Prisoner mix up trips up U.S. marshal in Texas
Deputy Marshal Henry White delivered Jessie Lee Freeman to Amarillo on Dyer Act charge but the man was misidentified. In Amarillo the prisoner turned out to be Jesse Bee Freeman, a Black man, while the wanted man was a white Jessie Bee Freeman. Freeman remains jailed near Crockett after transfer from Houston and White plans another trip to Amarillo with the correct man.
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Dallas
U.S
Henry White
Amarillo
White
Houston
Jessie Lee Freemen
Freeman
U.S. Attorney's Office
Fort Worth
Panhandle
Jesse Bee Freeman
Jesse
Jessie Bee Freeman
Texas
Crockett
Jessie Lee Freeman
Churchill Pays Overweight Fine
Brenham Texas Winston Churchill, a truck driver for Ivan Van Heuversyn of Houston, was fined 78 dollars in justice court for overweight and lacking a railroad commission permit after highway patrol ticket.
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Brenham
Tex
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Ivan van Heuversyn
Houston
Highway Patrol
Railroad Commission
Justice Court
Truman Calls Presidency a Killing Job and Vetting Needed
Harry Truman in London says the presidency is a killing job for one man and urges vetting young trained leaders. He discusses Churchill, Khrushchev remarks, and notes his Missouri roots during a 10 day Britain visit with Labour members.
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London
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Higa Gaitskell
Labor Party
Winston Churchill
Churchill
Khrushchev
Pietro Nenni
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Britain
Kremlin
Missouri
Shepilov Holds Talks With Lebanese Officials
Soviet Foreign Minister Dmitri Shepilov met Lebanese government officials in Beirut as part of efforts to build Russian Arab ties. He had arrived from Syria where an official spokesman said talks set the stage for early political measures concerning Algeria and Palestine.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Dmitri Shepilov
Shepilov
Syria
Algeria
Palestine
Texas Co. Schedules Ammonia Plant in Lockport
The Texas Co announces a fall start for an ammonia plant at its Lockport refinery with 180 tons per day capacity. J C Kemp Jr says part of the output will be converted to nitrogen solutions. This will be Texaco's second major petrochemicals facility after the Port Arthur additives plant, set to begin production early next year.
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New York
Texas Co
Lockport, HL
J. C. Kemp Jr
Texas’ Petrochemical Department
Kemp
Texaco
Port Arthur
Howitzer overturns in Kansas National Guard maneuvers
A 1055 mm self propelled howitzer overturned during maneuvers near Great Bend killing Gene Knop 17 and injuring two other Guardsmen. The accident occurred yesterday during National Guard drills.
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Great Bend
Kan
National Guard
Gene Knop
Obituary: Carl Hovey Dies at 80 Former Editor and Writer
Carl Hovey aged 80, retired magazine editor and writer, formerly of Metropolitan Magazine and Hearst International, and a former story editor for Cecil B. DeMille, died yesterday. Reinhold Gliere, 85, noted Russian composer, also reported to have died.
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Hollywood
Carl Hovey
Metropolitan Magazine
Hearst International Magazine
Cecil B. DeMille
Nmioscow
Reinhold Moritsevich Gliere
Burglars Given Added Hazards at Security Convention
In Hollywood California the National Burglar and Fire Alarm Association opened its convention with new gadget displays. An ultrasonic room saturator triggers a central alarm on movement while a protective electronic ring around a briefcase warns intruders with intense alarms.
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Hollywood
Calif
Drought Strips Central and East Texas Eyes Water Shortages
Dallas News reports district farm agents describe widespread drought in East and Central Texas last week. Moisture remained scarce in several counties, with corn suffering and cotton showing mixed progress due to insects and heat. Water shortages affected pastures, crops, and grazing while some fruits and vegetables moved to market and pecan prospects looked bright in Central Texas.
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Dallas
Texas
Dallas News
J. H. Surovik
Mt. Pleasant
Trinity River
Walter Scott
Nacogdoches
Robertson
Leon
R. G. Burwell
Stephensville
Ted Martin
Denton
J. A. Scofield
Vernon
Burwell
Southern Governors React to South Carolina Unity Plan
Southern governors showed mixed reactions to a South Carolina proposal for a Southern unity caucus before the Democratic national convention. Governors Timmerman, Stanley, Coleman, Faubus, Hodges, Collins, Gary, Clement, Griffin weighed potential effects on a third party while Florida and Oklahoma opted out. Timmerman said the plan aims to prevent a third party, not launch one.
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Atlantic City
N.J
South Carolina
George Bell Timmerman, Jr
Congress
Timmerman
Atlanta
Thomas B. Stanley
Virginia
J. P. Coleman
Mississippi
Orval E. Faubus
Arkansas
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
South
LeRoy Collins
Florida
Raymond Gary
Oklahoma
Frank Clement
Tennessee
Marvin Gritfin
Georgia
Students Killed in Guatemala Protest as Martial Law Enforced
In Guatemala City police with submachine guns and pistols dispersed a student march to the government palace, killing three university students and wounding 19 as the state of alarm tightens civil liberties. The government blames underground Communists and orders censorship of dispatches abroad.
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Guatemala
Gatemala
Carlos Castillo Armas
Ith Street
6Th Avenue
Castillo Armas
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Arbenz
Leaders react to King death across US and abroad
President Eisenhower mourns Fleet Admiral Ernest J King as a great American and naval leader. Admiral Burke calls him one of the outstanding military figures of our time. Truman, in London, says there is no difference among totalitarians. Atlantic City governors comment on Harriman and Chandler as Democratic candidates.
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United Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Fleet
Ernest J. King
Arleigh A. Burke
King
London
Truman
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
Khrushchev
Atlantic City
N.J
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Averell Harriman
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