Governors to Meet Over Oil Imports With Interior Aide
Texas Governor Shivers and Colorado Governor Thornton will confer with Interior Secretary McKay to seek voluntary limits on foreign oil imports. They discuss possible congressional measures and watch Senate action on tide lands while pressuring for state ownership positions.
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Washington
Secretary of Interior
McKay
Gov
Shivers
Texas
Dan Thornton
Colorado
Petroleum Administration For Defense
PAD
Cor
PAC
Ercoower
Wut
Congress
Capitol
Senate
Eisenhower
Eisenhower proposes $5.8 billion foreign aid plan
President Eisenhower asks Congress for a 33.8 billion foreign aid program for the next fiscal year to defend free nations against Soviet aggression. The plan would fund continued European defense, aid to French Indo China, support for Nationalist China, and weapon production for NATO allies with limited France and Britain manufacturing roles.
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Washington
Mar
Eisenhower
Congress
Free Nations
Harry Truman
Soviet Union
Senate
Formosa
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Vietminh Push Toward Thailand
In Indo-China, May 5, heavily armed guards surrounded Luang Prabang palace as Communist led forces push south toward Siam. French officials call the move alarming though deny plots to seize King Sisavang Vong. Rebels are nine miles from Luang Prabang with Thai border near. An Bangkok source says the plan targets capturing the capital this week and handing authority to Prince Souphanu Vong.
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Hanoi
Indo-China
Luang Prabang
Laos
Thailand
Siam
Sisavang Vong
Bangkok
Souphanu Vong
UN envoy accuses Reds of negotiating smokescreen in Korea
Panmunjom dispatch reports UN truce chief Lt Gen William K Harrison charging the Communists with using a negotiating smokescreen and showing no real desire for an armistice. He cited their rejection of Pakistan as neutral custodian for 6,006 prisoners who prefer not to return home. Harrison agreed to a recess until 11 am Wednesday.
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Panmunjom
United Nations
William K. Harrison
Pakistan
Harrison
Invasion Readied in West Coast Sea Jump Exercise
In San Diego on May 5 a simulated World War III invasion will land 50 000 sailors and Marines to rout a foe from the United States. The Sea Jump exercise runs from April 28, involves 30 000 bluejackets and 24 000 Marines near Camp Pendleton plus 120 warships and hundreds of planes using modern weapons including guided missile submarines.
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San Diego
Calif
West Coast
United States
Camp Pendleton Marine Base
Here
We Buy White Space for Community Survey Response
A newspaper invites readers to fill out a community survey about what is said in blank advertisement space. It lists many local businesses across categories from groceries to theaters and services, encouraging feedback to tailor future ads and measure audience impact.
Rain Barrel Slaying Trial Beains State Asks Death
A 33 year old mother of a two year old girl goes on trial for life in Arkansas for the Christmas week rain barrel murder of Mary Wolfe a five year old foster daughter. Jury of 12 chosen from 40 will hear opening statements as prosecutor seeks the electric chair.
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Desarc. Ark
Linda Epperson Head
Little Mary Wolfe
J. B. Reed
Head
Taweatt
Autopsy Awaited in San Antonio Bed-Tied Fire Death
Authorities awaited an autopsy in the death of 28 year old Estella Bernal found tied to a bed in a house destroyed by fire in San Antonio. Her mother Juana Rivera said she tied her daughter to the bed to prevent her from running away during a nervous disorder.
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San Antonio
Homicide
Eddie Campa
Estella Bernal
Campa
Juana Rivera
Report 3 Million Baptists In Russia
Houston report states the Baptist faith in Russia grew 800 percent in a generation from 400000 to 3200000. Dr Bredahl Petersen, president of the European Baptist Federation, cites Soviet control of children until 18 but notes the official figures were verified by the Russian Ministry of Cults. The data were transmitted through Dr Martin Niemuller of Germany and the Baptist Union secretary in Russia.
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Houston
Bredahl Petersen
European Baptist Federation
Petersen
Russia
Martin Niemuller
Germany
Niemuller
Bug Men Set Meeting of Southern Plant Board in McAllen
The annual meeting of the Southern Plant Board will be held in McAllen on May 13 and 14. Commissioners of agriculture and plant entomologists from 11 southern states will attend.
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Austin
The
Southern Plant Board
Commissioners of Agriculture
McAllen
Murder Trial Starts In Pecos For Vasquez
In Pecos 109th District Court Testimony begins in the murder trial of Frank B. Vasquez charged in the July 1952 fatal shooting of Gilberto Domingo District Attorney John Dennison prosecutes with death penalty urged Pecos attorney Dick Starley defends The jury includes R V Lumpkin R M Meath T C Shaw James McCain Max Stool O H Beau champ H H Fore Shields Norwood Jerry Jenkins A L Lockett J D Passmore E G Poite vint
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PECOS
109Th District
Frank B. Vasquez
Vasquez
Gilberto Domingo
John Dennison
Dick Starley
R. V. Lumpkin
R. M. Meath
T. C. Shaw
James McCain
Max Stool
O. H. Beauchamp
H. H. Fore
Shields Norwood
Jerry Jenkins
A. L. Lockett
J. D. Passmore
E. G. Poitevint
Witness Calls Hearing Circus at HUAC Session
New York May 5 UP A Brooklyn teacher David Flacks 26 years in education called the hearing on communism a circus and labeled his accuser a stool pigeon He was among 66 people named by Dorothy Finn as fellow party members to testify The week saw other figures like bandleader Artie Shaw appear before the committee
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New York
House Un-American Activities Committee
David Flacks
Brooklyn
Dorothy K. Finn
Artie Shaw
Chief Resigns Fort Worth Police Chief Steps Down
Former detective chief Cato Hightower resigns as chief of police in Fort Worth succeeding Roland Howerton. Howerton says the quit aims to create peace and harmony within the department.
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Fort Worth
Cato Hightower
Roland Howerton
Howerton
New Flood Crest Threatens Odessa Town Cleanup Drive
A flood cleanup program begins in Odessa with Zone 1 inspections led by Dr. Guy Anderson Sidney Parkis and Royce Meadows reporting 68 loads removed by mid afternoon and an expected 100 by day end. Zone 2 starts Thursday as sound trucks prepare residents for the drive to run through May across eight zones.
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Guy Anderson
Sidney Parkis
Royce Meadows
City Sanitarian
Odessa
Harvey Lee
Chamber Civic Affairs Committee
Dixie and
Murphy Sts
Clifford and
Crane
Arrests in Bomb Plots Shock Buenos Aires Politicians
Federal police in Buenos Aires arrested 11 prominent Argentines in a terror ring probe tied to a string of bomb explosions. Four former congressmen from the opposition were detained, including presidential candidate Reynaldo Pastor. A separate raid targeted planners of a hotel bombing linked to Foreign Minister Jeronimo Remorino.
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Buenos Aires
Reynaldo Pastor
Juan D. Peron
Jeronimo Remorino
Peron
Chile
Elephant corralling as local dogcatcher nets stray pachyderm
In Batesville Arkansas on May 5 the city dogcatcher captured a wandering elephant from a traveling circus. Noel Mobley watched from his window as Frank Crowell coaxed the animal by the snout with a wooden stick and returned it to the circus amid wary residents and alarmed flowerbeds.
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Batesville
Ark
Arkansas
Noel Mobley
Crowell
Korean Veteran Killed In Crash At Perrin Air Base
Lieutenant Edward Hotz a Korean War veteran and F80 Flying Star flyer was killed in an F86B Sabrejet takeoff crash at Perrin Air Force Base. He served as an instructor since January and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross. A Belleville Illinois native and Sherman resident he married Barbara Jean Hotz and their one year old son Edward III survives.
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Sherman
Edward Hotz
Korea
Perrin Air Force Base
Hotz
Belleville
Barbara Jean Hotz
Edward III
House Approves Ohio Statehood After 150 Years
The House Interior Committee approved legislation to admit Ohio as a state. Rep Bender R Ohio filed a resolution to admit Ohio formally to the Union, completing action begun 150 years ago when boundaries and constitution were approved but the admission resolution was not adopted.
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Washington
House Interior Committee
Ohio
House
Bender
Congress
Jaybird Democrats Plan To Do Nothing On Supreme Court Ruling
In Richmond Texas on May 5 officials of the Jaybird Democratic Association said they would take no action after the Supreme Court upheld a lower court ruling that the Jaybirds were illegal. Justice Black said the primary and general election have become mere ratifiers of a preselected outcome. Wendell Shannon, secretary, said no steps will be taken until official notice is received.
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Richmond
Tex
Jaybird Democratic Association
Fort Bend County
Supreme Court
U.S
T. M. Kennerly
Hugo L. Black
Jaybird Organization
Texas
Wendell Shannon
Association
A. J. Adams
Missouri City
The
Jaybirds
Wives’ Strike Ties Up French Ships Across Ports
Paris reports a revolt of wives without husbands contributing to a ship officers strike. Fifty ships, including the liner Iie de France and Liberte, were idle in Le Havre and Marseille. Officers seek 40 hour week with current pay, overtime for extra hours, and nine holidays. The dispute arose after a ban on visits by wives.
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Paris
le Havre
Channel
Mediterranean
Marseille
Nehru bomb found on rails labeled harmless firecracker
The Bombay government said a bomb found on a railroad track ahead of a train carrying Premier Jawahar Lal Nehru was a harmless firecracker. Earlier reports claimed it was a live bomb placed to create a sensation en route to Bombay from famine areas.
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Bombay
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Kalyan Station
Nehru
Pioneer Airlines Asked to Provide More Data on Subsidy
The Civil Aeronautics Board requires Pioneer Airlines to submit additional data before it will review the request for increased mail subsidy pay. The ruling also refused to overturn an earlier ban on the use of Martin 202 planes by Pioneer.
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Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Pioneer Airlines
Pioneer
Deweyville Struggles as Sabine Flood Crest Advances
A new Sabine River crest threatens Deweyville Texas as volunteers repair breaches in a leaky dike. Upstream rains fed the rise while 300 to 400 workers from Deweyville Orange and Jefferson Counties battle for the levee top and shelter dozens of displaced families.
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Associated Press
Sabine
Texas
Deweyville
Weather Bureau
Orange
Indian Lake
Bulis
West Bluff
Newton
Jefferson
Orange Naval Station
I. J. Hennigan
Kansas City Southern
Orange National Guard
Col. H. R. Halleck
Fort Worth
Hallock
Senate ends long tidelands fight with final vote
The Senate rejected amendments and prepared for a final mid afternoon vote on the tidelands bill after five weeks of debate. The measure would grant coastal states title to tidelands to their historic seaward boundaries while the outer continental shelf remains under federal control.
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Washington
Senate
Tidelands
George W. Malone
R-Nev
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N.y
House
Texas
Florida
California
Louisiana
Fedeal
Minister Granberr Dies at 78 in San Antonio
Reverend Dr. John C. Granberr, 78, a retired Methodist minister, died at 6 30 a m Tuesday from a heart attack in a San Antonio hospital, UPI reports from May.
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San Antonio
John C. Granberr
Names Smuggled Out From POW Lists Reunite Families
Pvt. James J. Coogan smuggled 71 names of Allied prisoners still held by Reds from a POW list. Coogan’s mother released the names to reassure mothers their boys are safe. Relatives in Houston react with joy as Wiechmann and Welchmann are confirmed among the names.
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Philadelphia
Reds
James J. Coogan
Prisoner of War Exchange
Coogan
Edna B. Coogan
Phoenixville
Clide Woods
Russellville
Ark
Bobby E. Rains
Overland
Preston Richie
Cactus St
San Antonio
Tex
Virgil A. Raven
Marthasville
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Walnut St
Sweetwater
Douglas Wiechmann
Brookshire
Eat
Willard Ward
Sand Springs
Robert E
Wiechmann
Ella Wiechmann
Here
Arlin Douglas
Little Tex
Eugene
Big Tex
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