McCarthy Defends Independence Amid Eisenhower Praise
Sen. McCarthy told a Milwaukee crowd he would back Eisenhower if he ran but would not be a rubber stamp for the GOP. He warned against blind loyalty, saying the party must serve the people of Wisconsin and that he could campaign for Eisenhower only if he could remain independent. The Wisconsin Republican convention applauded him as supporters overrode a countermotion by Harold Michael of Amery.
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Milwaukee
Sen. McCarthy
Rwis
Eisenhower
McCarthy
Miccarthy
Coimmk
Harold Michael
Amery
Fort Stockton names Miss Southwest Texas Bobby Jean Rose
Bobby Jean Rose of Fort Stockton was crowned Miss Southwest Texas at the three day water carnival held at Comanche Springs pool. Louann Dyene earned Miss Fort Stockton in a separate Friday event with 14 competitors. Daisy Warrell of Pecos placed third in Saturday's Miss Southwest Texas contest.
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Fort Stockton
Bobby Jean Rose
Comanche Springs
Louann Dyene
Mother Goose
Fort Stockton Lions Club
Patsy Bynum
Pally Ann Price
Becky Nell Shannon
Melody MacKenzie
Betty Jack Cooper
Mary Francis Reeves
West Texas
Panhandle
Cohn Warned at Army McCarthy Hearings Over Threat Claim
Acting Chairman Mundt says Cohn warned he would not carry out a threat to get Jackson. Jackson, Kennedy and Cohn clash ends with heated exchange at hearings. Mundt notes long standing bad blood but calls the incident closed.
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Washington
Karl E. Mundtoe
S. D
Roy NM. Cohn ‘Yair
Vna
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Mundt
Cohn
Kennedy
Jackson
Pvt. G. David Schine
McCarthy
Knowland denounces Flanders bid to strip McCarthy
Senate Republican leader William Knowland called Ralph Flanders move to strip Joseph McCarthy of chairmanships a mistake. He warned a Senate showdown could disrupt the legislative program for the year. Flanders said he would seek action by mid June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
William F. Knowland
Joseph R. McCarthy
Knowland
Flanders
Delegates Gather for Junior Chamber Convention
Jaycees from 48 states and U S territories begin arriving in Colorado Springs for the 7 000 delegate Junior Chamber of Commerce convention set to open Monday with events in the city.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
U.S. Territories
Harding Runs Age in Dallas
Warren today reports on Harding running age in Dallas on June 12 with details of the event and local coverage awaiting further results.
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Harding
Dallas
Warren
Weather forecast for Abilene to Fort Worth area
Clear to partly cloudy Sunday and Sunday night into Monday with scattered showers late Monday. Today high 98, tonight low 74, tomorrow high 109. Recent temperatures show no precipitation in the last 34 hours with sunsets at 7 36 P M and sunrise at 5 41 A M.
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City
Abilene
Amarillo
Chicago
Denver
Fort Worth
Galveston
New York
Paving Program Underway In Odessa City
Odessa city officials and the Chamber of Commerce launched a voluntary paving plan aiming to surface 50 blocks. Property owners pay about 4.50 per front foot for a 40 foot wide street with the city covering engineering and alley entrances. Payments run four years at six percent interest with one-fifth due on completion. Tubby Taylor negotiates contracts, Dick Pepin notes the city favors voluntary paving to boost property values.
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Odessa
Chamber of Commerce Civic Improvements Committee
Tubby Taylor
Dick Pepin
Ward County Voters Approve Hospital Bond
Ward County voters approve a $40,000 county hospital project by a 7 to 1 margin on a day of two ballot questions. Re-allocation of funds passed 736 to 136 while bond issuance won 786 to 145. Barstow and Pyote opposed. Royalty not voting did not affect the result.
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Monahans
Ward County
Barstow
Pyote
Ten Thousand Scientists Protest Oppenheimer Decision
A group of about 10 000 scientists including nearly all top nuclear experts protested the Atomic Energy Commission security board ruling that J Robert Oppenheimer should be deprived of atomic secrets. The American Physical Society backed Oppenheimer as a public servant amid the dispute in New York.
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New York
J. Robert Nheimer
Council of the
American Physical Society
Oppenheimer
St Reece
Atomc Energy Mmission
S ’ Security Board
Gordon Gray
Airman swept to sea off Guam during duty
Two airmen of the 97 Bomb Wing, based at Biggs AFB El Paso, were swept from a Guam pier by a giant wave. One airman was washed back to shore, but M Sgt George E Tethoud disappeared after an undertow. His wife and daughter live in El Paso and his mother in Houston. He is presumed dead.
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EL Paso
Tex
Biggs Air Force Base
Guam
Maj
Robert Nelson
Biggs
George E. Tethoud
Nixon Says U.S. Cant Do Job Alone
Vice President Richard M. Nixon told a Whittier College commencement the United States cannot keep world peace by itself. He warned Indo China faces grave peril and asserted peace rests on a policy of strength and retaliatory power. He named three points: cannot go it alone, maintain military strength, and rely on mobile retaliatory power against aggression.
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Whittier
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
America
Nixon
Whittier College
Soviet Union
Korea
Indo-China
Revolt Brews In Guatemala Sparks Regional Anxiety
In San Salvador reports say Guatemala's Communist backed government faces growing revolution threats. Exoduses of foreigners and Guatemalan elites surge as clandestine radios predict uprising next week. Arbenz tightens control while generals drift from his camp amid regional tensions.
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San Salvador
el Salvador
Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Dominican Republic
Arbenz
Red Poland
U. S
Guaemala
Old Man Defends Camp From Bear in Arizona
June 12 report from Portal Arizona recounts Ignacio Flores a woodcutter over 100 years old fending off a bear that ripped his tent and struck him in the snout Flores awoke and struck back with a stick causing the bear to retreat preserving the elder man’s safety
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Portal
Ariz
Ignacio Flores
Flores
Kidnapping Charge Filed In Phoenix Ransom Case
Phoenix police filed kidnapping charges against Daniel J. Marsin 41 after Evelyn Smith identified him as the man who abducted her and collected 75 000 dollars in ransom. Marsin, silent in court, faces 20 to 50 years with no parole if convicted and authorities seek the 75 000 ransom believed buried in the Superstition Mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix, Ariz
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Ann Smith
Marsin
Arizona
Florence
Phoenix
Herbert
Pipe and Steel Company
John J. Flynn
Atty
Mahoney
Brooklyn
Marsini
New York
Daniel J. Marsini
Whisky Drinker 11-Year-Old Tells Fire Cause
Chicago police report a whisky drinking 11 year old, Marion Gregory, told Chief O Malley he started a tenement fire that killed seven and injured nine. Investigators note possible gasoline involvement as inquest set for Monday. The boy lived with his father Lewis and attended a public school, with five empty whisky bottles found among his belongings.
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Chicago
John T. O'Malley
O'Malley
Marion Gregory
Gregory
Robert Ryan
Hoy
Lewis
Frank Ferlic
Babe
Ex-students hold annual homecoming at Texas orphan home
Corsicana residents report ex-students of the State Orphan's home gathering for their annual homecoming. The event brings together former residents and staff to reminisce and reconnect at the Corsicana facility.
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Corsicana
Tex
State Orphan's Home
Two American Spies Sentenced By Reds
Pravda reports two men identified as Vladimir Constanovich Galai and Juri Alexandrovich Khramtzev were sentenced by the Supreme Court of the Soviet Union to 25 years in a penal camp. The spies, allegedly trained in American intelligence schools in Vienna and Berlin, were smuggled to Murmansk with Norwegian help after Austrian and German black market dealings. Both admitted guilt and cooperated with officials, avoiding the death penalty and receiving milder terms.
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Moscow
Supreme Court of the
Soviet Union
Pravda
Communist Party
Murmansk
Vladimir Constanovich Galai
Juri Alexandrovich Krramizev
Galai
Austria
Vienna
Lawrence O. Johnson
Khramtzev
East Berlin
Gregory Vasilev
Norway
Soviet Arctic
Germany
IRA Raiders Strike Armory At Armagh In Large Heist
Fifteen men suspected of IRA membership raided a British army arsenal in Armagh and seized a truckload of rifles sten guns machine guns and ammunition. Ulster officials tightened frontier guards and 1000 special constables were called out. The raid is described as the largest IRA operation since World War II.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Irish Republic
Ulster
Northern
Southern Ireland
Armagh
Royal Irish Fusiliers
Pisto
63 Workers Hurt in Riots at Omi Silk Plants
In Osaka Japan Saturday June 63 workers were injured at two Omi Silk Co plants during protests over compulsory Buddhist services and mail tampering. At Tsu city plant 50 hurt as 200 workers scaled a fence and clashed with strike breakers using rocks and fire hoses. Ogaki plant saw 13 injured before police control.
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Osaka
Japan
Omi Silk Co
Tsu City
Here
Ogaki
Demos May Move On Morrow Case And Texas Campaigns
Democratic and Republican state executive committees meet Monday in Austin and Dallas to certify candidates for the July 24 primary. The Wright Morrow controversy may prompt Democrats to reaffirm support for Morrow, while Republicans plan to name a successor to Alvin Lane. Governor Shivers outlines a busy campaign schedule with stops across Texas including Lufkin and Houston.
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Austin
Dallas
Hugh Prather Jr
Wright Morrow
Prather
Morrow
Houston
Texas
Eisenhower
State Committee
Stephen Mitchell
National Committee
Republican State Committee
Alvin Lane
John Q. Adams
Harlingen
Lane
Shivers
McCarran Law Draws Criticism At Texas Convention
Austin June 12 critics at the national convention of the League of United Latin American Citizens denounced the McCarran immigration law. Albert Armendariz of El Paso said the statute harms Mexican nationals long resident in Texas. The Texas Good Neighbor Commission backs efforts to soften its impact and extend filing deadlines for aged alien residents.
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Austin
League of United Latin American Citizens
Albert Armandariz
el Paso
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Lulac
Texas
Odessa man elected president of Texas postal supervisors
Wade Slough of Odessa was elected president of the Texas branch of the National Association of Postal Supervisors at the annual convention in Houston. He succeeds Arthur Price of Houston and will oversee activities with other officers including Mrs. W. M. Lawrence of Wichita Falls as treasurer of the women's Auxiliary and Mrs. C. B. Harrison of Killeen as Historian. Slough is the Odessa Post Office mail superintendent and resides at 3112 East 3st.
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Houston
Wade Slough
Odessa
Texas
National Assn. of
Slough
Arthur Price
W. M. Lawrance
Wichita Falls
Women’s Auxiliary
C. B. Harrison
Killeen
East 3St
Heatwave baked Texas towns with 102 in Presidio
The article notes a hot Saturday across Texas with many areas over 90 degrees. Sutherman and Odessans sweltered as the high temperatures dominated the day. Presidio hit 102 while Galveston stayed cooler near 86.
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Presidio
Galveston
Gulf
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Joseph R. MacCarthy
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Marion Gregory, II
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Lufkin
Astate
Texas Cot‘tonseed Crushers Asn
Chamber of Commerce
Pasadena
Seli Conservation
Antaritlo
McCarran
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