Tentative Contract Awarded for First County Road Paving
Commissioners tentatively awarded W O Pelphrey of Fort Worth a contract to pave about 26 percent of the county 157 mile road project connecting Snyder with Lloyd Mountain and Camp Springs. The bid of 414 995 reflects saving from altered specs in base width coatings and drainage.
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Commissioners Court
W. O. Pelphrey
Fort Worth
Snyder
Lloyd Mountain
Camp Springs
Pelphrey
George P. Green
Edgar Taylor
Judge Taylor
Oil Firms Drill In Central Mitchell County Wulfjen No 1
Phillips Petroleum confirms a 7500 foot rotary wildcat at the No 1 Wulfjen in Central Mitchell County near Colorado City aiming for Ellenburg pay. Operations start immediately as Scurry and Kent County wells report depth progress and casing plans.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
Mitchell County
T&p
Colorado City
Ellenburger
Scurry Wildcats Lion Oil Co
C. O. Helms
Scurry Wildcat
Bankline Oil Co
Joe Parks
Wildcat
Snyder
Kent Sun Oil Co
Bilby Wallace
Kent County
D. G. Sampson
Clairemont
City Paving Enters Final Phase On Avenue T
The first unit of the 200 block city paving program on Avenue T south from Thirtieth Street begins hot topping today. Brown and Root oversee the project with contractor crews moving to additional units as signed contracts allow. Resident Tony Holcomb praises the paving saying it will stop dust and gripes and accelerate completion, with six weeks to finish the final phase.
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Brown & Root Paving Contractors
Syder
Thirty-first Street
Ave
Avenue T
Thirtieth Street
Wier Washam
Brown & Root
Tony Holcomb
Washam
Holcomb
Brown & Root Machine
Ask Changes In Academies Ask Changes In Academies
Senators Sparkman and Bright propose Congress study converting West Point and Annapolis into purely military graduate schools while Byrd vows to oppose abolition. Sparkman suggests ending English teaching at the academies and turning them into military finishing schools alongside a probe into the West Point cheating scandal. Hoey orders a Senate panel to examine the affair as 90 cadets face possible dismissal. Byrd says Armed Services members show little appetite for such inquiry.
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Washington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Fulbright
D-Ark
Congress
West Point
Annapolis
Byrd
D-Va
Senate Armed Services Committee
Hoey
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Gainesville Double Homicide Shocks Oil Field Area
Pitman Mauldin 22 confesses he killed two people after turning himself in at Gainesville. The victims Billy Ray Hickman 24 and Gloria Mauldin 22 were found on Airport Road with gunshot wounds. Mauldin directed officers to the bodies and a 22 caliber rifle was recovered from his car. Justice Matherly held an inquest pending questioning of Mauldin.
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Gainesville
Billy Ray Hickman
Gloria Mauldin
Airport Road
Pitman Mauldin
Deloyse Coker
Mauldin
Loubania Hickman
Coker
MKT
Leonard
Carroll Sullivant
Pitman
Hickman
Ten Die In Texas Heat Wave Record
The heat wave across Texas continues with at least ten fatalities reported. Temperatures hit 116 degrees in Henrietta and 113 in Quanah and Bridgeport as Dallas faces record water use and warns residents to curb lawn sprinkling to avert water shortages.
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Associated Press
Texas
Henrietta
Quanah
Bridgeport
Seymour
Llano
Patman Won't Help Rebel Housewives
Rep. Patman of Texas says he favors the domestic social security tax and will not vote to repeal it. Marshall women who oppose the tax had funds seized by Internal Revenue agents, $36.03 recovered Monday, with plans to seek return or sue the government if not refunded.
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Washington
Patman
Texas
Internal Revenue
Kenneth Abney
Marshall
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dallas
Murder Charges Filed In Kangaroo Court Beating
Two Odessa brothers Marion Chester Bunch and Floyd O Neal Bunch were charged with the murder of 49 year old Jack Strickland of Fort Stockton. Strickland died after reportedly being found guilty by a kangaroo court and beaten by other inmates while jailed on a drunkenness charge.
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Odessa
Marion Chester Bunch
Floyd O’neal Bunch
Jack Strickland
Fort Stockton
Strickland
Britain cool to Soviet Big Five peace proposal
London August 7 Britain gave a cool reception to Soviet President N M Shvernik's Big Five treaty idea to end the cold war and halt the arms race A foreign office spokesman said they had heard it before and would not be immediately concerned though Britain was named as a potential participant in the proposed pact.
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London
Britain
N. M. Shvernik
Foreign Office
Shvernik
Truman
Russia
Supreme Soviet
United States
France
China
United Nations Assembly
Andrei Vishinsky
Vishinsky
Moscow
United Nations
Iran British Talks Stir Over Abadan Refinery Nationalization
In Abadan Britain’s oil negotiator Richard Stokes inspected the shut down refinery as talks on nationalizing the Anglo Iranian Oil Company properties continued in Tehran. Donald Ferguson, a key British expert, reported cold facts to Iran’s nationalization committee while Harriman observed from a garden near the Saheb Gharanieh Palace as negotiations opened.
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Tehran
Tran
Britain
Richard Stokes
Abadan
Mossa Sarabandy
Khuzistan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Donald Ferguson
Stoke
Ferguson
Harriman
Saheb Gharanieh Palace
Negroes Plan to Sue Midwestern University
In Wichita Falls on August 7 a Negro group announced plans to sue Midwestern University after it refused admission to Negro students. Regents had unanimously rejected a plea for Negro admission, and Chairman John O'Donohoe declined to comment on Rev. R. L. Castle Jr. asserting the group would file suit.
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Wichita Falls
Universit
John O'Donohoe
R. L. Castle, Jr
Ridgway Demands Red Assurance Before He Returns UN Delegation
Army announces cadets who refuse to resign after admitting to cheating will be discharged. About 90 cadets face discipline, with a screening board to grant last chances and explanations before final actions. Ridgway tells Reds ceasefire talks resume only with Kaesong neutrality guarantees and warns of conditional restart.
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Army
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Academy
Tokyo
Matthew B. Ridgway
Reds
Kaesong
Korea
Hie
Kim Il Sung
Peng Teh-huat
Adm. C. Turner Joy
Peiping
Pyongyang
United States
J D Scott Appointed City Tax Collector
J D Scott was appointed city tax assessor collector, succeeding F W Berry. Three candidates included Scott, Jack Fillyan, and Louis T Vaughan, with Scott winning after a secret ballot. The meeting also reviewed police vacancy applications and related considerations.
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J.d.scott
Scott
Jack Fillyan
Police Department
Louis T. Vaughan
Leonard White
Chester Barrrington
Ray Jerome Keenan
The
Keenan Construction Co
Monahans
E. M. Anderson
Showdown Sought In Charge Senate Should Expell Sen. McCarthy
Senator Benton plans a Senate showdown demanding a probe to decide if Senator McCarthy should be expelled. He proposed an investigation and urged McCarthy's resignation as an alternative. McCarthy dismissed Benton as a mental midget and accused him of cooperating with the crimson clique.
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Senate
Sen. McCarthy
Washington
Benton
McCarthy
Quiet ground action amid intensified air war in Korea
Eighth Army reports a lone Communist air raid as 236 UN planes strike back. Night fighter efforts claim 200 enemy casualties while 775 Far East sorties total, including 16 B 29 strikes on rail yards and a Red air field. Marine jets destroy 22 boats. one F 9F Panther shot down but rescued. Carrier Panthers set milestone with 45 000th deck landing. Navy vows sea artillery support along both Korean coasts.
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U. N
Far East Air Forces
Okinawa
Japan
Red
Navy
Korea
Rep. Wilson D. Gillette Dies at 71 in Pennsylvania
Towanda Pa Aug 7 Representative Wilson D Gillette a Republican member of Congress since November 1941 died today at age 71 after several months illness The cause of death was bronchial pneumonia.
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Towanda
Wilson D. Gillette
R-Pa
Congress
Accordion Player Given Jail Sentence and Fine
San Francisco reports Dick Contino, 21, a famed accordionist, sentenced to six months in prison and fined 10000 dollars for draft evasion. He pleaded guilty on July 24, saying it is all right. Judge Roche said probation not appropriate and a penalty is warranted.
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San Francisco
Dick Contino
Contino
Michael J. Roche
U S Officials Expect Bracero Pact Ratification Wednesday
Mexico City August 7 U S Embassy officials said they expected the new migrant labor pact with Mexico to be ratified on Wednesday.
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Mexico City
U. S
Mexico
Soviet Peace Plan Called a Propaganda Trap
Washington reports the United States rejected Russia's five power peace pact proposal as a propaganda trap. State Department officials urged Moscow to honor existing obligations before new disarmament pledges, noting the UN charter as the current peace framework.
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Washington
United States
Russia
State Department
Kremlin
Nikolai Shvernik
Truman
U. S
Britain
France
China
Michael J. McDermott
United Nations
McDermott
Shvernik
Weather Outlook for West and East Texas Tonight and Wednesday
West Texas sees generally late and continued high temperatures tonight and Wednesday. East Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with continued high temperatures through Wednesday.
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East Texas
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