Eisenhower extends talks with GOP delegates in bid for nomination
Eisenhower schedules a full morning of conferences with Paul Hoffman and New Jersey delegates while Dulles joins talks. New Jersey's twelve delegates include Taft supporters or undecideds. Maryland and New York votes in play, with AP tabulating 31 Taft to 6 for Eisenhower in New Jersey and 79 for Eisenhower in New York.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
New Jersey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Paul Hoffman
Maryland
Chicago
Hoffman
Dulles
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Associated Press
Harold E. Stassen
Jersey
State Department
Paris
Dulis
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Thedore R. McKeldin Jr
McKeldin
Alabama
Georgia
North Carolina
Television brings live operation to national audience
A 60 year old patient undergoes stomach surgery televised to a national audience for the first time. The six minute segment on NBC network during the American Medical Association meeting shows surgeons using clamps threads and needles as the operation proceeds. The sponsors are Smith Kline and French Laboratories of Philadelphia.
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Chicago
National Broadcasting Company
American Medical Association
Smith, Kline and French Laboratores
Philadelphia
Atom-Scarred Girls Seek Beauty Treatments in Tokyo
Ten atom scarred girls from Hiroshima arrive in Tokyo for beauty treatments to erase disfigurements from the world’s first nuclear blast in combat.
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Tokyo
Hiroshima
Reds Murder 15 Prisoners In Koje Camp
Communist POWs in Compound 77 killed 15 inmates during a night of terror at Koje Island Korea then surrendered to U N troops for dispersal to smaller stockades. American guards seized seven Red leaders and isolated others as paratroopers moved in to quash the violence.
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Koje Island
Korea
United Nations
Haydon L. Boamer
187Th Airborne Combat Team
Boamer
David Korn
Richmond
187Th
Allied Talkers May Walk Out Over Price of Concession
PANMUNJOM June 11 Allied truce negotiators warned they may walk out again if the Communists offer only propaganda. North Korean Gen Nam Il questioned whether the UN would settle the prisoner of war issue by negotiation or by massacre. UN spokesman Brig Gen William Nuckols cited the possibility of a repeat walkout unless a concrete proposal is presented. Nam denounced UN actions as shameful and cowardly, charging torture and forced coercion.
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Panmunjom
Mark W. Clark
High Command
United Nations
Nam I
Rose Island
William P. Nuckols
William K. Harrison
Reds
Nam
The
Lola
Senate Rejects Move to Give Truman Plant Seizure Powers
The Senate stuck to Taft Hartley urging use of the law to end the steel strike, defeating Morse’s bid to authorize a plant seizure with wage and profit provisions. Officials saw Truman’s speech edging toward approval of Congress terms, while Taft and others warned against broad seizure.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Morse
Congress
Taft- Hartley
House
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
White House
Taft
Supreme Court
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
McCarthy Ends Feud With Equitable Life Assurance
New York June 11 Texas oilman Glenn McCarthy and Equitable Life Assurance Society announced a peaceful settlement. McCarthy paid back back interest on loans totaling 35 million dollars and relinquished direct management of McCarthy Oil & Gas Corp while remaining active with the Shamrock Hotel. Equitable supports McCarthy’s plan to form Glenn H. McCarthy Inc to explore oil and gas properties.
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New York
Texas
Glenn McCarthy
Equitable Life Assurance Society
Equitable
McCarthy
McCarthy Oil &Gas Corp
Shamrock
Houston
Glenn H. McCarthy Inc
McCarthy Oil & Gas Corp
Warner H. Mendel
McCarthy Oil & Gas
House to Revoke Railroad Grab Power Amid June 1953 Extension
Washington report notes the House moves to revoke President Truman's authority to seize railroads. The day’s main business is a bill to extend emergency war powers to June 30, 1953, covering about 500 powers. most are non controversial and would lapse next Sunday if not extended.
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Washington
Truman
House
Congress
Body Armor Seen As Aid For U S Forces In Korea
Lt. Col. Robert Holmes told the American Medical Association that a chest and belly vest of compressed fiberglass and nylon is under test by Marines and the Army. He said trials are encouraging and body armor could become part of preventive medicine to preserve fighting strength. He noted enemy losses in Korea vary greatly due to artillery and air superiority and cited progress in combat medicine and surgery reducing death rates.
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Chicago
Korea
American Medical Association
Army
Robert Holmes
Col. Holmes
Army Medical Corps
AMA
Holmes
Students Urged to Seek Deferment From Draft Boards
About 8,000 Texas college students were told to file written deferment requests to local draft boards if they want to delay Army service for another academic year. Brig. Gen. Paul L. Wakefield said boards are reexamining eligibility and warned that deferments won't be granted without a written request.
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Austin
Texas College
Paul L. Wakefield
State Selective Service
Texas Draft Boards
Texas governor candidates rally with speeches and attacks
Three Democratic contenders in Texas moved quickly between radio addresses and public events. Ralph Yarborough urged hard surfaced roads to farms and accused Shivers of curbing county road powers. Allene Traylor condemned the state Democratic Exec Committee as corrupt. Shivers announced a multi city speaking tour and festival appearances while Maverick denounced his rivals as wetbacks. Shivers planned engagements in Port Arthur Orange Dallas Victoria Yoakum Freeport and Marble Dam dedication.
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Texas
Paris
Ralph Yarborough
Allan Shivers
Allene M. Traylor
San Antonio
Democratic Executive Committee
Austin
Dallas
Maary Maverick
Shivers
Maverick
Kiwanis Club
Port Arthur
Orange Chamber of Commerce
Lions Club
Vcctoria
Yoakum
Freeport
Alvin J. Wirtz
el Colorado River
Marble
Governor Fine Deliberate Unimpressed On GOP Delegates
Pennsylvania Governor John S. Fine remains uncommitted and unimpressed by campaign furor as he weighs his 70 convention votes and potential influence with other delegates. He cites federal expenditures and solvency as key issues and will decide on issues rather than candidates after talks with Eisenhower Taft and MacArthur.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John S. Fine
Chicago
Fine
Associated Press
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Douglas MacArthur
Senate Approves Compromise Immigration Bill
The Senate passed a major compromise immigration bill by voice vote and sent it to the White House. The measure would revise immigration and naturalization laws and strengthen government power to denaturalize and deport subversives and other undesirable aliens.
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Washington
White House
House
Senate House
Tokyo Population Hits Seven Million Fifteen Thousand
The metropolitan government reported Tokyo’s population for June at 7,015,000, marking a steady level in the city’s census figures.
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Tokyo
Metropolitcan
Suspect Held in Odessa Car Hijacking Case
Police detain a 34 year old Black man in the $101 hijacking of Mrs Fannie Pully of 410 N Alleghaney. He was arrested in the 100 block of S Texas around 4 10 p m Tuesday by Patrolman Bill Myrick and a line up for identification was planned with Mrs Putty present.
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Fannie Pully
N. Alleghaney
S. Texas
Bill Myrick
Odessa Opens New Water Supply From Martin County Wells
Water from Martin County reached Odessa's mains at midnight as 5,000,000 gallons daily flow joined the city's 8,000,000 produced. City tanks fill fast, bans lifted on car wash and lawn watering with a 24 hour schedule, and a celebration planned at the new pumping station Sunday.
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Odessa
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Martin County
Martin
A. L. Wright
Wright
17Th Street
Conet Drive
Gas Explosion Rocks Small Panhandle Town
Dawn Texas reports a massive gas explosion near the El Paso Natural Gas Co. pipeline four miles south and east of Dawn. Firefighters faced intense heat as a large blast sparked a giant fire visible for miles with no immediate injuries confirmed. An observation plane did not confirm wreckage or a plane crash, though local residents described debris. Three fire units waited for gas pressure to be shut off after the blast.
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Dawn
Tex
Panhandle
el Paso Natural Gas Co
Amarillo Air Force Base
Shannon Kirby
J. L. Allen
Amarillo Air
David Rogers
Rogers Grain Co
Prison Guard Found Stabbed in Santa Fe Penitentiary
In Santa Fe New Mexico a 54 year old guard Filemon Ortiz was found stabbed to death in Cell Block No 1 at the penitentiary where he tended new arrivals and disciplined prisoners. The body was discovered around 6 am by Capt. Juan Griego. A pocket knife lay on the captain’s desk and investigators traced blood and drag marks along the cell tier. Authorities found the tier’s locking bar unsecured and are unsure of a motive while noting no prior trouble involving Ortiz with inmates.
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Santa FE
N. M
New Mexico Penitentiary
Morris Abrams
Filemon J. Ortiz
Juan Griego
Abrams
Suards
Joseph Tondre
Ortiz
Hunt named president of Howard County Junior College
In Big Spring on June 11 Dr. William A. Hunt of Austin was named president of Howard County Junior College, stepping into the leadership role at the local institution.
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Big Spring
William A. Hunt
Austin
Howard County Junior College
House Banking Committee votes extension of wage price rent controls
The House Banking Committee approved a full year extension of wage price and rent controls while also proposing to drop controls over real estate and consumer credit. They also set minimum support prices for six commodities and denied restoring livestock slaughtering quotas. Members expect to finish the bill tomorrow.
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Washington
House Banking Committee
Acheson Affirms No Change in Troops Abroad Policy
Secretary Acheson testifies that treaties bringing Western Germany into an anti Communism alliance do not expand presidential power to send U S troops abroad unless action serves United States security. He cites U S troops aiding French in Indochina and urges quick Senate approval of the peace pact and NATO protocol.
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Washington
State Acheson
Western Germany
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Sen. Hickenlooper
Acheson
Senate
Britain
France
Germany
NATO
Indochina
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