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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1952
Page
1
Senator Taft of Ohio said on June 21 he has just about 603 or 604 votes, enough to secure the Republican nomination with 604 needed. He noted strategy may keep some votes from being cast on the first ballot as Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower’s camp pursues options.
London dispatch reports Moscow mobilizes satellites in a diplomatic offensive to block ratification of Bonn Peace Contract and Paris European Army Pact. Czechoslovakia urges Britain France Italy Belgium Netherlands Luxembourg parliaments to defeat the Western terms while Hungary Poland also push similar appeals.
In Austin on June 21, State Health Officer George W. Cox outlined an eight-point plan to combat polio. The program stresses sanitation and fly control, including eliminating breeding sites, improving sewers, and proper garbage disposal to reduce disease and polio incidence statewide.
Allied negotiators at Panmunjom question how Moscow would view voluntary repatriation of POWs after a public disclosure that Russia once urged voluntary returns. Red delegates Nam Il and others oppose allowing POWs a voice, while Allies note only about 70,000 of 169,000 wish to return.
About 40 sheet metal workers in the Odessa Midland area stayed off jobs for a second day after a Friday strike by Sheet Metal Workers Union Local 188. They demand double time for overtime and a 17 1/2 cent per hour raise retroactive to June 20, while owners cite a 17 cent increase but reject doubling overtime. Local 188 is based in El Paso and Neill’s Sheet Metal Co. in Midland challenges the demand.
In Pico California on June 21 a flash fire killed five Negrete children Daniel 12 Dolores 8 Anna Marie 6 Antonio 4 and Marie. Parents Antonio 45 Urbano 35 could not enter to rescue them. One child survived unaccounted for. The tragedy echoes Los Angeles County fire deaths and compares to the St George hotel fire in March.
San Antonio Republican treasurer Eugene Mike Nolte Jr. urged Eisenhower backers to stay out of Texas delegate politics. He criticized critics for not distinguishing party nomination from general election voting and called for respecting Texans autonomy in precinct and county conventions. He named Hugh Scott Paul Hoffman and Eisenhower in his remarks.
In Boise on June 21 Senator Richard Russell dismissed claims of a Stevenson Russell ticket designed to block Kefauver for the Democratic presidential nomination. Russell said he is not interested in the vice presidency and criticized backer Gael Sullivan for attempting to stir publicity and confusion.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower in Denton declared no steal of any kind in elections while addressing American Legion delegates and students. He avoided direct reference to Texas GOP rifts between Eisenhower and Taft factions, urging vigilance to protect citizenship in this early stage of the campaign.
GOP chief Henry Zweifel in Fort Worth denounces Eisenhower Dallas speech as a spectacular tribute to poor advice. Zweifel questions advisers facts and cites claims that Eisenhower supporters allowed Democratic entry into Republican conventions. He offers to meet Eisenhower to show the advertisements led by Jack Porter of Houston.
Shreveport June 21. Supporters of Sen. Robert A. Taft held firm control of the Republican State Central Committee as it ruled between rival national convention delegates. The first four of seven disputes were settled by lopsided votes in favor of Taft backed delegates over Eisenhower supporters.
Seven year old Larry Don Taylor son of Mr and Mrs W H Taylor of 2309 N Tom Green fell from a clothes line pole and broke his leg He was admitted to Medical Center Hospital for treatment.
Two men robbed the Travelers Courts east of Odessa on U S 80, taking 75 dollars in cash and a 25 dollar check. The pair fled in a black Ford pickup after forcing owner D D Nichols to the ground. Descriptions: about 30, six feet, 180 pounds in green khakis and a second man 20 to 25, 150 pounds with a light shirt and facial pockmarks. Nichols wife overheard nothing.
Odessa saw the first day of summer hit 100 degrees with no relief from heat. The AP reported hundreds highs across Texas as Wink reached 105 and Dalhart 103. Rain fell in the lower Rio Grande Valley with Brownsville at .54 inch. Amarillo had a light shower.
In Bonham a 14 year old named John Cagle, found in a swimming hole 12 days earlier, was ordered to be exhumed for autopsy by Justice of the Peace W F Keeton after a witness said he ran away when unable to save him at the inquest.
Francis B. Hanson and Sheppard DeMarc were jailed after a forgery spree tied to Flint Big Company payroll checks. They were found with 23 checks at a West Second street hotel after allegedly ripping 36 blanks from the checkbook during the office break in.
Tokyo reports a Peiping Radio broadcast claiming American planes attacked POW camps in North Korea. It says one inmate infected after attempting to stamp out infected ants and hospitalized with severe abdominal pain and high temperature. The broadcast cited Gen Nam Il accusing U S bombing and strafing of their POWs with six attacks cited since January.
In Miami on June 21, Robert Worley with a wounded arm climbed 135 feet to reach his 12 year old son Larry as the boy threatened to jump from a tower. After a tense stand off the father coaxed Larry down and both were escorted home to recover.
The Chamber of Commerce building committee reported the drive was more than halfway to its 40 000 goal at a Saturday meeting. Bill Noel said campaign workers had success in calls on most members as firms pledged or donated. Plans set for a fireproof glass stone brick building on W Third Street near City Hall with quarters for the Chamber Chuck Wagon Gang conference room and Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower denounces what he calls a great betrayal of the GOP in Texas over the delegate fight with Taft forces. He accuses a small Republican clique of disenfranchising voters and calls for fair, open procedures at Chicago with pursuits of honest convention rules. He appeals to Democrats and independents to join in opposing the Administration and in backing a nationwide revival. The Texan split splits the state GOP as rival delegates are named for the national convention.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower tours Denison Denton and Dallas on a 80 mile Texas visit. He greets crowd in Denison birthplace park and later speaks in Denton and Dallas amid heat of 100 degrees. Porter's air conditioned sedan carries him with stop for lunch and a campaign team including chauffeur Jim Johnson and Jack Porter.
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