Dangerous Inmate Escapes Hospital Road Blocks Go Up
Beverly Hills California May 6 UP Robert A Vogeler American businessman spent 17 months as a prisoner of the Hungarian Reds and says the Korean war has been horribly mis managed He advocates use of the atom bomb to end it and reveals his release came by ransom He would have preferred economic boycott to secure freedom and criticizes appeasement He notes State Department asked him to stay quiet about William Oatis case to avoid publicity
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Robert A. Voreler
International Telephone & Telegraph Sc
Commonwealth Club
Vogeler
State Department
William Oatis
Czechoslovakia
Oatis
Vernon man escapes Wichita Falls hospital after insanity ruling
J L Sparks, deemed insane after attacking Vernon couple Mr and Mrs Walter Canes, escaped from Wichita Falls state hospital between supper and 10 30 bedcheck. Doctors described him as extremely dangerous with a split personality though officials later rehoused roadblocks were set and removed. The 1951 Heard home invasion and Sparks’ prior assault case are noted in court records.
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Aitaitt
Tul
B. G. Yeager
Wichita Falls
Sparks
Yeager
Heard
Vernon
Crowell
Foard County
Unconstitutional Federal Gambling Tax Ruling in Philadelphia
U S district court judge George A Welsh ruled the $50 federal gambling tax and bookmaker registration provisions unconstitutional in a case against Joseph Kahrier 36 one of 16 charged with failing to register as gamblers The ruling challenges the act while upholding the 14 percent tax on gamblers earnings as constitutional though possibly unwise and the decision may be appealed to the Supreme Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.S. District Court
Toeesdas
George A. Welsh
U.S. Supreme Court
Welsh
Fee
Internal Revenue Bureau
Joseph Kahreer
Kahriger
Internal Revenue
Gamlers
Russians Ignored By Japanese Now
The Japanese foreign office said Russian representatives in Japan are not being asked to leave but will return to Moscow soon. An official stated Tokyo is not pressuring them to depart while Soviet and Japanese relations remain unsettled.
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Toryoq
Tuesdev
Adgo
Allied Council For
Japan
New Head of Taft Group Takes Charge
General Albert C. Wedemeyer becomes chair of the Metore Crudens for Taft Company, citing influence from Gen. Douglass MacArthur and supporters. He says he joined Taft to foster a free competitive economic system and oppose entangled trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft
Tone Barbara War Postponed In Los Angeles Divorce Case
Legal hostilities in the Tone Payton marital dispute are delayed for a week as lawyers seek a possible temporary alimony agreement for Barbara Payton. Tone may amend to charge adultery with Tom Neal. hearing postponed to next Monday before Superior Judge Mildred Lillie.
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Los Angeles
Barbara Payton
The
Cout
Miss Payton
Tone
Tom Neal
Barbara
Neal
Miss Paxton
Mildred Lillie
Laborer Held In Slaying of Wife in Texas
DeKalb Texas May 6 A 32 year old Bowie county laborer Oscar J Alford was held without bond charged with murdering his wife Nona Lou Alford 28 at their home on the Bowie Red River county line 14 miles northwest of DeKalb He claimed a .22 pistol fired by accident during a scuffle as she tried to stop him from going rabbit hunting.
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Dekalb
Tex
Bowie County
Bowie-Red River
Oscar J. Alford
Nona Lou Alford
Maxwell Welch
Alford
Keating Questions Morris Selection in Anti-Corruption Drive
Representative Keating accuses Morris of being chosen to head the government anti corruption effort to thwart impartial and thorough investigations. The May 6 report cites new testimony casting doubt on the selection process and motives.
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Washington
Keating
Newbold Morris
Wage Stabilization Board calls oil strike end and talks
The Wage Stabilization Board urged 90,000 striking oil workers to end the walkout immediately. Chairman Nathan P. Feinsinger asked for renewed bargaining with federal mediation help and a meeting with all parties next Tuesday for a full report on the dispute.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
WSB
Nathan P. Feinsinger
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Feinsinger
CIO
AFL
Independent
Allied Bombing Attack Paralyzes Red Rail System
Hundreds of Allied warplanes bombed Sunchon North Korea a major rail junction in a day long saturation raid. The attack targeted a 40 mile stretch between Kunu and Huichon with rails torn up in spots and 80 tons of explosives dropped on the Huichon rail bridge.
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Seoul
Korea
Sunchon
Fifth Air Force
Pyongyang
Sinuijuo
Manchurian
Kunu
Huichon
Okinawa
Steel Production Nears Normal Across U S Mills
Pittsburgh May 6 United Steelworkers awaited union leaders next move as production resumed nationwide. U S Steel reported all blast furnaces in operation and open hearths smoking with normal schedules expected by week end. Jones and Laughlin planned full capacity while finishing mills rolled. Ingot output likely two thirds of capacity.
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Pittsburgh
CIO United Steelworkers
U. S. Steel
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
American Iron & Steel Institute
Odessa Union Man Found Guilty of Aggravated Assault
William Allen Gray, 41, of Odessa, was convicted of aggravated assault for the March 1 beating of M. E. Locker. The county court jury deliberated just over an hour before returning a guilty verdict and sentenced Gray to two years in Ector County jail, the maximum penalty. Atty. George Kelton, prosecuting, urged the harsh penalty, likening Gray to history’s tyrants.
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Tracy Byers
William Allen Gray
Odessa
Gras
Hitler
Mussolini
Stalin
Gray
Ross Davis
Kelton
Moore
Locker
Elbert Thornton
West Texas
Ector County
Gray Ian
Bill Shoopman
Ross
Bill Williams
Orville A
Brown
Baash-Ross
Odessa Area Oil Strike Keeps Production Lines Busy
Oil strike affects field output while Odessa Midland air services and Gulf Humble Phillips outlets report steady supplies. Airlines run normally in Odessa area with no cancellations expected. gas stations maintain deliveries as truck lines boost orders and refinery loads.
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Odessa Area
Odessa- Midland Air Terminal
American
Continental
Pioneer
Odessa
Gulf Oil Corp
Humble Oil and Refining Co
Johnson Brothers Oil Co
Phillips Products
Taxmen Lay Axe To Former Numbers Kings In Dallas
On May 6 Dallas money racket leaders Harry Urban Sr and Benny Binion faced secret federal indictments for income tax evasion. They were free on bond as prosecutors push for a summer court session to try Urban in Dallas and Binion if he can be brought to Texas.
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Dallas
U. S
Harry R. Urban, Sr
Las Vegas
Nev
Benny Binion
Texas
Norwegian transport plane crashes in Telemark district
An AP report states a chartered Norwegian transport plane carrying 29 aboard crashed and burned near Drangedal in Telemark, 154 miles southwest of Oslo. Eleven people died, 10 were injured, and eight survivors were being treated as rescue teams searched the wreckage near Solberg woods.
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Oslg
Norway
AP — Ua
Telemark
Oslo
Fred Olsen
Amsterdam
Jarlsberg
Kosmos 3
Rotterdam
Persian Gulf
Solberg
Drangedal
Air Force
Kristiansand
Krageroe
Sandefjord
Fracas at Democratic convention prompts clash in Austin
Reports from Austin note a violent flare at Travis County Democratic convention as a sergeant-at-arms tried to remove a delegate’s precinct banner. The altercation ended quickly with nearby delegates stepping in to split the clash.
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Austin
Travis County
Cancer Crusade Starts in Ector County
The Ector County Cancer Crusade began in Odessa under the Odessa High School Key Club sponsorship. Tasked with a $4,641 county goal and $600,000 state target, Tommy Hendricks chairs the drive with John Held as county crusade chair. Leaflets will explain cancer facts at every visit.
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Ector County Cancer Crusade
Odessa High School
Key Club
Tommy Hendricks
John Held
County Crusade
Hendricks
Ector County
Fuel Rationing Talked as Strike Ends This Week
Denver reports that the nation’s oil strike is fading after a week with officials divided on gasoline rationing. Air transport shows the greatest impact while motorists feel shortages in some areas. Knudsen warns restraint may be needed. Interior Secretary Chapman opposes national rationing, citing time to set up a program.
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Denver
California
Independent Union of Petroleum Workers
New Orleans
James K. Knudson
Defense Transportation Administration
Knudsen
Oscar. Chapman
Chapman
Bruce K. Brown
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Rival county conventions raise tension in Texas
Heated county conventions unfold as Democrats and Republicans in Texas seek delegates for the May 27 state gathering. Duval County sees Rangers deployed after complaints of intimidation while Houston prepares for large police coverage to avert clashes.
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Rangers
Duval
Texas
Feter
Crockett Tunior High School
Allan Shivers
Ector County
Minere Wells
Texas Rangers
Duval County
Houston
79Th District Court
Sam G. Reams
San Diego
George B. Parr
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Edemeyer
Taff Group
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Barbara War
Bulletin
Wasp
Hobson
New York Harbor
Samson
San Antonio
E. E. Clark
Charles Ruble
Husky Clark
Ruble
New York
Idlewild
Trans World Airlines
James Lydie
Metuchen
N. J
Cancer Crusade
Ector
Thomas E. Dewey
Edtor County
Ector Demos
San Anteonio
Reams
Parr
Associated Press
L. D. Morrison
Tom Sawyer
Houston Police
Sawyer
City Auditorium
W. F. Krause
Harris County
Shivers
Eisenhower
Carl G. Stearns
GOP
Stearns
Fagan Dickson
Chicago
Dickson
Dele
Gates
Homer Garrison
Alfred Allee
Alice
Captain Allee
Allee
South Texas
George Parr
New Freedom Party
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