Rayburn May Bid For Presidency
Congress rumors swirl as House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 70, strong on foreign aid, hints at not ruling out a presidential bid. Backers claim broad House support and a Chicago convention role could spark a late surge.
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Washington
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Texas
Chicago
Democratic House
Monroney
D-Okla
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Odessa Man Found Dead In Home
Glenn G Meloy 38 employed by Carl Sewell Motor Co was found dead in his north Odessa home at 510 Garden St by Deputy Sheriff George Bosley He wore only underwear and was taken to Medical Center Hospital where he died on arrival Investigators recovered two partially filled pill bottles and consider an overdose while Justice of the Peace conducted an inquest with stomach contents to be examined
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Glenn G. Meloy
Carl Sewell Motor Co
George Bosley
Meloy
510 Garden St
North Odessa
Bosley
Hubbard
Medical Center Hospital
Inez
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Leavenworth
Noble
Washington
Kansas City
Girl Dies As Cactus Falls in Arizona Tragedy
In Tucson in a foothill area a 22 foot saguaro rotted at the base toppled on five year old Cindy Lauther, killing her instantly. Her brother Tomy, nine, witnessed the event as adults arrived hours later to remove the heavy trunk. Deputies noted the rotted core gave little warning before collapse.
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Tucson
Cindy Lauther
Cindy
Tommy
Gernat Lauther
Lauther
Bosque River Floods Lake Waco Drowning Reported
Flood waters from the Bosque River drained into Lake Waco causing widespread damage and two deaths in Hico and Stephenville. Residents evacuated as bridges and roads flooded, while officials hoped Lake Waco could absorb the crest without further harm. Drowned in Stephenville were Jack Harrell and Adrian Ballard.
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Associated Press
Waco
Hico
Stephenville
Lie Detector Puts Man in Jail On Rape Charge
A 40-year-old foundry worker Harlan L Noble Achison Kansas was jailed after lie detector tests suggested guilty knowledge of three rapes. Prosecutors plan two charges of statutory rape. the suspect faced further questioning in Leavenworth with reports of multiple related cases across Kansas and Missouri.
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Leavenworth
Kans
Harlan L. Noble
Achison
C. H. Boone
Noble
Kansas Bar Association
Fort Madison
Kansas City
Harry Nesbitt
A. C. Mistler
St. Joseph
Bonner Springs
Convict Riot Ended By Tear Gas Barrage At Idaho Prison
Rioting inmates at the Idaho State prison surrendered after a five hour standoff as tear gas and a squad of guardsforced them back. About 250 prisoners participated, two buildings burned, and the laundry and auto license shop were wrecked.
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Boise
Ida
Idaho State Prison
L. E. Clapp
Clapp
Boss Klansman Arrested in Florence on Fugitive Warrants
Florence South Carolina May 20 Officers arrested Carolina Ku Klux Klan boss Thomas Hamilton on fugitive warrants linked to two North Carolina floggings. Hamilton gave himself up after driving from Augusta Georgia from his Leesville home. He arranged $10 000 cash bail through attorney George Keals. Hamilton had earlier been charged in Columbus county North Carolina with ordering the whipping of Evergreen Flowers a Negro woman and Woodrow Johnson a white mechanic. Flowers and Johnson were among a score of terrorism victims over 18 months.
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Florence
S. C
Carolina
Ku Klux
Thomas Hamilton
North Carolina
Hamilton
Augusta
Leesville
Bus County
N. C
George Keals
Georgia Klan
Nightrider
Carolinas
Columbus County
Evergreen Flowers
Woodrow Johnson
Flowers
Johnson
Woman Who Got Transfusions Leaves Hospital
Marie Olliff, a 20 year old Midland divorcee, left Medical Center Hospital in an ambulance after five days of transfusions saved her life. Her father William Olliff and brothers John and Ben were jailed after resisting doctors' efforts to transfuse, tied to their Jehovah's Witness beliefs.
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Marie Olliff
Midland
Medical Center Hospital
Marie
Odessa
Jehovah’s Witnesses
William Olliff
John
Ben
Ector County
Brooklyn
N. Y
Telegraph Strike Gains Ground in Texas Union Votes
Western Union employs in Texas overwhelmingly approve a proposed contract as locals in Fort Worth Houston and San Antonio ratify the plan. The settlement offers a 34 cent hourly wage increase and a shift from 48 to 40 hours weekly with no pay cut for pre November 1 1941 hires or a 10 cent hourly raise for later hires. Local 9 Fort Worth led with unanimous approval as Amarillo also gave blanket support last Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Texas
Local 9
Commercial Telegraphers Union
AFL
Fort Worth
Houston
San Antonio
Okeh
Galveston
C. M. Richards
Union Southwestern
Richards
Amarillo
Korean City Gets Martial Law
Martial law was declared in Pusan at midnight Saturday to stem pre election disturbances. The control, lifted a month ago, was restored in areas to root out Communists with growing activities. Thirty people were injured last Tuesday when 1,500 demonstrators surrounded the capitol compound for three hours and riot police with troops broke up the siege.
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Pusan
Ceylon Voters Begin First General Election as Independent Nation
In Colombo on May 24 Ceylon held its first general election as an independent country. The first clear signal on whether the island will move toward communism or away from it will surface with Sunday results.
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Ceylon
Colombo
France and West Germany Near Pact Agreement Amid French Demands
Reports from Bonn say France is pressing new demands delaying a peace pact and European army accord with West Germany. Western foreign ministers meet to resolve French objections as Acheson Eden and Schuman pursue a sign date while Britain backs a strong security guarantee.
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Bonn
Germany
France
Acheson
Paris
U. S
West Germany
North Africa
Anthony Eden
Robert Schuman
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Schuman
Graduates Picture Page Highlighted in Odessa High Class
The 1952 Odessa High School graduating class along with its honor students and outstanding seniors from Permian Basin high schools are featured in a picture page in today’s Odessa American. Photos appear on page 4.
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Odessa High School
Permian Basin
Odessa American
China Reds Stalin Directed Says 1945 Army Report
The Senate Internal Security sub committee released a 1945 Army intelligence report depicting the Chinese Communist movement as Moscow directed. It notes observers doubted their communist status, but the document concludes they follow Soviet policy and that Soviet Russia plans influence in Manchuria Korea and North China.
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Washington
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Soviet Russia
Manchuria
Korea
China
Japan
Senate
Polic
U.S
International Communist Movement
Moscow
Soviet
Russia
George C. Marshall
Italian Fascist Victory Seen in Municipal Elections
Rome observers predicted substantial gains for Neo Fascists and the far right in Sundays elections while Communists were not expected to capture Rome. Italy faced elections in 2,240 southern communities with Rome voting Sunday and Monday.
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Rome
Italia
Christian Democratic
Center Party
Naples
Water Celebration Scheduled in Odessa for June 1
Odessa officials announced a water jubilee to be held Sunday June 1 at the city water field north of Odessa. Tests and line chlorination continue after delays with mains and wells, as 5 million gallons daily flow from six Martin County wells expands toward 10 million as more wells come online.
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Odessa
Chamber of Commerce
Martin County
Dick Pepin
Jesse Owens
Colorado
City
North Golder
Andrews Hwy
Colorado River
Major Texas refineries resume as wage deal ends strikes
Settlements at Port Arthur and Texaco plants bring near end to Texas oil stoppages. The Port Arthur refinery plans to restart at 11 p.m. today with a 15 cent hourly raise and night shift differentials. national pay gains average 2.10 dollars per hour for CIO members. Remaining idle plants include Crown and Shell in Houston, Magnolia Beaumont, Pan American Texas City, and Pure Oil Nederland.
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Associated Press
Texas
Ibig Texas Co
Port Arthur
Texaco
Oil Workers International Union
CIO
Crown and Shell
Houston Ship Channel
Magnolia
Beaumont
Pan American
Texas City
Pure Oil
Nederland
Wage Stabilization Board
Oil Operator Ralph Lowe Sells Options In Andrews Ector Leases
Independent oil operator Ralph Lowe announced a six million dollar cash deal involving oil properties in Andrews and Ector counties. He sold options to acquire interests in a 23 040 acre spread to Texas Eastern Production Co and Forest Oil Corp, with Texas Eastern paying four million for a one quarter interest and Forest paying two million for a one eighth interest.
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Ralph Lowe
Andrews
Ector
Lowe
Texas Eastern Production Co
Houston
Forest Oil Corp
Midland
San Antonio
Texas Eastern
Odessa ex-convict elusive after Mississippi arrest
Odessan James Virgil Counts, 28, wanted in Odessa for a $10,000 Tower Food Market burglary, escaped Mississippi authorities in Meridian. Three companions were arrested. tools, dynamite, and weapons were found in their car. Counts and Odessan Don Hall face charges for the January break in Odessa. Hall is serving a life sentence for murder awaiting appeal. Counts also faces federal flight to avoid prosecution charges.
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James Virgil Counts
Odessa
Tower
W. 10Th
Meridian
Miss
Counts
O. H. Aingeworth
Billie M. Westfall
Dan Gordon Westfall
Clara Louis Counts
Harris
San Angelo
Hall
Abilene
Fugitive Surrenders in Oklahoma Farmhouse
Norman Douglas McLeod 36, wanted for armed robbery in Cooke and Wise counties Texas, gave up after a posse surrounded Luther Pinkston’s farmhouse near Thackerville Oklahoma. He had escaped from Wise County jail in Decatur Texas three weeks earlier and fled across the Red River with a .22 rifle.
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Thackerville
Okla
Red River
Twolve County
Texas Highway Patrol
Luther Pinkston
Norman Douglas McLeod
Oklahoma
Wheeler Carlile
McLeod
Pinkston
Wise County
Decatur
Tex
Cooke
Wise
Texas
Sivells 'Bend
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W. R. Hampton
Joe Salmon
Aquilla Creek
Brazos
Hill County
Tehuacana
Jack Harrell
Adrian Ballard
NATO
Hardon Fantz
Fantz
Fred Gage
Charles Perry
Colorado River Municipal Water District
Mickey Lavy
Water Committee
West Texas
Mississippi
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