Odessa Marine Ramsay Receives Navy Cross Honor
West Texas native Arlis Wade Ramsay, a 17 year old Marine from Odessa, is posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in Korea on March 28, 1953. The ceremony in West County Park will honor his sacrifice with a district colonel from New Orleans present, plus school band and local dignitaries.
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United States
Arlis Wade “Ramsay
United States Marine Corps
Koera
Wade Ramsay
Lamesa
Wade
Marine Corps
Rayborne
Mildred Ramsay
Anderson
Ecter County
West County Park
New Orleans
Wil
Korea
Seventh Marines
First Marine Division
Ramsay
Knowland Accuses Democrats of Slowdown Tactics in Bricker Fight
Senate leaders clash over the Bricker amendment with Senator Knowland alleging a Democratic slowdown to block action on the constitutional amendment and President Eisenhower's program, while Senator Johnson accuses Republicans of stalling and cites Senate speaking time.
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Washington
Knowl
R-Calif
Eisenhower
Senate
Knowland
GOP
Sen
Bricker
Rohio
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Knowling
Johnson
Newsmen
White House
Identity Of Man Is Learned After Nine Long Years
In Modena Italy a man once known as Signor XY by hospital staff for nine years was finally identified after his nephew Mario Mercuri found his photo in a Rome newspaper. The man Giuseppe Rizzi recognized his nephew and embraced him as memories returned after a tree fell on him and he was injured in 1944 during the German occupation.
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Modena
Italy
Po Nee
Signor XY
Associated Press News
Mario Mercuri
Rome
Giuseppe Rizzi
Signor X Y
Jeuri
Weather Forecast Dusty to Clear Then Cooler
Blowing dust thin after noon, fair and cooler tonight and Friday. High 76 today, low tonight 3. High tomorrow 65. Yesterday 76, overnight low 2. Sunset 6:44 p.m., sunrise Friday 6:00 a.m. Precipitation last 34.
Father Freed As Hostage In Texas Divorce Case
Houston report details 25 year old William Leslie Martens Jr held briefly as a hostage to force return of his five year old son from his parents in Nat l Bany. Judge Ewing Boyd ordered confinement then released him on condition he pursue return of the child amid ongoing divorce proceedings and restraints on Martens toward his wife and access to the boy.
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Houston
Louisiana
Amarillo
Tex
Massachusetts
Seaboard
William Leslie Martens Jr
Ewing Boyd
Natalbany
Boyd
Martens
Texas Draft Call Keeps Same Pace with April Quota
AUSTIN Feb 25 UPI An April 1 draft call of 1,030 men from Texas was announced by State Selective Service headquarters. The April quota remains at the same level as February and March. The February call was for 1,010 men and March for 985.
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Austin
Texas
State Selective Service
Stevens Bolts McCarthy Feud Over Army Row
Army Secretary Robert Stevens argued with McCarthy over alleged Communist infiltration and barring testimony. He met with Eisenhower aides and rejected capitulation claims while releasing part of his planned subcommittee testimony. Zwicker forces Stevens to defend his previous stance against McCarthy’s accusations.
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Washington
Army
Robert T. Stevens
Joseph R. McCarthy
Eisenhower
White House
Stevens
Wisconsin
Republican
James C. Hagerty
Hagerty
Capitol Hill
Thomas A. Burke
Ohio
Tor McCarthy
McCarthy
Savers
Banaga Army Cers
Subcommittee
Ralph W. Zwicker
New York
Egypt's Naguib resigns as president under house arrest
The revolutionary council accepted President Moham ed Naguib's resignation and placed him under house arrest at his Helmia villa. Col. Gamal Abdel Nasser was named premier and council leader as a state of emergency was declared across Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Revolutionary Council
Mohammed Naguib
Farouk
Naguib
Helmia
Col
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Nasser
Britain
West
United States
London
Suez Canal
Suez Canal Zone
Houston Cop Fatally Killed in Gun Battle with Outlaw
Patrolman Fred Maddox Jr. 28 died after a Houston gun battle with Carroll Dayton Farrar 34, an ex convict, who wounded Patrolman Martelli Moon and fled after robbing Gardner Liquor Store. Farrar was later killed. a 12 year old girl was struck and killed by a passing car while transporting Maddox’s family to his bedside.
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Houston
Fred Maddox Jr
Hermann Hospital
Carroll Dayton Farrar
Margie Eliot
Fred Maddox Sr
Farrar
Martelli Moon
Gardner
Laura Koppe Road
E. W Gardner
J. E. Tucker
Tucker
W. E. Milligan
Moon
Maddox
Texas
iHe
Portland man quizzed in slaying of third wife
George F. Sack, long linked to violent deaths of his two previous wives, was charged with first degree murder in the asphyxiation of his 56 year old wife Goldie Goodrich Sack whose body was found near his apartment. Police noted Sack’s car near the site the night she disappeared.
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Portland
Ore
Chicago
George F. Sack
Goldie Goodrich Sack
Sack
Seattle
Monroe
Terry Schrunk
Poland Ordered To Close Offices
The United States told Poland to close its consulates at New York Chicago and Detroit. Secretary of State Dulles sent a note to Ambassador Jozef Winiewicz saying the consulates serve no useful purpose in U S Polish relations at the present time. Detroit consulate criticized as a center of Communist propaganda by Michigan congressmen.
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Washington
United States
Poland
New York
Chicago
Detroit
State Dulles
Jozef Winiewicz
Michigan
Pope Reported Slightly Better In Vatican Update
Vatican City reports Pope Pius XII slept fairly well last night and shows slight improvement in his general condition. Earlier advisories said his status remained stationary as hiccuping attacks weakened him during the month long illness.
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Vatican City
Pius
Vatican
Third Round Stated In Bitter Duval County Feud
The next round of court actions in the Duval County feud over control of the 79th Judicial District is set for Friday in Corpus Christi before Federal Judge James V. Alfred. State officials and the Duval grand jury probe Parr family finances while the IRS seeks records from the Texas State Bank of Alice and the San Diego State Bank.
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George Parr
Corpus Christi
James V. Alfred
John Ben Shepperd
Parr
79Th Judicial District
U.S. Internal Revenue Service
Texas State Bank of
Alice
San Diego
Tex.s
South Texas
U.S. ‘Treasury Department
Duval County
Frisco Police Seek Amber-Hued Nude Woman
San Francisco police are investigating a missing person case involving a woman described as amber-hued and nude. She was last seen leaving a Market Street building with a man named Leighton who had been assisting with oil paintings.
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San Francisco
Karla
Market Street
Leighton
Thoughtful Bandit Holds Up Cincinnati Man for $26.48
Thomas Kane, 52, told police a man robbed him at knife point last night in Cincinnati and took $26.23. The bandit also gave him 25 cents and ordered him to go home.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Kane
Rebels seize Radio Aleppo as Syria revolt spreads
Beirut reports Syrian rebels captured Radio Aleppo and claimed an army revolt was sweeping northern Syria against President Shishekly. Troops from Damascus moved to centers of unrest in Aleppo Latakia Deir E Zor Homs and Hama with demonstrations growing in support of the rebellion.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Radio
Alep‘po
Syria
People’s
Hangman
Adib Shishekly
Shishekly
Damascus
Aleppo
Latakia
Deir E-Zor
Homs
Hama
Damascus Radio
Texans Buy Stock Owned By Railroad
Dallas oil magnate Clinton W. Murchison and Sid Richardson of Fort Worth bought 800000 New York Central shares owned by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway for 25 dollars a share, about 29 million total. The sale, approved by the Chesapeake and Ohio board, aimed to boost investment and follows ongoing control battles over the NYC railroad system.
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Cleveland
Clinton W. Murchison
Dallas Oil and Gas
Sid W. Richardson
Fort Worth
New York Central
Chesapeaks and Ohio Railway
Murchison
Robert R. Young
Dallas
Richard‘son
Eisenhower
Walter K. Tuohy
Tuohy
Missouri Pacific Railroad
New York
Chase National Bank of New York
Interstate Commerce Commission
Cyrus S. Eaton
Young
Alleghany Corp
Eaton
Ailing Marilyn Monroe Returns To U S
Marilyn Monroe arrived back in the United States after a tour of Japan and Korea. She said she is ill and wants to rest, after posing for photographers briefly in Honolulu where doctors noted possible pneumonia.
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San Francisco
Marilyn Monroe
Japon
Korea
Honolulu
Joe DiMaggio
Soldier lands in Honolulu amid postwar indoctrination talk
Cpl. Claude Batchelor a 22 year old Texas GI returns from Korea and predicts Reds left behind will face continued indoctrination and propaganda use. He says the group may be kept for parades and brainwashing as they await reassignment to Travis Air Force Base. He notes his Japanese bride remains elsewhere.
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Honolulu
Claude Batchelor
Texas
Reds
Panmunjom
Travis Air Force Base
Ed Speies
Insdg
Shy
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Marilyn
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