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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1954
Page
1
West Readies Breakup Of Geneva Conference
Western powers prepared for a suspension of Indochina peace talks in Geneva as France resisted full adjournment until a new Paris government forms. U.S. Britain and others debated a staged exit while discussing cease fire zones and troop assembly plans amid deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Geneva
Indochina
France
Jany
Paris
UN States Vote On Thai Motion
Thailand proposes a UN peace patrol for Indochina border tension with observers to monitor threats to regional peace. The draft calls for a subcommittee to report findings, with permission from the Peace Observation Commission and council before action beyond Thai borders. Russia likely to veto when the Security Council votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations
NOY
Én. U.N
Indochina
Security Council
Russia
Diplomiat Resources
Thailand
U.N
Pete Sarasin
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
Southeast Asia
Peace Observation Commission
Council
Viletmunh
Viet Nam
Lao
Cambodia
36th To Undergo A Bomb Attack In Training
NORTH FT HOOD Texas 36th Division will stage a make believe atomic bomb attack tomorrow as part of summer training to keep pace with modern warfare. The unit has begun a concentrated program of chemical germ and radio warfare drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North FT. Hood
Texas
Summer's First Dollar Day Set in Odessa
Odessa hosts Summer's First Dollar Day this Thursday with local merchants offering red hot value. Items largely include summer merchandise marked down or specially purchased for the event. The sale is a monthly program by the Retail Merchants Committee of the Odessa Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Retail Merchants Committee
Odessa Chamber of Commerce
McCarthy Admits Signing Shine Commission Plea
North Texas endured heavy rain, wind and hail with tornado warnings stretching from Fort Worth to Texarkana. Reports place rainfall totals up to three inches with Dallas area readings near 2.04 inches as storms moved through the region causing downed lines and property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCarthy
Shine Commission
Texas
Dallas
Love Field
Fort Worth
Texarkana
Dallas County
Fort Smith
Ark
Robert Fisher
Irving
Desing
Fisher
Cinta
Poe
Chang
Lake Dallas
Denton
Weather Bureau
del Rio
Pola
Seathwes
Comstock
Breckersille
Bracket- Vibe
Easte Pass
Ris Grande
Rio Grande
Laredo
Senator McCarthy admits signing Schine's Army application
In dramatic testimony in the McCarthy Army hearings, Sen McCarthy says he signed G David Schine’s application for an Army commission though he previously testified he never saw it. Welch produced the document as Schine was drafted and amid claims of pressure between Stevens and McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. McCarthy
McCarthy Army
G. David Schine
Joseph N. Welch
Special Army
Schine
McCar
Secretary of the Army
Stevens
McCarthy
Welch
Army
Rey M. Cohn
Web
Sehone
Cohn
John G. Adams
S Sotho
FBI
Oan Army Intelligence
Senate
Government Operations Committee
Sen
McClellan
D-Ark
Arkansas Democrat
United States
Esenhower
Clark Chifard
Clifford
Truman
Waco Lad Wins Governorship at Boys' State
AUSTIN Dan Myers of Waco defeated John Polk of McAllen for governor of the Lone Star Boys' State and will be inaugurated in ceremonies later today. The event, a weeklong Amercian Legion program for high school boys, draws youth from across Texas. Chief Justice J. E. Hickman will administer the oath. Julian Long of Lubbock was elected attorney general and Larry Warren of Port Arthur chief justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin F
Dan Myers
Waco
John Polk
McAllen
Lone Star
American Legion
Texas
J. E. Hickman
South
Julian Long
Lubbock
Larry Warren
Port Arthur
Guatemalans Charge U.S. Plot Against Guatemala
The Guatemalan Revolution Party accuses the United States of organizing an international movement to strangle democracy in Guatemala. Interior Minister Augusto Charnaud MacDonald says a conspiracy has grown more definite and aggressive, aiming to influence Inter American Conference deliberations and justify a guilty verdict against Guatemala.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guatemala City
Party of the
United ‘States
Guatemala
Augusto Charnaud MacDonald
Jacobo Arbenz
Charnaud MacDonald
U.S
Organization of American States
Rio de Janeiro
Bogota
U.S. State Department
Conference of Foreign Ministers
Mexican Troops Put On Alert After Cananea Riot
In Cananea Sonora 115 soldiers stood by after a Communist demonstration celebrated the release from jail of five rioters and eight land squatters. The five agitators were bailed at $40 each as prosecutors planned an appeal to the Sonora supreme court. Eight jailed land settlers were freed on $24 bail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cananea
Sonora
Mex
Homer Castro
Alfonso Zamudio
Supreme Court of Sonora
Cananea Cattle Co
Parr Called To Court On Beating Rap
In Alice Texas George Parr faced court on charges he beat a political foe with a rifle last summer. Hearings were set for 10 a.m. with attorney illness delaying proceedings. Parr seeks rulings on double jeopardy and quashing the indictment amid claims the grand jury favored his opponents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice
George Parr
Parr
Manuel Raymond
Laredo
Maxwell Welch
Raymond
Victor Woods
Freedom Party
Cristobal Ybanez
San Diego
Tex
John ‘Ben Sheppard
Duval County
C. T. Stansell
R. L. Adams
Accused Kidnapper Set To Testify
Daniel J. Marsin, a 41 year old Phoenix welder, prepared to testify in court that he did not kidnap Evelyn Ann Smith wife of a local industrialist. The alleged abduction occurred near the Superstition Mountains with a $75 000 ransom paid and recovered nearby. The prosecution cites circumstantial evidence while defense argues loopholes in the charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz. W
Daniel J. Marsin
Evelyn Ann Smith
Marsin
Here
John J. Flynn
Feud Grows Among Texas Democrats Ahead of Convention
Tensions rise as Houston Loyalists challenge the State Executive Committee formula for convention delegate allocation. Beaumont seeks an injunction to boost Jefferson County delegates, while Austin cites a quorum void in 1952 county vacancies action. Governors candidates tour Texas as court dates loom. Local factions split on whether Democratic or combined Democratic Republican votes should count for delegate strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Bey
Busenbower
Ole Matiel
Eisenhower
Campacan
Edwin Smith
Harris County
State Executive Committee
Beaumont
Jefferson County
Austin
Democratic Executive Committee
Gov
Shivers
Amarillo
Lubbock
Abilene
Ralph Yarborough
Fnt
Midland
Odessa
Big Spring
J.J. Holmes
North Texas
Houston
Smith
Partty
States Committee
Jefferson County Committee
State Committee
Mineral Wells
George Sandlin
Harris ‘County
Bob Tucker
Harris County Committee
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