Daniel States Formal Campaign Opening
Attorney General Price Daniel opened his campaign for the U S Senate with a statewide radio address and a Waco rally. Lindley Beckworth expanded a heavy schedule of speeches across West Texas.
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Daniel
Associated Press
Price Daniel
The
S. Senate
Lindley Beckworth
West Texas
Waco
Baylor University
W. R. White
Senate
Tom Connally
Beckworth
Marriage laws relaxed ease Hungarians to wed quickly
Washington reports that Hungary is relaxing marriage laws to reduce workers' time off. A newspaper notes a young worker seeking information about marriage left within 30 minutes as a married man, illustrating the swift new process.
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Washington
Hungary
Ten masked youths stage false war bulletin at Cornell radio
Ten masked youths overpowered three Cornell students at WVBR and broadcast a fictitious war bulletin claiming European cities had been bombed and an air armada approached North America. The prank caused calls to flood in while station officials and Ithaca police treated it as a practical joke with no widespread alarm.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
North America
WVBR
R. J. McCarthy
Corneil
McCarthy
Stewart Bennett
The
Bronx
Rmost
William Elliiver
Niagara Falls
Hal Fithman
Brookln
Willard Straight
Gld
Diane Dect
Palomra
London
Marseilles
Royal Canadian Air Force
Newfoundland
Zangor
Prisoner Killed As Guard Fires Gun Accidentally
On Koje Island Korea May 23 a North Korean Red prisoner was killed and another wounded when an American guard accidentally fired an automatic rifle into Compound 66 at U N Prisoner of War Camp 1 Two hours earlier U N troops had broken up a prisoner parade foiled a Red attempt to cut a new gate in an inner wire fence and torn down a ramshackle command post and dispensary
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Koje Island
Korea
U. N
U.S
No. 1 French Red Arrested After Riots
Paris reports Jacques Duclos, top French Communist leader, arrested at gunpoint during violent Red demonstrations supporting or opposing Gen. Ridgway. He faces arms charges under a 1935 law and possible trial, while deputies push for life-on-charge action in Parliament. cabinet alert.
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Paris
Jacques Duetos
Matthew B. Ridgway
Iron Curtain
Duclos
de Gaullist
National Assembly
Red
Candidates Must File Campaign Expenses Before June 16
All candidates on the July 26 Democratic primary ballot must file next campaign expense accounts with the county clerk by June 16, announced Democratic chairman Thomas J. Pitts. Additional filing dates are July 6 and July 21. Pitts urged all non-Executive Committee candidates to file at once with County Clerk Fiona Smith. blanks are available at the clerk’s office.
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Beckworth
Tidelands
Wesbington
Danel
Treattery Tenas
E. H. Napier
Wichita Raids
Coonalls
Dallas County
Aliim
Democratic
J.A. Eyans
Austin
Secretary of State
Travis Counts
96Th District Court
State Department of Public Safety
Homer Garrison Jr
Sam Smithwick
Coke Stevenson
Smithwick
Huntsville
Him Wells County
Stevenson
Jim Wells
State Supreme Court
Taft
Eisenhower
Texas
Thomas J. Pitts
Pitts
Democratic Executive Committee
Fiona Smith
Truman Vetoes State Title to Offshore Oil Lands
President Truman vetoed bills granting states title to oil rich lands beyond their coasts. The action affects offshore mineral rights and state claims to energy resources.
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Washington
Truman
Red Big Guns Break Up Allied Raid in Korea
Communist artillery pounded U N positions with 7126 rounds in 24 hours, doubling the normal pace for this phase. Allied air forces countered with raids destroying bunkers gun positions vehicles and a tank while reporting rail and building damages.
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Seoul
Korea
U. N
Korangpo
Sorangpo
South Korea
Air Force
North Korea
Reds threaten to cut subway and railway service
Berlin officials report East German traffic officials debated cutting subway and elevated service between the western occupied area and the Soviet sector. Soviet border guards again turned back American and British patrols on the Berlin to West Germany highway while civilians moved freely. West Berlin restored telephone and telegraph services after interruptions and East German towns replaced mayors with loyal communists.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Tagesspiegel
West Germany
East Berlin
Goettingen
Soviet Zone
UN Aide Blames Reds for Blocked Armistice at Panmunjom
At Panmunjom Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. said Communist disappointment over few Red POWs willing to return stalls Korea armistice. He cited nearly 100000 of 169000 POWs and internees refusing repatriation and pressed for a recess to reconsider the demand for all prisoners. The Allies stuck to offering repatriation only for those willing.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
Panmunjom
William K. Harrison, Jr
Feds
Harrison
Reds
Nam H
Senate Banking Panel Votes to Keep RFC as Lenders Agency
The Senate Banking committee voted six to three to keep the Reconstruction Finance Corporation in business as the government's chief lending agency. It also decided to draft reforms in the law establishing the RFC.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Russell appoints Johnson as campaign manager
Senator Richard B. Russell of Georgia announced the appointment of Senator Edwin C. Johnson of Colorado as manager of his campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination.
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Washington
Richard B. Russell
Georgia
Ment
Edwin C. Johnson
Colorado
Gerron files for county judge in Ector County
Mrs. Lucille Gerron widow of the late Judge O F Gerron filed as a candidate for county judge of Ector County. She lives at 610 S Lee and is serving the unexpired term after her husband died two weeks ago. Gerron will face Ric Collum and Thomas D Murphy in the July 26 primary. she has two sons Jim and Tommy.
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Lucille Gerron
O. F E. Gerron
Ector County
Gerron
S. Lee
Riccollum
Thomas D. Murphy
Jim
Texas University
Tommy
Widow Tells Of Dog Fight Slaying In Odessa Court
Mrs. Juda Davidson testified in Toti District Court about the Christmas Day shooting that killed her husband James Telias Collier, 43, in a field southeast of Odessa. She described dog fights at the Dog House Cafe and the fatal confrontation, while defense and sheriff witnesses challenged the couple’s actions and Collier’s claim of self defense.
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Tracy Byers
Odessa
Juda Davidson
Toti
Siar
James Telias Collier
Medical Center Hospital
Broderick
Davidson
U. S. Hwy
Collier
Broadhead
Harold Young
Ris
Youn
Clyde Ray
Dog House
Young
Ray
S.O.B
Coller
Earnest Broughton
Sher
Dévidean
Richard Nevin
East Seventh
Odessan Has Nice Sister With U S Seventh Division
Pvt Don Hooper of Odessa Texas writes home from Korea about his sister Justine Bailey who teaches sixth grade in Sundown Texas. Her class of 26 pupils aged about 13 wrote letters for letter writing studies and Hooper answered all at once with a note for his sister to read to the class.
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U. S
Korea
Don Hooper
East Geneva Ave
Odessa
Rhee defies UN and faces Korean political crisis
President Syngman Rhee rejected a UN call to lift martial law in Pusan and free nine Assembly members. Vice President Kim Sung Soo resigned, accusing Rhee of assault on the constitution, while Rhee hinted at powers to dissolve the Assembly and reshuffle the constitution.
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Pusan
Korea
Syngman Rhee
Korean National Assembly
United Nations
Republic of Korea
Kim Sung Soo
Rhee
Commission On Unification and Rehabilitation of
National Assembly
West Berlin sees 15000 Red Youths clash with police
About 10 000 to 15 000 young Communists surged into West Berlin clashing with police in Kreuzberg and Neukölln as protests over West Germany's European Army pact and a peace contract escalated. British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden urged defense of residents while East zone authorities tapped telephone lines.
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Kottbusser Tor
Kottbuss
Anthony Eden
Berlin
West Berlin
West Germany
Bone
Paris
East Zone
Soviet Zone
Three Galveston youths admit rape in two-day theft spree
Three youths ages 15 and 17 from Galveston reportedly confessed to raping a 14 year old girl, breaking into a home, and stealing two cars during a two night spree. Deputies said they drove to Boerne in one stolen vehicle and planned a second theft. Galveston police were escorting the trio back to Galveston for custody.
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Boerne
Galveston
Jimmy Tettle
Tettle
John E. Bierschwale
State Department of Public Welfare
Maxwell Defeated In British Open
Maxwell of Odessa Texas was eliminated in the British Amateur by Major David Blair a 35 year old reserve on the Walker Cup team Blair won 4 and 3 in the sixth round Chapman defending champion from Pinehurst NC lost to Blair 3 and 2 earlier that day Blair advances to the quarter finals in Prestwick Scotland.
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Prestwice
Scotland
U. S
Billy Maxwell
Odessa
Texas
David Blair
Maxwell
Blair
Dick Chapman
Pinehurst
N. C
Messenger Boy In Critical Condition After Accident
A 16 year old Western Union messenger boy, Russell Lee Cole, was in critical condition with a fractured skull after his bicycle was struck from behind by a car on 27th Street near Andrews Highway. Police say he rode east at about 8 45 p m on Wednesday. the driver, David Lee Richardson, 17, lived at 2413 Truman.
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Western Union Messenger
Medical Center Hospital
Andrews Hwy
Russell Lee Cole
Grace
Bowie Junior High School
Ben T. Malone
Cole
David Lee Richardson
Truman
Burglars Hit Two City Offices For Over 300
Nighttime thieves pried open a door and broke into the W C Smith Insurance Agency at 314 N Lee stealing 156 from a filing cabinet. They moved to attorney Martelle McDonald’s office stealing 158.20 from a desk drawer before exiting. Detectives gather fingerprints.
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First State Bank
W C. Smith Insurance Agency
N. Lee
Otis Parker
Martelle McDonald
Parker
President seeks 34 billion for atomic weapons expansion
President Truman asked Congress for 33.041 billion to expand atomic weapons production via the Atomic Energy Commission and Tennessee Valley Authority. He warned the Soviet Union rejects international control and stressed the need to lead in nuclear capabilities with a five year construction plan. TVA to supply power for new plants.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Tennessee Valley Authority
AEC
Soviet Union
Free World
House
Sam Rayburn
Buronet R. Maybank
TVA
Aid Bill Heads For Conference
President Truman's foreign aid program moves to a Senate House conference after Congress reduced the request to about 6.7 billion dollars. The Senate approved the measure 64 to 10, cutting 200 million from Eisenhower’s recommended level, with House cuts prioritizing military and defense economic aid for Europe. Taft supported further cuts though had backed earlier reductions.
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Washington
Truman
Senate House
Senate
House
Mr. Truman
Europe
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Parsons Trial Moves to Wichita Falls in Texas Case
The murder trial of Mrs Mary Jean Parsons of Tulsa is moved from El Paso to Wichita Falls after prosecutors and defense agree a jury cannot be seated in El Paso. She shot Lt Richard O Parsons in their bed and faces possible death penalty. psychiatrists describe a schizophrenic disorder with suicide tendency.
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EL Paso
Mary Jean Parsons
Tulsa
Oxala
Wichita Falls
Tex
34Th District Court
Roy Jackson
Richard O. Parsons
William Clayton
Texas
Dallas Mental Institution
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Elizabeth Cecil
San Antonio
RFC
Odessan
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America
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