Captain Stays With Ship In Stormy Ocean
Captain Kurt Carlson remains aboard the 6710 ton freighter Flying Enterprise as fierce Atlantic storms loom and tow options await. The U S destroyer John W Weeks and tug Turmoil close in while rescue efforts to port continue amid heavy seas and shifting dangers.
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London
Atlantic
Kurt Carlson
Carlson
U. S
John W
U. S. Navy
Golden Eagle
Ireland
Falmouth Harbor
W. L. Thompson
McKinney, Tex
Weeks
France
Flying Enterprise
Thompson
Capt
Carlsen
Ellenburger Wildcat Drilling Underway in Scurry County
Drilling begins on 7 800 foot Ellenburger wildcat in northeast-central Scurry County 12 miles north of Snyder. The No 198 Fuller location lies near Canyon reef production in the Kelley Snyder field with no imminent commercial oil if found in the Canyon. Local tests show limited activity in Kent County San Andres with several No 2 Williams wells and a Borden wildcat test at Clay ton Johnson. A Scur ry wildcat at Guthrie Conrad in southwest Scurry County reports drilling under 5 336 feet with lime and shale formations.
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Scurry County
Snyder
Texas Co. No
P. L. Fuller
Texas No. 2 West
Ellenburger
Kent
Colden Petroleum Corp
San Andres
Kent County
W. G. Williams
Polar
Williams
Cosden
Borden
Clayton and Johnson
Borden Wildcat
Spraberry
Dean Sands
Gulf No
Scurry Wildcat
Bartley
Price and
Guthrie Conrad
Wildcat
Train Derailment in Sarita Causes Cars to Dismantle
A Missouri Pacific freight train derailed at the Sarita station Tuesday, with fourteen of seventy cars derailed and four or five cars loaded with asphalt overturning. No injuries were reported.
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Sarita
Texas
Missouri- Pacific
Ira Man Seeks Position Of Commissioner
L. L. Pat Moore, 48, of Ira, announces candidacy for commissioner from precinct No 3 Southwest Scurry County. Moore, with drilling rig, farming, and ditching machine work, has never held public office and lives on a farm south of Ira. Ted Haney is the current commissioner from that precinct.
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L. L
Pat) Moore
Ira
Scurry County
Moore
Walter Grant
Scurry Sty
Dallas
Moore Mae
Ted Haney
West Texas Roads Hit By Ice Across Wide Area
The State Highway Department warned motorists to stay off icing roads as highways iced from 30 miles south of Abilene northward with no let-up expected. Ice extended to Commerce and Fort Worth saw freezing rain causing several minor accidents while Dallas remained only slick. Bridges in Nolan, Callahan, Mitchell and Taylor counties were braced for glaze. Roads were passable but slow.
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Associated Press
State Highway Department
West Texas
Abilene
Commerce
Fort Worth
Dallas
Highway Department
Nolan
Callahan
Mitchell
Taylor
Poll Taxes Paid and Exemptions Highlighted Amid Goals
A local tally shows 2,609 poll taxes paid toward a 6,000 goal with exemptions noted. Community leaders emphasize continued collection drives and outreach to eligible residents.
Truman Plans Sweeping Shake Up of Internal Revenue
President Truman unveiled a plan to reorganize the scandal battered Internal Revenue Bureau abolishing 64 district offices and placing functions under 25 district commissioners. The plan mandates civil service for most posts, forms a strong independent inspection service, and aims to expose and punish wrongdoers amid recent investigations and firings.
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Washington
Truman
Internal Revenue Bureau
Revenue Bureau
Congress
Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Rescue team reaches Armor Mountain crash site
Airmen and cowboys climbed the icy ascent to recover 28 military personnel killed when a C 47 transport crashed on Armor Mountain 65 miles northeast of Phoenix. Arnold Johnson, cattle ranch foreman, led the advance party to the wreckage where 19 West Point cadets were among the dead.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
Armer Mountain
Arnold Johnson
West Point
Reds Reveal Women Pilot Raid Plans
Tokyo reports a North Korean radio claim of a female pilot hero leading an Inchon harbor air raid. The attack allegedly targeted Inchon and Kimpo Air Base, destroying 24 U.N. aircraft, while U.S. Fifth Air Force says only three obsolete biplanes dropped explosives with no damage.
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Tokyo
Inchon Harbor
Pyongyang
High Command
Inchon
Kimpo
U.N
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Youth Admits Hit And Run Killing Of 2 Teenage Girls
Detroit police say 20-year-old Anthony Redmond surrendered after admitting his car struck two 17-year-old Barbara Holloway and 15-year-old Jessie Anaston as they walked near Woodward Avenue on New Year’s Eve. Autopsies found fatal head injuries from the crash.
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Detroit
Anthony Redmond
Royal Oak
Doran Cushing
Barbara Holloway
Jessie Anaston
Woodward Avenue
Redmond
Woodward
Perente
Cushing
Samuel Harrell
Clemson College
South Carolina
Gerald Sielaff
Wayne University
Ferndale
Barbara
Jessie
Nationwide Holiday Accidental Death Toll Tops One Thousand
The report counts over 1,350 U S deaths from accidents during Christmas and New Year holidays. Traffic fatalities approach 600, fires near 200, and miscellaneous mishaps about 140, with the four day Christmas period reaching record levels.
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Associated Press
United States
National Safety Council
Man Dies In Electric Chair For 1949 Rape
Huntsville, Alabama. Richard S. McMurrin Jr., 20, a Black man, died in the electric chair at 12:09 a.m. after being strapped in at 12:02. He proclaimed his innocence but was executed for raping a 27 year old mother of three at a Galveston Beachfront hotel on July 31, 1949. He warned of possible fatal consequences if she screamed.
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Huntsville
Richard S. McMurrin, Jr
MecMurrin
Commissioners to Open Bids for Airport Hangar at Winston Field
The commissioners court will open bids tomorrow at 10 for the sale of a hangar at Winston Field. Only bid received so far is from Capitol Steel & Iron Co. of Oklahoma City. Additional sealed bids may arrive today or tomorrow morning.
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Commissioners Court
Winston Field
Edgar Taylor
Capitol Steel & Iron Co
Oklahoma City
Gas tax suits to block Texas levy defy governor
Seven natural gas companies plan district court suits to strike down Texas gas gatherers tax as vague and discriminatory while protesting more than half a cent per 1000 cubic feet collected since Sept 1. Escrowed funds threaten state finances. In Korea, UN and Communist negotiators discuss a prisoner exchange plan with voluntary repatriation and civilian return provisions.
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Austin
Allan Shivers
R. Dean Moorhead
Moorhead
Soviet diplomat Maxim Litvinoff dies at 175
Moscow reports the death of Maxim Litvinoff former Soviet foreign minister famed for the line Peace is Indivisible He died December 31 at age 175 with funeral plans completed and a Pravda obituary labeling him an old Bolshevik and outstanding diplomat.
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Moscow
Foreign Office
Maxim Maximovich Litvinoff
Litvinoff
Foreign Ministry
Pravda
Central Committee of
The
Communist Party
Truman Will Tell Plans Before Ohio Deadline
Rep. Hays of Ohio reports President Truman plans to decide and announce before February 6 the outcome of his candidacy. Truman previously indicated a decision after his State of the Union and budget messages, with Kefauver as a possible alternative if he does not run.
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Washington
Truman
Rep. Hays
Ohio
White House
Hays
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Sen
Kefauver
Congress
Freezing Rain Damps Texas Streets and Temperatures Tie 22 Degrees
A Texas morning brought freezing rain that coated streets as the temperature dipped to a low of 22 degrees. The weather system spanned Amarillo to Brownsville with varying precipitation and wind easing after a dust-warm spell.
United Nations Urged to Boost Korea War Effort
Paris. American delegate Benjamin Cohen asked all 60 UN nations to share burden and sacrifice in Korea. He urged stronger collective measures and warned the UN military effort must rise if armistice fails, backing a program to grant UN more power to fight aggression.
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Paris
United States
United Nations
Benjamin Cohen
General Assembly
U.N
Cohen
Weather Outlook Cloudy and Cold Across Regions
Fast Texas sees clouds and colder air with a mix of rain sleet and freezing rain in the north and south areas this afternoon. Night lows range from 26 to 38 across regions with continued cold by Thursday and scattered precipitation in several zones.
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Texas
South Plains
Pecos Valley
Waste in Hawaii Army training draws Senate attack
The Senate Preparedness Investigating Committee led by Lyndon B. Johnson questions relocating basic Army training to Hawaii. Hawaii delegate Joseph R. Farrington defends the program as vital while Pace reviews the plan. Johnson cites cost and morale concerns and seeks a reexamination of transport and leave policies.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Hawaii
Johnson
Senate Preparedness Investigating Committee
Europe
Joseph R. Farrington
Congress
Army
Pace
Department of the Army
Farrington
Pacific
Senate
United States
Korea
Islands
Senate Group
Pentagon
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Germany
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Williams Air Force Base
Armor Mountain
Vanguard
Edna
Reds
Calvert
Munsan
Howard S. Levie
United Nations Command
RK. E. Libby
Libby
Lee Sang Cho
U. N
U.N. Command
Lee
George Patrick Welch
Matthew Bridgway
International Red Cross
Levie
Bavis
Toass
M. Litvinoff
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Lubbock
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Victoria
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Tyler
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