Defiance Campaign Looms as South Africa Police Stand Alert
In Johannesburg armed police await as hundreds of non whites prepare to enter jail to protest segregation laws. Led by Yussif A. Cachalia and Rev. W. B. Trantzi the action targets permit and curfew rules while African National Congress and Indian Congress back the effort to repeal apartheid measures.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Yussif A. Cachalia
African National Congress
South African Indian Congress
Knek
Jonanescure
Daniel F. Malan
Malan
United Party
Oswald Pirow
Houston Health Chief Declares City’s Conditions Worst in State
State Health Officer Dr George W Cox called Houston health conditions the worst in the state after touring the industrial area and ship channel. He warned it will take time and millions of dollars with citizen, city and county cooperation to clean up.
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Houston
George W. Cox
Cox
Texas
Churchill presses for UN Korea planning post
London reports Prime Minister Churchill urged a rapid appointment of a senior British military officer to the planning and policy staff of the United Nations Command in Korea.
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London
Churchill
United Nations Command
Korea
Steelworkers Poised To Defy Taft-Hartley Law
Washington reports the 650000 CIO steelworkers may continue the 24 day strike despite calls to end it. President prepares to decide on invoking Taft-Hartley after a House request and a board of inquiry report. Bethlehem Steel tentative contract fuels split among six majors while enforcement tightens on hoarding and black market steel.
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House
Senate
CIO
Congress
Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem
Halleck
R-Ind
National Production Authority
Robert Winn
Marine bombers destroy two Red airstrips near Pyongyang
Marine fighter bombers attacked North Korea near Pyongyang destroying one airstrip and inflicting 95 percent damage on another. Fifth Air Force planes struck nine supply centers while Sabrejets protected B 26s. Ground action saw a UN raiding team seize a hill northwest of Yonchon after a five and half hour flight with armour and infantry opposition overcome by grenades and flamethrowers.
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Seoul
Korea
North Korea
Pyongyang
Fifth Air Force
U. S
Tarzan Themed Burglary Suspect Jailed In Houston
A 15 year old in Houston admitted to about 13 burglaries to fund his Tarzan like tree house life after running away June 4. He and a second 15 year old implicated by him were arrested. Detectives found the tree house stocked with candy cigarettes books and other stolen items. The youths had lived in a barbecue shed and in the tree house for days.
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Houston
Lutheran High School
D. E. Whitemire
R. O. Biggs
Judge Roy Bean Court Set in Pecos July 2
Pecos Lions club to hold the annual Judge Roy Bean Court on July 2 to summon Pecos residents for appearing in western garb. Tom Poe named chairman of the observance and Lion Sam Rodgers will preside as Judge Bean.
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Pecos
Pecos Lions Club
Judge Roy Bean
Tom Poe
Sam Rodgers
Bean
West Texas Heat Wave Deepens Across the Plains
Texas endures a third week of extreme heat with Odessa and Lubbock logging scattered rainfall. Daytime highs reach 100 in Odessa and 106 in Presidio as the nationwide heat wave presses on with hundreds affected by heat prostration and several deaths reported from Virginia to New York.
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Texas
Odessa
Mercury
Lubbock
Marfa
Presidio
Big Spring
Midland
el Paso
del Rio
Wink
Midwest
Plains
Virginia
Arkansas
Baltimore
Washington
Ohio
Philadelphia
New York City
New York
88 year old farmer held after fatal shooting in Houston
Walter G. Patton an 88 year old former Upshur county resident now farming in Harris county is jailed without bond on a murder charge. He is accused of shooting James Lawrence Toole 43 in front of Toole’s seven year old son. Patton and daughter Grace Carter said Toole had repeatedly beaten Mrs Carter. The boy James Earl Toole witnessed his grandfather stumble from Patton's porch after the shot.
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Houston
Upshur County
Walter G. Patton
Harris County
James Lawrence Toole
Patton
Grace Carter
Toole
James
Carter
Grace
Senate Rejects Anti Vatican Ambassador Provision
The Senate voted 46 to 36 to strike a House approved ban on sending an ambassador to the Vatican from an appropriation bill. The move speeds a $1,015,016,735 funding measure for State Commerce and Justice departments for the new fiscal year starting July 1, with earlier cuts to foreign service personnel.
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Washington
Senate
Vatican
State, Commerce and Justice Departments
Sen. Case
R-Sd
NAACP Files Bids For Support From Harriman Kefauver
The NAACP filed for the record bids for Negro support from two Democratic hopefuls Averell Harriman and Estes Kefauver at the 43rd annual convention in Oklahoma City. Harriman touted his known civil rights stance while Kefauver praised the NAACP’s advances for minority citizens. Walter White noted no official endorsement, and delegates heard remarks from University of Oklahoma student George Rucker about desegregation progress.
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Oklahoma City
Pthe
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Averell Harriman
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
NAACP
Harriman
Kefauver
America
New York Democrat
Mutual Security Administrator
Walter White
University of Oklahoma
George Rucker
Supreme Court
Sixteenth Polio Death in Houston As Cases Rise
A 10 year old Harris county girl Beverly Eisworth died from polio at midnight, the sixteenth Houston area fatality this year as the city health department reported six new cases on Thursday. Suburban Bellaire and Baytown residents were among the new patients bringing the annual total to 328 treated in Houston, far above last year's pace.
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Houston
Harris County
City Health Department
Beverly Eisworth
Harriett Eisworth
Bellaire
Baytown
Bonnie Slack
Carla Keiper
R. C. Keiper
Assemblyman Confesses Plot to Kill Rhee
Pusan June 27 A Korean government spokesman said a National Assemblyman confessed he supplied the pistol used by secret society member Ryu Shi Tae who tried to shoot President Syngman Rhee. The Assemblyman Kim Shi Hyon, an opposition member, was arrested earlier amid ongoing feuds in the Assembly. Five South Korean military and police officials resigned, declaring failure to protect the President.
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Pusan
Syngman Rhee
Kim Shi Hyon
Assembly
Rhee
Republic’s Assembly
Ryu Shi Tae
Kim
Corps of Blood Justice
House Cuts Rent Controls Effective September 30
LAFAYETTE IND June 26 U S Amateur Champion Billy Maxwell of Odessa was eliminated today from the NCAA golf tournament. Dick Evans of Michigan birdied the last three holes to defeat the North Texas State student by one up in the second round.
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Lafayette
Ind
U. S
Billy Maxwell
Odessa
Dick Evans
Michigan
North Texas State
Warren Reveals Stand on Many Issues in Booklet
Sacramento Calif June 26 Warren Governor Earl Warren issued a booklet outlining his positions on taxes price controls FEPC health insurance UMT and other major domestic and foreign issues. He contrasts his views with Eisenhower and Taft noting FEPC support and opposition to arming Nationalists. He rejects immediate tax cuts while proposing a three point program to curb excessive national taxation and improve budget practices to stop duplication and waste.
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Sacramento
Calif
Earl Warren
FEPC
Warren-for-presider
California
Warren
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Ike
Taft
China
United States
Eisenhower
Lightning destroys oil tanks near Goldsmith
Lightning struck a Stanolind Oil and Gas Co. battery on the B. H. Blakeney O Lease No 1 about four miles north of Goldsmith late Wednesday. Two 500 barrel wooden tanks filled with crude oil burned and were destroyed. six other wooden tanks with oil were saved. Six nearby steel tanks were saved by Odessa firemen.
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Goldsmith
Stanolind Oil and Gas Co
B. H. Blakeney “O
Odessa
Three Yugoslavs Hijack Plane For Asylum In Italy
In Foligno Italy on June 26 three Yugoslavs hijacked a Yugoslav plane en route from Zagreb to Pola with 20 passengers. They forced the pilot to land at Foligno airport where police detained all aboard. The trio said they sought asylum. the remaining passengers stayed aboard.
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Foligno
Italy
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
Pola
Adriatic Sea
Revere
Yugoslav Airlines
Pecos Lions Name Miss Zane Stewart Sweetheart
Miss Zane Stewart daughter of Mr and Mrs Earl Stewart will be Pecos Lions club sweetheart for the upcoming club year starting July 1. Stewart is a senior at Pecos High School and will represent the club in local events and parades.
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PECOS
Zane Stewart
Texas Ranier
Earl Stewart
Pecos High
Pecos Lions Club
House Group Pushes 25 Percent Budget Cut Across Agencies
Washington July 28 the House appropriations Committee recommended a 25 percent cut in new funds asked by the administration for armed forces foreign aid atomic energy and related purposes The cut totals 3 468 156 230 bringing total to 10 282 532 030 instead of 13 750 168 280 The measure affects Defense Energy Commerce Interior Labor and other agencies with large reductions for Atomic Energy Commission and Civil Defense Administration Local rent and wage control measures are debated with possible extensions and phase outs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
Senate
Rep. Cannon
D-Mo
Truman
Congress
Defense Department
Atomic Energy iComission
Defense
Civil Defense Administration
Economic Stabilization Agency
ESA
Commerce and Interior Departments
Commerce
Interior
Labor Department
Employment Service Administration
Federal Security Agency
Air Force
Army
Navy
Strategic Air Command
Municipal Airport
Lincoln
Neb
Sandia
N. M
Atomic Energy Commission
Commission
Houstin and Home Finance Agency
Jaycees Present Dallas Awards At National Convention
The U S Junior Chamber of Commerce awarded Dallas five national Jaycee achievement honors during the 32nd national convention. Delegates held two general sessions as Estes Kefauver addressed a luncheon. Horace E Henderson and Douglas L Hoge pursued the national presidency while 6 000 delegates attended a state parade and a two hotel party.
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Dallas
U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce Hospital
Jaycee
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Horace E. Henderson
Williamsburg
Douglas L. Hoge
Cincinnati
Ohio
Lee Price Jr
Swainsboro
Jaycees
Bic
Critical Defense Areas Expected From House Act
The House voted to end federal rent controls on September 30 except in critical defense areas and cities that request relief. The action advances the administration’s reduced controls bill extender as roll call consideration continues.
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Washington
House
House votes to extend price controls on most goods
The House approved a roll call vote on a controls bill adding a provision to allow price controls after next Monday on virtually all consumer goods not rationed or allocated. The move broadens government control over everyday items.
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Tighe Woods
Rep
Wheeler
D-Ga
House
Martin
Massachusetts
Washington
Heat Wave Grips Nation as New York Reaches 139 in Sun
Heat wave drives record 98 degrees in Washington and a 139 degree sun reading in Central Park. Third Avenue elevated line buckles from heat as water mains fail, leaving White House and hotels without adequate supply. Pvt Marold Kaufman and George Baker die from sunstroke and heat related issues at Ft Jackson and during a funeral directors event.
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New York
Weather Bureau
Central Park
Third Avenue
Washington
Congress
Truman
White House
FT. Jackson
S.C
Marold Kaufman
Cleveland
Water Cut Off After 36 Inch Line Blows In St Louis County
A broken joint on a 36 inch transmission main caused a water outage for about 5,000 homes in St Louis County. The line blew yesterday, leaving residents without water as the city investigated repairs.
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ST. Louis
Cleveland Gears No Shorts Policy At City Hall
Cleveland officials reject short wear in the heat as Mayor Thomas A. Burke rules against shorts for city hall workers. The decision comes after some staff requested relief during hot days and bake oven like temperatures.
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Cleveland
Cleveland City Hall
Thomas A. Burke
Beauties Chilled At Miss Universe Parade
A parade in Long Beach drew 53 000 spectators as 70 contestants from about 30 nations, including 49 Americans, were made to cover bathing suits with wraps amid a fadeout ending the event.
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Long Beach
Calif
United States
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