36th Division Honored During Riviera Fete
In Cannel France on July 14 1944 Texans who liberated the area are honored during Texas Week on the Riviera Maj Gen J E Dahlquist who led the 36th Texas Division attends ceremonies noting 600 casualties Tonight festivities include Jimmy Radford Abilene oilman hosting at a villa with oil well replicas and Texas horned toads as favors Guests may include the Duke and Duchess of Windsor and Elsa Maxwell
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Cannel
France
Texas
Riviera
J. E. Dahlquist
Minneapolis
Frankfurt
U. S. Army
Fifth Corps
Jimmy Radford
Abilene
Mississippian oil shows at Laws well in Scurry County
Good shows on Scurry County Mississippian lead oil at Northwest Scurry County No 1 Laws in section 516-97-H&TC near Fluvanna after fracturing a Mississippian zone. Initial flow reached 22 barrels per hour through casing with 55 barrels recovered in swabbing, and oil influx continued as the pipe filled with oil.
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Superior & Intex No. 1
Eva F. Laws
Scurry County
H&tc
Fluvanna
Garza County
Foster
Lubbock
Doyle Justice
Justiceburg
San Andres
Clear Fork
Borden
James H. Snowden
J. M. Higginbotham
Borden County
Higginbotham
Wealmoor
T&p
Sinclair Oil No
Sterling Williams
Nolan Report
Houston Oil Co
Adrian
Nolan
Ellenburger
Forrestal keel laid big aircraft carrier to project air power
Newport News shipyard begins construction of the 60 000 ton USS Forrestal, a long range carrier designed to launch atom bomb carrying planes and jet fighters. It will cost about 218 million dollars and join the fleet in late 1954, with speed exceeding 33 knots and a retractable island.
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Newport News
Navy
William C. Foster
Forrestal
Congress
Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
United States
Europe
Foster
Ground Support Raids Hit Communist Line Positions
United Nations warplanes pummeled frontline positions in Korea in one of the heaviest close-support days. Sabre jets reportedly destroyed one MiG-15 and damaged another as Air Force and Marine crews hit targets near Yonchon Pyong Sang Kumsong the Punchbowl and the East Coast.
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Korea
United Nations
U. S
Air Force
Marine
Yonchon
Pyong- Sang
Kumsong
Republic of Korea
Sinuiju
Robert
Cool Wave Enters Panhandle Amid Rains Across Border
A small cool front moved into the Texas Panhandle Monday, lowering temperatures in Amarillo and Dalhart and bringing scattered rains. Heavy weekend downpours in northern Chihuahua disrupted rail lines and prompted evacuations at the Presidio port of entry. Flooding along the Rio Grande and Rio Conchos forced levee work by volunteers and braceros, while rain helped drought-stricken farmers in West Texas and the Panhandle.
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Texas
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Dalhart
Childress
Weather Bureau
Chihuahua
Mexico
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Port of Entry
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Rio Grande
Ojinaga
Cuidad Juarez
Mexico City
International Road
el Paso
Rio Conchos
International Bridge
West Texas
Panhandle
Victoria
Wichita Falls
Marfa
van Horn
Beaumont
Houston
Big Spring
Lufkin
Galveston
Act Boosts Housing Aid Empowers Mortgage Financing
President Truman signed a housing aid act unlocking 1.395 billion dollars to finance federally guaranteed mortgages. The measure expands FHA and veterans housing programs and adds 900 million dollars of purchasing power through the Government National Mortgage Association to create a secondary mortgage market for private lenders.
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Washington
Truman
Federal Housing Administration
FHA
Federal National Mortgage Association
Girl Shot To Death On Columbia Campus
A 20-year-old woman, Eileen Fahey of New York City, was shot and killed in Columbia University's Pupin Building physics lab. A man fled with a gun in hand after confessing to the shooting. he vanished before police could arrive.
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New York
Columbia University
Eileen Fahey
New York City
Pupin
Fire damages Y Grocery and Market in Snyder
A fire early Sunday morning caused about 2000 dollars in damage to the Y Grocery and Market near the stagestation of the Ruby and Sweetwater highways in southeast Snyder. Fire marshal Ivan Gatlin said it started in a rear store room and spread to rear display shelves before being extinguished. merchandise was heavily damaged by water and smoke. Store owner T. J. Guthrie. Reported at 2 50 a m.
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Ruby and Sweetwater
Snyder
Ivan Gatlin
Gatlin State
Polio Epidemic Quickens Pace Across Texas
As polio accelerates statewide, Fort Worth logs 11 weekend cases with four new ones, Dallas reports one, and El Paso records its fifth death. Houston reports no new cases at Jeff Davis Hospital while Hermann Hospital notes the single local case. Researchers inoculate 33,000 children with gamma globulin to test protection against polio with results due early next year.
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Fort Worth
el Paso
Maureen Turley
Harold Turley
National Foundation For
New Powers Sought by Iran Premier
Premier Mohammed Mossadegh asked the Majlis for six months of emergency powers to impose strict economic measures. A pro-Mossadegh deputy said the proposal aims to halt bankruptcy with higher income levies and land reform while anticipating parliamentary approval at period end.
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Tehran
Iran
Majlis
Mohammed Mossadegh
Mossadegh
Union Calls New Offer Unsatisfactory in Steel Strike
In Pittsburgh the CIO United Steelworkers declare the steel industry peace offer unsatisfactory as a three day old strike continues. Industry and union dispute wage retroactivity and a union shop, with government price increases and fringe benefits on the table amid stalled talks.
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United Steelworkers
USW
Murray
Philip Murray
Steelworkers Union
U.S. Steel Corp
Evan
Entries Start Coming In For Scurry Rodeo
A flood of early entries keeps Billy Boren busy at Scurry County Rodeo headquarters. More than 40 contestants already entered across events and $193 in entrance fees collected. Parade entries lag. clubs urged to declare float intentions. Tickets: boxes selling fast, no reserved seats. Office at Boren Lumber on Avenue Q and Twenty Fourth Street.
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Scurry County
Boren
West Texas
Comtad
Chamber of Commerce
Boren Lumber Na
Twenty-fourth Treet
Light Showers Add to 1952 Rainfall Total
A shower Sunday dropped .06 inch and .02 inch fell this morning, reported by Mrs. D P Strayhorn. Total rainfall for 1952 reaches 5.36 inches and for July 1952 to .47 inch. Weather cooler with Sunday high 93, low 71, and 73 at 7:30 this morning.
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D. P. Strayhorn
Two High Officials, Former Nazis, Dismissed In Germany
A Bonn parliamentary committee recommended immediate dismissal for two West German foreign office officials Werner Von Bargen and Herbert Dittman and limited duties for six others. Bargen, 54, led the legal department. Dittman, 48, directed personnel and both cited Nazi ties. The nine cleared, 12 others investigated.
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West Germany
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Bonn Republic
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Herbert Dittman
Bargen
Dittman
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Foreign Office
Belgium
Per
Prisoners of War Shot on Koje Island
The Army announced that two North Korean Communist prisoners of war were shot and wounded on Koje Island. One was killed earlier and seven wounded or injured between July 7 and 12 on Cheju islands.
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Tokyo
Koje Island
Cheju Islands
Trans Atlantic helicopter flight begun from Westover Air Force Base
Two MATS helicopters Hop-A-Long and Whirl-O-Way, manned by veteran Air Force pilots, planned to depart Westover AFB Massachusetts at 7 a.m. CST for a 4,000 mile trans Atlantic hop to Weisbaden Germany. Six stops included Presque Isle Goose Bay Narsarssuak Keflavik Prestwick and Manson before final delivery to the 9th Air Rescue Squadron. Each plane carries gallons of fuel weighs over 8,200 pounds with a 1,000 mile cruising range and an Iceland to Scotland leg of 817 miles.
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Military Air Transport Service
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Air Force
Weisbaden
Germany
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Goose Bay
Labrador
Narsarssuak
Greenland
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Iceland
Preswick
Scotland
Manson
England
Air Rescue Uadron
Weather Snapshot for Texas Regions
East Texas and South Central Texas see partly cloudy skies Monday through Tuesday with widely scattered thundershowers and little temperature change. North Central Texas stays partly cloudy to cloudy with scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers and cooler conditions in the Panhandle on Monday.
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Panhandle
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