Grand Jury Continues Probe Into Odessa Stock Firm
The Ector County Grand Jury enters its third day at 4 p.m. to investigate a local stock corporation and its alleged frauds. About 50 witnesses have testified. a civil action by the attorney general seeks a permanent injunction against Texas Empire Minerals and four related entities.
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Ector County Grand Jury
Paul McCollum
70Th District Court
Texas Empire Minerals, Inc
Hornet Empire Minerals, Inc
American Empire Minerals, Inc
Alpha Empire Minerals, Inc
Odessa
Grand
Alton Evans
Crane
William D. Kimbrough
Elbert F. Matthews
Christine M. Wilson
W. C. Cantrell
Goldsmith
R. V. Wilson
Hornet
Hachita
N. M
L. R. Sprayberry
Walter Gober
Charles S. White
Ector County
Wilson
City Child Struck While Running Into Road
A five year old boy Timothy Holt was admitted in good condition with fractures of the right arm and left leg after running from behind a parked car into a moving auto on North Texas near East 37th. The vehicle driven by Tommy J. King slammed on brakes and struck him, skidding 24 feet.
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Medical Center Hospital
Timothy Holt
North Texas
East 37Th
Tommy J. King
Bowie
King
Paul Cobb
West Murphy
Paul
Muskingum
East First
Cobb
William Cameron Co
Baby Kidnapping Trial To Be Set
Mrs Pauline Schulze of Houston faces trial for kidnapping a 29 minute old baby at Beaumont on March 19. Jefferson County DA Ramie Griffin expects the trial to be set for May 2. The case moved to Georgetown after a Beaumont mistrial on Feb 4 when a key witness suffered a heart attack.
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Georgetown
Pauline Schulze
Houston
Beaumont
Jefferson County
Atty
Ramie Griffin
Weather Forecast At Air Terminal Predicts Cool Day
The U S Weather Bureau forecasts fair and cool conditions with fresh northerly winds and local dust this afternoon. Colder tonight, then fair and mild Tuesday. Today's high 60, low 46. tomorrow's high 72. City temperatures listed with several readings. Sun sets 6:45 p.m. and rises 7:18 a.m.
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Abilene
Amarillo
Denver
el Paso
Fort Worth
Galveston
New York
Oklahoma City
San Antonio
King says white students favor integration in South
In Montgomery Alabama Reverend Martin Luther King reports polling at Vanderbilt University indicates about 90 percent of white students accept integration as inevitable. He warns against exploiting the issue while pledging the boycott will continue to the finish despite hardships. The 12 week old Montgomery bus boycott has drawn 90 arrested officials and 26 minister leaders face possible jail under a state anti boycott law. NAACP branches nationwide back the plan while Oklahoma NAACP promotes prayers without work stoppage.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King
King
Vanderbilt University
Nashville
Tenn
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Chicago
Oklahoma
NAACP
Jimmy Stewart
Oklahoma City
Drag Race Riot Charges Filed in Daytona Beach
Police say a Saturday night riot in Daytona Beach drew thousands of out of town drag race fans to a National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing event. Criminal charges were filed against 46 persons as the National Guard restored order after a mob formed around the drag racing tests.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
National Guard
Daytona
National Assny
Claim Spies Flying Into Vienna Reported
Prague radio says United States is using gondola equipped balloons to fly spies into Czechoslovakia. The allegation accuses U S espionage activity over Vienna and surrounding areas.
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Vienna
Prague
United States
Czechoslovakia
New Storm Center Forms In Southwest
A new dust storm formed in the Southwest Monday amid warm air clashes. Forecasters warned of stronger winds as the system moved toward the Ohio Valley and dust plumes reduced visibility in West Texas. In Illinois Summerfield was wrecked by twisters, with 3 dead there and 4 elsewhere in state. totals included deaths in Ohio Oklahoma Missouri and Texas.
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U. S
United Press
Ohio Valley
Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Midwest
Illinois
Summerfield
Ill
Thetown
St. Clair County
William Stratton
Air Force
Ohio
Oklahoma
Missouri
Kennedy a Taxi Trick for Hope High Speech
Sen John F Kennedy used a taxi ride to Hope High School and planned a large tip to sway votes for Democrats. He recalled Sen Green and then told the driver to vote Republican after choosing not to tip.
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Providence
R. I
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
Hope High School
Sen. Green
Kennedy
DRI
Member Stabs His Minister at Church in Sweetwater
J P Martin 41 pastor of the Church of Christ was stabbed by a rancher friend just before Sunday School. He was taken to a hospital with wounds described as painful but not serious. Sheriff Ted Lambert noted no clear motive and said charges unlikely due to the assailant's illness.
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Sweetwater
J. P. Martin
Church of Christ
Ted Lambert
Martin
I. C. Mains
Paper Says Mao Was Russ Target
The Hong Kong Times claimed Russians tried to kill Mao Zedong by sabotaging his private plane. The plane exploded and crashed before boarding. No Chinese or Peiping sources confirmed the report. The Times said the crash happened Feb 13 at Fengtai near Peiping during a test flight, killing five crew members including a Russian co pilot.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tze-tung
Peiping
the Times
Fengtai
Atom Parley Starts Today On Atomic Energy Agency
Washington reports the United States, Russia and ten other nations begin talks on a charter for an international atomic energy agency. The plan aims to coordinate peaceful uses of the atom and may act as a bank for fissionable material. An agreement in principle could come within about two weeks.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Eisenhower
United Nations
International Atomic Energy Agency
Eisenhower Decision Expected Soon Shapes GOP
Ike may reveal whether he seeks a second term this week as Adlai Stevenson says the move will signal the Republican course. Eisenhower returns from Georgia with no hint to crowds or reporters about his plans while party leaders forecast a Thursday yes or a possible two syllables maybe. Senator Knowland plans for his own candidacy if Ike does not run by March 2 in Wisconsin and Minnesota.
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Associated Press
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Hartford
Conn
Washington
Georgia
Moultrie
Rep. Hillings
R-Calif
Nixon
North Carolina
Charlotte
Madison
Wis
Sen
Knowland
Calif
Wisconsin
Minnesota
No Revision In Foreign Policy Seen
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration plans no radical shift in U S foreign policy to meet the Soviet offensive. Dulles argues for a new cold war weapon authority for long range aid while critics warn against naivete and urge a stable, positive program.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Dulles
Congress
Philadelphia
Averell Harriman
New York
Harriman
U.S
Moscow
Asia
Middle East
Humphrey
George
D-Ga
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Greece Premier Karamanlis Resigns After Election Victory
Premier Constantine Karamanlis resigns and King Paul asks him to form a new government. The National Radical Union won 163 of 300 seats in the Feb 19 elections, giving a solid majority and expected smooth cabinet formation.
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Athens
Greece
Constantine Karamanlis
Paul
National Radical Union
Karamanlis
Karamilis
Grand Jury Weighs Blame in U S Trust Collapse
Waco grand jurors plan to question Garland Smith former Insurance Board chairman about the U S Trust and Guaranty Co collapse and the state crackdown on Shoemake. Smith appeared in Austin and cited illness while doctors urged care.
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Waco
L U. S. Trust and Guaranty Co
Insurance Board
Garland Smith
Wit
Smith
Austin
Horace Cromer
Cromer
U.S. Trust
A. B. Shoemake
Shoemake
McKinney Veterans Hospital
Grand Jury
Ihairman
Insurance Commission
Commission
U.S
Shivers
Extreme Cold Buckles Rails in Polish Pomerania Derailment
A passenger train derailed in Polish Pomerania amid extreme cold, with a Polish newspaper reporting four deaths.
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Polish Pomerania
Spinster Sisters' Hidden Room Reveals 225000 Estate
In Itasca Illinois a 100 year old two story house held a secret room found by executor Charles Newton. A box yielded 4460 in modern bills along with gold watches coins and Old Civil War coins. The sisters Josephine and Cecelia Schroeder left most of their 225000 estate to charity.
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Chicago
Itasca
Josephine
Cecelia Schroeder
Cecelia
Charles E. Newton
58 Moslems Are Killed in Algeria Violence
French patrols killed 58 Moslem terrorists and captured 63 in skirmishes. Algerian nationalist rioting raised unofficial deaths to 74. Police said reprisals killed, kidnapped, or wounded civilians across Algiers and Oran, while anti nationalist protests in Constantine led to clashes and arrests.
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Algiers
Algeria
Bone
Oran
Constantine
Korean Slaying Believed Solved
Seoul officials say they solved the four week old mystery of the assassination of Maj. Gen. Kim Chang Yong, chief of South Korea's counter intelligence. Five South Korean army men and two civilian gunmen were arrested and charged in the Jan. 30 killing en route to work. Authorities are probing possible political motives or a conspiracy.
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Seoul
South Korea
Kim Chang Yong
Probers Say Ford Sought the Votes
Senate investigators on Monday unveiled a letter said to come from Henry Ford II's office as evidence Ford Motor Co asked dealers to contribute to Eisenhower's 1952 campaign. Chairman A S Monroney disclosed the document during a subcommittee hearing into auto industry practices.
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Washington
Up- Senate
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
Eisenhower
A. S. Mike Monroney
D-Okla
Senate Commerce
Ford
Not All Farmers Have Problems
A Dallas banker contends the so called farm problem mislabels all farmers, noting that some agricultural segments fare well. Dr. Arthur Smith of First National Bank argues government price supports favor better farmers unless aid is targeted to those in need.
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Dallas
Arthur Smith
First National Bank
Dairy Products Institute of Texas
Smith
Soviet Presidium Members Elected Reaffirmed
London radio reported all 11 members of the Soviet Central Committee Presidium were re elected. The broadcast listed Zhukov and other candidate or alternate members, signaling increased army influence in Soviet affairs.
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London
Central Committee
Soviet Comunist Party
Moscow
Politburo
Presidium
Soviet Union
Georgi K. Zhukov
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U. S. Weather Bureau
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Mao
Ike
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