Deadlocked Talks Reach Silence in Korea Armistice Efforts
UN and Communist truce delegations sat in 131 minutes of silence over a buffer zone along the 38th parallel. Vice Admiral Joy proposed alternatives. Nam Il offered no reply as talks resumed after a five day break. The session highlighted tensions at their most critical point since talks began.
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Korea
United Nations
United Nations Command
Adm
C. Turner Joy
Nam Il
Red
Nam
William P. Nuckols
U.N. Command
Admiral Joy
Nuckols
Joy
U.N
38Th Parallel
Nam II
CST. U.N
Nam I
Borden Test Staked As No 1 A In Clayton Field
Phillips Petroleum Co starts No 1-A Clayton in Southwest Borden County aiming for 10 100 feet or Ellenburger test at lesser depth. Location near Gail Goodfield Don Ameche area. prior No 1 Johnson dry hole showed oil and gas in zones but no commercial find. Garza County wells show failure at Cen tral Garza with No 1 A Q S Ranch plugged after 3740 feet. Kent County producers report No 17 Leroy Spires Jr 39 22 barrel test and Sun Oil drilling below 5856 feet in shale and lime near Clairemont Bench.
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Phillips Petroleum Co
Clayton
Borden County
T&p
Gail
Goodfield
Don Ameche
Johnson
Ellenburger
Garza Failure Seaboard Oil Co
Delaware
Republic Natural Gas Co
Q. S
Garza County
Clear Fork
J. W. Holmes
F. Divers
Post
Kent County
Humble Oil & Refining Co
Leroy Spires, Jr
H&tc
Cogdell
Sun Oil Co
Sampson
Sun
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont Lower Pennsylvanian
Condon resigns as director of the National Bureau of Standards
Dr Edward A. Condon quits the federal post citing financial sacrifice. President Truman accepts the resignation effective Sept 30 with regret. Condon had faced scrutiny from the House Un-American Affairs Subcommittee years earlier amid loyalty allegations and defenses.
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Ashington
Edward A. Condon
National Bureau of Standards
Truman
Condon
House Un-American Affairs
Mahon Opposes Cutoff for Generals Leaving Posts
Rep. Mahon of Texas clashes with House colleagues over retirement pay for officers who quit to take other jobs or disagree with superiors. The amendment passed 81 50 71 but Mahon argues such a man lacking patriotism may not be fit to lead in battle.
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Washington
Mahon
Texas
House
Lost Battalion Reunion Plaque to Be Dedicated
About 300 members of the Texas West Field Artillery Battalion gather in Wichita Falls for a two day reunion and plaque ceremony near the Jacksboro Highway. Major General Eugene Eubank will speak as the unit's World War II history is recalled. The battalion, part of the 36th Division, fought in Java and endured 42 months as Japanese prisoners.
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Wichita Falls
Texas West Field Artillery Battalion
Java
Jacksboro Highway
Eugene Eubank
U. S. Air Force
36Th Division
Texas
U S Polish Ties Deteriorate Over Polish Cultural Ban
State Department blamed Soviet pressure for worsening U S Polish relations after Warsaw ordered an end to all American cultural activities in Poland. The U S responded by closing the Polish Research and Information Service in New York.
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Washington
State Department
Russia
Poland
Warsaw
Polish Research and Information Service
New York
Michael J. McDermott
Vyacheslav Molotov
Truman
Nikoali Shvernik
Molotov
Elmo Crowder Runs For Southeast City Council
J Elmo Crowder 42 year old Snyder druggist filed his candidacy for the city council seat in the southeast ward. He faces C L Williamson, former council member, with election set for Sept 18 and filing deadline Aug 18. Crowder owns Crowder Hall drug store with partner C E Hall. He served in the Navy in World War II and is active in the American Legion and Baptist Church.
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J. Elmo Crowder
Snyder
Crowder
C. L Williamson
Crowder - Hall
East Highway
C. E. Hall
Irwin Drug Store
American Legion
The
Baptist Church
Ivan Gatlin
Treasury Dips Into Another Bank Account
MARSHALL Aug 10 The Treasury Department has taken funds from the account of Mrs Mary V Hicks a 12th Marshall housewife who refused to pay social security taxes for her servant An agent from Longview served a $7 74 warrant at Marshall National Bank The government has seized 55 71 this week from women who refused to pay Thirteen women refused The remaining accounts were untouched An Austin man John W Bode sent a money order to repay the women The bank president William F Young plans to deposit funds back into the involved accounts
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Marshall
Treasury Department
Gus W. Davis
Longview
Marshall National Bank
Mary V. Hicks
The
National Bank
William F. Young
Austin
Marshall Banks
John W. Bode
Young
Three Eligible for Abilene Postmaster Nomination
The Civil Service Commission named Clyde E. Grant J Neil Daniel and Landon H Hill as eligible for the Abilene Texas postmastership. Acting postmaster Grant holds a temporary appointment and President Truman may nominate any of the three. 23 others applied.
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Abilene
Washington
Civil Service Commission
Clyde E. Grant
J. Neil Daniel
Landon H. Hill
Abilene, Tex
Truman
Grant
Lackland Sergeant In Crash Leaves Injured In Marfa
Sgt. William C. Parker Jr. of Lackland Air Force Base is hospitalized in Marfa with a compound fracture of the right leg and hip after his Piper cruiser crashed during descent on a vacation flight from El Paso to Alpine. He and his wife were aboard the rented plane when trouble began.
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Marfa
William C. Parker, Jr
Parker
Lackland Air Force Base
el Paso
Maria
Alpine
Worker killed in high wind in Odessa oil derrick
Odess a Aug 10 A 23 year old worker Robert Carl Holland died Thursday night when a 132 foot oil derrick toppled as he stood two thirds up cleaning a well. High winds struck the rig.
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Odessa
Robert Carl Holland
Holland
Rabies Shots Tested as Polio Preventative in Frost Area
In Frost, Texas, about 200 residents will receive rabies shots Monday to test immunity to polio. Dr. Hebert E. Hipps of Waco reports that among 700+ rabies vaccinated children, none contracted polio despite exposure, though he cautions no guarantee of protection.
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Corsicana
Frost
Hebert E. Hipps
Waco
Hipps
Heavy Drain On City Water Supply
City water use has been heavier than usual but Ramsey says storage at noon suffices for today. Drilling starts today on a new well at Seventh Street and Avenue M after a preliminary test well showed favorable results. full drilling could begin within two weeks if no delays occur.
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W. J. Ramsey
Ramsey
Seventh Street
Avenue M
Early Improves After Heart Attack At Washington Office
Stephen T. Early former White House press secretary was described by his physician as improved though not yet out of the woods. Early suffered a heart attack last Tuesday at the Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co where he serves as vice president.
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Washington
Stephen T. Early
White House
Early
Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co
Banker to Houston Named Chairman of City National Bank Panel
Marcus Greer, a Texas banking figure of 30 years and former City National Bank vice president, will return from Dallas to Houston to take on the role of chairman of the bank's executive committee and vice chairman of the board on September 10.
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Houston
S. Marcus Greer
Texas
City National Bank
Dallas
Heat Relief Continues As Sixth Day Tops 100 Degrees
West Texas endures a persistent heat wave with Midland reporting 2.02 inches rain from a brief storm and temperatures at 105 in Snyder while Henrietta posts 112 and Dallas 110. A dust storm disrupts traffic and wind gusts reach 75 mph. The heat death toll reaches 20 nationwide in Texas and nearby states.
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West Texas
Midland
Snyder
Lubbock
Associated Press
Texas
Weather Bureau
Big Spring
Howard
Martin
Cecil Hennigan
Orange
Air Force
San Antonio
Lackland Air Force Base
John A. Myers
Lancaster
Mess Hall
Frederick Moses Gilbough
Dallas
Henrietta
Presidio
Wink
Cotulla
Panhan
Dle
Borger
Quatah
Dimmit
Miami
Fort Stockton
Houston
Fort Worth
Austin
Sherman
Wichita Falls
Denison
Timber Fire Burns 1000 Acres Near Bandera
A timber and ranch fire near Bandera destroyed 1000 acres of land on Thursday. About 50 volunteers fought the blaze but two small cottages on the Red Johnson Ranch were also burned. Fire Chief Cliff Holmescombe said the fire likely started from an unattended trash fire at a Lake Medina lake cottage.
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Bandera
Red Johnson Ranch
Bexar County
Cliff Holcombe
Lake Medina
Progress Made In British Iranian Talks
In Tehran on August 10 Britain and Iran formed a receipts committee to allow tanker captains to sign for oil shipped from Abadan. Members include Harim Sanjabi Ali Shayegan and a rep from Anglo Iranian Oil. The move follows Ferguson’s explanation of nationalization and aims to ease the Abadan refinery stalemate after storage tanks filled and workers halted shipments.
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Tehran
Iran
Britain
Abadan
Persian Gulf
Harim Sanjabi
Donald Ferguson
Ferguson
Ali Shayegan
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
Polio at High Point of Year in Texas Counties
Polio climbed to a yearly high with 92 new cases reported for the week ending August 4. The total for the year reached 777, led by Dallas County with 13 cases and including nine each in Harris and Nueces Counties. Other counties reported varying totals, plus five aboard the armed forces.
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Austin
State Health Department
Dallas County
Tarrant
Harris
Nueces
Lubbock
Navarro
Parker
Gregg
Hale
Howard
Runnels
Smith
Taylor
Wilbarger
Andrews
Bowie
Castro
Duval
Fisher
Galveston
Grayson
Haskell
Hidalgo
Hunt
Hutchinson
Jeff Davis
Jim Wells
Johnson
Lamb
McMullen
Moore
Motley
Potter
Reeves
San Patricio
Travis
Wharton
Young
Armed Forces
Wreck Kills At Least 19 as Streamliner Collides with Troop Train
In SIMMESPORT Louisiana a Kansas City Southern streamliner and a Marine troop train collided killing at least 19 people and injuring 60 or more. The crash near Morganza halted communications and left bodies en route to morgue while rescue operations continued with numerous cars and engines burning.
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Simmesport
Kansas City Southern
Morganza
Baton Rouge
Southern Belle
New Orleans
San Diego
Calif
Louisiana and Arkansas Railway
Alexandria
Kansas City Southern Railway
Kansas City
New Oreleans
Sheriff's Office
Oldest 33rd Degree Mason Dies at 96
Frederick Moses Gilbrough, the oldest 33rd Degree Mason in the United States, died Thursday night in Dallas at age 96. Gilbrough had held the 33rd Degree for 38 years and retired in 1946 as a land and tax adjuster for the MKT railroad.
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Dallas
United States
Frederick Moses Gilbrough
Gilbrough
MKT Railroad
McCarran Panel May Weigh McCarthy Communism Charges
Senator McCarran said his Internal Security Subcommittee could study the McCarthy charges that State Department officials were involved with Communism. McCarthy named 26 State Department personnel as “charged with Communist activities,” drawing strong rebukes from leaders and a defense from Under-Secretary Humelsine.
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Washington
McCarran
D-New
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
McCarthy
Rwis
State Department
Senate
McFarland
D-Ariz
Lehman
D-Ny
Phillip C. Jessup
Weather Outlook for West and East Texas
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with scattered thundershowers in the Panhandle and South Plains and widely scattered afternoon and evening storms elsewhere. Temperatures largely unchanged. East Texas offers fair skies with scattered storms in extreme northwest areas and little temperature change.
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West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
East Texas
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