Truce talks in Korea stall as deadlock lingers
In Munsan Korea the UN and Allied commands press for a prisoner exchange. The Reds resist revealing numbers and risk a death march as a seven point UN plan faces a cooling of talks. Gen Turner and Maj Gen Hseih urged flexible proposals while Libby demanded full prisoner tallies before any trade.
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Munsan
Korea
Allis
Reds
Panmunjom
Howard S. Levie
Bataan
Levie
R. E. Libby
United Nations
Hseih Fang
Howard M. Turner
Libby
Red
30 Barrels Of Oil Produced In Four Hours
Sun Oil Co No 2 D Bilby Wal lace one mile south of Clairemont in the Clairemont Pennsylvanian field flowed 30 barrels of oil with no water in a four and one half hour gauge. Casing pressure 375 pounds tubing 50 pounds. Project now shut in for bottomhole pressure tests. Other wells: No 2 McLaury East Polar Pennsylvanian at total depth 7401 feet awaiting cement cure. Texas No 1 Emery Estate drilling. Borden reports wells at various depths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sun Oil Co
Bilby Wallace
Clairemont
Clairemont - Pennsylvanian
McLaury
Humble Oil & Refining Co
W. M. McLaury
Texas
Emery Estate
Northwest
Kent
Wildcat
Borden
Phillipe Petroleum Co
Clayton
Southwest
Borden Ellenburger Wildcat
Amerada No
Canon
Borden Wildcat
Fisher Wildcat Continental Oil Co
West Central
Fisher Wildcat
Special Unit Named to Probe Tax Scandals in Washington
Washington hearings focus on former Internal Revenue Bureau chief counsel Charles Oliphant amid Teitelbaum's claim of a $500000 shakedown by men tied to a tax fixing clique. Senators urge rapid clean up as two more internal revenue agents are fired and King committee eyes mid January hearings in San Francisco.
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Associated Press House
Charles Oliphant
Internal Revenue Bureau
Washington
Oliphant
Abraham Teitelbaum
Chicago
Teielbaum
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Humphrey
D-Minn
Taft
Ohio
Rep
Byrnes
Samuel J. Hamway
Detroit
George C. Mulligan
Philadelphia
Caudle
Truman
McGrath
King Committee
Frank N. Littlejohn
Charlotte
Littlejohn
U. S
King
Clark
House
Senate
Teitelbaum
Henry the Dutchman Grunewald
Grunewald
San Francisco
Frank Nathan
Bert K. Naster
Florida
Nine Indicted in Grand Jury Report Jail Condemned
The district court grand jury finished its regular term with 14 felonies indictments against nine men. Jessie M. Leonard faces three indictments for passing forged instruments while John Willie Baker, Wilbur Williams, and others are charged with burglary, theft, or assisting escapes from jail. The jurors also fault the jail conditions, urging better sanitation, cleaning supplies, garbage disposal, heating, and plumbing for prisoner hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court
Jessie M. Leonard
Avenue R
John Willie Baker
Snyder
Wilbur James Williams
Baker
William FE. Cauble
Twenty - Eighth Street
Dalton Ezekiel Fuller
Cuthbert
Eusebio Gonzales
Ivory Rose
County Commissioners Court
Christmas Band Concert Set for Tomorrow at High School
About 100 students perform in the annual Christmas concert at the high school auditorium starting at 8 p.m. The 40 piece junior high band opens with Joyous Noel Overture and two contest numbers. The 60 piece high school band presents a narrated Christmas story with carols and special numbers including El Gaucho and Fantasy For Three. Santa Claus will distribute candy to children. Jimmie Verner invites the public to attend the free event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Houston
Bert Rand
Roy Ford
David Hamblen
Roland Barton
Jimmie Boyd
Manhattan Beach
Argentina
Santa Claus
Jimmie Verner
Weather notes record warm night with cool morning
Minimum of 38? The text states a low of 32 degrees and a high of 67. Mrs. D. P. Strayhorn, official weather observer, reports the morning reading at 7:30 was 39.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. P. Strayhorn
Rain Moves Into Area with Light Drizzle
Light drizzle moved into Snyder area around noon under a gray overcast. Authorities warned of slick sidewalks and streets as the rain continued into early afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snyder
Water Tower Collapse Kills Four in Tucumcari
Four dead and about twenty buildings damaged when a 750000 gallon water tank collapsed before dawn in Tucumcari New Mexico. The blast sent a waist deep flood four blocks wide. searchers later recovered the bodies, including a 3 or 4 year old child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucumcari
N. M
Deal Elliott
Tucumcari Daily News
Henry Folkes
Southern Pacific Railroad
Main Street
Christmas Help Sought for Snyder Children
The Kiwanis Club seeks Snyder families in need this Christmas and asks residents to submit names and addresses to the Daily News. A letter describes a six child family in Southeast Snyder aged two, three, five, nine, twelve, and fourteen. Toys and food can be dropped at the downtown fire station with pickups by Kiwanis members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Snyder
Daily News
Avenue Q
Small Businessmen Urged To Regain Control of Texas Party
A state wide movement to restore conservative small businessmen to influence in the Texas Democratic party was outlined by W. D. Bacon of San Antonio. The effort aims to split the electoral vote and curb labor influence, with a county chair to be chosen and a local organization built for next year’s precinct conventions and the November election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Democratic Party
W. D. Bacon
San Antonio
Texas Association of Employers
South
Co. N. von Roeder
Bacon
Truman
Democratic Party
von Roeder
Bentley Baize
W. J. Ely
Bernard Bartells
John Sentell
Cicero Mayor Indicted in Race Rioting
The Cicero village president Harry J. Sandusky and six other officials were indicted by a federal grand jury probing race rioting in Chicago last summer. Indicted are Police Chief Edwin Konowsky Fire Chief Theodore H. Weslowski Police Sat Roland Brant Officer Frank Janecek Officer Frank A. Lange and Village Attorney Nicholas Berkos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cicero
Harry J. Sandusky
Edwin Konowsky
Theodore H. Weslowski
Roland Brant
Frank Janecek
Frank A. Lange
Nicholas Berkos
Cook County
Stronger Civil Rights Plank Urged in Democratic Talks
Senator O Mahoney argues Eisenhower is being used by victory hungry Republicans and should not anchor party fate. Senator Humphrey reports European concern over a 1952 bid and backs a tougher civil rights plank to bolster the Democratic platform against Southern opposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Gen
Eisenhower
Republican Party
North Atlantic
Europe
Humphrey
D+ Minn
Teuman
The
Minnesotan
Democratic Party
Mr. Truman
Truman Promises Drastic Action on Government Corruption
President Truman pledged continued drastic action to clean house in government and hinted at a special anti corruption agency to be formed soon. He said no one is immune and defended firing Caudle while denying plans to dismiss Attorney General McGrath or Frank McKinney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Frank McKinney
Congress
McGrath
House
King
D-Calif
T. Lamar Caudle
Caudle
McKinney
Ballyhoo
Caudie
Ways and Means
Hie
Federal Service
FBI
Mr. Truman
War Production Investigating
Five Die in Head On Crash 18 Miles South of Midland
Five oilfield workers died in a double collision on the Midland Rankin highway about 10:30 pm. Weston Townsend 38 of Midland led one car with three crewmen James Wales 18 James Almont and Tom Hennett. Rueben Lengefeld of Crane and Gatesville died in the other car. Townsend Bennett and Almond died en route or at hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Weston Leonard Townsend
James Alexander Wales
James Junior Almont
Tom Hennett
Rueben Lengefeld
Crane
Gatesville Wales
Lengefeld
Townsend
Bennett
Almond
Oscie Renfrow
Midland-Rankin
France Ratifies Plan to Pool European Coal and Steel
The French National Assembly voted to ratify the Schuman plan to pool four billion dollar coal and steel industries across six western European nations. The Republic's Council must approve. Britain has rejected the plan. The six endorsees include West Germany Italy Belgium and Luxembourg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
French National Assembly
Schurman
Council of the Republic
Vincent Auriol
Netherlands
West Germany
Italy
Belgium
Luxembourg
Charles de Gaulle
Rene Pleven
Britain
Weather Outlook for Texas Regions This Week
Fast and South Central Texas expect considerable cloudiness and mild temps this afternoon tonight and Friday. North Central Texas sees considerable cloudiness with mild temps this afternoon tonight and turning colder with occasional rain in the north late Friday. West Texas also has considerable cloudiness with mild temperatures this afternoon and tonight turning colder with light rain in the Panhandle and South Plains on Friday.
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Texas
West Texas
Panhandle
South Plains
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Mambajao
Camiguin
Tom Clark
Dallas
Supreme Court
Naster
Nathan
Claude Moneus
Mancus
National Guard
Highway Department
Texas Party
MecGrath
Ort
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