Downtown Robbery Sees Woman Robbed of $101 by Youth
A 42 year old Odessa housewife was robbed downtown around 11 20 a m by an 18 year old Negro youth armed with a pistol wearing goggles and rubber gloves. He took five twenty dollar bills and a one from her coin purse before fleeing west on Sixth Street. Police searched the area but had not captured him by 1 30 p m.
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Odessa
Fannie Putty
N. Alleghaney
W. Sixth and
N. Lee
Poic
John Putty
McQueen & Stout
Testing Continues On Like To Martin Pipeline Progress
Water mains from Martin County wells to Gijessa nearing completion with 17 miles tested. CRMWD director Charles Perry says 5,000,000 gallons needed daily for Odessa line. first 750,000 gallons pumped last Thursday. Testing to take about 10 days. initial chlorinated water to be dumped. Odessa population officially 42,125. Chamber discusses new building and industrial area plans. TMA convention may bring 60 Texas industrialists to West Texas with tours and spur tracks planned.
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Martin County
Gijessa
Charles Perry
CRMWD
Board of Directors
Chamber of Commerce
Odessa
Perry
Chamber Board
Ernest M. Schur
Bill Noel
Noel
Schur
State Highway Department
Weaver Cunningham
Dallas
State of Texas
Texas and Pacific Railroad
T and P
U. S. Hwy
Fort Worth
Texarkana
el Paso
Texas Manufacturers’ Association Board of Directors
Ray Brearley
Texas
TMA
White House Renews Steel Peace Talks
Washington reports the White House has revived steel peace talks as Congress considers new strike curbs. John R. Steelman meets with six industry leaders and CIO head Philip Murray amid a six month dispute over steel price and wage changes. Nearly 750,000 workers are affected including 650,000 steel workers and about 100,000 in coal, rail, shipping, and docks tied to mills. The Senate backs restrictions on the Wage Stabilization Board while Maybank proposes a 120 day defense industry strike ban and a seven member board to issue settlement terms with possible industry seizure if rejected.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Philip Murray
CIO
John R. Steelman
Truman
Steelman
Senate
Wage Stabilization Board
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Taft
Ohio
Severe storms forecast for East Texas and surrounding regions
The U S Weather Bureau issued a forecast of severe thunderstorms with hail and strong winds for Arkansas northeastern East Texas and northwestern Louisiana. Indicators point to the western Arkansas area as likely to bear the worst of the storms Thursday afternoon and night.
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New Orleans
U. S. Weather Bureau
Arkansas
Texas
Louisiana
Feud Over British Army Draft May Erupt Again in Ireland
BELFAST, Northern Ireland. The draft issue returns as Northern Ireland may face conscription to Britain’s armed forces. Rifts run between the Northern Ireland government and the Republic of Ireland over partition, with Premier Sir Basil Brooke reportedly weighing national service camps and a manpower plan. De Valera is expected to protest any move.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Britain
United Kingdom
Ireland
Republic of Ireland
Republic
Sir Basil Brooke
Brooke
Gottogether
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Who Does A Cop Call When He Gets Robbed
McAlester Oklahoma June 5 A police cruiser was stolen yesterday near the police station and found abandoned five miles northwest of the city hours later. Earlier a burglar entered Police Chief Roy Anders home while he was at church and took his pistol. Headquarters had no comment.
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Mcalester
Roy Anders
Headquarters
Prisoner Details Brutal NK War Camp Executions
A 24-year-old anti-Communist prisoner on Koje Island described a secret kangaroo court and televised beatings that led to 15 executions in Compound 85. He and 16 others were rescued by American infantrymen after a week of torture and questioning. He feared naming himself as family remains in North Korea.
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Koje Island
Korea
North Korea
Red
Koie
U.N
Corpus Christi Mayor Bonds In Oil Bribe Case
Corpus Christi mayor Leslie Wasserman is held on 10000 bond on charges of accepting bribes to permit gambling and influence a city oil and gas lease. A Nueces County grand jury indicted Wasserman and four others for gambling bribes and bribery schemes tied to city contracts and leases.
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Corpus Christi
Leslie Wasserman
Nueces County
Wasserman
L. K. Mason
Morris Liedeker
E. G. Lyon
B. T. Parr
Buford Nicholson
Richard Colley
Susser
Parr
Nicholson
Cott, Gregg
Mason
Cullen W. Briggs
Cott
New York
B. D. Tarleton
Texas Republicans picket Ike's hotel in Abilene Kansas
Texas couple Roy and Mrs. Robe of McAllen protested at the hotel where Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower stayed, carrying a sign reading Texas Republicans want Ike. Robe said he was a Mineral Wells convention delegate and criticized the convention’s outcome.
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Abilene
Kan
Texas
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Roy R. Robe
McAllen
Ike
Robe
Mineral Wells
Texas Republicans wrestle with July precinct convention date
Texas GOP leaders debate whether July 19 or July 26 best fits the new election laws. A July 26 primary clash could bar poll tax voters from attending both events the same day, while a July 19 date avoids the conflict. Taft and Eisenhower factions align with Texas stalwarts to gain party control.
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Martha Cole
Associated Press
Texas
Orville Bullington
Wichita Falls
GOP
Robert Taft
Gen
Eisenhower
Taft
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Jack Porter
Houston
Zweifel
Eisenhower Promises Frank Talks On Peace and Policy
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower outlines a peace platform and appeals to the South during a 43 minute news conference in Abilene. He says Western Europe must not fall to communism and discusses FEPC, consulting MacArthur, and the path to the GOP nomination.
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Abilene
Kas
Dwight D. Eisenehower
Douglas MaceArthur
Five Star
Truman
Eisenehower
Western
Europe
Eisenhower
Natty
MacArthur
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
South Dakota
MaceArthur
Sen
Robert A At
Douglas McArthur
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Odessa Faces Critical Water Shortage Amid Skimming Tanks
Odessa officials urge residents to conserve water as pumps run nonstop and storage tanks fail to gain. City finalizes plans to lift restrictions within 10 days with new Colorado River Municipal Water District water from Martin County. council members and staff inspect wells and dam site.
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Odessa
A. L. Wright
Colorado River
City Mar
Dick Pepin
Babe Griffith
L. B. Cooper
Ed Costello
George Shows
Charles Meadows
Lee Pursley
City Planning Commission
Solon Charges Shivers Harbors Cheap Labor
Congressman Rooney named Texas Governor Allan Shivers in a debate on immigration enforcement funding saying Shivers’ employer uses illegal Mexican labor on Rio Grande Valley properties. He cited the Schuster and Kremmeller brothers with farms south of Pharr and San Juan and stated more cases exist in the report.
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Seswar AG
Rep
Fisher
D-Tex
Rooney
D-Ny
Texas Rio Grande Valley
Allan Shivers
Texas
Rio Grande
Shivers
Schuster Brothers
Carl
Frank
Ares
Pharr
San Juan
Kremmeller Brothers
Fred
Max
Schusters
Congressional
Courts Martial Set For Officer Who Lost Diary
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, former military attache in Moscow, faces court martial at Fort Meade Md for allegedly mishandling classified material after his diary was stolen by a likely Soviet agent in Germany. Trial date not announced. maximum penalty five years confinement plus dismissal and forfeiture of pay.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Germany
Grow
Moscow
Russia
Fort Meade
Army
Frankfurt
Atom blast lights up sky over southern Nevada
LAS VEGAS Nevada June 5 The eighth atomic blast of the spring series flashed across the sky from the Yuca Flat test site at 5 55 a m est and was clearly visible from 65 miles away The flash looked more orange possibly due to clouds The Atomic Energy Commission announced the shot came from a 300 foot tower and used about 751 mice for radioactivity tests The notice did not specify how close the animals were to ground zero
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Las Vegas
Nev
Nevada
Yuca Flat
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Twenty Four Cotton Belt Cars Derail Near Athens
Twenty four Cotton Belt freight train cars derailed and overturned near Athens Texas yesterday. No injuries were reported though perishables aboard were damaged. The train was en route from Corsicana to St Louis.
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Athens
Tex
Corsicana
St. Louis
Governor Claims Smear Campaign From Washington
Governor Allan Shivers rejects a House charge that he and other farm operators exploit cheap Mexican labor. He brands it part of a Washington smear campaign with a Texas branch, saying he has never met Rep. Rooney who leveled the accusation. Rooney says Shivers uses illegal aliens and violates immigration laws.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
Rep
Rooney
D-Ny
Shivers
Mexico
Washington
Texas
Congress
Rural Electrification Grants Loans to Two Rural Co-ops
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a $495,000 loan to Deaf Smith County Electric Cooperative of Hereford Texas and a $144,000 loan to Griswold Cooperative Telephone Co of Griswold Iowa.
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Washington
Rural Electrification Administration
Deaf Smith County Electric Cooperative
Hereford
Tex
Griswold Cooperative Telephone Co
Griswold
Iowa
Police Chief Guilty In Cicero Race Riot Trial
In Cicero Illinois the police chief two officers and the village attorney were found guilty on Civil Rights Act charges tied to last July's race rioting when a Black family moved into a 20 unit building. City officials face possible prison terms and fines.
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Chicago
Cicero
Erwin Konovsky
Roland Brami
Frank A. Lange
Nicholas Berliog
Harvey E. Clark Jr
Frank Janaecek
Henry J. Sandusky
Theodore Wesolowski
Walter J. la Bay
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Martin
East Texas
Ike Woos MacArthur
South
Solon
United States
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