Parr Laughs As Grand Jury Indicts Him In Texas Case
South Texas political boss George Parr laughed on June 5 as a Duval County grand jury indicted him for assault with intent to murder. The 18 sealed indictments included Parr and former Duval County auditor C. T. Stansell Jr. Parr’s bond was set at 2500 dollars and he plans a change of venue. A federal judge in Houston reportedly supplied background. Three local residents filed a separate tax payer suit to halt county spending, with a hearing set for June 14.
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San Diego
Tex
Cristobal Ybanez
Broadfoot
Parr
Archer Parr
Sheoriff
Ear
Delaney
Freer. Tex
de Janes
Stanse
Voraver
Yoaner
Yearer
Duval County
Kenneth Oden
Alice
Jacob
Floyd Jr
Jong Parr
Fire nears Atomic City as Los Alamos faces wildfire
A fast spreading forest fire swept toward Los Alamos on June 5 threatening the Atomic Energy Commission testing center. Officials evacuated the AEC installations while more than 500 firefighters fought the blaze through Jemez mountains. Winds gusting up to 45 mph shifted and slowed, with residents warned of possible danger to the city.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Papar
Jemez
Water Canyon
Forest Service
Jemez Mountain
U S Opens Direct Talks With Red China Over Prisoners
Geneva June 5 AP The United States began direct discussions with Red China at the Geneva conference to secure release of about 80 Americans held or denied exit visas. Talks marked first direct U S China exchange since Panmunjom. The group includes 34 civilians and 29 military personnel, with 39 civilians not part of discussions.
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Geneva
United States
Red China
Peiping
U.S
Eisenhower
U. Alexis Johnson
Czechoslovakia
Wang Ping-nan
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Humphrey Trevelyan
Air Force
Korea
Naval
Coast Guard
China
Engineer Held In Korean Fraud Case Seeks Freedom
American engineer Clarence Fleming, 41, of Louisville Kentucky, seeks release as Seoul district court considers a second bid for freedom while he faces a $500000 fraud charge. Prosecutors and police allege he supplied two Korean businessmen with briquette machinery in 1952 while with the U N Civil Assistance Command.
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Seoul
Clarence Flemling
Fleming
Louisville
United Nations Civil Assistance Command
ROK
Senator Symington Says GOP Has Fallen Apart
Senator Stuart Symington told Minnesota Democrats at the Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner that the Republican Party has fallen apart and the nation faces recession. He criticized GOP foreign policy and linked party discord to the Army McCarthy hearings, while urging a strong economy and full employment to meet communism.
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ST. Paul
Minn
Stuart Symington
D-Mo
Symington
Minnesota
GOP
Allen
Sen
Joesph McCarthy
Army
Senate
Democratic Party
Robert Stevens
McCarthy
Well Mannered Youth Admits Three Slayings
John Francis Roche a 27 year old steamfitter described as well mannered admitted three slayings and two rapes of teenagers. He was arrested after a traffic violation and is linked to the East Side attacks including the Dorothy Westwater case and other victims Marion Brown Rose Chronik and a taxi driver. Police say the suspect confessed to multiple violent crimes spanning last year across New York.
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New York
John Francis Roche
Roche
Upper East Side
Dorothy Westwater
E. 67Th St
Rockaway Beach
Theockaway
Westwater
Marion Brown
Rose Chronik
Three Brothers Held In Stabbing Near Fort Stockton
Three Latin American brothers Jose Urias Lupe Urias and Hijanado Urias were jailed in Pecos County for the fatal stabbing of Adam Terrazas 27 near Fort Stockton early Saturday Terrazas died after eight stab wounds The three men face grand jury action July 12 with bonds set at 10000 for Hijanado and 5000 for each of the other two Sheriff said the stabbing followed a singing and guitar playing at a house half a mile from the Marathon Highway Terrazas a auto store employee left a wife and three children.
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Fort Stockton
Pecos County
Adam Terrazas
Jose Urias
Lupe Urias
Hijanado Urias
Terrazas
Buck Luttrell
Pete Ten Eyck
Marathon Highway
Jauto
Odessa Man Recalls D-Day First Enlisted Beach Hit
John G. McFarlen 39, cement contractor of 601 E 15th Odessa reflects on the 10th anniversary of D-Day. A paratrooper who preceded landings, he helped set radar and lights on the beach at Saint Laurent sur Mer. He survived to raise four children and earned a Bronze Star.
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John G. McFarlen
E. 15Th
Europe
Germany
Normandy Beach
France
McCrarien
McFarlen
Odessan
Corporal McFarlens
Normand
Saint Laurent-Sur-Mer
McFarren
U. S
England
Holland
Belgium
Odessa
Sweetwater
Abilene
Odessa and Andrews marijuana ring busted by deputies
Odessa and Andrews County authorities rounded up three men after a foot race in Odessa's Latin section led to eight reefers found on Charlie Munoz. Hubert Storm and Elias Prieto were also jailed with charges for marijuana possession and transportation. investigators traced the group from a cafe on the Andrews Highway to Magnolia Street.
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Andrews County
Elmer (Peewee) Norman
L. B. Henson
Magnolia Street
Justice ‘Court
A. P. Boyt
Charlie Munoz
Zacatecas
Munoz
Norman
Henson
Hubert Storm
Andrews
Elias Prieto
Humble
Storm
Prieto
Andrews Highway
Magnolia
Sheriffs Office
Christ in Work Called Need for Daily Devotions
The Southern Baptist Convention urged laymen to place Christ in Industry by organizing daily devotional meetings on the job. In closing session a resolution by Dr. W C Boone highlighted the zeal and called these meetings fruitful for souls, convictions, workplace harmony, and reverence to the savior.
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ST. Louis
Southern Baptist Convention Today
W.C. Boone
Louisville
Three McCarthy Stevens Calls Publicized in Hearing Row
Texts of three monitored McCarthy Stevens calls released show Feb 20 threat to retaliate against Army actions forbidding generals to testify. McCarthy urged Stevens not to use Schine in the committee and joked about Roy Cohn and Schine’s hair.
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Washington
McCarthy
Wis
Stevens
G. David Schine
Schine
Roy Cohn
Roy
Ralph W. Zwicker
Zwicker
Irving Peress
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Robert
McCarthy Says Shots Called By the Enemies
Senator McCarthy told a Ripon crowd at the 100th birthday of the Republican party that shots in the Army row are called not by loyalists to Eisenhower but by those who would destroy his party. He named Sen Stuart Symington as a Democratic would be presidential candidate and condemned Democratic cooperation with the Army secretary. Gov Walter Kohler joined in urging union as Republicans heard the speech to a 3000 to 5000 audience.
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Ripon
Wis
Sen
McCarthy
Eisenhower
Republican Party
Washington
Chicago
Stuart Symington
Army
Stevens
Symington
Missouri
Joe
Sen. McCarthy
Senate
East German Reds Open Youth Rally
East Berlin hosts a three day rally for about 70 000 Soviet zone youths. Peace dove gestures mark the opening at Walter Ulbricht Stadium as armed Communist police block access to Western sectors to keep the crowd from entering the West.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Reds
Walter Ulbricht
Wstern
Bandit Robs Bergstrom Base Bank and Disappears with 30000
A six foot tall, 190 pound man wearing army fatigues and dark glasses robbed the Austin National Bank on Bergstrom Air Force Base, stuffing $30,000 into a brown paper sack. He ordered staff into the vault, then left as air police, FBI, and Texas Rangers sealed the base and searched for him. No getaway car seen. investigators note three recent Texas robberies in two days.
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Austin
Bergstrom Air Force Base
FBI
Texas Rangers
Air Force Base
Austin National Bank
Air Police
State Rangers
Texas
Air Force
Grapeland State Bank
Frost National Bank
San Antonio
Soldier held in Friday Frost National Bank robbery
A 25 year old soldier Pfc Henderson H Denton of Houston stationed at Fort Sam Houston was arrested Saturday and charged with the Friday robbery of Frost National Bank in San Antonio. Ten fifty dollar bills were taken and only fifty dollars recovered. Denton admitted the holdup and said he needed five hundred ten dollars.
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San Antonio
Frost National Bank
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pfc
Henderson H. Denton
Houston
Fort Sam Houston
FBI
M. P. Chiles
Denton
Chiles
Sget
Alvin Yoakum
Yoakum
U.S
Campaign Must Be Cooled Off
Dallas June 5 A hot campaign plan has cooled. Dick Connally candidate for Congress ordered 50000 advertising matches but they burned up on the way to Texas.
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Dallas
Dick Connally
Congress
Texas
Tearful patrons as bar safe bomb causes cries
In Bismarck on June 5 bar patrons cried after a tear gas like device kept in the Blackstone Club safe exploded when the bartender shut the safe door. Firemen arrived with pace ejectors and found customers drinking beer with tears on their cheeks.
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Bismarck
N. D
Blackstone Club
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