Cohn Links Schines Fate to Red Probe
Roy M. Cohn testified that Army Counselor John G. Adams tied Pvt. G. David Schines overseas sending to efforts to stop the McCarthy subcommittee probes of Ft. Monmouth and the Army loyalty board. Cohn said Adams implied Schine’s fate depended on Adams’s view.
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Washington (Ap
Roy M. Cohn
Army
John G. Adams
Pvt. G. David Schine
McCarthy Subcommittee
Ft. Monmouth
N. J
Army Loyalty Board
Cohn
Joseph N. Welch
Adams
Schine
Robert T. Stevens
Senate
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy
Sen
Symington
Wisconsin
Monmouth
Heat Fires Across Athens in Cross Burnings and Palestine
In Athens Texas Sheri Jess Sweeten reports a cross burned near a Negro school as three white men were seen placing the cross in a Mercury. Similar cross notes appeared in Orange, signed RAK, amid rising racial tension after school desegregation rulings.
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Athens
Tex
Texas
Sheri Jess Sweeten
Henderson
Saig
Sweeten
Ku Klux Klan
Supreme Court
Orange
Gulf Coast
Mary Alice Laker
Daily Orange
Jack Hardee
Crane County Grand Jury Delayed Indictment
A Crane County grand jury session was dismissed due to insufficient members. County Attorney Ken Spencer said two jurors had left the state and three were on vacation. A new session is set for July 6 to consider indictments in the assault with intent to murder and rape of a 15 year old Odessa girl. Suspects Billy Wayne Smith and Gordon Summers are jailed.
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Crane
Crane County
Ken Spencer
Odessa
Billy Wayne Smith
Gordon Summers
Brownell Plans Tripled Border Guard Force
Atty Gen Brownell announced a greatly augmented immigration service will mount a mop up operation at the Mexican border aimed at illegal entrants described as wetbacks. Normal patrol strength will be tripled for the June 17 start in southern California and Arizona, with a request to Congress for new weapons to stop the rising flow of illegal migrants.
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Washington
Gen
Browne
Immigration Service
California
Arizona
Brownell
Congress
Derrick Theft Reported at Tulsa Gas Well
J M Frig of Broken Arrow reported the theft of a derrick and related items Tuesday. The missing house machinery and drill pipe required six trucks to move the rig into position at the gas well.
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Tulsa
J.M. Frigge
Broken Arrow
Weather forecast Mixed skies with warmth and showers
Partly cloudy and continued warm today and tonight with scattered thundershowers in the vicinity tonight. High today around 92 degrees, low tonight near 70, high tomorrow about 92. Yesterday peaked at 91 with a low around 70.
Parr counters with two suits in grand jury case
San Diego Tex an oilman George Parr challenged a Duval County grand jury again after an indictment for assault to murder. He says the March 25 guilty plea for whipping a man with a rifle barrel involved aggravated assault and pays a $150 fine. Parr seeks to quash the new indictment claiming bias due to Freedom party influence. C. T. Stansell, indicted on 17 forgery counts, also moves to quash on similar grounds.
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San Diego
Tex
George Parr
Duval County
Grand Jury
Parr
Politico
Cristobal Ybanez
Freedom Party
A.S. Broadfoot
C. T. Stansell
High Winds Fuel House Fire in Wabash Home
High winds spread a fire at the home of James Ellis 600 Wabash destroying the house and Ellis' parked car nearby. Firemen reported rapid spread due to gusts and could not control the blaze. Cause and origin remained undetermined at noon Wednesday.
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James Ellis
Wabash
Ellis
Sack Of Dirty Socks Stolen In Honolulu Attack
A masked man attacked a Chinese cook in an alley in Honolulu and stole a paper sack containing a pair of dirty socks, reports say. The incident was noted by police, with the sock contents cited as the motive.
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Honolulu
T. H
Nedow Withdraws From Odessa TV Channel 7 Bid
Nedow, owner of KECK radio, asked the FCC to withdraw his Channel 7 application in Odessa. The move leaves two Odessa firms in a two way race for the channel while hearing had been set in Washington. The FCC also authorized Texas Telecasting to withdraw its Big Spring Channel and plans a future channel request.
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Ben Nedow
KECK
Federal Communications Commission
Washington
Odessa
Associated Press
Nedow
Channel 7
Odessa TeleVision Company
Cecil Trigg
KOSA
Oregon- Oklahoma
Trigg
Commission
Texas Telecasting Inc
Big Spring
Big Spring Broadcasting Company
Texas Telecasting
Judge Demands Lloyds Leader Testify In Texas Insolvency Suit
In Austin the state seeks a permanent injunction to shut Lloyds of North America down. Judge Charles Betts orders top executive Ralph Hammonds to testify tomorrow at the receivership trial after missing the first two days. Hammonds’ lawyer calls his appearance voluntary. Julian Cate, examiner, led yesterday’s testimony as the state accuses the insurer of fraudulent organization and insolvency amid a Texas enforcement crackdown.
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Austin TV
Lloyd's of North America Insurance Company
Charles Betts
Ralph Hammonds
Hammonds
98Th District Court
Betts
Herman Jones
Austin
Julian Cate
Insurance Commission
Lloyd’s
Texas
Beaumont
Ennis
el Paso
Texan Indicted in FHA Loan Deceit Charges
Houston resident James Lester Bennett and an associate from the Rio Grande Valley were indicted on 16 counts for making false statements to obtain more than 10 000 in Federal Housing Administration and related loans. Authorities say he claimed he could arrange home repair loans for eight people and used hotel addresses while operating in the Rio Grande Valley since January.
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Galveston
James Lester Bennett
Houston
Rio Grande Valley
Federal Housing Administration
Bennett
Moss Withers Property Settlement Reported
A pre trial hearing for Jane Withers and William Moss was postponed to June 21 after their lawyer said the couple had reached a property settlement. Terms were not disclosed. Withers, 28, is a former child movie star and Moss, 33, an Odessa Midland oilman. They have three children and discuss an annual income of about $100,000.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Jane Withers
William Moss
Miss Withers
Two Odessans Jailed In 48 Pound Marijuana Haul
Odessa authorities seized 48 pounds of marijuana after an 80 mile per hour chase eight miles southwest of Odessa. Claude Wands and Thomas Noble are jailed on possession and transportation charges with $10,000 bonds. The stash valued at about $134,000 was headed for New York City.
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Texas
Odessa
Claude
Pancho) Wands
N. Jackson
Thomas
Fats) Noble
Fry Cook
Albuquerque
Wands
Noble
Harris
Wand
Jackson Street
Nobles
Rocket Sled Reaches 421 MPH for Human Speed Mark
At Holloman AFB New Mexico Lt Col John P L Stapp set a 421 mph ground speed record on a rocket sled during tests to study high altitude bailouts. The 7 second run produced forces up to 22 g and a peak weight of 3 960 pounds. The test used two vehicles with 12 rockets and water braking. Future tests aim for speeds toward 1000 mph with volunteers.
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Alamogordo
Air Force
Holloman Air Force Base
John PL Stapp
Aviltion Medical Research
Col. Stapp
John Cobb
Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
Stapp
Aero Medical Field Laboratory
Holloman Air Development Center
Edwards Air Force Base
California
Socialist Leader Arthur Greenwood Dies at 74
London reports that Arthur Greenwood treasurer of the British Labour party and veteran socialist leader died today at age 74.
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London
Arthur Greenwood
British Labor Party
Torrential Rains Flood Fields and Wind Destroys in West Texas
Tepid to heavy storms sweep Pecos Fort Stockton and Coyonosa Valley causing road closures flood waters rising up to seven inches in cotton fields. Bridges weakened, hail large as golf balls damages buildings and vehicles. Borger and Plainview report wind damage and postponed games. Temperatures mild to warm across Texas as water engineers note May gains and Salt Fork peak in years.
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Pecos Fort Stockton
Coronosa Valley
Grindfalls
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Hai
Coyonosa Valley
Reeves
Ward
Crane
Plainview
Midland
Borger
Amarillo
Texas
Lufkin
Palacios
del Rio
State Board of Water Engineers
Austin
West Texas
Salt Fork
Brazos River
Aspermont
Little Linda Sue Russell Receives Martian Mail Boost
Letters from all over the United States praise 9 year old Linda Sue Russell known as the Martians girl for asking that Earth stop fighting. Respondents include a Santa Monica woman and a Mobile Alabama lad who offers drawings and space ship maps. Linda Sue becomes an honorary member of a California science fiction convention and her mother says they will answer as many letters as possible. An editorial from New Bedford Mass. encapsulates hopes for peace led by a child's faith.
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Albuquerque
Linda Sue Russell
Linda Sue
Mars
Santa Monica
Calif
Mobile
Ala
Earth
California
Ietter
Arthur Russell
New Bedford Mass
Outer Space
Navy Amphibian Plane Missing Between Japan and Okinawa
A U S Navy PBM amphibian with 17 aboard disappeared while en route from Iwakuni to Okinawa. The plane left Iwakuni at 5:30 a.m. and was last heard at 6:55 a.m. Air and sea search by American and Japanese forces failed to locate the aircraft. The unit attached to Patrol Squadron 47 from Iwakuni. Names withheld.
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Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Japan
Okinawa
Navy
PBM
Iwakuni Air Base
Air Force
U. S
Navy Patrol Squadron 47
Iwakuni
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