New England Pounded by Hurricane Cripples Coast
A powerful hurricane lashed New England with winds up to 150 mph, flooding streets from Providence to Boston. An ammunition barge drifted in Narragansett Bay while towns declared emergencies and power outages surged across Rhode Island Connecticut and Massachusetts.
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Dartmouth
Mass
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Rosario
Nantucket Shoals
Ventura
Marblehead
City Point
Boston Harbor
Conn
Edward Hinkle
Norwich
Connecticut
Shetucket
Norwich Business Center
New York
Long Island
New York City
New Jersey
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Quonset Point, R.I
Atlantic
New Pay Zone Is Found In Nolan Field
British American Oil Producing Co No 2 KTXL found flowing oil in the EMA Strawn lime to open a new pay in the EA multipay field of Southeast Nolan County. Tests showed gas at the top in minutes and oil in under an hour with measured production to tanks and pits. Loc 1,026 ft south and 330 ft east of section 15 Z T P eight miles northeast of Blackwell. Roark Hooker and Chicago Corp plan a 6,000 ft Cambrian wildcat No 1 J Etta Casseaux near Trent to extend Cambrian in Northeast Nolan County. Garza Failure: Leoni Oil Co abandoned No 2 H H Crisp dry hole in Northwest Garza after drilling to 4,384 ft Glorieta Permian lime. See OIL Page 2.
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Strawn
Nolan County
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Abilene
J. Etta Casseaux
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Trent
T&p
White Flat
Garza Failure
Leonie Oil Co
Garza County
Scurry County Library Question Answers In Election Note
The piece covers Scurry County voters weighing two library related measures in a coming election. It outlines proposed funding from the general fund or permanent improvement fund and a $150000 five year warrant plan with 3 percent interest, plus eight reader questions answered by county judge Edgar Taylor about access state aid book availability tax valuation and library volumes and typical county practice.
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Edgar Taylor
Ector County
Midland County
City Library
Sweetwater
Deaf Smith County
Texas Tech
Intelligence Network Is Reported Smashed In East Germany
Berlin reported by Lt. Gen. Erich Mielke that the Soviet zone has crushed the American intelligence network in six weeks since Otto John fled to the East. The SSD deputy chief said hundreds of agents were rounded up after John, former West German FBI chief, went East on July 20.
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Berlin
Erich Mielke
Otto John
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Red Gestapo
East Germany
John
FBI
Allies rush new plan after France rejects European army
Western coalition reels as France defeats the six nation European Defense Community treaty by 319 to 264 in the National Assembly, delaying debate on German troops in a planned European army. Eisenhower calls the vote a serious setback while talks resume among Britain, the United States, and West Germany to find a replacement.
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French National Assembly
Italy
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Britain
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Pierre Mendes- France
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Des Moines
Iowa
Board Denies Whitaker Plea for Commutation to Life
Walter Whitaker Jr a 23 year old Air Force cadet faced death for the February 1953 strangulation murder of Joyce Fern White an 18 year old Lubbock High School student and choir singer His parents made late appeals to the State Board of Pardons and Paroles which denied the petition for commutation The board decision followed a week of family pleas and Whitaker said he was ready to die but maintained his innocence and complained of media prejudice confirming a death sentence remains in effect.
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Huntsville
Walter Whitaker Jr
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State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Whitaker
Wetherfield
Joyce Fern White
Lubbock
Child Killed by Car Near Big Spring
Glenda Hyden 15 months old died from injuries after a car rolled over her while she played behind a parked vehicle at her home. The incident occurred 16 miles north of Big Spring. parents named Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hyden.
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Glenda Hyden
W. M. Hyden
McCarthy Hearing Panel Recesses After Flareup
Detroit report notes the Army McCarthy committee split on fault claims. Four Republicans fault McCarthy and Stevens for conduct while Potter issues harsher critique. Cohn and Adams face censure for contacts and blocking subpoenas amid probes into Schine and Fort Monmouth.
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Martin S. Hayden
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John Adams
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United States Army
Army- McCarthy Committee
Schine
Cohn
Fort Monmouth
N. J
Adams
Snyder Area Sees Uneven Showers Across County
Spotted showers traced an uneven pattern over Snyder County with amounts from .2 to .5 inches. Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn, official observer, logged .2 inches. Rain began yesterday around 1 PM and a morning shower added to totals, mainly in the southwest. August total reaches 8.1 inches, 1954 year-to-date 9.10 inches. Temperature peaked at 95 degrees with 72 degrees at 7:30 PM.
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Snyder
Ira
Fullerville
D. P. Strayhorn
Batchelor Claim Of Promise Denied In Army Court Martial
The trial judge ruled Cpl. Claude Batchelor was not promised immunity by the Army if he returned to the Allied side. Defense motions to drop all charges were denied as Batchelor faces charges of collaborating with the enemy and informing on fellow prisoners after returning to the Allied side from Indian custody in Panmunjom. Batchelor came home Jan. 1 as part of a group of unrepatriated soldiers who later chose to return.
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Cpl
Claude Batchelor
Kermit
Ft. Sam Houston
San Antonio
O. L. Batchelor
Portia Howe
Alden
Minn
Richard Tenneson
William C. Barnard
U.S. Army
Donald L. Manes Jr
Batchelor
Korea
Reds
Panmunjom
Manes
Panmumjom
Bragdon
Francis R. Boyles
Tex
United States
Charles W. Stratton
Ft. Sill
Okla
Joel Westbrook
Army
Edward S. Dickenson
Big Stone Gap
Dickenson
Commies To Return Bodies Of Americans
Seoul reports 193 American war dead will be returned from North Korea for burial in the United States. The Reds also say seven Allied bodies of unknown nationality will be sent in the first daily exchange. The plan starts a month long sequence with 500 Korean and 100 Chinese remains to follow.
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Seoul
North Korea
U. S
Reds
U.N
South Korea
Weather Summary for Texas Regions Through Wednesday
North Central Texas remains partly cloudy with widely scattered thundershowers in the west Tuesday afternoon and in extreme southwest Tuesday night and Wednesday. Temperatures ease slightly. West Texas shows partly cloudy skies with scattered afternoon and night thundershowers and no major temperature changes. East Texas stays generally fair with isolated thundershowers in the extreme south Tuesday afternoon and night, not quite as hot in the north and central areas with moderate onshore winds. South Central Texas is partly cloudy through Wednesday with scattered mainly afternoon and evening thundershowers and little temperature change, winds lifting from northeast to east along the coast.
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Ovia C. Jenkins
Jenkins
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Woodland
Paris
Tex
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Calvin
Okla
Fort
McCarthy Censure Hearing Shut Down By Chairman
A Senate committee halted McCarthy censure questioning as Chairman Watkins ruled the inquiry into Johnson quotes and McCarthy’s challenge out of order. Johnson denied saying he loathed McCarthy and urged resolution by the majority party. The two hour session focused on laying groundwork and reading correspondence about McCarthy’s contempt of a subcommittee.
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Edward Bennett Williams
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R-Vi
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MacCarthy
Senate Rules Committee
Turbulent Weather Skips Across Texas
Severe weather rakes Texas with tornadoes and lightning killing two workers in Dallas and nearby areas. Fort Worth and Crockett suffer damage as winds up to 65 mph blow out windows and roofs. Temperatures soar, with Corsicana hitting 109 degrees, while cooler conditions spread from Wichita Falls eastward.
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San Angelo
Odessa
Antonio
An Angelo
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