Steel Settlement Near as Talks Enter Fifth Day
Washington June 9. Top government officials forecast a steel strike settlement Monday near terms urged by the Wage Stabilization Board. President Truman urged Congress to withhold intervention, expressing hope for a successful contract. Negotiators for major steel firms and the CIO Steelworkers Union were to present a wrap‑in offer after five days of talks as wage and fringe benefits were narrowed.
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Washington
Ccrd
Conzaem
Truman
Senate
Prsident Aiken W. Berkley
CIO Steelworkers
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
John R. Steelman
Eisenhower Camp Opposes MacArthur as Keynoter
Chicago dispatch reports supporters of General Eisenhower challenge Taft backers who favor General Douglas MacArthur for Republican National Convention keynoter. J Russel Sprague notes opposition due to MacArthur's Taft support. Hallanan predicts MacArthur will be named. Eisenhower camp vows to fight on principle, despite odds in the arrangements committee.
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Chicago
Dwight
Eisenhower
Robert A. Tait
Douglas MacArthur
J. Russel Sprague
New York
Cold 2
MacArthur
Taft
Walter Halanian
West Virginia
Hallanan
Sprague
Midland man fined after fast street chase ends in gunfire
Joseph H. Chancellor, 26, a Midland typewriter salesman, was fined 101 dollars for reckless driving and resisting arrest after a 70 mph pursuit ending eight miles from Odessa. He refused to exit the car, scuffled with officers, cut his neck on glass, and was treated at Medi-Center Hospital before jail.
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Midland
Joseph H. Chancellor
James W. Davis
E. Eighth Street
Davis
Clyde Ray
E. Eighth and
Dixie
Chancellor
Odessa
Medi- Center Hospital
Justice of Peace
Thomas Murphy
Houston Man Burns in Midland Odessa Crash
James Butler 43 of Houston remains in very critical condition with burns over his body and face after a single engine plane crash at the Odessa Midland Air Terminal. O W Sanders 31 of Houston faces serious burns to arms and legs and is conscious only intermittently. Sanders is president and owner of OTECO Equipment Co. Butler worked for the firm. Both had been visiting the Houston firm’s branch in Odessa prior to the crash.
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James Butler
Houston
Memorial Hospital
Midland
Butler
O. W. Sanders
Sanders
Odessa-Midland
Senders
Oteco Equipment Co
Fun
Tessa
OTECO
Knife Victim Resting Well After Flats Fight
Louella Scott of 719 E Wilson Sr remained in serious condition at Medical Center Hospital but slightly improved and resting well after four stab wounds and a punctured lung from a Flats fight with Flossie Mae Pennye. Miss Pennye of 719 E Wilson St was charged with aggravated assault claiming self defense after the altercation.
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Louella Scott
E. Wilson Sr
Medical Center Hospital
Ihe
Flossie Mae Pennye
E. Wilson St
Pennye
Amarillo Doctor Named Commander of Texas DAV
Dr Sam McMenamy of Amarillo was named commander of the Texas Disabled American Veterans at the close of the state conventions yesterday in El Paso Texas.
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Amarillican
EL Paso
Tex
Sam McMenamy
Amarillo
Texas
Pilot Says Fie is Owner of Airplane
In Brownsville Texas Alfred L. Conklin chief pilot for U S Overseas Airline tried to recover a DC-4 from Frontier Airmotors Co but Lloyd A Webb of Bayside New York held the plane claiming a 25 percent stake and a rent amount of about 159000 owed. Webb said he and partner Earl Clements owned a quarter each while the airline held half. The CAA teletype labeled the aircraft stolen as Conklin sought surrender. Webb was detained briefly in Brownsville.
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Brownsville
Tex
U. S
Alfred L. (Pappy) Conklin
Lloyd A. Webb
Bayside
N. Y
Oakland
Calif
Conklin
Paul Y. Cunningham
Web
Webb
Brownsville International
Frontier Airmotors Co
George Zarski
Frontier
Zarski
New Yorker
Pacific
Earl Clements
New York
CAA
Solution Sought in Korea Crisis
President Syngman Rhee said he will wait a few days before dissolving the national assembly in hopes of a reasonable solution to the Korean crisis. Rhee rejects UN appeals for moderation and has arrested 11 assemblymen over a communist bribery claim. charges are not detailed.
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Pusan Korea
Syngman Rhee
National Assembly
Rhee
United Nations
Odessa Carpenter Survives House Fire in Nighttime Blaze
H M Gray, 43, a Odessa carpenter, narrowly escaped death when his four room frame house at 512 W Fourth caught fire around 11 30 p m Saturday. He suffered second degree burns to his arms legs and feet and was taken to Medical Center Hospital in serious condition. Fire officials said fumes may have ignited a match as the blaze started with the bath room scene found by Fireman James Null. His daughter Beverly was away at the time.
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Odessa
H. M. Gray
W. Fourth
James Null
Woman Shot in Freak Bedroom Accident
Mrs. Bertha Mae Kirkpatrick, 708 Drury Lane, sustained leg wounds from a single .22 slug in a freak bedroom accident. Her daughter Evelyn, 18, said the rifle on the window casing fell when she slammed the door at 1 30 this morning. She and husband A C Kirkpatrick were in bed nearby.
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Bertha "Mae Kirkpatrick
Drury Lane
Medical Center Hospital
Evelyn
One Down One To Go in Oil Strike
Houston June 9 One down and one to go in the oil strife as Crown Central Petroleum workers returned to work after 39 days on strike. They won a 15 cent hourly raise plus six and twelve cent differentials and $89 retroactive pay. Crown Central signed a new contract approved by Local 227 of the Oil Workers International Union while Shell Deer Park refinery remained on strike with ongoing talks.
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Houston
Crown Central Petroleum Company
Shell Oil Company
Deer Park
Gulf Coast
Crown Central
Swift
Oil Workers International Union
Van Fleet pledges stiff defense against Communist attack
General James A. Van Fleet warned the Communists against attacking UN forces in Korea, claiming they would be soundly defeated. The Eighth Army repelled probing assaults on the 155 mile front as UN troops gained ground west of Chorwon and on the central front. Night B 26 bombers destroyed a locomotive and several boxcars south of Wonsan.
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Seoul
Korea
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Eighth Army
van Fleet
Eighth
Chorwon
Officer Saves Boy As Daughter Drowns
In San Marcos on Springlake a boat overturned during a family outing. Lt. Clarence Zinkgraf saved his four year old son Stevie while rescuers could not reach his two year old daughter Margaret Ann Zinkgraf who drowned. The party also included Sgt. and Mrs. Jack Gore.
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San Marcos
Air Force
Sunday
Springlake
Margaret Ann Zinkgraf
Stevie
Clarence Zinkgraf
Jack Gore
Fasting preacher in Missouri dies after 51 day fast
Rev. J. J. Ivie, 57, of the Assembly of God Church in Cherryville Missouri, dies after 51 days with no food seeking the more perfect will of God. His wife and six children were at his side as he weakened from a long fast begun in April.
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Cherryville
Ozarks
J. J. Ivie
Assembly of God ‘Church
St. Louis
Ivie
Jesus
Eisenhower Meets Republican Delegates in New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower begins a busy six day politicking stretch by meeting delegates from 19 states with 586 votes. A campaign spokesman said state leaders will decide how many delegates see him and how travel is funded while the national organization pays no expenses.
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New York
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenhower Organization
National
Delaware
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Indiana
John S. Fine
Pennsylvania
Columbia University
Graham Sets New Mark in Murder Capital Crusade
In Houston on June 9 Rev. Billy Graham prepared to move his evangelistic team to Jackson Mississippi after two new records in five weeks in the nation’s murder capital. About 45 000 attended the final Rice Stadium services boosting total attendance to 471 000 with 7 728 conversions, both new records for the evangelist.
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Houston
Billy Graham
Jackson
Miss
Rice Stadium
Odessa Inches Toward Water Relief With New Wells
Odessa faces a critical water shortage but expects relief as 5,009,000 gallons daily from Martin County wells will be added to city mains by Thursday or Friday. The 33 inch line has reached Odessa but crews must flush and check for leaks over 3 4 days. A celebration is set for 2 30 p m Sunday at the water plant north of the city on North Golder.
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Odessa
Martin County
North
Golder
Tragic drowning of 10-year-old Allen in stock pond near Lufkin
In Lufkin on June 9 P Tomy Gee Allen 10 son of Mr and Mrs R D Allen drowned Sunday in a stock pond near the Allen residence authorities investigated but details remain sparse.
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Lufkin
Tomy Gee ‘Allen
R. D. Allen
Allen
States May Abandon Public Schools Racial Segregation Ruling
Washington June 9 The Supreme Court agreed to hear whether school segregation of Negro children should be outlawed in Topeka Kansas and Clarendon County South Carolina The case could affect public school segregation nationwide If the ruling goes against segregation South Carolina Georgia Virginia and Alabama may move to abandon public schools in favor of privately operated classrooms The appeals seek to overturn lower court upholding segregation and argue it violates equal protection The Court may issue a decision this year or in 1953 Topeka grades end segregation at sixth grade with higher levels integrated
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Washington
Supreme Court
Topeka
Kans
Clarendon County
S. C
High Tribunal
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Alabama
High Court
Charleston
Oklahoma
Texas
Special Court
High
Clarendon
Troops Practice Breakup of Prisoner Compounds on Koje Island
American paratroopers armed with flamethrowers and tear gas staged a final rehearsal for the planned breakup of rebellious Communist POW compounds on Koje Island Korea. Operation split up begins Tuesday with tanks backing the assault to disperse up to 6 000 prisoners per compound into smaller groups.
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Koje Island
Korea
187Th Airborne
Francis T. Dodd
No. 76
Koje
Dodd
French Reds Admit Spying on Naval Activities
Paris June 9 police said two militant Communists confessed to betraying secret information on French naval and army activities. Emile Deyris and Rene Mayen were arrested in Toulon after raids on the naval base. They admitted giving reports on radar research troop movements and equipment sent to Indo China to the French Communist party. The party accused the government of censoring its mail amid political pressure from Premier Pinay.
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Paris
Toulon
Communist Party
Indo-China
Pollice
Emile Deyris
Naval
Brunch
Rene Mayen
Devris
Mayen
Antonine Pinay
Porch railing collapse claims life of Spence Davis
In Chicago on June 8 a porch railing gave way as Spence Davis aged 36 rested a foot against it while shining his shoes. He fell two stories to his death.
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Chicago
Spence Davis
Davis
Texas Democratic committee allows noncompliant candidates on ballot
The State Democratic Executive Committee refused to bar candidates who did not meet campaign expense provisions and approved those who paid filing fees by May 5 for the July 26 primary. It criticized the new law's campaign spending section as void. Amarillo selected as the Sept. 9 state convention site amid a push for local ballot procedures. General Ernest O. Thompson touted Amarillo facilities for the gathering.
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Austin
Democratic Execustive
Edwin Hawes Jr
Wharton
State Executive Committee
Amarillo
Panhandle
Fort Worth
Tex
Ernest O. Thompson
Railroad Commission
Mossadegh Denounces Oil Nationalization Slavery Claim
At The Hague June 9 Iranian Premier Mossadegh told the court that Iran’s oil nationalization ended 20 years of slavery and corruption and rejected ICJ authority in the dispute with Britain. He spoke through two aides in a packed Peace Palace session.
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Hague
The
Netherlands
Mos ‘Hammed Mossadegh
Moncay
Iran
International Court of Justice
Britain
Mossadegh
Peace Palace
Jose Gustavo Guerrero
el Salvador
Lristain
Arnold MacNair
Sergei Alexandrovic Golunesky
India
United Nations Security Council
Porter Denounces Taft Comment as Not Cry Babies
Fort Worth June 9 State Manager Jack Porter arrived from Houston for the Republican executive committee meeting to answer Taft campaign manager David Ingalls who called Taft supporters cry babies after losses Porter says the remark is assinine and a reply will come later. The committee will pick a city for the August 26 convention to name GOP nominees for state district and local offices.
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Fort Worth
Eiesenhower
Jack Pereter
Assinine
Taft
Porter
Houston
Reublican Executive Committee
David S. Ingalls
Robert A. Taft
Inegalls
Washington
GOP
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