Midland Attorney Is Named Legion Head
W. G. Bill Abbott, a Midland attorney, was named commander of the Fifth Division of the American Legion at the Odessa convention. Edith Hobson of Alpine was elected division president. Delegates debated 15 resolutions, praised the Senate Investigating Committee and the FBI, and urged expanded Texas lessons, veterans benefits, and extended voter rights for Negro Legion posts.
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W. G
Bill) Abbott
Midland
American Legion
Ladies of the Legion
Edith Hobson
Alpine
Earl Tate
Brownwood
Senate
Comportes
Sen. McCarthy
FBI
Texas
Negro Legion
Department of Texas
Eul
Stonewall) Jackson
Cisco
Veterans Administration Medical Department
National Guard
Odessa
Abbott
Widow Charged in Lurid Murder Confession Case
The widow Mrs Clark is held without bail after arraignment on a first degree murder charge. Police say she confessed and named men who helped dispose of the body found June 2 in a West Newbury marsh. Several people have been questioned and re questioned as investigators pursue the grisly details.
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Clark
Creze
West Newbury
Pauice
Lark
Judge Finds Pegler Guilty Of Libel
Federal Judge Edward Weinfeld ruled that columnist Westbrook Pegler clearly libeled author Quentin Reynolds in a 1949 column and Reynolds is entitled to damages. The judge said nothing supported two specific allegations and the case goes to the jury for damages.
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NEW York
Edward Weinfeld
Jury Today
Westbrook Pegler
Quentin Reynolds
Reynolds
Fin’ Rownalds
Pegler
Hearst Cop
Hearst Consolidated Publications, Inc
Weinfield
Weekend Toll Report Shows 14 Violent Deaths Across Texas
A weekend tally across Texas reports 14 violent deaths from traffic crashes gunfire and drownings. Notable victims include Hempstead resident James Bennett 52 who allegedly admitted to shooting 28 year old Helen Milton at her Hempstead home.
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Texas
James Bennett
Hempstead
Legion News
Helen Milton
Bennett
Jessie James Woodall
Fort Worth
Bowie
Hearne
Dallas
Maxie Deason
Willie Peeler
Deason
Wl Pyland
Bryan
iToney Perrone Sr
Thomas Patrick Daly
Ellington Afb
Newark
N. J
New City
Houston
Danny Tillman
Tyler
San Antonio
A. E. Alexander
Snyder
Big Spring
Dist
Joe C. Goode
Hallettsville
J. F. Milam
Moore
Shivers Plans Monahans Visit For Governor Campaign
Governor Shivers will speak at Monahans City Park at 7 PM with a large turnout expected from surrounding counties. He will address the Rotary Club officers and ladies night meeting before an evening event, then broadcast on Cactus State Network stations across Pecos Odessa and McCamey. He arrives Thursday from San Antonio, spends the night, then heads to El Paso Friday morning.
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Morahans City
Anhoeuing
Monantans Rotary Club
CHW
Tulsis Shivers
Fire damages Odessa cafe in morning blaze
A fire at 6 06 a m Sunday caused moderately heavy damage to the Kitty Hawk Cafe at 317 East Second. Fire Marshal L L Withrow cited a lighted cigarette as the probable cause and firemen fought the blaze in the cafe kitchen wearing gas masks. Damage included a store room contents and extensive smoke and water damage to the kitchen and interior.
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Kitty Hawk
East Second
L. L. Withrow
Weather forecast and temperatures with showers possible
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with occasional light showers Monday night and Tuesday. High today around 71 with a low near 67. Yesterday reached 74, low 67. A 24 hour precipitation of 0.51 inches is reported.
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At & Pan
Tinea
Ex Red Tells Of Treachery
Ex Soviet secret police commander Burlitski testified before a U.S. congressional committee in Munich detailing how non Russians were trapped by security forces in Crimea and the Caucasus. He described deportations of about a million people to Siberia under guards who had been welcomed as guests.
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Munich
Germany
Stalin
Kremlin
Grigori Stepanovich Burhtski
Soviet Union
West
U.S
Congressional Committee
Burlitski
Caucasus
Crimea
Siberia
Lang
Insurance Group Launches Anti Gouging Campaign
The Insurance Policyholders Association announced a statewide drive to outlaw credit insurance gouging of borrowers. Executive director Dwight Plackard called the practice a loan sharks paradise and urged action to curb deceptive credit insurance in Texas.
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Dallas
Insurance Policyholders Association
Dwight Plackard
IPA
Texas
Paradise
Duval Witness Appears Before Grand Jury in Slavery Case
Betty Bushey the woman linked to the Jake Floyd Jr. slaving case testified before the Duval County grand jury in San Diego Texas. She had been flown from Pensacola Florida and held on a bad check charge. Donato Serna a Freedom Party leader also appeared awaiting bond approval as county auditor.
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San Diego
Tex
Betty Bushey
Jake Floyd Jr
Alice
Duval County Grand Jury
Alice Yes
Terday
Pensacola
Fla
Floyd
George Parr
Joe K Johnson
Johnson
Sheriff's Department
Fort Worth
Grand Jury
Donato ‘Serna
Freedom Party
Parr
Serna
Duval County
Commissioners’ Court
Parr withdraws from 79th District judge race
Rio Grande City Texas George Parr a political leader withdraws from the race for 79th District judge and backs the ousted judge C Woodrow Laughlin The event occurs amid a New Party rally in Starr County Parr had not paid his filing fee by the deadline per San Antonio reports Laughlin was ousted for misconduct and serves against Mark Heath of Falfurrias in the remaining contest
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Rio Grande City
Tex
George Parr
C. Woodrow Laughlin
Parr
New Party
Starr County
San Antonio
Jim Wells
Democratic
Goode S. Weir
Starr
Duval
Brooks Counties
Laughlin
Mark Heath
Falfurrias
State Supreme Court
Planes Hit Reds Near Hanoi On Eve Of Truce Talks
French planes raided Communist concentrations northwest of Hanoi on Monday as the first truce talks in Indo China since the conflict began nearly eight years ago were about to open.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Graham Enters Army Hospital in Frankfurt Germany
Evangelist Billy Graham, 35, entered the U S Army hospital in Frankfurt for tests after an extremely painful kidney ailment. He had fallen ill Friday in Dusseldorf, rallied Saturday, and traveled by plane from Berlin after a rally in the divided city.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Billy Graham
United States Army Hospital
Dueseldorf
Berlin
Graham
Record Rio Grande flood swamps Ozona and towns
Thunderous cloudbursts flood Ozona Texas wiping out buildings and trapping residents. Five dead with four missing as the Rio Grande hits a 40 foot crest and riverside towns brace for higher water. Rescue flights, helicopters, and Civil Defense mobilize across Langtry Del Rio Eagle Pass Ciudad Acuna and Nuevo Laredo amid rising flood danger.
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Ozona
Here
Highway Patrol
Texas
Langtro
Rio Grande
del Rio
Ciudad Acuna
Eagle Pass
Laredo
Brownsville
San Angelo
Casbeer
Ozona Oil Co
M&m Cafe
Rafe Everett
Marine Re
Ists
National Guardsmen
Southern Pacific Railroad
Sunset Limited
Langtry
Southwest Texas
Roy Bean
Lily Langtry
Pullman
American Medical Assn
San Francisco
Nuevo Laredo
Weather Bureau
Laredoes
International Bridge
Guatemala Junta Ousts Arbenz After Army Reverses
In Guatemala City a military junta took control after President Jacobo Arbenz Guzman resigned under army pressure. The new regime led by Col. Carlos Castillo Armas pledged continued war against rebels while Communist influence waned amid defections. The capital remained tense as streets emptied and radios carried updates.
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Guatemala
Jacobo Arbenz Guzman
Col
Carlos Enriquez Diaz
Radio Liberation
Travolt
Arbenz
Washington
Castillo Armas
Tegucigalpa
Honduras
U.S
Whiting Willauer
Luis Coronado
Castillo, Armas
Sdav
Guatemala City
Eisenhower and Churchill push Southeast Asia defense plans
In a four day talks communique Eisenhower and Churchill vow to press forward with collective defense of Southeast Asia and warn of a worsened international situation if Indochina demands are unreasonable. They urge France to approve the European Defense Community and plan to make West Germany an equal partner.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Chuchill
Southeast Asia
Recs
Indochina
France
West Germany
United States
Churchill
Rainy Weekend Douses Permian Basin Heat
Odessa and Midland received rainfall easing heat with reported totals around .2 inches and light showers across the region. The Rio Grande flood crest was forecast to reach record levels between Del Rio and the Falcon Dam as Texas faced continuing storms and high water.
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Odessa
Midland
Permian Basin
Weather Bureau
Terminal
Texas
Rio Orlando
International River
Theweather Bureau
Brownsville
Rio Grande
del Rio
Tex
Falcon Dam
Laredo
Five year old girl rescued after 40 hours in High Sierra
Kathy Paxton, 5, was found on a granite ledge near Woods Lake after more than 40 hours with no food or shelter. A timber cruiser Alvin Van Dell located footprints, then called to her. She was tired but unharmed aside from a bruised eye and chipped tooth. She planned to return to camp with her mother and stepfather.
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Markleeville
Calif
Kathy Paxton
High Sierra
Woods Lake
Alvin van Dell
van Dell
Louis Avery
Mathers
Kathy
Kit Car
Lou
Avery
California
Stewart Crandall
Cupertino
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
Air Force
Carson City
Nev
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Shivers
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Odessa Cafe
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Avnamblia
Chicago
Denver
Fort Worth Paw Ety
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Bane
St. Louis
Red
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Army Hospital
Pecos
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Winnie
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