Texas Delegates Fight For Seating At Democratic Convention
Bitter contest over 52 Texas convention votes began as rival factions led by Gov. Allan Shivers and Maury Maverick pressed claims to represent the state. Maverick hailed the Loyalists as inclusive, while Shivers accused them of slander and bolting.
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Chicago
Texas
Lone Star
Allan Shivers
Shivers
New Deal
Maury Maverick
Maverick
Democratic National Committee
Mississippi
Democratc
Truman
National Democratic Party
Democratic Party
John Cofer
Austin
Cofer
South
James Byrnes
South Carolina
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Talmadge-Byrnes- Shivers
Fagan Dickson
States’ Rights
Dickson
National Party
Dwight D. Eisenhower
GOP
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Shivers Group
Dawson Well To Test For Pennsylvanian
Lawton Oil Corp of Magnolia Arkansas files to drill 9000 foot Pennsylvanian wildcat No 1 A G W Martin in Central South Dawson County situated 660 feet from south and east lines of section 41 34 14n T&P about three miles southeast of Sparenburg. Operations must begin by August 1.
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Lawton Oil Corp
Magnolia
Ark
Dawson County
G. W. Martin
T&p
Sparenburg
Mitchell Wildcat Hunt Oil Co
Lucy K. Hodnett
Mitchell County
Wildcat
Hodnett
Sterling Williams
Sinclair Oil & Gas
Borden
Williams
Gail
Ashman & Hilliard No
C. T. Long
Union Oil No. 1 Loggie
Superior Oil Co. No
Florance Lanham
Borden County
Fluvanna
Howard County
Crane Oil Co
Texas
Newman Brothers Drilling Co
Hassie Clanton
Big Spring
Not Nuts Slayer to Undergo Sanity Probe
Bayard Peakes, 29, admits shooting Eileen Fahey, 18, at Columbia University campus over a disputed life extension scheme. He protest he is sane while court orders Bellevue Hospital mental evaluation. DA seeks condition ruling as Peakes mutters and resists defense.
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New York
Bayard Peakes
Bellevue Hospital
Eileen Fahey
Peakes
Bellevue
Miss Fahey
Columbia University
Peaks
American Physical Society
Truman Signs Cotton Price Support Bill
President Truman signed a law continuing government price supports at 90 percent of parity through 1954 for cotton wheat corn rice tobacco and peanuts. Parity through 1955 will use the higher of two formulas. The sliding scale parity plan for 1953 and 1954 is set aside.
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Washington
Truman
Furrs Names Lubbock Man Manager in Snyder
Gene Richardson named manager of the Furrs Food Store in Snyder arriving from Lubbock where he managed two Furr stores. Norman Carter named assistant manager. Richardson and Carter families relocate with children Lougent Norma Jean. Preston York left Snyder to manage a Lubbock store.
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Furr’ Food Store
Gene Richardson
Lubbock
Furr
Norman Carter
Richardson
Lougent
Bell-Air Village
Carter
Norma Jean
Twenty - Eighth Street
Preston York
Park Board Sets Tuesday Meeting on Park Project
The county park board will meet at 3 p m Tuesday in the Chamber of Commerce office. Chairman Marven Stevenson announced the session to review the park situation and to push expeditious work on the project.
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County Park Board
Chamber of Commerce
Marven Stevenson
Stevenson
Labor Bids for Top Role In Naming Democratic Nominee
In Chicago labor leaders push for a decisive voice in the on going Democratic presidential nomination fight. CIO President Philip Murray joins AFL and CIO talks as Kefauver Harriman Russell and Barkley vie for unions backing. Kerr claims strong second choice support and predicts about 150 votes on first count.
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Chicago
CIO
Philip Murray
AFL
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Averel Harriman
New York
Richard Russell
Georgia
Truman
Murray
Russell
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
William Green
Barkley
Organized Labor
Alben Barkley
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Illinois
Kerr
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Richard 8. Russell
Damage Suit Is Transferred To Federal Court
A 181000 damage suit against Stanford Research Institute of Stanford Calif and American Republics Corp was moved from 132nd District Court to U S District Court in Lubbock The plaintiffs Carl Gray Martin Murphy Doyle Palmer H L Drennan R H Bonner and Hermleigh Independent School District allege December blasts by the Stanford crew on American Republics property east of Snyder west of Hermleigh damaged water wells stucco homes rock houses and Hermleigh school buildings Defendants seek dismissal citing improper citation Attorneys for plaintiffs Ross H Hemphill Park and Hemphill Snyder Attorneys for Stanford L W Anderson Dallas
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Stanford Research Institute
Stanford
Calif
American Republics Corp
U.S. District Court
Lubbock
Carl Gray
Martin Murphy
Doyle Palmer
H. L. Drennan
R. H. Bonner
Hermleigh Independent
Stanford Institute
Snyder
Hermleigh
Ross H. Hemphill
Park and Hemphill, Snyder
L. W. Anderson
Dallas
Absentee Ballots Cast in Scurry for Democratic Primary
The article notes 135 Scurry voters cast absentee ballots in the Democratic primary. The deadline to vote by absentee is midnight next Tuesday and ballots postmarked by then will be counted. In person voting occurs at the county clerk’s office during regular hours before the deadline.
First Go Round Prizes Announced at Scurry County Rodeo
The Scurry County Rodeo Association began distributing prize money in the first go round with winners across saddle bronc bull riding bareback and junior events earning amounts from 5 to 100 dollars. Notable names include Riley Miller John Farris Jimmy Moore and Nig Wright among others with a wrist watch prize for the top junior ribbon roping time.
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Scurry County Rodeo Association
Riley Miller
John Farris
Tommy Riley
Dan Utley
Jimmy Moore
Don McDonald
Bill Jay
Charles Rushing
James Mickler
Gene Williams
Borden Reeder
Sidney Johnson
Curtis Ray Green
John Billy Loonsman
Larry Reeder
Tommy Frank Forrest
Williams Jewely
Very Hot Thursday in Snyder with 99 Degree High
The Snyder weather observer Mrs. D P Strayhorn reports yesterday reached a 99 degree maximum. The minimum stayed at 73 degrees and at 7 30 this morning the temperature was 75 degrees.
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Snyder
D. P. Strayhorn
Democrats May Promise Civil Rights Laws Can’t Pass Them
Washington report explains how Northern Democrats struggle to push civil rights legislation in the Senate against Southern filibuster tactics. It outlines the two thirds cloture hurdle, the rule barriers to changing Senate procedures, and why past promises may fail to translate into laws in the coming four years.
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James Marlow
Washington
Chicago
Senate
House
Gautheen
Donnelly Named U S High Commissioner for Germany
President Truman named Walter J. Donnelly as United States High Commissioner for Germany. Llewellyn E. Thompson Jr. was appointed to succeed Donnelly as American ambassador and high commissioner for Austria. Thompson has been minister counselor at Rome for the past two years.
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Washington
Truman
Walter J. Donnelly
United States
Germany
Llewellyn E. Thompson, Jr
Donnelly
Austria
Thompson
Rome
Property owners get one year to file Texoma flood claims
President Truman signed a bill granting property owners a one year period to file claims for land flooded by Lake Texoma after the Red River dam was built on the Texas Oklahoma border.
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Washington
Truman
Lake Texoma
Red River
Texas
Oklahoma
U. S. Lawyers To Act Under Draft Bill
White House weighs partial steel industry seizure under Selective Service Act after a long steel strike. Justice Department lawyers instructed to draft papers as Steelman heads White House briefing with Steelman and other officials present. Supreme Court reversal in June cited as precedent for private-ownership return.
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Washngton
White House
Ani
Justice Department
Defense
John R. Steelman
Secretary of Defense
Truman
Supreme Court
Perlman
District Supreme Courts
Selective Service
British Dutch oil groups challenge US court action
London officials of Anglo-Iranian Oil Company say they do not operate in the United States and question U.S. anti trust actions. Royal Dutch Shell studies charges and may respond. Shell’s American subsidiary is the Sher Oil Company. Anglo-Iranian is British owned with 46,000 shareholders and 52 percent British government control.
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London
Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
United States
James P. McGranery
Royal Dutch Shell Company
Sher Oil Company
Weather Outlook for Texas: Partly Cloudy to Scattered Showers
West Texas sees partly cloudy skies with widely scattered showers Friday through Saturday, minor temperature changes. East Texas reports cloudy skies with daytime showers Friday and Saturday, warmer Saturday, and strong coastal winds with scattered squalls inland.
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Texas
East Texas
City County Tax Rolls Open But Few Examine Them
City and County offices report that less than one in a hundred taxpayers view the ad valorem tax rolls. Most who look do so for legal descriptions, while abstract brokers and realtors check titles and past payments. Deputy county assessor Pitner cites fall mailings as the usual time for inquiries. City assessor-collector J D notes many look to compare assessments with known properties.
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Bryan S. Pitner
J. D
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Franklin Thompson
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