Man Critically Wounded in Card Game Shooting
Claude Vernon, 44, of Denver, is in critical condition at Highland General Hospital from a bullet wound to the abdomen inflicted by a pistol during a card game at his brother-in-law Clive Davenport’s home. Davenport, held on open charges, says he fired through a door after Vernon and his wife reentered following an argument. Police investigate. Vernon’s wife alerted authorities.
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Accused Man Faces Quiz in Two Deaths
Charles Warner Tanner faces a first degree murder charge in Missouri for Mrs. Mallon Ayres 53. He is questioned about a separate slaying in the Davis Mountains West Texas. Authorities link his car and items to the Ayres case while a second unidentified man’s death near Fort Davis is investigated for ties to the suspect.
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Two Year Old Girl Diagnosed as Possible Polio Case
Marianne Mahurin, two years old, daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman C Mahurin of 831 W Kiingmill, has been diagnosed as a possible polio case by doctors at Highland General Hospital. She is responding to treatment and will be kept for a few days for further determination after admission last Thursday. A second unnamed child was also considered a possible polio case but is now being treated for another disease and hospital officials believe that child is not suffering from polio.
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HST Opponent Wins in North Carolina Runoff
Willis Smith, Raleigh lawyer opposing President Truman's Fair Deal, won the North Carolina senatorial primary runoff after Graham failed to secure a majority. Final partial returns from 1,753 of 1,990 precincts show Smith leading Graham with 258,565 to 233,807. Reynolds, who finished third, backed Smith in the runoff.
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First Meeting Sees Only 105 Year Old Chief Present
In Los Angeles Stanton Post No 55 Grand Army of the Republic held its first gathering in eight months with only commander Douglas T Story aged 105 in attendance. William A Magee aged 104 missed the trip from San Fernando as the post mourns former commander Charles Chappel who died in Long Beach last September at 102.
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Recreation Park Expansion Plan To Be Discussed
The Top o Texas Hereford Breeder's Association hosts a luncheon at City Hall Palm Room with county chamber and rodeo committee reps to discuss improvements at Recreation Park for the Hereford Show and Junior Livestock Show and Sale in February. Cliff Vincant says the show outgrew facilities and upgrades would not need a bond issue.
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Senate Panel Given Canadian Dam Plan
Washington report notes a rise in the consumer price index for May due to food costs, with meat prices up seven percent and meals climbing beyond typical seasonal changes. The index stood at 168.6 in May, 26.6 percent above June 1946 levels and 71 percent above August 1939, while fuel and apparel costs fell or stayed flat.
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Favorable Weather Lifts Retail Trade Nationwide
A Din & Bradstreet survey notes stronger retail activity last week driven by favorable weather and store promotions. Total retail dollar volume rose about 16 percent from a year earlier, with regional gains led by the Southwest. A Chicago report details a wealthy sportsman beaten and robbed of 450 and a 3000 diamond ring during a highway incident.
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Rogers Attacks Social Security in Campaign Radio Blast
In the run up to the July 22 primary Walter E. Rogers denounced the social security program as misnamed and insecure. He criticized benefits rules that deter private effort, naming widows pushed to earn extra income to support children. Rogers urged more funding for the program’s Bas cia division while vowing to expose what he calls administration flaws.
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Lake Michigan Airliner Vanishes With 58 Believed Dead
Northwest Airlines passenger plane vanishes in churning Lake Michigan near Milwaukee. Seacraft and air searches fail to locate wreckage or survivors as authorities fear the worst disaster in U.S. commercial aviation. Coast Guard vessels continue limited search as night gives way to requiring daylight recon.
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Very Little Wheat Harvested In Pampa Elevators
Four of five grain elevators in Pampa report scant wheat harvests to date. M. M. Moyer of Fisher Panhandle Grain Co says harvest barely begun and improving in Oklahoma. Elevator at Gray County Wheat Growers notes a few loads at 55 to 58 pounds per bushel while others report none received.
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Veterans' Bonds To Be Offered In Texas Land Sale
A ten million dollar issue of veterans land bonds will be offered for sale on July 18. The sealed bid auction will market the final issue authorized under the 25 million dollar veterans land program. Bids will be accepted by Land Commission for Bascom Giles at 10 a.m. Applications already on file would exhaust the 25 million dollars approved by the voters to buy farms for World War I veterans.
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Dallas Department Stores Lead Sales in Texas
Dallas led Texas cities in department store sales for the week ending June 17, rising 20 percent from the 1949 week. San Antonio up 7 percent, Houston up 0.8? percent, Fort Worth down 7 percent. For four weeks ending June 17 Dallas up 1 percent, San Antonio up 10 percent, Fort Worth up 8 percent, Houston up 4 percent.
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Headlines in Rhyme and Odd Terms From The Rail News
A fragmented rail themed item hints at a tennis prize and a reported loss while political notes surface. Mentions Bradley Johnson returning from Maat and a burglar visiting a queen. References to suburban moves and garden tools plus Lewia Hardware appear among garbled lines.
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400 Join Search for Canada Bandit Killer
Langton Onl UF a posse of 100 police and 800 air venous joined yesterday in the Tint for a bra bandit who killed two of his pursuers and fed into the dust dotted country west of here. The bandit got $24,000 in the holdup of a Langton bank Wednesday, but the car was found abandoned in his getaway car. The bandit killed two men who forced the car into a ditch.
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Bustling Odessa Vaults Johnson May Into State's Top 20
Odessa leaps into Texas top twenty cities with 26,432 residents, as Midland climbs to 21,614. Census figures show Odessa up 28,432 from 1940, with Ector County and related districts also posting large gains. Brownsville and other Texas cities follow in the preliminary 1950 counts amid a nationwide shift from urban cores to suburbs.
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Johnson and Bradley urge renewed Formosa policy debate
Secretary Johnson and General Bradley return from Asia signaling an early push to reopen the Formosa aid debate. They support a peace settlement with Japan that lasts 28 years and stress American security implications. Senator Cain argues for clarifying the Far East situation as a bipartisan priority amidst Cold War tensions.
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Parade to Open Kid Pony Show At Rodeo Event
A downtown parade will open the Kid Pony Show on Tuesday night August 8. Entries parade their ponies around arena barrels judged by four age groups from three to eighteen. Registration by mail or in person at the chamber of commerce office. deadline noon August 8.
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Welfare bill backed by governor calls for aid boost
Governor Al Lan Shivers urged Senator Tom Connally to back the House measure and the Mills formula in a free conference committee. The proposal would increase pranta to 2,000 Texans under the U.S. welfare bill.
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Tom Connally
House
Dallas Phone Company to Sue for Higher Rates
The Dallas Morning News reports Southwestern Bell Telephone Co plans to file suit in district court to compel Dallas city council to grant higher rates. Schilton, the companys general attorney, provided details to officials of the city government.
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Man's life saved by neighborly quick action
In Santa Monica Roy G. Howland lay on a cot in his yard when a passerby neighbor noticed him, saving his life. Moments after the neighbor departed, a jet aircraft struck and crushed the cot, but Howland survived due to the timely intervention.
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No-Confidence Vote Forces Resignation of French Cabinet
Paris reports the National Assembly rejected a confidence motion. Premier Georges Bidault and his government resigned after a 352 to 2 vote against a salary increase for government workers. Bidault, in office eight months, urged stability and warned against renewed elections if a new government could not be formed.
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Secret Sessions Slated by Probers
Washington reports secrecy marks early probes into alleged links between big-time gamblers in Florida New York and New Jersey as witnesses prepare for closed hearings. The committee has already gathered key evidence and Chairman Keatinger says a major information haul emerged from a prior secret inquiry in Michigan. Bert A Howell and Co advertises air conditioning service as part of an unrelated insertion.
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