Shafer Withdraws From D A Race Open For Filings
W O Shafer longtime district attorney for Ector and Midland counties withdraws after serving three terms as county attorney and a record of capital case trials. Filing for the 70th Judicial District opens again with a deadline June 2 for the July primary ballot. Shafer will leave office December 31 to enter private practice with Martell McDonald. He cites the physical and financial sacrifice of another term and praises the people’s support during his unopposed early terms.
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W. O. Shafer
70Th
Orlesean
Ector
Midland
Martell McDonald
McDonald and Shafer
Shafer
Thomas J. Pitts
Ector County
Democratic
Pitts
Tlam
Democratic Executive Committee
70Th Judicial District of Texas
70Th Judicial District
McDonald Shafer
D. A
Midland Counties
Midland County
Don Hall
West Texas
Ridgway Arrives To Take Over NATO Command
Gen. Matthew Ridgway returned to Europe to assume command of NATO fighting forces and said U S Korea experience supports a defense built from many nations as he arrived with Gen Eisenhower in Paris amid Communist threats. He will relieve Eisenhower as supreme NATO commander Friday and was greeted by French officials and SHAPE officers.
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Paris
Matthew B. Ridgway
Europe
I NATO
Korea
Eisenhower
U.N
Ridgway
Normandy
D-Day
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rene Plevin
U. S
James C. Dunn
Pievin
Taft Forces Overwhelm Eisenhower Delegates at Texas Convention
At Mineral Wells on May 27 1952 Taft backed Republicans gained control as Eisenhower delegates faced defeat. The credentials panel rejected contested county delegations and left Eisenhower with 59 of 1062 regular delegates. A rump convention was planned while Taft supporters prepared for Chicago.
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Taft
Tkemen
Mineral Wells
Texas
Eisenhower
Gen
Robert Taft
Ohio
Chicago
Lubbock
Dwight Eisenhower
Henry Zweifel
Fort Worth
Arrest of Hindu leader over proposed mixed marriage sparks Delhi riot
In New Delhi on May 27 a crowd of about 10 000 rioted near the courthouse after a court moved to halt the planned marriage of Sikander Bakat, a Muslim official and private secretary to Delhi Chief Minister Brahm Prakash, injuring twelve. Police arrested Hindu extremist MP V G Deshpande. The injunction lasts until June 9 under the civil marriages act requiring parental consent for under 21 marriages. Prakash was injured.
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New Delhi
India
P)i
V. G. Deshpande
Congress Party
Sikander Bakat
Brahm Prakash
Delhi
Prakash
Four-Week Oil Walkout Nears End With Most Return
Denver May 27 The four week strike by 90 000 oil workers is winding down as two thirds to three fourths of the walkout crew have returned to work. CIO Oil Workers Union president O A Knight says only about 11 percent of refinery output remains shut down, down from 35 percent at the peak.
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Denver
Junion
O. A. Knight
CIO Oil Workers Union
Petroleum Administration For Defense
Cities Service Co
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
Tide Water Oil Co
Drumright
Okla
Johnson Oil Co
Cleveland
Utah Oil Co
Salt Lake City
CIO
AFL
Bergsmine
Seagoing Collision Kills 24 South Korean Seamen
The U S Navy reports 24 South Korean sailors died and 21 injured on May 21 after the South Korean frigate Apnok collided with the U S ammunition carrier Mount Baker in Korean waters. Mount Baker suffered minor damage with no injuries aboard. Both ships were maneuvering in darkness when a course change was signaled. The Apnok passed ahead of Mount Baker and the U S ship backed down but could not avoid the crash.
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Tokyo
U. S. Navy
Apnok
U. S
Apnoxk
U.S
Coeds Stage Lingerie Raid at Florida Southern College
Fifty pajama clad coeds raided the Florida Southern College men’s dorm area. They stood under windows shouting taunts while about 300 men charged out to chase them back to the girls’ dorms. Parties ended after two hours with no entry to the boys’ rooms and some panty items tossed toward the dorms.
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Lakeland Fin
Florida Southern College
Odessa College to grant AA degrees at Friday ceremony
Thirty seven sophomores will receive Associate of Arts degrees at 8 p m Friday in the High School auditorium. Odessa attorney Brooks Harman will speak on Democracy and Its Preservation. Rev Edwin Parker will deliver the invocation and Rev Arthur De Loach will pronounce the benediction. The Odessa College men's quartet will sing under Mrs LaMarr Chapman's direction. President Murry H Fly will confer degrees after certification by Hugh L Waldrum. Class sponsors John C Woods and Mary Roach supervise the exercises.
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Odessa College
Brooks L. Harman
Odessa
Edwin Parker
Arthur de Loach
LaMarr Chapman
Murry H. Fly
Texas Democrats Split Over Delegates at San Antonio Conventions
In San Antonio on May 27, Texas Democrats divided into two factions. Loyal Democrats urged seating pledged delegates while a bolting group led by Gov. Allan Shivers formed a parallel convention at La Villita. Chaos erupted as exits, confrontations, and shouting marked the daylong split and seating dispute.
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San Antonio
Texas
Allan Shivers
Municipal Auditorium
Chicago
J. E. Wheat
Woodville
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Tom Sealy
Midland
Maury
Lamar Caudle
Mink Coats
Washington
Claude Gilmer
Rock Springs
la Villita
Gilmer
Shivers
Martial law discussed as Rhee explains actions in Pusan
Gen James A Van Fleet met with President Syngman Rhee in Pusan to discuss Rhee's martial law declaration covering 21 counties in three southern provinces. Rhee cited guerrilla attacks and killings of American soldiers as justification and noted arrests of nine national assemblymen with more sought for questioning. Government sources said many assembly members were detained and funds from communists were under scrutiny.
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Pusan
Korea
James A. van Fleet
U.S. Eighth Army
Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
U. S
Tongnae
South Korea
Supreme Court frees films from religious censorship
The Supreme Court reversed a New York ruling banning The Miracle, ruling films enjoy free speech protections like newspapers. Justice Clark stated religious grounds cannot justify censorship, signaling wider limits on government control of cinema. The Marshall Texas Pinky case pending, with theatre manager W L Gelling fined $200 for showing the film.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New York
Tom C. Clark
Marshall
Tex
Pinky
W. L. Gelling
Paramount Theater
AFL Deckhands Strike Demands Wage Increases At Sea
In San Francisco on May 29 UPS reported AFL deckhands held a stop-work meeting that escalated into a strike against Pacific Coast. They demanded higher wages and overtime pay for seafaring work.
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San Francisco
AFL
Pacific Coast
Allies Warn of Red Thrust Toward Seoul Amid Prisoner Row
North Korea's Gen Nam II warned the UN that massed Communist forces could strike the 155 mile Allied defense line toward Seoul after alleged massacres of Red prisoners on Koje Island. UN officials called the threat propaganda while alerting troops along the Unjongbu corridor.
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Panmunjom
North Korea
Eighth Army
United Nations
Koje Island
Nam II
Red
Korea
Kose
William P.nuckols
Willliam K. Harrison
Nam
Unjongbu
Seoul
Harrison
Severe rain floods Del Rio area as Texas endures storm line
The Associated Press reports 3.76 inches fell in Del Rio with San Felipe Creek flooding businesses and homes. Winds chilled areas from Dalhart to Lubbock as a squall line moved southeast across West and Southwest Texas with potential thunderstorm activity tonight. Police credited with preventing loss of life amid rising creeks and submerged bridges.
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Associated Press
Odessa
Permian
Seminole
Andrews
el Paso
Salt Flat
Wink Junction
Laredo
del Rio
San Felipe
Kk. C. Kennedy
Rio Grande del Rio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Texas
Valverde County
Weather Bureau
Lubbock
Brownsville
Dalhart
Amarillo
Pitts Opposed For Top Demo Post In Secret Filing
LeRoy Williams files to challenge Ector County Democratic chairman Thomas J. Pitts for the July primary. Williams says he filed in person on May 5, while Pitts claims the submission was mailed and not announced due to nonpaying status and past policy. Williams calls Pitts a liar and recounts filing with notarization after visiting Pitts office.
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Brad Carlisle
Thomas J. Pitts
Ector County
Odessa
LeRoy Williams
W. 22Nd
Williams Construction Co
Uly
Pitts
Williams
Post
Fpitts
Carl Sewell Motor Co
Schoenwandt
Ed Schoenwandt
Witness Calls Mrs. Parsons Cold-Blooded in Sanity Trial
El Paso May 27 A state witness described Mrs. Mary Jean Parsons former Tulsa socialite as very sophisticated and cold blooded during her sanity hearing over the murder of her husband Lt Richard O Parsons on Feb 16. If sane she faces trial. if insane she faces commitment.
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EL Paso
Mary Jean Parsons
Tulsa
Okla
Hampton Courts
34Th District Court
Parsons
Tom Fleeger
American soldier fires shots near East German border
A West German frontier police report says an American soldier fired about ten unaimed shots in the zonal border area near East Germany. U S constabulary officers declined to comment. The shooting reportedly occurred last night.
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Hof
Germany
Here
U. S. Constabulary
Berlin Blockade Repeat Feared as Tensions Rise
May 27 dispatch reports Communist cuts to telephone lines from East to West Berlin and 17 long distance links to West Germany, along with eight telegraph lines. Teletype routes remain open. East German decree orders stronger border safeguards and hints at patrol reinforcements. Western border crossings reported quiet amid rumors of 131 Russian tanks near Brunswick.
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Helmstedt
East
West Germany
Wilhelm Zaisser
Red Secret
Brunswick
Lower Saxony
Saxon-Anhalt
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ROK
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John Coker
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San Felipe Creek
Berlin
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