Government Ready To Return Railroads After Long Settlement
The White House announced President Truman will end government seizure of the railroads after a three year dispute. An agreement signed at the White House provides retroactive wage boosts totaling 600 to 1100 dollars for 159,000 engineers conductors and firemen, with yard workers gains about 24 1 2 cents per hour and train crews 17 1 2 cents more.
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Washington
White House
Truman
U. S
Ridgway Warns on Communist Germ and Gas War Charges
General Ridgway told Congress that Communist germ and gas warfare claims against the United Nations in Korea are a monumental warning. He called the charges false in their entirety while recounting the Eighth Army’s rapid comeback after a Chinese-North Korean push and praised allied leaders ahead of his Europe assignment.
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Washington
Matthew B. Ridgway
Congress
United Nations
Korea
Ridgway
United Nations Far Eastern Forces
Defense
L Lovett
Europe
Dwiecht D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Japan
Rideway
Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Fruman
MacArthur
The
Orient
Mark Clark
Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
James Ven Fleet
Runaway Tankers Explode In City
Two men injured at noon in a loading mishap at a scene from last night’s warehouse fire in West Odessa. W. Cole, 37, and S. Parros, 43, of Biz Spring, were loading a gasoline tanker into a second car when the wrecker toppled. they leaped clear as the tank smashed down. Both were taken to Medical Center Hospital. Cole may have a back injury, Parros bruises. Witness A. W. White, Gulf Oil employee, said the wrecker failed to support the load.
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West Odessa
W. &. Cole
S. S. Parros
Biz Spring
Medical Center Hospital
Cole
Parros
A. W. White
White
Eight-Hour Blaze Destroys Odessa Warehouses In Tank Car Spill
A runaway train tank cars loaded with highly explosive natural gasoline derailed and exploded near Odessa’s warehouse district. Firemen battled the inferno for eight hours, with damage estimates ranging from a quarter of a million to a million dollars. Two businesses, Jack Ramosek Sales Co and City Transfer & Storage, were engulfed while casualties were avoided.
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West Odessa
Jack Ramosek Sales Cos
Belmont
City Transfer & Storage
Panty Raid Fails At Texas as NTSC Venture Succeeds
National panty raid moves reach Texas with forays at the University of Texas and North Texas State College. Police and student defenders stop raid attempts in Austin dorms and sororities while officers guard Littlefield and Cordons. Denton girls mock raiders as they breach four NTSC dormitories.
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University of Texas
Austin
North Texas State College
Denton
NTSC
Demian
Terril Hall
Bruce Hall
Chilton Hall
Oak Street
State Highway Patrol
Arno
Shorts
Nowotny
Chi Omega
Denton Record Chronicle
Littlefield
Bra maker tickled pink by college undie raids
New York on May 22 a lingerie manufacturer James Lowry vice president of Lingerie Inc. praised the campus boldness in raids saying he hopes students advance from panties to bras slips and nighties in a progressive sequence.
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New York
James Lowry
Lingerie, Inc
Parsons Sanity Hearing Sees Tulsa Heiress Insane Says Doctor
El Paso May 22 A psychiatrist testified that Mary Jean Parsons 21 Tulsa heiress killed her husband Army Lt Richard Parsons on February 16 due to emotional disease and phases of confusion she could not distinguish fact from fiction. He described her as overprotected and emotionally unstable during the third day of the sanity hearing.
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EL Paso
Mary Jean Parsons
Arlin B. Cooper
Tulsa
Life Savings Burned In Mishap After Wedding
Dayton Ohio May 22 Mr and Mrs Albert E White who wed 25 years ago kept 43550 in cash pinned to Mrs White's slip. They planned to bank it Monday but she worked late and the money disappeared that night. They believe the life savings were burned with trash.
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Dayton, O
Albert E. White
Odessa Attorney McCollum Bows In For County Judge Race
Odessa attorney Paul McCollum filed for the Ector County judge seat on Wednesday. He will face Justice of Peace Thomas D. Murphy in July's primary after previously narrowly losing a county attorney bid. McCollum, active in civic groups and a former county attorney candidate, is a Baylor Law School graduate and son of former Odessa mayor C W McCollum. Filings stay open until June 2 according to County Democratic Chairman Thomas J. Pitts.
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Paul MccCollum
Odessa
Ector
McCollum
Burnett and McCollum
Justice of Peace
Thomas D. Murphy
Lions Club
Judge Ponders Plea For Doswell Retrial
In Dallas, Judge Henry King weighed a request for a new trial by Rebecca Doswell 52 convicted of murder in the August killing of her husband Thomas Doswell. Defense argued the verdict was unjust and that circumstantial evidence charges were mishandled. District Attorney Henry Wade said no fatal flaws existed and she has remained jailed since May 2.
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Dallas
Henry King
Rebecca Doswell
Doswell
Thomas Doswell
Maury Huches
West Texas scientist wins Hoblitzelle award in Dallas
Charles T. Fisher of the Spur agricultural experiment station received the Texas Research Foundation's Hoblitzelle achievement award of $5,000 yesterday. He was chosen from 30 scientists and is 41 years old.
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Dallas
West Texas
Charles T. Fisher
Texas Research Foundation
Spur Agricultural Experiment Station
Slim Hope Held For Strike End
In Texas negotiations between 11 strikebound refineries unions and management progress is slow with only faint prospects for settlement. Crown Central Petroleum offers $80 cash per employee instead of retroactive pay and a modest wage increase plus improved benefits while Shell Oil and OWIU Local 367 meet. Beaumont workers review Magnolia Petroleum offer tonight.
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Houston
Texas
Crown Central Petroleum Corp
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Shell Oil Co
OWIU
Beaumont
Magnolia Petroleum Co
Atom Test Called Off In Las Vegas Clouds Delayed
Las Vegas Nevada May 22 The Atomic Energy Commission announced there will be no atom bomb test today due to unfavorable weather conditions. The postponement was conveyed last night and cited by officials.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Atomic Energy Commission
Odessa Splash Day Set Next Tuesday
Odessa officials plan a May 27 celebration to mark the arrival of Colorado River water. The event at 4 30 p m will occur near the water tank farm on Andrews Highway with W A Miller presiding and the high school band providing music.
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Waive
Clals
Martin County
Cecil Trigg
City Water Tank
Andrews Hwy
W. A. Miller
Wil
Thundershowers Forecast Across Texas Basin
Weather outlook predicts widely scattered thundershowers across Texas with heat relief after a 102 degree read in Presidio. Northwesterly cooling spreads statewide by Friday, with windy conditions and potential more dust Thursday. Temperature lows and highs listed for multiple cities.
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Texas
Presidio
Big Spring
Dallas
Panhandle
Dalhart
Brownsville
Corvus Christi
Laredo
Wichita Falls
del Rio
Waco
Houston
Abilene
el Paso
Texarkana
Luiss
Lubbock
Amarillo
Railroading chief calls crash a part of the job in Odessa
W G Vollmer president of the Texas and Pacific Railway says the west Odessa tank car crash is a part of railroading. He notes the accident was not frequent and stresses a full investigation by W C Foster with a board inquiry to determine the cause and prevent repeats.
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Brad Carlisle
West Odessa
W. G. Vollmer
Dallas
Texas and Pacific Railway Co
Vollmer
T. and
L. C. Porter
J. J. Finegan
W.C. Foster
Big Spring
Foster
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Lincoln Hotel
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J. L
Dusty) Rhrsades
Fannin
Rhoades
G. G. Hardwick
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Pat) Simmons
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