Union Man Gray Denied Retrial After Heated Hearing
William Allen Gray 44, a union organizer, had his request for a new trial denied by County Judge Lucille Gerron after a forceful court session. Prosecutor Kelton argued the four count indictment stood and that new trial was unwarranted.
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Tracy Byers
William Allen Gray
Lucille Gerron
J. A. Moore
Gray
George Kelton
Kelton
Moore
Coun
M. E. Locker
Baash - Ross
Odessa
Bill Shoopman
Locker
QO. E. Gerron
George Thomas
Big Spring
Ross Davis
Baash-Ross
Alex Oglivy
W. B. Stone
State Court of Criminal Appeals
Gerron
Thomas
Rig Accident Kills Oil Worker Near Konawa
Sam Harkey a 38 year old oil well driller from Holdenville Oklahoma was killed in a rig accident two miles south of Konawa. He slipped and was entangled in a catline used to tighten drilling pipe joints. Harkey had drilled for 12 years and casing had just been set with drilling ready to begin.
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Konawa
Okla
Sam Harkey
Holdenville
Harkey
East Texas Faces More Tornado Threats
Severe weather risk lingered in extreme east Texas and western Louisiana with forecasts for tornado formation. In Grayson County near Sherman a twister damaged crops and buildings, while residents reported funnels in the sky and winds up to 60 mph at Fort Hood.
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Sherman
Tex
Texas
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Grayson County
Sherman Thurslday
W. J. Calhoun
Tinker Air Force Base
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth
Fort Hood
Dallas
Convicts Refuse to Work at Louisiana Pen Riot
About 200 Negro inmates staged a sit down strike at Angola prison, 70 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, prompting troopers to fire three gas shells and arrest 42 ringleaders. Angola’s camp system and demands for better food bathing facilities and clothing spurred the disturbance.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
State Penitentiary
Francis Grevemberg
Angola
Here
Greenberg
D. D. Bazer
Spt
Bazer
Reed Cozart
Federal Correctional Institute
Seagoville
Tex
Robert Kennon
Hobbs Woman Dies In Auto Accident Near Here Today
Mrs. Erma Lee Black 36 of Hobbs New Mexico died in a car crash about 20 miles northwest of Odessa on the Kermit Highway. The 1952 sedan rolled several times after she apparently lost control. She suffered head injuries and a crushed chest and died en route to Medical Center Hospital. The body lies at Hubbard Funeral Home.
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Erma Lee Black
Hobbs
N. M
Odessa
Kermit Highway
Texas
Black
Kermit
Presbyterians Begin Talk Fest
Charleston West Virginia June 6 The 92nd General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church U S began discussion today on more than 50 proposed changes in church order and administrations. It opened its first full day of business with 438 commissioners representing about 725000 members in 18 Southern states and the District of Columbia. Dr W A Alexander moderator from Shreveport La was elected on the second ballot over the Rev J J Murray of Lexington Va. He has previously moderated Alabama and Louisiana synods and was replaced as chairman of the world missions committee for the 1952 assembly by Dr James I McCord of Austin Theological Seminary Texas.
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Charleston
Shreveport
J. J. Murray
Lexington
Alexander
Alabama
Louisiana
James I. McCord
Austin, Tex
Police Continue Hunt For Bandit After Robbery
An all night police search for a gunman who hijacked Mrs. Fannie Putty of Alleghany, taking $101, failed to capture him. Putty described the 18 year old bandit as tall and slender and wearing goggles rubber gloves and a sore on his lower lip near N Lee and W Fifth.
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Fannie Putty
Alleghancy
Batista Named Government Candidate for Cuba President
Havana June 6 Gen Fulgencio Batista who led a March revolution and became president will be the government's candidate in the November 1953 presidential elections.
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Havana
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Chicago man impersonates friend to enlist in Air Force
A 22 year old Chicago 4-F impersonated a 1-A friend to enlist in the Air Force. He served five months at Lackland AFB and will be discharged under the friend's name, Richard Phelan, after the real man chose to marry and avoid the draft. Officials consider reclassification under a limited service program.
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San Antonio
Chicago
Air Force
Robert Hybert
Lackland Air Force Base
Dies
Richard Phelan
Phelan
Hubert
Bernard Painter
Painter
Lackland
Maj
Myron Roth
Roth
Russia lifts Berlin blockade after U.S. protest
Soviet troops clear felled trees and reopen Steinstuecken, allowing 160 residents to travel to West Berlin. East Germany bills $14 million for seven years of telephone service between West Berlin and West Germany. Allies consider emergency short wave radio readiness.
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Berlin
Russia
U.S
Red
Steinstuecken
West Berlin
West Germany
Western Berlin
Frankfurt
Germany
Amerricans
Cecil B. Lyon
U.S. High Commission
A. F. Susin
Water Supply Crisis Deepens in Odessa
Odessa’s water system remains critical as storage tanks drop to rock bottom again. City Water Superintendent A L Wright reports many northeast homes without water and no gains in tank levels. He urges residents to avoid lawn watering for a few more days while awaiting extra supply from Martin County. Trucks patrol residential areas nightly to enforce restrictions.
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Odessa
A. L. Wright
Wright
Martin County
United States urges annual censustion survey at UN
The United States told the United Nations to abandon a freedom of information treaty and instead appoint an impartial official to report annually on world censorship. Walter Kotschnig argued treaties deepen divisions between nations with varying press freedoms and suggested annual public debate to show global status.
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United Nations
N. Y
United States
Walter Kotschnig
U. S
U. N. Economic and Social Council
U.N
U. N
Britain
Kotschnig
Social Committee
The
Economic and Social Council
Mouse Disrupts Plans For Eight Atomic Blast
A desert mouse hid in a sensitive camera at Yucca Flat near Las Vegas nearly postponed the eighth atomic blast. Officials said the mouse was coaxed from the camera with cheese, allowing the test to proceed as planned.
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Los Vegas
Nev
Yucca Flat
Records Improve At Midland Rodeo
More than 6,000 spectators watched the 18th Major World Championship Rodeo second night. Troy Fort of Loving New Mexico roped a calf in 15 seconds for the fast time and Jack Favor of Arlington Texas downed a steer in eight seconds for another outstanding feat.
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Midland
Troy Fort
Loving
N. M
Jack Favor
Arlington
Tex
Taft Signals Willingness to Compromise Delegates
Sen. Robert A. Taft said he is willing to compromise on contests to the Republican national convention on a fair basis. He aims to avoid credential fights and noted Eisenhower endorsements of the party's anti socialism slogan. Taft expects district contests in Indiana and a larger at large slate to be decided by the state convention and caucuses.
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Indianapolis
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Indiana
Chicago
Texas
Henry Cabot Lodge
Mass
Dwight D. Eisen
Eisenhower
Credentials Committee
Abilene
Kas
Sen
Lodge
South Dakota
Ridgway Marks 8th D-Day Anniversary in Normandy
General Matthew B Ridgway visits Utah and Omaha beaches Sainte Mere Eglise and Arromanches to mark the eighth anniversary of the 1944 Normandy invasion He lays a wreath at milestone zero and inspects cemeteries while Allied officials join in ceremonies a call to vigilance for the free world amid mounting global tensions
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Normandy
France
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
Ridgway
82Nd Airborne
Hitler
Utah
Omaha
Sainte Mere Eglise
Germany
Omaha Beach
Bayeux
St. Laurent
Utah Beach
Fighting First
Andre Lemmonier
Shape Headquarters
Britain
Admiralty
J. P. L. Thomas
Arromanches
Geiger Needles Begin Twitching After Nevada Test Dust
Chicago reports a radioactive dusting from Nevada nuclear tests. University of Chicago scientists say particles showered the city during a Monday night rain. They stress the spike is not dangerous with ground level readings at 1 to 1.5 milliroentgens per hour. Ar underestimate?
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Chicago
Nevada
University of Chicago
Argonne National Laboratories
Odessa Porter Held After $130 Theft And Beer Party
Police detained a young Black porter who allegedly stole $130 from Cecil Taylor's Service Station on East Second and financed an expenses paid beer run to Big Spring with three companions. Detectives recovered about $70. the suspect, too drunk to speak, could not be questioned.
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Big Spring
Cecil Taylor
Taylor
Heavy Bonds Set For 2 Bad Boys
Two Texans labeled real bad boys by the FSI face heavy bonds after bank burglary charges. James V. Counts, 31, of Henrietta Oklahoma, held on 50 000 bond in Tupelo Mississippi for crimes in Carter Oklahoma and Texas towns Trent and Enterprise. Melvin Westfall, 22, of Terrell Oklahoma, held on 10 000 bond on a federal charge of harboring a fugitive. Both waived preliminary hearings. Also charged are Don Hall, jailed pending appeal of a murder conviction, and his wife Wilma Sue Hall, 31, held in Lubbock.
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FSI
Odessa
James V. Counts
Henrietta
Okla
Tupelo
Miss
Carter
Texas
Trent
Enterprise
Melvin Westfall
Terrell
U. S
Don Hall
Wilma Sue Hall
Lubbock
Uninstructed DC Republicans to send six delegates
Washington DC Republicans will nominate a six member uninstructed delegation for the GOP convention in Chicago on July 7. The slate includes party officials and local activists guiding the district’s early campaign efforts ahead of the nominating event.
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Washington
District of Columbia
Chicago
Demos GOPers Invited To Address Convention
NEW YORK August dates set for the American Legion National Convention inviting Republican and Democratic presidential hopefuls and President Truman to address attendees from August 25 to 28. Convention official James V. Demarest announced the plan.
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Demos
Gopers
New York
Truman
American Legion National
James V. Demarest
Eisenhower Set To Battle Taft For 1952 Nomination
Abilene Kans June 6 Eisenhower rules out a fight with Sen Taft for the GOP nomination and focuses on defeating Democrats and socialism He outlines campaign ideas during his New York trip explains alignment with Republican positions and would back Taft if he secures the nomination He plans a news conference in New York after a two day hometown visit and a meeting with Gov Dewey.
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Abilene
Kans
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
New York
Taft
Ohio
Cincinnati
Chicago
Thomas Dewey
Commodore Hotel
Steel Strike Talks Take Hopeful Look
Washington reports a three man negotiating team resumes intensive talks at the White House as Senate leaders delay steel dispute legislation. John R. Steelman says both sides are in real bargaining and not pessimistic about a weekend settlement of the CIO Steelworkers strike affecting 650,000 workers.
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Washington
White House
Senate
McFarland
Ariz
CIO
John R. Steelman
Truman
Steelman
Supreme Court
Detroit Steel Corp
Steele
Pittsburgh
Phillip Murray
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