Allies Bomb Ridden Fields Near Seoul in Major Strike
Allied fighter bombers hit a hidden Communist airfield less than 100 miles north of Seoul. The field, repeatedly wrecked and camouflaged, faced renewed Red attacks as ground fighting raged along the 155 mile front with heavy casualties reported on hill positions near Chorwon. Field Marshal Alexander warned of likely heavy losses if a new all out offensive is launched.
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Texan Gives $9000 To Help MacArthur
P H Cullen of Houston, among Texas' wealthiest oil men, gave 9000 dollars to back Gen. Douglas MacArthur for president in the New Hampshire and New Jersey primaries. He has contributed 17500 this year to campaigns in eight states, including Indiana Texas California Idaho Maine and North Dakota, while saying he does not endorse any candidate and seeks to even the race for look over. He noted Eisenhower's recent actions please many but has not decided whom to back.
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Specialist Enroute To See Mrs Ken Regan
A Dallas chest specialist was enroute to Baird Texas to examine Mrs Regan wife of the U S representative. Mrs Regan was injured in an auto accident near Baird two days earlier while traveling from Washington to Midland. She was in a Baird hospital with cuts and bruises and his report said her condition was serious.
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Veteran Deputy Bosley Fires Tear Gas In Pocket Incident
Deputy Sheriff George Bosley experienced an accidental discharge of a pencil type tear gas gun while answering a tavern call on Andrews Highway. He stood with tears in his eyes as the incident occurred Saturday night.
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Train Derailment Near Coleman Causes Fire and Damage
A long freight train derailed near Coleman causing 17 cars to burst into flames and thousands of dollars in damage. The seven-man section crew narrowly escaped injury with no reported injuries. The incident occurred near Coleman today.
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Coleman
49th Armored Goes To Camp At Hood
Fort Hood hosts six thousand Texans from 56 Texas cities as the 49th Armored Division arrives for a two week summer encampment. Maj. Gen. Albert S. Johnson oversees setup and emphasizes qualifying guardsmen in weapons before the training ends.
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CLIPPERS' HUM GIVES HIM FUN
A blond three year old boy wandered into the Lincoln Hotel barber shop alone and demanded a haircut. Barbers, assuming a mother nearby, seated him and clipped his hair. The mother soon called, saying he merely wandered away downtown and that he enjoys haircuts. Police took him to headquarters until she arrived.
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Jack Tomlin
Water Festival on Tap Today for Odessa Water Project
Odessa hosts a 2:30 p.m. festival at the north water plant to celebrate adding 5,000,000 gallons from Martin County wells via the CRMWD project. A lake, waterfall and sand beach debut, with Odessa College Bathing Beauties, the Odessa High School band, and officials attending. The event marks the first phase of five years of planning by Odessa Snyder and Big Spring. daily water will rise to 13,000,000 gallons by August with completion of the dam between Big Spring and Snyder.
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Odessa water surge tests citywide lawn watering rule
Odessa officials announced a new water rule expansion as the city received an extra 5 million gallons daily from Martin County wells. The full city will water lawns today, with a return to the phased schedule Monday and no water rate increase despite record daily usage.
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Tear Gas Clears New NK Prison Stockades on Koje Island
On Koje Island amid a crackdown labeled Operation Breakup guards used tear gas on three new stockades to disperse 900 anti Communists. 15 top leaders and 85 lieutenants were seized while 1 273 prisoners claimed anti Communist stance and were moved or released. 5 800 total anti Communist captives have emerged since June 1.
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Gromyko Named Soviet Ambassador to London
Moscow announces Andrei Gromyko as ambassador to London as Western observers call it a calculated move to ease Soviet British relations. The shift follows recent ambassadorial swaps including Panyushkin to Peiping and Zarubin to Washington.
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Culver Opens Campaign for Texas Supreme Court Seat
Frank P. Culver, associate justice of the Second Court of Civil Appeals in Fort Worth, launched his campaign in Winnsboro on Saturday. A WWI and WWII veteran and former Winnsboro high school principal, Culver pledged to uphold high court standards and support sound reforms to simplify procedure and speed court business. He has served as a district or appellate judge since 1928, aside from three and a half years in the Army.
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Search Continues For Harry Blair
Harry Leon Blair, 51, manager of Zenith Laundry & Dry Cleaners, is charged with embezzling about 3000 dollars. He was reported missing by his wife Elaine Blair Wednesday morning. Authorities say the embezzlement was reported after the dry cleaning shop notified the sheriff.
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Zenith Laundry & Dry Cleaners
Sheriff’s Department
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Sheriff's Office
Accused Slayer Still On Loose
The Andrews County Sheriff's Department reports no luck in locating 28-year-old oilfield worker J. M. Dailey, accused of fatally shooting 27-year-old Eather Adams with a 12 gauge shotgun in Andrews. Adams’ services were held in Andrews with burial in Joshua. he is survived by his widow and two month old daughter.
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J. M. Dailey
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Dailey
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Yarborough Attacks Shivers Road Plan in Texas
Ralph Yarborough accused Gov. Al Shivers of a road building plan that would cripple public schools across Texas. He claimed shifting 23 million dollars annually from the school fund would lower teacher pay and raise local taxes while noting Shivers now supports school improvement in the political contest.
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Ralph Yarborough
Austin
Ian Shivers
Texas
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Shivers
He's Bad Shot But Good Man Tyler June Shootings
The wife of a tenant farmer in Tyler recounts a shooting incident where her husband fired seven shots at her with a .32 calibre pistol but she was unharmed and declined to press charges. She described him as “a pretty good man” despite the spree.
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Van Doak Stabbing Remains Unsolved
Police report no arrests in the Thursday night stabbing of Glenn Van Doak a 25 year old Dumas roughneck who was knifed three times in the back by three youths in a tavern meet lured into a car driven to a roadside park near Odessa robbed of 50 dollars in the incident.
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Dumas
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50 County Polio Meeting Monday In Houston Planned
Odessa thankful no new polio cases in four months as the city faces seven cases this year. A 50 county Southeast Texas polio planning meeting will be held in Houston Monday to coordinate anti polio efforts.
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