Second Largest Air Raid Made In North Korea
Hundreds of Allied warplanes attacked North Korea on Friday in one of the Korean War’s strongest air strikes. Pyongyang burned in flames and rubble as raids targeted the capital, Hwangju, and Sariwon, with 1,048 sorties reported.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Pyongyang
Yalu River
Air Force
United Nations
Stan Carter
Hwangju
Sari
Two Crosby Wildcat Drilling Plans Reported
Midland oil operators announce two Crosby County wildcats to begin soon. No. 1 Williams at 330 feet from section 58-3-WCRR center and 16 miles southwest of Crosbyton to 3 050 feet. No. 1 Girard Trust Estate near section 42-3a to 3 000 feet. Other drilling reports include Ada Oil Co No. 1 Clayton Johnson in Borden County at 3 710 feet and several rigs progressing in lime and shale with varied depths.
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Midland Oil
Crosby County
J. Holt Jowell
Williams
Crosbyton
Post
Garza County
Paul McHargue
Girard Trust Estate
Ada Oil Co
Clayton & Johnson
Borden Wildcat
Gail
C. IL
Herring No
Mac
H&tc
James H. Snowden
Higginbotham
Southwest
Mitchell
Police Captain Named as Snyder Force Promotes Two Patrolmen
William D. Love is promoted from sergeant to captain by Chief Walter Suttle, becoming the force's sole captain and second in command. Two new patrolmen join, Edgar Norris formerly Quanah chief and J D Frith from Vernon, both moving families to Snyder within a week.
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Snyder
Walter Suttle
Love
Suttle
Hermleigh
Army Reserve
North Africa
Korea
Edgar E
Buddy) Norris
Quanah
J. D
Babe) Frith
Vernon Police Department
Norris
Espanola
N.M
Frith
Vernon
Eisenhower Clinches Republican Nomination at Convention
General Dwight D. Eisenhower won the Republican presidential nomination at the Chicago convention amid a dramatic, unity showing. Taft supporters criticized Eisenhower managers, while Ike stayed at his hotel as delegates swung to the general, signaling a decisive landslide.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Toft
Eisenhower
E Eisenhower
Taft
Minnesota
Oreld FE
Anneelinee
Texas
Ren. B. Carroll Reece
Absentee voting grows for July primary turnout
Absentee ballot applications reached 121 by noon with 39 voters already casting ballots for the July 26 primary. Voting began Monday and ends July 22, with in person or mail options through the county clerk’s office.
GOP Rules Change Enlarges National Committee
Chicago observers report the Republican National Convention approved new rules and names a larger National Committee, ending gender parity as each state gains an extra member if it has a GOP governor or votes Republican in a presidential year. The change shifts balance toward states with governors and may curb Southern delegate influence in 1956. A new Contests Committee will settle delegate disputes before conventions.
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National Committee
Alaska
Hawaii
Congress
Four Die After Houston Nurses Home Public Safety Incident
A jilted Air Force captain, Renard Haywood, fatally wounded Miss Carroll Cooper and two hospital guards, then killed himself at Memorial Hospital nursing home. Two more rounds were fired as police entered. Haywood had forced his way to Cooper’s room and brandished a 9 mm luger.
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Houston
Air Force
Memorial Hospital
Renard Haywood
Ellington Air Force Base
Here
Pistol Point
Haywood
Jeanine Callahan
Boling
Tex
Miss Callahan
Miss Grantham
Cooper
H. J. Clark
City Hall
Music At Political Rally In Fluvanna
The Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce schedules a 7:45 PM rally at the baseball grounds near Fluvanna High School. State district and county candidates and Precinct No 2 commissioner are invited to speak. The Fluvanna Fence Jumpers string band will perform during gathering.
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Snyder Junior Chamber of Commerce
Fluvanna High School
Fluvanna
Steel Settlement Talks Move Forward in Secret Pittsburgh Meet
In Pittsburgh a 40 day steel strike nears new phase as top level talks between CIO steelworkers and industry officials resume after a first session. Union and industry leaders attend with Philip Murray and Arthur Goldberg heading the union team and John A. Stephens and Joseph Larkin among industry figures. Government price action looms as Ellis Arnall hints a decision on a higher steel price within days.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
Philip Murray
Arthur Goldberg
John A. Stephens
U. S. Steel
Joseph Larkin
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ben F. Moreell
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Washington
Ellis Arnall
Weirton
Arnall
Great Lakes
Weather Roundup for Texas Regions
East Texas reports partly cloudy skies Friday through Saturday with widely scattered isolated afternoon thundershowers in the far south. temperatures steady. South Central Texas shows similar conditions with scattered afternoon showers and moderate southeast winds along the coast. North Central Texas remains clear to partly cloudy with no major temperature changes. Texas overall: partly cloudy to thundershower chances across regions with little temperature variation.
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East Texas
Texas
North Central
Democrats Press GOP Platform Clash at Chicago Rally
At the Republican convention in Chicago the 1952 platform won quick approval despite civil rights plank tension. Democrats Averell Hartman and Estes Kefauver attacked the platform while UFL and ADA blasts voiced labor and social progress concerns. The document calls for air power, anti corruption, tax relief, budget balance, and farm parity given partisan reform.
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Averell Hartman
Estes Kefauver
United Textile Workers
UFL
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Millikin
Korea
Congress
Russia
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