions in New Mexico in 1911 He was named minister at Immanuel Baptist Church Little Rock in 1913 and became secretary of the Arkansas State Baptist Convention in 1919 Funeral services will be held here tomorrow.
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Nashville
Tenn
FE. P. Alldredge
Alldredge
Southern Baptist Convention
Amarillo
Dallas
Tex
New Mexico
Immanuel Baptist Church
Little Rock
Arkansas State Baptist Convention
Louisiana's Last Civil War Vet Dies at 106
W D Townsend of ONA Louisiana, the state's last surviving Civil War veteran and one of the nation's last seven, died at 106 at his home. A Confederate Army private in Lee's forces for three years, he was wounded and briefly a prisoner of war. He leaves wife Maggie Townsend and ten children from prior marriages.
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Ona
W. D. Townsend
Louisiana
Robert E. Lee
Townsend
Sat
Maggie Townsend
Nationalist Nuisance Raids Target Mainland China Coast
U S based sources say Chiang Kai-Shek plans air and sea nuisance raids from Formosa against the Chinese coast using a 20 000 strong strike force on eight island bases from Swatow northward The aim is to disrupt Red defenses and seize supplies without a beachhead Forthcoming larger operations depend on sustained U S support and materiel and on favorable mainland conditions by year end
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai - Shek
China
Chiang
Swatow
Chi
Hawaii statehood urged by McKay in Congress
Secretary of the Interior McKay urged immediate statehood for Hawaii in a House Interior Subcommittee hearing. He cited a proposed constitution in existence for over two years and argued four points including the people of Hawaii wanting statehood and national defense importance.
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Washington
Secretary of the Interior
McKay
Congress
Hawaii
House Interior
Free China Declares 1945 Soviet Pact Null and Void
Chiang Kai-shek's regime in Formosa proclaims the 1945 Sino Soviet treaty canceled, aiming to reclaim Manchurian ports and end Outer Mongolia's Soviet ties. Cabinet approval expected. legislature to ratify, freeing China from Moscow accord and signaling possible blockades of the mainland. China had leased Dairen and agreed joint use of Port Arthur as a naval base with Soviet defense and Chinese administration.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Free China
Russia
Moscow
Yalta
Darien
Port Arthur
George Yeh
United States
China
Soviet Union
Foreign Office
Manchuria
Dairen
Outer Mongolia
Legislative Yuan
Yeh
Liaotung Peninsula
Yellow Sea
North Korea
Wang Shih- Chieh
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
T. F. Tsiang
United Nations
Housewife Alters Fate with Poison to Scare Husband
In Pasadena Texas a 39 year old LaPorte housewife died from arsenic poisoning after drinking rat poison to frighten her husband. Justice of the Peace ruled it a death by her own action. She telephoned her sister Sunday night saying she planned to kill herself and later drank the poison in a bathroom. She was taken to New Pasadena Hospital and initially showed improvement before dying.
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Pasadena
Tex
New Pasadena Hospital
Justice of the Peace
Dave ‘Thompson
Robert Baer
Lucky Motorist Survives Collision With Freight Train
CRESSON TEX February 23 UP Curti Cosby a 5 year old Comanche motorist crashed into a Santa Fe freight train at a Highway 377 crossing near Cresson early Monday and considered himself mighty lucky to walk away with a few scratches as his car was demolished
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Cresson
Tex
Curti Cosby
Santa Fe
Raymondville Feud Fatal To Four Men
In Raymondville Texas a tavern feud between the Cavazos and Trevino families left four men dead. George Cavazos Abanio Cavazos Lorenzo Trevino and Manuel Trevino were killed in a gun battle that erupted after Lorenzo Trevino arrived at the tavern. The two Cavazos brothers were shot five times each and Lorenzo Trevino died at the scene while Manuel Trevino died hours later at Raymondville Memorial Hospital.
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Raymondville
Tex
South Texas
George Cavazos
Abanio Cavazos
Lorenzo Trevino
Manuel Trevino
Richard Woods
George
Abanio Trevino
Trevino
Cavazos
Narciso
Woods
Abanio
Raymondville Memorial Hospital
CIO Leader Urges Federal Control of Offshore Oil Lands
A CIO official told Congress the United States is a have-not oil nation and must have federal control of offshore lands. O A Knight, chairman of the CIO regional development committee, urged strong defense tied to fuel supply and criticized state ownership as a threat to national wealth and security. He joined other opponents as hearings continued on the federal state ownership controversy with ADA and unions backing federal revenues for defense and education.
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Washington
CIO
Congress
United States
O. A. Knight
Senate Interior Affairs Committee
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
John J. Gunther
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Committee
Gunther
Congress of the United States
CIO Communications Workers of America
Sen. Hill
D-Ala
Joseph A. Beirne
Employees Fired In College Dispute
In Demorest Georgia Piedmont College dismissed 23 faculty members amid a dispute tied to racial and religious issues. Dr James Walter reportedly led a trustees vote of confidence after the affair emerged over the weekend at the denominational college affiliated with the Congregational Church.
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Demorest
Little Piedmont College
James Walter
Iollege
The
Congregational Church
Vishinsky Set for UN Assembly Start in New York
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky arrives in New York aboard the Queen Mary for the UN General Assembly opening. He is expected to oppose a Korea settlement and may use Formosa charges to attack the United States. U.S. delegate Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. says the Russians may renew aggression claims and the Assembly opens Tuesday with Korea the first topic.
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New York
Andrei Y.vishinsky
United Nations General Assembly
Vishinsky
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
CBS
Korea
Vishniksy
Eisenhower
Formosa
United States
China
Lodge
Assembly
Three U S Jets Crash In Labrador
Three U S F 84 jets crashed near Goose Bay Air Base in Labrador during a flight to Europe. One pilot was killed and another missing after fuel problems caused a formation ground radar approach crash. The remaining two pilots survived. one received aid from Airman Millett who built a shelter and rendered first aid. The third plane and its crewman were found Sunday.
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ST. John’s
Goose Bay Air Base
Labrador
U. S. Air Force
Atlantic
Greenland
Europe
Goose
Narsarssuak
Big Eld
Thomas Millett
Palmyra
Maine
Millett
Order Barring Chaplin Still in Effect
The order barring Charlie Chaplin from reentering the United States remains in effect as Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. defends the move begun by his Democratic predecessor. McGranery had ordered Chaplin kept out until he could prove admissibility at an immigration hearing, and left for England with his wife Oona and their four children.
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Washington
Herbert Brownlell Jr
Charlie Chaplin
Justice Department
Department
James P. McGranery
England
Oona
McGranery
U.S. Porty
Chaplin
United States
Immigration Service
U.S
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