Optimistic Doctor Sees Polio Vaccine Near
Dr. Hart E. Van Riper in Dallas reports progress toward a usable polio vaccine as mass inoculations begin in Houston for 35 000 children. The effort, backed by the National Foundation, involves gamma globulin medicine and a 50 person team testing volunteers amid a growing Texas outbreak with 362 cases and 16 deaths statewide.
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Associated Press
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Dallas
Hart E. van Riper
Houston
William Eee
University of Pitsburgh
National Foundation
van Riper
Frost
Navarro County
Marshall Gals Leader Pleased At Court Ruling
Dallas July 1 The leader of 13 Marshall Texas housewives who refused to collect Social Security taxes for servants said she was glad the judge ruled they acted illegally. Carolyn Abney said she would appeal and seek a Supreme Court decision to overturn the tax law.
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Dallas
William H. Atwell
Carolyn Abney
Abney
Marshall, Tex
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Atwell
U. S
Truman denounces new controls bill as inflation gamble
President Truman blasts the new economic controls measure as a serious gamble with inflation. He argues Congress weakened price stabilization, risks higher rents for millions, hikes in dairy and produce prices, and abolishes the Wage Stabilization Board without offering a substitute.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board
Redfield Burglaries Lead to Prison Terms in Nevada
In Carson City Nevada Mrs Jeanne d Arc Michaud age 36 received five years in federal prison for the Redfield burglary and is likely to be sent to Alderson Reformatory with parole eligibility after 20 months. Leona Mae Girdano 40 Reno cocktail waitress was sentenced to one year and a day for transporting $11000 across state lines. Benton Henry Robinson 63 handyman was given four years for related offenses.
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Carson City
Nev
Jeanne d'Arc Michaud
Redfield
Roger Foley
Michaud
Federal Reformatory For Women
Alderson
W. Va
Leona Mae Girdano
Reno
Benton Henry Robinson
County Lists First Polio in 4 Months
Ector County reports its first polio case in over four months and the eighth of the year. Billy Gene Spencer, two and a half, of 1503 S. Broughton, was admitted to Medical Center Hospital after being struck during Odessa’s waning epidemic.
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Ector County
Billy Gene Spencer
S. Broughton
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
Red Koreans Hit UN Lines At Heartbreak Ridge Front
North Korean battalion attacked through mud along a half mile of the Heartbreak Ridge sector in Eastern Korea last night, firing on UN positions but failing to break through. Eastern front quiet, 750 plus Reds hit east slope and three other points after heavy shelling. Far East Air Force flew 315 sorties. Communist casualties last week totaled 1,536 dead and 1,430 wounded with 33 captured.
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Seoul
Korea
Heartbreak Ridge
U. N
Far East Air Force
Eighth Army
Tigers Plan To Fire Rolfe And Bartell
The Detroit News says Manager Red Rolfe and Coach Dick Bartell are set to lose their jobs in a major Tigers shakeup. President Walter Briggs Jr. and American League directors reportedly approved the firings after a last place season, with no replacement details given.
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Detroit
Detroit News
Red Rolfe
Dick Bartell
Detroit Tigers
Walter O. Briggs Jr
Rolfe-Bartell
Taft Eisenhower Delegate Fight Narrows At Convention
In Chicago the Taft Eisenhower struggle for the Republican presidential nomination narrows to a tug of war over Newcore delegates. Delegation counts show Taft leading with 475 to Eisenhower 409 of 604 needed. TV coverage plans and open convention arguments surface as delegates debate who will represent Texas Louisiana and other states. The full committee will decide after today’s hearings as TV crews plan outside the Hilton ballroom. MacArthur to address the convention next week after the keynote.
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Chicago
Yewcore
Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
National Committee
Ohio
Texas
Louisiana
Tafts
Conrad Hilton
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
Thundershowers Visit Some Sections of State
The Odessa area saw 90s heat on Monday while other sections got scattered rains and thundershowers. Beaumont Waco San Antonio El Paso Galveston and Austin reported rain as North Texas faced winds hail and rain from a squall line. Presidio registered 102 degrees as the hottest city.
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Odessa
Beaumont
Waco
San Antonio
el Paso
Galveston
Austin
North Texas
Presidio
Byrnes Rejects Sugar Coated Civil Rights Plan
Houston report shows Gov. James F. Byrnes of South Carolina repudiating a civil rights platform as sugar coated. He hints southern states may split from the Democratic party or back third candidates while endorsing Truman era federal anti-lynching and anti-poll tax measures. Byrnes expects Russell to win 300 votes on first ballot. Stevenson supports state discretion on employment acts with a fallback for federal action.
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Houston
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
South
Byrnes
Supreme Court
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Russell
Howard Pyle
Arizona
Pyle
Douglas MacArthur
East Germans Clear Strip Around Berlin
Berlin reports say the East Zone cleared a 30 to 50 yard wide no-man's land around the city. West Berlin watchtowers with machineguns guard the line to deter crossings into the Soviet zone. Residents in Allied Western sectors are barred from the Soviet area amid growing pressure on Berlin.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Zone
Spandau
West Germany
Germany
Red Trial Underway After Two-Week Adjournment
In New York the conspiracy trial of 16 secondary compound leaders resumes following a two week pause. The court proceeds with hearings and testimony as the case advances.
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New York
Police Sergeant Dies In Car Crash Near Sweetwater
Odessa Police Force sergeant Allison Franklin Thomas 43 died en route to a Sweetwater hospital after a head on collision on U S Highway 80 west of Sweetwater. Five North Carolina occupants suffered serious injuries including brain concussions and lacerations. Thomas had been en route to Shreveport to marry his fiancée. investigation cites his eastbound car on the wrong side of the road. Survivors include four brothers and two sisters with funeral arrangements pending.
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Allison Franklin Thomas
Odessa
North Carolina
Sweetwater
U.S. Hwy
Thomas
Roy Hopson
Ellenboro
N. C
Hopson
Lorene
James Padgett
Forest City
Annie
James Hopper
San Diego
Calif
Calif., To Visit Mrs. Hopson’s Sister, Are In the Sweetwater
Padgett
Hopper
Texas Highway
Arthur Dyson
Shreveport
Converse
Masonic Lodge and
Shriners
N. Dotsy
Rix Funeral Home
J. E
Alice
Tex
E. J
Houston
Ellis
Morgan City
Charlie
Beaumont
Henry W. Childress
Goldsmith
Sally Bradford
New Orleans
Taft Denounces Hate Monger Attacks on Eisenhower
Taft condemned the so called hate monger attacks aimed at Gen Dwight D Eisenhower his Republican rival for the presidential nomination. He said prejudice tactics must be expelled from the party and that the attacks were not coming from Taft supporters. Taft spoke at the Conrad Hilton Normandy Lounge while organizing delegate wooing and strategy. He noted Gov Dewey may join the Eisenhower campaign and warned of possible defeat reminiscent of 1948.
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Robert A. Taft
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ohio
Taft
Normandy
Conrad Hilton
Eisenhower
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Dewey
Eugene D. Millikin
Senate Plenum Debates German Peace Pact and EDC
Senator Connally argues the European Defense Community pacts end occupation of Western Germany and bind it to a supranational army. He warns against tying NATO to unilateral moves and says no German army would exist, only integrated European units under international command. The debate centers on ratification, protocol extensions, and constitutional sovereignty questions.
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Washington
Connally
Western Germany
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Western
Germany
Free World
Bonn
Paris
European Defense Community
France
Italy
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Britain
United States
Europe
Sen. Hickenlooper
R-Ia
EDC
Reich
Alleged Slavery Claims Probe In El Paso Case
Marsarito Perez 40 charges say three men kidnapped him and forced 13 days of labor in a cave with another captive loading metal containers like milk bottles into boxes. Guards with a submachine gun supervised night work by kerosene light before dumping him on an El Paso street. Perez described a cave with a skeleton and thousands of metal containers, each about 85 pounds, as he begged to return home to his wife and eight children. FBI and police are investigating with no immediate comment.
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EL Paso
Marsarito Perez
Perez
Federal Bureau of Investigation
British Officer on UN Staff Named Deputy Chief of Staff
In London on July 1 the government faced criticism over its Korean policy as Selwyn Lloyd announced a senior British officer would serve as deputy chief of staff to General Mark W. Clark, the United Nations commander in the Far East. Defense Minister Earl Alexander spoke as the Conservative government faced Laborite attacks over Yalu bombing raids conducted without British consultation.
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London
Churchill
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Far East
Selwyn Lloyd
Foreign Office
House of Commons
Defense
Field Marshal Earl Alexander
Yalu River
Paralyzed Man Saves Daughter From Drowning
In Hugo Oklahoma a disabled service station operator Olen Petty dragged 10 feet underwater to rescue his 10 year old daughter Lucille from deep water at Scholer lake. He saved her but his son Jessie Joe drowned before rescue could reach him.
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Hugo
Okla
Scholer Lake
Olen Petty
Petty
Jessie Joe
Daugher Lucille
Johnny O’neal
Albuquerque
N.M
Easy-to-Handle Tank Unveiled in Navy News Parade
The Army unveiled the M-48 Patton 48 medium tank produced at the Chrysler plant in Newark Delaware and two arsenals. It features a low silhouette an egg shaped hull wider treads a quick change gun tube and a top mounted 50 caliber machine gun. Crew is four with power steering and claimed ease of handling akin to a modern automobile.
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Newark
Del
Army
Chrysler
U. S
George S. Patton
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Allison F. Thomas
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce
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