Man Forced to Slave in Cave
An El Paso man, Margarito Perez, told police he was kidnapped and forced to work in a cave for 13 nights. He described being moved with another captive to unload trucks containing pipes shaped like milk bottles, guarded by four men with a machinegun. FBI and city detectives investigate a tale of captivity and forced labor.
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EL Paso
Texas
Margarito Perez
Pete Traaw
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Perez
Alamogordo
Dewey Rules Out Dark Horse At GOP Convention
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey of New York says no dark horse will win the Republican nomination at the Chicago convention. He predicts Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower as the likely nominee unless Taft wins on the first ballot, with Warren Stassen and McKelden unlikely to influence outcome. Dewey also notes about 604 votes needed, and that a lead on the first ballot does not guarantee the nomination. Licensed to wed: Dorothy Lucas and Samuel S. Burchinal. Mollie Jackson and Ulysses C. Hawkins.
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Tex
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Chicago
Dewey
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Harold E. Stassen
Minnesota
Theodore McKelden
Maryland
Warren
Douglas MacArthur
Eisenhower
Taft
Dorothy Lucas
Roswell
Samuel S. Burchinal
Clarksville
Mollie Jackson
Ulysses C. Hawkins
Republican National Committee
GOP
Congress Hotel
Conrad Hilton
Associated Press
National Committee
Texas
Louisiana
Local Weather Averages and Forecast Today
Reading shows yesterday afternoon to this morning with highs near 93 and 95 degrees. Normal highs are 92 with lows around 62 to 64, while precipitation totals remain light. Forecast calls for fair skies with afternoon clouds and minimal temperature change into tonight and Wednesday.
Truman Says Gap Opened In Economy
President Truman denounced Congress for weakening the wage and price control system by trimming the new law. He warned the changes threaten mobilization and criticized the advisory limit on the Wage Stabilization Board, while noting he signed the bill reluctantly and without invoking the Taft Hartley Act. The measure extends controls to 10 months and keeps scarce material allocations, with rent controls at three months and specific areas exempted.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Wage Stabilization Board
House
Rayburn
Texas
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Senate House
Assault With Beer Bottle Admitted In Police Court
Billy Bob Thomas admitted assault with a beer bottle during a family argument and paid a $25 fine in police court before Judge R. L. Ballard. The incident involved his wife and was reported in local coverage.
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Billy Bob Thomas
Thomas
R. L. Ballard
Broken Gas Main Sparks 12 to 15 Foot Flames
A burst gas main on Grand between Third and Fourth sent flames leaping 12 to 15 feet high last night. A dense residential area drew a large crowd as city firemen extinguished the blaze with no damage to buildings reported.
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Grand
Third
Fourth
Truman Travels to Arkansas to Dedicate Dams
President Truman flies to Arkansas to dedicate two dams and use the event to renew his attack on what he calls the selfish private utility lobbies.
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Truman
Arkansas
Washington
Strike Postponed by CIO Oil Workers Union
New York reports the CIO Oil Workers International Union postponed indefinitely a strike by 10 000 employees at Sinclair Refining Company. The move ends immediate plans for disruption though tensions remain over wages and conditions.
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New York
CIO Oil Workers International Union
Sinclair Refining Company
Taft Nears High Hurdle With Smile
Senator Robert A. Taft advances toward the Republican nomination amid confident posture as delegates from seven states dispute seating. The GOP committee weighs 72 contested seats while Taft and Eisenhower backers clash over credentials. Albuquerque residents form a group opposing a bus fare raise to 15 cents set for July 24.
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Albuquerque
Amarillo Gold Sox Park Burns in West Texas League
The Gold Sox baseball park in Amarillo Texas, home of the Amarillo club in the West Texas New Mexico League, burned early today. Damage was estimated at 100000 dollars by Pete Knapp, owner of the club.
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Amarillo
Tex
Gold Sox
Pete Knapp
Doctors Close to Producing Workable Polio Vaccine
The National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis and Dr. Hart E. Van Riper said polio vaccine may be near. Houston volunteers receive a new gamma globulin medicine in an experiment involving 35,000 children, with half given a real shot and half a placebo.
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Associated Press
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Dallas
Hart E. van Riper
Houston
van Riper
Texas
Polio Foundation
Cial
William Hammon
University of Pittsburgh
National
Foundaon
Frost
Navarro County
Herbert Hipps
Waco
Fort Worth
Senate Approves 46 Billion Budget to Run Armed Forces
The Senate approved a 46.403 billion dollar budget to fund the armed forces for the new fiscal year, shaping a buildup to 143 wings by mid 1955. The measure passed 66 to 0, with final totals to be settled in conference with the House.
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Senate
Washington
Truman
Congress
O’mahoney
D-Wye
Air Force
House
Steelworkers Target Small Firms in 30-Day Strike Fallout
Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers press forward with wage talks at 31 small steel firms aiding more than 50,000 workers to return to work while about 600,000 members await a new contract. Harrisburg Steel Corp resumes 1,250 jobs. secrecy surrounds other talks as Philip Murray fears big producers influence. Large mills like U.S. Steel oppose the union shop stance amid Wage Stabilization Board context. Reds Trial Reopens in New York as 16 Communist leaders face courtroom action after adjournment.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Harrisburg
Wage Stabilization Board
Protests Overrule Majority in 1952 Street Program
City council approves 1952 street program covering about 80 blocks at an estimated 275000 after protests knocked out 30 blocks costing 89000. Pay as you go plan for hardship cases. Two blocks on North Montana and West Alameda included despite high protest levels. West Summit Lea to Kentucky also approved unanimously. Bid process to begin mid month. list details 53 proposed projects with varying protest percentages.
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Eighth
Highland
West Alameda
Wyoming
West Summit
Lea
Kentucky
City Hall
East Alameda
Poplar
Holland
East Tilden
Stanton
Mulberry
East Hendricks
Virginia
Grand
East Albuquerque
Railroad
South Holland
Alameda
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Shartell
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Atkinson
West Ninth
Main
Richardson
Alley
Pennsylvania
Washington
Missouri
West Third
Louisiana
West 13Th
West 17Th
Maryland
West
North
Delaware
France frees Neo.1 Communist Jacques Duclos now released
A Paris grand jury ordered Jacques Duclos set free after jail since May 28 on charges of plotting against internal security. His arrest occurred during Communist riots tied to General Ridgway's Paris arrival as NATO commander. In Chicago officials opened the Republican seven state delegate fights with media bans during proceedings.
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Paris
France
Jacques Duclos
Duclos
Matthew B. Ridgway
NATO
Civil rights dispute strains governors conference in Houston
Governors Williams of Michigan and Byrnes of South Carolina clashed over civil rights policy at the National Governors Conference in Houston. Williams backed the 1948 platform including federal anti discrimination and lynching provisions, while Stevenson favored state led enforcement. Republicans charged waste from duplicative taxes and pressed for curbing federal grants, urging either funding or silence.
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Houston
Tex
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
South
Williams
Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
Stevenson
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Val Peterson
Nebraska
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