Houston Hit By 17 More Polio Cases
Seventeen polio cases were reported in Houston raising this year’s total to 360 patients and 16 deaths. Six are from the city, seven from the county, four non residents. Odessa remains spared with no cases this year. A 33 year old physician from Bellaire, Baylor College of Medicine professor, is among the new patients. The Bellaire cleanup drive uses a $600 spraying machine to reduce mosquito-borne disease risks.
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Houston
Odessa
Bellaire
Baylor University College of Medicine
Admitting Toy Theft by Carnival Midget
A 29 year old four foot two inch carnival midget confessed to stealing about $200 worth of toys from a warehouse after being arrested in his rooming house. He blamed drinking and bad company and said he intended to sell the toys. He was born in Berkeley California and came to Texas March 5 after leaving a Oklahoma carnival. He faces burglary charges.
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Carnival
Jack Munn
Jack Smith
Berkeley
Calif
Texas
Oklahoma
Munn
Smith
Candidate Seeks All For All Prisoner Exchange Stance
In Wichita Falls Texas Napier challenges Attorney General Price Daniel to state if he would trade all Chinese and Korean prisoners for all United Nations captives. Napier argues the exchange rule is clear under wartime law and has blocked Korea truce talks, risking lives.
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Wichita Falls
U.S
Texas
N. W. Napier
Price Daniel
United Nations
Napier
Daniel
Korea
Statistics Still Against Paralysis in Polio Talk
Dr Hart E Van Riper of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis told Texas chapter officials polio paralysis is rare. For each paralytic case there are 100 non paralytic cases with permanent immunity. Permanent paralysis occurs in less than 25 percent of paralytic polio cases.
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Dallas
Texas
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Hart E. van Riper
van Riper
Louisiana
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Chamber Seeks Bids for New Building
Local contractors were invited to bid on the Chamber of Commerce building. Plans and specifications available by calling the chamber office on July 2. Bids due by July 15, announced A. R. Dyer, building committee chair.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
A. R
Happy) Dyer
Odessa College Head Released From Hospital
Murry H. Fly Odessa College president has been released from Ector County Hospital after a two week confinement following a heart attack. Fly's family reports his condition greatly improved and says he can sit up several hours daily and receive visitors at his home on West Seventh. He will resume college duties in a few weeks.
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Murry H. Fly
Odessa College
Ector County Hospital
Fly
West Seventh
Weather Outlook Still Unchanged for Odessa and Permian
The Odessa and Permian area faced little change in the forecast with minimal temperature shifts and widely scattered thundershowers. Across the nation a prolonged heat wave persisted with some relief from isolated showers in the East and South while ports of Texas saw varying rain amounts and high temperatures.
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Odessa
Permian
Galveston
San Antonio
Texas
Houston
Texarkana
Austin
Salt Flat
Beaumont
Palestine
Presidio
Mexico
Wichita Falls
Dallas
Fort Worth
Corsicana
Rockies
South Atlantic
Finnish girl wins world beauty title in Long Beach
Armi Kusela of Finland wins the world beauty crown in Long Beach California. Officially designated as a Scandinavian beauty, she will compete for Finland at next month’s Olympics arceters remain to be clarified by officials.
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Armi Kuusela
Blonce
Finland
Piper Laurie
Long Beach
Calif
Snowon
Armi Kusela
Kuusela
Finn
Russia
Orl
Muhos
Helsinki
Hollywood
University of Helisinki
Hawaii
Elsa Edsman
Hon‘olulu
Greece
Daisy Mavrak
Crete
Hong Kong
Judy Dan
Germany
Renate Hoy
Munich
Miss Universe
Miss United
Flying Triangle Plane Crashes and Sets Stage for New Jet
Britain reports the Gloster GA5 delta aircraft crash at Boscombe Down. Test pilot Bill Waterton, 36, escaped with a life threat on the runway as the craft burned. Officials say a second delta jet will be completed soon amid Olympus engine developments and Bristol-Wright international collaboration.
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London
Britain
Bill Waterton
Boscome Down Air Station
Air Ministry
Waterton
Olympus
Bristol Aeroplane ‘Company
United States
Wright Aeronautical Corp
Bristol
Prohibition Party Members Return Home After Speech
Prohibition party members left Winona Lake on Monday after Stuart Hamblen, the self described cowboy evangelist and 1936 presidential hopeful, warned they may be paying taxes to Russia if the next election unfolds. He criticized Republicans and Democrats for financial ties to the liquor industry.
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Winona Lake, Inc
Prohibition Party
Stuart Hamolen
Russia
Hamblen
Abcoholic
Rhee pushes for constitutional changes as crisis peaks in Korea
President Syngman Rhee demands amendments for direct presidential elections and a two chamber legislature or the dissolution of the National Assembly. He cites will of the people while a mass of Rhee supporters blockaded the Assembly Hall and warned of further action. The UN mission reported pressure from right wing elements and safety guarantees from Seoul officials.
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Pusan
Korea
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Assembly
Rhee
National Assembly
Chang Taek Sang
Republic
United Nations
Gerald van Ittersum
Netherlands
Marshall Housewives Challenge Social Security Taxes
A Marshall Texas group of housewives led by Mrs James K Abney asks a federal court to strike down wage tax on household servants under the 1950 amendment. Judge William H Atwell will oversee the hearing as plaintiffs seek return of a small tax payment and a broader test of the provision. Former Congressman Martin Dies heads the legal staff for the plaintiffs.
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Dallas
Marshall
Tex
James K. Abney
William H. Atwell
Abney
Martin Dies
Marshall Women
Dies
Feder
United States
Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Supreme Court
Senate votes to fund Air Force to 143 Wings by 1955
Presstime News Flashes reports the Senate approved 79 to 0 a plan to provide funds for the Air Force to expand to 143 wings by mid 1955. An amendment would cut seven billion in cash previously approved but authorize credit for new aircraft totaling 969 million beyond House figures.
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Washington
Senate
Air Force
Sen
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
House
Husband Falsely Claims Triplets Sparks Adultery Row
New York police hear a dramatic tale after Salvatore Scarnati, a garage attendant, is named as the father of Helen Mingey Scarnati’s triplets. His estranged wife Mary Cosaluzzo Scarnati seeks legal action for adultery while Scarnati says he loves Helen and wants a divorce from his wife. The DA offers no action but notes Mrs. Scarnati may pursue a summons.
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New York
Salvatore Scarnati
Helen Mingey Scarnati
Mary Cosaluzzo Scarnati
Para
Scarnati
Egypt Faces Third Cabinet Crisis Amid Resignation
Alexandria report notes Prime Minister Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha's resignation and Hussein Sirry Pasha named to form a new government. Sirry Pasha, veteran independent, will contend with court and Cairo factions as tensions with Britain over the Suez Canal and Sudan persist.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Ahmed Naguib Hilaly Pasha
Hussein Sirry Pasha
Sirry Pasha
Farouk
Cairo
Hilaly Pasha
Suez Canal Zone
Sudan
Cable and Wireless
London
Associated Press
Hilaly
U.S
Canal Zone
Britain
Mustapha el Nahas Pasha
Nahas Pasha
Aly Maher Pasha
Odessa Woman Is Killed In Gas Tank Explosion
A murder with a motor vehicle charge is filed against Jim B. Taylor 25 Penwell oil company engineer after a flaming highway death seven miles west of Odessa near midnight. A baby is seriously burned in the incident.
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Odessa
Jim B. Taylor
Penwell Oil Company
Beerweseemgeey
Thomas D. Murphy
Billy C. Howard
Howard
Taylor
Medical Center
Hubbard Funeral Home
Littlefield
D. H. Brewster
San Diego
Calif
Gladys Terry
Midland
Aris New
van Horn
Expansion of Uranium Mines In U S Urges Rapid Increase
A congressional Atomic Energy subcommittee urged a rapid expansion of domestic uranium mining to guard against foreign ore cuts. It backs large scale by product recovery from Florida phosphate plants and suggests broader mining on the Colorado plateau. It calls for allied mining steps to boost U S atomic program and urges AEC to secure more ore from abroad.
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Washington
Congressional Atomic Energy Subcommittee
Colorado Plateau
Florida
Idaho
Montana
Brien McMahon D-Conn
Congressional Atomic Energy Committee
U. S
United States
Subcommittee
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Austin Physician Identifies Jet-Bugs Behind Weeping Mimosas
Dr. Robert B. Morrison of Austin reports tiny jet-action insects causing the weeping of Mimosas in South Texas. The half-inch bugs squirt water from their bodies while feeding on sap, with observers noting no damage. A separate theory cites guttation as the cause.
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Austin
Tex
Orange
Texas
Robert B. Morrison
Morrison
Texas A. and M College
Government Seeks End to Sabrejet Labor Impasse
Washington reports top mediators met to avert a strike that would halt Sabrejet F-86 production for Korea. Clyde Mills of the Federal Mediation Service planned talks with North American Aviation and the CIO Auto Workers Union to break the deadlock after a delayed strike notice.
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Washington
Clyde M. Mills
Federal Mediation Service
North American Aviation Co
CIO Auto Workers Union
Cyrus S. Ching
North American
Judy Garland Named Miss Show Business
Hollywood June 30 Judy Garland was named Miss Show Business at the Friars Club banquet. The honor was announced during the club event.
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Hollywood
Judy Garland
Friars Club
Missing Colorado students found after mountain search
Two University of Colorado students Sue Simpson and Dave Harlan, both 19, were found safe after spending a night in high mountain country near Ward. They attributed fear and cold but were unharmed and stayed in place to be found.
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Boulder
Colo
Colorado University
High Mountain Country
Ward
Sue Simpson
Minneapolis
Dave Harlan
Galveston
Tex
Brainerd Lake
Miss Simpson
Colorado
Harlan
Canterbury Club
Episcopal
A. Balfour Patterson
University Episcopal
Patterson
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