Lewis Threatening Coal Strike Again
The United Mine Workers chief John L Lewis warns of a near term coal strike as existing contracts expire next month. He sent notices to Moody of the Southern Coal Producers Association and to the Bituminous Coal Operators Association signaling potential shutdowns across soft coal and anthracite sectors unless new terms are agreed.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Bituminous Association
Moody Group
Indiana
Far West
Borden Wildcat Abandoned Deep in Pennsylvanian Reef Lime
Oil field drilling notes report Borden County No. 1-0 L. I. Long wildcat abandoned at total depth 8 174 feet after four hour DST from 8 070 174 feet with no oil or gas shows. Nearby Fuller and Stonewall wells show zero or limited returns in Scurry and Stonewall counties.
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Ashman & Hilliard
L. I. Long
Borden County Wildcat
T&p
Gail
Fuller Land
Texas Co. No
M. A. Fuller
Scurry Wildcat
Fuller
Scurry County
H&gn
Stonewall
Sun Oil Co
Stonewall County
McArthur
Noodle Creek
Diamond M-Canyon Shell Oil Co
Addison
Diamond M-Canyon
H&tc
Union Oil No
Clayton & Johnson
Eee
Urice Drilling
Arza Wildcat
Grand Jury In Session This Afternoon Here
The grand jury, convened yesterday, adjourned for a 2 pm reconvening. No report yet as reports come only on final adjournment. Criminal probes include theft burglary and forging. Several indictments from April 30 have been acted on or plead guilty this year. A mistrial in an armed theater robbery case was declared last November.
Sex Slaying Of Chicago Dancer
The beaten body of Jewel Dragonese a 38 year old Chicago dancer was found in a River Grove ditch. Police say she was slain elsewhere and dumped. Three witnesses including Peter Bianchi Penny Tilton and Rose Ruther were held for questioning plus eight more men named in a purse address book. Police expect motive to be sex related.
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Chicago
River Grove
Jewel Dragonese
Cook County
Peter Bianchi
Rose Ruther
James Oakey
Crime Bureau
Oklahoma
Texas
Fritz
Bivins
Gobbon
Neb
Rush for Scurry County Car Inspections Grows
Less than one third of registered vehicles in Scurry County have been inspected as the Septem ber deadline nears. Snyder stations reported 3,585 cars checked, far below the 11,194 county registrations. State law requires inspections by Sept 6 with fines for driving without a sticker or registration. Stickers remain valid for one year. About 1,400 cars were checked last month, leaving more than 7,000 inspections to go in the final month.
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Scurry County
Snyder
Senators See Solid South Staying With Democrats
Senators Russell Long of Louisiana and Theodore F. Green of Rhode Island predicted the South will remain Democratic this November despite civil rights dissension in the platform. They said Eisenhower is unlikely to win any Southern state, while Gov. Adlai Stevenson defended the plank as a good move toward equal rights and fair employment practices.
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Washington
South
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Springfield
Ill
Attacks On Yellow Sea Patrols Declared Occupational Hazards
The Navy says the Communist jet attack on a patrol plane over the Yellow Sea is an operational hazard of the Korea War. U S and British patrols have logged about 12,000 sorties near Korea and China's coast, with missions including weather reporting and troop movement spotting.
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Yellow Sea
Washington
U. S
Naval
Korea
China
Asia
Korean Peninsula
Inchan
United Nations
Moscow
U.S
Tokyo
North Korea
Death hoax involving hero and Virginia governor bid
A Washington mother of two recanted a staged sixth floor death attempt as a hoax to gain publicity for World War II hero Maynard H. Smith. Smith and Roland Bennett face false report charges after press accounts said they prompted the ruse to aid Smith’s political ambitions.
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Washington
Ernestine Lucille Whomble
Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith
Virginia
Clark King
Smith
Roland Bennett
Bennett
King
Whomble
Weather Outlook for North Central Texas to West Texas
Partly cloudy Tuesday and Tuesday night into Wednesday with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers. No significant temperature change. East Texas and South Central Areas see thundershowers mainly near the coast with little temperature change. Gentle to moderate southeasterly winds along the coast.
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Texas
West
East
City reports property values in Snyder drop versus last year
A Snyder tax equalization board report shows total real estate and personal property values at about 10.5 million, down roughly 750 thousand from last year. Real estate rose to 9.25 million while personal property fell to 1.25 million. oil and industrial values are still being prepared by Pritchard & Abbott.
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Snyder
Tax Equalization Board
Pritchard & Abbott
Eugene Harper
Fritz Smith
Otto Martin
Headless body case links Dallas and Oklahoma probe
Dallas waitress Betty Jack Stevens is found decapitated and handless near Yukon Oklahoma. Oklahoma City and Dallas investigators pursue a mystery woman seen with Stevens before her death. No hot suspect named as 60 Oklahoma and 50 Dallas officers probe leads amid publicity-craving tips.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Texas
Dallas
O. K. Bivins
Oklahoma Crime Bureau
Will Fritz
Betty Jack Stevens
Yukon
Okla
Bivins
Miss Stevens
Four MIGs Shot Out Of Skies Today
U S Fifth Air Force said U S Sabre pilots downed four Communist jets and damaged six in aerial dog fights over North Korea. The U N warned 78 towns of impending bombings and civilians were advised to evacuate ahead of raids.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
U. S
North Korea
U.N
Air Force
Okinawa
Japan
Ae Korean
Far East
Rede
Old Baldo
U. N. Naval
Tokyo
Belfast
Chinnampo
Temperature Drops to 99 Degrees in Local Reading
Yesterday's high reached 99 degrees, recorded by weather observer Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn. The low was 70, and this morning at 7 30 o'clock the reading stood at 72 as cooler than normal conditions persisted.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Bitter Missouri primary tests Truman camp loyalty
Missouri voters defined party splits in a bitter primary pitting Atty. Gen. J. E. Taylor against Stuart Symington for the Democratic U S Senate nomination while Governor and other races divided factions. Truman planned to vote at Independence before returning to Washington as allies and rivals clashed over the party future.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Truman
J. E
Buck) Taylor
U. S
Independence
Washington
Emery W. Allison
Rolla
Allison
Thomas C. Hennings Jr
Forrest C. Donnell
Stuart Symington
Pendergast Organization
Kansas City
North St. Louis
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Greyhound
Waco
Borden
Grand Jury
YWCA
Department of Public Safety
Southwest
Greyhound Bus
Waco Times-Herald
Sam Wood
Mary Ann Jennings
Compton Funeral Home
Wood
Wright Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton, C
R. L
Cenee Wood
Carswell Air Force Base
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Interstate Commerce Commission
Greyhound Lines
Texas Department of Public Safety
Milton Berry Herring
B. E
Billy) Malone
Herring
Malone
Thomas
Callanan
Jim Pendergast
T. J
Tom) Pendergast
Taylor
Phil M. Donnelly
Symington
Phil J. Welch
St. Joseph
Donnelly
Morris Shenker
Welch
James P. Kem
John A. Johnson
Ellington
Kem
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