Texas Cowmen Await Major Developments
Drought ravaged Texas expects relief as Washington prepares an emergency aid plan including cheaper feed price support and credit. Rain offers only brief hope amid Southwest winds. farmers like Swenson and Humphreys warn water scarcity and stock losses across West and East Texas.
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Dallas
Tex
Texas
Washington
Benson
Mexico
Weather Bureau
Gulf of Mexico
Tyler
Lufkin
Houston
Galveston
Panhandle
Clark Thompson
House Agricultural Subcommittee On
W. G
Bill) Swenson
Swenson
South Dakota
Colorado
George Humphreys
King County
6666
Fort Worth
J. O. Woodman
North Texas Milk Producers Association
J. W .Walton
East Texas
Smith County
Ben Browning
Browning
Man Dies in Farmhouse Fire Near Hobbs
A Mexican farm laborer Antonio Contreras, 26, died in a blaze on the G. D. Parker farm 15 miles north of Hobbs. He was alone in a second story garage apartment that burned gutted at 9 30 p m Sunday and Hobbs volunteer firefighters reported.
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Hobbs
G. D. Parker
Here
Antonio Contrerras
Contrerras
Weather Summary and Forecast from United States Weather Bureau
Readings at 2 p.m. yesterday to 11 a.m. today show high 102 and low 66 with no precipitation in the last 24 hours. Forecast calls for mostly fair skies, little temperature change, highs near 99 and lows around 66, with clouds increasing Tuesday and scattered light showers possible.
Sea search continues after tanker freighter collision
A vast sea search off Barnegat City New Jersey failed to locate one missing man after the S S Gulftrade plowed into the S S Lorde Panama in fog twelve miles offshore. Two were injured as the vessels forced apart, narrowly avoiding a larger disaster.
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Barnegat City
N. J
S. S. Gulftrade
Panama
New Jersey
Coast Guard
Lloyd Brasileiro
New York
African Endeavor
Baregat
Brasileiro
Safey
Gulf
Barnegat
Red Army pushes toward Seoul in large scale spring offensive
Tens of thousands of Chinese Communist troops launch a major assault 40 miles north of Seoul, expanding a three day battle as artillery pounds outposts Bak and Queen. The attack concentrates on a two mile front with reports of a battalion breaking through to threaten Allied lines.
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Seoul
Bak
Queen
ROK
Spot in Ocean Is Bad Luck for Gulftrade Ships
A tanker, the S. S. Gulftrade, collided with the freighter S. S. Lorde Panama about eight miles offshore Barnegat City New Jersey. The incident echoes the 1942 torpedoing of Gulftrade, which left 19 crew missing from 35 aboard.
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Gulftrade
Barnegat City
N. J
S. S. Gulftrade
Panama
Gulf Oil Company
Great Japan Flood Strikes Kyushu Killing and Displacing Thousands
A days long flood on Kyushu left 409 confirmed dead with 1,178 missing and 350,000 homes damaged or destroyed. U.S. Air Force and Army aided rescue, while Moji and Fukuoka faced near-empty streets as emergency efforts expanded.
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Japan
Kyushu
New Jersey
U. S. Air Force
Moji
U. S. Army
Fukuoka
Aso Kanko Special Services
Camp Wood
Sasebo
Air Force
Public Information Office
High Czech Says Red Party Purged In Coal Mine Area
A Prague radio broadcast quoted Vaclav Kopecky as saying the Communist party is being purged in the Moravska Ostrava coal region to lift output and fix the economy. He claimed the late President Gottwald was tormented by mine production issues before his death last March.
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Austria
Communist Party
Moravska Ostrava
Prague
Party Presidium
Vaclav Kopecky
Klement Gottwald
Kopecky
Typhoid Strikes Stockholm as Death Toll Rises
Four typhoid fever patients died last night in Sweden’s ongoing epidemic, raising the total deaths to 22. More than 6,000 people are hospitalized, with many in serious condition.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Rockefeller Seizure Shocks New York Park Avenue Apartment
Barbara Bobo Rockefeller seized her estranged husband Winthrop Rockefellers Park Avenue apartment after arriving from Indiana with their 4 year old son and an unidentified woman friend. She said she would hold a news conference and dismissed his million dollar trust fund plans as she prepared to clarify details of the seizure.
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Barbara Bobo Rockefeller
Park Avenue
Indiana
Mrs. Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Stadnard Oil Millions
Little Rock
Ark
Rockefeller
Friends
Arkansas
Floor Battle Averted On Profits Tax Bill
The article discusses U N C moves toward a Korea truce as Gen. Mark Clark informs North Korea and China that the UNC will enforce truce terms to the limit of capability. It covers Rhee’s resistance, prisoner releases, and Robertson's diplomacy amid secret talks on a mutual security pact.
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Mark Clark
J. N
Reds
Panmunjom
U. N
Seoul
Rhee
Eisenhower
Walter S. Robertson
U.S
UNC
Rehe
Clark
ROK
Republlic
Korea
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh Huai
Robertson
Front
Munson
Tokyo
Red
South Korea
GOP Drops Push to Force House Consideration of Tax Bill
House Republicans backed off a bid to force the excess profits tax bill to the floor without Ways and Means action, aiming to pressure the committee to act. Reed urged a direct vote, receiving a standing ovation as he defended committee prerogatives amid last minute maneuvering and quorum calls.
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House
Tax Writing Ways and Means
Ways and Means
Reed
R-Ny
GOP
Halleck
Ind
Rules Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Damons
Simpson
Martin
Iowa
Curtis
Ned
Tax House
Mass
Rep
Mrs. Jones Dominates Pecos Valley Horse Show
Mrs. Punch Jones led the seventh annual Pecos Valley Horseman's Horse Show sweeping high point honors across adults and horses. The Desert Fox and Dun Gone claimed top jumping and hunting titles, with Jimmy Wilson and Carol Morrison earning top rider honors. Competitors traveled from the southwest as 160 performers entered for three days of events including a Parade of Champions and various horse classes.
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Pecos Valley
Hunter
Jimmy Wilson
Carol Morrison
Don Taylor
R. L. Reynolds
King’s Golden
Joe Priestly
Albuquerque
Thorobred
Mattie Fern
Jack Smith
Bakersfield
Calif
Walter Solt
Artesia
Waggoner
Susan Courson
The
Marley Hollis
Police Stop Wild Artesia Chase by Shooting Rear Glass
Police pursued two 18 year old airmen from Walker AFB in a high speed chase through residential Artesia streets. The 1950 Chevrolet was stopped when an officer shot out the rear glass at the edge of town. No injuries reported. Both suspects were held in the city jail.
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Artesia
Record
Robert B. Farrell
Chas. R. Gore
Walker Air Force Base
Armed Forces
Billy Gremlin
Louis Arnold
South First
Jim’s Drive-Inn
Shearman
Roselawn
Mann
11Th
Clayton
Llth
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Lupton
Margaret Gottlieb
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Fred M. Gottlieb
Robert Azevedo
Roswell
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